Chapter 22: 1st in Asia

"Asia's first Mr. Golden Ball was born: Hu Lai!"
"...The Chinese superstar won the European Ballon d'Or at the just-concluded UEFA awards ceremony, and he has become the first player in Asia to win this honor. Even Park Chun-tae of South Korea has not been able to reach this level before. However, this result is not surprising. Last season, Hu Lai led the Spanish giants Madrid Pirates to win the 'Triple Crown', which is the first case in Spanish football history...
"Hu Lai himself scored 95 goals throughout the season - the Chinese media counted 108 goals, and they counted Hu Lai's 13 goals in the Olympic team - 34 in a row. Every round of the league has scored goals, with 23 goals in the Champions League, which has greatly improved the record of 17 goals set by Caesar in a single season in the Champions League... He has created a series of records, and winning the Ballon d'Or is a matter of course.
"Represented by Hu Lai, the golden generation of Chinese football is rising rapidly and has grown into the strongest enemy of our Japanese football. Compared with Hu Lai, the younger generation of Japanese football has grown too slowly... Although we are overseas players In terms of number, it is still the first in Asia, but in terms of the top combat power, it is already far behind China..."
Below this article is a message from Japanese fans:
"Why are Chinese players able to win the Ballon d'Or? Has the jury of the European Ballon d'Or is collectively overwhelmed?"
"I think UEFA should conduct a urine test on Hu Lai after every game! Ninety-five goals in a single season, this must be done with medicine! China is the best at cheating!"
"The first few of you have just gotten into the water, can you not apply your dirty thoughts to others! Hu Laisang's performance is indisputable, and this Golden Globe Award is well-deserved! You think that you are better than Europe. The experts are even more powerful? Stupid!"
"Baga! Which side are you on? As a Japanese fan, why do you want to speak for Chinese players?"
"Although Hu Lai is Chinese, he is also a yellow race. His achievements in world football are the pride of the yellow race. As a yellow race, why can't I be proud of Hu Lai?"
"Ha, stupid! You are proud of the Chinese, but the Chinese will not accept you!"
The comment section below the article became so noisy, the topic was already 108,000 miles away from football.
Tatsuya Sugiyama was not interested in these quarrels, so he closed the link to the article.
This article is not written by an ordinary netizen, but by a senior Japanese football reporter.
The last paragraph of the article can be seen as the Japanese media's fierce criticism of the new generation of Japanese players.
And he, Tatsuya Sugiyama, as the leader and representative of the younger generation of Japanese players, he had to bear this fierce fire head-on.
The domestic media is pointing to his nose and asking Sugiyama Tatsuya:
Hu Lai has already won the Golden Globe Award, what are you doing, Tatsuya Sugiyama!
I led Wisedov to the last 32 of the Champions League...
Seven goals and 11 assists in all competitions are the results Tatsuya Sugiyama handed over in Wissedov last season.
not bad.
But in front of Hu Lai's ninety-five goals, it's hardly worth mentioning.
"Asia's first Mr. Golden Ball was born: Hu Lai!"
Tatsuya Sugiyama looked at the title on his phone and smiled bitterly.
He still remembered when he first heard the name.
In the East Asian Cup in 2023.
He and Park Guixian of South Korea at that time both became famous at a young age. They fought all the way to the Olympic team in all age groups, and they both believed that the other party was their strong enemy in their future career.
There was also a young man in China at that time who was their representative. What was his name...
Tatsuya Sugiyama didn't remember the name for the first time, so he just skipped it.
It doesn't matter. Anyway, it's far from him and Park Guixian. It's completely made up by the Chinese media to gain popularity.
As a result, in that East Asian Cup, a Chinese player named "Hu Lai" was born and scored three goals for the Korean Olympic team with Park Guixian in the first game.
Pu Guixian was set off by him like a clown, and he was embarrassed.
Although Tatsuya Sugiyama soon realized that this "Hu Lai" might replace the original one and become a leader, or even a leader, among the younger generation of Chinese football players.
But he didn't expect Hu Lai's final achievement to be so terrifying - at that time, who would have thought that this person would become the first Mr. Golden Ball among Asian players?
It is estimated that for a long time, he will be the only Mr. Golden Ball...
If Tatsuya Sugiyama were six or seven years younger, he would still imagine standing on the stage where Hu Lai stood yesterday, just like the juvenile protagonist in a football comic. Who hasn't had such a dream of a middle school?
But now after a few seasons in European football, he already knows how far he is from the top level of European football.
As for Park Guixian?
As the last of the three of them to come to Europe, they are still struggling.
This summer, he just changed his club and joined Getafe 1326 in La Liga, a team fighting for relegation in the lower reaches of La Liga.
He can't guarantee the main force in this team, let alone compete with Hu Lai.
So although he and Hu Lai are both in La Liga, I believe that the Korean media will definitely not hype the encounter between Hu Lai and Park Guixian as they did in the "Asian Derby" that hyped Park Chuntai and Hu Lai before - it's not that the Korean media is even more embarrassed, Mainly because I don't want to humiliate myself...
Last season's Premier League champions belonged to London Bridge.
Park Sun-tae finally won a Premier League title in his last contract season at London Bridge.
So he became the second Asian player to win the Premier League after Hu Lai.
At that time, the Korean media made a lot of hype, and as a result, they were ridiculed by Chinese fans.
After all, Park Chun-tae still has a Premier League champion.
What does Park Guixian have?
What did he get with Hulebi?
He has nothing to compare with Hu Lei himself.
It is a fantasy to beat Hu Lai in terms of club achievements.
The only thing Tatsuya Sugiyama can do is to beat Hu Lai on the national team's track.
At the same time, this is also the track with the greatest hope.
After all, the overall strength of the Japanese national team is very strong...
Just as this thought popped into his mind, Tatsuya Sugiyama saw the standings of this top 12 competition:
The Chinese team ranked first with 24 points and advanced to the World Cup finals two rounds ahead of schedule.
The Japanese team ranked second with 17 points, only two points ahead of third-placed Iran. Not to mention advancing early, I don't even know if I can advance to the World Cup finals.
It seems that the national team's track is not very good...
Tatsuya Sugiyama was a little depressed, he threw his cell phone aside and didn't watch the chaos on the Internet.
Dedicated to looking forward to the results of the UEFA Champions League group draw.
For him, yesterday's awards ceremony was a lively event.
Today's Champions League group draw is closely related to him.
Although Wissedov, where he is located, has participated in the Champions League group stage for three consecutive seasons.
But for them, there is bad news this season.
That is because they have not reached the Champions League knockout stage in the previous two seasons, resulting in insufficient points in the European competition. In this season's Champions League division, they have been divided into fourth-tier teams.
It is easy to be divided into the "group of death" with a powerful team...
Last season they were in a group with Alvara, Tramed and FC Brussels. Tramede didn't say anything. They didn't even play Alvara, and finally went to the Europa League as the third place in the group.
As a result, they were eliminated in the first round of the Europa League knockout round.
This season, Tatsuya Sugiyama hopes that the team can draw a good lottery, and then the whole team will work hard to reach the Champions League knockout rounds.
He has come to play in Europe for so many years, but he has not seen the glory of the Champions League knockout stage, which is also a big regret.
As for the Chinese players, Hu Lai, who is like a monster, doesn't matter. Why did Xia Xiaoyu, Luo Kai, and Chen Xingyi all make it to the Champions League knockout rounds last season?
And they all made it to the quarter-finals, and Chen Xingyi even made it to the semi-finals.
Has there been a record of Japanese players participating in the Champions League semi-finals before?
Sugiyama Tatsuya couldn't think of it.
The highest record for Japanese players in the Champions League was created by senior Yoshikazu Akiyama 17 years ago.
In the 2011-2012 season, the Japanese midfielder Yoshikazu Akiyama, who played for the Bundesliga giants Ruhrlein, followed the team to the Champions League semi-finals as the main player, and was then eliminated by the old Bundesliga rivals Blue and White Munich.
This is the best result of a Japanese player in the Champions League.
On the TV screen, teams were drawn out one after another and placed in their place.
Last season's Europa League champions, Sevilla Navigator, were seeded in Group A, and Blue and White Munich were seeded in Group B.
Seed in Group C are last season's Premier League champions London Bridge - Manchester Athletic failed to successfully defend their title after losing Kabonka. They were inseparable from their old rivals, Stan Park Rangers, and ended up benefiting the London Bridge Fisherman.
Seeds in Group D are last season's La Liga champions and the defending Champions League champions, the Madrid Pirates.
In such a situation where one team occupies two seeded teams, the seeded team will be deferred to the league champion team with the highest points in UEFA.
So last season's Eredivisie Champions Rotterdam Elite became the seeded team for this season's Champions League, and they are in Group F. You must know that in the Champions League group stage last season, Amsterdam, the defending champion of the Eredivisie at the time, could only be used as a second-tier team.
The seeded team in Group E is the Serie A champions Torino Bulls, who finally regained the league title from Insubre.
The seeded team in Group G belongs to last season's Portuguese Super League champion Alvara.
The seeded team in Group H is last season's Ligue 1 champions Paris Herger.
Tatsuya Sugiyama stared at the team that had been drawn out, and was thinking about which team would be better for Wissedov as a fourth-tier team, when he heard the host's voice on the TV broadcast. :
"Wessedov. Group D."
Tatsuya Sugiyama snapped back to his senses~EbookFREE.me~ and refocused his eyes, and saw Wissedov's name appearing behind the three teams in Group D:
Pirates of Madrid, Insubre, Lions of Lyon, Wisedov.
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Attached are the 2029-2030 UEFA Champions League grouping results:
Group A: Sevilla Navigator (Spain), Athletic Amsterdam (Netherlands), Messidia (Turkey), Athletic Borg (Belgium);
Group B: Blue and White Munich (Germany), Stein Park Rangers (England), Piraeus (Greece), Belgrade Ghosts (Serbia);
Group C: London Bridge (England), Catalan United (Spain), Donbas Black Gold (Ukraine), Zagreb (Croatia);
Group D: Madrid Pirates (Spain), Insubre (Italy), Lyon Lions (France), Wissedov (Germany);
Group E: Turin Bulls (Italy), Tramede (England), Westphalia (Germany), FC Vosich (Belgium);
Group F: Rotterdam Elite (Netherlands), Manchester Athletic (England), Moscow Red Flag (Russia), Claude Ranger (Scotland);
Group G: Alvara (Portugal), Ruhr Rhein (Germany), Vesuvius (Italy), Prague Energy (Czech Republic);
Group H: Paris Herger (France), King of Madrid (Spain), Portuguese (Portugal), Orobica Sport (Italy)
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