Chapter 55: Shattering the Japanese Dreams

Lin Quan is more supportive of letting these young players with the potential to stay abroad in the national football team play abroad.

But he didn't get involved in specific things, so as not to provoke himself.

After all, a certain da helps operate and sends the players out, and in the process, there must be a game with the club to which the player currently belongs over the ownership of the player.

There has always been a yin-yang contract before the domestic league, and the water in this area is very deep, and Lin Quan neither understands nor wants to understand it.

He gave the contact information of City Football Group to Boss Wang and asked him to contact it himself.

City Football Group has a lot of teams in Europe, and if the two sides can get along, it's no problem to send a small number of players to stay abroad.

If it really doesn't work, Boss Wang can also pay for a team by himself.

In recent years, domestic capital is going overseas in a big way.

While they are buying and buying abroad, they are also eyeing the field of football.

Like Boss Wang's own Wanda, he had previously bought a 20% stake in Atletico Madrid.

In addition, there are many Chinese-funded enterprises and institutions that have taken a fancy to the teams of the five major leagues.

Suning Group, for example, has their eye on Serie A's long-established club Inter Milan, and the two sides are rumored to have made contact, with Moratti planning to help Inter find a better buyer before retiring.

In addition to Suning, Rastar Entertainment has a crush on Espanyol Club, which is in the same city as Barcelona.

Fosun Group has its eye on Wolves in the Premier League, and it is said that the two sides have already engaged in a round of negotiations and could reach a deal this summer.

In addition, there are Granada in La Liga, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham City, and Aston Villa in the Premier League; Ligue 1 teams such as Lyon have Chinese capital as shareholders or even holdings.

Even Manchester City, the team that Lin Quan is currently playing for, strictly counted, has 15% of its shares acquired by Chinese-funded institutions.

For a big boss like Boss Wang, who is worth hundreds of billions, this kind of thing is actually a trivial matter, depending on whether he is willing to spend money.

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After the match with the national football team, the Spanish team originally planned to go home directly.

However, when the Japanese team next door learned that the Spanish team had come to Asia for training, they immediately contacted them and wanted the Spanish team to play a friendly match in Japan.

The defeat in last year's World Cup filled the whole country with a sense of crisis.

The result of not tasting a win in three games and being out of the bottom of the competition has disgraced the Japanese Football Association.

The reform of the Japanese Football Association has been going on for many years, and it is now harvest season.

But last year's fiasco at the World Cup left them stunned and left them wondering if they were on the wrong track.

As a result, since last year, the Japan Football Association has embarked on a drastic reform.

In order to keep up with the trend of world football, they have stepped up their support for young players to go abroad and stay abroad.

As long as they are good seedlings, then give priority to sending them abroad, so that they can receive more professional training abroad and experience more high-level competitions.

In addition, they also sent invitations to many strong teams, wanting to play more with these strong teams and feel the gap between themselves and the world's top teams.

As the champion of two World Cups, the Spanish team is a well-deserved hegemon in football at present.

There are not many opportunities to play against such a top team, so the Japanese Football Association submitted the application as soon as possible.

Bosque had already given the players three days off to give them a good time.

After receiving the invitation to the friendly match of the Japanese team, I was a little embarrassed for a while.

Originally, I planned to play a warm-up game, earn some extra money, take a trip by the way, and then go back to play in the European Championship qualifiers.

As a result, I didn't expect the Japanese to come and join in the fun!

Bosque was not going to agree, but helplessly, the Japanese really gave too much.

Their magnanimity is not inferior to that of their Chinese sponsors.

For the sake of money, Bosque reluctantly accepted the invitation of the Japanese team.

So, the day after the match with the national football team, the Spanish team ended their vacation and arrived in Tokyo by plane.

Although it came in a hurry, there was no warm-up and publicity in advance.

However, the number of fans who came to pick up the airport exceeded the expectations of the Spanish players!

Inside and outside the airport, there are so many Japanese fans holding various cheering signs, and there is no end in sight.

Among them, more than half of them are holding support cards with Lin Quan's name, and most of these fans are women!

"Ahhh

"Lin Sang is so handsome!"

"Lin Sang, I want to marry you!"

Seeing Lin Quan appear, these female fans rushed up screaming.

This battle stunned the well-informed Spanish players!

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to be more popular in Japan than in China!"

Lin Quan's teammates laughed and joked when they saw this battle.

Lin Quan smiled and said, "Since they welcome us so much, then we should show our real skills and repay their warm welcome, right?" ”

When his teammates saw the evil smile on his face, they couldn't help but sweat for the Japanese team.

They all understood what Lin Quan meant by 'repayment'!

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Compared with the national football team, the Japanese team is relatively strong because of its own strength, and there are a large number of players in the team who stay in Europe.

Therefore, when they formulated tactics before the game, they were far less conservative than the national football team.

This is their home stadium, and the Japanese team naturally can't put on a passive defense like the national football team.

According to their own strength characteristics and the opponent's tactical play, they wisely adopted defensive counterattack tactics.

This tactic is almost the standard tactic of the world against the Spanish team!

It's not that they have a penchant for defensive counter-attacks, it's that in the face of the Spanish team's strong attacking and ball control ability, it is simply not possible to play defensive counter-attacks.

If they dare to pull out and rush out to fight Spain, they will definitely be beaten into a sieve.

At last year's World Cup, the Netherlands and Germany vividly illustrated this.

Although there is a huge disparity in the strength of the two sides, there are still many people in Japan who have high hopes for their national team.

The strength of the Japanese team is one level higher than that of the national football team, and it can squeeze into the world's second-rate level.

It's certainly not comparable to a strong team like Spain, but the difference between the two sides should be around one or two goals.

How can there be a double-digit disparity like the national football team!

In addition, they have a large number of players in the team who have stayed in Europe, including some well-known stars.

If they had done better, they might have been able to pull off an upset at home and win against Spain.

Compared with the confidence of the Japanese, on the Spanish team's side, Bosque actually didn't take this opponent very seriously.

On the one hand, it was because of the poor performance of the Japanese team in the World Cup last year.

On the other hand, it is also related to the form of the Japanese team in recent times.

Since last year's World Cup, the Japanese team has begun to adjust their technical and tactical play.

During this time, they played against many teams such as Uruguay and Brazil.

The results were rather unsatisfactory, as they were beaten 2-0 by Uruguay and 4-0 by Brazil.

Even when facing Venezuela, which is not strong, it was difficult to separate from the opponent, and finally played a 2:2 draw.

With such a warm-up result, it is hard to believe that they can pose any threat to the Spanish team.

Therefore, Bosque continued to play a large number of substitutes and young players in the first half, just like in the previous game.

Even Lin Quan was put on the bench by him.

In this game, he intends to play Morata and Negredo in a two-striker lineup and try the 442 formation.

There were too many wins in the last game, and he was a little bit on pins and needles off the court.

So this one, you can't say anything too much.

Bosque didn't know that the Japanese were furious when they saw the deployment of troops from the Spanish side.

Depend on!

Look down on people, this is!

Even if such a large group of substitutes were sent, even Lin Quan was not sent to play, which is worse than the national football team!

Speaking of which, the Japanese team has such treatment, thanks to the national football team.

If it weren't for the outrageous defeat of the national football team, which made Bosque question the strength of the East Asian team, he would not have released such a starting lineup.

The Japanese team, which felt humiliated, played very aggressively in the first half.

They tried to overwhelm the Spanish team with their attack and prove their quality.

I have to say that the ground offensive strength of the Japanese team is indeed stronger than that of the national football team.

Their players are more individual, and they are more delicate at their feet, and they are better at small-area coordination.

In the first half, Japan's several advances hit the edge of the Spanish penalty area and posed a threat to their goal.

Seeing this situation, Bosque immediately put away the contempt in his heart.

The Japanese team looks a bit stronger, at least a lot better than the Chinese team next door.

However, this level of strength still does not pose a threat to the Spanish team.

Bosco does not plan to make personnel changes until the score changes on the field.

Off the field, on the bench, Lin Quan and several teammates chatted with laughter while watching the game.

"The Japanese team's ground coordination is good!"

"Yes, the small-scale cooperation is clear-eyed, and the pace of the game is not slow!"

"It's just that the physical confrontation is a little worse, Morata is a kid, rampage in the opponent's penalty area, and the opponent can't prevent him at all!"

Morata has a high ball quotient and is not only technically good at his feet, but also very physical.

Seeing that the opponent's player's physical confrontation ability is not strong, he specially went to the opponent for physical confrontation, and frequently used his physical advantage to bully the opponent.

It's just that the Japanese team did a good job defending, and Morata had several shots that were cleared by the opponent and failed to pose a threat to the goal.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Spain had a great chance.

Koke's pass found Morata with pinpoint precision, and Morata wanted to volley in style.

But he accidentally put an anti-aircraft gun and kicked the ball directly into the stands.

Seeing Morata kick such a good opportunity, everyone on the bench couldn't help but reach out and cover their faces.

"This guy, can you kick this ball flying?"

"It's outrageous!"

"If this ball had been handled by Lin just now, it would have gone in!"

After seeing Lin Quan's terrifying goalscoring efficiency, the Spanish internationals' horizons were raised, and some couldn't accept Morata's behavior of wasting opportunities.

"This guy is a little too pushy, if he had just adjusted it, maybe it would be better!"

Lin Quan and a group of bigwigs in the team were not there, and Morata became the most beautiful boy on the field.

In addition, there are many female fans at the scene, and he loves to be showy, so he naturally will not let go of the opportunity to show himself like this.

Wasted opportunities are punished!

Spain had just missed a good chance to score, and Japan immediately launched a counter-attack.

Keisuke Honda's long pass found Shinji Okazaki, who was tripped by Ramos as he burst into the box with the ball.

The referee decisively showed Ramos a yellow card and awarded Japan a penalty!

After seeing the referee's decision, tens of thousands of Japanese fans at the scene were collectively boiling!

This penalty means that they are about to take the lead over the world champions Spain!

If they can score the ball and keep that lead going, they might be able to break Spain's unbeaten streak!

This is a two-time World Cup winner, the absolute hegemon of the number one ranking in football today!

Beating them on their home turf is definitely a shot in the arm for Japan.

It's enough to sweep away all the gloom of previous losses to other teams!

Very few Spanish fans came to watch the game, and only a very small number of Spaniards who live and work in Japan did so.

When they saw this result, they couldn't help but rub their eyes, as if they couldn't believe it.

The Japanese team is actually ahead of the powerful Spain!

Impossible, absolutely impossible, this must be a dream!

On the sidelines, Bosque was also a little incredulous.

He got up from the dugout, finally unable to stay as calm as he had before.

What is Ramos doing, can he get down in that position just now?

This guy is frizzy in football, and his lack of calm has not been corrected.

It would be nice if he could learn from Lin Quan and use his brain more when he played.

Thinking of this, Bosque sighed.

shouted Lin Quan and several other main forces and asked them to warm up and prepare for the game.

If nothing else, Japan will score first.

It wasn't a big deal to be the first to score, but Bosque couldn't accept the result of losing to Japan.

Even if it's just an innocuous warm-up game!

In the case of no effect, I lost the ball in a daze, which is simply too embarrassing!

saw Lin Quan, Iniesta and others start to warm up and prepare to play.

The Japanese fans at the scene suddenly let out a burst of exclamations!

Before the start of the game, they really wanted the Spanish main force to do their best so that they could have a better workout.

And now, they wish Spain had been on the bench so that they could win against a strong Spanish team.

It's just that the opponent obviously won't let them get what they wanted, Bosque's substitution was very decisive, and he was ready to make a substitution before half of the first half was up.

This made them all start to worry in their hearts, in the face of the Spanish team with all the main players, can the Japanese team withstand it?

As if feeling the pressure of Spain's main players coming on, Keisuke Honda, who was in charge of taking the penalty, played a half-high ball when he faced De Gea, which was saved by De Gea.

The Japanese fans at the scene were all stunned and dumbfounded after seeing Keisuke Honda's ball being saved.

Penalty kick, this is a penalty!

Thrown out like this?

Fake it!

At this moment, the Japanese dream was completely shattered.

(End of chapter)