Fox in the Penalty Area

On the TV screen, Tan Yunlong grabbed a header near the penalty spot and scored.

The football went over the crossbar.

The video ends here.

Japan national team head coach Marcos da Silva Carlisle pointed to the screen and said to the Japanese national team players sitting in front of him: "The above are all the offenses of the Chinese team in this game. In this game, Hu Lai scored a goal, Zhou Zijing scored a goal, and the Chinese team scored a total of two goals. We can see that their offensive is very fierce and they have the advantage. Their midfield and frontcourt are very strong, so they face Against Syria, which is far inferior in strength, they were able to blast out 22 shots in the entire game."

The translator beside him, after he finished speaking, translated the passage into Japanese and told it to the Japanese players.

Although he has been coaching in Japan for several years, Carlisle still has not learned to speak Japanese. Of course, it is also possible that he does not want to learn at all——

It is indeed difficult for an old man in his sixties to learn a language again.

"In next Monday's game against the Chinese team, we must make full use of our overall advantage to contain them. Although they have star players like Hu Lai, the strongest point of the Chinese team is their midfielder. Zhang Qinghuan and Xia Xiaoyu are their double Playmaker. If you want to reduce the Chinese team’s offensive threat, you must contain their midfielder..."

The players of the Japanese national team sat upright in their chairs one by one, listening carefully to the coach's translated speech.

It can be seen from their attitudes that the gray-haired Carlisle has a high status in the hearts of these Japanese players.

Carlisle also deserves the respect of Japanese players.

As a famous Brazilian coach, he once led two teams in Brazil to win the Brazilian domestic league championship, and one of them also won the Copa Libertadores. In addition, he led the Brazilian national team to third place in the World Cup in 2010.

After the World Cup, he came to Europe to coach. While coaching in Europe, he led Sevilla Navigators to win the Europa League, and then went to the Premier League to lead London Bridge to win the league championship.

Later, he moved to Japan and coached Japan's giant Osaka Victory, winning two Japan League 1 championships and an AFC Champions League championship.

The Japanese national team, which aimed to defend its Asian Cup title last year, was eliminated by the Chinese team in the top 16.

That defeat put Japan national team coach Hiroto Motegi under tremendous pressure.

Then in the top 40, the Japanese team performed poorly. They lost to North Korea in the first round of the top 40 at their home court, and in the second round they played away from home 1:1.

Draw with Uzbekistan. Although there was a double defeat of Tajikistan with a total of 12 goals in two rounds, they still did not take advantage in the dialogue with North Korea and Uzbekistan. They only defeated North Korea 1:0 in the away game and lost 0:1 at home. Uzbekistan.

For a time, the Japanese team's qualification for the top 12 was in jeopardy.

Domestic public opinion was furious, and Japanese fans complained.

In the end, the Japan Football Association made a decision to fire Hiroto Motegi.

Carlisle, who had achieved great success in coaching in Japan, became the head coach of the Japanese national team.

With such a rich and glorious resume, Carlisle's prestige in the Japanese national team's locker room is undeniable.

Carlisle, who is 68 years old this year, said when he just took over the Japanese national team that this would be his last time coaching the national team. In other words, the Japanese national team will be the final chapter of his national team coaching career.

His goal is not only to lead the Japanese national team to the World Cup finals, but also to create glory for Japanese football and Asian football in the World Cup.

As soon as Carlisle took office, he completely strengthened Tatsuya Sugiyama and established him as the new organizational core of the Japanese national team's midfield.

Originally, the core midfielder of the Japanese national team was Masao Yonezawa of Royal Carter, and he could only serve as a substitute for Tatsuya Sugiyama.

The original head coach Motegi Hiroto swung back and forth between Masao Yonezawa and Tatsuya Sugiyama, which also caused the entire team's offensive inability to perform poorly. In the games they lost to North Korea and Uzbekistan, the Japanese team was: Those who lose will not lose as long as they can score a goal, but they just can't score.

In addition to Sugiyama Tatsuya being reused by the new coach, Morikawa Junpei is also reused.

Although Morikawa Junpei has been entrusted with important tasks at the end of Motegi's coaching.

But Carlisle's use of Junpei Morikawa is different from the rigid Hiroto Motegi.

Carlisle asked him to cover and protect the entire midfield. He did not set a specific position for him, but asked him to go where he needed to go. Take full advantage of Junpei Morikawa's hard work and excellent physical fitness.

In order to take advantage of this characteristic of Morikawa Junpei and prevent the Japanese team's midfield from getting into chaos, Carlisle arranged a midfield partner for Morikawa Junpei, Tsunodao, who has a balanced offense and defense.

The Japanese international is not a player studying abroad, but plays for Osaka Victory in Japan. Carlisle had been his head coach.

With him around, Morikawa Junpei doesn't have to worry even if he occasionally loses his position. Not to mention that Tsunodao can also help Sugiyama Tatsuya link up the midfield and backcourt. He is a very useful all-rounder.

After some adjustments by Carlisle, the Japanese team changed from the original 442 to 451. The original absolute main players Masao Yonezawa and Kazuya Kudo sat on the bench.

With such adjustments, the Japanese team finally qualified for the top 12 as the second among the four best groups. avoid self

1 The humiliating result of missing out on the World Cup for the first time since the World Cup.

※※The tactical meeting has ended, and the Japanese team's international players returned to their rooms in groups, preparing to rest and recharge for the next day's training.

Tatsuya Sugiyama and Junpei Morikawa walk side by side. These two have changed from the fringe main players of the national team in the past to the indispensable main core. They have also been fully trained in European football.

After ending his two-season loan career, Sugiyama Tatsuya returned to Blue and White Munich, but did not choose to stay, but transferred and left.

Went to Vesseldorf, which just happened to lose organizational midfielder Vukovich. There, Tatsuya Sugiyama, who was already very familiar with the Bundesliga, quickly took over the midfielder space left by Vukovic and became Vesseldorf's main force. And he got his wish and reached the Champions League.

Not to mention Junpei Morikawa, he is an unshakable and absolute main force in Leeds City. He cooperates with Peter Williams and Jay Adams tacitly and is already known as the "Leeds City Iron Triangle".

After losing Hulay and Kamara successively, the three of them are the indestructible "foundation" of Leeds City.

So in fact, not only the golden generation of Chinese football represented by Hu Lai has begun to shine in Europe, but the younger generation of Japanese football has also taken over the baton from their predecessors in Europe and gradually entered the mainstream stage.

Relatively speaking, among the top three in East Asia, only the younger generation in South Korea have slightly stretched hips.

Their representative Park Guixian is also in Europe, but not in the five major leagues. Whether it is the strength of the team or personal performance, it is far behind the talents of China and Japan.

Perhaps Park Soon-tae, who came out of nowhere before, shines too brightly - after all, he is an outstanding person who can make it to the final ten candidates for the European Golden Globe Award and ranks seventh. Before Hu Lai, he was the pinnacle of Asian football - he must have used up all the luck of Korean football...

Of course, now it is the turn of the Korean fans to complain, "Hu Lai has used up the luck of Chinese football for the next 100 years by winning the Bronze Ball Award!"

"Junpei, I have to leave it to you for the match against the Chinese team." Tatsuya Sugiyama said to Junpei Morikawa as he walked towards his room.

In the tactical meeting just now, Junpei Morikawa was once again entrusted with the important task. He will be responsible for freezing the Chinese team’s midfield playmaker Zhang Qinghuan during the game. According to the tactics of the head coach Mr. Carlisle, although the Japanese team is playing at home, they want to defeat the current morale The Chinese team, which is booming, is crucial to the battle for control of the midfield.

Then Junpei Morikawa is an important figure in solid defense.

Morikawa Junpei responded to Sugiyama Tatsuya's request with a very neutral expression: "Don't worry, Sugiyama-kun. I will go through fire and water and do my best!"

Even though Tatsuya Sugiyama was already very familiar with Junpei Morikawa, he still couldn't stand the boy's chuuniu aura, which was too strong.

He waved his hand and said half-jokingly: "Just play normally. If you say that, I'm afraid you'll die on the court..."

But Junpei Morikawa nodded with a serious face and said: "If you want to defeat the Chinese team with Hulesan, you really have to have the consciousness to die on the court!"

Sugiyama Tatsuya didn't know what to say for a moment.

In the end, he could only grin: "Okay... ok..."

Then he said goodbye to Morikawa Junpei at the door of his room.

He ducked in, quickly closed the door, and then breathed a sigh of relief—getting along with Chunping was really a stressful thing...

Junpei Morikawa outside the door didn't know and didn't care what Tatsuya Sugiyama thought of him. He took out his mobile phone and walked to his room while opening the WeChat group. After finding Zhang Qinghuan in it, he chatted with him privately:

"Brother Huan, our head coach Mr. Carlisle asked me to guard you in this game. Although I am very grateful to Brother Huan for taking care of me during the flash star,

But I will still give my best in the competition, and I will ask Brother Huan for your guidance when the time comes! "

Not long after he sent it, he received a reply from Zhang Qinghuan, still in voice:

"Why are you so polite, kid? Everyone is his own master. When the time comes, let's all rely on our abilities and fight till the end, ha!"

Hearing Brother Huan's voice from the receiver of his mobile phone, Junpei Morikawa had a smile on his face.

This is the game he has been looking forward to for a long time, and he will definitely not let down his waiting and hard work for so many years!

Hulesan, we are finally going to be rivals again!

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