Chapter 68: Ulsan Away (3)
On October 24, the first leg of the AFC Champions League semifinals, Ulsan Hyundai's home match against Tokyo FC.
Yesterday, the first leg of the first leg of the semi-finals was over, with Jeddah Ittihad beating Jeddah Al Ahly 1-0 at home to already dominate the two-legged match, and it seemed as expected that Ittihad would beat Al Ahly to advance to the final.
In the second half of the division, Ulsan Hyundai will beat Tokyo FC to reach the final.
When entering the Ulsan Manju Stadium, Ringer had to sigh that this away game was really difficult.
The difficulty is not the atmosphere created by the away fans, the atmosphere of the away fans is not very strong, not even as good as the away game of Urawa, but the away team has too many indiscriminate methods, which makes people physically and mentally exhausted.
For this game, the home team Ulsan Hyundai started with 433, their usual formation this season.
Goalkeeper: Kim Yongguang;
Defenders: Lee Yong, Kang Min Shou, Kwak Tae Hui, Kim Young-san;
Midfielders: Li Hao, Estewin, Jin Shenglong;
Forwards: Lee Geun-ho, Kim Shin-wook, Raphinha.
Tokyo FC is in a 442 formation as usual.
Goalkeeper: Shuichi Gonda;
Defenders: Nakamura Hokuto, Mato Morishige, Kenichi Kaga, Yuhei Tokunaga;
Midfielders: Hideto Takahashi, Hasegawa, Takuji Yonemoto, Yohei Oyama;
Forwards: Ringer, Chima Watanabe.
On the Ulsan Hyundai side, their forward trident is very famous, it is a famous attacking combination in the K League, and they also scored 11 goals together in the AFC Champions League, Kim Shin Wook 5 goals, Lee Geun Ho 4 goals, Raphinha 2 goals, of which Lee Geun Ho is the core point of the attack, equivalent to Tokyo FC Ringer.
Lee Geun-ho has very good speed and dribbling, and the side breakthrough is very sharp; Kim Shin-wook is a typical high-school striker, with a strong body, a height of 1.96 meters, known as a giant, and made Guoan suffer in this year's AFC Champions League group stage; Raphinha is a Brazilian player, and the trio form Ulsan Hyundai's forward combination.
In fact, Tokyo FC's forward combination is also famous, with Ringer currently scoring eight goals in the AFC Champions League, and Chima Watanabe, although he has not yet scored in the knockout rounds, he has scored three in the group stage, adding up to 11, as many as Ulsan Hyundai's forward combination.
With a strong forward combination, coupled with home advantage, Ulsan Hyundai launched a fierce attack at the beginning.
Playing this away game, the whole team of Tokyo FC can be said to be holding back the fire, so the opening pressing is very fierce, Ulsan Hyundai's onslaught has not yet played an effect, and Tokyo FC's pressing has an effect.
In the 6th minute, the opponent's foreign striker Raphinha dribbled in front of the penalty area, and Hideto Takahashi used to make a slip and tackle.
In fact, this slip tackle was reckless, and it was simply a free kick in a good position in front of the penalty area. But the Brazilian on the opposite side was a little cowardly, perhaps for fear of injury, he jumped up and dodged, but instead let the tackle of the golf show turn into a steal, and there was no foul.
Takahashi's tackle on the ball was picked up by Takuji Yonemoto, who immediately crossed diagonally to Ringer on the right.
"The gas team's broken ball, Lin Jun launched an attack from the right side!"
As soon as Ringer received the ball, he added up the speed, and the opposite midfielder Li Hao immediately rushed over to defend. Li Hao is a defensive midfielder, who played in Zenit St. Petersburg in the Russian Premier League in his early years, and also won the UEFA Cup with the team, and his level is still good.
Facing Li Hao, who was robbing, Ringer jumped up and turned around and pulled the ball at his feet.
"Marseille maneuver, Lin Jun passed the other party!"
Ringer's Marseille maneuver is not so skillful and cannot be used every time in the game, but this time it was used smoothly, throwing off Li Hao and approaching the opponent's penalty area.
"Follow him~ Follow him!!" Kim Ho-kun, the head coach of Ulsan Hyundai, shouted on the sidelines.
As the second scorer in the AFC Champions League, Ringer does not dare to ignore him no matter which head coach dares to ignore him, and the defensive arrangements before the game must be indispensable.
The opposite left-back Kim Young-sam came towards Ringer, who broke through to the right, but came back with his right foot, and threw off the opponent into the penalty area.
"Lin Jun~~ Killed in!!"
Ringer entered the penalty area, and Ulsan Hyundai's two defenders, Kwak Tae-hui and Kang Min-shou, immediately joined forces to press over.
Ringer's threat was best known to Ulsan Hyundai fans at the scene, Ringer attacked from the right side, passing two of them in a row, and the other defenders were also frightened, and they all approached Ringer in unison, trying to stop him from doing whatever he wanted.
From the fan stands, Ringer broke through with the ball from the right and scrambled the Ulsan Modern Defence into a mess.
At this time, Ringer can choose to continue to dribble the ball to find opportunities, or he can force a kick at the goal, anyway, he is already in the penalty area, and every shot is a test of the opposing goalkeeper.
However, Ringer did not choose, and his keen vision saw a better opportunity. Chien Watanabe was really following up, and Ringer completely attracted the attention of the opponent's defense with the ball himself, and the chances of Watanabe who followed up were quite good.
So Ringer rushed to the back of the goal with a diagonal pass before the opposing defender came over, feeding Watanabe a bite of cake.
"Did Lin Jun knock on the door? It's not ~~~ it's a pass!! ”
"Beautiful pass ~~ Watanabe's chance!!"
"Watanabe ~ Knock on the door!"
"The ball is in! Good goal, just six minutes into the game, the Gas scored on the road, and it was a crucial away goal. In the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League, the Gas team scored first away from home, although they lost 1:2 in the end, but the away goal became the key to the team's turnaround. Koichi Yamamoto shouted excitedly.
Yang Ma's Shen Fangjian said: "This goal is mainly due to Ringer, he broke through on the right side and completely tore apart the opponent's defense, and finally another nanny assisted, allowing his teammates to score the ball safely." ”
Chima Watanabe rushed over and excitedly hugged Ringer to celebrate, which was his first goal in the AFC Champions League knockout round. Bobovic was celebrating with an unbridled fist swing, or swinging at the Ulsan Hyundai coach's bench not far away, which was a response to the opponent's various off-the-counter moves.
Just six minutes into the game, FC Tokyo's first counter-attack, the first shot, and it was a real surprise.
The whole team of Tokyo FC celebrated until the referee came to intervene, and then went back to prepare for the kick-off game, which was a kind of venting.
The game restarted, and Ulsan Hyundai immediately rushed to attack. Let Tokyo FC get the away goal, now two goals in a row 2:1 is not enough insurance, it is better to score three goals in a row 3:1 to be safe.
In the 9th minute, Lee Geun-ho's cross from the left side did not find the right point, and the cross went directly out of the bottom line.
In the 14th minute, Raphinha broke through with the ball and was cut off by Yohei Oyama, and he almost ate a card to the referee for a foul, but fortunately his teammates came to pull him away in time.
Looking at the other party, it seems to be ferocious, but in fact, it does not create too many threatening shots at all. Ringer knew that the opposition were in too much of a hurry, and FC Tokyo's opening goal really caught them off guard.
At the 30th minute of the game, Ulsan Hyundai still didn't even equalize, but just now Tokyo FC threatened to score again, Ringer's goalmouth shovel was saved by the opposing goalkeeper.
Ulsan Hyundai head coach Kim Ho-kun saw that something was wrong and began to ask his players on the sidelines to be calmer and play more patiently.
Ulsan's modern offensive, which is starting to calm down, is less violent, but the threat is greater, at least the 1.96m tall man is difficult to do in the box.
In the 35th minute, Lee Geun-ho picked up a pass after passing Nakamura Hokuto on the left side of the penalty area, Kim Shin-wook pressed Mori Shigeima to hit the goal with a header, and the ball went directly to the bottom left corner of the goal, but fortunately, Shuichi Gonda made a wonderful save and slapped the ball out of the bottom line.
"Takahashi, follow that stupid big man, don't let him enter the restricted area easily." Bobovich shouted from the sidelines.
The opponent is tall and strong, which is a hardware advantage, and there is no way at all, so you can only find more ways to stop him, and don't let him easily enter the forbidden area that can create a threat. Of course, this is only a no-go solution, because you can't guarantee to keep the opponent outside the box all the time.
The two coaches on the sidelines made adjustments, and soon the final time of the first half passed, and the score remained 0:1, and Tokyo FC took a one-goal lead away from home.
"With a nanny assist from Ringer in the opening six minutes, FC Tokyo took a 1-0 lead away to Ulsan Hyundai and kept the score until the end of the first half, which I think should have been a perfect first half. Since Tokyo FC entered the AFC Champions League knockout round, a total of 4 goals have been scored, all of which were made by Ringer, with 3 goals and 1 assist, which is Ringer's god-level performance in the AFC Champions League knockout round. "Yang Ma's Shen Fangjian is making a halftime summary.