When the AFC Champions League final came on November 13 and kicked off at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium, he walked into the stadium along the players' tunnel and stood on the pitch, Gao Shunyao suddenly felt that this AFC Champions League final was really quite different from the league games he had played in the past.

Maybe it's because the pitch is different.

Tokyo Olympic Stadium - The name is still quite meaningful to the Japanese players, because it is the home stadium of the Japanese national team. And for Tokyo FC, it's also a memorable place – in 2003, where FC played against Real Madrid, and it is worth mentioning that it was here that David Beckham scored for Real Madrid for the first time – and the door he broke through was the door of Tokyo FC. But for Gao Shunyao, this place used to have only two meanings.

First, he had heard that this was the final stage of the '02 World Cup, and second, he knew that this place often held concerts.

And from today onwards, this place has another meaning for him: this is the first time that Gao Shunyao has stepped on the final stage of an intercontinental competition such as the AFC Champions League, and this is the first time he has faced such a big scene. For him, this place has a great monumental significance.

Perhaps, to be able to play this kind of game, I have been looking forward to it for a long time.

Three years ago, he would never have believed that he would one day be able to stand on the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo and play such a game under the cheers of thousands of households. And now, looking at the surrounding audience and smelling the smell of the turf, for some reason, Gao Shunyao felt a burst of relaxation.

This kind of relaxation is different from the joy of victory. Also different from the desire to look forward to the game, which is after he heard the cheers around him. Pride from the heart.

This is the match he has been waiting for for a long time. On the downside, it was a workout for more than half a month. The team put a lot of effort into preparing for the game. In terms of strengths, Gao Shunyao also thinks that maybe being surrounded and cheering like this is what he has been looking forward to for a long time.

For a footballer who aspires to success, there is nothing more exciting than a championship. Thinking about his efforts in the past three years, Gao Shunyao also told himself in his heart that this game must not be lost.

He has this confidence because of the hard work he has made in the past three years, and because he has accumulated enough energy and body to cope with this battle.

After defeating Saeki Han. Tokyo's results in these games are quite poor, which is a big reason for the fact that Tokyo did not play well in these games: Gao Shunyao played more than 70 minutes in only one of the four games after the second leg of the AFC Champions League, and the other games all played 60 minutes. Obviously, the team is already thinking about helping him save his body and prepare him for the final. And a conservative approach is naturally difficult to win the game.

It's not like they didn't win a game. In the 27th round of the league, they won the game against Sendai Vegatai: they still have a strong fighting power in the face of promoted horses. Gao Shunyao in the game. Two goals were scored in half-time, which was also outstanding, whether it was finding angles after receiving the ball in the ribs. Or after taking the ball, he suddenly got up and shot into the far corner to score, these two goals. It's all beautiful, and it makes it easy for Tokyo to win this game.

But. After this game, against the Kobe Victory Ship, Tokyo unexpectedly only played a draw. Their apparent restraint in the game prevented them from being able to breach the Kobe Vissel defence. The game ended 0-0 with both sides playing conservatively, making the game uninteresting.

The next match, while interesting for neutral fans, was not interesting for Tokyo: they lost to Gamba Osaka in the round of 29. Gamba are still trying to make a final push for the league title, and they are playing quite ferociously, while Tokyo are far from the momentum they have fought so hard for the title, and they are playing a lot worse. In the game, Endo played well, allowing Gamba Osaka to win 2-0 and take away three points.

After this game, Tokyo's state has recovered a little. In the game against Shonan Bima, Gao Shunyao also scored soon after the opening again, and won the siege for Tokyo. However, for the AFC Champions League, in this game, Tokyo was still in the second half of the game, replacing the main players such as Gao Shunyao and Hideto Takahashi, which also made Tokyo in the final stage, Shonan Bima counterattacked and scored a goal, and only got 1 point.

This result is nothing to Gao Shunyao. With three goals in four games, Ko raised his tally to 18. And with these 18 goals, he is now temporarily at the top of the scorer list. At the same time, he is the top scorer in the AFC Champions League and the league, which is a very rare achievement.

It's a pity that although Gao Shunyao played well, the team didn't score many points after all, one win, two draws and one defeat, it seems that it is a good result to get 5 points, but it is very intolerable to play like this in the final stage of the league. In the final stage of the league, Tokyo still failed to catch up, which made it almost certain that there will be no AFC Champions League to play next year.

In this regard, the Japanese media also complained again and again, Tokyo played well this year, and its performance in the AFC Champions League can be said to be winning glory for Japan. The team that played so well did not qualify for the AFC Champions League next year, which is also a loss for the J League. Moreover, some media take a more long-term view, and even take into account the example in front of them: Gamba Osaka has not seen any improvement in their results since they won the AFC Champions League but did not have the opportunity to play in the AFC Champions League again, and after Tokyo won the AFC Champions League this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to improve in the future.

Tokyo has not taken those comments to heart: everyone knows that after this year, Gao Shunyao will probably not be able to stay in Tokyo, and Bruno will be 33 years old next year, and he is also a foreign aid that Tokyo is ready to give up. After Kabore's serious injury, his physical condition is only afraid that it will be difficult to recover, so that the team's foreign aid will basically be replaced, and the foreign aid of a team will be changed, which is basically the rhythm of reconstruction.

Those things need to be considered later, and Tokyo doesn't think about them at all now. What's more, if you really want to play in the AFC Champions League. The Emperor's Cup is not necessarily an option.

It's November, and the Emperor's Cup tour in Tokyo has begun. In the first round of the competition. They have also won: of course, a lot of Cheng dù on the blessing that the opponent is too weak.

Their opponent in the first round of the Emperor's Cup is Kitakyushu Sunflowers. Two years ago, this team was still in the JFL League, under the name of Kitakyushu Shinba, and played against Gao Shunyao. Gao Shunyao became famous in the JFL league in one fell swoop, that is, when facing this team, he completed an attack with four people in one breath and became famous, and now, time has passed, and Gao Shunyao has become the top scorer in the league. The team was also promoted to J2 and met Tokyo in the Emperor's Cup.

So, in this game, Gao Shunyao helped them recall the pain when they were single-handedly rushed by Gao Shunyao, in the game, Gao Shunyao didn't have long to start, just after getting the ball once, he successfully rushed the guard line, but he relied on his own strong impact, so that the opponent's pulling action could not have an effect. As a result, he successfully entered the opponent's penalty area, and faced the attacking goalkeeper with a quick shot and kicked the ball into the near corner of the goal, thus winning the team a good start.

His goal helped the team gain the upper hand. In the face of weak teams, Tokyo played very calmly. Soon, Hirotsugu Kiyotake also scored a goal. Then, Naohiro Ishikawa added the icing on the cake to extend the score to 3-0 before Ko Soon-yao was substituted in the 55th minute. He doubled the score with another header and also made that game. It was a complete slaughter.

The 4-0 victory allowed Tokyo Shun to advance to the next round. And Gao Shunyao's two goals and top-level performance in the first game also made many people talk about whether it is possible for Gao Shunyao to win the top scorer of three tournaments at the same time. If you can really get the top scorer in the Emperor's Cup, AFC Champions League and the league, then Gao Shunyao's strength is indeed not picky.

It's a pity that Gao Shunyao just laughed at these things: the next round of the Emperor's Cup, the matchday conflict with the Chinese national team, he has to go back to China to play, and without him in Tokyo, it is difficult to say whether he can win the next round. Moreover, even if Tokyo wins, Gao Shunyao will definitely play one less round, and in such a situation, Gao Shunyao himself does not have much confidence in competing for the top scorer.

He still knows his ability, although he claims to be the top scorer on three fronts, but in fact, his goal number is only 28 in the three lines. That is, the overall weakness of the J League this year, no striker in the league has scored a lot of goals, so he is the boss, and if he is replaced by the top scorer in the previous two years with 24 goals, his goal number is far from enough. He said that he was an excellent goalscorer, and he very much agreed, but if he wanted to score a goal, he would not dare to boast about Haikou.

He doesn't have that ability, he knows it. He didn't want to get carried away by the win and play in a mess.

Because he knows very well that he has to work hard enough in this game.

The players of Seongnam-ichi and Tianma are now standing not far from Gao Shunyao's side. He turned his head, and he could see the big tall white man Ogur who had been specially told by the coach before the game. In this match, he must be mainly against himself. Gao Shunyao also needs to be more serious and careful now to be able to play this game well.

28 goals, it doesn't seem like a whole number after all, and in this game, it would be a good thing if I could turn the number of goals into 30. Speaking of which, since the restructuring of the AFC Champions League, it seems that in the past few years, no one has ever been able to break Hao Haidong's AFC Champions League record of 9 goals. If you can score two goals in the final, it would be a good thing to brush that record to 10.

Of course, this is difficult, but thinking of the preparations before the game and his own efforts, Gao Shunyao does not think that he has no chance.

Looking up at the stands, Gao Shunyao knew that Li Ze, Tian Ying, and Chen Sirou would be watching him there. And he also knew that Kazuya Yamamura, the Omae Genki, also came to see this game. Now that they are standing here, not only are they confident in themselves, but they are also confident in themselves.

To be able to stand on this field, the hard work of the past three years is now about to be transformed into confidence. And he believes that his confidence, in this game, will also burn. (To be continued......)