86_86638There is nothing more painful for a team than conceding points in the last minute of the league. Whether it is the fans of Tokyo or the players, none of them could have imagined that in the 31st round of a league that has lasted so long, Tokyo will not win.

Looking back after the game, it seems unsurprising: Tokyo seems to have spent too much effort in the Carabao Cup – at least for Bruno. In the league, against Yokohama Marino, Bruno played a little weakly. His defense was airy on all sides, and he simply didn't look like he was in the last game. Tokyo, who thought that the game could be counter-attacked like the previous game, fell behind 0-2 due to mistakes in the back line in less than 10 minutes of the opening 10 minutes, before the players in the front court could react.

The 32-year-old Bruno has been playing more than 40 games in a season before he finally can't hold on. And the excitement of just winning the championship made Bruno's spirit completely relaxed. A mistake in the opening scene put Tokyo in a desperate situation.

The score behind made Tokyo almost desperately attacked, and Yokohama's defense was not too good, and under Tokyo's repeated counterattacks, they finally scored a hard-fought equalizer. But after all, the time of the game is limited, and the gap between the two goals is not so easy to chase. When they do catch up, there is no time to fight back.

The league is 2-2 and they are not able to win. The draw saw Kawasaki Frontale tie their points and hold them ahead of them on goal difference. At this time, the slide to the fourth position also put more pressure on Tokyo's race for the top three.

"Let's give up the next Emperor's Cup. Compared to the league, the Emperor's Cup matches are not very important. Sendai Vega is the first in the league in J2, and it will be promoted next season, and it will be a lot of consumption on us to face them head-on, so let's give up this game. ”

After the game, Cheng Fuhao didn't blame anyone too much in the locker room, but was secretly annoyed by his lack of experience: seeing that Gao Shunyao was so excited that he won a championship, he actually forgot to take care of the other players to see if they were also out of shape. This mistake caused Tokyo to lose points and embarrassed the situation.

Faced with an unfavorable situation, he could only make this arrangement: Tokyo was unlucky, and they drew an opponent in the Emperor's Cup match against Sendai Vegata. This J2 League champion is the best defensive team in the J2 League, having conceded just 39 goals in 51 matches. This team is one of the two toughest opponents of this round along with Osaka Sakura, who is second in the J2 league and the most offensive in the entire J2 league, and unfortunately Tokyo met them.

Entangled with such an opponent in the Emperor's Cup is clearly not in line with Tokyo's needs right now. The Emperor's Cup game was abandoned by Jofuku Hiroshi.

Since they gave up this game, they naturally can't expect to win. In the game, Tokyo, who was replaced by a substitute lineup, also lost to Sendai Vegata without any suspense.

Having lost the Emperor's Cup 2-0, Tokyo has only three games left this season.

But what is helpless is that at this time, Tokyo faced Nagoya Whales in the 32nd round, and lost again.

If in the last game, Bruno was just powerless, then this time in the face of Kenedy, who has been completely integrated into the team, Bruno can be said to be playing old. Kennedy's strong body and excellent technique made him a good defeat for Bruno in the game, and he was the biggest guarantee of victory for the Nagoya Whales.

And at the other end, Gao Shunyao also suffered enough losses from Yoshida Maya. Compared with the previous few battles, Maya Yoshida has a lot more movements in his hands this time. Pulling, pushing, he didn't stop the whole game, and the most strict time, Gao Shunyao in the penalty area was pulled down by him.

However, these actions did not lead to penalties: these were the last rounds of the league, and any misjudgment could affect the final standings of the league, and the referee was afraid to take responsibility for the penalty and did not dare to give the penalty lightly, and his cowering allowed Tokyo to swallow a 1-2 defeat and go two games without a win in the title race.

Obviously, neither luck nor the referees are on Tokyo's side during these days.

Another defeat, so that Tokyo is still 58 points after this round, there are two rounds left in the game, and now Kashima has 68 points, Gamba 65 points, they are all soaring, and Tokyo at this time, another loss.

The results of the top two are getting bigger and bigger, which makes Tokyo quite irritated. And the only thing that can make them a little happy at this time is the Kawasaki Frontale who is on the same score as them, and this game is also lost. Moreover, unlike Tokyo, which only lost 0-1, Kawasaki Frontale had a poor mentality in the League Cup final because of the loss, which caused someone to eat a red card in the game and was sent off, leading to a 0-7 defeat. The heavy defeat put back the goal difference advantage they had over Tokyo.

Kawasaki Frontale lost 0-7, and I am afraid that they will no longer have any confidence to snatch the position, but after Hiroshima Sanfrecce won two consecutive games, the points and Tokyo have also narrowed.

Now, they are also one of the challengers for Tokyo: with six points in a row, Sanfrecce Hiroshima has taken the score to 57, and their remaining two games are easy against mid-table teams, and if Tokyo drops points on Shimizu Heartbeat, then the top three places will be lost.

Wave after wave of unsettled battles has risen, and the battle has become more and more intense.

And if there is anything to be happy about during this time, then the only good news is that the Japanese media is also very supportive of Tokyo FC being able to replace Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the AFC Champions League.

This is not because of how strong FC Tokyo is, or how much potential they have in the AFC Champions League - in fact, they have never played in the AFC Champions League - but because Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a team that is really humiliating in the AFC Champions League.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a team that is different from Tokyo FC in that they have successfully played in the AFC Champions League in the past. But after this team entered the AFC Champions League, their results are absolutely speechless. The J League has been quite strong in previous years, at least there is no problem in qualifying from the group in the East Asian region, but the table of Sanfrecce Hiroshima is a complete AFC Champions League soft-footed shrimp.

For the Japanese team, the AFC Champions League is a bit tasteless and a pity to abandon. The income of the AFC Champions League is too small, a group stage victory is only 600,000 yen, although the knockout round is increasing, but even the championship is only 22.5 million yen, and the final prize is only 5.25 million yen, even if all the games are won, it is only about 50 million yen in bonuses, compared to the 100 million yen in the Japanese League Cup.

And Sanfrecce Hiroshima has always given up the AFC Champions League, they once only let substitute players play in the AFC Champions League, which seems to be a lack of honor, but in fact, it is for the sake of their own assets. If the players are injured, the cost of treatment may be more than that of the AFC Champions League winners, so what is there to play in such a game?

Because he has always played messily in the AFC Champions League, there is even a joking saying in Japan: the J-League game is known as the most unpredictable game in the world, and it can be called the biggest natural enemy of the handicap, so if you participate in the betting, then there is only one way to win the handicap: bet on the Hiroshima Three Arrows AFC Champions League group to lose, there will be absolutely no problem......

The Japanese media don't want the J-League to lose in the AFC Champions League too ugly - the reason is simple, because the current restructuring of the AFC Champions League is advocated by the Japanese.

In the two years of 07 and 08 years, Urawa Ruby and Osaka Flying Foot two teams, won the AFC Champions League twice in a row - when they won the AFC Champions League, they were not even the champions of the J League, at home they were firmly pressed by Kashima Antlers, but in the international world they won the AFC Champions League in a row, so that the Japanese football world was extremely complacent for a while - that is, at that time, Saburo Kawabuchi, the father of the J League, on the one hand, confidently advocated that Japanese football should leave Asia and enter Europe, and further become a talent transfer league, On the other hand, it has also begun to exert influence on the AFC, and Tongguò has reformed the rules of the AFC Champions League, hoping to further establish the hegemony of Japanese football in Asia.

The AFC Champions League reform in '09 can be said to be very biased towards Japan: the home advantage of the group leader was determined, and the final was changed to a single-game system and held at a neutral venue. The former helped the J-League team extend their advantage, while the latter, this year's final, was held in Tokyo.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven. In this year's AFC Champions League, the Japanese did not reach the final at all. Pohang Steelers and Etihad played in the final in Tokyo, while Japan's best result was the Nagoya Whales reaching the semi-finals.

However, this year's results have been a little unconvinced by the Japanese - there is no Gamba Osaka among the teams playing in the AFC Champions League this year, and Kashima Antlers have given up in the AFC Champions League for their dream of three consecutive league titles, which is criticized. In this year's AFC Champions League, the Japanese do not admit defeat, and they still hope to continue to win the championship next year - anyway, next year's final is still in Tokyo, and they have applied for the AFC Champions League final venue for two years in one go, and the Japanese have fought hard for it.

If you can win three crowns in four years, it will be considered a success. And when you want to compete for the championship, it's better not to make up the numbers for a team like Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

So, at this moment, the media is in favor of Tokyo.

Their support doesn't matter to Tokyo, but it's always good to know that someone has their support at times like these. In the team, Cheng Fuhao also turned these supports into the team's forward momentum.

"Guys, now even the media is pinning their last hope on us. If we lose again, then we are really too lost. The last two, winning these two, we have a good chance of winning the eventually, and with these efforts, we have a perfect year - guys, we won a championship this year, and this year should be our best memory. Don't let our last 180 minutes of mistakes tarnish our beautiful memories of the year, the memories of this year, must be perfect! ”

PS: Saburo Kawabuchi promoted the reform of the AFC Champions League in '08, and a series of measures were stipulated in favor of Japan at that time, but the problem is that those measures were also beneficial to South Korea, so that since '09, the Korean team has reached the final for five consecutive years