Chapter 24 Entering the Finals
With Long Tian’s successful journey into Longtan alone, Urawa players were like seeing Bruce Lee’s rebirth, their eyes wide open and their mouths wide open, and they could not accept this reality at all;
It is impossible to believe that Long Tian once again staged such a one-stop miracle in front of the Japanese, and it is even more impossible to believe that the Japanese team has once again come to the verge of being eliminated.
The unreasonable Urawa player hugged the referee in groups of three or three, begging him anxiously, trying to remind Longtian that the ball had already been qualified before he intercepted the ball, and the ball must be invalid;
They had not received a response from the referee and became extremely depressed and dumb, as if their souls had been pulled away.
Watching Long Tian, who was successfully rolling into the goal, jumped up as fast as possible regardless of the pain of falling to the ground, clenched his fists and lifted them up strongly;
There is nothing better than scoring a goal at the Japanese at home, especially for a Chinese player;
This is also Long Tian’s second final goal this year. Compared with the group stage helping his teammates kill Osaka Gamba, this final victory for Urawa Red Diamond was made by himself;
In addition to the five-goal victory against Japan in last year's World Youth Championship, Long Tian's special excitement when he faced the Japanese was fully demonstrated. He became the most dazzling "Japanese-killing" killer among the new generation of Chinese players.
All of his teammates rushed towards him excitedly, and Vardy, who was running in the front, picked him up and carried it on his shoulders excitedly;
In the eyes of the British, this guy's short body seemed to be full of infinite power, although he still had the bad habits of many Chinese players;
But he was always able to create something incredible at critical moments. Vardy, who was stubborn by nature, did not easily convince others, but at this moment, he admired him so much that he was overwhelmed.
There were about two minutes left in stoppage time. Under the urging of the referee, the happy Yucheng players quickly adjusted their state and entered the final combat state;
Urawa players who were strongly fighting back with all their might and tried to recover the score;
But facing the Jade City defense line that was as stable as Mount Tai, they could not achieve anything they could do after working hard for 90 minutes;
But it is simply a dream to do it in the last few minutes of stoppage time!
Finally, he heard the ending whistle sounded by the referee, and the Yucheng player who successfully defended the score 1:0 was immediately in a state of madness;
The substitute player off the court completely ignored the heartbroken Japanese players and rushed into the court excitedly, hugging his teammates on the court excitedly.
As a group of Chinese people closest to the game, these substitutes know the best about any details of this game and the most understand the difficulty of playing teammates;
When Long Tian saw Long Tian scored a one-stop goal in the last moment, helping the team turn the unfavorable situation around, the AFC Champions League final, which had never been expected, would really become a reality;
Their emotions become more complicated than ever before. All emotions such as joy, excitement, mania, pride, and gratitude are all mixed together, and a unique experience that has never been seen in 20 or 30 years of birth.
Qiu Yike, the youngest in the team, was born in 1990. He just turned 18 and was the first time he went abroad with the first team, although he had no chance to play;
But being able to feel such exciting moments on the spot is not only the best on-site experience learning opportunity, but also a good patriotic education, which is of great benefit to him who has just been promoted from the youth team.
Long Tian is about the same age as himself. Seeing his domineering performance, Qiu Yike was full of admiration for him and became a role model for his learning for a while;
He also rushed into the field with other teammates. When he ran to Long Tian, he couldn't control his feelings for a moment, so he burst into tears excitedly, and two lines of tears gushed out.
Qiu Yike, who is 1.75 meters tall, is half a head taller than himself, but at this moment he is crying in front of him like a big boy;
Long Tian was only three years older than him, but at this moment he could understand his mood and excitedly carried him into his arms with the attitude of a person who had experienced it.
Urawa players who could not accept this result looked at the celebrating Yucheng players, and they felt very uncomfortable, and some people began to push and provoke Chinese players;
The fans in the audience also wanted to echo their players and wanted to rush into the court to teach these ignorant Chinese people a lesson;
However, due to the riots, Urawa home court, which was severely punished, has been strengthened and rectified;
A large number of security personnel arranged in advance quickly intervened, preventing the situation from further escalating.
As for the unreasonable Urawa players, they also couldn't make things bigger, and security personnel also stopped them;
Secondly, they learned in advance that they liked the "urinary" mentality of giving up. After the coaches sent out the signal, the Yucheng players quickly withdrew from the court to the locker room as soon as possible and avoided the disaster intact;
When jogging back to the locker room, the playful Yucheng players not only did not feel depressed, but instead smiled happily from time to time, which was called "the most beautiful moment of escape";
The reporter of the Sports Daily branch in Japan raised the camera lens appropriately and captured this moment perfectly;
Named "Run Out of Urawa", it has become one of the most popular sports competition scenes among Chinese fans this year.
The aftermath of this game did not dissipate easily. The AFC directly issued a heavy ticket for the various violations of discipline at Urawa's home court, including malicious interference with the visiting team's life order, personality discrimination and insults, violence on the court, disrespectful to the referee, etc.: The team's home rights for the AFC Champions League in the next two years were cancelled;
However, with the dream of defending the AFC Champions League shattering, Urawa Red Diamond, which is destined to be empty this season, will definitely not be able to participate in the AFC Champions League next season. As for whether it can recover next season to compete for the qualification for participation, it is still an unknown number;
The specific implementation effect of such a seemingly very severe punishment measure is still a question mark for others;
Another shocking move by the AFC, which has always been unique, has once again become the biggest topic of conversation for people after dinner.
Under the reasonable arrangement of the Chinese Embassy in Japan, the entire Tamago team moved from the uneasy Urawa to the capital Tokyo on the night of the game. They stayed for a short night and then flew back to China tomorrow.
Under the slightest news of the victory and advancement to the finals, the embassy also arranged a sumptuous dinner, called the welcome to the entire team of Yucheng who came from Urawa, which was actually a small celebration banquet.
Long Tian quickly recognized one of the counselors, who was the embassy staff who drank at the banquet to receive the national youth team at the embassy after the Asian Youth Championship last year;
The counselor also came specifically for Long Tian. When he saw that he still remembered himself and remembered the moment of embarrassment last year, he said excitedly and embarrassedly: "Oh, big star, it's rare that you still remember me. It's so honorable! Last year was so embarrassing. He had a bad alcohol tolerance, but he drank a lot when he was happy. This made our leader scold me the next day!"
Then he secretly looked at the minister in the main position and found that he had no time to pay attention to him. He then approached Long Tian's ear and whispered: "It's rare to see our Chinese team achieve such tough results. No matter how happy it is, you think so?"
Long Tian nodded with a smile, without saying anything, but he agreed with his words, which made him happily raise his cup and clink with Long Tian: "Come on, I'll get wine, you can use tea instead of the bar. I often watch Chinese Super League games. You Yucheng is really good. Seeing that you ranked third in the last season, I thought that you should be able to make the top four this season, and you may still participate in next year's AFC Champions League;"
"I didn't expect that you were so powerful that you actually realized this year ahead of schedule. Even now, you are going to prepare for the finals. It's so amazing. It's really awesome. Congratulations to you!"
After clinking the cup, Long Tian became modest: "Miao Shen, you have won the prize and added glory to the country. This is what every Chinese should do, especially when fighting against Japan, you know."
Counselor Miao gave him another cup and couldn't help but give him a thumbs up: "Well, your club has done a good job in patriotic education, so you should have more positive and positive young people like you."
"I think it should be a lot. After all, I grew up singing the national anthem when I was very young and understood the principle of patriotism, love for the country, family and the party." Long Tian Pingping stated his thoughts in a realistic manner.
Counselor Miao shook his head: "That's just because you were born in China and protected by the country. You don't know how much those haters of the National Party hate their motherland."
"There are also such Chinese people? They are really scumbags! Did they grow up by sucking foreign air and drinking foreign water from birth?" Long Tian, who always carries a Chinese heart, is very disgusted with this kind of banana people. Now, after practicing their patriotic ideas with practical actions, when they hear such words, they are naturally extremely angry.
"As the saying goes, 'The dragon has nine sons, each with different.' In such a big country, if there are good mainstreams, there will inevitably be these bad tributaries. Don't worry about it. The rise of our country will ultimately depend on progressive young people like you. Speaking of this, you should be about to go abroad to play football. This time, you have increased your resume in the AFC finals and you are in your twenties. If you don't go out, you will be really unreasonable."
"After all, after Sun Jihai left Manchester City, there is no other Chinese player who can truly gain a foothold in Europe. As the best candidate for "Sun II", it is time for you to stand up."
Counselor Miao is still quite concerned about Chinese football, and these heartfelt words are even more reasonable and well-founded.
Long Tian nodded and agreed: "Well, I'll go out and make a breakthrough. I've been busy all this time and I don't care about transfers for the time being. When I finish the year-end, I should be preparing."
"Why are you not busy? You have to participate in sports games, learn foreign languages, go to college, and even write novels. These are your main business, but playing football is a side job. It's so amazing!" Counselor Miao couldn't help but tease him.
Long Tian heard his teasing intention and responded a little embarrassedly: "Haha, I'm really embarrassed to be a little unemployed."
"Don't be embarrassed, you are so good. China lacks such a hardworking and motivated player as you. When I see your feats, I know that Chinese football is still saved." Counselor Miao couldn't help but give him a thumbs up again.
Long Tian was not used to being so popular, so he waved his hands and signaled: "I feel even more embarrassed when you say this. I just follow some small things I like, and it is not that exaggerated."
Counselor Miao nodded and began to say seriously: "Last year, the hot topics about your transfer were hyped from summer to winter, but in the end it was still in vain. It was a good thing, but as soon as the keyboard warriors on the Internet were hyped up, I insisted on giving you some infamy of being unintentional. At first glance, I thought these people were too much."
"In fact, whether to go abroad or not is your own rights and freedom, and others are not qualified to speak out. This time, I hope you are really ready to go to Europe to accept higher-level challenges and use practical actions to slap those people in the face!"
After returning from the World Youth Championship last year, Long Tian did bear a lot of pressure, and the main reason was that he did not follow the public opinion and transferred to Europe;
Over the past six months, whether it was the Internet or when going to away games, attacks and abuses were everywhere;
With the firm support of the team, with his strong will, he finally survived;
Now that time has passed, someone mentioned this paragraph again, and can still speak for himself so empatheticly. Long Tian responded with great emotion: "Thank you for your understanding and support, thank you!"
"What are you grateful to? I, a Chinese man far away from a foreign country, can't do anything. Now I say these words, just like a hindsight. I thank you for being so powerful and achieving such an impressive record for our Chinese football, which deeply inspires every Chinese!" Counselor Miao, who is a person with a temperament, also sighed sincerely.
The unpretentious Long Tian raised his glass this time: "Stop talking about anything, everything is all in the wine, I'll do it!"
"Well, OK, I've done it!" Counselor Miao thought for a while and laughed, "I still have to say something, what the old Chinese rules are."
"Then whatever you say is what you want, Miao Shen, I'll listen to you!" Long Tian said generously.
"I'll respect the finals of the Asian Champions League! Two years ago, South Korea and Japan last year, I will definitely come to China this year. Come on Yucheng!" Counselor Miao is indeed worthy of being a deputy department-level leader. His quick-minded words are so unique and powerful.
"Okay, I will definitely live up to your ardent expectations!" Long Tian responded generously.
Chapter completed!