Chapter 203: The King of Asia
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However, compared to these honors won in domestic competitions, the Eastern team obviously has more significance in winning this year's AFC Champions League, and it is not in vain that they have given up strategically again and again this season and finally lost the championship.
The opponent of the Eastern team in the AFC Champions League final is the UAE giants Al Ain, and the schedule is more favorable. It must be noted that although the home stadiums of the oil-rich countries in West Asia are relatively dark, there is still a big difference in Cheng DΓΉ, the status of UAE football in Asia is far less than that of Saudi Arabia, and the current Al Ain team is far less rich than the Etihad team, and they are not as willing to spend money (Note 1), so although the home whistle of the Al Ain team is dark, it also blew away a goal of the Eastern team plus a few yellow cards, which is still incomparable with the completely shameless bias of the Etihad team when it was at home.
In addition, the strength of the Al Ain team itself is not as good as that of the Etihad team, so although the Eastern team failed to show the best form in the away trip, it still relied on the goals of Gao Jun and Corne to draw 2:2 and lay the foundation for the second leg of the home game.
After returning to the home field, the Eastern team, which no longer cares about the referee, was full of firepower, and in the first half, Ribery and Gao Jun scored a goal each, taking a 2:o lead, forcing the Al Ain team to press out and attack. As a result, in the second half, the Oriental team's quick counterattack hit a quasi, and finally Gao Jun scored a hat-trick again in this game, and Golin and Ribery also scored a goal each, and the Al Ain team did not take advantage of the Eastern's laxity until the end of the game to save face
In this way, the Oriental team swept the old Asian powerhouse Al Ain team with a score of 6:1 at home, with a total score of 8:3, and became the king of Asia with a posture of looking at the world. After the game, the AFC gave the Eastern team an unprecedentedly high evaluation, "In the history of Asian football, there has never been such a strong team, and it is likely that there will be no comparable club for many years to come." β
After scoring a hat-trick in this match, Gao Jun's total number of goals in this AFC Champions League has reached an incredible 18, an average of 1.5 goals per game based on 12 games, in addition to Gao Jun's many assists, such a table can only be described as dreamy.
And Gao Jun's single-session AFC Champions League goal record, even in his lifetime, no one can surpass it, even if the AFC Champions League is restructured in the future, the number of teams and games participated in has greatly increased. At this time, few people can realize that such a record is just one of the many terrifying records in Gao Jun's legendary life
Becoming the king of Asia is undoubtedly exciting, but what makes Gao Jun even happier is that the Eastern team won the Asian championship and got the opportunity to participate in this year's Club World Cup. Although the Club World Cup is not very valued by European giants, it is also an official competition, which can reflect the comparison of strength between the two sides better than the warm-up match.
Although the Oriental team only gave the players a few days off after the AFC Champions League to prepare for the Club World Cup, the Club World Cup can be said to be the highest crown that can theoretically be won for Asian teams, so everyone's enthusiasm is very high, and there are no complaints about the reduction of holidays. The two young French players in the team are even more motivated, because they both know that if they want to find a good club after the winter transfer, this Club World Cup will be the heaviest weight.
Relatively speaking, Caballero, who is already young, seems relatively calm, because years of bad luck before coming to the East team have basically put out his thoughts of returning to play in Europe, but for the central defender, his current calm mentality may be the best
In addition, it is worth mentioning that on November 3o, Gao Jun also went to Kuala Lumpur to participate in the 2oo5 AFC Awards Ceremony, because of the unparalleled outstanding performance in the national youth team, national team and club, Gao Jun was indisputably named the "Asian Footballer" this year, and at the age of 17, he became the youngest footballer in the history of Asian football, and he also set a new record for the lowest age of footballer on all continents in the world, which attracted an exclamation from the media in Asia and even around the world. But to be honest, in fact, Gao Jun's table last year was eligible to be elected, and if that happens, the record left by Gao Jun will be even more difficult for future generations to cross
And because of Gao Jun's age, he also inadvertently set another record that is a little embarrassing for the AFC, especially the parties involved, that is, the age of the best newcomer is older than the man of the ball. It was originally a happy thing that Xue Lin was named the best newcomer, but he was also very unhappy because the media repeatedly joked about it, but fortunately, he was not a narrow-minded person, and his relationship with Gao Jun was iron enough, so he didn't have a bad relationship with Gao Jun because of this
Following the award ceremony last year, Chinese football once again became the biggest winner, in addition to the Asian Footballer and the best newcomer, the Chinese national team was also named the best Asian national team this year, and the coach of the national youth team, German Krauchen, won a world youth championship for Asian football because he led the Chinese youth team, and the national football coach Alihan, who was also very popular, became the best head coach in Asia this year, and the Oriental team was named the best club in Asia.
Obviously, the AFC has also weighed many aspects when determining the candidates for each award, taking the best newcomer award for Ko Lin, Xie Wenjun, who was originally named the best double at the World Junior Championship in Peru, is also very popular, but the AFC considers that Xie Wenjun is still very young and has the opportunity to win this award in the future, plus the Japanese who have a lot of influence in the AFC are very supportive of Kasu Lin (the more ruthless they abuse, the more the Japanese are in awe of whom). So in the end, it was the Kaolin who was elected. And Crowchen was able to overwhelm Alihan, and it was also because the youth team could not win the award as a collective because of the award setting, so Crawford was compensated as an individual as a representative
Note 1: The referee is not a Kaizi, the whistle blowing too dark will affect his future, if the requirements are very excessive, the home team does not give some real money is not good. This year, the Etihad team invested extremely much, the purpose is to win the AFC Champions League and enter the Club World Cup, in order to avoid such a huge investment, the price they are willing to pay is naturally much greater than that of the Al Ain team that did not have a huge investment.
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