Step by Step to Win

The match between 　　 and the Nagoya Whales had ended the first round on September 2nd. Then, on September 6th, the second round of competition was launched. Back at home in Tokyo, relying on the landlord's advantage and owning an away goal advantage, they also calmed down a lot. In this round, they also focused on defense and no longer thought about winning and chasing.

　　 Their choice was quite correct. In the second round of the match, the Nagoya Whales did shock them in a cold sweat. In the game, Whale Eight's high center forward Joshua Kennedy played much better than the previous one.

In the J-League, the Australian international, who played less than ten games in total, did not cooperate well with his teammates. His tactics were a bit out of tune with the Nagoya Whales and couldn’t integrate into the offensive system. For this reason, even Forcing the team to counterattack defensively. But even so, once this player bursts out, it is still very terrifying.

　　 in this round of competition. He exerted incredible dominance. Tokyo’s defenders are not weak. Yasuyuki Konano is the team’s Japanese backup center back, and Bruno is a Brazilian defender with strong confrontation ability. However, the two of them are simply unable to stop this powerful guy, Bruno’s 32-year-old. With his age, and his height of over 1.84 meters, he looked extremely physical in front of his opponents of 1.94 meters. Kennedy forcibly penetrated Tokyo's defenses time and time again. Despite lack of support, he eventually scored a goal for Nagoya Whales.

　　 Fortunately, there was a slight improvement in the Tokyo offensive at home. They also did not turn in a goal due to a counter-attack scored by Kabore. Tokyo was fortunate enough to defeat the Nagoya Whales with a score of 1-0, 1-1 at home, and 2-1 to advance to the final.

Just after the game, Tokyo couldn’t help feeling palpitations: Kennedy is indeed a strong player, which is because he just transferred in the summer and does not work well with Nagoya. It does not match the tactical system, which makes Nagoya. Had to choose defensive counterattack tactics to confront Tokyo. If given time for him to integrate into Nagoya, it would be an unimaginable nightmare for Tokyo.

　　 Fortunately, Tokyo didn't let that happen.

　　 reached the finals of the cup. For Tokyo, it is definitely a great thing to celebrate, but for others, this is not necessarily true. Even if Tokyo is the winner, the media will focus on Kennedy after the game. Joshua Kennedy's outstanding performance in the game against Tokyo made people realize that this forward may be a new terrorist threat to the J League. In addition to the forwards such as Lucas and Kabore, it seems that another powerful striker has parachuted into the J-League, and this time, his team is the Nagoya Whales.

　　 Now Whale Eight already has Narazaki Masatsu and Yoshida Maya, plus a Kennedy, they find a better foreign midfielder, it is enough to make their team into the ranks of the championship level. This signing can be regarded as a major event that changed the league pattern. The arrival of Kennedy means that next season, the competition in the league will be more intense.

　　 It's just a pity that he still lost to Tokyo. At least this year, Nagoya has nothing to do with the championship. Otherwise, a powerful striker turns out to win a championship directly for Nagoya. Such an airborne can be considered dramatic.

For a while, the media was discussing his affairs, and another high center forward was also mentioned: Gao Shunyao, who also scored an away goal in this semifinal, was also compared with Kennedy. .

　　 There are many high center players in the J-League, Kennedy is one, and Haffner and Toyota Hinata are also typical high center players. For leagues like the J-League where physical fitness is generally insufficient, having a strong player in the front is more conducive to the stability of their passing and control tactics. Everyone understands this truth. People also care about which of these centers is best to use.

　　 In this high center confrontation, Kennedy played better than Gao Shunyao, but Gao Shunyao won the game. This also raises a question: Which high center forward is the strongest in Japan?

"Although Joshua Kennedy has only played less than ten games, his absolute strength is enough to explain his ability. What he lacks is the running-in with his teammates, and he has not yet been able to integrate with his teammates. It was the biggest reason he lost to Tokyo."

　　 In the analysis of the media, it is generally believed that Kennedy is superior in strength. With such an evaluation, even Gao Shunyao was convinced: Australian international players do have their own uniqueness. Compared with Asian players, Australians have a lot of physical confrontation capabilities. Gao Shunyao relying on his physical advantage to bully the Japanese international is not a problem, but compared to Kennedy, he still knows his shortcomings.

　　 However, if compared with other players, Gao Shunyao has nothing to fear. For example, when the media now compares him with Toyota Hinata in Kyoto, Gao Shunyao doesn't like him that much.

　　 If only talking about pure dribbling skills, the Japanese Drogba is actually better than Gao Shunyao-after all, he is a player who grew up under the Japanese league system, and his technical level is still guaranteed. But when it comes to overall strength, he doesn't have that many advantages compared with Gao Shunyao. Because the physical gap between him and Gao Shunyao is a bit big.

　　 The difference is not just that he is 4 cm shorter and 8 kg lighter than Gao Shunyao. To a large extent, he is inferior to Gao Shunyao in any aspect. Jumping, speed, agility, coordination, balance, flexibility, physical strength and reaction speed to the game, he is all a bit short.

　　 These gaps, in any one aspect alone, are insignificant. But if you look at it all together, there is a big gap. Gao Shunyao's skills should be considered the roughest kind of person in the J-League. However, relying on his physical advantages and increasing awareness of running positions, Gao Shunyao plays better, while Toyota's overall strength is much worse.

　　 After all, technology and consciousness can be improved, and once the physical condition is finalized, it will be difficult to improve. Relying on his physical condition, Gao Shunyao is also enough to guarantee that even if he is not as good as those foreign players in Europe and America, he is not afraid of any player in Asia.

　　 Moreover, this is not his greatest strength. The most important thing is that Gao Shunyao is willing to sacrifice for the team.

　　 High center forwards on the court have many meanings. Some high center forwards are used to destroy the city and fight fortresses. They exist on the court to break through the opponent's gate with their own deterrence. And some high center forwards play more of a pivotal role. What they need to do is to cooperate with their teammates and help their teammates kill the Quartet. Sometimes, better players may not be able to lead better offenses, and appropriate sacrifices must exist.

　　 The most obvious example is England: Irving is a good striker, and Shearer is also a good forward, but Owen and Shearer’s partner has never been a spark. But in Liverpool, Irving is next to Husky, and their combination is much easier. This is not because Husky is better than Shearer, but because Husky knows how to sacrifice.

　　 Serve more for teammates, help teammates score goals, and help teammates play better. Only by doing this can you be considered a good player.

　　 Gao Shunyao did this, so he was able to help Tokyo and reach the League Cup final. And Tokyo's performance has also increased his worth. The J-League teams now recognize his talents and give him more recognition.

　　 This is how players and teams achieve each other. Players like Gao Shunyao can only highlight their significance when placed in the collective.

　　People pursue Kennedy, it's someone else's business. The finals are just around the corner, and Tokyo doesn't bother to care about them. In fact, even if they lost to Gamba Osaka in the next league, they didn't bother to pay attention. Being able to enter the League Cup final means that they will be likely to win the first championship since the establishment of the Tokyo Football Team. In the face of such things, losing to Gamba is not a big deal.

　　 Moreover, even if they lose this game, Tokyo's pressure is not great: after losing the game against Gamba, they basically have no strong opponents in the league games. Except for Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Kawasaki forward and Nagoya Whales, other opponents, they are not very afraid. So far, Tokyo has only lost seven games in the league. If the remaining games play well, although it is difficult to win the championship, if you just want to get the top four, the problem is still not big.

　　 Of course, what needs to be careful at this time is to capsize in the gutter and lose to the underdogs. For example, in the first half of the season, they accidentally lost to the game of Chiba Ichihara, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is a typical failure of Jingzhou. But now Tokyo is not the time when Hirayama was still playing the main force in the first half of the season. Such a loss is not so easy to happen.

　　 In the next game, facing Chiba Ichihara, Tokyo easily won the game. Opponents are already at the bottom, and the strength of the top three contenders in leagues like Tokyo is very different. Moreover, Tokyo still remembers the depression of losing to them in the first half of the season. This game is also open for revenge.

　　 Unlucky Chiba Ichihara, because of the three-pointer against Tokyo in the first half of the season, this game suffered a bloodbath. Kabore two goals, Gao Shunyao one goal, Ishikawa Naohiro scored a penalty goal, a total of four goals, Tokyo used a 4-0 game to prove their strength, but also washed away the shame of losing to the opponent. .

　　 Another victory, Tokyo is moving steadily towards the top three goals in the league. However, no one thought that an accident prevented them from winning streak.

　　Tokyo did not win the match against Hiroshima Sanfrecce-in the first half of the season, facing this team, Tokyo replaced Gao Shunyao, making them reverse the game and win Hiroshima. But this time, things changed.

　　 This time, Tokyo scored the goal first, but then it was Tokyo's midfielder Yohei Kayama who retired from the game. His injury disrupted Tokyo's deployment and made Tokyo only a draw in this game.

And the draw was not the worst news that Tokyo had received: after the game, a worse news came to them: Kajiyama Yohei was injured very seriously, his muscle was strained, and he needed to be injured for four weeks - that is to say, the whole He basically couldn't participate in the October game.