prince's green

Chapter 62 Adelaide United

The national team match day is over, and the J-League is coming to an end. There are only the last ten rounds of the league. Those who should relegation and those who should compete for the championship must all get nervous.

On September 9th, the 15th round of the J-League, which was also the tenth-to-last round, Tokyo FC played Shimizu Drums away.

Although Tokyo FC currently leads Hiroshima Sanfrecce by 4 points, it is impossible for Hiroshima Sanfrecce to catch up within one game.But Tokyo FC is about to start playing in the AFC Champions League. Bobovich still dare not be careless. This gap can be maintained or try to maintain it as much as possible. After all, it is hard to say how far the AFC Champions League can be played.

If the AFC Champions League is eliminated, the domestic cup competition has long since been abandoned, and the league loses the championship, Bobovich will definitely not be reconciled to not getting anything at the end of such a good season.

In this game, Ringer and Lucas partnered to start. Watanabe Chima has been in ups and downs since returning from injury. This is also a major reason for Bobovich's concern.

Ringer helped the team score a goal in the first half to take the lead. In the 61st minute of the second half, the score was still 1:0. Bobovich replaced Ringer with a dead ball opportunity to prepare for the upcoming away trip to Australia.

Unexpectedly, Ringer had only been off the field for 5 minutes, and Shimizu's agitation equalized the score, which made Bobovich very angry.Fortunately, his fellow Serbian, Uscevic, who came on as a substitute for Linger, seized the opportunity to score a goal in the 79th minute and saved the team.

Tokyo FC brought back three points in an away game without any risk, and Hiroshima Sanfrecce defeated Sendai Vegalta 2:1 at home, and continued to catch up with a difference of 4 points.

Back in Chofu, the team immediately started preparing for the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League.

The Australian Super League teams have always paid little attention to the AFC Champions League. Take Melbourne Victory, the strongest in the Australian Super League, for example. They come to the AFC Champions League almost every season. They have never qualified for the group stage. They simply don’t care about the AFC Champions League. .But the A-League also has special cases, and this Adelaide United is a special case.

In 06, Australia joined the AFC. In 07, the Australian Super League team began to participate in the AFC Champions League. Now it is the fifth season, with two to three Australian Super League teams per season.However, most of these teams were eliminated in the group stage, and occasionally reached the knockout round and returned home early. So far, only two A-League teams have reached the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League.

The first time was in the AFC Champions League in the 08 season. The A-League team reached the final and lost to Gamba Osaka in the J-League. The second time was naturally this season's Tokyo FC quarter-final opponent.

The same A-League team, Adelaide United, reached the quarter-finals twice.

Adelaide United is at best a strong team in the A-League, and has never even won the A-League championship, but they don't seem to despise the AFC Champions League.

Facing such an opponent, Bobovich did not dare to be careless.

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In the early morning of September 9, the entire Tokyo FC team flew to Adelaide, a port city in southern Australia.

In the group stage, Tokyo FC played against another A-League team, the Brisbane Roar. At that time, Tokyo FC played against the A-League champion last season in two home and away games. The Australian Super League is not as good as the Brisbane Roar, but it is definitely much more difficult in the AFC Champions League.

Australia and East Asia are separated by the Indian Ocean. The seven-hour time difference is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is the climate.

Australia is located in the southern hemisphere. September is the early spring season in the southern hemisphere. Compared with the current autumn tiger weather in the northern hemisphere, the temperature in the southern hemisphere is much lower. This will be the biggest trouble for Tokyo FC away.

The only good thing about Tokyo FC is that during this period of training, the wounded in the team basically returned to the team. Only left back Kosuke Ota and Korean Jang Soo-hyun are still on the injured list.

"Downloading stage~loading stage~, the first round of the quarter-finals of the AFC Champions League is being broadcast, Tokyo FC's away game against Adelaide United~~~"

Evergrande, the last remaining player in the Chinese Super League, was eliminated in the round of [-]. China's central mother broadcast the AFC Champions League and naturally chose this game. With Ringer, an increasingly popular Chinese star, the ratings can be slightly improved.

Tokyo FC's starting lineup is here:

Goalkeeper: Shuichi Gonda;

Defenders: Nakamura Hokuto, Morishi Masato, Kaga Kenichi, Tokunaga Yuhei;
Midfielders: Hideto Takahashi, Hasegawa, Takuji Yonemoto, Naohiro Ishikawa;
Forwards: Ringer, Lucas.

In this game, Ringer and Lucas partnered to start. One is that Watanabe's state is really average recently, and the other is that Lucas has a record advantage against Adelaide United.

Adelaide United reached the AFC Champions League final in the 2008 season, but lost to Gamba Osaka led by Lucas.In the two-round final that year, Lucas added three shots and one pass in two games, helping Gamba Osaka beat Adelaide United 5-0, so Bobovich chose to let him and Ringer start.

There is no relegation system in the A-League, and there are also salary cap restrictions. The combination of these makes the A-League teams not have any big-name foreign players, mainly local players, and some foreign players are not strong.

In this game, Adelaide United's starting lineup has three foreign players, Croatian midfielder Vidosic, Brazilian defender Cassio and Scottish defender Fayev.

The Australians do have the advantage physically, and that's what they focused on at the start.

In the 5th minute, Vidosic made a pass from the left. Adelaide United striker Sktoprus missed the point and was cleared by Morishi.

In the 9th minute, full-back Cassio made a cross from the right, and midfielder Watson headed high.

In the opening 15 minutes, Adelaide United had four high balls to the penalty area of ​​Tokyo FC. The opposing coach's thinking was very clear, bombing from high altitude, and using his physical advantage to find goals.

Bobovich was walking on the sidelines, feeling a little nervous for the time being.Since this season, there are many teams who want to use this method to beat Tokyo FC, but not many can really succeed.One is that it is difficult to judge the landing point of the high ball itself, and often cannot find his own players more than half of the time. On the other hand, Bobovich is constantly strengthening the defense. more abundant.

After more than 10 minutes of the game, Adelaide United's high-ball tactics still did not have a good effect. After occupying the home court and attacking these times, they only created a threatening attack. Bobovic was relieved for the time being. Tokyo FC's defense should be able to handle these Aussies.

Gradually adapting to the opponent's offensive rhythm, Tokyo FC also began to play their own characteristics.

In the 27th minute, Adelaide United once again kicked a high ball into the penalty area to no avail. Ken Kaga pushed the ball out of the penalty area.

Hideto Takahashi outside the penalty area got the ball and drove it into the opponent's half with a big kick.

"Tokyo FC~This is an opportunity to fight back!"

Linger has always been the top of the Tokyo FC team. This is determined by his status and importance in the team. He is currently the most reliable point of the team's offense.

The landing point of the football will be about seven or eight meters away from the opponent's penalty area. Ringer starts from the front position of the middle circle and accelerates under his feet.

Naturally, Adelaide United had studied Tokyo FC and knew the threat of Ringer to a certain extent. He had just started, and two defensive players, Bogard and Fayev, were chasing him.

With both legs fully grasping the ground, Ringer won a little space for himself in the forward rush. When he ran to the landing point, the defender was pulled one step away by him.

Facing the ball coming down from the air, Ringer tapped the ball forward on his forehead, and immediately chased the football with his feet.

Linge knew that when he stopped the ball with his head, the defensive players chasing behind him must gradually catch up, so he had to pull a little to the side when he entered.

"Linger received the ball, but the opponent directly followed him with two defensive players~~~" Yangma's Liu Jianhong explained.

Of the two defensive players who have already recovered, one retreats slightly into the penalty area to prevent him from breaking through, and the other follows Ringer closely.

Dribbling the ball to the line of the penalty area, Ringer knew that he would be double-teamed if he went further into the penalty area. Without the support of any teammates, this attack would probably not be able to create a threat, so he smashed the ball at his feet, dodged a little space, and went to the right The leg exerts strength, hits a kick directly.

"Ringer~~~ hit the door directly!!!"

The ball went towards the far corner of the goal, and the opposite goalkeeper Galkovic immediately flew to save it, but the ball had an upward angle after bouncing in the penalty area, and it flew into the goal from above the goalkeeper's hands.

"Lin~~~goal~~~~ Goal! Lin Jun, he seized the opportunity on a counterattack that was not very good, and scored with a strong shot from the penalty area line. In fact, this is only the first time for the Gas team With a shot within the goal range, they scored a goal, and it seems that the Gas team has good luck today." Japanese commentator Hiroichi Yamamoto roared again.

The Japanese are accustomed to using Roman letters when spelling their names, while the Chinese are accustomed to using English letters. There is a big difference between the two, so we often feel that the spelling of Japanese English names is very strange.Linge still likes to spell it in Chinese style, so his English name is still Ling ge, which is similar to Lin goal (Lin's goal). Now in the J-League, Lin goal has become his exclusive shout for goals.

"This is the embodiment of personal ability. Ringer can be valued by Wenger. He does have his unique features." Yang's mother's commentary was flattering again.

"This is Ringer's seventh goal in the AFC Champions League this season. He is continuing to consolidate his second place in the AFC Champions League scorer list, and he is also catching up with No.7 Olivia. At the same time, this is also an important goal. The important away goals, the importance of away goals in the two knockout rounds, I believe everyone knows."

Ringer scored an away goal, and Bobovich was the most excited.Whether it is a team member or Bobovich, almost everyone has no experience in the AFC Champions League, so Bobovich is always a little worried about the AFC Champions League.

Now that an away goal is scored, the fault tolerance rate will be much higher. Even if the opponent equalizes the score, or even is overtaken by two goals in a row, with this away goal in hand, the result is completely acceptable.

In fact, according to the current situation, the team can achieve a better result.

As the saying goes, plans cannot keep up with changes, and Bobovich soon "dreams come true."

(End of this chapter)