prince's green

Chapter 67 Ulsan Away ([-])

Ulsan is located in the southeast of South Korea and is an important industrial city in South Korea. Hyundai Heavy Industries Group is located here.

There are two famous teams in South Korea with the title Hyundai, Jeonbuk Hyundai and Ulsan Hyundai.Jeonbuk Hyundai should be called Jeonbuk Hyundai Motor, and Ulsan Hyundai is Ulsan Hyundai Heavy Industries.

The Korean K-League is a relatively closed league, and the relegation system was only introduced this season. The most powerful teams in the K-League are representative teams of large companies, such as Jeonbuk Hyundai, Ulsan Hyundai, Suwon Samsung, and Pohang Steelers. You can tell which company’s team they are from just by looking at the name, and they appear in the Asian arena every season. Basically these teams.

Koreans are good at buying referees, and they can handle referees in such influential games as the World Cup, which shows their strong "public relations" ability.In the K-League, it is normal for strong teams to have a closer relationship with referees, so scandals break out in the K-League from time to time.

Just in the middle of last year, a large-scale match-fixing incident broke out in the K-League. The influence of this incident has not yet completely passed. Up to 47 Korean professional players have been banned for life.Since the incident was exposed last year, several coaches and players involved have committed suicide.In fact, it is really hard to tell whether they committed suicide or were killed.

In 2014, Chung Mong-joon, the former chairman of the South Korean Football Association, left football to participate in the mayoral election. He said publicly in front of reporters: "I have been asked countless times, 'Can South Korea enter the semi-finals in the 2002 World Cup? bribed the referee at the time?' My answer to this now is 'If you can, why not?'"

The words surnamed Zheng made the Chinese Football Association blamed again. Chinese fans said: People are right, if the Chinese Football Association is pissed, he will not know where to send money if you give him money.

In 2016, the K-League Jeonbuk Hyundai won the AFC Champions League that year, but turned around and was banned from participating in the AFC Champions League next year because of match-fixing.

For match-fixing, it is commonplace in South Korea. Everyone thinks that match-fixing and buying referees is to win glory for the country, and there are very good reasons.And regarding match-fixing, no one is allowed to speak nonsense unless caught.Korean football star Cha Bum-geun was banned from coaching by the Korean Football Association for five years for exposing match-fixing in South Korea, and had to go to China to make a living.

The Korean media has a thicker skin. Whenever match-fixing is exposed, their third-rate toilet newspapers always say that these are all controlled by the Chinese underworld in collusion with Korean criminal gangs. Our football is originally very clean and pure.

MD, there is such a powerful underworld in China, why have I never heard of it?
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Ulsan is very close to Japan and faces Japan across the sea, so Tokyo FC's away game, weather and weather are not a problem.

It has to be said that Koreans have a strong sense of national honor.

In fact, due to the impact of match-fixing in recent years, the attendance rate of Korean domestic leagues has been bleak. This is also an important reason why the K-League introduced the relegation system this season, increasing the intensity of the game to attract fans.But when it comes to the AFC Champions League, there will be more people in the stadium with poor attendance. Although it is not full, at least there will be no fewer fans.

The Tokyo FC team came out of Ulsan International Airport, and many Korean fans came outside to "pick up" the airport.

"Jang Soo-hyun, the nation's shame!"

Looking at these banners and slogans, Ringer felt a little funny.He thought that he, the team's number one star, would be the most attacked, but he didn't expect that it was Jang Soo Hyun who was scolded the most.

Jang Soo-hyun has gradually recovered from his injury recently, and he also entered the squad for this game and came away with the team, so he was scolded miserably.

This is also the so-called sense of national honor. Koreans think that Jang Soo-hyun went to Japan to play football because he betrayed his ancestors and should be scolded.If you go to Europe to play football, you will immediately become a national hero.

"Hey, what's the matter? Can this car still go?" Coming out of the airport, the bus sent by Ulsan Hyundai to pick up Tokyo FC had two problems, and Bobovic started to get angry.

"~~~~ Smecta" the other party babbled Smecta, everyone couldn't understand, so they turned to look at Zhang Xiuxian, a Korean, he must understand.

"He said he couldn't understand English or Japanese," Jang Soo-hyun translated.

"You tell him to fix the car quickly, or get another car." Bobovich said holding back his anger.

"They said that the club's funds are tight, and there are no extra vehicles, so they can only wait for repairs before leaving." The other party chattered again, and Zhang Xiuxian translated again.

AFC Champions League practice, when you go to an away game, the car to pick you up at the airport is usually arranged by the opposing club.Of course, if the visiting team has money and has something to do with it, they can also find a car in advance and wait for it, instead of the car arranged by the home team.

Now I'm stuck halfway, and I'll call Tokyo to find a relationship to arrange a car. I don't know when I will get there.

"Fuxk!!! CTMD!!!" Bobovich couldn't bear it anymore, he knew he was being tricked.This is a simple off-the-table trick, but Tokyo FC is playing in the AFC Champions League for the first time, and Bobovich has no experience, so he was calculated without any precautions.

Tokyo FC's trip to the AFC Champions League this season can be said to be smooth. Ulsan Hyundai and Tokyo FC have a huge advantage in the group stage, and no one will use these indiscriminate tricks.

The top [-] faces Evergrande, which is also the first time for Evergrande in the AFC Champions League, and they don't know these things. Otherwise, the affected Tokyo FC is really hard to say whether they can eliminate Evergrande.

Facing Adelaide United in the quarter-finals, the Australian team itself did not pay much attention to the AFC Champions League. Although Adelaide United was a special case, they did not pay much attention to that level, and everyone generally believed that Adelaide United The strength is stronger, and the hope of promotion is greater, so this kind of thing has not been encountered.

Now in the semi-finals, although Ulsan Hyundai claims to be able to easily eliminate Tokyo FC to advance, it still dare not underestimate it in its heart, so these tricks were used, and Bobovic was caught off guard.

The Tokyo FC team set off from Tokyo at nine o'clock in the morning, just to allow the whole team to have time to take a lunch break when they arrive in Ulsan, and then go to adapt to the venue in the afternoon.

But now it's like this, I'm afraid it's already past noon when we arrive at the hotel, so there's no time for a lunch break.

At [-] o'clock in the afternoon, Tokyo FC was sent to the scheduled hotel by the classic car. Bobovic hurriedly arranged for everyone to rest and went to the field in the afternoon.

I hurriedly slept for two hours, but when I woke up, everyone was in a daze, looking listless.

But outside the Ulsan Hyundai stadium, the problem came again.

"The other party said that they are preparing for tomorrow's AFC Champions League match, and the venue is under maintenance today, so we can't let us in." Zhang Xiuxian once again acted as an interpreter.

"We have the right to adapt to the venue, MD, why don't you let us in?" Bobovich burst into foul language again.

"They said that the venue is under maintenance today, and tomorrow they will arrange time for us to adapt to the venue."

The AFC does stipulate the time for the visiting team to adapt to the field, but it does not stipulate when this time is. Even if the opponent does not allow Tokyo FC to step on the field today, Bobovich has no choice.

In this way, amidst Bobovich's swearing, everyone could only go back to the hotel and practice briefly in the gym.

Buzz~buzz~~~
Just as everyone fell asleep at night, there was the loud roar of a motorcycle outside the hotel.

This is not over yet. Early the next morning, the staff from Ulsan Hyundai came to inform and arranged for Tokyo FC to step on the field in the morning to adapt to the venue.

MD, I was tossed all day yesterday, I didn't sleep well at night, and now I arrange everyone to step on the field in the morning, I don't want Tokyo FC to have a rest time at all.

"Let everyone continue to sleep and tell them that we will not adapt to the field." Bobovich has calmed down at this time. He is still a little quick-witted, and he has to let the players sleep well even if they give up stepping on the field.

Bobovich's arrangement is based on one point. One hour before the start of the game, the opponent no longer has an excuse to prevent Tokyo FC from entering the field. Bobovich intends to allow the players to adapt to the field in that hour.

Compared with stepping on the field, resting is the most important thing.

"The other party also said that a pre-match press conference will be arranged at noon." Assistant coach Watanabe Shin continued.

"I took Zhang Xiuxian to the pre-match press conference at noon, and let Lin and Morishi have a good rest."

The pre-match press conference is also arranged by the home team, which can be before the game on the day of the game or one day in advance.Ulsan Hyundai arranged a pre-match press conference at noon, obviously wanting to continue to torture Tokyo FC, because the team's head coach and core players generally participated in the conference.

Bobovich is also a rogue, he will not bring the core players, but a substitute player, as long as it does not violate the rules.

(End of this chapter)