Fox in the Penalty Area

After Mitsui Xiaozhi sent Junpei Morikawa to training, he drove back home. Before Hu Lai came back, he lived here temporarily, taking care of Junpei Morikawa's daily life, negotiating with the club, and helping Junpei Morikawa as soon as possible. Adapt to training and living in the UK.

As soon as he got home, he couldn't wait to turn on the TV to watch the Sino-Japanese war in the Asian Cup.

The Asian Cup is also an intercontinental event, and there will still be TV stations in the UK to broadcast it.

Of course, the TV station responsible for the broadcast is not a big TV station, and you need to pay to watch it.

After all, the proud British are not interested in low-level Asian competitions.

Even if there are players in the Premier League like Pu Chuntai and Hu Lai in this Asian Cup, not many people will watch it.

Probably the vast majority of those who pay to watch the Asian Cup are Asians in the UK, except for those crazy fans who watch all games around the world.

Takato Mitsui is one of them.

He is particularly concerned about today's Sino-Japanese war.

The start time of the game is 3 pm local time in the UK, which happens to conflict with the training time. So Morikawa Junpei can't see it, but he can.

He paid so much attention to this game, not only because he is a Japanese, watching his national team's game is only natural.

Also pay attention to the results of the game.

He hopes that the Japanese team can eliminate the Chinese team. Apart from being Japanese, the more important reason is naturally that the Chinese team is eliminated, and Hu Lai can return to Leeds in advance.

With the help of Hu Lai, I believe Junping will integrate into the new team faster and easier.

After all, Junpei Morikawa still can't speak English well.

His personality also makes it difficult for him to integrate into a completely unfamiliar environment.

And the reason why he was able to perform well in Flash Star has a lot to do with his encounter with Hu Lai in Flash Star. Hu Lai helped him quickly integrate into the team and solved many troublesome problems, so that he could devote himself to football.

At the same time, because Hu Lai brought Morikawa Junpei to live with a number of Flash Star players, and cultivated enough tacit understanding in life, after Morikawa played in the game, there was no barrier or strangeness with most of the Flash Star players.

It can be said,

When Hu Lai returns to Leeds, all the problems Morikawa Junpei encountered here will be resolved.

As soon as the live broadcast screen appeared on the TV, Takato Mitsui saw the goalkeeper Nobuo Nishiguchi soaring into the air, hitting the football with both fists.

At the same time, the British commentator also exclaimed: "Luo!! He shot from the penalty area line and almost caught the Japanese team by surprise! During this period, the Chinese team's offensive was very fierce, and the Japanese team could only shrink their defense. , looks precarious..."

Mitsui Takato thought he had heard wrong.

What do you mean by "the Chinese team's offensive is very fierce, and the Japanese team can only shrink their defense"?

Is it the other way around?

It should be that the Japanese team is aggressively attacking, and the Chinese team can only shrink their defense, which looks precarious!

It seemed that he could hear the complaints and doubts in Mitsui Takatoko's heart, and the TV screen showed simple statistics of the two teams at this time:

The possession rate of the Chinese team is 42%, and the Japanese team has an advantage of 58%.

This is normal. The football style of the Japanese team already emphasizes passing and control, so their ball possession rate in the game is basically higher than that of their opponents.

However, the Chinese team had six shots, three of which were within the goal frame.

The Japanese only had three hits within the frame... zero.

You only need to look at the shooting data to know that the British commentator is right, and the Chinese team's offensive is indeed stronger.

This confused Mitsui Takato very much, he even forgot to sit down, and stood in front of the TV, watching the live broadcast of the game on the screen.

He couldn't understand how the Chinese team could suppress the Japanese team on the scene.

This is not to look down on the Chinese team, but because he knows that the overall strength of the Japanese team is stronger.

Although the scoring ability of the Japanese team's striker may not be as good as that of China, relying on a strong midfielder, Japan's overall scoring ability is not weak. He also scored six goals in three group matches. This result is not bad. You must know that the South Korean team only scored four goals in three group matches...

Six goals is already the third most by any group stage team.

How could the overall stronger Japanese team be suppressed by the Chinese team in their own half?

With such doubts, Mitsui Takato read on.

It didn't take long for him to see the clues.

The Chinese team's offense is very fast, and it is simple and rude, that is, frequently attacking from the two sides, and then crossing from the side.

Use the speed of Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai to attack the Japanese team's defense.

Forcing Kawasaki Eiji and Kiyota Yoshitoki, the two full-backs with excellent offensive capabilities, could not go up to participate in the attack, and could only shrink back in the backcourt to deal with the Chinese team's side attack.

After learning about this, Mitsui Takato's frown relaxed.

On the contrary, he was not worried anymore, because he saw the hidden worry of the Chinese team in the situation where the fire was cooking and the flowers were flourishing - how could their physical fitness support them to keep going so fast?

Once they slow down, the two full-backs can no longer press and assist frequently, and our two full-backs Kawasaki Eiji and Kiyota Yoshitoki...wouldn't they be pressed back in turn? What's the point of such a play? So regardless of how well the Chinese team is attacking now, it will collapse sooner or later.

He glanced at the game time. It was 20 minutes when the game statistics were published just now, but now it is 24 minutes.

The offensive of the Chinese team should slow down, and their physical fitness will also reach the first hurdle...

But look at the Chinese team players in the game, their two full backs are still rushing forward.

For a while, there were only two central defenders and the goalkeeper behind the center line. They are not afraid of being intercepted by the Japanese team to fight back...

If you lose the ball, how can you get it back?

Takato Mitsui shook his head: The head coach of the Chinese team has lost his head!

"The Chinese team launched an attack again!"

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"The Chinese team launched an attack again! But in fact, we can seize the opportunity to play behind them..." The Japanese TV commentator advised the team.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Luo Kai making a cross from the right.

Japan's left back Eiji Kawasaki, who was defending him, jumped up to block Rokai's cross.

He didn't consider that this might be a fraud, because before the Chinese team made frequent crosses from the wing, it has almost become their fixed offensive routine.

Unexpectedly, Luo Kai suddenly changed his style of play this time. After Kawasaki Eiji jumped up, he used his right foot to dunk the football inside!

Just like that, Kawasaki Eiji was shaken away, and he rushed into the penalty area!

The Japanese team's left midfielder Yuda Tanabe, who received the rib, quickly came up to block and intercept.

This time Luo Kai sent a cross very cleanly and passed the ball with one foot on the ground!

Hu Lai ran towards the football, swung his foot and shot!

Kengo Yamagami, who had always been close to Hu Lai, stretched out his feet to block Hu Lai's shot, and also grabbed Hu Lai's shoulder with his hand, squeezing with his body to interfere with his physical stability when shooting.

His defense succeeded!

Affected by him, Hu Lai kicked a flaw when shooting, and the speed of the football running on the turf also slowed down.

This gave Nobuo Nishiguchi a chance, he fell to the ground and threw the football out with one hand!

"Beautifully..." The Japanese commentator had only halfway through the cheers, when another red figure appeared in front of the door!

"Chen Xingyi!" He Feng clenched his fists and roared.

When Chen Xingyi was running towards the football landing point, he was entangled with the Japanese team's right back Kiyota Yoshitoki.

Kiyota Yoshitoki put his hand on Chen Xingyi's shoulder and pulled him down forcefully. It's just that Chen Xingyi, who has been training in Europe for more than half a year, is no longer the thin winger he used to be. His core strength helped him resist Kiyota Yoshitoki's pull and try to maintain his balance!

When he ran to the football, he was finally pulled to the ground by Kiyota Yoshitoki, but he had already completed the shovel!

His right foot pokes the football into the goal!

No matter how fast Nobuo Nishiguchi reacted, it would be impossible to pounce back at this time. He could only watch the football roll into his goal...

"Eh!? Chen Xingyi! Hey!! Chen Xingyi!! Hahaha!" He Feng laughed and roared, "Chen Xingyi! The Chinese team scored the first goal! In the twenty-fifth minute, the Chinese team took the lead , lead by one goal!!"

The Chinese fans in the stadium jumped up from their respective positions, raising their arms and shouting.

Like a burning mountain fire!

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"Chen! The goal has been scored! The Chinese team leads the Japanese team 1-0! After continuous attacks, the Chinese team finally broke through the Japanese team's goal! Their indiscriminate bombing has paid off!"

The commentator on British TV is relatively calm. After all, he is just a neutral commentator and does not have any pre-set positions before the game. He simply turned up the volume for the goal to appear.

But Mitsui Takato in front of the TV stood there in a daze with his eyes wide open.

I can't believe that the goal appeared so easily, and I can't believe that it was the Chinese team who scored the first goal!

He suddenly realized that he had made a mistake.

Unknowingly, he was still looking at the Chinese team with old eyes, and subconsciously felt that only Hu Lai could pose a threat to the Japanese team.

But now it is different. Apart from Hu Lai, Chinese football also has many players who play in Europe.

The overall strength of the Chinese team has been greatly improved!

Chen Xingyi, who scored the goal, is already able to play at Athletic Amsterdam, so how could he be incompetent?

Needless to say, Luo Kai, although he played in the Netherlands second. But in the Dutch second league, he is a superstar.

The striker of the Chinese team composed of such three people may be the basis for their onslaught from the beginning of the game.

Because they believe that Hu Lai, Luo Kai, and Chen Xingyi will not let down their fast break with gritted teeth!

But I still foolishly thought that if the Chinese team continued to break fast, their physical fitness would collapse and they had to slow down. But they never considered this option at all, they knew they would definitely score and lead!

On the TV screen, Chen Xingyi, who scored the goal, got up from the ground and ran wildly to celebrate.

Beside him are Hu Lai, Luo Kai, Zhang Qinghuan, and Xia Xiaoyu...

Of course, these Chinese players playing in Europe cannot compare with Japanese football in terms of numbers, but their strength should not be underestimated.

Most importantly, they are still young.

They will be the future rivals of Japanese football!