Section 191 The Pride of Asia

After scoring his second goal of the game, Ko Soon-yao soon found that the morale of Suwon Samsung had finally been crushed. Although many people praised the South Korean team, saying that they were fighting spirit and strong-willed, but their home team lost 1-3, and no matter how strong their willpower was, they couldn't bear it.

In this game, both sides soon entered the stage of idleness, which made the game finally end with a score of 3-1.

3-1 away, a result that made the Tokyo players extremely excited after the game. They were preparing for a long time before the game and wanted to play well in this round. But no matter how optimistic they were, they didn't expect that after only one game, they would be victorious. With three away goals in hand, back in Tokyo, even if they don't attack at all throughout the game, they don't have to worry about anything: Tokyo's own home stadium will never allow the South Koreans to score three goals in a game, and the possibility of them being eliminated is almost non-existent.

However, no matter how excited the players in Tokyo were, they did not expect that after returning to Japan, the media would be even more enthusiastic than them.

The 3-1 win away to Suwon Samsung was not just a matter for one team in Tokyo, but almost all of the Japanese media went crazy about it: playing such a score on the road far exceeded anyone's expectations, and this result made the Japanese media seem to have received a shot in the arm.

In the AFC Champions League, Japan and South Korea have always been the worse teams. Koreans emphasize the body and emphasize the hardness of the style of play, although it is not as good as the Japanese team. But the results are arguably better.

They won the title last year, and this year's AFC Champions League. They also played better than the Japanese Shun lĂŹ. On the Japanese side, when it comes to the quarterfinals, there is already only one team in Tokyo. Whether it is the league hegemon Kashima Antlers or the former AFC Champions League winner Gamba Osaka, they have all been eliminated, and they are also considered by the Japanese to be another year of pits. But this time, Tokyo, as a newcomer to the AFC Champions League, has turned people's minds upside down.

Although their opponent Suwon Samsung does have the influence of a large number of players injured, but Tokyo is not full of players, both sides are remnants, and Tokyo, which is thinner than Suwon Samsung's lineup, can play such a result, which is really amazing.

They made it to the Final Four with half a foot. While their league results were still struggling in seventh and eighth place, the AFC Champions League results went further.

Compared to those teams who are only willing to spend their strength in the league, Tokyo's approach is clearly more popular with the media. Look at Tokyo only once in the AFC Champions League, and then look at Kashima Antlers playing in the AFC Champions League every year, it is disappointing every year, and the media naturally praises Tokyo. As a league team, you may feel that playing in the league is more profitable. But as a football media, I can only think that foreign wars are glorious.

The reason is very simple, because the fans like to fight outside, and no one likes to be in the nest.

Tokyo's results are satisfactory. It's just that the only thing that makes the media a little concerned is that the biggest reason why this game can play such a result is not because of the Japanese players playing well. It's because of the power of foreign aid.

At the end of the day, the victory was because there was a Ko Shun Yao in Tokyo.

2 goals and 1 assist. Maybe it's not a particularly good book result, at least compared to those hat-tricks or something. This is still not enough. However, football can't just look at the score and goals, Gao Shunyao's performance on the field is the focus of people's attention.

Throughout the game, he was almost non-stop wreaking havoc on Suwon Samsung in different ways. At the beginning of the game, it was a header, and in the first half, he kept trying all kinds of combined attacks with his teammates to help his teammates score goals. After the full contraction in the second half, he also used an opportunity to counterattack and scored a long shot at the edge of the penalty area, and the whole game, no matter how the rhythm changed, the game was always in the hands of Gao Shunyao, compared to the J League game, many times it was a counterattack goal, this game, Gao Shunyao's style of play is more worthy of the top center striker.

As a top player, maybe the number of goals won't be many, but the pace of the game must always be in your own hands. No matter how the opponent changes the rhythm of the attack, no matter what the situation of the two sides is in, the player who can always control the situation on the field can better guide the victory. Being able to score goals is not the highest goal of a striker, but being able to help the team win is.

Whether a player is a top player or not is never determined by the number of goals scored alone. Some players score a lot of goals, but the real level is not flattering, while some players score few goals, but the effect on the team is indelible. Like in the 08-09 season, Drogba scored only five league goals, which is far less than team-mate Nicolas Anelka's 19. But even the stupidest person knows which of the two is more important at Chelsea.

The level of the players is determined by watching the game. If it weren't for that, scouts wouldn't be doing a field trip to those particularly good players. The level of Gao Shunyao's performance in this game really makes people see the shadow of a top striker, which is more important than scoring goals, because for players who want to have better development, showing their strength can reach a higher stage.

In fact, after the match with Suwon Samsung, many people were already surprised by Ko Soon-yao's excellent performance. Just after the game, Li Weifeng praised Gao Shunyao fiercely in an interview.

'He played well, better than I thought. His level is definitely a first-class striker in China, he is close to the players of the older generation, and we can't beat him with all our strength, which is really good. ”

After the game, the South Korean side interviewed Li Weifeng, in fact, I wanted to hear more about his dissatisfaction with Gao Shunyao: Li Weifeng was blocked from the national gate by Coach Gao, and Gao Shunyao was promoted to the national team by Coach Gao, so the media also thought that the two people might have some disputes with each other, but Li Weifeng's evaluation made the Korean media have nothing to say.

He also recognized Gao Shunyao's strength, as for the dirty ones in China. He did not mention it to the South Korean media.

Actually, even if he actually mentioned it. The South Korean media is only afraid and embarrassed to say anything more: the actual results of the game are not to be judged by who can blow more. Gao Shunyao played such a game, which is worthy of admiration, especially considering the level at which he played in the AFC Champions League, it is even more worthy of people's attention.

After all, the AFC Champions League is different from the J League, and many players who play well in the J League are not playing in the AFC Champions League. In particular, it is not uncommon for a striker who plays with his body to lose his level of play against an opponent at a higher level. However, Gao Shunyao's level in the face of the AFC Champions League has risen instead of falling. It's really scary.

Gao Shunyao's game is at the top level in Asia - this is something that anyone has to admit.

The South Korean media finally really recognized the strength of Gao Shunyao, and the Japanese media could only sigh about this: Tokyo is now Japan's last hope in the AFC Champions League, but sadly, their star is actually a Chinese player, which is also really ironic. Japan has been shouting for so many years to develop world-class strikers, but the result is to train strikers for others, which is simply sad.

Fortunately, to the relief of the Japanese media. He is a player under the Japanese football development system.

"Gao Shunyao's success proves that Japanese football is not on the wrong path, and his excellence is also due to the cultivation of Japanese football. His future does not belong in Asia. It's definitely going to Europe, a player of this level, no matter what country it's from. It's the pride of Asia. ”

Tokyo is in the limelight, and the media naturally won't speak ill of Gao Shunyao. will only change the way to pull the relationship. He has indeed made a name for himself in Japan, which is also the pride of Japanese football. He now plays in Asia. It seems a bit eye-catching, but if he goes to Europe, then the Japanese can be said to have cultivated the No. 1 striker in Asia, and that is enough for them to brag about.

Players who are good enough can always brag about it in a different way, and if Gao Shunyao is said to be Asian, the Japanese can be proud of it.

For a while, the media was full of praise for him, and in the eyes of the media all over Japan, the current level of Gao Shunyao is indeed getting higher and higher.

It's just that, although people are praising it, after returning to Japan, the league in Tokyo is not particularly good.

When a game is played 3-1 away, it is not a problem to return to the home stadium. It's just that even so, Tokyo still didn't dare to relax, and they didn't use their best in the league against the Omiya Squirrels.

In this game, Tokyo was not able to win: if you want to stabilize in the AFC Champions League, you always have to pay some price in the league, and you still want to win on both fronts, which is too greedy. Tokyo made a rotation and did not use all the main forces anymore, especially in order to let the injured find their condition, and specially let Yohei Kajiyama play football. Their strength is much stronger than that of Omiya Squirrels, but if they play so conservatively, it is impossible to win.

Although Gao Shunyao was still the starter, he only played 60 minutes before being replaced. And maybe because he went to South Korea to play in midweek, the power consumed was indeed a bit big, and Gao Shunyao was not able to score again in these 60 minutes.

After 22 rounds, his goals are still 13. But people don't take it seriously.

It is difficult for any striker to guarantee that he will score in every round, especially in a double-match situation, it would be a bit stupid for Gao Shunyao to spend any effort in the league. Although Japanese teams usually like to say that the J-League's income is higher than that of the AFC Champions League when they talk about their earnings, everyone admits that the AFC Champions League is a higher honor. Compared to the AFC Champions League, it is not a big deal if you can't score in the league - especially since Tokyo is not far from the top few, anyway, if you can't catch up, what's the big deal about the difference in points?

The media is 100 percent supportive of Tokyo's efforts to invest in the AFC Champions League. As for Gao Shunyao, the media is even more eager for him not to play at all in this game - the Japanese media very much hope that Gao Shunyao can make persistent efforts in the next AFC Champions League game, and if he can win the honor of the top scorer in the AFC Champions League, it will be the best. (To be continued......)