Chapter Seventy-Three: Semi-Final (1)
October 31, the day of the second leg of the AFC Champions League semi-finals.
Ulsan Hyundai is definitely an old fritter in the AFC Champions League, and Bobovic, who was not angry about the loss in the last leg, wanted to arrange the club to retaliate, but everyone avoided it.
Ulsan Hyundai only came to Tokyo on the morning of the game, and they didn't spend the night in Tokyo to interfere with the other party's rest, and the car they took was also arranged in advance, so it was impossible to cause too much trouble to the other party.
"Let's welcome Lin~~goal~~~ from China" The stadium DJ used to shout Ringer's name instead of Lingoal, and this time there was no loud applause in the stadium, but a little boos mixed with applause.
It seems that the scandal has a lot of impact.
The capture of Ringer Weibo by Japanese otaku has been on the headlines of the domestic Internet for three consecutive days. The Weibo war between the two sides lasted three days and three nights, and more and more Chinese joined it, many of them were not Ringer fans, just to drive away little Japan, but the war suddenly subsided after three days.
In fact, the matter was calmed down, and it is said that in order to prevent the incident from getting bigger and bigger, the relevant departments seized some Weibo accounts from Japan, which allowed the incident to be calmed down.
The last Weibo posted by Ringer has reached more than 13 million comments, and it is still slowly increasing, because many people who missed this grand event are still going to visit the relics one after another, so the comments are still slowly increasing.
Because of this, the scandal between Ringer and Aragaki has also become a well-known thing in China.
"Ringer has appeared, and it is said that there has been a lot of news about him lately." Yang Ma's Shen Fangjian was saying: "If you don't say anything else in advance, you can lead Tokyo FC to the semifinals of the AFC Champions League and take the lead in the first leg, and now there is a great possibility that you can enter the final, and Ringer's ability is still affirmed." β
"If Tokyo FC can reach the final, Ringer will become the second Chinese player to participate in the AFC Champions League final, and he is the core player of the team, and he will definitely start in the final, then he will also be the first Chinese player to play in the AFC Champions League final, and may become the first Chinese player to win the AFC Champions League."
The first Chinese player to participate in the AFC Champions League final was Huang Bowen, last season's AFC Champions League, South Korea's Jeonbuk Hyundai entered the final, Jeonbuk Hyundai's Asian foreign aid, Chinese player Huang Bowen participated in the AFC Champions League final with the team, but he sat on the bench all over the court and failed to get the opportunity to play in the final.
Jeonbuk Hyundai lost to Doha Shad on penalties in the final, and Huang Bowen also missed out on becoming the first Chinese player to win the AFC Champions League.
However, in the next three years, Evergrande will win the AFC Champions League twice in three years, and the Chinese players who won the AFC Champions League will be mass-produced.
In this game, the starting lineups of both sides have not changed from the previous game, and this lineup is the strongest lineup of both sides.
Due to the two away goals scored by Tokyo FC, Ulsan Hyundai did not have much advantage in the first leg, so Ulsan Hyundai did not play conservatively away from home and launched an attack at the beginning.
In the 4th minute of the opening game, Lee Geun-ho completed a shot on the penalty line, but the angle was too positive and was confiscated by Shuichi Kwonda.
Two minutes later, it was Lee Geun-ho who tried to break into the penalty area, but was cut off by Masato Moriyag and Hideto Takahashi.
"The South Koreans started the game and played not conservatively at all, so the Gas team must be careful." Koichi Yamamoto explained.
Bobovic is also a little worried, this is the fourth time this season against this South Korean team, the opponent's playing routine is basically understood, once the opponent finds his rhythm, the attack will become extremely ferocious, and must find a way to contain it.
Bobovic hadn't thought of anything yet, and there was a change on the field.
In the 11th minute, Ulsan Hyundai midfielder Kim Seung-ryong and Estewin found an opportunity after passing the ball, a diagonal stop, Lee Geun-ho got the ball on the left side of the big penalty area line, and passed to the penalty area, Kim Shin-wook in the penalty area was stuck by Mori Shige-Mato and Kenichi Kaga teamed up, he did not look for a shooting opportunity, but returned to the middle of the penalty area with a header, Lee Geun-ho quickly rushed to a push shot, and broke the goal of Tokyo FC.
"Lee Geun-ho, Lee Geun-ho's goal, Ulsan taking the lead away from home, it's a pretty good start, and they're one step closer to the AFC Champions League final. If Lee Geun-ho can lead Ulsan Hyundai to the AFC Champions League, he is likely to win this year's Asian Footballer of the Year, bringing the award back to Korea for the first time in 20 years. The Korean commentator is frantically praising Lee Geun-ho who scored the goal.
The South Koreans have won the Asian Footballer of the Year five times, but the most recent one was in '91, and now more than 20 years later, the South Korean has not won the award again.
In 02, the Koreans reached the semifinals of the World Cup, but due to the inferior means, the AFC instead awarded the Asian Footballer of the Year to Shinji Ono, who led Japan to the round of 16 of the World Cup, instead of Ahn Jung-hwan, who "led" the South Korean team to the semifinals.
Conceding the goal at the beginning and currently trailing 2:4 on aggregate is a bit of a morale blow, but Bobovic reacted quickly and immediately shouted from the sidelines: "Cheer up, it's nothing, we only need two goals, two goals to knock out the despicable South Koreans." β
Bobovic's words caused Ulsan Hyundai head coach Kim Ho-kun to be dissatisfied and complained to the referee, who also gave Bobovic a warning in the past. But such a distraction did make the players of Tokyo FC react, although we were two goals behind, we actually only need to score two goals, and the score will become 2:1, and we can rely on away goals to eliminate more opponents.
The game resumed, and FC Tokyo immediately began to launch a counterattack.
Three minutes later, Tokyo FC's attack was again on the edge of the penalty area, and Hasegawa passed the ball to Ringer near the penalty line.
The moment Hasegawa passed the ball, Ulsan Hyundai's Li Hao immediately pressed towards Ringer. In the face of the incoming ball, Ringer stopped with his left foot slightly, Li Hao immediately stuck to his back and stretched out his foot to destroy, but Ringer stopped the ball and immediately raised his right foot, knocked his heel back, the ball passed through Li Hao's crotch, and Ringer turned around at the same time to accelerate to catch up with the ball.
"Hasegawa~ Pass the ball to Lin Jun, Li Hao came over to restrict Lin Jun."
"Beautiful~~~ Lin Jun !!"
"The beautiful human ball has been divided, once the human ball from the opponent's crotch has been divided, Lin Jun has entered the penalty area!"
Ringer quickly caught up with the ball, and when he reached the penalty spot, the opponent's Jiang Minshou reacted the fastest and immediately came over to intercept him.
It was already so close to the goal, Ringer just faced Jiang Minshou and shook the ball to open up the space, and rushed to volley into the near corner before others intercepted it.
"Lin Jun~~~ knocking on the door!!"
βLin~~~goal~~~β
"The ball is in~ It's Lin Jun's goal again! He helped the Gas pull a goal back, and just three minutes after the opponent scored, the Gas equalized! β
Ringer glided across the pitch with his arms outstretched, running to the sidelines and kissing the fans, and no one booed him anymore, only cheers for him.
FC Tokyo's celebration ended quickly as the score is not yet guaranteed and they need to score one more goal to have a chance of progressing to the final.
However, after the game restarted, Ulsan Hyundai began to recycle the defense, which is a bit difficult for Tokyo FC, after all, Ulsan Hyundai's defense line is still very good, if there is no Ringer, Ulsan Hyundai will rely on this defense line plus the front trident to win this season's AFC Champions League.
The game began to turn into a tough battle, and the excitement also decreased, so the broadcast screen began to play the two goals just now, especially the one from Ringer.
"It's really clever for Ringer to stop the ball and knock it behind him, compared to the group stage, Ringer now feels a little demonic when he plays, which is what Europe often says has aura. And the level of smashing in the penalty area is also very good, and his judgment is very good, as soon as he kicks out of the gap, he will get up and hit the goal, and he will never hesitate. "Yang Ma's commentary blew another wave of Ringer.
"Actually, since he started to become famous this year, I have watched all his AFC Champions League games, and before he played more like playing with speed, although he scored a lot of goals, but it always felt that it was almost meaningful, just not aura enough."
"But now he seems to be in the aura burst stage, he is starting to find what he does best, except for the big stride he had from the beginning, his stopping is getting better and better, you notice that his current passing is often connected with stopping the ball, I dare say that Ringer's stopping level is definitely at the level of a European star. And his smash in the box is also very good, once he enters the box, he can always calmly smash the ball to find space to hit. β
Yang Ma really didn't blush at all when she blew it, but she really blew it about the same.
Ringer himself has found that as his fame grows, his opponents have become more and more defensive, and his speed is no longer as good as it used to be.
In the past, he was always able to rely on good speed to surprise people, but now there are defenders who follow him in every game, after all, his speed is not up to the criminal type of Bale who eats people raw, speed can only be a good support, he has to have something else.
Inadvertently, Ringer found that he seemed to have a talent for stopping the ball, he improved very quickly on the stop, and when he connected the stop to the pass, the effect was quite good, always able to surprise, and with good speed and smash level, he was able to find the direction of his own play.
In football, it's really hard to predict when a goal will happen.
In this game, both sides scored one goal in the first fifteen minutes, but neither team scored again in the next 30 minutes, and the score was still 1:1 at the end of the first half.