Urawa Red Diamonds are indeed bad. As the defending champion of this year's AFC Champions League, although they currently do not enter the top five in the league, the lean camel is bigger than the horse, and the team of the last champion is still there;

This time they faced the new army of Yucheng, they not only had to score three points, but also had to give up with a big victory, not only for themselves, but also for Japanese football;

What kind of ability does this small club have to be established for less than ten years and is based in the top league for less than five years? They must find an explanation!

Urawa is a young team, with an average age of the starting lineup less than 26 years old. They are very impactful with 361.

There are also Japanese internationals such as Naota Kitani, Yuki Abe, and Keita Suzuki, as well as young players such as Hoshibe Moe, Umesaki, and Yukiki Otani. As the AFC Champions League champion and third place in the Club World Cup last season, Red Diamond's strength is undoubtedly.

Urawa Red Diamond, who directly advanced to the quarterfinals of the AFC Champions League with the defending champion, lost 2:3 in the first leg in the last season's AFC debut;

In the second round, the Kuwaiti giants Cadisia were eliminated cleanly and neatly with 2:0, showing strong dominance.

In the five years since the founding of the AFC Champions League, only Saudi Etihad successfully defended his title in 2004 and 2005;

Urawa's goal this season is to successfully defend the title and vow to break the West Asian monopoly record;

As the second level blocking his way to defend his title, Yucheng Yuchai has become a nail that the Japanese must pull out;

The moment the Urawa players arrived, they could feel a strong murderous aura.

Mo Huaqiang knew the Japanese's thoughts very well, and ranked 451 in the formation, leaving only one Vardy on the front line, and left forward Mai Qizhao retreated and formed a double midfielder with Tian Ye;

Li Weizhen and Xu Te serve as two front-line forwards on the left and right, and two full-backs on Xie Zhan and Long Tian, ​​and exerted the team's most aggressive "Lucheng Four Wings".

After careful pre-match analysis, Mo Huaqiang knew that Urawa's attack power was very strong, so he cleverly chose the strategy of avoiding his edge;

First tighten your fence, further strengthen your defense, avoid being captured by the Japanese, and then move backwards;

Although this game is home games, the opponent's strength is far above our own, and it is when their momentum is at its peak;

At this moment, I rashly pressed out to fight against my opponent, and the ending would definitely be very miserable.

Therefore, Mo Huaqiang, who always kept his clear mind, rationally set the goal of this game to "guarantee the draw and win."

"Preserve the tie" depends on tenacious defense, which is the primary goal that the team must achieve;

"Striving for victory" depends on the tacit cooperation developed by the players since childhood, especially Li Xuxi and Xie, the three post-85s who have played football together since their youth;

In addition, Long Tian, ​​a post-87 post, does not force the number of times, but only needs to launch an efficient counterattack.

After the referee's whistle sounded, the semi-finals officially started;

Both sides with their own ideas followed the principles formulated before the game and entered a state of confrontation from the beginning, without giving in any way, and they would fight for an inch of land.

Urawa attacked fiercely, and his feet were really fine. The ball was sticking to his feet, which really opened the eyes of the local fans;

Compared with Gamba Osaka, Urawa Red Diamond's transmission control is more solid and the rhythm is smoother.

After Xibei Meng shook away two Jade City players in a row, she raised her eyes and observed the situation ahead clearly, and a sharp straight ball passed through the defender's ribs;

Gao Yuan Zhitai performed the running tacitly. When the ball arrived, he first stabbed the ball away before the Yucheng Central defender Wang Chaoyang made a foot to clear the ball, and beautifully completed the breakthrough action that he had stopped and passed;

Then there was another shoulder-sinking fake move during high-speed running, which attracted the attention of another central defender, Lin Yuhuan, and then suddenly and dexterously twisted to the other side.

Naota Kinabalu, who had passed two Jade City defenders, was about to make the next move;

The No. 21 guard on the right blocked him immediately, without saying a word, just a quick and accurate flying tackle, and even tackled the Japanese;

The speed is indeed fast. Gao Yuan Zhitai knew that there was a very fast young defender in the Jade City team, but this veteran who had experience in the Bundesliga did not take Long Tian seriously at all;

At this moment, I truly saw his explosive power. Naotae, who was lying on the ground, habitually reached out to the referee to protest;

After finding that the other party ignored it, he spread his hands out of no interest. After shook his head helplessly, he began to look at Long Tianlai seriously.

Naota Takahara, 29, is a star of his age as a star of Nakada Hidesuke Nakamura, who is 1.81 meters tall, and is one of the few forwards in the Japanese team;

He is good at heading, has a strong sense of scoring, has strong body, and has a strong impact. He is a daunting sharp knife on the front line. With his strong strength, he has transferred to Boca Youth, Hamburg, and Frankfurt and has performed well;

He was once famous for creating a final goal and breaking Bayern Lion King Kahn's record of goal conceded.

In January this year, Naota Kitan, who ended his overseas career, returned to China and chose to join the ambitious Urawa Red Diamond;

Intent to strive for the double championships of the AFC Champions League and J League this year to make up for the regret of the dream shattered in the last moment of last season, Naota Kitan, who has strong and experienced strength and rich experience, has become Urawa's most trusted striker.

Regardless of his fame, he just met and tackled the small Chinese defender. Gao Yuan Zhitai glanced at Long Tian again;

He is average in height, not very strong, slightly thin, no different from ordinary Japanese people, and his appearance is ordinary and has nothing special;

If no one specifically reminded him of what he did, Naotaki Kakahara would not remember this nameless junior at all.

Japan praised this Chinese very well, especially in the performances in the Asian Youth Championship and World Youth Championship last year. Long Tian became a fierce general like a god descended to earth;

Especially, the most shameful defeat of Japanese football in the World Youth Championship, the Japanese who are nervous have already had some sequelae of "talking about dragons and fear".

Naota Kinabalu also won the runner-up of the World Youth Championship with the team in 1999. It was not only Japan's best result in the World Youth Championship, but also the best result in Asia tied for;

He fully understands how big the gap between youth competitions and adult competitions is. When he is young, he may not be good. Even if he wins the championship in the youth field, it cannot explain anything;

After all, growth is a long road. You may start very quickly, but you may fall behind in the end and cannot play it out. Cruel professional football is always very realistic.

It is reasonable that Gao Yuan Zhitai, who understands this principle, is not interested in Long Tian’s achievements last year;

Otherwise, he wouldn't have even a minute of playing time in this year's Olympics;

You know, this is a competition held in their China. If he is so strong, how could he be so tragic?

Naota Kitani valued his performance in this year's AFC Champions League. Whether it was the group stage reversal of Osaka or the shocking turnaround in the quarter-finals, he couldn't help but take a few more glances at Long Tian.

The speed is indeed very fast, but the lack of technology and awareness is also very obvious. Such a short-legged player cannot make much climate;

Chinese media once rumored that he was going to transfer to Europe, but he still stayed in China until now, which proves that he is not the case;

The European team is so smart that they will never waste money on such a short-legged player. Naota Kazuo, who has experienced it, judged so contemptuously.

The fundamental reason why Osaka lost the game was not only because they were careless and lost Jingzhou, but the three foreign players in the opponent's team also played a very important role;

Especially the two Europeans in the midfield and frontcourt are much stronger than their Chinese teammates. I don’t know where the Chinese team is looking for foreign players, and I have never heard of them before;

But from the perspective of actual combat performance, he was very strong. Intuition told him that these two people would definitely go to a larger platform to show their own style in the future.

Because of his contempt and disgust, Gao Yuan Naota, who fell to the ground, looked at Long Tian's back with contempt.

As the biggest player in the team, Naotaki Kakahara was violated and he didn't need to take action at all. Naturally, a younger brother stood up for him.

Long Tian didn't take it far, and soon he was hit hard by Urawa Red Diamond's No. 21 left vanguard, and he fell heavily to the ground.

Such a malicious foul attracted the whistle of concern to the referee and the curse of the home audience. The subconscious hostility towards the Japanese also took the opportunity to erupt, and a fierce boo sounded in the audience;

The referee did not give cards, but just gave a verbal warning. Such ignorance naturally caused greater boos from home fans, both for Japan and for the referee.

Looking at the other party's unfriendly eyes, Long Tian felt a little familiar. He always felt that he had seen it somewhere, but as for where it was, he couldn't say it for a while;

The angry expression in his eyes would never be just because he offended his teammates just now, but more like he had a grudge against his father;

Recalling my recent grudges with the Japanese, it should have been just a few months ago that I defeated Osaka in the group stage. It is two different teams from Urawa in front of me, and there should be no other places.

Long Tian never thought about the record of fighting against the Japanese team this year. He looked at him wearing No. 21, just like himself, and he was really destined to be;

"tsukasa" was printed on his back, and Long Tian didn't know how to spell the Japanese names, so he had to give up.

But the other party's sharp eyes left a deep impression on him. He felt that this person must have been in contact with him recently, not this year, but last year;

Last year, three keywords including Japan and Big Win were added together, and Long Tian suddenly realized that he was the No. 7 right forward of the Japanese team in the World Youth Championship?

In order to better deepen the impression of the players, the coaching staff distributed a piece of information specially compiled to each player before playing against the Japanese team;

Long Tian looked at it very seriously, and even wrote down a list of Japanese players;

At this moment, when he matched the "stranger" in front of him with the "old acquaintance" of last year, he soon learned from the deep impression that the Urawa midfielder who changed to No. 21 was named Mura Umesaki.
Chapter completed!