Chapter 30: The Final Word
The two teams ended the first half with a score of 0:0, and in the away dressing room at halftime, Bobovic was quite satisfied with the result, and Tokyo FC was not at a disadvantage, and with a boost in the second half, there was a good chance to win the game.
At this time, in the home team's locker room, Kawasaki Frontale's head coach Naoki Soma was saying: "In the second half, we had to make some adjustments to our tactical arrangement, the opponent's young defenders were not an easy point to get through, we needed to change our tactics and target their midfielder Hasegawa." Judging from the performance in the first half, Hasegawa's defensive ability is very weak, it is easy to eat feints, and he has already received a yellow card in the first half, and we continue to attack his position in the second half, as long as we beat him, we can not only have one more person, but also make the opponent lack the core of the midfield organization. ”
At the beginning of the second half, Kawasaki still attacked from the middle, and Tokyo FC thought that it was still the same as in the first half, trying to find trouble with Jang so-hyun.
In the 48th minute, Kawasaki's Kobayashi Yu cut the ball from the right side, it seemed that he wanted to confirm Zhang Xiuxian's strength, Kobayashi took the ball slowly, and was not in a hurry to attack, when passing through the ribs of the penalty area, someone next to him stretched out his foot to break the ball, Kobayashi Yu had already prepared to dunk the ball at his feet to avoid this break, and then took the initiative to touch his right foot, and immediately fell in front of the penalty area with a scream.
Bobovich secretly screamed in his heart, and immediately yelled on the sidelines: "Fake fall!" That's a fake fall, give that liar a yellow card! ”
The referee did take out a yellow card, but it was for Hasegawa, who stretched his feet, two yellows turned into one red, and Hasegawa was the second red card in three games.
"Mr. Referee, it's not a foul, he's performing."
"You've been deceived by him, he's an actor."
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Although Tokyo FC tried their best to explain that they still couldn't change the referee's decision, the second half had just begun, and Tokyo FC had to play one less, and the missing was still the crucial playmaker in the midfield.
Bobovic on the sidelines had to make adjustments, with Takuji Mimoto coming on for Lucas, and the formation changed to a 441, with Ringer alone up front.
After making the substitution, Bobovich said to himself: "I hope that kid doesn't let me down." ”
Despite playing one less, Bobovic has not given up hope of winning. Football is a team sport, and playing one less doesn't necessarily mean you will lose, and it's not uncommon for European giants to win games against ordinary teams, thanks to their overall strength. In the 06 Champions League final, Arsenal was sent off in only 18 minutes in the first half of the main goalkeeper Lehmann, but Arsenal, who played one less, took the lead in the first half to break through the opponent Barcelona's goal, and in the second half, Barcelona made three consecutive substitutions, which only scored two goals to reverse Arsenal after 75 minutes. In the Champions League final, a matchup between top giants, one more player may not necessarily win a game, and Kawasaki Frontale will not be able to beat Tokyo FC with one less player.
In Bobovic's view, the overall strength of Tokyo FC is stronger than Kawasaki Frontale, and he will not admit defeat even if he plays one less.
Although unwilling to admit defeat, but there is always one less, Bobovic still went to the sidelines to direct the team to recycle the defense, Tokyo FC has just been sent off, Kawasaki Frontale is in full swing, and he will definitely attack in a big way, and what Tokyo FC has to do here is to defend first.
In the 52nd minute, Kawasaki's Yuu Kobayashi crossed from Yuhei Tokunaga on the right side, and Takuro Yajima in the middle stepped in to hit the goal.
In the 58th minute, Kawasaki Frontale made a comeback, and midfielder Kenyo Nakamura launched an attack in front of the penalty area, he got rid of Hideto Takahashi's marking and picked up a cross in the box, and Brazilian foreign player Reinaldinho scrambled to shoot wide of the right post.
"Kawasaki's attack just now is very threatening, there has been some chaos in the Gas's penalty area, maybe Reinaldinho didn't shoot, and chose to overpass the ball to Kobayashi-kun, who was already unmarked at that time." The Japanese commentator sighed for this opportunity for Kawasaki.
"Staring ~ Staring! All TM staring at people! Bobovic on the sidelines was also very dissatisfied with this defense, if it weren't for the opponent's Brazilian foreign aid greed, this time it would have been broken, and it would have been broken first when there was one less person, and it would be difficult to win this game.
From the 48th minute Hasegawa was sent off, Kawasaki Frontale attacked for more than 20 minutes, almost completely pressing Tokyo FC in his own half, and the Tokyo FC goal looked shaky several times, but in the end it was still defended.
"Huh~~~" Seeing that Kawasaki Frontale's offensive slowly subsided, Bobovic breathed a sigh of relief, and finally held on, during this time the opponent's offensive was the strongest, and Tokyo FC had to temporarily avoid the edge, as long as this most difficult time was passed, Tokyo FC still had a chance.
The Kawasaki Frontale was tired of attacking, and Tokyo FC began to try to find opportunities.
In the 74th minute, Ringer cooperated with Naohiro Ishikawa in the middle of the kicking wall, and Ringer keenly felt that the opponent's middle seemed to have room to break through, but his next breakthrough with the ball was closed by the opponent's two central defenders.
"Lin Jun doesn't seem to be very suitable as a single striker~," assistant coach Jin Watanabe said.
'His style of play makes him need help to pull the opposition's defence, and he's sensitive to gaps in the opposition's defence, but when he's alone as a striker, his ability to break down the opposition's defence is a lot less. Bobovich said.
Ringer also felt it on the field, as he was the lone arrow of the current team, the opposing defenders defended him more tightly, and he struggled to find opportunities for a while.
When the game entered the 80th minute, Kawasaki Frontale's offensive began again, and in the second half, it was the core of the midfield of Tokyo FC, Soma Naoki was of course unwilling to get such a dull draw, he wanted to get three points, so he began to direct Kawasaki Frontale to attack.
Ringer on the field also knows that this is the opponent's last wave of attack, and it is also an opportunity for Tokyo FC, the opponent will definitely be anxious in the final moment of the attack, and the maintenance of the defense line is no longer perfect.
After several minutes of continuous strong attacks, Kawasaki still failed to break through the goal of Tokyo FC, at this time, Kawasaki's playmaker Kenyoshi Nakamura reversed the ball in the midfield again, and without too good chances, he chose to shoot a long shot from the periphery and did not have a good chance.
Kenyoshi Nakamura's long-range shot failed to hit the force, and Shuichi Gonda easily confiscated the ball and immediately threw away his hand to launch a counterattack.
Ringer unloaded the ball lightly and immediately counterattacked with the ball quickly, and after Hasegawa was sent off, Tokyo FC's counterattack usually went directly to him.
The ball quickly passed through the midfield, but before reaching the opponent's penalty area, Ringer had a bit of a headache again, the opponent always had one more person, and the defense was very careful, and did not give Tokyo FC too good a chance.
Ringer passed the ball to Gu Ze Daya, who stepped forward to respond, and then ran to the left, Gu Zeda quickly turned the ball back, Ringer looked up, the opponent let him shoot from a distance, and never gave the opportunity to break through with the ball.
In this situation, Ringer did not force it, adjusted the ball at his feet, and swung his leg sharply on the football.
"Lin Jun ~ Long shot!"
"Oh ~ Western Yohei! Pretty! Lin Jun's long-range shot was of high quality, towards the upper left corner of the goal, but Western Yangping was very focused, narrowly lifted the ball off the crossbar, and the Gases got a corner kick opportunity, and the game time has come to 87 minutes, which may be the last offensive opportunity of the Gas. ”
"Press it up~ Press it up!" Bobovic knows that the current situation is a bit stalemate, no one can help anyone, and the corner kick and free kick are important means to break the goal, and it is completely worth it to let the whole team make a small bet at this time.
Tokyo FC pressed hard to fight this corner kick, and Kawasaki Frontale did not dare to slack off and carefully arranged the defensive line.
Ringer also went to the penalty area to prepare to grab the point, and arranged for Morishita Jun, who was about his height, to follow him on the opposite side.
Naohiro Ishikawa raised his hand at the corner, and the Tokyo FC players understood that this meant to find the back post, and Ringer was on the front post, so all to do was to help the players at the back post create chances.
"Ishikawa ~ corner kick out, good arc!"
The ball crossed high from the front point, and Ringer knew in advance that the ball would most likely want to go to the back point, so he made a symbolic jump, but Morishita Jun, who was guarding him next to him, didn't know, and he couldn't grab the point with all his strength.
At the back point, Hideto Takahashi, Mato Morishige and Yuhei Tokunaga were all there, and the three of them jumped with all their strength against the defense, and finally it was Mato Morishige who grabbed the point, but there were defenders in front of him to interfere, and Morishige's header obviously did not have the top force, but the angle was very good, and it went to the lower right corner of the goal.
"Mori Shige ~ header!"
"Western Yohei~ pounced, it's him again!"
Kawasaki's goalkeeper Yohei Nishishi performed very average throughout the game, but there were two great saves in the last moments, but this time the header angle was really tricky, Nishishi Yohei only barely reached for the bottom right corner, and could no longer make other superfluous movements, and the ball smashed on his arm and bounced back into the penalty area.
Ringer kept an eye on it, and when he saw that the opposing goalkeeper was likely to not be able to get the ball, he immediately rushed towards the goal. Jun Morishita, who was defending Ringer, jumped too hard before, and when Ringer started to go to the goal, he was embarrassed to land, and it was too late to stop Ringer, so he raised his hand and grabbed behind Ringer, grabbing the hem of his jersey.
Ringer wanted to rush over to make up the shot, but the jersey on his body suddenly tightened, and he was about to fall to the ground because his center of gravity was unstable under the pull. Ringer can choose to fall to the ground and then take a penalty to the referee at this time, but whether he will give a penalty is all up to the referee, especially the key decision at the last moment of this game, many referees will choose to be conservative. Ringer was unwilling to gamble on the referee's decision completely, and kicked hard under his feet when he fell, thinking about the direction of the fall, and his head went straight to the trajectory of the football bouncing back.
Before falling to the ground, Ringer felt the top of his head hit the football, but he didn't know if the ball would fly into the goal, because he had no control over the direction and force of the header after the fall.
Ringer immediately turned over after the fall, raised his arms, and signaled to the referee not far away that this was a foul, a foul in the penalty area, and a penalty should be awarded. Regardless of whether the ball goes in or not, it's always right to protest the penalty to the referee first.
Beep~~~
The referee blew the whistle, but instead of pointing to the penalty spot in the box, the referee raised his right hand pointed to the kick-off point in the centre circle.
Seeing this action, Ringer clearly knew that this was an effective action for the goal. Ringer understood, his header put the ball into the goal, and sure enough, as soon as he turned around, he saw the ball lying in the goal, and immediately waved his hand happily.
"Well done~ Lin Jun!"
"Good job, boy!"
"It's so unexpected, at the beginning of the second half, the gas team was sent off, we all thought that the ten-man gas team was afraid that it would be good to keep a draw, but no one expected that Kawasaki attacked most of the half and failed to break through the door of the gas team, but the gas team scored a goal at the last moment by relying on a corner kick opportunity, this is a killer goal, a super newcomer from the gas team, Chinese Kaka!" The Japanese commentator also exclaimed at this unexpected result.
After Ringer's goal, Kawasaki Frontale made a final comeback, and Tokyo FC naturally had to try to keep the score until the end.
"Bastard! Time~ Have you forgotten to look at the time? Bobovic yelled again on the sidelines, and 3 minutes of stoppage time were given, and now it is more than 93 minutes and 30 seconds, and the referee is still giving Kawasaki a chance, and Bobolic can't bear it.
Beep~Beep~Beep~~~
Finally, two short and one long whistles sounded, and the game was over, and Tokyo FC relied on Ringer's header to beat Kawasaki Frontale 1:0 away to get this difficult three points.