Step by Step to Win

　　The battle with the Fukuoka Hornets ended with a score of 1-0. In the third round, Liu Jingda defeated the Fukuoka Hornets, a team higher than his own, and successfully entered the fourth round.

　　 Unexpected sneak attack goals, coupled with boring opponents, this way of victory is not beautiful. But the team can win, be able to beat the J2 level team, it is enough to make the players very happy. Especially in this game, although there were few goals, the cooperation of Gao Shunyao, Frank, and BC was commendable. This also made all three people pay attention after the game.

Compared with Kazuya Yamamura, who successfully led the team to organize the defensive system in the backcourt, the trio who can break through the gates of the J2 team in the frontcourt is more valued, defeating the J2 team, gaining attention and the JFL league. It's different, and they can be regarded as successful now.

　　 "Even if we were bored with the audience, we still won the game anyway. And our players also got attention. What's not enough about this?"

　　 After the game, Nakano Yuji was also quite satisfied, and did not take his ugly style of play into heart. Although the difference between JFL and J2 league is only one level, this is after all the difference between professional and amateur. The strength of professional teams is much better than that of amateur teams. This is something everyone has to admit. A low-level team that can beat a high-level team is always noticeable. This time in the third round of the Emperor's Cup, all the second-round winners except Matsumoto Yamaya won by penalty kick. Apart from his opponent Shonan Bima, only the University of Circulation Economics won a game. The other 14 teams that advanced were all eliminated in this round.

　　 It is precisely because of the large gap that this promotion is particularly commendable.

　　 "After this promotion, I am afraid that the whole of Japan will know our strength."

　　 In the locker room, players are celebrating the team's upset defeat of the Fukuoka Hornets in the J2 League. After this game they once again became a team that the whole of Japan noticed. It's just this result that makes the players a little worried that they will be noticed by their opponents in the next round.

　　 "What are you afraid of? Our next round opponent should be a J1 team. At this level, it is not easy for us to win. If it can really attract the attention of a J1 team, it is worth it."

　　 Higa Yusuke saw this very openly. After all, the J1 level is a team two levels higher than them. It may not be important to the J1 level to expose the reality or not.

　　 After all, the stronger the team, the less likely it is to defeat the strong with the weak. In the third round, the J2 team lost only two teams. The strength gap is quite obvious. When it comes to the opponents at the J1 level, even if the strength gap is greater, the small tricks may not be easy to use.

It’s just that, as the players said, it’s not easy to be able to reach the fourth round. If they can still enter the J1 team’s perspective, let them mention their players’ names when preparing for the game. For the big players, there is nothing left to be satisfied.

　　 I am a leapfrog challenge, and the psychological pressure is not on my side. Therefore, after the battle with the Fukuoka Hornets, they are also quite easy to prepare for the next round.

　　 This kind of emotion lasted for a long time, until the result of the fourth round of the draw came out, and when Yuji Nakano walked into the locker room with the result of the fourth round of the draw, things changed.

　　 "Coach, who is our opponent in the fourth round? How lucky did we draw Sapporo Gonzal? Or is our opponent not weak?"

　　 When I saw the coach, the players were still joking. But soon they found out that the coach's face didn't seem to be very good. Everyone converged a bit and stopped joking, and Yamamura Kazuya also said at this time, "Coach, who is our opponent? Isn't it really Kashima Antlers?"

　　 Kashima Antlers was the J-League champion last year and is now the leading team. If nothing else, they will also be the league champions this season, arguably the strongest team in the J League. Before the game, when the players joked, they always expressed their hope that they would not encounter antlers. "It's worse than that. Our opponent in the fourth round is..." Yuji Nakano could only smile bitterly at Yamamura Kazuya's question, "Gamba Osaka."

　　 Nakano Yuji read out his opponent's name, and this name also made the players in front of him stop talking.

　　 The cheers and laughter just now seemed to disappear in an instant. No one thought that their opponent in the Emperor's Cup would turn out to be a strong enemy like Gamba Osaka.

　　 Everyone knows that even in the J1 league at the same level, the strength of the teams is quite different. Kashima, who is firmly in front of the hegemon in the league, and Consadole Sapporo, the relegation pioneer Sapporo, who has not won a game since the 14th round in the league, are certainly not the same level of team. Even among the top teams in the league, Gamba Osaka is definitely one of the toughest opponents.

　　 Not to mention the strength of this team, it also has enough morale and need to win.

The name of this team is Gamba, which means foot in Italian, so they are also known as Osaka Hiking-Japanese teams like to use Italian or Portuguese to name their teams. Many teams This is the case, and Gamba is no exception. Although this team did not have the outstanding results of Kashima Antlers and Iwata in the league, they have been performing very well in the past few years.

　　 The 2005 League Championship, the League Cup runner-up, the 2006 Emperor's Cup runner-up, the Super Cup runner-up, the 2007 League Cup champion, and the Super Cup champion. In the past few years, they have not broken the championship.

　　 This team has always been well-known for several things: First, they are known as Asian Inter Milan, because they wear blue and black sword striped shirts that are similar in style to Inter Milan. Second, their strength is impressive. They have Endo Yasuhito, who is known as Asia’s No. 1 midfielder, J-League top striker, has been selected for the Brazilian national team, Lucas and other foreign aids worth nearly 20 million U.S. dollars, and Canada. Liang, Yasuda Polytechnic University and a group of good international players, as far as they are strong enough to compete with Urawa Ruby, Kashima Antlers and other teams, they are definitely the first group of the Japanese J-League. Thirdly, this team has a beautiful offense like mercury, but the defense is mediocre. A team that mimics Inter Milan has not learned to defend and played offense without a teacher. I don’t know what they are doing. Thought.

　　The defense is not outstanding, which makes it difficult for this team to win in the long-distance running of the league. However, the good offense does give this team quite excellent cup results. Among the Japanese teams in recent years, Kashima Antlers is absolutely unmatched if it says the league results: their all-around style of play is enough to ensure that they play hard against technical teams and against physical teams. The need for technology. If the foreign war results, Urawa Ruby's excellent body guarantees their adequate level, and if the cup results, then Gamba is definitely the best.

　　 This team likes to determine the outcome, rather than fighting against others for the entire season.

And this year, their league and cup results are similar to those of previous years: their league results do not seem to be very good, but they are still in the seventh or eighth place after the 30th round of the league. It is estimated that 34 rounds of technology, they want to kill There is no hope for getting into the top three. This result can be said to be terrible. But on the other hand, they did very well in the AFC Champions League. They successfully reached the AFC Champions League final, making the Japanese J-League team have a team to the final for two consecutive years. The opponent they face is the AFC Champions League, the Australian team Adelaide United. In terms of strength, people are generally optimistic about Gamba Osaka, and if they win, it means that after last year's Urawa Ruby, this year's AFC has fallen to Japan.

　　 This also explains why they are so bad in the league: for the AFC, they have to do their best now.

The Japanese have played in the AFC in the past two years. Last year's Urawa Ruby, in order to win the AFC Champions League, it can be said that they have paid a lot. After the 29th round last year, they also led the second place Gamba Osaka. 6 points, third place Kashima Antlers 10 points. In order to prepare for the AFC Champions League, coupled with an injury to their back midfielder, they had three draws and two losses in the last five rounds. They abruptly gave up a winning league title to a nine-game winning streak at the last minute, forcibly going from behind by ten points to leading by two points. Kashima Antlers. And with this example in front, this year's Gamba Osaka also made great strides in the AFC, leaving the league behind and regardless.

　　 The AFC Champions League final has not arrived yet ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ They also ushered in the Japanese Emperor's Cup. As the J1 level, they only started playing the Emperor's Cup in the fourth round. This is their first Emperor's Cup game this year. But it is really unfortunate to say that Liu Jingda is facing this year, which is called the strongest team in Asia this year.

Even more unfortunately, their game was on November 16th-that is to say, after Gamba Osaka played Adelaide United on November 5th and 12th, after playing the finals and removing the burden. , Gamba Osaka will come back to deal with the University of Circulation Economics. It is impossible to expect them to be distracted due to the AFC Champions League. Similarly, Gamba Osaka, who has abandoned the league for the AFC Champions League, will not care about his league performance.

　　 What they have to face is a single-line team.

　　 And the most unfortunate thing is that it is almost impossible for Gamba Osaka to get the top three in the league this season. There is no defending champion in the AFC Champions League. They can participate in the next season. They are more domineering than the Champions League: even if they are AFC Champions, they are not allowed to participate if they are not qualified. Jeonbuk Motors won the AFC Champions League in 2006, but they can play in the K League. If you have poor results here, you will not be able to reach the AFC Champions League.

　　 Therefore, for Gamba, Japan’s top three of the four AFC Champions League places have missed them. In order to play the AFC Champions League next season, they can only grab this place in the Emperor's Cup. If they do not get this place, they are likely to miss the AFC Champions League as the AFC Champions. That is definitely a shame for the team, and Gamba will definitely not want it.

　　 A top Asian team with outstanding strength, good at cup matches, single-line combat, and determined to win-this is the opponent that now flows through the big face.