Chapter 58: Consecutive Goals (3)

Urawa's substitutions had a certain effect, and then Tokyo FC wanted to speed up the pace and continue to look for opportunities, and Urawa Red Diamonds wanted to slow down the pace to keep the score, so the two sides pulled back and forth, and from time to time they fell into a strangulation competition in the midfield, and time passed quickly.

"The game has entered 80 minutes, the score of the two sides is still 2:1, Urawa temporarily leads by one goal, and the gas team is stepping up their attack to find opportunities."

In the 84th minute, Hasegawa won a free kick in front of Tokyo FC, close to 40 meters from the goal, too far to hit the goal, so he could only seek cooperation.

At this time, Ringer, Chima Watanabe and Lucas, the three main strikers of Tokyo FC were all on the field, and the three of them coincidentally squeezed into the penalty area. At this point, every opportunity to attack is precious.

Naohiro Ishikawa took a free-kick and the ball flew into the box, but it was difficult to grasp the spot. Lucas fought for the point, but he didn't make any effort, and the ball fell in the box. Chima Watanabe was the closest and immediately rushed up to shoot a follow-up shot. There were people everywhere in the penalty area, and the opposing defender Tadashi Hirakawa raised his foot to block the ball back.

Ringer was not far away, but not close, and he rushed over with a force in his thigh, but Tomoaki Shinno on the opposite side also arrived almost at the same time, ready to clear the ball. At this time, there was no time to think about anything else, let alone calmly adjust before shooting, Ringer hurriedly raised his leg to kick it, and it was better to make the situation more chaotic if he didn't have a chance.

"The free kick of the gas team caused chaos in the penalty area of Urawa ~ This is Lin Jun ~ supplementary shot!"

"Goal~~~ Goal in!! Lin Jun's supplementary goal! ”

Ringer didn't expect to score a goal with a kick in this mess, and the moment he shot the goal, Tomoaki Shinno also blocked sideways, but it was a little slower, and the ball flew right under his crotch that was not close together. Luckily, no one touched the ball halfway, and the Urawa goalkeeper was blocked by Tomoaki Shinno's sideways shot, and he didn't see Ringer's shooting route at all, he just stood there stunned, and the ball came and leaked under his crotch.

A dribble balloon that pierced the crotches of two people in a row, and then leaked into the goal.

In the end, relying on Ringer's dribble for more than 80 minutes, Tokyo FC drew 2:2 with Urawa Red Diamonds away and struggled to bring back a point, but it faced the possibility of being caught up by Hiroshima Three Arrows.

However, when the 20th round of the league was over that night, Bobovic was full of ambition again.

Later in the game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima lost 1:2 at home to Shimizu Agitation, not only failed to chase the score, but opened up a point gap with Tokyo FC, while the third-place Sendai Vegalta also only won a draw, and there was no competitor to chase the score.

In the J League standings after 20 rounds, Tokyo FC is in first place with 12 wins, 5 draws, 3 losses and 41 points, Sanfrecce Hiroshima is second with 11 wins, 4 draws, 5 losses and 37 points, Sendai Vega and Urawa Red Bricks are both 9 wins, 8 draws and 3 losses with 35 points, but Vega Tai is third with a goal difference, and Urawa Red Diamonds are in fourth. After the AFC Champions League exit, Nagoya Whales and Kashiwa Suns gradually caught up, and the two teams are currently fifth and sixth with 32 points, only three points away from Urawa Red Diamonds.

With 14 rounds left in the league, it's too early to talk about the title, but FC Tokyo does have the lead.

"In the 20th round of the J-League yesterday afternoon, Tokyo FC's Ringer scored a goal in the last minute of the game to help the team draw away to Urawa, which was his 14th league goal for Tokyo FC this season, and he himself scored in the league for the fourth consecutive game, which also equaled the record for consecutive league goals in the history of Tokyo FC ~~~"

Looking at this report, Ringer was also speechless. FC Tokyo really don't have much history as a team, having equalled the record with four consecutive league goals, and the last one to hold that record was Lucas.

In fact, this season is the first time that FC Tokyo has played in the AFC Champions League, and every goal Ringer has scored in the AFC Champions League is a team record.

However, the J-League's record for consecutive goals is not high, with only seven, and Ringer now has scored in four consecutive games, which seems not far off.

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In the following midweek, FC Tokyo once again sent a fringe squad away from home, and in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Japanese League Cup, they finally lost 0:2 away, and were eliminated by Vegalta Sendai with an aggregate score of 1:4 over the two legs.

Bobovic was very happy to be eliminated from the tournament as he wished, or by one of his rivals, Vegal Sendai, so that the Sendai team could continue to fight in the League Cup and he could get out.

Bobovic believes that the biggest opponent in the league at the moment is still Sanfrecce Hiroshima, and the goal of this Hiroshima team is quite clear, only to play in the league, and give up everything else.

As the top three teams in the league for a long time, they actually finished at the bottom of the group stage of the League Cup, which is a very clear signal, giving up the League Cup to play the main league, Bobovic guessed that the Emperor's Cup is coming soon, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima will not hesitate to give up.

If that's the case, Sanfrecce Hiroshima is Tokyo FC's biggest title rival. Sendai Vegatai is the kind of opponent who is not strong enough but wants to attack on several lines, and in the second half of the game they will collapse on their own.

Of course, Urawa Red Diamonds, Kashiwa Suns and Nagoya Whales are all likely to catch up, but after all, they are still 6 and 9 points behind Tokyo FC respectively, so there is no need to worry for the time being.

On August 11, in the 21st round of the J League, Tokyo FC went to challenge Kashiwa Sun God away.

This is the third meeting between Tokyo FC and Kashiwa Suns this season, with Tokyo FC beating Kashiwa Suns on penalties in the Super Cup earlier in the season to win the title, and Tokyo FC drew 1-1 at home in the first leg of the league, and now it is the third time.

In the first leg of the League Cup quarterfinals, Kashiwa Suns lost 0:1 away to Gamba Osaka. In the second leg of the midweek, Kashiwa Suns returned to their home stadium to play a big game against Gamba Osaka, defeated Gamba 5:3 in a difficult way, and eliminated the opponent with an aggregate score of 5:4 to advance to the semifinals.

I have to say that the current Gamba Osaka is really quite strange, it is extremely difficult to relegate in the league, but the other games are going around and never giving up, I don't know what I'm doing. It seems that in the upcoming Emperor's Cup, Gamba may not give up, and will fight to the end.

Kashiwa Sun Shencai and Gamba were slightly tired after the battle, and Tokyo FC was also a little tired after the away game against Urawa, and the two tired divisions faced off, and in the end, Tokyo FC was the better one.

Ringer made a pass and a shot in the first half to give his team a 2-0 lead, and then in the second half, Kashiwa Suns launched a counterattack and Tokyo FC went into defensive mode. In the end, he held on to a 2:1 scoreline, but the process was quite difficult, and Kenichi Kaga was sent off in the second half after accumulating yellow cards in defense.

In this round of the league, Sendai Vegatech, Urawa Red Diamonds and Nagoya Whales all lost, Kashiwa Sun God was also defeated by Tokyo FC, Hiroshima Three Arrows won the game, which made the score gap between Tokyo FC and Hiroshima Three Arrows continue to remain at 4 points, and the gap between Sendai Vega and Urawa Red Diamonds has been opened to 9 points, and Kashiwa Sun God and Nagoya Whales have been opened to 12 points.

"The Round That Decided the Championship", which was the front page of Yomiuri Sports.

"This round of the J-League has been full of upsets, with Vega Sendai, Urawa Red Diamonds, Kashiwa Suns and Nagoya Whales all losing, and the 3rd to 6th places in the league have lost together, which is the first time in the history of the J-League. This round of upsets has also achieved Tokyo FC and Hiroshima Three Arrows, and the other teams have basically withdrawn from the championship ranks, leaving only Tokyo FC and Hiroshima Three Arrows two teams, I believe that this season's J League championship will be produced in their two teams~~~"

Scoring again in this round of the league, Ringer also became the first player in the history of Tokyo FC to score in five consecutive league games.

After two tough away games in a row, the fatigue of the whole team of Tokyo FC is even more obvious.

In the 22nd round, Tokyo FC hosted the Omiya Squirrels and could only get a draw in the end.

Hasegawa created a penalty in the first half, which he took the initiative to hand over to Ringer. Ringer converted the ball to become the first player in the club's history to score in six consecutive league games, only to be equalised by the Omiya Squirrels in the second half and Tokyo FC had to accept a home draw.

Because Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeated Niigata Swans 2:0 away in this round, they chased the score to only two points. Tokyo FC occupies the top spot with 45 points, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima is second with 43 points, a one-match difference, and the next round is a direct clash between the two teams.