Section 209 Asian Champions
In the AFC Champions League final, Gao Shunyao's expression made Hoeness Jr. begin to regret his hesitation, and at the same time, almost all media in Asia also focused on Gao Shunyao at this time.
In the AFC Champions League final, Tokyo won, although in the final stage of the game, Seongnam still counterattacked, and Oger, as a defender, also scored a header to help the team get a glimmer of hope, but the heaviest result is still unchanged. Gao Shunyao's two goals helped the team win the AFC Champions League 2-1, and Tokyo, a little-known team participating in the AFC Champions League for the first time, stood on the top of Asia.
In this game, Gao Shunyao's watch was extremely eye-catching, scoring two goals, winning the championship for the team, and making him the top scorer in the AFC Champions League this time. And, most importantly, he scored 10 goals in the AFC Champions League, breaking the long-standing record of nine, which also made him famous for a while.
Although this is only a record that has not even been recorded for ten years, it is worth being proud to be able to break the record.
After the game, the media throughout Japan praised Gao Shunyao's achievements, and in their opinion, Gao Shunyao can be called leading the team to win the championship this year. Tokyo's players this year have had a lot of injuries and that's why they haven't played very well in the league. And under such circumstances, they were able to win the AFC Champions League, which has to be said to be the result of Gao Shunyao's efforts. If it weren't for Gao Shunyao, Tokyo would definitely not have such results, and the Japanese media are very sure about this.
Because of a champion. The Japanese media have been praising Gao Shunyao constantly, not just them. The Chinese media also cheered and celebrated Gao Shunyao at this time.
Although it was a Japanese club that won the championship. But it is undeniable that Gao Shunyao is still a Chinese player after all. As a Chinese team, even if it has played football in Japan, it has made the Chinese media proud.
A Chinese player, no matter where he plays in the league, in the final analysis, is already Chinese. If you play well in another league and go back to the national team, you can also bring victory to the national team. Chinese football has been silent for too long, for any future star who seems to have a lot of hope. They will all have expectations, and this is exactly what they have done in the past, when Gao Shunyao returned to play in China after the AFC Champions League final, he was also greeted like a hero, and the fans were looking forward to him being able to carve out a future for the Chinese team.
Of course, the so-called creation of the future is certainly not this game: this game is only a few days away from the AFC Champions League final. Gao Shunyao finished participating in the team's celebration in Japan and hurriedly ran back to China, and he was going to play again after less than a day of rest, and Gao Shunyao couldn't hold it even if he was an iron fighter. In this game, he played less than 60 minutes. was replaced by the team, and no one expected him to play against the sky.
His fatigue is well known, and it was just a friendly game. The opponent is Latvia, and it doesn't matter if you don't play well. Not to mention. The most important thing is that although Gao Shunyao did not score, the team still won the game. Yang Xu scored a goal for the team. It still allowed the Chinese team to win.
This game, not only did not disappoint the media, but made the media very excited. Even if Gao Shunyao doesn't play well, the Chinese team can win the game, so if Gao Shunyao really plays better and better, maybe the Chinese team can look forward to it in the future.
This kind of love makes domestic fans very happy. Until Gao Shunyao left China and returned to play at the club, their discussions did not stop.
The demands of the fans, sometimes very simple, they don't want all the wins, but just the hopes. As long as it can comfort the fans, even if it fails, the fans will not particularly care.
Sometimes, the fans are very tolerant, and after returning to Tokyo, Ko Soon-yao felt this: the reason why he said this was because he lost the Emperor's Cup match in Tokyo.
After Tokyo FC won the AFC Champions League, they capsized in the gutter in the fourth round of the Emperor's Cup. In this game, they played against the Fukuoka Hornets, who thought they would meet a team that won on penalties and could play well, but who knows, Tokyo did not win the game after 120 minutes of play time and lost to the Fukuoka Hornets in a penalty shootout.
In this game, the fans who watched the game scolded non-stop. The Fukuoka Hornets didn't seem to want to win at all, and their strategy was to stay on top, crouch in the box, and use an 11-0-0 run against Tokyo. In the face of such a turtle formation, Tokyo, which does not have a main striker, has no way to say anything. The game can only be stalemate. And in the end, the result of the game was that Tokyo's body could not keep up: two consecutive 120-minute battles in a week, no one could withstand it.
After the game, the fans kept complaining, if Gao Shunyao hadn't gone to play the national team game, then the game would definitely have been a different result. And now, they can only accept this humiliated exit, and at the same time, they have to accept another blow: Tokyo wants to play in the AFC Champions League next year, but I am afraid that it will be very difficult.
The Emperor's Cup was eliminated, and this was the biggest blow to Tokyo. Tokyo's current record is 14 wins, 8 draws and 8 defeats, with 50 points - which looks like a good score, but compared to Nagoya Whales at the top of the table, it is a full 13 points behind. Behind the whales, Kashima Antlers and Gamba Osaka are also two wins away from Tokyo - these two teams may have been stimulated by Tokyo's good results, and they worked very hard in the league and played better than expected. Their efforts are not good for Tokyo, who are almost impossible to finish in the top three of the league.
Of course, if Tokyo can brace themselves in the final stages and win all four of their remaining games, maybe they will be able to occupy fourth place in the final stages of the competition, and then see if the top three teams in the league will win the Emperor's Cup, and then play next year's AFC Champions League by luck. However, as the head coach of Tokyo, Hiroshi Shofuku is well aware that it will be difficult for Tokyo to muster the last courage.
For the Tokyo players, after winning the AFC Champions League. It seems that all the strength accumulated in a season has been released. For them. After playing the AFC Champions League final, they no longer have the heart to continue playing. The AFC Champions League is here. The last few games are won or lost, it doesn't matter to them.
After all, players are human beings, and they also have fatigue and affection. Although it is necessary to work hard towards the ideal state, it is the time when people have exhausted their strength, and a season of double-front combat has exhausted them, and then let them continue to persevere, whether it is physical or energetic. This time it was lost to the Fukuoka Hornets. In fact, it is already a portrayal of the team's state: they are all tired, they don't want to play anymore, and the nerves that have been tense for a season have been relaxed by themselves.
Cheng Fuhao also immediately thought of them, so he no longer made demands. It's just that he still told the players that in the final stage, it's better not to be too lax, because if you play too poorly in the last few days, it will affect the comments after the season.
For example. The league's top scorer, the league's best team, and the Asian Footballer of the Year are all decided in November and December.
The J-League is in November. The selection of the Team of the Season will begin. This selection is the best team voted on by the entire league, and although it is not authoritative, it is indispensable every year. For some players. For example, Ryoichi Maeda, Hohito Endo. Tanaka Hat, the thigh of the Japanese team, is just a natural fit to be selected for this lineup. But for other players, it is indeed rare to be selected for this lineup.
In the Tokyo team, Yuto Nagatomo and Naohiro Ishikawa both won the honor of the best team that year. And this year Tokyo has played well, and the players are privately talking about who is likely to win the honor. If you are selected for this lineup, you can get a bonus of 1 million yen from the league, which is a good income, and the players are naturally very concerned about it. They are also privately discussing who will be selected for this lineup.
Of course, in the discussion, Gao Shunyao's name was the most mentioned. Everyone believes that the only two strikers selected for the best team this year are Gao Shunyao and Maeda Ryuichi. After all, being the top scorer and not the best striker is a joke.
It is certain that after a period of time, Gao Shunyao will take the honor of the top scorer and the best team into his arms, and even the Asian Footballer, he may have a share.
In this year's selection of Asian Footballer of the Year, Gao Shun also asked for a share. Some of the most popular players this year are Kuwait's Almutawa, Iran's Talebi, Bahrain's Salman, Australia's Ognenovsky, and China's Gao Shunyao. When the squad was announced some time ago, he and Li Datou were also the only two people in China who were selected for the 25-man squad. It's just that unlike Li Datou, Gao Shunyao was not eliminated early, and he has always been considered one of the most likely candidates, especially after winning the championship in Tokyo.
Asian Footballer attaches great importance to the results of the AFC Champions League, and during this period of time, people have been discussing whether it is possible for Gao Shunyao to win the honor of Asian Footballer. The Asian Championship is his biggest reliance, if it weren't for his young age, people would even dare to say that he is already the Asian Footballer of the Year.
This honor is actually not interesting: because it is stipulated that the players must be present to receive it, so this honor is basically taken by Asians, and the players in Europe do not come back to participate, making it seem that it does not mean much. However, this is also an honor after all, in a sense, this can also be regarded as a symbol of the first person in Asian football, and this honor is also undesirable for many people.
Some media also believe that Gao Shunyao should take advantage of this time to show himself more, contact the media, build momentum for himself, and win the award, which is also good for himself. However, they soon discovered that Gao Shunyao seemed to have no intention of doing so.
He even seems to be a little uninterested in this honor. Because when the 31st round came, he didn't play for the team, but went to Europe for a trial.
Now Gao Shunyao no longer seems to care whether he is the first in Asia or not, this honor can no longer satisfy him, and his eyes have been set on Europe. (To be continued......) R1292