prince's green

Chapter 82 List of Three
On November 11th, this is the 17nd round of the J-League. Tokyo FC will face the relegation team Victory Ship Kobe at home.

However, on the afternoon of the day before the game, the AFC announced this year's list of candidates for the Asian Footballer of the Year.

The number of shortlists for Asian Footballer of the Year has always been different. In 2011, there were 6 shortlists, in 2010, there were 15 shortlists, and there were 30 shortlists earlier.

However, this kind of list is a preliminary list, and then a final three-person list will be selected. The three selected will attend the AFC Annual Awards Ceremony at the end of the year, where the final winners will be announced.

This year, that is, 2012, the candidate list is 5 people, but what makes Chinese reporters happy is that there are actually two Chinese people on the list.

The five-man list is: Iran's Karimi, South Korea's Lee Keun-ho, Australia's Neil, China's Linger and Zheng Zhi.

In fact, before the list was announced, the mainstream view was that this year’s Asian Footballer of the Year had long since lost its suspense. Relying on the honor of the AFC Champions League Champion and the AFC Golden Boot, Ringer has long been the Asian Footballer of the Year. It is still very surprising that there are two Chinese people in the movie.

It is undisputed that Linger was selected into the list, but Zheng Zhi's selection is considered far-fetched.

The Japanese media thought that this list was very problematic. There were people from all the football powerhouses in Asia, but there were no Japanese, and the Japanese media complained one after another.

The reason given by the AFC is that the best players in Japan are all in Europe, which does not meet the selection criteria for the Asian Footballer of the Year.The reason why Zheng Zhi was shortlisted is that, as the team captain and main midfielder, he led Evergrande to the top [-] of the AFC Champions League for the first time this season, and at the same time, he has a high probability of winning the Chinese Super League and the FA Cup double crown in China. .

Then announced the best overseas player award, the three candidates are all Japanese players, Kagawa Shinji, Nagatomo Yuto and Honda Keisuke, and the three candidates for the Asian Miss Football award were also taken by the Japanese, which made the Japanese media stop. Noisy.

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The Asian Footballer of the Year will not be awarded until the end of November, and Ringer has to deal with the league first.

In the locker room before the game, Bobovich was explaining the current situation: "Now we are only behind Hiroshima Sanfrecce by 4 goal difference, although we are facing a tough character at home, Kobe Victory If the ship wants to stay in relegation, it will definitely do its best, but Hiroshima Sanfrecce’s opponents in this round are not easy to fight. They are going to challenge Urawa Red Diamonds away. I believe everyone has an impression of Urawa’s home game. Now Urawa is ranked 4th , 3 points behind Sendai, which is third, Urawa will also try its best to grab points with Sanfrecce Hiroshima, so what we have to do is to score three points with all our strength, and then wait for the opponent to make a mistake."

Kobe Victory is currently leading Gamba Osaka in the relegation zone by 5 points, but there are still 3 rounds left in the game, and it is still difficult to guarantee their own safety. Tokyo FC is ready for a tough battle at home.

The most direct benefit of Tokyo FC winning the AFC Champions League is to stimulate the football market. The Tokyo Stadium was packed to the brim for this game, and there were many fans pulling slogans in the stands.

"Gas Team~~~Double Champion!"

"Jun Lin~~Mr. Football!"

Tokyo FC sent the strongest lineup, Ringer and Chima Watanabe started as partners, trying to get three points at home.

But at the beginning of the game, Ringer realized that the relegation team at the end of the season is the most difficult to say.As one of the only three teams to concede 50 goals so far this season, Vissel Kobe has a very tight defense, and Tokyo FC is temporarily unable to do anything about occupying the home court.

Tokyo FC's mad attack for more than 20 minutes failed to work, and then the opponent seized the opportunity to score a goal in the 28th minute, and there was a sigh in the Tokyo Stadium.

"Although I knew that the Gas team would be difficult to play in this game, it was still a surprising result to fall behind in the first half. You must know that they are the champions of the AFC Champions League." said former Japanese international Toshimi Toshimi.

"Maybe because they won the AFC Champions League, the Gas team is a little too relaxed."

During the half-time break, Bobovich’s long-lost hair dryer was turned on again: "What the hell are you doing? Look at what shit you are playing? Are you satisfied with an AFC champion? One goal behind is not enough. Terrible, the terrible thing is that I don't see any desire to win in any of you."

"Sanfrecce Hiroshima is now 0:2 behind Urawa in the away game. This is a good opportunity for us to chase points. If we fail to win this game, then we will basically bid farewell to the league championship. The opponent will not give us such a good opportunity again. .”

Linger felt that what Bobovich said was right. After winning the championship, the whole team did feel a little slack, which is why they couldn't cheer up in this game.

So at the beginning of the second half, Ringer set an example and strengthened the pressing and running.

Hiroshima Sanfrecce fell behind by two goals at home in Urawa. This is a score that is difficult to recover. The last time Tokyo FC fell behind by two goals there, Ringer led the team desperately and only barely equalized the score.

In the 49th minute, less than 5 minutes into the second half, Ringer finally ran out of the opportunity.

Ringer dribbled the ball from the left, passed the ball to Watanabe Chima, and then slipped into the penalty area along the baseline.Watanabe cooperated with Hasegawa to pass the ball in the middle, and then Hasegawa dropped the ball to Ringer who slipped to the bottom line in the penalty area.

"Lin Jun, enter the restricted area along the bottom line."

Ringer slipped into the restricted area along the bottom line. In fact, he could hit the goal at a relatively small angle, but facing the ball, Ringer raised his right foot and stopped, and then immediately kicked the goal.

The angle is too small, and the ball has only one route to enter the goal. Kobe Victory Ship goalkeeper Tokushige Kenta is standing on the route, but the ball is coming straight to his crotch. He wants to put his legs together but it is too late, the ball has already passed His crotch passed.

"Lin~~~goal~~~"

"The goal has been scored, Lin Jun's goal, he shot a low shot through the crotch from a very small angle, helping the Gas team equalize the score."

Ringer, who scored the goal, immediately rushed to the goal, held the ball and went back to prepare for the kick-off. Evening the score was not enough. The best thing is to score three points at home.

Ringer clenched his fists as he ran back with the ball in his arms, and the atmosphere at the Tokyo Stadium, which had been sluggish after falling behind in the first half, was once again high.

At the same time, Ringer's goal also boosted the morale of the team. Tokyo FC continued to strengthen their offense. In the 71st minute, Chima Watanabe took the ball in the penalty area and was brought down. The referee gave a penalty.

"Oh~~~"

"Jun Lin~~~Jun Lin~~~"

There was another round of cheers in the stadium, and then it turned into a shout for Ringer.

Watanabe Chima complied with public opinion and handed the ball to Ringer to take the penalty.

Linger resisted the pressure and tricked the opponent's goalkeeper into pushing the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.

"2:1~~~"

"The Gas team reversed the score, and at the same time, Lin Jun scored twice, and Hiroshima Sanfrecce was still 0:2 behind Urawa in the away game. If this score is maintained to the end, the Gas team will overtake Hiroshima Sanfrecce and return to the top of the list by 3 points. At the same time, Lin Jun It also tied with Sato Hisato in the scorer list. Both of them now have 21 goals. At the same time, both of them also have two penalty kicks, but Lin Jun has fewer matches. Lin Jun is on the scorer list for the first time. Take first place."

This score was indeed maintained until the end. Vissel Kobe is currently in a leading position on the road to relegation. Although the score was reversed, they still played cautiously. They wanted to score points but were unwilling to concede again. Now every goal difference vital to them.

This round of matches is all over. Tokyo FC defeated Vissel Kobe 2:1 at home, while Sanfrecce Hiroshima lost 0:2 away to Urawa Red Diamonds.Tokyo FC occupies the top spot with 62 points, and Hiroshima Sanfrecce still has 59 points, 3 points behind Tokyo FC. At the same time, Tokyo FC is only behind the opponent by 1 goal in terms of goal difference.

With the last two rounds left in the league, Tokyo FC only needs to score 4 points next to guarantee themselves the league title.

In the last two rounds, Tokyo FC's opponents are Gamba Osaka and Vegalta Sendai. Gamba Osaka is still desperately relegating, and Vegalta Sendai needs to keep its No.3 position.

本轮仙台在客场3:1领先的情况下最后被鹿岛鹿角逼平，这直接导致浦和追回来两分。目前No.3的仙台维加泰只领先于No.4的浦和红钻2分，两队的亚冠资格之争也进入了最激烈的阶段。

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On November 11, the day before the start of the 23rd round of the league, the AFC announced the final three-man list of this year's Asian Footballer of the Year selection. The selected ones are China's Ringer, South Korea's Lee Keun-ho, and Iran's Karimi.

This is also expected, and as long as nothing happens, Ringer will definitely win the award this year, and the media in other countries have not paid much attention to it.On the contrary, many media in China regret that Zheng Zhi was not selected for the final list of three players, and could not reproduce the grand occasion of the two being selected for the top three in 2001.

Even so, the selection of Ringer was still widely reported in the country. After all, this year's award is basically guaranteed, and China is likely to have another person named Asian Footballer of the Year after Fan Zhiyi.

Since the selection of Asian Footballer of the Year began in 1984, only three players from China have been selected in the top three. They are Gu Guangming who was selected in both 84 and 85, Fan Zhiyi who was selected in both 98 and 01, and 01. Li Tie was selected.

In 01, two Chinese athletes were selected in the top three, and finally Fan Zhiyi won the Footballer of the Year. This is the only time that a Chinese athlete has won the Asian Footballer of the Year so far.

Now Ringer is likely to become this second, and he has to brag about it.

However, the AFC awards ceremony will have to wait until November 11, and the game against Gamba is the most important thing.

(End of this chapter)