Since the other party is a big star, it is impossible to go to those places where there are too many people, and the date that Ringer finally invited did not make much progress, just got a parting hug downstairs from her.

On June 30, in the 16th round of the J League, Tokyo FC went to Iwata to challenge Iwata Joy away.

Iwata Joy was also a strong team in the J-League in the early years, winning three league championships, but now it has become an ordinary mid-table team, ranking in the middle of the J-League for a long time, but Iwata Joy is a difficult character to deal with in the core of the forward line.

Ryoichi Maeda is arguably the most famous striker in Japan, having won the J-League Golden Boot in 2009 and 2010, scoring more than a dozen goals in each season, and is currently the only one who still plays in the J-League but can occupy the main striker position of the Japanese national team.

At present, the front court of the Japanese national team is mainly occupied by European players such as Shinji Kagawa, Keisuke Honda, and Shinji Okazaki, and it is still somewhat unique that Ryoichi Maeda can become the only remaining representative of the J-League.

Ryoichi Maeda is only 1.80 meters tall, but he has an outstanding ability to grab points in the penalty area, and he is also good at making balls for his teammates, which is the main reason why he can occupy the main force of the Japanese national team, and play for those European stars.

During the international match two weeks ago, Japan beat Jordan 6-0 in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup, and Ryokazu Maeda made a pass and a shot before creating a penalty to complete a hat-trick for Keisuke Honda.

There is another reason that makes Maeda Liao's reputation soar, and that is his name as the "Grim Reaper". From the 2007 season to the 2011 season, as long as the opponents who scored his first goal of the season by Ryoichi Maeda in the league, they all suffered relegation at the end of the season, and they have never been invalidated in five years, so Ryoichi Maeda is called the "Grim Reaper" of the J-League, and this strange phenomenon is also called the law of death.

Ryoichi Maeda's first goal of the season happened to Gamba Osaka, and many people thought at the time that the law of death was going to fail, because Gamba Osaka is a J-League powerhouse and will not be relegated. But now that the schedule is nearly halfway through, Gamba Osaka has been hovering around the relegation circle, and it can't climb out, and Gamba has always ranked within the top five in the league goals, which can be said to be quite strange, so people feel that the law of death may be fulfilled again.

In fact, at the end of the season, Gamba Osaka was really relegated, or relegated as the team with the most goals in the league, and the law of death was fulfilled again. For six years in a row, six teams, swords and knives killed, this is the real Grim Reaper.

However, Ryoichi Maeda's law of death ended this season, and his first goal next season occurred on Urawa Red Diamonds, and Urawa was not relegated at the end of the season, but Ryoichi Maeda's own Iwata Joy was relegated, and the law of death has since become invalid. Of course, that's all for later.

Bobovic has already told everyone about the arrangements for the second half of the season, that is, to abandon the domestic cup competition, focus on the AFC Champions League and the league, and try to gain some advantages in the league before the AFC Champions League quarterfinals in September.

So, there are about 10 league games before the AFC Champions League starts, and the goal of each game is to get three points, and there will be no rotation.

Tokyo FC fielded the strongest lineup, with Ringer and Chima Watanabe partnering up front, and they were set to win three points on the road.

“Fuxk！！！ What the hell! "After just over 20 minutes of the first half, Bobovic on the sidelines couldn't help but curse angrily.

It's not that he lost the ball, it's that Chima Watanabe was tackled by the opposing defender while dribbling, and he can't keep playing anymore.

Bobovic had to replace Watanabe with Lucas, but Watanabe's injury still hit the morale of Tokyo FC to a certain extent, while Iwata Joy was demoralized, and the opponent's main striker was injured and went off, and they were of course happy.

Iwata Joy launched a fierce attack and scored just before the end of the first half, and Iwata Joy led Tokyo FC 1-0, and it was Maeda Ryoichi who assisted his teammate in the box to score.

"Attack, attack! We need to score, we need to equalize, we need to win, we need to get the three points! "It was Bobovic's roar in the midfield dressing room, he had just made a plan when Watanabe was injured, which made Bobovic angry.

At the start of the second half, Iwata's joy shrank slightly, and the defenders tightened their grip on Ringer, who could only try to assist his teammates.

In the 62nd minute, Ringer crossed from the left at 45 degrees, Lucas stepped in in time to score the goal, and Ringer received an assist.

In the 79th minute, midfielder Tatsuya Tanizawa's through ball finally allowed Ringer to seize the opportunity, he got a one-on-one goal, but the final shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, but fortunately, Hasegawa, who followed up in the middle, scored in time, which was Ringer's second assist.

Tokyo FC reversed Iwata Joy 2:1 away, and at the same time, the strong dialogue between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Vega Tey Sendai drew 2:2 in this round, and Tokyo FC took this opportunity to open the gap with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, and Tokyo FC led Sanfrecce Hiroshima by 33 points by 3 points, and led Vega Tey Sendai by 4 points.

For half a season, Ringer and Watanabe's forward duo has been the most famous forward combination in the J-League, and now one injury is likely to affect the team's results.

At the same time, as the current number one star of the team, Ringer feels that it is time for him to step up.

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A week later, in the round of 17 of the league, which is also the last match of the first half of the 2012 season, Tokyo FC hosts Gamba Osaka.

Tokyo FC is temporarily three points ahead of second-place Sanfrecce Hiroshima, so they only need one point to secure their halfway championship in this game. However, Bobovic will not be satisfied with just one point, with the current state of Gamba Osaka, not taking all three points is a crime, that is, sorry for himself, and disrespectful to the opponent.

Osaka Gamba is also known as Osaka Flying Feet, and Gamba means flying feet. Gamba is a well-known powerhouse in the J-League, although it is not as good as Kashima Antlers in terms of the number of domestic league titles, but Gamba Osaka and Urawa Red Bricks are the only two J-League teams that have won the AFC Champions League, while Kashima Antlers have not even reached the quarterfinals.

However, this season's Osaka Gamba is like an evil, the back is rotten enough, the front is constantly scoring, and the back is constantly conceding goals, and has been walking around the relegation zone, and lost 3:5 at home to Kashiwa Suns in the last round. That's the form of Gamba this season, you can score three goals in front and concede five in the back. At the beginning of the season, they also poached Yasuyuki Konno from Tokyo FC, who was known as the No. 1 central defender in the J-League at the time, and I don't know how it came to be, perhaps cursed by Ryoichi Maeda's law of death.

The theme of this match between Tokyo FC and Gamba Osaka is to visit his old club, Gamba Osaka's central defender Yasuyuki Konno is a former FC Tokyo player, and Lucas in the Tokyo FC team made a name for himself in Gamba Osaka, and it was he who led Gamba Osaka to win the AFC Champions League.

Chima Watanabe was injured and this time it was Lucas and Ringer who continued to start.

"Goal~~~ Goal in! Lin Jun ~ header scores! Just three minutes into the opening period, Lin Jun scored with a header from a corner, which was completed on the head of former Gas player Yasuyuki Konno. As soon as the game began, Nippon TV's Koichi Yamamoto began to roar.

Ringer didn't expect to score with a header so easily, maybe the defense is really contagious, the defenders on Gamba Osaka's side have an infectious disease that can't be prevented, and the defense is born with a lack of confidence, and it can't be prevented at all.

"Lin Jun, break in~ Good opportunity!"

"Masaya~ Kim Jongya! Foul ~ foul in the penalty area! ”

When the referee pointed to the penalty spot, the Tokyo Stadium boiled over and Ringer earned a penalty for Tokyo FC.

The whole team of Tokyo FC tacitly conceded the penalty to Lucas, after all, it was advertised before the game to visit his old club, so he should also be allowed to perform.

"Lucas, deceived Yosuke Fujitani and the ball flew into the bottom left corner of the goal! Lucas, he broke down the door of his old club. ”

Lucas' penalty did not disappoint, and Tokyo FC led Gamba Osaka 2-0.

"Lucas ~ undisturbed long shot!"

"Goal~~~ World Wave! Beautiful world wave, before the first half was over, the Gases led 3-0, and Lucas scored twice. ”

I don't know how Gamba Osaka defends, but he actually allowed Lucas to shoot from outside the penalty area, and Ringer felt that this defense was simply disorganized.

The 3:0 score made Bobovic very satisfied, and he could call it a day, and what he was most worried about now was that Ringer was also suddenly injured, and if that happened, Tokyo FC might really collapse.

In the 74th minute, a dead-ball opportunity, Bobovic replaced Ringer to protect it, and this game was like that anyway.

Ringer thought so too, but Gamba Osaka still scared them.

From the 81st minute to the 85th minute, Gamba Osaka actually scored two goals in a row, and Shengsheng pulled the suspense of the game back. I have to say that Gamba Osaka's offensive ability is indeed still there, and the midfielder led by Endo Hohito is indeed one of the strongest midfielders in the J League, but the defense is dead and alive, what can you do.

There was no danger, and Tokyo FC defeated Gamba Osaka 3-2 at home to win the halfway championship. However, in this round, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Vega Tai Sendai both won, and the score did not stretch.