Chapter 65: The gap between reality and dream

It is certainly gratifying to be able to win the first Super League match in club history.
But Xianxing Shangxia has forgotten this victory that was enough to make fans happy for a week.
Fans don't have to think too much, just enjoy the game.
I am happy when I win, and scold when I lose.
But players and coaches are not good.
Just after playing the game against Yunyang Phoenix, Shining Star entered the AFC preparation mode.
As the champions of the Chinese Football Association Cup last season, they won the qualification to directly participate in the AFC Championship, instead of having to play a qualifying round like the third place in the Chinese Super League.
In the group draw ceremony of the AFC Champions League, the flash star who participated in the AFC Champions League for the first time was drawn into a group that could not be considered good.
Because of the vast territory of Asia and the addition of the Australian and New Zealand Football Associations to the AFC, teams participating in the AFC are often faced with the embarrassing situation of almost flying around the earth in an away game.
This is no different from a Western European team going to Vladivostok to play the Europa League away-but this has not happened yet, because the Vladivostok team has never participated in the Europa League.
But in Asia, a similar situation is real. If a West Asian team goes to Australia to play the AFC Champions League, the flight distance is not close at all.
In order to solve this problem of increasing the burden on the team, the AFC divided the AFC into two halves of the east and the west.
The western half consists of clubs from West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia. All teams in this area will be automatically classified into the West, and will be drawn together in the group draw.
The Eastern Division is composed of teams from East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand, fighting against each other.
Until the finals, the teams in the east and west halves will never meet.
This is a bit like the NBA system, where the eastern and western halves decide their respective champions, and the eastern and western champions finally come together to determine the entire Asian champion.
As long as they can win the championship in their respective half-zones, they will be eligible for the Club World Cup.
Unlike before, you must be a championship to participate in the Club World Cup.
The AFC learns from UEFA and has also started the European War points-in the AFC, it is called the Asian War points.
According to the points to determine the grade of the participating teams, so as to facilitate the group draw.
Because the flash stars never scored in the Asian War, they were naturally assigned to the lowest grade and became the fourth grade team.
This level is very unfavorable for Flash Star, and it is easy to join a group of strong teams.
So this time they were assigned to Group H, and they were assigned to a group with teams from South Korea, Japan and Australia.
They are Seoul LG, the third runner-up of the South Korean K1 League last season, the victory of last season's Japanese J1 league runner-up Osaka, and last season's Australian Super League runner-up Sydney Coast.
Not only are the opponents strong, but they also face the pain of having to go to Australia to play games.
As the first time for Anton Shining to participate in the AFC Champions League, many people do not look good on their prospects in the AFC, and some even worry that after Shining strikes the AFC, it will affect their performance in the league and lead The team was finally relegated-this is definitely not a deliberate look down on Flash Star, but there are many lessons learned.
This situation is not uncommon in European football where football is more professional.
Some teams that were originally ranked in the middle and lower reaches, after hard work, coupled with a little luck, finally scored in the European game next season.
At the end of the season, the fans are still vividly celebrating this great achievement.
The performance of the team in the new season has plummeted. In the end, there was no outstanding performance in the European war. It also disrupted the rhythm of the league and caused the team to rank bottom in the league.
Those more or less powerful teams can still go all out in the league after being eliminated from the European war, and finally succeed in relegation.
And some teams can no longer stop the downward trend, falling into the second division league at the end of the season.
The stadium that was full of joy a season ago has become like a morgue at this time.
The Stars finally made it to the Chinese Super League. They just gave Anton fans a taste of the sweetness. No one wants them to return to the Chinese Premier League after only one season.
If you can choose, I am afraid that many Stars fans would rather not participate in the AFC Champions League, but can participate in the Super League every year.
The AFC tournament is a game of wealthy clubs, but any club that can participate in this game and achieve good results is a club that is willing to spend money on the team.
Flash Star is obviously not such a wealthy club, and the gold owners behind them have never adopted more radical financial means to improve the team's performance. Otherwise they will not stay in the second division and first division for so many years.
A large part of the reason everyone was so happy last season was that the team won the FA Cup, but not because it won the AFC...
As if to prove the fans' concern, in the first round of the AFC Champions League group stage, Flash Star gave Osaka a 0:3 away victory.
The 0:3 score shows the gap between the Chinese Champions and the runner-ups in the Japanese J1 League-the former completely lost to the latter.
Morikawa Junpei started in this game, but his running failed to help the team win the game, and he couldn't even make a tie.
Atsushi Morikawa, who lost the game, was very frustrated, and then met Koichi Sato, coach of the Olympic team after the game.
Obviously, Coach Sato was specifically watching his performance.
He plays in China, and Japan does not broadcast the Chinese league. If coach Sato wants to pay attention to his own game status, of course he wants to watch the AFC match.
This also shows that Coach Sato really did not give up on himself if he said it.
Thinking of this, Morikawa Junpei felt much better.
But when he thought that he had just lost the ball, his expression went down again.
How could Sato Mitsuichi not understand what was thinking in the mind of the second-hand boy?
Upon seeing this, he smiled and patted Junpei Morikawa on the shoulder: It’s okay, the failure of this game has nothing to do with you. The overall strength of the flash star team is too far apart... You have done what the head coach arranged for you Task, in terms of personal performance, you can leave with your head held high.
Morikawa Junpei did not leave with his head high in the end, because he still cared about the result of the game.
For many people, it is not surprising that Flashstar lost this game. From the comparison of the strength of the two teams, the loss is a matter of course, and no one would criticize Flashstar's poor performance by taking the defeat of this game.
However, many Flashstar players, including Junpei Morikawa, appeared silent on the plane returning to China.
Except for Qin Lin, the others in the Flash Star team participated in an Asian-level club event for the first time, just like people from the mountains, coming to a big city for the first time.
Before coming, they always had all kinds of longings and fantasies about the feasting world.
Dreaming about being ahead in this new world where opportunities are everywhere, walking and picking up gold, is a blockbuster.
But after I came, I realized that the gap between fantasy and reality was so huge, like a ditch, lying in front of them.
Gold all over the ground? It’s because of being beaten up!
Dong Wen, who was with the team, felt the team's depression. The plane was still in the sky. He couldn't wait to find the team's head coach Zhao Kangming and expressed his concern to him.
After hearing Dong Wen's words, Zhao Kangming relieved him: Actually, don't worry too much, Old Dong. This is the characteristic of young people. When we decide to play the young man card, we should know that young people are prone to emotional ups and downs. Come fast, go fast.
Is it just doing nothing? Dong Wen asked.
It depends on what caused the depression. Was it negative because of losing? It looks like this on the surface, but the underlying reason comes from the huge gap between their previous fantasy and reality. They thought of the AFC too simply before, maybe because the Super Cup won the South China Tigers, the first round of the Super Cup had a good start, which gave many of them an illusion, making them think that it is even the AFC. It's not a big deal either. Zhao Kangming patiently explained that in such a situation, losing the game and seeing the real difficulty of the AFC, resulting in depression, I think there is no problem at all. It will be fine in a while, and it can also cool them down and make them more pragmatic.
After listening to Zhao Kangming’s explanation, Dong Wen thought about it, and then asked: Old Zhao, don’t you worry about the young people being beaten too hard~EbookFREE.me~ I was devastated and finally built up confidence. It's gone?
Zhao Kangming smiled and waved his hands: The words are serious, Old Dong. After losing such a game, can it be devastated? I won't talk about other things, just where does the confidence of our team come from? Is it earned by running shit? Of course not. We won the FA Cup as a Chinese first team and the Super Cup as a newly promoted team. We built it step by step. Our foundation is very solid, and confidence will not fall like a castle in the air. Although playing this AFC Champions League will bring some trouble to our league, it does not mean that we were lucky enough to participate in the AFC Champions League. We also have the strength of the AFC Champions League.
Speaking of this, Zhao Kangming's tone became proud. This is his performance in coaching the team. He is naturally a bit emboldened as the head coach.
When he was proud of his team, assistant coach Chen Mo interrupted in the side: Besides, Dong, have you overlooked a very important factor?
What factors? Dong Wen was at a loss.
Hu Lai! Chen Mo patted his thigh and said: With Hu Lai, you still worry that the atmosphere inside the team will be sluggish and the negative will sink?
Dong Wen suddenly realized, his eyes lighted: Ouch, look at my memory, I forgot him... Yes, yes, old Chen, you are right, there is Hu Lai, I am worried about the hammer!
Zhao Kangming laughed when he saw him like this: This is the other reason I didn't talk about. When have you ever seen Hu Laitian appear before our eyes with a dead face on top?
That's not it. Dong Wen shook his head repeatedly, then completely relieved his heart.
With the announcement from the cabin that the plane will land in half an hour, the rock in his heart also fell to the ground.
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