stadium assassin

Chapter 109

The Emperor's Cup is a football tournament held in Japan since 1921.This tournament is the largest football tournament in Japan, with 1 clubs participating from all participating teams in the JFL, the No. Cup.

Sponsors include: Japan Football Association, Japan Professional League (J-League), co-organizers, NHK, Kyodo News Agency, supervisors, prefectural football associations
Competition system: Each round will be decided by one game. If there is a tie within 90 minutes of legal time, an extra 30 minutes will be required to decide the victory.If overtime still can't tell the difference, then shoot each other penalty kicks, but starting from next year. Teams from the J1 and J2 leagues will start participating from the top 64.

Only entering the top 32 is considered to enter the semi-finals. The reason for saying this is because more and more Japanese teams are participating in this competition.

Although there are only [-] places, it includes all amateur teams in Japan.There are countless teams vying for each spot.

The reason why all amateur teams can work so hard is because after entering the semi-finals, there will be TV broadcasts.

This is related to the main income of Japanese clubs. It does not rely on membership fees like the Premier League and La Liga, but TV broadcast fees. This is the most important part of the income of Japanese professional football clubs.

And every year the Emperor's Cup will be broadcast live or broadcast by many TV stations starting from the top 32, and part of the money here will be directly given to the teams in the competition.

Even if you are an amateur team, if you reach the top 32, you can get more than 32 million yen for the top 200 alone. So it is not fixed, because it depends on the viewing rate of the game, and the income of both sides in each quarter-finals game is different.

This is the case in the semi-finals and semi-finals. This is the best place to become famous with one goal, and it is also the information of professional teams to dig out players.

Even if you are a professional team, you may not be able to advance smoothly. This has something to do with the professional team's arrangements on the day and the unexpected opponents. Therefore, the Emperor's Cup match is the most unexpected. Many J1 professional teams will have a second chance .

Therefore, the Emperor's Cup attracts a lot of attention, especially when everyone likes to see some amateurs or J2 beat J1 teams.

The Emperor's Cup is also a hotbed of unpopularity. Anything can happen here, and there are even precedents for colleges and league champions to beat J2 games.

Especially when the two sides compete at the same level, it is even more eye-catching.

Just like today's Tokyo Green against FC Gifu, FC Gifu's performance in the past two years has not been very good, ranking 21st last season, and there is no J3 in this period, but this ranking directly led to their low income in two seasons.

This season, the team has learned from the pain and made major reforms. First of all, the former Japanese national team was invited as the new team leader, who is also a foreign coach.

The second is a major change in the lineup. Even the midfielder Kazuki, who scored 10 league goals last season, was not retained.

However, similar to Tokyo Green, the main problem of the team is the serious ageing. The team has the former famous Japanese national team three players and the goalkeeper Kawanotake is already 35 or 36 years old. Therefore, the team has promoted a lot from the reserve team. Young people, but their immediate combat effectiveness is obviously insufficient. This Emperor's Cup is a training session.

The same is true for Tokyo Green. After seven days, they still have a league game. In addition to the high consumption of the main force and the injury of captain Ryotsu, Wenger hopes to find a substitute player in this Emperor's Cup.

It can be seen from the configuration that the three forwards, including Wang Qi, are all substitutes. Like Shinji Kagawa, Pu Chengcheng did not participate.

After the start of the game, it was very hot. This is Wang Qi's first appearance, and he is very active. However, even if he has a few opportunities, his teammates still like to attack alone.

After all, in their eyes, this Emperor's Cup is a training session, a selection match. Although this champion can participate in the AFC Champions League next year, the problem is that the players here are all eager to play and can replace the main players.

Another thing that makes Wang Qi feel very uncomfortable is the Japanese referee's protection of players. When Wang Qi broke into the midfield, the ball under his feet was instantly thrown by Wang Qi.

The opponent also came up to intercept. It was obvious that he was holding the ball, but the referee still blew his whistle.

What made Wang Qi even more speechless was that he cleanly tackled the ball at the opponent's feet, but the referee still blew it. The reason was that the opponent's player fell down and his spikes were too high.

That's fine, Wang Qi really can't stand the Japanese Football Association's protection of technical players.

Don't they know that although this kind of game looks good, once they encounter fierce confrontation, they will suffer a lot.

In the first half, Wang Qi had only one chance, and that was a corner kick. His player missed it and was pushed by the opponent's player.

But because it was too fast, and there was spin on the ball, the ball was pushed in another direction.

At this time, Wang Qi appeared there and headed the ball suddenly, but Wang Qi's luck was not very good, and it happened to go towards the goalkeeper.

In the end, the ball was confiscated by the goalkeeper, and the first half ended like this.

In the second half, Wang Qi could clearly feel that the opponent strengthened his offense, as if he had figured out the strength of Tokyo Green in the first half.

The midfielder steals and then passes the ball to the forward. Under the siege of the three defenders of Tokyo Green, the forward passes the ball to the teammate who inserted later, forming a one-on-one in an instant.

1:0
The goal was scored cleanly, which disappointed the players of Tokyo Green, and they couldn't even play well.

This made Wang Qi very anxious. In the end, Wang Qi had to go back to the midfield to get the ball. With his extraordinary skills, Wang Qi started to attack after getting the ball.

It's just that every time Wang Qi fell down, the referee's whistle would blow, wasting Wang Qi's chance to spread the word.

Finally, at the 89th minute, there was a header fight in front of the goal, both sides earned the ball, but the ball floated to the right side of the goal, where there was no one.

Wang Qi predicted the landing point of the ball in advance, and suddenly appeared in an instant, facing the football that had not yet landed, and chased it head-on.

1:1
Knowing this time, the commentator on the scene was surprised to find that the player who scored the goal was actually the best player in the Dutch World Youth Cup.

Compared with the media conference a while ago, although Wang Qi's appearance this time successfully scored a goal, he didn't have that kind of focus.

In the final analysis, it is because they all think that the best player of the World Youth Team is just a youth competition, and the intensity and skills cannot be compared with adults. Especially in the eyes of professional league players, the World Youth Championship is an amateur. race.

The game was tied after 10 minutes, and at 10 minutes of overtime, Wang Qi caught a good opportunity at the beginning.

In the past, although Wang Qi could predict where the ball would appear, he could only predict where the ball would appear later. As for whether the ball appeared from a high altitude, whether it was a pass ball, or from which direction, Wang Qi didn't know at all.

This also led to Wang Qi having to rush into the penalty area to fight for the second point, which caused some people to say that Wang Qi was lucky, while others said that Wang Qi had good consciousness.

But since the two matches between the Netherlands and Germany and Brazil, Wang Qi's ability to not see the future for a second has disappeared. Instead, Wang Qi can know how the ball will appear when predicting.

In this way, Wang Qi's ability to seize opportunities is even stronger. This is not only reflected in the opponent's mistakes or the second point, but also in the passing of his teammates. Wang Qi can know where the ball will fall one step earlier, so that There is no need to watch, pursue, or be unprepared for a sudden pass, wasting the first reaction time.

That's it. When Wang Qi received the ball from his teammates in the frontcourt, he was one step faster than the opponent's defender. He kicked the ball to the left and broke in from the left, allowing Wang Qi to throw all three defenders one step into the penalty area.

In this range, all defensive players dare not foul, after all, as long as a foul in this position is a penalty, there is no run.

Wang Qi threw away the defender one step at a time, and gave Wang Qi a chance to shoot, just like Ye Han, his quick shot grabbed the space for this step.

A low shot, although the speed of the ball is not very fast, but the goalkeeper did not react in time.

Many goalkeepers react nervously when they are suddenly faced with a single goal on the court, which also leads to their stiff and slow reactions.

Only those good goalkeepers will overcome this, but the best goalkeepers make strikers afraid of them when they encounter one-handed.

In addition to talent, these goalkeepers also have a lot of practice, as well as the confidence gained from the experience of each game and his prestige.

Kahn of Bayern Germany is one of them, obviously the one opposite Wang Qi is included.

2:1 narrowly advanced to the top sixteen.

After the game, the team leader came to the locker room and loudly announced that all the income from the game tickets would be rewarded to everyone.

Although the two teams may have at the same time, but first of all, they are the winners, and this is their home field, which leads to considerable bonuses for the players.

Another thing about the Emperor's Cup is that unless you rent a stadium, otherwise, the home team has many advantages.

What's more, the home team is still the winning side, holding 15 yen, which is already a small fortune. A stadium that can seat 18000 people. Wang Qi can get this number, which can represent at least 1 seats today. .

After going back in the evening, Sister Jing happily celebrated Wang Qi's achievement in his first appearance.

But Wang Qi was not very happy, Jiang Jing was still puzzled, at this time Jiang Jing's father Jiang Quan said: "Don't disturb him, let him calm down..."

Staying in the room, Wang Qi called Tang Wan...

"Hi, hello, I'm Logan, may I ask who you are?"

A gentle and familiar voice came from the opposite side, warming Wang Qi's heart, "Hello, is this Xiao Qi?" Tang Wan, the tester on the phone, asked speculatively.

"Logan, where are you?" Wang Qi finally asked.

(End of this chapter)