Chapter 80: The Final Awards
The big screen in the stadium was repeating the goal just now, Ringer sent a very fast outside instep cross, Hasegawa quickly followed, the ball was rubbed by his stomach, and rushed into the goal with him.
Ringer and Hasegawa, who were cheering around their teammates on the field, were a little stunned, but they didn't expect the goal to be scored by mistake.
Ringer thought that this time because of his selfishness, he had wasted a chance for the team's attack, Hasegawa thought that he couldn't touch the ball at all, but in the end he was knocked into the goal like that.
Overall, there was a lot of luck in the ball.
But on the pitch, which goal doesn't have an element of luck?
The more beautiful the world wave, the higher the luck component.
Each world wave requires the "cooperation" of two teams and more than 20 players on the field to finally play.
Tokyo FC's third goal made the suspense of the game much less suspenseful, with less than half an hour left in the game, three goals behind, and in an important game such as the final of the continental competition, or away, this can still be reversed, which is even more awesome than the Istanbul miracle.
Of course, Jeddah Al Ahli still did not directly indicate that he would give up, and immediately made another substitution.
Bobovic also reacted quickly, going up to Zhang Xiuxian and going down Watanabe, letting Zhang Xiuxian go to the back to make a cameo appearance, and use the double back tactics to strengthen the defense.
In the following time, Ringer could only play a single arrow striker, he really didn't like this style of play, every time he took the ball, he crashed into the opponent's defense, and his teammates were behind him most of the time, and it was difficult to pass the ball and tear the opponent's defense.
In this way, Tokyo FC next concentrated on defense, although Jeddah Al Ahly was still struggling symbolically, but the morale of the three-goal deficit was really not high, and even some Saudi tycoons in the stadium box left the field early.
Beep~Beep~Beep~~~
When the Australian referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, the entire National Arena was plunged into a sea of joy.
"At full-time, the gas team from the J-League, FC Tokyo, they did it, they won the AFC Champions League final, they are the AFC Champions League champions this season!" Koichi Yamamoto shouted hard.
"Before the start of the season, no one could have imagined that it was a magical season, a magical season, that the Gas, the promoted horses of this season, were not favored at the beginning of the season and thought that they were not capable of playing in Asian competitions, but now, they are the kings of Asia, they are at the top of Asia, and they still have the opportunity to compete for the league title."
"We have to say that there is a magical character in this amazing team. Ringer, a Chinese student from the University of Tokyo, used to be an obscure goalkeeper who switched to striker last year, but is now the most famous star in Asia, not only winning the AFC Champions League Golden Boot this season, but also in the league. β
Yang Ma is also talking about Ringer's honor: "Ringer, he became the first Chinese player to win the AFC Champions League, the second Chinese player to win the AFC Champions League Golden Boot, and at the same time broke the previous AFC Champions League goals in a single season, 12 goals, which is a new AFC Champions League Golden Boot record." β
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As soon as the game ended, the entire Tokyo FC team rushed to the coach's box and hugged Bobovic in celebration.
"Throw it up!"
During the celebration, I don't know who shouted, everyone grabbed Bobovich who wanted to slip away when he saw the bad situation, and played a high toss celebration.
Bobovic is indeed a big mouth and a fierce curse, but this AFC Champions League title definitely has a part of his credit, and his coaching this season is still very successful.
Soon, the reporters gathered around, and after the final, the awards were awarded, and there was no post-match press conference today, so everyone who wanted to interview had to hurry up.
Every player on the scene, whether it is a Tokyo FC player who won the game or a Jeddah Al Ahli player who lost, was indispensable for reporters to interview, and Ringer, who shot two shots and one pass today, was the key target.
"Lin Jun, how does it feel to be the Asian champion?"
"It's a magical moment, I'm excited right now, I didn't expect that I would also be the Asian champion one day, it's an incredible moment."
"Lin Jun, did you expect to be able to shoot two shots and one pass in the final?"
"I really didn't expect this, although I tried to adjust my condition, but my biggest desire is to help the team win, I didn't expect to have good luck today, I can have two goals and one assist."
"Ringer, is it a bit of a pity that he didn't score a hat-trick in the final?"
"It's a little bit of a thing, but it's the most important thing to win this final, and if I had to choose the title and a hat-trick, I'd rather win it."
Soon, the podium was ready, and a staff member came over to ask everyone to change their clothes and prepare for the awards.
After a game, most people's jerseys are dirty, and they must change into clean jerseys to accept the gold medal.
When the entire Tokyo FC team changed their jerseys and came out, there was a huge cheer from the audience.
"Tokyo ~~ Champion !!"
On the podium, an AFC official, a guy named Haas, presented a commemorative gold medal to the Australian referees of the match, followed by the Japan manager of Emirates, the main sponsor of the AFC Champions League, who presented the consolation prize and fair play award to Jeddah Al Ahli.
The Fair Play Award is generally given to the team with fewer fouls and fewer cards in the final, and in fact both teams received three yellow cards in the final, but in the end, the Fair Play Award was awarded to Jeddah Al Ahly, which was also considered a point of cake.
Then, Tokyo FC president Kenji Akune took the stage, and Ringer knew it was time for him.
The stadium radio shouted: "Now the AFC Champions League Golden Boot is being awarded, Ricardo Oliveira from Jazira Abu Dhabi, and Ringer from Tokyo FC!" β
Ringer slowly walked up to the podium, and the crowd resounded with a loud cheer, which then turned into a chorus of shouts.
βLin~~~goal~~~β
βLin~~~goal~~~β
The UAE side is in the middle of the league and Oliveira is not present at all, led by AFC officials. And Ringer was on the scene, of course, directly to him.
"Lin Jun, congratulations!" Kenji Akune and Ringer are also very familiar, so they congratulated him directly.
"Thank you, Mr. President."
Ringer took the trophy, which was in the form of a boot and a net behind his back.
Ringer lifted the trophy high, enjoyed two seconds of cheering, and then hurried down to present the Most Valuable Player Award for the final, which must have been his failure to run.
"Lin Jun, bring it over and let's take a look." As soon as Ringer went down, Hasegawa shouted loudly: "We will keep it for you first, and then you should go up." β
Sure enough, the radio shouted: "Immediately present the Most Valuable Player Award of the Finals, Tokyo FC's Ringer." β
βLin~~~goal~~~β
βLin~~~goal~~~β
This time the cheers were louder.
"In fact, in the whole game, Jeddah Al Ahly did not perform too badly, at least not as far as the score in the final. In the first half, they were only slightly disadvantaged, that is, they were a little caught off guard by Ringer's two goals, and in the second half, they actually played very well in the opening stage, and once suppressed Tokyo FC, but when Ringer assisted Hasegawa to score the third goal, their counter-offensive momentum was completely dispersed~~~"
Yang Ma was still conducting a full-court review, when the final MVP award came, He Wei began to say: "Now what is going to be awarded is the Most Valuable Player of the final, sure enough, this award is for Ringer, he became the first Chinese to win the Most Valuable Player of the AFC Champions League Final." β
"Good job, Ringer." This time it was the AFC Acting President Zhang Jilong who presented the trophy to Ringer.
"Thank you, Mr. President."
After taking the trophy, Ringer went to the side to show the trophy and prize money, and the best player in the final received $20,000.
The silver medal was then presented to the runner-up Jeddah Al Ahly players and coaches on the podium. One by one, the people of Jeddah Al Ahli came to power in despair, and anyone who fell on the last step would not be very happy.
Click~click~click~~~
Not many people cared about the runners-up, and Ringer's display of the AFC Champions League Golden Boot and the Player of the Year trophy attracted more journalists to take pictures.
Jeddah Al Ahly, who received the silver medal, is almost stepping down, and Ringer will also go over to join the whole team and prepare to take the stage to receive the championship and gold medal.
"Next, our Asian Champions League champion - Tokyo FC!"
Amid the cheers of the audience, the entire Tokyo FC team walked onto the podium. The coaching staff went first, followed by captain Yuhei Tokunaga, followed by Ringer and Masato Morishige.
Everyone wore a gold medal around their necks, and in the music of "We Are the Champions", the whole team of Tokyo FC raised the AFC Champions League trophy, and the 2012 AFC Champions League season came to an end.