prince's green

Chapter 52 Dating
The quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League will not start until September. Currently, Ringer has to deal with league matches.

After participating in the draw for the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League, Ringer and the Tokyo FC management who went to participate in the draw rushed back to Tokyo together. There will be a league match two days later.

On June 6, in the 16th round of the J-League, Tokyo FC challenged the Yokohama Mariners away.

In the past few days, Ringer flew from Guangzhou to Malaysia, and then from Malaysia to Tokyo. He was very tired. Ringer found that his condition dropped to 59, which was the first time he was in poor condition.

So Ringer's performance in the game was really poor, it can be said that he did not perform at all.At the same time, due to the recent outstanding performance of Tokyo FC, many players in the team have been selected for the national team. Jang Soo-hyun was selected for the Korean senior national team for the first time, and Shuichi Gonda became the Japanese national team for the first time. On the defensive line, Morishashige and Takahashi Hideto Both were selected for the Japanese national team.And they were a little tired after the national team game, so Tokyo FC fell behind Yokohama Mariners 0:1 at halftime.

Jang Soo-hyun was injured during the national team game, and Bobovich is not too worried, because Kaga Kenichi's condition has recovered, and now he is only fighting in a single line.But in this game, the full-back Kosuke Ota, who had just recovered from his injury, was injured in the first half, which annoyed Bobovich. Kenta Kukuhara was unreliable at all, so he had to go to midfielder Nakamura Hokuto to play left back.

Ringer was replaced by Lucas in the 60th minute. He had nothing to say. It is normal to be replaced when he is not in good condition. He is more worried about the team losing the game.

Fortunately, Lucas, who came off the bench, made a penalty kick in the 75th minute, which was hit by Hasegawa. Tokyo FC finally grabbed a point from the away game.

Although Tokyo FC scored one point in the away game, Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Vegalta Sendai both scored three points. Sanfrecce Hiroshima ranked first in the standings with 28 points, and Vegalta Sendai also caught up with Tokyo FC with 27 points. In the three rounds, Vegalta won 4:0 and 4:1 again, and also surpassed Tokyo FC in terms of goal difference. Tokyo FC dropped to third place in the standings.

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Bobovich once again came to the office of the president of Tokyo FC.

"Akune, I suggest giving up the domestic cup directly."

Kenji Akune put down the document in his hand and said, "Lanke, would it be too arbitrary to just give up the domestic cup?"

Tokyo FC's performance is getting better and better. The AFC Champions League has reached the top eight, and the league has remained at the forefront for a long time. This result can be said to be the best moment in the history of the Tokyo FC club.However, the team president Kenji Akune is still a little worried. Tokyo FC has always been a mid-lower team with insufficient background. Although Tokyo FC is the only remaining J-League team in the AFC Champions League this season, no one is optimistic about Tokyo FC winning the AFC Champions League. , Even in the league, many media believe that Tokyo FC can barely keep the top three, and it would be good to qualify for the AFC Champions League next season.

Currently in the top eight of the AFC Champions League, the spinach company has given Tokyo FC the second highest odds of winning the championship, which means that Tokyo FC is the second-to-last in terms of strength among the eight teams, only better than the Iranian team Sepahan.

Against this background, Kenji Akune still doesn't want to give up the domestic cup competition. Maybe the domestic cup champion will be needed to participate in the AFC Champions League next season.

"Our team only has one main lineup available, and there are not many reliable players on the bench. Under such circumstances, it is impossible to support multi-line combat. If we barely support it, unless we are lucky, the biggest possibility is A complete collapse." Bobovich still insisted on his own ideas, and the Japanese League Cup will start in July, and the Emperor's Cup will start in August, so the team must have a unified opinion.

"But the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League will not start until late September. We can take care of the domestic cup competition during this period~~"

"No, I plan to play the league with all my strength during the period before the start of the AFC Champions League, and try to gain some advantages in the league. Otherwise, when the AFC quarter-finals start, we will have to rotate the lineup again, and we will definitely lose points at that time."

"Well, you are the head coach, you have the final say."

The results of Tokyo FC gave Bobovich more power to speak in the club. He insisted on this, and Kenji Akune could only agree.

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On June 6, in the 23th round of the J-League, Tokyo FC played against Osaka Sakura at home.

Osaka Sakura and Gamba Osaka are both the Osaka team, and their reputation is much smaller than Gamba. However, as Osaka Sakura cultivated the famous star Kagawa Shinji, their reputation has also greatly improved.

Osaka Sakura is a very unique team with a particularly large number of female fans. It is the football club with the highest ratio of female fans in the world.There will be such a situation. First of all, the name Sakura is very feminine, and the jerseys of Sakura Osaka have been mainly pink for a long time. There are a lot of activities to attract female fans, combined these make Osaka Sakura's female fans all over Japan, every time there are many female fans from all over Japan to support Osaka Sakura.If it is a home game, you can even hear women cheering louder than men.

This time they played Osaka Sakura at home, many local girls fans in Tokyo came to support Osaka Sakura, but the strength of Sakura is indeed not strong, and they are still on the edge of the relegation zone. Tokyo FC has long been ready to take all three points at home.

In the 27th minute of the first half, Hasegawa's through ball, Ringer succeeded in countering offside. Ringer did not let go of this single-handed opportunity and helped the team open the scoring.In the second half, Hasegawa and Lucas scored consecutive goals to seal the victory. Tokyo FC defeated Osaka Sakura 3:0 at home, and it was relatively easy to win.

After a week of self-regulation, Ringer's status returned to 68, which is enough to play against a weak team like the Osaka Sakura.

Tokyo FC won this round, but Hiroshima Sanfrecce was tied 0:0 by Omiya Squirrel at home. Sendai Vegalta also had a goalless draw with Urawa Red Diamonds in the away game. With this victory, Tokyo FC once again returned to the top of the list.

In the current standings, Tokyo FC ranks first with 9 wins, 3 draws, 3 losses and 30 points, followed by Hiroshima Sanfrecce with 29 points and Sendai Vegalta with 28 points. Urawa Red Bricks and Kawasaki Frontale also have 26 points. Not far from Tokyo FC.The current schedule is nearly half, and the media believe that the league championship this season will be produced among these five teams.

On the J-League scorer list, Ringer currently ranks second with 9 goals. The first is Hiroshima Sanfrecce's Sato Hisato. He scored two goals in the last four rounds and currently has 11 goals.This season's J-League Golden Boot is likely to be produced between the two of them. Apart from the two of them on the scorer list, there are only 5 goals.

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The Tokyo FC game started at [-] pm, and it was still dark after the game.

"Mr. Lin, is this the Chinese rice dumpling? It seems to be bigger."

"Yes, but it's a good question. Today is the Dragon Boat Festival. I specially invite you to taste Chinese rice dumplings."

"Isn't the Dragon Boat Festival on May 5th? Why is it today?"

"China is calculated according to the Chinese lunar calendar, which is different from Japan."

"You were too ruthless just now, Sakura lost so badly today."

"Uh, in fact, I have already shown mercy, otherwise they will lose even worse."

"I think both you and Hasegawa should play for the Sakura team, which is more in line with your image."

Driving the newly acquired Hyundai Elantra, Ringer was heading to the city, and Yui Aragaki was sitting in his car.

After getting the call from the other party last time, Linge often contacted him when he was free, and successfully added him to the other party's LINE. LINE (Lianwo) is equivalent to WeChat in Japan, and it is the most commonly used chat software for Japanese young people.Through the LINE chat, Ringer also knew that the opponent likes the pink team of the Osaka Sakura like most girls, so today they played the Osaka Sakura at home, and Ringer specially invited the opponent to watch the game at home, and got the consent.

After watching the game, I naturally wanted to send her back, and at the same time invited her to taste Chinese rice dumplings. Today is the Chinese Lunar Dragon Boat Festival, and Mother Lin specially sent rice dumplings.

As for the car, it was given by the team sponsor.Hyundai Motor is one of the sponsors of Tokyo FC. Ringer has become the number one star of Tokyo FC, so he gave him a Hyundai Elantra.

Linge skillfully drove the car to the vicinity of Ito Sushi Restaurant, where there were not so many people.

"Manager Ito, how are you doing these days?"

"Lin Jun, don't you have a game today? Why are you here?"

Linge took Yui Aragaki to find a remote corner to sit down.

"The competition is over, store manager Ito, this is a Chinese rice dumpling specially sent by my family, please warm it up for me, and invite you to taste it at the same time."

"Lin Jun, is there any difference between China's Dragon Boat Festival and Japan's? Why is it so late? It's already late June."

"The Dragon Boat Festival in China is calculated according to the unique Chinese calendar. Today is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar, so today is the Dragon Boat Festival."

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Ringer and Yui Aragaki were talking in the corner, basically about the Dragon Boat Festival.

The tradition of the Dragon Boat Festival was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty. Later, Japan’s Meiji Restoration learned from Western countries, and Japan abolished the lunar calendar, so the Dragon Boat Festival was set on May [-]th in the Gregorian calendar.After years of evolution, the Japanese Dragon Boat Festival is quite different from that in China. The Japanese Dragon Boat Festival is more equivalent to a children's day.On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival in Japan, people have customs such as hanging carp banners, flying kites, and drinking calamus wine.There is also a legend in Japan that carp leaps over the Dragon Gate. Hanging carp banners is to hope that children will leap to prosperity in the future. Flying a kite is to wish children a healthy growth.In Japan, calamus has the meaning of warding off evil spirits, which is similar to hanging mugwort in China.

When the zongzi was served, Linge untied the silk thread and put it on a plate and handed it to the opposite side.

"Are Chinese zongzi made of whole rice? It seems strange."

The Dragon Boat Festival is naturally indispensable to eat zongzi, and the zongzi in Japan is different from that in China.Japanese Zongzi is made by grinding rice into powder, which is actually more like rice cake, and wrapped in a long and thin shape, with a pointed end like a long and thin awl.

"Well, it tastes good." The two began to eat.

(End of this chapter)