Chapter 405 Shattering the Japanese Dream

Lin Quan is quite supportive of letting these young players in the national football team who have the potential to play abroad to play football abroad.

But he doesn't get involved in specific matters to avoid getting himself into trouble.

After all, Mouda helps to operate and send the players out, and in this process it must negotiate with the player's current club over the ownership of the players.

There have always been yin-yang contracts in the domestic league, and this area is very complicated. Lin Quan neither understands it nor wants to understand it.

He gave Boss Wang the contact information of City Football Group and asked him to contact them himself.

City Football Group has many teams in Europe. If the two sides can reach an agreement, there will be no problem in sending a small number of players to study abroad.

If all else fails, Boss Wang can also spend his own money to buy a team.

In recent years, domestic capital has been going overseas in large numbers.

While they are shopping abroad, they are also eyeing the field of football.

For example, Boss Wang’s own Wanda has previously bought a 20% stake in Atletico Madrid.

In addition, many Chinese companies and institutions have set their sights on teams from the top five leagues.

For example, Suning Group has set its sights on Inter Milan, a veteran Serie A club. The two sides are rumored to have already started contact, and Moratti plans to help Inter Milan find a better buyer before retiring.

In addition to Suning, Xinghui Entertainment has set its sights on Espanyol Club, which is located in the same city as Barcelona.

Fosun Group has set its sights on Premier League team Wolves. It is said that the two sides have already conducted a round of negotiations and may reach a deal this summer.

In addition, there are Granada in La Liga, West Bromwich Albion, Birmingham, Aston Villa in the Premier League, Lyon in Ligue 1 and other teams, all of which have Chinese capital investment or even controlling stakes.

Even Manchester City, the team Lin Quan currently plays for, has had 15% of its shares acquired by Chinese institutions, strictly speaking.

For a big boss like Boss Wang, who is worth hundreds of billions, this kind of thing is actually a trivial matter. It just depends on whether he is willing to spend money.

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After finishing the game with the Chinese national team, the Spanish team originally planned to go home directly.

However, when the neighboring Japanese team learned that the Spanish team had come to Asia for training, they immediately contacted them and wanted the Spanish team to play a friendly match in Japan.

Last year's defeat in the World Cup filled the whole of Japan with a sense of crisis.

The Japanese Football Association lost face after failing to win a single game in three games and finishing last in the competition.

The reform of the Japanese Football Association has been going on for many years, and now it is time to reap the rewards.

But the disastrous defeat in last year's World Cup left them stunned and making them wonder if they had taken the wrong path?

Therefore, starting last year, the Japan Football Association began drastic reforms.

In order to keep up with the trend of world football, they have increased their support for young players to study abroad.

As long as they are good seedlings, we will give priority to sending them abroad so that they can receive more professional training and experience more high-level competitions.

In addition, they have also sent invitations to many strong teams, hoping to play more games with these strong teams and feel the gap between themselves and the world's top teams.

As the champion of two World Cups, the Spanish team is the undisputed overlord in the current football world.

There are not many opportunities to compete with such a top team, so the Japan Football Association submitted the application as soon as possible.

Bosque had already given the players three days off, preparing to let them have a good time.

After receiving the invitation for a friendly match from the Japanese team, I felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

The original plan was to play a warm-up match, earn some extra money, travel a bit, and then go back to play in the European Cup qualifiers.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese also came to join in the fun!

Bosque originally didn't intend to agree, but he had no choice because the Japanese offered too much.

Their generosity is no less than that of sponsors in China.

For the sake of money, Bosque reluctantly accepted the invitation from the Japanese team.

So, the day after the match with the Chinese national team, the Spanish team ended their vacation and flew to Tokyo.

Although it came rather hastily, there was no preheating or publicity in advance.

However, the number of fans who came to pick them up at the airport exceeded the expectations of the Spanish players! The airport was filled with Japanese fans holding various cheering signs, and there was no end in sight.

Among them, more than half were holding up signs with Lin Quan's name on them, and more than half of these fans were women! "Ahhh, it's Lin-san!"

"Lin-san is so handsome!"

"Lin Sang, I want to marry you!"

When they saw Lin Quan appear, the female fans rushed up screaming.

This scene shocked the well-informed Spanish players! "Haha, I didn't expect that you are more popular in Japan than in China!"

Lin Quan's teammates saw this scene and joked with a smile.

Lin Quan smiled and said, "Since they welcome us so much, we should show our true abilities and repay their warm welcome, right?"

When his teammates saw the naughty smile on his face, they couldn't help but worry for the Japanese team.

They all understood what Lin Quan meant by "repay"! ...

Compared with the Chinese national football team, the Japanese team is stronger and has a large number of players studying abroad in Europe.

Therefore, when they formulate tactics before the game, they are far less conservative than the Chinese national team.

This is their home court, so the Japanese team naturally cannot adopt a passive defense like the Chinese national team.

Based on their own strengths and the opponent's tactics, they wisely adopted a defensive counterattack tactic.

This tactic is almost the standard tactic for countries around the world to deal with the Spanish team! It's not that they have a special liking for defensive counterattacks, but facing the strong offensive and ball control capabilities of the Spanish team, it is simply impossible not to play defensive counterattacks.

If they dared to prepare themselves and rush out to fight against Spain, they would definitely be beaten to pieces.

At last year's World Cup, both the Netherlands and Germany teams vividly demonstrated this point.

Although there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides, many people in Japan still have high hopes for their national team.

The strength of the Japanese team is one level higher than that of the Chinese national team and can be ranked among the world's second-rate levels.

There is definitely no comparison with a strong team like Spain, but the gap between the two sides should be around one or two goals.

There is no way they would be beaten by a double-digit score gap like the Chinese national football team! In addition, they have a large number of players who have studied abroad in Europe, including some well-known stars.

If they had performed better, they might have been able to pull off an upset and defeat Spain at home.

Compared to the Japanese's confidence, on the Spanish team's side, Bosque actually didn't take this opponent seriously.

On the one hand, it is because the Japanese team performed too poorly in last year's World Cup.

On the other hand, it is also related to the state of the Japanese team in recent times.

Since last year's World Cup, the Japanese team has begun to adjust its technical and tactical play.

During this period, they competed with many teams including Uruguay and Brazil.

The results of the competition were quite unsatisfactory, as they were defeated by Uruguay 2:0 and Brazil 4:0 respectively.

Even when facing the weaker Venezuela, they were evenly matched with the opponent and ended up in a 2:2 draw.

With such warm-up results, it is hard to believe that they can pose any threat to the Spanish team.

Therefore, just like in the previous game, Bosque arranged a large number of substitutes and young players to play in the first half.

Even Lin Quan was placed on the bench by him.

In this game, he plans to let Morata and Negredo play as a double striker lineup and try out the 442 formation.

The win in the last game was so huge that he felt a little uneasy off the court.

So in this game, we can't win too much no matter what.

Bosque didn't know that when the Japanese saw the Spanish troops deployed, they became angry.

Damn! How can you look down on me! It's ok to send out such a large group of substitutes, but even Lin Quan was not sent to play. This treatment is worse than that of the national football team!

Speaking of which, the Japanese team has such treatment thanks to the Chinese national football team.

If the Chinese national team's defeat had not been so outrageous that made Bosque question the strength of East Asian teams, he would not have fielded such a starting lineup.

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Feeling humiliated, the Japanese team played very actively in the first half.

They tried to overwhelm the Spanish team with offense and prove their strength.

It has to be said that the Japanese team's ground attack capability is indeed stronger than that of the Chinese national team.

Their players have stronger individual strengths, more delicate techniques, and better coordination in small areas.

In the first half, several of Japan's advances reached the front of Spain's penalty area, posing a threat to their goal.

Seeing this situation, Bosque immediately put away his contempt.

The Japanese team seems to have some strength, at least much stronger than the Chinese team next door.

However, this level of strength still poses no threat to the Spanish team.

Bosque does not plan to make any personnel adjustments until the score on the field changes.

Off the court, on the bench, Lin Quan and several teammates were watching the game while chatting and laughing.

"The Japanese team played well on the ground!"

"Yes, the small-scale cooperation was well organized, and the pace of the game was not slow!"

"It's just that the physical confrontation is a little bit lacking. Morata, that kid, rushed around in the opponent's penalty area and the opponent couldn't defend him at all!"

Morata has a high football IQ. He not only has good footwork, but also excellent physical fitness.

Seeing that the opposing players' physical confrontation ability was not strong, he would specifically seek out the opponents for physical confrontation, frequently using his physical advantage to bully the opponents.

It's just that the Japanese team's defense was very good, and Morata's shots were blocked by the opponent and failed to pose a threat to the goal.

In the 22nd minute of the first half, Spain got a great chance.

Koke's pass accurately found Morata, who wanted to make a stylish volley.

But he accidentally fired an anti-aircraft gun and kicked the ball directly into the stands.

Seeing Morata miss such a good opportunity, everyone on the bench couldn't help but cover their faces with their hands.

"This guy can even kick the ball away?"

“This is outrageous!”

"If Lin had handled the ball just now, it would have definitely gone in!"

After witnessing Lin Quan's terrifying goal-scoring efficiency, the Spanish internationals' standards have been raised, and some of them cannot accept Morata's behavior of wasting opportunities.

"This guy is a little too eager to show off. If he had adjusted himself just now, maybe it would have been better!"

Without Lin Quan and a group of big guys in the team, Morata became the most handsome guy on the field.

In addition, there were many female fans at the scene, and as he loved to show off, he naturally would not miss the opportunity to show himself.

Wasting opportunities will be punished!

Spain just missed a good chance to score and the Japanese team immediately launched a counterattack.

Keisuke Honda's long pass found Shinji Okazaki, who was tripped by Ramos as he dribbled into the penalty area.

The referee decisively showed Ramos a yellow card and awarded Japan a penalty kick! After seeing the referee's decision, tens of thousands of Japanese fans at the scene were collectively boiling!

This penalty kick means that they are about to lead the world champion Spain! If they can score the ball and maintain this lead, they may break the Spanish team's unbeaten record! This is a two-time World Cup champion and the absolute overlord ranked first in today's football world! Being able to beat them at home is definitely a shot in the arm for the Japanese team.

It was enough to sweep away all the gloom of losing to other teams before! There were very few Spanish fans who came to watch the game, and only a very small number of Spaniards who work and live in Japan came to the scene.

When they saw the result, they couldn't help rubbing their eyes, seeming a little bit unbelievable.

The Japanese team is actually ahead of the powerful Spain!

Impossible, absolutely impossible, this must be a dream! On the sidelines, Bosque was also a little bit unbelievable.

He stood up from the coaching seat, finally unable to remain calm as before.

What is Ramos doing? Is it possible to kick from that position? This guy is still impatient and not calm enough when playing football.

It would be great if he could learn from Lin Quan and use his brain more when playing football.

Thinking of this, Bosk sighed.

He called up several main players including Lin Quan and asked them to warm up and prepare to play.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese team will score first.

It’s not a big deal that the opponent scored first, but Bosque couldn’t accept the result that his team lost to the Japanese team.

Even if this was just an insignificant warm-up match! It was so frustrating to lose the game without any results! Seeing Lin Quan, Iniesta and others start warming up and preparing to play.

The Japanese fans at the scene immediately burst into exclamations!

Before the game started, they really hoped that all the Spanish main players would be on the field, so that they could achieve a better training effect.

And now, they wish Spain would keep sending substitutes into the field, so that they would have a chance to defeat the powerful Spanish team.

But the opponent obviously would not let them get their wish. Bosque's substitution was very decisive. He was ready to make the substitution before the first half was even halfway through.

This made them start to worry. Facing the Spanish team with all its main players, could the Japanese team still hold out?

As if feeling the pressure brought by the upcoming appearances of these main Spanish players, Honda Keisuke, who was responsible for taking the penalty kick, kicked a half-high ball when facing De Gea, which was saved by De Gea.

When the Japanese fans at the scene saw Honda Keisuke's ball being blocked, they were all stunned and dumbfounded.

It’s a penalty, it’s a penalty!

Just got kicked out like that?

This must be fake! At this moment, the Japanese dream was completely shattered.

(End of this chapter)