Section 120 Soaring
86_86638Gao Shunyao has enough confidence in the two games against Yokohama and Kyoto, not because of how rampant he is, his confidence comes from the coach's trust in him, and at the same time, it also comes from the coach's arrangement of the game. How to make a player have enough body to be able to play well on both fronts, this kind of thing not only requires the player to maintain his body, but also the coach has to think about how to help the player.
And Cheng Fuhao obviously thought of a way to help Gao Shunyao save his body: his method was very simple, since he wanted to keep his body, he would just replace Gao Shunyao as soon as possible. And in order to replace him early, when facing Yokohama, from the moment the whistle blew, Tokyo chose to attack rather than defend.
This approach caught Yokohama off guard.
Although Tokyo is playing well now, the overall tactics are still closer to defensive counterattacks than overall attacks. They have won a lot of games recently, but most of them still rely on defense to counterattack when they win, and even if they win, they don't have that kind of big score crazy victory, but rely on one or two goals to decide the outcome most of the time. In this game against Yokohama Mariners, they still have a 2-1 home score advantage, and they are playing away, Yokohama also thought that they would still play steadily and steadily, using defensive counterattack tactics to win, but they didn't expect that Tokyo would attack frantically from the beginning of the game.
It's easy to be counter-attacked and score goals when attacking frantically away from home - even a fool should understand this truth, and there is no reason why Tokyo should not know. In this case, they still choose to attack, and there is only one reason, they want to determine the victory and defeat early.
As long as this game is scored at the beginning, then Tokyo have an away goal and lead 3-1 on aggregate, then there is no need to worry about Yokohama Marino. The only problem with this is that if it is not Tokyo who scores first, but Yokohama who succeeds in counterattacking first, then Tokyo's only advantage will be lost. However, Cheng Fuhao still did it, and he dared to calculate so much because his players were good enough.
Similar to his plan, Tokyo scored a goal not long after the start of the game, and this time the scorer was Gao Shunyao.
Less than ten minutes into the game, Tokyo immediately went on the offensive. In one attack, Tokyo's left wing-back Yuto Nagatomo passed the football directly from the back to the front, directly to the feet of Gao Shunyao.
The backfield passes directly to the front, such an offensive is very fast and easy to succeed, but unfortunately, Nagatomo Yuto's pass was a little early, and when Gao Shunyao received the ball, not only was he still in the midfield position, but even Kabore was also near the midfield at this time. After he received the ball, when the two of them tried to plug in together, the opposing backline had already started to return. When the two of them pressed to the outside of the penalty area one left and one right, the three defenders of the opposing side were already standing almost parallel to the front of the penalty area, waiting for their surprise attack.
For the attacking side, an opponent who is well prepared will never be pleasant. However, at times like these, Kabore has also played at the high level of his top foreign players. He ran two steps towards the one in the middle of the three defenders, and then, with a hurried flash to the left, his beautiful running suppression, so that the attention of the two defenders on the left and in the center were attracted to him, creating an opportunity for Gao Shunyao.
Of course, Gao Shunyao also saw his intention to run, and when he formed a one-on-one on his side, he also boldly chose to plug in. He took the ball and did not break through in direct strides, but first took a small step forward, two steps...... And just when the opponent retreated, ready to distance himself from his third step, Gao Shunyao suddenly stepped forward, accelerated to the left with the ball, and shook off the opponent.
Now Gao Shunyao has also learned some continuous actions to confuse the opponent, relying on small broken steps to make the opponent retreat, and then he suddenly broke out to break through, and after entering the J League, he gradually mastered. And this kind of play helped him a lot, his explosiveness and speed are very good, once he has the advantage, the opponent's defender can't even pull, and he is directly thrown away. Gao Shunyao broke through behind the three defenders at once, and then, in the face of the attacking goalkeeper, he directly pushed the ball into the gate.
Although Gao Shunyao's shooting skills are not very good in the J League, if the opponent helps him open the vacancy, giving him a chance to one-on-one, and after one-on-one, he successfully kills in front of the goal and forms a single knife, he will definitely not waste his single knife.
With such a shot, there is no reason not to score. In less than 10 minutes of the opening game, Tokyo scored the first goal!
One goal means that Tokyo has basically sealed the win. But it was only an away goal, and Tokyo didn't dare to replace the main team too rampantly. Fortunately, Tokyo scored more than that. After scoring this one, they quickly scored a second goal as well.
This time, the goal was scored by Tokyo's core player Naohiro Ishikawa. On the wing, after combining with Hideto Takahashi, he slammed the ball to the edge of the box. He didn't choose to insert directly, but after making a collision with Gao Shunyao, who was pulling the side there, he hit the bottom line with the ball. On the baseline, he snuggled the ball into the box and created a brilliant assist.
Kabore faced Naohiro Ishikawa sideways towards the goal, while the opposing defender was between him and the goal line, not giving him any possible kicks. At this time, their defense is doing well and there are not too many holes.
But no one expected that Kabore did not turn and shoot after receiving the ball. He reached out with his right foot to catch the ball, and after receiving the ball, he swiped it directly backwards and kicked the ball out from behind him and into the far corner of the goal!
This is a shot that no one expected. Whether it was the defender or the goalkeeper next to him, they didn't expect him to shoot like this, the football rolled directly into the goal, and the opponent didn't even have time to react.
After all, a salary of 100 million yen is not taken for nothing. Kabore's marksmanship is truly admirable.
In less than 20 minutes of the opening game, Tokyo scored two goals, and the score was 4-1, which also completely ended Yokohama's confidence in counterattack. With two away goals in hand, Yokohama wants to turn the tables around unless they score four goals, but everyone knows that it is impossible.
Tokyo is no longer the Tokyo team it was at the beginning of the season, and even if the media thinks that Tokyo is not strong in attack now, it must be admitted that Tokyo's current defense is the best in the league.
Tokyo's defense line is already very good in Japan. It's just that at the beginning of the season, Hirayama Shota and Kabore were a little lazy, and no one was willing to fight back, so that Tokyo's frontcourt counter-robbery was almost non-existent, and the opponent could calmly take the ball to organize the attack, which was naturally easy to lose the ball. But now, Gao Shunyao and Pingshan Xiangtai are two styles of players, with him on the field, it is possible that someone will directly take the ball and counterattack if he holds the ball in the backcourt for a long time, and Yokohama's attack cannot be organized at all, and there is no counterattack.
At Nissan Stadium, Yokohama lost worse than in Ajinomoto. A 0-2 bid them farewell to this season's Carabao Cup.
Reaching the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup is really good news for Tokyo. What makes Tokyo even happier is that in this League Cup, Gao Shunyao and Kabore only played more than 50 minutes, and they also maintained enough body to face the Kyoto Immortals.
And it turns out that when Tokyo FC has enough body, there is not much problem facing an opponent like Kyoto. Although Tokyo's style of play in this game has returned to defensive counterattacks, and the play is relatively conservative, however, their performance is still excellent, especially Gao Shunyao, who has just scored in the League Cup, and also scored again in the League Cup - this time, Hanyu's pass was received by Gao Shunyao in the penalty area, and he turned and shot directly, blasting the ball directly above the goalkeeper's head into the goal, making Tokyo win at the same time. It also silenced the media who suspected that Gao Shunyao and Pingshan were too similar to each other a while ago.
They won't open their mouths at such a time, because they also understand that the next time belongs to Gao Shunyao's performance time.
After advancing to the semi-finals of the League Cup and winning the league, the situation in Tokyo can also be said to be getting better and better. And in the next few rounds, Iwata Joy, Oita Trinita, and Yamagata Yamagami were not able to stop Tokyo's pace.
These teams are not very strong in the league, and even in the first half of the season, when Hirayama was the main force, Tokyo did not drop points on them. In the face of them, Tokyo needs to be careful not to capsize in the gutter - and to Tokyo's delight, with Gao Shunyao here, they really don't have to worry about that. Although Gao Shunyao's skills are insufficient, he may be limited in the face of strong enemies. However, his physical condition makes him face these weak brigades like an adult against a middle school student, and there is no problem at all.
These three teams, in front of Tokyo, obediently contributed 9 points. And Gao Shunyao also scored a goal each when facing Oita Trinita and Yamagata Yamagami. Dealing with this kind of relegation team, Gao Shunyao, who is physically strong, is definitely a nightmare-level killer.
Tokyo Immortals, Iwata Joy, Oita Trinita, and the three teams, Yamagata Yamagami, were all crushed in front of Tokyo. At the same time as the twelve points are in hand, Tokyo is also extremely enthusiastic and domineering all the way in its own August. Even in the next game, Tokyo was unfortunately forced to draw by Kashima Antlers, and they were not able to continue to win the victory, but they were very satisfied.
After all, Kashima Antlers are one of the strongest teams in the league, and it will be too difficult to beat them. Although Tokyo have improved a lot now, it is difficult for them to win, and they don't need to fight Kashima Antlers - especially this week when they still face Nagoya Whales in the League Cup.
Recuperating and preparing for a midweek win is the most important thing. In this game, Gao Shunyao was substituted after 60 minutes, and it is clear that Tokyo also wants him to save some strength to face Maya Yoshida of Nagoya Whales.
The semi-finals of the League Cup are imminent, and Maya Yoshida, who was defeated once by Gao Shunyao in the league, once again has to stand in front of Gao Shunyao. Remembering the last time he had an all-round disadvantage in the confrontation with Gao Shunyao, people also have reason to believe that the League Cup final is beckoning to Tokyo.
Kashima Antlers is just a small episode, and the next Nagoya Whale Eight is still the stage where Gao Shunyao is wreaking