"Tokyo FC will compete with Ulsan Hyundai for the top spot in the group in the final round of the AFC Champions League, but due to the previous 2:2 draw between Tokyo FC and the other side at home, Ulsan Hyundai currently has a more advantage, and the last round of Ulsan Hyundai only needs a 0:0 or 1:1 draw to overtake Tokyo FC to become the top of the group with a win-loss relationship, while Tokyo FC needs to win away or draw more than 2:2 to overpower the opponent~~~" This is the AFC Champions League situation analyzed by Tokyo media for Tokyo FC.

Looking at the analysis on TV, Bobovich made up his mind.

On the one hand, Tokyo FC is at a disadvantage in the competition for the top spot in the group, and if you want to top the group, you must fight hard in the last round, on the other hand, Tokyo FC is currently in a good situation in the league, and has a good chance to directly qualify for the AFC Champions League next season.

Of course, the chaotic situation in Group H is also an important reason for Bobovic's decision, and judging from the current situation in Group H, Kashiwa Suns have a good chance to beat Jeonbuk Hyundai away.

Jeonbuk Hyundai was able to climb to the top of the group, mainly because he brushed enough points on Brieland, but Evergrande and Kashiwa Suns unexpectedly lost points on Brilan, Bobovic believes that Jeonbuk Hyundai's strength is weaker than Evergrande and Kashiwa Suns. Evergrande is likely to overturn away in Thailand, if that is the case, the group leader of Group H will become Bai Sun God, and then the second group will qualify to play the first Bai Sun God in Group H, this result is not bad.

After qualifying for the AFC Champions League group, Tokyo FC was happy and reached the knockout stage for the first time in the AFC Champions League, which was good enough.

Soon, the 9th round of the league arrived, and Tokyo FC hosted the defending champion Kashiwa Suns.

The current situation of the Kashiwa Suns is not very good, the AFC Champions League has consumed too much energy for them, but they have not been able to qualify from the group, and they are only in 14th place in the league standings, and it may be difficult to defend the league title.

However, this is also a normal situation, the AFC Champions League is a two-front battle, and the results are often greatly affected, Tokyo FC lost three league games because of the AFC Champions League, if it does not lose these three games, or even as long as it loses two less, Tokyo FC can be at the top of the table.

In fact, the worst is Gamba Osaka, which has been eliminated in the AFC Champions League one round ahead of schedule, and is still deep in the relegation zone in the league. However, there are still many people who are optimistic about Gamba and think that they will regain their form after the AFC Champions League is out and return to the top half of the standings.

Kashiwa Suns has always been the defending champion, although dragged down by the AFC Champions League, but the strength is still there, in the first half of the goal of Tokyo FC, in the second half Bobovic replaced the not very good form of Watanabe Chima with Lucas, Ringer assisted Lucas in the 78th minute of the side cross, the two sides finally played to a 1:1 draw, Tokyo FC avoided four consecutive defeats at home in the league.

Because of this draw, FC Tokyo dropped one more place in the standings and dropped to 5th place.

After a draw at home to Kashiwa Suns, FC Tokyo got back on track and beat two relegation zone teams in the next two league rounds, beating Niigata Swans 2-0 away and then Konzador Sapporo 2-0 away. Hokkaido side Consadole Sapporo are currently at the bottom of the league, with only four points from 11 rounds, and the road to relegation has started early.

At the beginning, Krot also recommended Ringer to go to this team, but fortunately he didn't go, otherwise Ringer probably wouldn't be able to take it.

Unexpectedly, with two consecutive wins, Tokyo FC actually climbed to the top of the standings, with 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in 11 rounds, accumulating 22 points, and beating the same 22 points by goal difference, which was a big surprise.

In the standings, in addition to Shimizu Agitation, which has 22 points with Tokyo FC, Sendai Vega is third with 21 points, Sanfrecce Hiroshima with 19 points is fourth, and then Nagoya Whale Hachiwa and Urawa Red Bricks with 18 points. A third of the league has been played, and none of the top four teams are traditional powerhouses, which shows the chaos of the J-League this season.

In the 10th and 11th rounds, Ringer scored one goal each, bringing his league goal tally to seven, and is currently in second place in the J-League scorer list, behind Hiroshima Three Arrows striker Toshito Satoshito, who is currently the top scorer with nine goals.

"The three promoted teams in the J-League this season are in different situations, and Hokkaido side Consadole Sapporo has been in the relegation zone since the beginning of the season, with only four points from 11 rounds of the league, and it seems that a relegation spot has been booked in advance; The other promoted team, Sagan Tosu, are in much better shape and currently sit in 9th place in the table, and if they can continue to do so, it is believed that there is no danger of relegation; The most amazing thing is the capital team Tokyo FC, they not only qualified for the AFC Champions League in the J2 League last season, but also achieved good results in the two-line battle since the beginning of this season, the AFC Champions League group stage was qualified one round ahead of schedule, and the league climbed to the top, compared to Osaka Gamba, Kashima Antlers, etc., Tokyo FC behaved more like a giant team. Tokyo FC could not have performed like this without their upstart in the attack, Chinese striker Ringer, known as the Chinese Kaka, who is currently ranked second in the league scorer list and second in the AFC Champions League scorer list. It is said that before the start of the season, Ringer's agent recommended him to both Tokyo FC and Sapporo Consadole, and Ringer chose to go to the Tokyo team. If he had chosen Hokkaido instead of Tokyo, the situation in the J-League would probably be very different today. "This is the Fuji Evening News report on the J-League.

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The Tokyo FC league rose to the top of the table, which made Bobovic more confident, the league can not give up, as the president of the team Kenji Akune said, just ignore the AFC Champions League, and at present, Tokyo FC can make a difference in the AFC Champions League and the league.

On May 16, in the final round of the AFC Champions League group stage, Tokyo FC played away to Ulsan Hyundai in a battle for the top spot in the group, but Bobovic did not rotate in the league that weekend before.

Ulsan Hyundai played pragmatic at home, typical of defensive counter-attacks, as they only needed a game of 0-0 to beat FC Tokyo to top the group.

After playing for half an hour, both teams played conservatively, and this kind of game was favorable to Ulsan Hyundai, and Tokyo FC had to press out slowly, but just after launching the attack, the team conceded the goal.

Ulsan Hyundai took advantage of a counter-attacking opportunity to win a corner, and then right-back Kang Su-min scored with a header from the corner, and Tokyo FC was 1-0 down away.

The Koreans' style of play is very simple, slowly grinding with Tokyo FC, and then using various set-piece opportunities to find opportunities to score, Japanese defenders are generally short and insufficient, and the Koreans have a physical advantage.

Conceded a goal in the first half, and then Tokyo FC even equalized uselessly, at least two goals must be scored to have a chance to fight for the first place in the group, Bobovic faintly had the idea of giving up, and did not make too many adjustments at halftime, but asked the team to defend solidly.

The second half of the game turned into a defensive practice for FC Tokyo, and Bobovic asked the defenders to adapt to this style of play of the opponent, and there will certainly be many more teams that will use this method against FC Tokyo in the future.

The score remained 1-0 until the end, when Ringer was substituted in the 79th minute and Bobovic asked him to stay in the league.

With this loss, Tokyo FC can only qualify for the second group of Group F. The team returned to Tokyo on the day of the game, and the next day the team had a break to prepare for the weekend's league game. However, Ringer still went to training the next afternoon, and he needed to get as many potential stats as possible to improve his physical stats as soon as possible.

"Lin, you need to rest properly, excessive physical fatigue will affect your state~~~" Ringer was practicing shooting, and then was stopped by Bobovic: "Come and watch the game with us, see who our opponent is in the knockout round?" ”

Ringer accepted Bobovich's offer as an opportunity to strengthen his relationship with the coach. In the office, Ringer met with the team president, head coach, assistant coach, etc., all of whom were concerned about today's game, the results of the final round of Group H, and the two games of Group H were played on two computers, Jeonbuk Hyundai played at home against Kashiwa Suns, and Briland played at home against Guangzhou Evergrande.

"Oh, 2:0, the Korean team has no chance, I knew that the Kashiwa Suns would win the game." When the Kashiwa Suns led Jeonbuk Hyundai 2-0 away, Bobovic couldn't help but cheer.

"Well done, Thai! That's it, let those local tyrants feel despair. 'When Briland equalised in the second half, Bobovic was even happier.

If the current result is maintained until the end, Kashiwa Suns beat Jeonbuk Hyundai 2-0 away, and Briland drew 1-1 at home to Guangzhou Evergrande, then the group leader of Group H will be Kashiwa Suns, an old acquaintance of Tokyo FC, who beat each other on penalties in the Super Cup three months ago, and can have a psychological advantage.

"Bastard, that referee was bought, it's not a penalty at all, bastard!" When stoppage time came, Evergrande won a penalty, and Bobovic couldn't help but curse.

In the end, Evergrande relied on a penalty kick at the last moment to beat Briland 2:1, in this way, the two teams in Group H are Bai Sun God and Guangzhou Evergrande, and Evergrande relied on the advantage of winning and losing to overwhelm Bai Sun God, and the opponent of the top 16 of the Tokyo FC knockout round became the super tyrant Guangzhou Evergrande.