Section 157 Decisive Battle

With a goal into the net, Gao Shunyao also ignited the desire for victory among the entire Tokyo team. The victory in this game can make the team go further in the AFC Champions League, and it is very likely to help the team qualify from the group, and the players all know it, but because the previous two away games in Tokyo have lost, the Tokyo players are also nervous about whether they can win. However, after a goal, the players' doubts were gone: if they could score an away goal, they could have won on the road.

Tokyo's morale rose with Gao Shunyao's goal, and after Shandong Luneng conceded another goal, he was not able to muster up the courage to make a final fight with Tokyo. This is their third home game, and after losing their first two home games, they conceded the first goal again in the third game, which also demoralized them.

Luneng's team, the results in the AFC Champions League have always been not very good, on the one hand, this is the strength of the reason, from 08-10 years, it is the peak of Japanese and South Korean football, and it is also the lowest point of the Chinese Super League. In terms of investment scale, investment intensity, and popularity, it is difficult to compare with other leagues in the AFC Champions League.

On the other hand, Luneng has such a problem, and it is also because of the strength that they have not been able to do so, they chose to break the jar and break it, anyway, if they can't survive in the end, it is their consistent choice to simply give up early. Their AFC Champions League has always been played very inexplicably, and losing to Japan and South Korea is nothing, but sometimes even Southeast Asian teams lose, which really makes people doubt that their minds are not on the AFC Champions League game.

In this game, Gao Shunyao would rather believe that they are willing to play well in the AFC Champions League. It's just that there are more times for me to give up, and it is naturally difficult to gather morale again. Morale of one and the other. As a result, Tokyo quickly took control of the game, and the balance of attack and defense between the two sides was broken. The pressure exerted by Tokyo on Luneng increased, and the situation on the field fell into Tokyo's control.

It was a terrible thing to be given the advantage of the Japanese team in midfield, although Tokyo's attack was still not particularly good, but it was still able to pose a lot of threat to Luneng. After 70 minutes of the second half, after a corner kick, taking advantage of the chaos in the penalty area, Hideto Takahashi, who was inserted in the back row, scored again with a long-range shot. One more goal for Tokyo.

With a 2-0 scoreline, Tokyo no longer had to worry about defeat, and they began to shrink their defence, maintaining the victory until the end, and also earning themselves a valuable three points.

Luneng lost again, so that they were scolded by Chinese fans and media after the game, but their business, now it seems that it has little to do with Tokyo. After the game, Tokyo was more concerned. It's how Gao Shunyao will be evaluated by the Chinese team. In the competition, Gao Shunyao opened the scoring and once again proved his strength, which will definitely cause new discussions.

Tokyo's speculation is correct. Gao Shunyao scored a goal in the game and was noticed by more and more people. Although some media still believe that Gao Shunyao is not worthy of praise for playing for foreign teams. But more media and fans think that people like Gao Shunyao and Li Weifeng. Players who have played in other Asian countries and played very good results. It is also the pride of their own country, especially just after the Chinese Super League, everyone knows what the environment of domestic football is, why do you ask good players to stay in the country and entangle with those guys?

Gao Shunyao can kick out, that's a good thing. What if you play for a foreign team? As long as he is willing to play for the national team, he is a good player for China.

"Now it seems that if you just go back to the national team in May and play a game, and then you will be better, the Chinese fans will definitely accept you. This is a good thing for you, congratulations in advance. ”

Seeing the report on this matter on the Chinese side, even Cheng Fuhao said a word to Gao Shunyao after the game. His statement undoubtedly agreed to Gao Shunyao's meaningless national team friendly match in May, which also made Gao Shunyao quite happy.

"At that point, maybe you'll really become a big star, and you'll be approached for a big endorsement contract. However, until then, don't relax at the end, if we are out of the AFC Champions League, you will be a little unworthy of the name. ”

Although Cheng Fuhao is also very satisfied with Gao Shunyao's appearance, however, he is still worried that Gao Shunyao will become proud now, so he is also reminding him that the AFC Champions League competition is not over yet.

After the fifth round of matches, this away victory finally gave Tokyo FC a sigh of relief. Relying on the victory over Shandong Luneng and getting a valuable away victory, they finally accumulated their points to 9 points, after all, they did not do the away bug to the end as the media said.

However, it was also at this time that they heard another piece of bad news.

Pohang Steelers FC hosted Adelaide United in a draw.

Prior to this game, Pohang Steelers and Adelaide United both had nine points, while Tokyo had six. Originally, they thought that after the victory and defeat of this battle, Tokyo would also be able to climb to joint second place. But who knew that they didn't even decide the winner, but let Tokyo stay in third place.

"Now, Pohang Steelers and Adelaide are tied on 10 points, first in the group and second in the group respectively. We are third in the group with nine points. In the last game, Adelaide United played Shandong Luneng at home, and after this game, they can basically be determined to have 13 points, relying on their advantage in Pohang Steelers, they can basically be determined to be the top of the group. ”

After the game, Cheng Fuhao said his opinion, and none of the players objected. Shandong Luneng lost five games in five games, and the last game was an away game against Australia, and Pohang Steelers and Tokyo FC lost a clean game on that grass, and Shandong Luneng naturally couldn't count on it. Gao Shunyao's eyelids picked twice, he wanted to say something for Shandong Luneng, but thinking about Shandong Luneng's five defeats now, he really couldn't say anything to justify.

This is not good news for Tokyo, if Adelaide United does get 13 points, then the current 9-point Tokyo FC will not be able to compete with them in the last game of 100-0, and Pohang Steelers Steel Co., Ltd. failed to win them at home, which is equivalent to giving up the first place in the group.

It was also a difficult situation for Tokyo: they had hoped that Pohang Steelers would win, and if Pohang Steelers had now accumulated 12 points, then Adelaide United and Tokyo FC would have accumulated nine points. In that case, maybe Pohang Steelers could take it in, and if the situation is right, maybe they will just release the water, kill the Australians, and then join hands with Tokyo FC to qualify - compared to the Australian team, Tokyo is less of a threat after all.

Moreover, even if you don't consider the issue of water release and only consider the match points, if Pohang Steelers wins this game, then as long as Tokyo wins the final round match against Tokyo, then the three teams will have 12 points. If Tokyo have the advantage on goal difference, they could even be top of the group - after the AFC Champions League restructure, the first round of the knockout round was a one-legged elimination system, and playing at the home of the team that topped the group, which is a considerable advantage, and now, he seems to have little to do with Tokyo.

It's just that the current situation has become that Pohang Steelers must compete with Tokyo FC for a spot. Even though Tokyo FC is strong at home, they will need to compete with last year's champion team in the final round of the group stage...... Such a thing is not easy to look at. With a week to go, Tokyo's life and death in the AFC Champions League will finally be decided.

Cheng Fuhao is quite serious about this game. South Koreans are very capable of fighting to the death, and Tokyo will have to be 100 percent careful. However, Tokyo still has a league game to play before facing Pohang Steelers. The home game against Shimizu's heartbeat is also something that Tokyo needs to deal with.

It stands to reason that with the life-and-death battle with Pohang Steelers in the middle of the week, and the heartbeat with Shimizu, Tokyo just gave up completely, and no one can object to anything. It's just that for this game, Tokyo has not yet spoken, and the media has already decided that Tokyo will definitely be able to win.

And the reason why the media recognized it this way is Gao Shunyao.

Starting from the match with Adelaide United, counting the cup and league, Gao Shunyao has scored in four consecutive rounds. Unlike in the early part of the season, when he didn't score, he has been on a massive trajectory for the past two weeks.

Although the J-League has always been an offensive league, there have not been many prolific goalscorers in the J-League. It's no secret that the J League has outstanding skills, but it doesn't produce excellent goalscorers, for several years in a row, the J League's scorer list has about 20 goals, and the best striker in the J League has an average of 0.6 goals per game, and there is no higher level.

Although Gao Shunyao has not yet reached such a level, judging from his performance in these rounds, it is entirely possible for him to become such a striker in future games. Scoring goals in four consecutive games is a remarkable achievement in Japan, and Ko Soon-yao's current level needs to be re-evaluated by the media.

"We have reason to believe that Gao Shunyao will still score goals in the next games, and we also believe that Tokyo FC's ranking in the league will change to a certain extent."

The media are always very sensible and they certainly don't say a word badly about players who have scored in four consecutive games. Moreover, not only that, they will also shout for Gao Shunyao. And for a player, there is nothing that can be more praised than scoring points for the team, and the media commented on Gao Shunyao like this, obviously believing in his ability very much.

It has been six rounds since the league started, and so far, Tokyo has only accumulated 7 points, and the ranking is still in the middle and lower reaches. Because at the beginning of the league, Tokyo had too much debt on three consecutive defeats, which made them not in a good position in the league. The ranking of the J League is directly linked to the bonus, the AFC Champions League is important, but the J League is also not negligible, Tokyo needs league results, and now they have a striker like Gao Shunyao who has scored consecutive goals, since they have such strength, what reason do they have not to win? What they need is to keep going and win the game in one go! (To be continued......)