Fox in the Penalty Area

Chapter 1747 Facts

"...The Japanese team eliminated Australia 3:2 in the Asian play-offs of the World Cup qualifiers and qualified for the final play-offs with Canada. Tatsuya Sugiyama, who scored a goal and assisted a goal in the game, was elected to the All- field best.

"Tatsuya Sugiyama, who played for Weissdorf, is not only the core of the team at the club, but also indispensable in the Japanese national team. In this play-off against Australia, he played his role as a mainstay. We It is no exaggeration to say that Japanese football has officially entered the era of Sugiyama Tatsuya...

"... Sugiyama Tatsuya who returned to the club will also face the test of the Champions League. Weissedov wants to qualify from the group. Sugiyama Tatsuya's performance is crucial. At the same time, this is also his first confrontation with Hu Lai in the club ..."

When Zhou Zijing passed by Junpei Morikawa, he caught a glimpse of his mobile phone screen and saw Tatsuya Sugiyama's photo on it, so he couldn't help but tease: "Oh, man of the hour."

Tatsuya Sugiyama beat Australia and helped the Japanese team reach the final round of the World Cup playoffs, Zhou Zijing naturally knew.

However, the Chinese team directly qualified to participate in the World Cup finals, so Zhou Zijing had a sense of superiority when he said this, with a sarcasm in his tone-he didn't like the Japanese very much.

Junpei Morikawa was an exception, mainly because Zhou Zijing basically regarded Junpei Morikawa, who spoke fluent Chinese, as a Chinese.

Junpei Morikawa explained: "It's the media's report on Sugiyama-kun."

Zhou Zijing joked again after hearing the words: "Are you reporting the heroes? Then you should also report and report on you. You are also a great hero of the Japanese team!"

"No need, I don't need..." Morikawa Junpei shook his head.

Zhou Zijing laughed—of course he knew that Morikawa Junpei didn't care about media reports, and the media rarely interviewed him because there was nothing worth digging about him.

Whether at club or national team, he rarely attends pre-match and post-match press conferences.

Hu Lai also has a love story with Li Qingqing, but in Morikawa Junpei, you can't find anything that has nothing to do with football.

He's a real pure football player.

Not "soccer star", but "soccer player".

"What are you talking about? About the world preliminaries?" Zhou Zijing asked after laughing.

"Not all, there is also the Champions League."

"Champions League?" Zhou Zijing was stunned for a moment, then remembered, "Oh, next week, Weissedov will fight pirates..."

"Exactly."

"Let me think about it... It seems that Weisedov hasn't won a ball yet? Isn't that because he stepped on the edge of a cliff?" Zhou Zijing confirmed with Morikawa Junping with his eyes.

Morikawa Junpei nodded:

"If you continue to lose, it will be really difficult to qualify from the group."

"Does Morikawa think Weissedov can win?"

Morikawa Junpei shook his head: "I don't know."

Zhou Zijing was a little surprised: "What else do you not know? Isn't this a sub-question? Can Weisserdorf really win? That's the home of the pirates..."

"Sugiyama-kun will definitely do his best in this game."

"That can't change anything..." Zhou Zijing shrugged and curled his lips. "They're not on the same level at all."

Morikawa Junpei was silent because he knew Zhou Zijing was right.

No matter how much Sugiyama Tatsuya attaches great importance to and looks forward to this game, it can't change the fact.

When he silently agreed with Zhou Zijing, he saw the latter pointing his thumb at himself and saying, "The only one who can defeat Hu Lai is me, Zhou Zijing!"

Junpei Morikawa opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by Zhou Zijing:

"Morikawa, have you forgotten our common goal!"

Junpei Morikawa closed his mouth that had just opened.

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Tatsuya Sugiyama had breakfast in the hotel restaurant, and his teammates chatted while eating.

Today's topic is last night's La Liga match.

In the eighth round of La Liga that ended last night, the Madrid Pirates defeated Sebastia 2-0 away.

Hu Lai, who just finished the national team game and returned to the club, started this game, played 70 minutes and scored twice.

No fatigue at all.

For Weissedov, this is not good news.

"Hu is in such a good state...he has scored seventy-six goals. If I remember correctly, he only scored seventy-six goals in the whole of last year, right?"

"Yeah, he should definitely be able to break Montiel's record this year..."

"When the national team played, Hu didn't actually play much, so it's normal to have such a performance... Do you know that the Chinese team came to Europe to play a warm-up match in order to let Hu rest..."

"Since it's for Hu's rest, why don't you just not recruit him into the national team?"

"Ha, don't you know how popular Hu is in China? If Dillon dares not to recruit Hu, then he will definitely be torn apart by Chinese fans..."

"Come on, it's not like he hasn't done this before... I remember that on the national team match day in September, Hu didn't seem to return to China..."

The discussion was very heated, but Tatsuya Sugiyama did not intend to participate in it, although his German level can fully guarantee that he can express his views fluently.

He just listened quietly.

Until someone sat on the dining chair opposite him with a cup of coffee.

"If there is anyone on our team who is most qualified to express opinions related to Hu, then I think there is no one but you. Why are you so silent, Sugiyama?"

The visitor said to Tatsuya Sugiyama.

"You are also qualified to express your opinion, Nico." Sugiyama Tatsuya said, "You fought against him in the Olympics."

"I only played against him once, and it was just a tasteless group match in the Olympics. I can feel that he has reservations..." Nico Straui shrugged, and then laughed, "I hope he I also have reservations in this game, ha!"

Sugiyama Tatsuya didn't laugh because he was very contradictory.

Like Nico Straui, from the team's point of view, he hopes that Hou Lai will not take this game too seriously.

This will greatly increase the chances of the team winning.

But deep down in his heart, he felt that if Hu Lai really had reservations, it meant that in the eyes of the other party, he was not an opponent who could arouse his interest at all...

This made Sugiyama Tatsuya a little disappointed.

I have been looking forward to the contest for so long, is it going to end hastily?

Seeing him like this, Strauy asked, "What?"

Sugiyama Tatsuya shook his head: "I don't know, Nico. I don't know whether I should hope that he has some reservations, or go all out. The former may win, but it shows that he looks down on us, and the latter at least shows that he thinks that we A worthy opponent."

"Hmm..." Strauy also took this question seriously.

After he frowned and thought for a while, he gave his choice:

"Then don't look down on us, I don't want him to do another 'turn of the century' on us... Ha!"

Hearing Straui's ridicule, Sugiyama Tatsuya smiled politely.

Really a polite smile, in fact he couldn't smile at all.

If he's an average player, he doesn't mind joking with Strauy right now.

But he is not.

He should have become the representative figure of Asian football after Park Chuntai...

Thinking back to when I was sixteen years old, I had already attracted the attention of the whole of Asia. Where was Hu Lai at that time?

He had never heard the name before...

Later, after meeting for the first time in the East Asian Cup, Hu Lai quickly became Sugiyama Tatsuya's strong opponent with a rocket-like speed. When Sugiyama Tatsuya thought about it, he regarded Hu Lai, a fledgling boy, as his strong enemy, which was considered very important. him.

I didn't look down on this opponent, I didn't underestimate the enemy with pride, and I didn't relax my demands on myself, but why... I was still left behind by him a little bit?

The media and fans are talking about who is stronger, Hu Lai, Meli, or Kabangka.

I don't seem to be qualified to be his opponent anymore

The fact seems to be the same, we even have to "pray" Hu Lai to raise his hand...

He and I are indeed not on the same level anymore.

He can score ninety-five goals in a season, and he can score twenty-three goals in a single season in the Champions League. He helped the Pirates win the first "Triple Crown" in Spanish football history...

No matter which one of these achievements it is, I can't do it myself.

Can…

Sugiyama Tatsuya just felt that there was an idea in his heart that he couldn't let go~www.novelmt.com~It was unreasonable.

It was as if a voice was always whispering to him in his ear:

Give up, admit defeat, you are indeed not as good as him...

Sugiyama Tatsuya admitted that the voice was right, but he just felt uncomfortable.

Especially in the World Cup qualifiers, the two sides played against him for the first time and lost to him at home. In the second match, Hu Lai was not recalled to the national team at all.

I am facing a Chinese team without Hu Lai.

Even so, he still didn't win!

It seems to prove the fact that I am indeed not worthy of being Hu Lai's opponent...

Sugiyama Tatsuya realized that the reason why he was so uncomfortable was not because he was inferior to Hu Lai.

But because it is the truth.

He is not as good as Hu Lai, it is a fact.

Irrefutable facts, universally accepted facts.

This fact is like a sharp knife, stabbing hard into his heart, and turning it again.

(end of this chapter)