The day after the Super Cup, Japan's domestic sports media were covering the thrilling match, and the J-League has not yet started, so the Super Cup should be the focus of coverage.

"Nikkan Sports" - "The Super Cup is now a big reversal, two goals behind at halftime, Tokyo fought hard to catch up, and finally won the penalty shootout ~~~"

Fuji Evening News - "The Gas Team Super Rookie Dominates the Game, Tokyo FC Wins the First Super Cup in History ~~~"

"Sports News" - "The football road of a Chinese student, the ultimate transformation from a goalkeeper to a striker~~~"

"Yahoo Sports" - "Become a team hero on the first appearance, the big heart from China~~~"

Either way, Ringer was an unavoidable figure, scoring the equaliser in stoppage time and then the winner in the shoot-out, and was the undisputed winner of the game, even if he came off the bench in the 80th minute, but his post-match rating was second only to that of the central midfielder, Hasegawa.

Ringer knew about it through his agent's phone call, and Krott had recently returned to Europe, but he was still keeping an eye on Ringer's performance. When Ringer and his teammates arrived in Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, he learned through the phone of his agent that he was also a goal to fame, and he is currently a well-known football newcomer in Japan.

On the morning of March 4th, I flew to Brisbane in a hurry, and I stayed on the plane for 10 hours, and it was already evening when I arrived there, so I had to go to bed quickly to get some food and get rid of the jet lag, and I could have a day off on March 5th, and March 6th was the game.

Since Australia joined the AFC in 06, Australian teams have not performed very well in the AFC Champions League, and many people say that the Australian Super League teams do not pay attention to the AFC Champions League. In fact, it can't be blamed that the Australian team doesn't pay attention to the AFC Champions League, and it takes ten hours to play an away game anywhere, which is especially difficult to pay attention to.

Perhaps it was the comeback in the Super Cup that boosted the morale of the team, and in this long-distance game in a tense schedule, Tokyo FC actually walked away in one piece. Tokyo FC beat Brisbane Roar 2-0 away and the first AFC Champions League win in the team's history came so easily.

Bobovic still arranged a 4231 formation in this game, but the single arrow let Chima Watanabe play, and finally relied on the typical defensive counterattack play, Hasegawa and Tanizawa also scored a goal each, and Tokyo FC got a perfect AFC Champions League debut.

In this game, Ringer has been sitting on the bench, Tokyo won very well, Ringer did not have a chance to play, and his AFC Champions League debut had to wait a little longer.

After defeating the Brisbane Roar, the team had to rush back to Japan non-stop, and in the first round of the J League, Tokyo FC will go to challenge the Omiya Squirrels away.

On March 10, the first round of the 2012 J League season started, Tokyo FC went to Saitama to challenge the Omiya Squirrels away, Lucas, who had just been rested in Australia, started the game, and relied on Lucas's header in the penalty area to score in the second half, and Tokyo FC won 1:0 away and made a good start to the league.

Ringer still hasn't been featured, but he's not worried, a Super Cup game has already established his position as a team, at least up front, and the season has just begun, so there's no need to rush.

After the first round of the league, FC Tokyo can finally relax a little, and the next game is the second round of the league a week later, and the whole team can have a week off.

In this situation, Bobovic turned his mouth cannon again: "Before the start of the season, many people said that we would suffer three defeats in a row, but in fact, we won the Super Cup, we were top of the group in the AFC Champions League, and we were fifth in the league table. So, football is not something that those who sit in the office and type on a keyboard would expect. ”

In the first round of the AFC Champions League group stage, Tokyo FC won 2:0 away, and the result of the other two teams in the same group was Ulsan Hyundai defeated Beijing Guoan 2:1 at home, so Tokyo FC is currently ranked first in the group, and the first round win of Tokyo in the league is also temporarily ranked 5th in the standings.

Not surprisingly, the next day there was a lot of criticism of Bobovich's arrogance.

"After only winning three games, the Gas team acted as if they had won three championships."

"Sooner or later, Japanese football will be ruined by such arrogant guys."

"I admit we should apologize to the gas team, but they're not there enough to be arrogant."

"Although I would prefer the Japanese team to win, the whales and the Koreans will soon educate that European."

FC Tokyo's next game is next weekend's second round of the league at home to Nagoya Whales and then at home to South Korean side Ulsan Hyundai, neither of whom are easy to play against.

Japanese teams are basically derived from the early corporate teams, and the strong teams in the J-League are supported by large groups, such as Mitsubishi Motors behind Urawa Red Diamonds, Matsushita Electric behind Osaka Gamba Osaka, Toyota Motor behind Nagoya Whales, and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Gold (Japan's largest steel company) behind Kashima Antlers.

Nagoya Whales are tough to play against, they were league champions in 2010, runners-up in 2011 and certainly contenders for the league title this season. At the same time, South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai is not a good character, from the name Ulsan Hyundai, it can be seen that this team is supported by the South Korean Hyundai Group, and in the strength analysis before the start of the AFC Champions League, Group F is recognized as the strongest team is Ulsan Hyundai, followed by Beijing Guoan and Brisbane Roar, Tokyo FC is recognized as the weakest team.

On March 17, in the second round of the league, Tokyo FC hosted Nagoya Whales, which was another disappointing game for Ringer.

Ringer wasn't disappointed with the result, he was disappointed with the process. Tokyo FC fell behind by one goal in the first half, Bobovic punctuated at halftime, and in the second half, Tokyo FC made a succession of efforts, scoring three goals in 20 minutes to reverse the score, Ringer thought his chance had come, when he was called to the sidelines to warm up, but at this time Nagoya Whales pulled back a goal, Bobovic's substitution made a temporary change, Ringer had to return to the bench, and it was the defender who was replaced.

Ringer knows that his current position in the team is that of a substitute, so there are only two situations where he has a chance to play, one is that the team is in a difficult situation and needs someone to create new offensive opportunities, and the other is that the team has a big lead to get him up to find form. With just two goals ahead of Tokyo FC, Ringer had a chance to play, but the opponent pulled one back, and Bobovic had to make a change to be safe.

FC Tokyo defeated Nagoya Whales 3-2 at home to win two consecutive league games to temporarily move into third place in the standings and one of only four teams to win twice in a row after two rounds of the J-League.

Tokyo FC, which was promoted, experienced a change of head coach in the winter, a large-scale change of team personnel, a poaching of the core of the defense, etc., and encountered the devil's schedule at the beginning of the new season, but it did not fail on multiple fronts as everyone expected, but there was a trend of getting better and better, and many people began to analyze the reasons for the success of Tokyo FC.

The current head coach of the Japanese national team, Alberto Zaccheroni, said in an interview with NHK TV: "Tokyo FC itself is a team that is good at defense, they are different from ordinary Japanese teams, they are famous for their solid defense in the J-League, and the current new head coach Ranko Bobovic is a smart man, he did not rashly change the style of the team, but continued to strengthen in this direction, so the team played what they are best at defensive counterattacks, so he quickly integrated the team, Led the team to play a good result. ”

Zaccheroni is an Italian who has coached AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus and other Serie A giants, became the head coach of the Japanese national team in 2010, led the Japanese team to win the Asian Cup in 2011, and is currently preparing for the Asian qualifiers for the 14 World Cup in Brazil.

Ringer had to admit when he saw this interview that Zaccheroni's coaching style is not known for his defensive style, but he has a good eye.

Japanese football is based in Brazil, so the style of the Japanese team is based on delicate foot skills and passing and cutting coordination, this style is also very marketable in the J League, many teams are known for their technical flow style, and the first giant Kashima Antlers in the J League is the most vividly embodied this style. But there is a team in Japan that has not been known for their skills at their feet, they are mainly solid defensively, and many of the defenders in the team can be selected for the national team, and they are an alternative team in the J-League, and this team is Tokyo FC.

Although Bobovic likes to talk about Tokyo FC after taking over, he is very clear-headed, and he leads the team to play the most suitable defensive counterattack, which is indeed the biggest reason why he can quickly lead the team to good results.