The national team break is over, and the J-League has also entered the final stage, with only the last ten rounds of the league left, and those who should be relegated and those who should compete for the championship all have to be nervous.

On September 15, in the 25th round of the J-League, which is also the penultimate round, Tokyo FC played Shimizu away to agitate.

Although Tokyo FC currently leads Sanfrecce Hiroshima by 4 points, Sanfrecce Hiroshima is unlikely to be able to catch up in less than a game. But Tokyo FC is about to start playing the AFC Champions League, Bobovic still doesn't dare to be careless, this gap can be maintained or try to keep it, after all, it is difficult to say how far the AFC Champions League can go.

If the AFC Champions League is eliminated, the domestic cup competition has long been abandoned, and the league loses the championship again, such a good season has not achieved anything at the end, Bobovic will definitely not be reconciled.

In this game, Ringer and Lucas started together, and Chima Watanabe has been in good and bad form since returning from injury, which is also a big reason for Bobovic's concern.

Ringer scored a goal in the first half to take the lead, and in the 61st minute of the second half, the score was still 1-0, and Bobovic had a dead-goal chance to replace Ringer in preparation for the upcoming trip to Australia.

Who knew that Ringer had only been off the field for five minutes, and Shimizu agitated to equalize the score, which made Bobovic very angry. Fortunately, his Serbian compatriot, substitute Ringer came on to Uscevic to save the team by scoring a goal in the 79th minute.

Tokyo FC had a thrilling three points away from home, while Sanfrecce Hiroshima beat Vega Sendai 2-1 at home to continue to chase behind them by four points.

Returning to Chobu, the team immediately began to prepare for the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League.

Australian Super League teams have always paid little attention to the AFC Champions League, taking Melbourne Victory, the strongest Australian Super League, as an example, they have come to the AFC Champions League almost every season, and they have never qualified for the group stage, so they don't feel at ease with the AFC Champions League. But there are exceptions to the Australian Super League, and this Adelaide United is a special case.

Australia joined the AFC in '06 and the Australian Super League teams began to compete in the AFC Champions League in '07, and now it is the fifth season, with two to three Australian Super League teams per season. However, most of these teams are out of the group stage, and occasionally they reach the knockout round and return home early in the round of 16, and so far, there have only been two Australian Super League teams reaching the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League.

The first time was in the AFC Champions League in the 08 season, when the Australian Super League team reached the final and finally lost to Gamba Osaka in the J League, and the second time was naturally the quarter-final opponent of Tokyo FC this season.

Both times they reached the quarter-finals were reached by the same Australian Super League team, Adelaide United.

Adelaide United are only Australian Super League powerhouses at best, and have never even won the Australian Super League title, but they don't seem to take the AFC Champions League lightly.

In the face of such an opponent, Bobovich did not dare to be careless.

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Early in the morning of September 18, the entire Tokyo FC team flew to Adelaide, a port city in southern Australia.

In the group stage, Tokyo FC played against another Australian Super League team, Brisbane Roar, when Tokyo FC beat last season's Australian Super League champion in two home and away games, but the current Adelaide United may not be as good as Brisbane Roar in the Australian Super League, but it is definitely much more difficult in the AFC Champions League.

Australia and East Asia are separated by an Indian Ocean, and the seven-hour time difference is not the biggest problem, the biggest problem is the climate.

Australia is located in the southern hemisphere, and it is early spring in the southern hemisphere in September, and the southern hemisphere temperature is much cooler than the current autumn tiger weather in the northern hemisphere, which will be the biggest problem for Tokyo FC away.

The only good thing about Tokyo FC is that during this period of recuperation, the injured players in the team have basically returned to the team, and only left-back Kosuke Ota and South Korean Jang so-hyun are still on the injury list.

"Cushion station ~ cushion station ~, is broadcasting the first leg of the AFC Champions League quarterfinals, Tokyo FC away against Adelaide United ~~~"

Evergrande, the only remaining member of the Chinese Super League, was out of the round of 16, and the Chinese side of the Central Mother naturally chose this game for the broadcast of the AFC Champions League.

The starting lineup for FC Tokyo is out:

Goalkeeper: Shuichi Gonda;

Defenders: Nakamura Hokuto, Mato Morishige, Kenichi Kaga, Yuhei Tokunaga;

Midfielders: Hideto Takahashi, Hasegawa, Takuji Yonemoto, Naohiro Ishikawa;

Forwards: Ringer, Lucas.

Ringer and Lucas started together in this game, first, Watanabe's recent form is really average, and second, Lucas has a record advantage over Adelaide United.

Adelaide United reached the AFC Champions League final in the 2008 season, losing to Gamba Osaka led by Lucas. In the two-legged final that year, Lucas combined for three shots and one pass in two games to help Gamba Osaka beat Adelaide United 5-0, so Bobovic chose to start him and Ringer.

There is no relegation system in the Australian Super League, and there are also salary cap restrictions, which make the Australian Super League teams have no big-name foreign aid, mainly local players, and some foreign aid is also a weak foreign aid.

Adelaide United's starting line-up for this game was three foreign players, Croatian midfielder Vidosic, Brazilian defender Cassio and Scottish defender Fajef.

The Australians do have the physical advantage, and that's what they started the game on.

In the 5th minute, Vidosic crossed from the left, and Adelaide United striker Skotopourus couldn't grab the point and was cleared by Maru Morishige.

In the 9th minute, full-back Cassio crossed from the right, and midfielder Watson headed it high.

In the opening 15 minutes, Adelaide United had four high balls to the Tokyo FC penalty area, and the opposing manager's thinking was very clear, bombing in the air and using his physical advantage to find goals.

Bobovic was walking on the sidelines, a little nervous for the time being. There have been many teams that have tried to beat FC Tokyo in this way this season, but not many have actually succeeded. One is that it is difficult to judge the landing point of the high ball itself, and often more than half of the time you can't find your own player, and on the other hand, Bobovic is constantly strengthening the defense, and the team is becoming more and more experienced in dealing with this style of play.

More than 10 minutes passed in the game, Adelaide United's high-ball tactics still did not have a good effect, occupying the advantage of the home field to attack these times, and only created a threatening attack, Bobovic was temporarily relieved, Tokyo FC's backline should be able to deal with these Australians.

Gradually adapting to the opponent's attacking rhythm, Tokyo FC also began to play their own characteristics.

In the 27th minute, Adelaide United once again took a high ball into the penalty area to no avail, and Ken Kaga headed the ball out of the box.

Hideto Takahashi outside the penalty area got the ball and drove directly to the opponent's half with a big foot.

"Tokyo FC ~ It's a counterattack opportunity!"

Ringer has always been the top of the Tokyo FC team, which is determined by his status and importance in the team, and he is the most reliable point of the team's attack at the moment.

The ball will land about seven or eight meters away from the opponent's penalty area, and Ringer will start from the front of the center circle and accelerate with his feet to rush over.

Adelaide United had naturally studied FC Tokyo and knew a certain extent about Ringer's threat, and he had just started when two defenders, Bogard and Fajef, chased him.

With his legs on the ground, Ringer earned himself a bit of space in the lunge, and when he ran to the landing spot, the defenders were taken a step away from him.

Facing the ball coming down from the air, Ringer tapped the ball forward with his forehead, and immediately chased after the football under his feet.

Ringer knew that as soon as his head stopped the ball, the defenders chasing behind him must have gradually come closer, and he had to pull a little closer to the side.

"Ringer received the ball, but the opponent's two defenders followed him directly~~~," Liu Jianhong of Yang Ma explained.

The two defenders who had already chased back, one stepped back slightly into the box to prevent him from breaking through, and the other followed Ringer closely.

Dribbling the ball to the position on the line of the penalty area, Ringer knew that he would be caught in the penalty area again, and without any support from his teammates, this attack was probably not a threat, so he smashed the ball at his feet, dodged a little space, and made a direct kick with his right leg.

"Ringer ~~~ Hit the door directly!!"

The ball headed towards the far corner of the goal, and the opposite goalkeeper Galekovic immediately flew to save, but the ball bounced off the ground in the box and flew into the goal from the goalkeeper's hands.

"Lin~~~goal~~~~ goal is in! Lin Jun, he seized the opportunity on a not-so-good counterattack and scored with a powerful shot from the penalty line. It was actually just the first time the Gas had a shot from goal range, and they got on the scoresheet, and it looked like the Gas had a lot of luck today. Japanese commentator Koichi Yamamoto hissed again.

The Japanese are accustomed to using the Roman alphabet when spelling their names, while the Chinese are accustomed to using the English alphabet, and there is a big difference between the two, so we often think that the English name of the Japanese is spelled strangely. Ringer still likes to spell it in Chinese, so his English name is still Lin ge, which is close to the pronunciation of Lin goal, and now in the J-League, Lin goal has become his goal-only cry.

"That's a reflection of personal ability, and Ringer can be valued by Wenger, and there is something unique about him." Yang Ma's explanation is praising again.

It was Ringer's seventh goal of the season in the AFC Champions League, and he continues to cement his second-place position in the AFC Champions League scorer list and is also chasing Olivia in first place. It's also a crucial away goal, and the importance of scoring away goals in the two-legged knockout rounds is well known. ”

Ringer scored the away goal and the most excited was Bobovic. Whether it is a member of the team or Bobovic, almost everyone has no experience in the AFC Champions League, so Bobovic has always been a little worried about the AFC Champions League.

Now that you get an away goal, then the margin for error is much higher, even if you are equalized by the opponent, or even overtaken by two goals in a row, with this away goal in hand, the result is completely acceptable.

In fact, based on the current situation, the team could have achieved a better result.

As the saying goes, plans don't keep up with change, and Bobovich soon "dreams come true."