prince's green

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With one pass and one shot, Ringer helped Tokyo FC beat Vissel Kobe 3-0 in an away game. Through this game, he further established his status as a well-known rising star in the J-League.

After the game, Ringer received an unexpected interview.

"Linger, hello, I'm a reporter from Xinlang Sports, can I interview you?" He spoke in Chinese, with a press card from Xinlang Sports hanging around his neck.

"Yes, but I don't have much time. We have to go back to Tokyo today." Ringer did not expect that Chinese reporters would come to Japan to interview him so soon. It seems that the best team of the AFC Champions League played a role. Effect.

"Currently, many fans in the domestic online media are very curious about you. Can you tell me how you played professional football from Japan?"

"I'm well-known on the domestic Internet?" Ringer did some calculations. Even including today's game, he has only played three games in total. Even in Japan, he is only a little famous, and he is still far away from being popular.

"Mainstream media haven't reported much about you, but there are a lot of news about you on the Internet. The introduction to you in these news is very simple. You came to Japan to go to university, and then accidentally entered the J-League to play professional football. Then you became famous, can you talk about your own experience in detail?"

"When I was in China, I was like most kids. I studied hard. Other than that, I liked playing football. I was on the school football team in junior high school and high school, but I played goalkeeper at that time. In high school, I learned about the University of Tokyo by accident, so I was attracted by this internationally renowned university. After discussing with my family, I came to Japan and was admitted to the University of Tokyo. Japan has a very good campus football culture. I joined the school football team in the University of Tokyo. When I was a sophomore, our school team was short of full-backs. I took the initiative to apply for the position of full-backs to the coach, and was spotted by my current agent in a warm-up match. At his suggestion, I started to switch. Forward, from now on the path of professional football." Linge thought about it and made some simple modifications to his experience.

"The next round of the AFC Champions League, Tokyo FC will challenge BJ Guoan away, will you play?"

"It's up to coach Bobovich, I will obey the coach's arrangement."

"Who do you think Tokyo FC or BJ Guoan will finally make it out of the group?"

"At present, there are only two games in the group stage. It is still hard to predict who will qualify, but we have the advantage at present."

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After three rounds of the J-League, the newly promoted Tokyo FC, which is not optimistic, has won three consecutive victories, and is currently ranked second in the standings, only one goal difference behind Vegalta Sendai, which surprised many people unexpected.

After the match against Vissel Kobe, Tokyo FC can have a week of rest.Tokyo FC's next match is a week later in the fourth round of the league, where Tokyo FC hosts Sanfrecce Hiroshima.

At this time, in the head coach's office of Tokyo FC, head coach Bobovich, assistant coach Shin Watanabe and the team's three forwards, Ringer, Lucas and Chima Watanabe are all there.

Bobovich said: "Currently we have good results on two fronts, but according to the arrangement of the club, our fronts still have primary and secondary points. It's a domestic cup."

"At present, we have a good record in the AFC Champions League. The chances of qualifying in the group are not small, but the next two rounds are also very important. If we accidentally encounter two consecutive losses, it will become very difficult to qualify. In the weekend league, let Lin rest in rotation, Lucas will start the game, Watanabe will be the substitute, and when he goes to China to play in the middle of next week, Lin and Watanabe will start together."

"You don't need to worry about your chances to play. We will participate in the league and the AFC Champions League in the first half of the season. Even if the AFC Champions League is eliminated in the second half of the season, the domestic cup competition will start at that time. The three of you will have enough opportunities to play. , so I hope you can compete healthy and not spoil the atmosphere in the team because of the chance of playing."

Watching the three go out, Bobovic was relieved. He summoned the three just to say the last sentence, let them know that they will have enough opportunities to play, and don't affect the team's performance because of opportunity competition.

The recent rise of Ringer will definitely make Lucas and Watanabe nervous. Lucas is a veteran who is close to retiring. Maybe it doesn’t matter. Watanabe is at the best age of his career. He will definitely be nervous and worried about his appearance. Opportunities, if this kind of tension is controlled within a certain range, it will be beneficial to the team. For example, in the last league game, Ringer completed a pass and a shot for the first time in his first start, and then Watanabe came off the bench and performed very hard. Scored a goal in stoppage time.

What Bobovich has to do is to continue to maintain this atmosphere of healthy competition and control the team's locker room.

The J-League has two domestic cups, one is the Japan League Cup and the other is the Japan Emperor Cup.The Emperor's Cup does not start until the second half of the season, and although the League Cup starts in the first half of the season, Tokyo FC does not need to participate for the time being.The League Cup system is played by 18 J-League teams, but the four teams participating in the AFC Champions League each season have a bye in the first half of the season. The top two teams in each group qualify, and in the second half of the season, they will draw lots with the four teams participating in the AFC Champions League for the knockout round.Tokyo FC is one of the AFC Champions League teams this season, and the League Cup will not start until the quarter-finals in the second half of the season.

According to Bobovich's idea, in the first half of the season, try to advance both in the league and the AFC Champions League, but no one knows how far the AFC Champions League can play.In the second half of the season, if the AFC Champions League can continue to advance after entering the knockout round, then the domestic cup competition can also be abandoned. If the AFC Champions League is eliminated early, then focus on the league and domestic cup competitions.

Of course, the Emperor's Cup is more important than the League Cup, because the Emperor's Cup winner can go to the AFC Champions League, but the League Cup cannot.

This is also impossible. The Tokyo FC team basically has a main lineup to dominate the world. The striker, midfielder, and back line basically have only one or two substitutes that can be used. Bobovic can only watch Dishes.

On March 3, in the fourth round of the J-League, Tokyo FC played against Hiroshima Sanfrecce at home.

The name of the Hiroshima Sanfrecce team is named after Morimoto's story about the three arrows, which means unity.During the Warring States Period in Japan, there was a famous man named Motoshi Moto, and his three sons were often at odds, so Moto called his three sons to him one day, and took out three arrows for them to break. The three sons did it easily. When they arrived, Mao Liyuan took out three more arrows and let them fold them together.This is the story of Mori Moto’s Three Arrows, from which Hiroshima Sanfrecce was named.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima has done well this season. They won two games in the first three rounds. The targets were Urawa Red Diamonds and Kashima Antlers, two J-League giants. Therefore, although Tokyo FC is playing at home, it may not be able to win, let alone The team has to stay strong for the AFC Champions League, and the team's midfielder Hasegawa was suspended again.

Bobovich's idea was to try to get a point at home, but unfortunately things backfired. In the second half, Hiroshima Sanfrecce's Sato Hisato scored. In the end, Tokyo FC lost 0:1 at home to Hiroshima Sanfrecce, and the league's three-game winning streak was terminated.

"Losing at home, the Gas team's six-match unbeaten run in all competitions was terminated"

"Preparing for the AFC Champions League, Tokyo's big rotation and small loss to Hiroshima"

Tokyo FC didn't get too much blame for losing, because it was for the AFC Champions League to give up the league, even the J-League giants often do this.

After losing the game, the Tokyo team didn't have time to be discouraged, and they had to get on a plane to BJ in China immediately.

(End of this chapter)