Chapter 49 Sharp antlers
It passed overnight and arrived on the afternoon of the 14th;
The third match day of the Club World Cup is about to be staged, and Asian champion Tamashita Yuchai welcomes the host champion team Kashima Antlers.
Kashima participated in the AFC Champions League this season as the J League champion;
With strong overall strength, he successfully beat Beijing Guoan in the group stage.
With the most popular Osaka Gamba in the country, the most popular Osaka Kashima Kaornets naturally took over the baton of "Full Day";
In the eyes of fans, Kashima, which has the advantage in strength, has a stronger sense of honor and hunger;
They should be more qualified than Urawa, representing Japan to compete for the AFC Champions League championship in order to realize their ambition of two consecutive championships.
Unexpectedly, the plan could not keep up with the changes, but the ambitious Kashima was eliminated by Adelaide in the quarter-finals;
When Kashima saw Tamaki defeating his enemies in the final and winning the AFC trophy in one fell swoop, the Kashima players felt as if they were overturned with a scent.
At this time, we are in the quarter-finals again. The opponent is the enemy's enemy, the Chinese team that helped them revenge;
The entire Kashima team was not grateful, but was filled with another kind of passion of bitter hatred:
Revenge yourself for your own revenge, do you block my way?
After this year's AFC Champions League, Yucheng has become the most hated Chinese team in Japan;
Now that they meet Kashima again, they cannot give these Chinese people a good face for the purpose of regaining the dignity of the Japanese;
In their opinion, international football has always been a world where the strong prey on the weak. Being kind to the enemy means being cruel to oneself!
The Japanese who have lost two games are looking for the bad luck of the Chinese;
Unexpectedly, they could not get more relieved than this arrangement.
This is the last moment and the excellent stage, they make crazy clamor:
This time, you must win back with the capital and the profit!
As the only team in Japan that believes in the totem of the Kashima Shrine, the mysterious halo of Kashima Antlers also makes the growth path of Goddes blessed by the Kandes;
The team was established as early as 1947, formerly known as Sumitomo Metal Industry Football Division;
After several developments, it has become a very influential veteran in China;
It started participating in the domestic second-tier league in 1974 and was renamed to its current name in 1991;
It was the first Japanese professional football league in 1993, and it has gained great strength due to the addition of Brazilian superstar Jiko.
Kashima won the team's first professional league championship in the 1996 season. By the end of the 2001 season, he had successfully unlocked four league championships and was the first team in the country to achieve it.
After several seasons of depression, Kashima started ZTE again since the 2007 season;
By this year, while achieving two consecutive league titles, they have also increased their number of championships to six, making them the best in Japan.
Although the proud Japanese king suffered quite a setback in the AFC Champions League, he once again confirmed his reputation as a "foreign war layman";
But because of this, he devoted himself to the league and finally successfully defended his title, which was considered "a miserable loss and a good harvest";
Under such a background, they are not only a chance to start again and prove themselves again;
It is also an opportunity to make Japanese football a name. If you miss it, there will be no more.
Yucheng, the team, should be the weakest Chinese team in terms of personal ability and team strength, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the "worst AFC Champions League champion";
But it is such a weak team that, with its super fighting will, has pushed Japanese players to the brink of despair again and again;
Time is about to enter 2009. The powerful Japanese football no longer looks at this East Asian neighbor, so why does such an abnormal situation still occur?
The Japanese team, which is competing in the top ten Asian games in the World Cup, has been greatly challenged under the suppression of the powerful Australian Kangaroos;
Due to strength, no matter how depressed the Japanese are, they must accept it, but if the same target of pressure is replaced by Chinese, they will only disagree;
The Chinese are hated, and the Chinese team is just a martial artist. How could they let them ride on their heads like this?
The goal of participating in the first Club World Cup in Kashima is very clear, which is to teach Yucheng Yuchai a lesson and return the various grievances and depressions he had suffered before to these Chinese people!
There is also a long-term consideration. As the champion of this year's AFC Champions League, Yucheng is unable to participate in next year's AFC Champions League despite the lack of league results;
But after all, they are the champions this year, the biggest dark horse in the history of the AFC Champions League, and their strength cannot be underestimated;
Kashima will compete in the AFC Champions League for the seventh next year. If they can defeat Tama City in the last encounter this year, such a hot topic will be said to be "fame-making" for them;
It can not only shock the Asian powerhouses, but also lay a good foundation for the AFC Champions League next season;
It can also enhance the confidence of players and the popularity of the team, which is really twice the result with half the effort.
In addition to overwhelming support from Japan, Kashima Antlers, which are determined to win, are also a strong guarantee of their super comprehensive strength.
Japanese football has a characteristic, that is, their excellent pass control will be a distinctive feature from the national team to teams at all levels;
This comes from their firm determination to learn Brazilian football for decades, and finally has fruitful results now.
The reason why Kashima Antlers have become the strongest people in Japanese football today is because they are like the culmination of Japanese football.
Japanese internationals such as Ogasawara Manoo, Nozawa Takuya, and Masashi Motoyama have ensured their pass control advantages in the midfield well;
In addition, Danilo, a Brazilian foreign aid, took over the midfield guidance of Japanese football, which became famous, has been exerted to the extreme.
Even the shortcoming of Japanese football in defense was directly improved by several levels because of tall and flexible defenders such as Iwamasaki, Toru Akaiba and Masahiko Ino;
The right-back Atsuto Uchida, who has a handsome face and outstanding strength, is only 20 years old, but he already has rich experience in major competitions and is a highly-watched rookie in Japan;
The main goalkeeper was once accurate and quick to react. As the famous "zero-shot king" in the J League this season, it was precisely because of his outstanding performance that Kashima, who had no worries, could defend the title of this year's league champion as he wished.
On the front line, with the existence of Markíos, the Brazilian magic striker, his strong scoring ability made Kashima go away early on the road to winning the championship.
What is particularly worth mentioning is that Kashima's coach, Brazilian Oliveira, is full of incredible experience.
Born in 1950, he only started his coaching career in 1999. In the second year, he led Corinthian to win the league championship and won the first Club World Cup championship at the end of the year;
What makes him even more amazing is that before going to Japan to coach, he left footprints in six domestic giants including Dagama, Fluminense, and Santos, and can be called the "reaper of record";
In his first season when he arrived in Japan in 2007, he led the team to win the double championship in the league and Emperor Cup;
While pushing Kashima antlers to the altar in one fell swoop, it also ushered in another peak moment of his own.
Once Oliveira, an authentic Brazilian, combined with Japanese football that advocates samba style, naturally gave birth to the extremely powerful Kashima antlers;
Kashima is so powerful that he is almost perfect, playing the most authentic Japanese samba football, and dares to say 3:0 before the game, which is a normal move.
Chapter completed!