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Chapter 69 A Trip to Asia ([-])

Due to the time constraints of this trip to Asia, the match between Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Japanese national team will start at 7:13 pm on July 7, which means that Borussia Mönchengladbach will only take a short day off before playing against the Japanese national team.

The new season of the Bundesliga starts on August 8, and Borussia Mönchengladbach will also appear on August 13, so for Borussia Mönchengladbach, it is necessary to hurry up, don’t look at the start of the league. There is still a month, but the team’s physical reserves and technical and tactical drills need time to complete, so the team decided to fly back to Germany early the next morning after the match with the Japanese national team.

Tokyo National Stadium.

The stands were packed with Japanese fans, and their support for Japanese football was also strong.Since the Japanese national team entered the World Cup in 98, the football boom in Japan has been one wave after another, so more than 7 Japanese fans came to watch the game today.

Among the fans, Ye Tianlong actually dragged the 'Mud' team to Tokyo. They posted a large photo of Nick. It was obvious that they supported Borussia Mönchengladbach today, which attracted a lot of hateful looks from 'Mud'.And his Chinese identity is regarded as a thorn in the side by Japanese fans.

Kurai also came, and the little girl shouted Nick's name excitedly, completely ignoring the feelings of the fans around her. The Japanese fans thought that this girl was simply a traitor, and she actually supported her opponent when the Japanese national team played.

The game starts promptly at 7pm.

When the players walked out of the player tunnel, Nick was also looking at the group of Japanese internationals around him.

This Japanese team is also very young. Not only Hidetoshi Nakata is young, but also younger players such as Shunsuke Nakamura, Junichi Inamoto and Nobuo Ono are all selected.

Among them, Hidetoshi Nakata played well in Perugia in Serie A. He scored 98 goals in the 99-10 season and has become a leader in Japanese football.

Nick is naturally aware of Hidetoshi Nakata's technical characteristics. He passes the ball accurately, holds the ball steadily, and has a long-range shot. Therefore, the focus of Nick's marking today is Hidetoshi Nakata.

Hidetoshi Nakata was also staring at Nick, but Hidetoshi Nakata had a high spirit. Hidetoshi Nakata remembered Nick's words at the press conference in his heart. He was full of anger and prepared to slap Nick loudly with a football.

The game started, and the Japanese Football Association invited a European referee to serve as today's referee for the sake of fairness.

The Japanese team, which took the lead in kick-off, firmly controlled the ball at their feet, and they passed it quite skillfully. The ball was passed back and forth among the Japanese players, which made the Japanese fans very happy.

"Haha, Borussia Mönchengladbach can't even grab the ball. I'm really drunk at this level."

"Didn't the German guy say that we have no chance to beat them? Look at the ball control, how good it is, Nakata-kun, score one!"

"Enter one, enter one."

Facing the shouts of the Japanese fans, Nick still calmly stood his position. The Japanese national team just passed the ball in the backcourt, and there was no threatening pass at all, so there was no need to pay attention to it.

But Hidetoshi Nakata couldn't help it anymore. As an excellent international footballer who studied abroad in Japan, Hidetoshi Nakata claimed to be the number one star in Asia. In order to confirm his reputation, Hidetoshi Nakata decided to take Borussia Mönchengladbach into surgery today.

Hidetoshi Nakata rushed up with the ball, facing Dex who was grabbing up, Hidetoshi Nakata made a very clever pass through the crotch, and broke through Dex's defense.

"Hey, kid, you're too tender!" Nakata Hidetoshi was secretly proud, and continued to charge forward with the ball under his feet, but when he rushed to the front of Borussia Mönchengladbach's penalty area, Nick blocked the way.

Hidetoshi Nakata flicked a fake move under his feet, but he found that Nick was unmoved at all. Hidetoshi Nakata suddenly felt a little overwhelmed in his mind. Where should the ball go?
Originally, the most correct way was to pass the ball to Shunsuke Nakamura, who was already on the edge, but Hidetoshi Nakata always wanted to humiliate Nick, so his movements were slow, and Nick saw what Hidetoshi Nakata was thinking, and immediately grabbed the ball and broke the ball.

"! Good job, good break, Nick, you make me so happy!" Cang Jing jumped up happily in the stands, and Ye Tianlong also jumped up, and Nick's break immediately made them climax.

After Nick steals the ball, he accelerates past Hidetoshi Nakata immediately, and then dribbles the ball to the backcourt of the Japanese team.

Borussia Mönchengladbach's frontcourt players immediately started to sprint forward, which made the Japanese team's backcourt tense. Junichi Inamoto hurried over to stop Nick's progress.

But when Nick changed direction, Junichi Inamoto's defense immediately fell through. Facing Nick who broke through so quickly, the Japanese team was obviously not prepared enough.

The Japanese commentator said nervously: "Oh, it's too dangerous. Nick's breakthrough speed is very fast. We have no players who can keep up with him. Hurry up and make a foul."

In fact, the Japanese defensive player did the same thing. Koji Nakata rushed up and tried to catch Nick’s ball on the ground, but Nick slammed his foot. After Koji Nakata slid past, he dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area. Another Japanese defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto also rushed over. !

"Oh, my God, the goal was scored! Borussia Mönchengladbach's counterattack was accomplished overnight, and we were one goal behind." The Japanese commentator said helplessly.

In the stands, Kurai was jumping excitedly, and the 'Mud' team shouted in unison: "Prince Nick is really good, the opponents are Chinese cabbages!"

One by one, the Japanese fans were helplessly bearing the fact that the team conceded a goal. Borussia Mönchengladbach counterattacked and immediately hit the Japanese team, and there were only two people involved in the whole process. The Japanese fans had no choice but to accept Nick.

After falling behind, the Japanese team still adopted their ball-handling style of play. It was still early, and the Japanese team was not in a hurry.It's just that although this kind of ball control looks pleasing to the eye, but in the frontcourt, they have no way to tear through Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense. The forward players of the Japanese team are too mediocre.

In this way, the ball is tossed up and down, and it is just a waste of time.

After 30 minutes of the game, Nick suddenly yelled: "speed up the pace, press up."

The Borussia Mönchengladbach players decisively launched a half-court press, and the Japanese team's rhythm immediately accelerated passively.

As a result, the pass success rate of the Japanese team began to decline.

In the 33rd minute, Shinji Ono's pass was cut off by Nick again, and Borussia Mönchengladbach turned to counterattack again.

Madavikia rushed up like a leopard, and Nick's pass was just right. After taking the ball, Madavikia quickly broke through the Japanese team's defense line and made a pass near the baseline. Voronin jumped high and beat Miyamoto Tsunesuke with a header.

"Oh oh oh, Prince Nick, you are awesome, you beat your opponent to blood; Prince Nick, you are awesome, help your teammates to score again!"

The 'Mud' team happily sang Nick's song, and the Japanese fans were even more speechless. This time Borussia Mönchengladbach participated in the attack with three people. The Iranian star's pass was extremely accurate. The Japanese fans only hated their center back by one centimeter.

Kurai stared at Nick with a nympho face, such a strong man was her favorite.

All the Japanese players looked bad. As soon as Borussia Mönchengladbach speeded up their pressing, it was difficult for them to play at their usual training level, and their self-confidence was hit a bit.

Saburo Kawabuchi in the box on the stand is full of joy. This Borussia Mönchengladbach team is indeed strong enough. With such an opponent, the Japanese national team’s warm-up is meaningful. Saburo Kawabuchi deeply knows that the future opponents of Japanese football are not in Asia. If they want to make a breakthrough in the 02 World Cup, they must often play against such European teams.

But what Saburo Kawabuchi didn't expect was that Borussia Mönchengladbach still didn't slow down after leading by two goals. The Japanese team is now being beaten by Borussia Mönchengladbach.The ball was passed from Nick's feet again and again, constantly hitting the two sides, and Borussia Mönchengladbach's cross completely beat the two central defenders, Koji Nakata and Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, without temper.

In the 38th minute, Li Yihuan made an assist, and a precise pass fell between Koji Nakata and Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, while Eto'o easily kicked the ball into the goal of the Japanese national team for the third time.

3:0, the score was completely opened.

Carl off the court is very satisfied. This game is the best of the three games in this trip to Asia. The running-in between the players has a certain foundation. It is very correct for the whole team to revolve around Nick.

And Laura next to Kawabuchi Saburo is also very happy. Not to mention that this trip to Asia earned the team 500 million euros, the team can easily win. If the team can achieve certain results in the new season, next year's trip to Asia will definitely earn more income.

"Ms. Laura, Borussia Mönchengladbach's strength is indeed much higher than that of the Japanese national team. Admire, admire." Kawabuchi Saburo sincerely admired, "By the way, Ms. Laura, after watching it for a while, do the Japanese national team have any players who can gain a foothold in Borussia Mönchengladbach?"

"I think the No. 10 player is not bad. What's his name called Nakamura?" Lola took a fancy to Shunsuke Nakamura, but couldn't remember his name.

"Shunsuke Nakamura! Ms. Laura, you have a good vision. What this young man can do is his skills. I think that if Borussia Mönchengladbach has an extra player who can hold the ball in the frontcourt, it will also relieve Prince Nick a lot. Don't you think so?" Saburo Kawabuchi said very happily. Japanese football hopes to continuously send players to play in Europe.

"That's right, this little guy is quite capable, but unfortunately, our team doesn't have enough funds to introduce him. Hey, what a pity." Thinking of Nick's words, Laura said with a pretentious sigh.

"Oh, Ms. Laura, if Borussia Mönchengladbach likes Shunsuke Nakamura, our Japanese Football Association is willing to mediate and let Shunsuke Nakamura join for free. Ms. Laura, do you think this will work?" Kawabuchi Saburo quickly expressed his thoughts when he heard that there was something interesting.

Japanese football is willing to spend money, which is a bit different from Chinese football. Compared with Chinese clubs that frequently ask for high transfer fees, the Japanese are obviously more willing to let their players go out first.For example, some of the Chinese players who went to Germany this time were 30 euros, some 20 euros, more or less gave some transfer fees, and when Japan’s Nakata Hidetoshi went to Italy, it was the money paid by Japanese companies (although Perugia gave the transfer fee, but the Japanese companies gave Perugia a sponsorship fee). From this point of view, Japanese football knows sacrifices better than Chinese football.

Laura was overjoyed, and said, "If I can get Shunsuke Nakamura for free, I think we will have a good cooperation."

"Then thank you, Ms. Laura. In the future, we can cooperate for a long time. As long as Borussia Mönchengladbach likes any Japanese player, we will definitely give priority to it." Kawabuchi Saburo let out a long sigh of relief. It is really not easy for Asian players to have a place in European football. After training in European football, why can't Japanese players do it?

During the conversation between the two, the score on the field had been rewritten again. In the 44th minute, Deisler took the ball and broke through several Japanese team defenders in a row. He shot a strong shot in front of the penalty area and rewritten the score to 4:0.
The Japanese players were downcast one by one, and the Japanese fans were also mourning. This is not a level at all. The score at halftime was 4:0. If we continue to play, we don't know what will happen.

Nick was secretly happy: Little Japan, I told you to be crazy, I said that if you lose, you have to lose, hehe, this can help the guys in the national football team to vent their anger.

In the second half of the game, both sides replaced a number of starting players. Borussia Mönchengladbach basically played with a full substitute lineup. Karl didn't want to waste the energy of the main players for such a game that had already been scored, and at the same time avoid getting injured in the warm-up match.

After Nick played for a few minutes, he was also replaced by Mateus. After Mateus came on the field, he was warmly cheered by the Japanese fans. In their view, Mateus was a superstar.

And Matthaus did not disappoint them after he played.

In the 56th minute, Mateus drove straight in with the ball, shot a low shot from the front of the penalty area, and the ball pierced the Japanese team's gate for the fifth time.

And Hausweiler was not to be outdone. In the 74th minute, he made a long-distance attack on the right side for 50 meters and then cut inside to hit the goal, rewriting the score to 6:0.
Then the Japanese team was completely distracted, and the field became a shooting performance by Borussia Mönchengladbach players. Nossa scored two more goals in the 80th and 88th minutes, and finally locked the score at 8:0.
The Japanese national team suffered a disastrous defeat at home.

At the press conference, Japanese coach Trucy admitted that the two sides are not at the same level, and the Japanese team still has a long way to go if they want to make a difference.

And Laura announced that Borussia Mönchengladbach has taken a fancy to Shunsuke Nakamura, the No. 10 player of the Japanese national team. This player will join Borussia Mönchengladbach with zero worth in the 99-00 season.

Nick on the side thought: Shunsuke Nakamura is really capable, but whether he can adapt to Borussia Mönchengladbach's offensive and defensive system, I'm afraid Borussia Mönchengladbach will have to sit on the bench for him.

This game has been reported by the media from various countries in Asia. The Japanese national team, a strong Asian team, was bloodbathed for 8 goals. This is too scary for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

The next day, the major media outlets published their articles one after another.

"Skills are not as good as people, and Japanese football has a long way to go." - Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun"

"Borussia Mönchengladbach have won three consecutive Asian warm-ups, and there is still a significant gap between Asian football and European football." - South Korea's "Seoul Sports Daily"

"The Japanese national team lost 0:8, which is a disgrace to Asian football." - China "Sports Weekly"

(End of this chapter)