Chapter 22 The Evil One
Through the first-hand information provided by Mejikuan, the entire Tama City team has been well prepared for Urawa's crazy fan culture;
Therefore, when I first stepped here, I maintained my restraint against the strong provocations of home fans.
Urawa Red Diamond is located in Urawa District, Saitama City, Kanto Prefecture, Japan. It has the largest professional football stadium in Japan - Saitama 2002 Stadium - and it also has an extremely crazy fan group: urawa boys.
The biggest riot caused by these crazy fans happened to be in the J League in May this year;
Afterwards, Urawa Club also received a ticket from the Japanese Football Association, and the extreme atmosphere of fans was restrained.
As a visiting Chinese team, Yucheng comes from a country that the Japanese hate more, and it is directly related to whether their beloved team is moving forward. It is very necessary for these Chinese people to see the real Japanese power;
During the previous away trip, dozens of loyal fans arrived at the small city of Jade City with the club. Looking at the chaotic and disorderly crowded with thousands of fans, it was still a small matter compared to the famous Urawa fans;
Once it spreads back to China, the fan organization even reached a consensus that it was necessary to turn the Saitama 2002 Stadium on the game day into a hell that devoured the Chinese.
From the moment I entered Saitama, I could see all kinds of discriminatory slogans and patterns along the way, and I could do my best to insult;
When arranging training for the Yucheng team's venue, many fans also came to the court to interfere and shouted some inexplicable slogans;
Even in the hotel where they stayed, a small group of extreme fans came to make all kinds of noises in the middle of the night.
The players of the Tama Castle felt a completely different atmosphere from the last time they visited Osaka. The young man with a passionate blood could not swallow this tone. They were filled with righteous indignation and really wanted to rush up to fuck these despicable little Japanese.
A group of Chinese teammates are in a turbulent situation. In the past, when fighting, they will inevitably rush to the front without hesitation. At this moment, they are smiling at these cute Chinese people. There is always a sense of college students watching elementary school students fight;
Everyone asked strangely: "Jamie, is it so abnormal today?"
After nearly ten months of getting along, Vardy was able to speak some simple Chinese words. In addition, with his friend Long Tian assisted, he no longer needed a translator present and could communicate with his teammates smoothly;
This is already a very good language ability. In comparison, Espanyol Michu is much worse, and Vardy has to often help him communicate with his teammates in turn;
Korean Lin Yuhuan is the worst. He has been in the team for more than half a year and still can't speak a few words. He speaks with a strong Korean accent. Korean translation still has to follow.
Vardy stretched out two slaps forward. Just as everyone looked at his palm curiously, he suddenly withdrew his other fingers, left two middle fingers alone, and said with a wicked smile: "In my eyes, these Japanese people are all scumbags. The tricks they played were all left over from our England decades ago."
As Vardy, born in the UK, the birthplace of modern football, his trip to China obviously has the purpose of technical poverty alleviation, and he always has the damn superiority of the British;
The Spanish, Mi Chu, despised his aloofness in his bones, and thought to himself that this British man was not even a professional player, so what could he be arrogant?
Lin Yuhuan also couldn't stand Vardy and kept a distance from himself in his daily life.
Thanks to Vardy's cheerful and straightforward personality, coupled with Chinese teammates such as Long Tian, Li Weizhen, and Xu Te, he accepted and tolerated him;
Gradually, everyone got used to the bad habits in him, and their teammates got along well, becoming one of the sources of the team's strong combat power.
"Jamie, these Japanese fans are known as the 'Japanese Red Devils'. Let them know that you are so despised, and you will probably have your heart broken!" The teammates teased him.
Vardy looked at him even more disdainfully: "Those guys dare to call them the 'Red Devils'? These counterfeit goods are really ignorant. I will tell them what the original and authentic ones are later."
Speaking this on Japanese land, it sounds very bad at first glance, but at this moment, the Yucheng players sounded the most appropriate, and they were also talking lively.
The warm atmosphere made Mo Huaqiang sure that the players did not affect their mood due to the various interferences with ulterior motives, and there was no big problem with the overall condition of the team;
He nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that everyone is in a good mood, so I have nothing to say. As long as you remember that it is the Japanese home court now, their pressure is much greater than ours. If you don't score a goal for a moment, they will be very panicked."
With the referee's whistle, the second round of the AFC semi-finals began.
In this game, the home team Urawa Red Diamond sent three forwards to fight the 3313 formation with extremely strong attack power;
The forward line composed of Naota Kitan, Ed Milson, and Yuichiro Nagai has speed, skills and experience, and has a strong impact;
The midfield is composed of Aoma Tsugen, Abe Yuki, Umezaki, Sebemoto and others. It transplants the characteristics of Japanese football's extremely good midfield pass control, and is very aggressive;
The defense line is guarded by captains Changku Yamada, Keita Suzuki, Tadara Hirakawa and other strong players. There are many stable factors in the radicalism;
The main goalkeeper Duo Churō returned from injury, replacing the young goalkeeper Yuki Otani who made a mistake in the first round. The intention of Urawa, who played all the main players, advanced to the finals, was obvious.
Yucheng Yuchai lined up a 541 formation, and captain Lin Yuhuan led Wang Chaoyang and Jiang Tianyi to form the three central defenders;
The two sides are supplemented by Xie Zhan and the powerful full-back combination of Long Tian, forming a strong and stable defense line;
The front midfielder Mi Chu retreated to the position of the central frontier and echoed the back midfielder Tianye;
The golden partners Li Weizhen and Xu Te are separated from each other on both sides of the midfield, using the tacit cooperation and large-scale movement ability to build the first line of defense in the midfield well;
Only one Vardy was left in the frontcourt, using his assault speed and ability to reserve a backhand for counterattack.
The two sides did not hide their tactical intentions in the duel. One should attack strongly and the other should stick to it;
Is it a sharper spear or a thicker shield? It is like a huge suspense that deeply attracts every audience.
When the game reached the semi-finals, as the only remaining representative of China and Japan, this game became a showdown between the two countries to a certain extent.
To this day, it is an indisputable fact that Japan surpasses China in the field of football;
Although Japan, which lost all three games in the Olympic group stage that just ended two months ago, seems to be worse than China, which has won a draw;
But considering the specific content of the game, the Chinese team of x**t looks like an extremely amateur team, and it is not at the same level as the Japanese team that plays with conciseness, and there is a visible gap to the naked eye.
In the environment of Chinese football being in a state of festering, a team like Yucheng, which is a tenacious and hard-working team, is able to emerge. This clear stream of lively spring not only amazes the Chinese people, but also makes the Japanese feel incredible;
From this team, we can see the characteristics of traditional Chinese players, with excellent physical fitness, able to run, jump and score;
But after careful look, it is different from the Chinese team I remember. They are very resilient and can be closely united no matter what difficulties they face;
They will always usher in the dawn of victory until the end. Such spiritual qualities are already a bit like Koreans.
The Japanese are not afraid of the fierce fighting style of hard bridges and hard horses. They are good at using softness to overcome hardness and unswervingly insist on taking the technical football route. They are confident that they have already made their way to Asia;
But they were very afraid of the kind of unrestless pestering, especially the way they could focus on maintaining high-pressure pressing throughout the game, coupled with the extremely efficient counterattack, not only the Japanese were afraid, but also hard to find a team that could easily deal with in Asia;
The reason why Korean football is scary is that it has become a strong team in Asia and even the world is because their football style reflects these tough qualities.
Yucheng Yuchai, who suddenly "appeared" from the field this season, was the key to the success of their success, in addition to the contempt of their opponents, from players to the team.
Facing such a Chinese team, how could Urawa's crazy fans make them feel good? They try their best to create various noises as soon as the game starts, interfering with their performance to the greatest extent;
The Urawa players on the court had already held their breath, and now, with the stimulation of the home fans' cheers, the team as a whole also seemed very excited, and the players even launched a fierce offensive that had been overwhelmed by the blood.
During the middle lane, when Lin Yuhuan had already occupied his position, Naotaki Gao Yuan, who was angry, chose to force himself and smashed his head fiercely at the Korean;
Lin Yuhuan, who was hit by the head and was bleeding, fell to the ground and dizzy for a few minutes before he came back to his senses.
When Xie Zhan was fighting against Urawa No. 17 foreign aid Ed Milson on the side, the opponent relied on his height advantage and knocked him to fly a few meters away with his extremely fierce shoulder;
Xie Zhan, who fell heavily to the ground, had a dislocation of his left shoulder and moved to the field for several minutes before he returned to normal.
During a counterattack, Mi Chu got the ball in the middle and was about to feed Valdy in front of him, but suddenly he was pushed by Suma Chongren behind him;
Not only did he not fight back, but the Spaniard also fell to the ground in pain. He almost slugged his breath for a few minutes before he recovered.
Vardy in front also had no good results. Suzuki Keita and Yamada Changku never left him half a step away. He couldn't get the ball and quickly fell into a hand-to-hand combat;
Vardy, who had two fists, could not escape the fate of being plotted against. During a fight, Urawa Captain Yamada Changku, extremely hidden, headed his chest with one elbow;
How could Vardy, who was full of passion, swallow this breath? He went straight to meet him and raised his fist to teach the other party a lesson;
Fortunately, Li Weizhen, who arrived in time, hugged him tightly, so that the situation could be further expanded.
During the subsequent handling, the referee presented a yellow card to Vardy who failed to beat someone, and only gave a verbal warning to the initiator Changku Yamada, who favored one and the other. The double standard treatment of favoring one and showing the difficulty of the visiting team.
Long Tian, who has long become a thorn in the eyes of the Japanese, has been repeatedly "specially taken care of" by his opponents.
No. 9 Yuichiro Nagai, who had been playing the right winger before, was adjusted to the left winger in this game, just to talk to Long Tian, the right back;
Yuichiro Nagai is 29 years old, with strong explosive power and sharp breakthroughs. He is a stark person with a short-legged tiger.
The Japanese's idea is very simple. Nagai, who is trying to kill all sides in China, wants to deal with the little man Long Tian, which should be a matter of minutes;
But they ignored the age gap between the two sides. Although Nagai was still in his peak physical condition, facing the 21-year-old Long Tian really made these Japanese experience another feeling of despair.
He tried to shake Long Tian with a fake move, but he didn't even take his tricks. He had no choice but to break through;
Unexpectedly, Long Tian, who turned quickly, quickly grabbed the ball with a faster speed.
The angry Nagai could only put a shovel from behind to stop Long Tian from dribbling the ball.
Faced with such obvious behind-the-shocking action, the referee was indifferent anymore and was very unreasonable. He could only show the Japanese the first yellow card.
Yucheng was about to issue this free kick, but it caused huge noise in the stands. A huge banner clearly read in Chinese: "Damn it, that pig, soft egg thing, please get out of Japan immediately and go back to China!"
All these provocative words were captured in the eyes of the Yucheng players, and their hearts were filled with anger. They were mentally prepared and chose to fight back against this group of vicious thugs with their actual performance.
Chapter completed!