Volume 1 Chapter 257 The First Person in Asia
Christmas is getting closer and closer, Premier League players are the only ones who need to play at Christmas, the rest of Europe is completely different from England, people do not have the habit of going to the stadium around Christmas, according to a survey by professional companies, 80% of players and fans in Germany and Italy are against Christmas games, they believe that Christmas should be time with family.
After the 16th round of the league, Serie A will usher in a two-week winter break, and at this time, many players have returned to their hearts and entered the rhythm of Christmas early.
If it weren't for Juventus and AC Milan's battle for the top spot, the major sports stations and sports newspapers would have been full of Christmas entertainment, shopping and gossip. And now, the battle between Juventus and AC Milan has temporarily overshadowed the limelight of Christmas and made headlines in major sectors.
Speaking of the "Italian national derby", the vast majority of fans can point out that it is a feud between Juventus and Inter Milan. But in Italy, there are still many people who dismiss this statement: when AC Milan and Juventus first played each other in Italian national football, Inter Milan didn't know where it was, and it wasn't because of two relegations due to match-fixing in the early years of the RU era, AC Milan was more qualified to be the protagonist of the "national derby" both in terms of results and history.
In the history of the meetings between the two teams, Juve have clearly the upper hand with 19 wins and 18 defeats, but since Berlusconi took over the club, Milan have won a total of U league titles, and every season of the title, they have always won the Alp Stadium.
The match at the Stadio Alp also made AC Milan hungry for victory, and Carlo Ancelotti said before the game: "Maybe it's a coincidence, we always step on the podium of the towel-tini and this time I hope the Alp Stadium can bring us good luck again."
For Juventus, unbeaten is a victory, after 15 rounds, the old lady is still at the top of the table, three points higher than AC Milan and Fiorentina, this three-point advantage allows Capello to arrange tactics flexibly, but Capello also wants to win, in the face of Ancelotti talking about probability and history, Capello also began to use history to stimulate AC Milan. "The Bianconeri beat Milan by a big score every time they win a title, I'm not a coach who likes to win by a big score, but if we can play a big scoreline, it will undoubtedly make us more optimistic about the future
With Inter Milan becoming the masters of the draw in Serie A, the draw in Gundam ll cost them the title title, and only Fiorentina could influence the match between Juventus and AC Milan at this time.
Fiorentina have won 9 and drawn 5 in 15 games, and the points are 3 points behind Juventus, the same level with AC Milan, and 3 points ahead of fourth-place Udinese.
However, it is not good for Fiorentina that they have been winless for four consecutive games, and the big battle with Milan, the last moment of the equalization by AC Milan also hit Fiorentina's morale greatly, this round of home against Chievo, whether you can win has become very critical, if you can win, not only can you sweep away the decline of four games without a win, but also be able to bite the top of the table, if you don't win, the team's morale and confidence are low, and it is hard to say whether it will collapse later.
In such a delicate situation, Fiorentina's captain Chen Yu stood up again, he used a goal and an assist to help the team win 0 at home Chievo, clearing the haze of four winless games, and Chen Yu, who scored l goals, also firmly locked the top scorer list.
Fiorentina's victory gave Juventus and AC Milan both felt the pressure, in the next day's Mars hit the earth in the giant matchup, the two teams played sparks, the game was extremely intense, the scene of people turning on their backs was not uncommon, in the first half Zebina was injured and went down, referee Bel Jiani's law enforcement was also questioned by the players and coaches many times, but the game was fierce but not exciting, because both sides put too much effort on defense, and finally the two teams had to shake hands.
After this battle, Serie A came to an end temporarily, in the standings, Juventus's lead with 36 points was only one point, behind the old woman, Fiorentina followed closely with 35 points, AC Milan 33 points, the fourth-place Udinese 3l points, the fifth-place Inter Milan points, the top four bitten very tightly, Juventus and Udinese are only 5 points apart, although Udinese has little hope of winning the championship, but because of the big gap in points, the Champions League seat still has great hope.
16 rounds, although not halfway, but the Christmas holiday made the Serie A temporarily come to an end, looking back on the first 16 rounds of games, the biggest miracle of Serie A this season is not the current second ranked Fiorentina, nor the fourth ranked Udinese, although they can all be called miracles, but if the biggest miracle, it is only Chen Yu, the player.
In terms of goals, Chen Yu scored L goals in 16 league rounds, 71 goals ahead of the second place Adriano and 10 goals ahead of Shevchenko, leading the scorer list.
In terms of shots on goal, attacking Inter Milan occupy the top spot, ranking first with a total of 0 shots in 16 games. In terms of individual scorer statistics, the highest goal scoring rate is also Chen Yu, who ranks first on the scorer list, who can score a goal in less than RU minutes, much higher than Montella, who is ranked second.
In terms of shot success rate, the first ranked is also Chen Yu, he has one shot in 16 rounds, but scored 8 goals, and the shot success rate has reached 50, behind him is Montella, the third is AC Milan's Shevchenko, the fourth is Juventus' Ibrahimovic, and the fifth ranked Adriano, who scored 14 goals in 43 shots.
In terms of personal foul data, Chen Yu also ranked first with 57 times, Juventus' Ibrahimovic is second, and the third is Palermo center Toney, of which Ibrahimovic and Toney's fouls are mostly obtained when the front court fights with the opponent's central defender, which is somewhat "watery", while Chen Yu is more of a foul in the return defense, and there are such good defensive data in the case of scoring so many goals, Chen Yu is not an exaggeration to call Fiorentina's trump card.
Compared with the popular Chen Yu, the other four Asian players who broke through in the Apennines are somewhat dwarfed.
Hidetoshi Nakata was once the representative of Asian players playing in Italy, and in 1998, at the age of l, Nakata landed in the Apennine Peninsula and excelled in Perugia and became the heart of the team's midfield. Roma saw Perugia's great commercial gains in Japan, bringing Nakata to the Italian capital at the beginning of UU, and winning the title with Roma in 0l, becoming the first Asian player to win the Serie A title, and Nakata Hidetoshi also won the Asian Footballer of the Year that year, reaching the top 50 of the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year.
Despite winning the league title and being the most successful Asian player in Italy, Hidetoshi Nakata could only be used as a substitute for Maresca in Fiorentina, and fellow midfielder Maresca was far superior to Nakata in passing and long-range shooting, while the Japanese were ⊥not convincing in their modest playing time.
But from a commercial point of view, Hidetoshi Nakata earned the team a lot of Japanese television broadcast fees and the fanatical support of Japanese fans, and De La Valle's business was not a loss.
Shunsuke Nakamura, who is only l years younger than Nakata, landed in Serie A 4 years later than his predecessor Nakata. Refgina, who was cautious in the summer, acquired Shunsuke Nakamura on loan from Marinos Yokohama and gave him the number 10 shirt. During the break, they were impressed by Nakamura's outstanding performance and resolutely bought him out. In Nakamura's first year in Italy, Shunsuke Nakamura was a major contributor to the team's relegation success, leading the team in assists and becoming the team's second-leading scorer with seven goals.
However, Shunsuke Nakamura's second year was not smooth, both the number of appearances and the number of goals scored were inferior to the first year, and the "sophomore phenomenon" happened to him, but Shunsuke Nakamura still helped Regina stay in the first division, and many experts believe that his level has surpassed Hidetoshi Nakata
Reggina are mid-table in the table this season, and for now, the relegation form is optimistic, while Nakamura has also performed well, although he did not score, but he has two assists.
After Shunsuke Nakamura's brilliant first year of Serie A, Sampdoria, who saw the strength and effect of Nakata and Nakamura, rented the team's top scorer Atsushi Yanagisawa from the famous Kashima Antlers in Japan, but Atsushi Yanagisawa did not score a goal in 15 games, and this year's league Atsushi Yanagisawa switched to the promoted Maesina, Messina coach Muti is full of confidence in Atsushi Yanagisawa, hoping that he can be as brave as Chinese striker Chen Yu. But Atsushi Yanagisawa has only broken the drought in the Italian Cup, he has not scored a goal in the league, and Chen Yu, who scored 8 goals in the cup and scored L goals in the league, is very different, so that Messina fans all look up to the sky and sigh, they are all Asian players, why is the gap so big.
The only Asian defender in the Apennine Peninsula is Rezai, as the grandfather of defense, it is not easy for defenders from other countries to gain a foothold here, but Rezai has used his attack to make himself stand firm, he played in Perugia in his first season, scored goals for the team, and in his second season, he made 13 appearances and scored 3 goals, and the goal rate made Messina people envious, some fans joked that it was better not to buy Yanagisawa Tun at that time, buy Rezai.
Even if you look at European football, Chen Yu's performance is also the first person in Asia.
Sun Hai, who was once China's most successful player in the Premier League, has not performed well due to injury and is now only a substitute for Manchester City, with only a handful of playing time.
Everton's Li Tie is also only a substitute and has also been on the fringes of the team due to injury, making just three appearances so far this season, with no goals and no assists.
The best performance of the South Korean player was Park Ji-sung, who played in the Eredivisie.
Park Ji-sung, a midfielder, has now scored three goals, while PSV Eindhoven, who plays for him, are also top of the table and have reached the last 16 of the Champions League.
In addition to Park Ji-sung, South Korean players also play in Europe for Xue Qixuan in the Belgian First Division, Che Duri who plays in the Bundesliga, Lee Yong-pyo who plays in the Eredivisie, and Ahn Jung-hwan, the hero of the World Cup who returned to Ligue 1, but in their respective teams, the Koreans are only substitutes and do not start as the main team much.
Japanese star Shinji Ono, who also plays in the Eredivisie, made a better debut than Park Ji-sung, and in his first season with Feyenoord he helped Feyenoord beat Borussia Dortmund to win the UEFA Cup, and Shinji Ono also scored a goal, but this season Shinji Ono's series of injuries have caused him to miss a lot of games, and he has only scored one goal in the league and has been reduced to a substitute.
There are also Japanese players who play in the Bundesliga, and Naotai Takahara is also remarkable as a substitute in Hamburg, scoring 3 goals is worthy of his playing time.
In addition to Rezai, Iranian players have two other players in the Bundesliga, but young striker Hashmian has been on the bench at Bayern for half a year; Madavecchia, on the other hand, in Hamburg, has lost the stellar scenery it had been a few seasons ago and is now struggling to play.
Although all Asian players have been mediocre this season, with the exception of Chen Yu, they have already made a name for themselves in Europe with their ability and hard work, but including Chen Yu, they need to work harder if they want to become the protagonists of European football.
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