Chapter Seventy-Five: Venue Change
Early the next morning, the news that Tokyo FC had reached this season's AFC Champions League final dominated the pages of various sports media.
"Tokyo Miracle, Counterattack from the Promoted Horse"
"The third team in the J-League to reach the AFC Champions League final - Super Dark Horse Gas"
"The double is our goal - the magic coach Bobovich"
At the press conference after the game, the AFC Champions League has reached the final, and the league is temporarily at the top, Bobovic directly shouted the goal of winning the double.
There has also been a lot of coverage in China about Tokyo FC's promotion to the final, after all, the aftermath of the Weibo war a few days ago has not completely passed, and Ringer went on to lead the team to the final, and also set a new record for Asian players in the AFC Champions League single-season goals, which made Ringer popular again.
Other achievements aside, but Ringer's fame has definitely exploded, and his Weibo followers have risen to 10 million. In the past half a year, he worked hard to lead the team to play games, but it only rose by 5 million, and now a scandal has risen to 10 million in a few days, and it seems that the fastest rise in fame is still hype.
"In the second leg of the AFC Champions League semifinals last night, Tokyo FC successfully eliminated Ulsan Hyundai under the leadership of Ringer to enter this season's AFC Champions League final, and at the same time, Tokyo FC FC offered a double championship bonus of 100 million yen, and the AFC Champions League championship reward of 50 million yen was also 50 million yen.
According to the information obtained by this newspaper, Tokyo FC is not a rich club, they did not offer any bonuses in the previous AFC Champions League knockout rounds, and now they have a chance to win the double, so they offer this "high" bonus. 100 million yen, converted into RMB is about 6 million RMB, this year's Evergrande AFC Champions League top 16 bonus is as high as 6 million RMB, but Evergrande finally fell on the penalty line in front of Tokyo FC without bonuses, we have to wonder whether the current Super League Jinyuan football is right ~~~"
Some people in China have taken this opportunity to criticize Jinyuan football.
Due to the lack of attention in the AFC Champions League, the prize money has also been stingy.
In this season's AFC Champions League, there is only $100,000 in bonuses for reaching the semifinals, which is not enough. However, the prize money for the champion and runner-up has been increased, with the winner being $800,000 and the runner-up being $500,000. In fact, what Tokyo FC gave was that if they won the championship, all the bonuses given by the AFC would be given to the players, and an additional 50 million yen would be awarded.
However, these bonuses are indeed much lower than those of Evergrande.
Evergrande was eliminated in the AFC Champions League round of 16 this year, so they also got a bonus of about 15 million RMB, and the J League team simply did not have a team that could afford such a high bonus, especially a club like Tokyo FC, the AFC Champions League has been promoted one after another and has never said anything about the bonus, and finally has a bonus after entering the final.
In fact, football really can't be played without money, and Japan didn't have the gold yuan football catalyst of the J League in those years, and the rise of Japanese football is probably just empty talk, but now the J League has entered a mature period and no longer needs large-scale money investment.
Regarding Ringer becoming the Asian player with the most goals in a single season in the AFC Champions League with 10 goals, it has also been widely reported, and Hao Haidong, as one of the original record holders, is inevitably questioned.
"I'm very happy that a Chinese broke this record, Ringer is a very characteristic player, and I believe he will soon be able to play in European football."
Fortunately, Hao Cannon did not fire, and there was no comment that Ringer could still fire for a few years.
During the 2010 World Cup, Hao Dacang was invited to be interviewed on a program, talking about the football duo Messi and Ronaldo, Hao Dacang openly declared: "In terms of ability, Messi is stronger, Ronaldo is just a touted star, fame is greater than strength, he can be popular for three years at most, he is not better than players like Klose and Rooney." ”
Now that the three-year period is approaching, Ronaldo is still so popular. In fact, for three years, three years and three years, until 2018, Ronaldo was still one of the two hottest stars on the planet.
So, whenever Ronaldo has a top-level performance, Hao Cannon's prophecy will be taken out to laugh, and Hao Dacang will also be pulled out to whip the corpse, and many people will run to Hao Dacang's Weibo and ask:
"Brother Hao, tell me the truth, how many more years can Ronaldo be popular?"
"Brother Dong, you secretly told me that Ronaldo can really be popular for a few years?"
Of course, this is all an afterthought, and now that the three-year period has not passed, Hao Cannon has not been ridiculed in various ways.
Probably because of the relationship with the Chinese, Hao Cannon did not evaluate that Ringer could still be on fire for a few years this time, otherwise it might be embarrassing in the future.
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The second leg of the Saudi derby in the first half of the tournament began the day after Tokyo FC eliminated Ulsan Hyundai to take the lead in the final.
After losing 0-1 away in the first leg, Jeddah Al Ahly returned to home to score the first half equaliser on aggregate, and then scored another goal in the 86th minute to defeat local rival Jeddah Ittihad 2-1 on aggregate and will meet Tokyo FC in this season's AFC Champions League final.
So far, the final of the two teams produced, both are new to the AFC Champions League final, both are the first time to reach the AFC Champions League final, then this year will definitely produce a new AFC Champions League champion team, and both teams are the second in the group, the first team in the history of the AFC Champions League to qualify for the second place in the group but finally win the championship is also about to be produced.
The day after the final opponent was determined, some Japanese media broke the news that Tokyo FC Club was applying to the AFC to change the venue of this year's AFC Champions League final to the larger Tokyo National Stadium.
According to this year's draw, the venue for the AFC Champions League final will be Tokyo Stadium, the home of Tokyo FC.
On the day the AFC Champions League final opponent was determined, Tokyo FC began to sell tickets for the final, and nearly 20,000 tickets for the final were sold in one day, and the Tokyo Stadium only had a capacity of more than 50,000 people, and the demand for tickets would definitely be in short supply.
The Tokyo National Stadium is the largest general stadium in Japan, and it can seat 80,000 spectators with a simple modification.
Before the AFC could make a statement, the Saudi media protested, believing that the draw had already been drawn, and Tokyo FC was not allowed to change the venue of the final without authorization.
According to AFC regulations, in this year's AFC Champions League final, both sides will each get 18% of the votes, and the rest will be given to neutral fans. In fact, the final was held in Tokyo, and everyone knew that these so-called neutral fans must be supporters of Tokyo FC.
The capacity of Tokyo Stadium is about 55,000, and 18% is about 10,000 tickets. According to Jeddah Al Ahly's estimates, there may be 6,000 to 8,000 fans who will go with the team to cheer for the team, 10,000 tickets are enough, and moving to a bigger stadium will only make Tokyo FC supporters more.
Although Jeddah Al Ahly is against it, it mainly depends on the idea of the AFC side, and the Japanese media has launched an offensive again.
In an interview with reporters, the president of the Japanese Football Association, Kuniya Ohinto, said: "If the AFC agrees to Tokyo FC to change the venue for the final, the Japanese Football Association is willing to temporarily loan the National Stadium to Tokyo FC to host the AFC Champions League final." ”
At the same time, the Japanese media is also hyping a topic: "This season, Tokyo FC has been a super dark horse, and its results are quite impressive, and it already has a wide fan base in the Tokyo area, even if the final venue is changed to the National Stadium with 80,000 people, enthusiastic Tokyo fans will fill the entire National Stadium." An AFC Champions League final watched by 80,000 people will be a huge milestone in the history of Asian football. ”
This is also caused by a series of coincidences, Tokyo is the largest city in Asia, Tokyo FC, an ordinary team in this season, the dark horse attribute soared, these combined, there is today's situation, Tokyo must have a large number of fans will come into the stadium to support their team.
The AFC did not resist this temptation, and the AFC Champions League final, which had the most fans on the spot, and a grand event of 80,000 people, this temptation was indeed great.
On November 3, a week before the AFC Champions League final, the AFC issued a statement agreeing to Tokyo FC's application to change the venue for the final to the Tokyo National Stadium.
The Japanese were quite efficient, and soon Tokyo FC and the Tokyo Police began to prepare for the security of the AFC Champions League final.
The Japanese have a good face, and creating a huge final is a big face-saving thing, but if the final goes wrong, it will become a big shame.
At the same time, the president of the team, Kenji Akune, also gave a death order, the final must be won, if it is in his own place, in front of 80,000 people, it will be a big shame for the club.
This year's AFC Champions League final is scheduled for November 10, and before that, Tokyo FC has one more league game, and in the 31st round of the league on November 7, Tokyo FC will go to Nagoya away to face Nagoya Whales.
Nagoya Whales are currently 3 points behind Urawa Red Diamonds in the standings, and there is still a chance to catch up and grab an AFC Champions League qualification, this away game is definitely not easy to play, and at the same time it is the AFC Champions League final soon, Bobovic has carried out a full rotation, as long as it is the AFC Champions League final to play the players, all rest.
In this case, Tokyo FC simply lost 0:2 to Nagoya Whales away from home, and at the same time, Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeated Consadole Sapporo 3:0 at home in this round, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima chased the same 59 points in the standings, and surpassed Tokyo FC by 4 on goal difference, and surpassed Tokyo FC to the top of the table.
However, Tokyo FC has no mind about the league for the time being, and the AFC Champions League final is the most important thing.