Chapter 22 Ulsan Hyundai
On March 20, in the second round of the AFC Champions League group stage, Tokyo FC hosted Ulsan Hyundai.
This is FC Tokyo's second home game of the new season and the first AFC Champions League home game in the club's history, and tickets for the day have long been sold out.
Tokyo FC is not very popular in Japan due to the problem of playing style, but it is not bad in the Kanto region, firstly, it is the best team in Tokyo, and secondly, TV Tokyo is also a minority shareholder of the team, and it helps to promote it from time to time, and the effect is not bad.
At 14 o'clock in the afternoon, Tokyo FC's first AFC Champions League home match started, although Tokyo Stadium is located in the suburbs, but the current Tokyo FC results are very good, there are still many fans from the city rushed to support the team, and there are many slogans in the stands to support the team.
"Keep going, Tokyo!"
"Be the greatest gas team!"
Looking at these slogans, Ringer wanted to laugh a little, but the name of the team is so funny.
Korean fans who came to Japan also put up signs that said, "Let you see the power of the Asian underworld."
Asian triad is the nickname given to Ulsan Hyundai by Korean fans, and Korean fans think that Ulsan Hyundai's team is a bit crazy, the pace of play is fast, and once it rises, it can play any score, just like a triad thug, so it is given the nickname of Asian underworld.
Ringer remembers that this season's AFC Champions League winner was Ulsan Hyundai, and although they were later called the weakest AFC champions, they were indeed AFC Champions League champions.
In this game, Bobovic discharged Watanabe as a striker, and at present, Lucas and Chima Watanabe take turns as the starting striker one by one, and this time it is Watanabe's turn.
Although Ulsan Hyundai is an Asian underworld, it is the home of Tokyo FC after all, and Tokyo FC is still a team that is good at defense, so the two teams exchanged blanks throughout the first half.
At half-time, Bobovic was satisfied with the result, and if he got a point against the strongest opponent in the group at home, it would indeed be satisfactory for him. Ringer thought to himself that it would be good if Ulsan Hyundai could go crazy so that he would have a chance to play.
15 minutes into the second half, the two teams still played tepidly, but in the 61st and 64th minutes, the gangsters went crazy and scored two goals in three minutes, and the scoreboard at the home of Tokyo FC seemed to change from 0:0 to 0:2 in one fell swoop.
"Defend ~ bastards ~ won't you be able to defend ?!"
"Tackle ~ foul! What the hell are you doing?! Yonemoto, didn't anyone teach you how to foul?! ”
Bobovic was so angry that he kept jumping and scolding on the sidelines, which stopped the decline, otherwise the score could continue to expand.
"Hayashi, Hasegawa, hurry up and warm up." In between the yellings, Bobovich turned back to Ringer and yelled.
In this game, in order to strengthen the defense, Hasegawa did not start.
"We've seen that the Gas' super bench has warmed up on the sidelines, along with Hasegawa. Just now, Ulsan Hyundai played a series of short passes in the midfield, and the slow-paced gas team who played for most of the half couldn't adapt at all, and was blinded at once, and conceded two goals in a short period of time, and Coach Bobovic was very dissatisfied with the score. Koichi Yamamoto, who was just commentating the game, said.
"Oh~ Is that the super substitute of the gas team? Like Hasegawa, they all have the faces of idol artists, and they are looking forward to their performances. Speaking was a specially invited beauty commentator Rika Aso: "I think the Gases should be the most beautiful team in the J League." "Yan means face in Japanese, and the word "face" occasionally appears in Japanese anime, but the word is not commonly used in Japan, but it has since been carried forward in China.
Beautiful women are indispensable in Japanese football culture, and the team often invites beautiful women to attend various activities to help win over fans, and TV commentators will also invite beautiful women to partner.
After Ringer and Hasegawa warmed up, Bobovic pulled them and said: "Hasegawa, let's go on the field and let everyone strengthen the pressing of the midfield, don't let them easily control the ball in the midfield, and never let their midfield run at high speed again, and stuff it to Lin and Watanabe after breaking the ball." Hayashi, you're going to have to use your speed as fast as you can with Watanabe and tear through their defenses with your speed. Remember, we can't afford to lose this game, and losing it will be extremely detrimental to our group progression. ”
If Tokyo FC loses the game, no matter who wins or loses on the other side, there will be a team to catch up with Tokyo and have the same points as Tokyo, and then it will be difficult to compete for the right to qualify from the group.
"The gas team used up two substitutions at a time, Hasegawa Aria Jasulu came on the field to replace Takuji Mimoto, this game Bobovic asked Takuji Mimoto to start probably to let him help the team defend, but I didn't expect to just concede two goals in a row, and at the same time Ringer came on the field to replace Tatsuya Tanizawa, and the striker replaced the midfielder, which is very common to strengthen the attack." Hirokazu Yamamoto explained.
Ringer and Hasegawa came on, and the team quickly executed Bobovic's arrangement, strengthening the midfield to press for fouls, and Ulsan Hyundai was also taken aback and almost produced a goal.
In the 73rd minute, Hasegawa, who had just come on the field, and other players suddenly strengthened the midfield pressing, and the midfield operation of Ulsan began to slow down, and Hideto Takahashi cleanly tackled the ball of South Korean player Lee Geun-ho in the midfield, and then passed the ball to Hasegawa.
"Takahashi~~ beautiful tackle!"
Hasegawa shook off the defense of the opposing Colombian foreign player Esteeven in the right position of the midfield and made a long diagonal pass.
"Lin ~ He received the ball, accelerated the ball, and the speed was very fast~ Zhaobo, the parent who was chasing him, couldn't keep up at all!" Parent Zhaobo is a Japanese foreign player in the Ulsan Hyundai team.
Because it was more than 70 minutes of substitute appearance, Ringer was not worried about physical strength, the moment he received the ball, he turned on the external vision function, and Ringer, who took the ball to the right side of the penalty area, had seen that this rapid attack had torn apart the opponent's defense, and there was a lot of space in the penalty area, so he raised his foot and passed the ball into the penalty area.
"In the penalty area, Ishikawa~~ hit the goal!"
"Oh~ Ishikawa, the game was too positive, the South Korean goalkeeper barely moved to save the ball, what a pity, this is the best chance of the game for the Gas, Ishikawa may need to practice his shooting footwork. However, judging from this attack, Bobovic's substitutions have a good effect, and the Gases are gradually starting to find the feeling of attacking, and I believe that if they continue to play like this, they still have a chance. ”
“Fxxk! Shit, kicked like shit! Bobovic on the sidelines started to abuse again, time was running out and every opportunity was crucial.
Although they failed to score, this attack started the clarion call for Tokyo FC to counterattack, and then began to threaten the opponent's goal continuously.
In the 76th minute, Hasegawa's long-range shot was lifted over the crossbar by the opposing goalkeeper.
In the 78th minute, Watanabe went straight to the plug, Ringer formed a single knife against offside, but the linesman raised the flag to signal offside, and from the TV replay, the ball was within a millimeter.
In the 81st minute, Tokyo FC finally pulled a goal back. Watanabe received the ball in the box and his shot was blocked by an opposing defender, and Tokyo FC won a corner. Naohiro Ishikawa took a corner kick, Ringer, Watanabe, Hideto Takahashi and several South Korean players competed for the first landing point on the left side of the penalty area, South Korean Kwak Tae-hui grabbed it, but failed to clear it under interference, the ball flew to the right side of the penalty area, and the captain of the team, Yuhei Tokunaga, followed up with a low shot, and the ball went into the net.
"Tokunaga hits the goal~ the ball is in! The Gas pulled a goal back from a goal from captain Yuhei Tokunaga, and they still had a chance, with enough time left for them to score another goal. ”
Guo Taihui was still chasing the referee to complain that Ringer had committed a foul when he was scrambling for a header, and the Tokyo side had already fished the ball out of the net and went back to prepare for the tee-off, and every second was important at this time.
The Koreans were vexatious for a while, wasting more than a minute before the game started again.
At this point in the game, the idea of the Koreans was very simple, to hold the last ball and take away the three points, and the idea of Tokyo FC was also very simple, to chase another goal to keep a point.
In the 84th minute, Ringer was tripped in the opponent's penalty area with the ball, and the Tokyo team failed to take a penalty to the referee.
In the 86th minute, Hasegawa and Watanabe collided with the wall and entered the penalty area, and finally a push shot on the left side of the penalty area was confiscated by the opposing goalkeeper. The South Korean goalkeeper reacted quickly after getting the ball, at this time the whole team in Tokyo almost pressed up, and the backfield was very empty, so he directly kicked the ball out, South Korean striker Christian Victory Long quickly caught up with the ball, and there was only one Mori Shigejin in the back line of Tokyo FC in addition to the goalkeeper.
"Danger! If one more goal is scored by the Koreans at this time, the game will be completely over. ”
Ringer also knows this, he is a substitute with enough physical strength, with speed, he desperately chased back, but he started much further back, and when he chased to the midfield, Christian Warrior Long was already on the verge of reaching the front of the Tokyo FC penalty area.
Seeing that Christian Warrior Lee was getting closer and closer, he was the only defender who was dragging behind, and he no longer retreated in his heart, but quickly stepped forward and shoveled with one foot.
"Morishige ~ tackle?" At this time, the tackle is indeed a bit reckless, and if the tackle fails, you have to wait for the red card, and if you don't tackle and cooperate with the goalkeeper, you may have a chance to block the opponent's shot.
"Beautiful! No fouls, no referee whistle, it's a clean tackle! ”
After the tackle, Masato Morishige looked up and passed the ball to Ringer, who was closest to him.
Ringer took the ball and turned around to see that Ulsan Hyundai's half was full of bright red, and there were many open positions. Christian Lee's counterattack has made many Ulsan players press out, and they are currently between a compressed defensive formation and a stretched offensive formation, which is simply the transition between attack and defense, and the most defensive gap is the time.
Ringer did not hesitate to stride forward with the ball, and soon increased his speed to the maximum and strode the ball.
"The tempo just now was too fast, and it immediately turned into a counterattack from the gas team."
"Lin, the stride is big and the speed is fast, and one acceleration has passed Jin Xinyu!"
"Parent Zhaobo came to defend, Lin ~ changed to the right ~ beautiful ~ passed one again!"
"When he came to the front of the box, Lim was so fast that before the South Korean could react, he was already in a threatening position with the ball."
In front of the penalty area, facing the opponent's central defender Jiang Minshou, Ringer took the ball with the ball with the instep of the outside and prepared the opponent to pass on the left side. Jiang Minshou didn't dare to let Ringer into the penalty area, so he directly put down the shovel, intending to give Ringer a ball to pass. Seeing the opponent like this, Ringer jumped lightly at his feet, dodged the opponent's tackle and jumped over, took the ball after landing, raised his leg hard, and pumped the outside of his right foot in the middle of the football.
"Lin, nice dodge! Here's a chance, knock on the door! ”
"Lin ~Goal~~~ The ball is in! Pretty! The super substitute of the gas team, a talented teenager, accelerated with the ball from the midfield, and scored the ball past the opponent's three in a row to help the gas team equalize. Hiroichi Yamamoto couldn't help but yell again.
"For a moment, I thought I was seeing Kaka dribbling the ball, dribbling the ball from midfield and then scoring the ball in a row, this is Kaka's possession!" Rika Aso couldn't help but cheer.
Ringer's super goal detonated the Tokyo Stadium, this goal is so beautiful, from a long point of view, it is that Ringer midfielder began to dribble the ball at high speed, in the process only a slight change of direction to throw off the defenders in succession, and the last smart dodge and then a powerful volley to score the ball.
Ringer started with the ball, there was a burst of "Oh~~~" exclamations in the stadium, and after he scored the ball, there were huge cheers in the stadium accompanied by buzzing discussions, and some people were cheering "Ringer".
"Well done! Brat! Passionate coach Bobovic roared again on the sidelines.