World's No.1 Football Manager

Chapter 387 The ultimate Osaka cherry blossom

In the semifinals, DBvs Osaka Sakura.

In this game, domestic attention is not high. After all, DB has already defeated Wolfsburg, Espanyol and other European powerhouses. A mere Japanese team really cannot catch everyone's eyes.

However, unexpectedly, the Japanese media was very interested in this game.

The Japanese worship the strong in their bones. When MacArthur was the supreme commander of the Allied Forces stationed in Japan, many Japanese women wrote to him, expressing that they "wanted to give birth to monkeys for him".

Japanese football, like the whole Japanese society, is bullying and fearing hard. They look down on their neighbor Chinese football, but they admire the mighty Brazilian football.At that time, it was said that tens of thousands of Japanese children were learning football in Brazil, and many Japanese women even took the initiative to marry Brazilians in exchange for "excellent football genes".

However, a young Chinese coach led a half-Chinese youth army in Brazil, which completely overturned the perception of the Japanese and attracted the attention of the Japanese.

The Japanese also have a characteristic, that is, they like to give some special nicknames to the strong.For example, almost everyone in the Chinese table tennis team, which often makes the Japanese cry, is dubbed the nickname of Secondary School.

Zhang Jike is known as the "Tiger of the Empire", Ma Long is known as the "Dragon of the Empire", Zhang Yining is the "Great Demon King", "The Strongest Empress" Deng Yaping, and "The Hermit Monk" Liu Guoliang.Of course, Fan Zhendong is the second most inexplicable. His nickname is "The Next Generation King and Bathroom Repairman"...

Now, the treatment of being dubbed the nickname of the Second Second has finally fallen to the Chinese football players.

Many DB players have been dubbed by the Japanese media the nickname of the second, and the coach Gao Yuan was even named "the last wise man of the empire".

Yoshikawa Hidetoshi is a new coach who has attracted much attention in Japanese football, so this game was also dubbed by the Japanese media as the ultimate duel of "the last wise man of the empire VS the hopeful star of Japan".

Of course Gao Yuan didn't know about these messes, but he attached great importance to this game.

As the opponent of the appointment, Gao Yuan has carefully studied the previous matches of Osaka Sakura.

Japanese football has distinct characteristics of pass control, and Osaka Sakura has brought this characteristic to the extreme.

Every player in the team has a strong ability to pass and control, and everyone is like a mold carved out, whether it is a forward, midfielder, or defender, they all play in the same way.

Everyone strictly implements the coach's tactical arrangements, like a group of robots with pre-set programs. Defenders must not use big feet, long passes must be completed by fixed players, and the area less than 30 meters away from the frontcourt must never pass others... These preset programs make Osaka Sakura's games look a little boring, but they are extremely efficient.

This is holistic football at its best.If a team's overall offense and defense can be graded with ABCD, most teams in the Sao Paulo State Championship can only be rated as C or D, but the Osaka Sakura Youth Army can be rated as A or even A+.

Modern football emphasizes the whole, and the style of play led by Yoshikawa Hidetoshi is undoubtedly at the top of the modern football food chain.The team's highly unified transmission and control concept, uniform technical and tactical style, strict to almost harsh execution, and excellence in technical details to the extreme, these are the goals that Gao Yuan leads the team to pursue.

In terms of overall style of play, Gao Yuan believes that he has brought DB for more than half a year, and there is still a big gap between Osaka Sakura, who has been polished by Yoshikawa Hidetoshi for 3 years.

However, Gao Yuan knows that he will not lose, because football is not a rigid formula or theorem, but a comprehensive competition of many factors such as technique, tactics, physical fitness, will, experience, and psychology.

Osaka Sakura may have achieved the ultimate in some aspects, but its shortcomings in other aspects are particularly obvious.

The key to winning is to maximize strengths and avoid weaknesses!

After the game started, as Gao Yuan expected, Osaka Sakura used their smooth passing and receiving to occupy the ball possession advantage on the field.

This is also the first time that DB's ball possession rate is not as good as that of its opponents in this year's Kite City Cup.

This was beyond the expectations of most of the audience. Unexpectedly, DB, who can easily overwhelm all the rich youth teams in Europe, would be stuck by such an inconspicuous bone as Osaka Sakura.

Osaka Sakura's passing and receiving are coordinated with the smooth flow of water, and the ball is constantly conducting and running, which is dizzying.

It seems that Osaka Sakura is in exceptionally good condition, but only Yoshikawa Hidetoshi and his team members know that for the outbreak of this game, they rotated the main players in the previous matches and deliberately suppressed their condition.

10 minutes before the opening, Yoshikawa Hidetoshi was very satisfied with his team's performance, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

But on the coaching bench of the home team not far away, a sneer appeared on the corner of Gao Yuan's mouth.

In the VIP seats in the stands, Kawabuchi Saburo, who came over to watch the game, looked a little dignified.

In the 16th minute, the score changed.

It was DB, who seemed a little passive, who took the lead.

DB played his best quick counterattack.

Zhou Yong intercepted, Xu Yifan hit behind, Liu Yun moved forward, used his speed to get rid of the opponent, made an inverted triangle pass from the bottom, and Wang Zi made a successful push from the middle of the penalty area.

This set of counterattacks is extremely clear and concise, from the steal to the final goal, it only took 11 seconds!
"It's okay, it's just an accident, everyone, keep working hard," Yoshikawa Hideto shouted to the players on the field.

After the serve in the middle circle, Sakura Osaka still maintained a familiar rhythm, neither too fast nor too slow, neither too hasty nor impatient, and it seemed that she was not affected by conceding the ball at all.

Hidehito Yoshikawa is very satisfied. This is the team he has worked hard to build. He always sticks to the inherent philosophy, no matter whether he scores a goal or loses a goal. As long as the final whistle does not sound, the team will maintain a normal heart and complete the game according to its own style of play and rhythm.

As the saying goes, don't be happy with things, don't be sad with yourself, the wind, the forest and the volcano, are hard to know.

This is the realm of the ancient famous generals, and the vulgar Chinese will not understand it!
But 10 minutes later, Sakura Osaka conceded another goal.

This goal was easier to score, just a few simple cooperations from the right. Qiu Feng kicked the ball at 45 degrees and made a pass. Alfonso, who had already signed with Inter Milan, took advantage of his strong physical fitness to pull a green onion on dry land and scored with a header!

Yoshikawa Hidetoshi's expression changed.How did you lose the ball so easily!The opponent didn't have any complicated routines, just a simple 45-degree fry!

This must have been an accident too!

It doesn't matter, as long as you stick to your own style of play, you can definitely bring the score back.

Fortunately, my long-term rigorous training has played a role, and the team still insists on its own style and style of play just like the beginning of the game.

But persistence did not bring good results.

In the 38th minute, the score expanded to 3:0.

This conceded goal was completely defeated by the opponent's super personal ability.

Jola seemed to be in no one's land among the thousands of troops, pulling and stepping on the ball in the crowd, swaying left and right, and broke out of the encirclement after a series of tricky operations.Facing the goalkeeper, with a burst shot, the ball flew into the net again!
"Baga!" Yoshikawa Hidetoshi, who had always been very calm, finally couldn't help but swear.

He didn't understand why it was the opponent who was so far ahead, even though his team had control of the ball and the situation!

Luck, must be luck!

His own team did better, but it was the other side that was favored by the goddess of luck.

Kawabuchi Saburo on the rostrum shook his head slightly, and sighed in his heart:

"Yoshikawa-kun, can't you see where you lost? If you can't understand this level, you will never be able to surpass Gaoyuan-kun in this life!"

(End of this chapter)