Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 32 The China-Japan-Korea Derby is coming! (Seeking for further reading)

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, there are still two days left before the start of the third round of the Premier League.

In the past few days, there have been endless reports about the strong dialogue between the various teams, which seems to have given the fans a sense of anticipation for the impending war.

Because of Tottenham's support, Leicester City's home game also received some attention.

There is no surprise. The outside world is still not optimistic about them. Even the fans of Leicester City's own team only expect them to maintain a tie and win.

Anyone who watches football regularly knows that when the fans of the home team shout slogans to ensure a tie and win, it means that they are very unfavorable about the future of the home team in this game, and may even think that there is a high probability that they will lose.

There's nothing we can do about it. After all, the total value of Tottenham's striker is basically the same as that of Leicester City's entire team.

With such a big gap, it's hard for people to believe them.

As for Leicester City's high state of opening two consecutive wins and Tottenham's sluggish state, which is completely opposite, under this stereotype gap, it has gradually been downplayed.

Taking the Premier League as an example may not be appropriate enough. In fact, the Bundesliga should be used as an example.

The current situation is that Leverkusen is ranked first in good form, but everyone with a discerning eye knows that they will most likely still be defeated when they meet Bayern Munich, and then give up their position.

This is something that can't be helped. A traditional strong team is a strong team.

While the UK and even the whole of Europe were noisy, because of the special nature of this game, the three countries from East Asia also had some discussions.

China's Sina Sports' frontline coverage of the game was filled with comments from many fans expressing their expectations for the game.

"Tottenham have Son Heung-min in their lineup, and Leicester City has Shinji Oka and Chen Yufeng. This is really an Asian derby, or a smaller East Asian derby."

"Yes, even if Chen Yufeng is not our nationality, Chinese Americans still feel the same."

"Actually, people often say that he is now a Belgian, but I would like to take their team's Kante as an example. Kante's hometown is Mali and his nationality is France. His situation is very similar to Chen Yufeng's, but no one paid much attention to it. Talk about him."

"Yes, are the Malians really not proud of Kante? Or will Kante forget that this is his hometown when he represents France in the war? Absolutely not. Some of our fans are extreme, just because Chen Yufeng is from our hometown. People are bound to feel a little uncomfortable.”

"But if you think about it carefully, I made the right decision. In that period of development, we couldn't come back often to play in useless warm-up games, the National Games and the like. We all know how many people we have ruined."

"Okay, let's look forward to the next battle between China, Japan and South Korea!"

"We have watched Japanese and Korean players fighting outside for many years, and now we finally have a Chinese player coming out. This feels really good."

"Leicester City must win! Chen Yufeng played a wonderful performance!"

"I really can't imagine what he would do if he gave up in his 20s. In this game, we can only watch the battle between Shinji Oka and Son Heung-min in a sour way."

"Come on! Getting this far is already a victory!"

"..."

The Chinese fans were talking excitedly, showing extremely strong expectations for this game.

In the past many years, we have watched our neighbors Japan and South Korea continue to produce outstanding overseas players, and some have even become mainstays in wealthy clubs or upstarts.

Their back molars have long been chipped.

In this China-Japan-Korea derby, they are all working hard, hoping that Chen Yufeng can earn some face for them.

As long as I can play on the court and face off against them a few times, it will fill a large mental gap.

If there are data in this, it will really be enough for them to talk about in the next few weeks and maintain a good mood for a period of time.

While they were discussing excitedly, Japan and South Korea were still talking loudly.

When the media on both sides investigated this game, they discovered a point that they had never paid attention to. How could a Chinese-American have a chance to appear in this game?
This gave the media on both sides a lot of discussion points, and the popularity suddenly increased.

The famous Japanese football media "Football Zone" released the news in a new issue of the newspaper.

[Leicester City is about to face Tottenham Hotspur. Shinji Oka and Son Heung-min will face the Asian derby. The appearance of Chinese-American Chen Yufeng makes this game very likely to evolve into a China-Japan-Korea derby! 】

As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of a large number of Japanese fans. "Chen Yufeng? He does sound like a Chinese, but why haven't you heard of him in the football circle?"

"I have a childhood friend who is a Leicester City fan. He told me that this is a new old monster that has appeared in Leicester City recently. It is a real old monster. He is already 30 years old, but he made a guess not long ago. First show."

"He's 30 years old? He just made his debut? What kind of anime plot is this? Is he a comic hero who starts playing football in his 20s?"

"No, no, no, he was playing before, but he never had a place. This season, he suddenly appeared and had a place in Leicester City."

"The derby between China, Japan and South Korea? This is really interesting. I really can't imagine that scene."

"Chinese fans should be happy. They finally don't have to watch just us and Korean football competing."

"Chen Yufeng is now a Belgian national, but his parents are Chinese, so he can be regarded as a relatively pure player with Chinese ancestry."

"Come on, let's see if this last hope for Chinese football can perform well!"

"Whether he is incompetent or a great player depends on this game!"

"..."

Japanese fans paid close attention to this game, and the Korean fans on the other side were not too generous.

However, the painting style there is not so clean.

As we all know, Koreans are always very possessive and almost pathologically protective of the things they support.

When competitors appear, they often show a state of madness.

"30 years old? Then why play football? It's time to go home."

"I wonder if his worth is one-tenth of Son Heung-min's."

"What kind of team is Leicester City, and what kind of team is Tottenham? In this game, I expect Tottenham to win a big victory on the field, reverse their form and go all the way to the top!"

"I've never heard of it at all. Does this player really have any ability?"

"Please, only a confrontation of similar strength can be called a derby. How can Shinji Oka and that Chen compare with Son Heung-min?"

"In this game, it is entirely possible that Son Heung-min will teach two Asian partners to play football."

"Hahaha, I must see what they look like after losing."

"..."

Many comments were made, showing their arrogance and confidence.

Of course, there must still be a small number of people who express congratulations and expectations relatively rationally.

But the vast majority still have this attitude.

To say that this kind of attitude is nothing, in fact, everyone has their own personality.

But when it appears on a large scale, and when words that criticize opponents appear, you have to wonder whether the whole situation is in a pathological environment.

Just like that, time continues to move forward.

With the expectations of fans from the three East Asian countries, the match day has finally arrived.

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