prince's green

Chapter 46

Evergrande suddenly hired Silver Fox Lippi as the head coach, which made Tokyo FC even less confident. The Japanese domestic media also collectively looked down on Tokyo FC's trip to Guangzhou.

"Asia's strongest warship has the strongest helm, the gas team may be massacred during its trip to China"

"The Gas team's probability of promotion has dropped greatly, and the J-League AFC honor needs the protection of Whale Eight and the Sun God"

The opponent made such a move, which greatly surprised Bobovich, and made him very passive. However, Bobovich is not arrogant enough to come out and spray Lippi, but his mouth will never be idle.

"Lipi is a successful coach. Whether it is in the club or the national team, he has proved his ability, but Evergrande's management is amateurish. There is only more than a week before the top [-] of the AFC Champions League. Changing the head coach rashly at this time, Lippi simply does not have enough time to integrate the team, this is our opportunity."

In the current AFC Champions League system, the top 90 is a single match. The first team to qualify in the group has a home game. Strong games are divided into two weeks.

On May 5 and 22, in the middle of the first week, the top 23 knockout rounds in the West Asia region will be played first. In the end, the three Saudi teams, Jeddah Ittihad, Jeddah Al-Ahli, Riyadh Hilal and the Iranian team Sepahan took the lead in advancing to the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League.

Abu Dhabi Jazira (Al Jazira), who was considered the first favorite to win the championship due to Oliveira's consecutive performances, was eliminated. This result is very surprising, but Oliveira scored again. He scored twice in the game, but his side lost to Jeddah Al-Ahli on penalties.

As a result, Oliveira refreshed the AFC single-season scoring record to 12. Fortunately, he has been eliminated, and this record will not increase for the time being.Among the top four scorers in the AFC Champions League, two players have already been eliminated. The remaining Linger and Kongka will face off directly soon, and one will definitely be eliminated.

However, before the top [-] of the AFC Champions League, Tokyo FC still has a league match.

On May 5, in the 26th round of the J-League, Tokyo FC played against Urawa Red Bricks at home.

This was originally a strong duel, but because Tokyo FC was going to play in the AFC Champions League, they only sent half of the main lineup. Ringer, the new striker core, did not enter the squad at all. Watanabe, who just scored a hat-trick in the last round Zhen also sat on the bench, and only Lucas started alone on the front line.

Bobovich's requirement is to strictly defend the home court and strive for a point. This situation has happened many times this season. Whenever the AFC is rotated, the team basically uses this tactic.

After the game, Bobovich was very happy because his basic goal was achieved. Tokyo FC played against Hiraura and Red Diamonds 1:1 at home, keeping one point, but the process was very thrilling.In the first half, the two teams drew a goalless draw. In the second half, Urawa strengthened its attack and broke the goal of Tokyo FC in the 82nd minute. Bobovic quickly replaced Chima Watanabe and joined Lucas as a double forward. Finally, Watanabe helped in stoppage time. Lucas created an opportunity to attack the goal. Although it was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, Tokyo FC relied on this corner kick and was scored by Morishita with a header. The thrilling tie kept a point.

What makes Bobovich even more happy is that this round of Sendai Vegalta lost to Kawasaki Frontale in an away game, and Tokyo FC did not lose the top spot because of this draw.Tokyo FC topped the list with 26 points, followed by Sanfrecce Hiroshima with 25 points and Vegalta Sendai with 24 points. Sanfrecce Hiroshima caught up after winning this round.

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After the Urawa league match, Bobovich announced that the team was preparing for the AFC Champions League and entered closed training. The coaches and players would no longer accept any interviews. This disappointed the media reporters, especially some who came to Tokyo specifically to hear Bo Bovich is a Chinese reporter who "talks loudly".

After two days of closed training, on the morning of the 29th, Tokyo FC got a half-day rest and flew to Guangzhou in the afternoon.

When the Tokyo FC team came out of Baiyun Airport, they saw more than 400 Tokyo FC fans accompanying the team to the away game. They were holding banners to greet the Tokyo FC players: Evergrande is just a Chinese car with a Ferrari engine. We can beat them away.

On the one hand, this banner is mocking Evergrande's 703 tactics, which basically rely on foreign aid for offense, and it is also emphasizing the team's away record.

Of course, this is in Guangzhou. Evergrande's continuous big spending in the past two years has made Guangzhou's football market more and more popular. Naturally, Evergrande fans who come to "pick up" the airport are indispensable.

"The top eight, it's easy!"

"Linger, go back to the embrace of the motherland and stop being exploited by capitalism!"

These are the slogans played by Evergrande fans.

When Ringer renewed his contract some time ago, his contract extension naturally spread to China. Many domestic media have reported on his salary. Compared with domestic players, many people are complaining for Ringer, thinking that he Exploited by the evil capitalism, the Chinese Super League team should buy him back so that he can experience the influence of our great socialism.

After exiting the airport passageway, a group of reporters soon surrounded him.

"Coach Bobovich, are you under a lot of pressure to play against world champion coach Lippi this time?"

"Lipi said that the fight will be resolved within 90 minutes, what do you think, Coach Bobovic?"

"Linger, facing Evergrande this time, will you perform as well as you did against Guoan?"

"Linger, do you feel that your salary is too low?"

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Tokyo FC didn't answer. Under the escort of the airport security guards, they boarded the bus that had already been prepared, but before boarding the bus, Bobovich finally said: "We are not here to travel in Guangzhou!"

Take the bus to the pre-booked hotel. It’s already [-] o’clock in the evening. Everyone relaxes in the hotel’s gym, then eats dinner, rests early, and prepares for tomorrow’s battle.

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On May 5, the second week of the knockout round of the AFC Champions League round of 30. On the 29th, the results of the other two groups in the East Asian region have come out. The Australian Super League team Adelaide United defeated the Nagoya Grampus 1:0 at home, and the Korean team Seongnam Ilhwa lost 0:1 at home to the Uzbekistan team Creator ( Also known as Ben Youdeko), two more teams entered the quarterfinals.

The AFC Champions League is going to have a pre-match press conference. On the morning of the 30th, the pre-match press conferences of the two teams were held. Tokyo FC’s Bobovich brought Ringer and the team’s defense core Morishi to participate. This The move also shows that Ringer has become the core of Tokyo FC's offensive end.

As a Chinese in the Tokyo FC team, Ringer had to be asked various questions.

"Evergrande is a strong team, but we are ready and confident to beat them."

"Marcello Lippi is a great coach, but I think he took over the team for too short a time to bring out Evergrande's strongest strength."

"Maybe one day I will return to China to play football, but definitely not now, I still have a contract with Tokyo FC."

On the evening of May 5th, at 30:20 BJ time, Guangzhou Evergrande's home game against Tokyo FC will start at Tianhe Sports Center.

Tianhe Sports Center is located in the urban area of ​​Guangzhou. It is the home field of Evergrande and one of the most famous stadiums in the Super League in the past two years. Many superpowers in the Super League have been beaten by Evergrande here.Tianhe Stadium is also well-known in Japan. On the one hand, the local tyrants of Evergrande have made this stadium famous in the past two years. On the other hand, the name——Tianhe, the Japanese think this name is nice and beautiful.

On Chinese TV and Japanese TV, the starting lineups of the two teams were displayed.

Evergrande's home game is a 4231 formation:

Goalkeeper: Yang Jun;
Defenders: Sun Xiang, Feng Xiaoting, Zhang Linpeng, Zhao Yuanxi;

Back waist: Zheng Zhi, Zhao Xuri;

Avant-garde: Jiang Ning, Kongka, Muric;

Forward: Cleo.

Tokyo FC's starting lineup is 442:

Goalkeeper: Shuichi Gonda;

Defenders: Yuhei Tokunaga, Masato Mori, Hideto Takahashi, Kenta Mukuhara;
Midfielders: Ishikawa Naohiro, Yonemoto Takuji, Hasegawa Ariajasulu, Oyama Hinata;
Forwards: Ringer, Doku Watanabe Chima.

For Tokyo FC, South Korean defender Jang Soo-hyun, who has been performing well recently, suffered from gastroenteritis two days ago. Full-back Kosuke Ota and midfielder Naoko Hanyu both suffered minor injuries. The defensive midfielder Takahashi Hideto retreated to play as a central defender to help stabilize the defense, and Kenta Mukuhara served as a left back.

"The two teams are ready. With the whistle of the referee, the game begins, and Tokyo FC kicks off first." Duan Xuan, Shen Fangjian's partner of Yangma Wutai, explained.

Watanabe Chima kicked the ball out, Ringer took advantage of the situation and pushed it back to the midfielder Hasegawa, Hasegawa dispatched a few kicks in the midfield, Evergrande gradually pressed up, so he did not hesitate to pass the ball over the top The ball looks for Ringer.

Linger was at the front of the midfield, and was supported by Evergrande captain Zheng Zhi behind him. Hasegawa's pass was very accurate. Linger leaned slightly behind his back, lifted his foot and lightly unloaded, and the ball stopped. He stepped down, and then flicked his right foot to shake off Zheng Zhi. However, there was no obvious loophole in Evergrande's defense line. Ringer just threw off the opponent's midfielder. He made the most normal choice, and his right thigh tensed up. , a vigorous volley.

bang~
With the first shot of the field, the ball flew through the air and went straight to the goal, but finally brushed the post and missed the baseline.

"Linger's long shot~dangerous~~~!"

"Less than one minute into the game, the Chinese striker of Tokyo FC took a long shot to create a threat. This long shot is not too wide. If it is within the goal range, Yang Jun will probably miss it." Shen Fangjian said with lingering fear .

"It's not for nothing that Ringer made such a big name in Japan. Just now, he skillfully unloaded the ball and then took advantage of the trend to get rid of the ball. This is common for European and South American skilled players. Some players in Japan also do it." Not bad, but I’m afraid there aren’t many that are doing well in China.” Duan Xuan said in another way.

In the opening 10 minutes, Tokyo FC was a bit anti-customer-oriented. Linger himself completed two good-quality shots, and at the same time sent a threatening pass to Watanabe Chima. However, Evergrande’s defense was very stable. Tokyo FC did not achieve goal.

(End of this chapter)