At the end of the 14th round of the J-League last weekend, the pre-season and FC Tokyo were evenly matched, and Nagoya Whale Hachi, who was once in the standings, suffered another blow, and they lost 1-1 at home to promoted Ma Matsumoto Yamayama and then lost 1-3 away to vice president Sendai Tanabata, suffering the first two consecutive league defeats of the season. If Nagoya Whale Hachi's defeat at home to Yamaya Matsumoto was the result of their careless defeat, this time their defeat at sendai Stadium was completely defeated at the feet of Sendai's general Jun Nagasawa.
In this game, Nagasawa Jun made two shots and one pass to create a three-yuan, which became the absolute focus of the game. In the fifth minute of the game, Nagasawa received a cross from his teammate in the penalty area, stopped the ball on his heels and did it back, and the heeled Yoshio Kaina stomped on, 1-0. In the 73rd minute of the match, Nagoya Whale eight-goalman Langrarch pounced on the ball, and Nagasawa Jun, who followed in time, scored a goal to make Sendai Tanabata 2-1 again. In the 81st minute of the match, Nagoya Whale eight-goalkeeper Langrak received a return pass from his teammate and prepared to drive forward, but he actually sent the ball to the feet of Nagasawa Jun, who was forced into the penalty area, and in the face of the goalkeeper's huge mistake, Nagasawa Jun decisively fell to the ground and shoveled, laughing at the gift, 3-1 for Sendai Tanabata to seal the victory. After the match, Sendai Tanabata coach Shin Watanabe said: "Nagasawa Jun has done a very good job in both the fast moving pass and receiving of the ball in the front line that confuses the opposing defenders, or the active investment in defense, his game has many characteristics, he proves that the duty of the striker is not only to score goals, the young players of the younger generation should learn from him." ”
Jun Nagasawa was born on August 25, 1988, in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, known as the "Kingdom of Football." Speaking of Shizuoka, when it comes to Shimizu, we have to mention the Shimizu Heartbeat Club, which has produced many excellent football players. Nagasawa Jun is no exception, when he was a primary school student, because of his outstanding height, he was naturally selected as a high school striker in the echelon of Shimizu Heartbeat, and later in the echelon he gradually became a midfielder, although the position was withdrawn, but in the second year of the Shimizu Youth Team, he helped the team win the championship in the "J League Youth Cup" in 2005 and became the top scorer of that cup, and the talent of the striker was revealed.
However, although the youth team era was full of scenery, Nagasawa Jun's career start was still as unsmooth as most players. From joining the Shimizu Heartbeat first team in 2007 to 2010, Nagasawa jun had few opportunities to play in the Shimizu Heartbeat Team. Subsequently, from 2011 to 2013, he was loaned to Kumamoto Crimson, Kyoto Sanga and Matsumoto Yamaya, but remained mediocre. On July 8, 2015, Former Shimizu heartbeat coach Kenta Hasegawa led the Osaka Gamba to bring him under his command, and Nagasawa jun ushered in a turning point in his career.
At the beginning of the transfer, Nagasawa Jun still did not get any opportunities to play in the league, and because in the first half of the 2015 season, Nagasawa Jun had already participated in the Japan League Cup as a player in Shimizu Heartbeat, and after the transfer, he could not continue to participate in the Japan League Cup for Gamba Osaka, so during that time, Nagasawa Jun had almost no ball to play, and he was very depressed. Nevertheless, Nagasawa, who did not give up waiting, seized the opportunity to prove himself in his only appearance, scoring his first goal since joining Gamba Osaka in the 14th quarter of the 2015 J1 second stage against Urawa Red Diamonds, and had a wonderful performance in the subsequent Emperor's Cup quarter-final match against Tosu Sandstone and the final four against Hiroshima Sanfrecce, which eventually helped Osaka Gamba win that year's Emperor's Cup. On November 10, 2016, in the Emperor's Cup four-time match between Gamba Osaka and Shimizu Heartbeat, Jun Nagasawa came off the bench and scored a decisive goal in extra time, helping the home team Gamba Osaka to advance while proving his ability in front of the player coach and fans of his old club Shimizu Heartbeat.
Throughout the 2016 season, Nagasawa scored 12 goals in 27 double-line appearances for Gamba Osaka as a main player, performing well and winning the J1 League August Player of the Month and The Best Goal. In the 2017 season, Nagasawa scored in double figures for the first time in the league, and his 10-goal record also made him the top scorer of the season in Gamba Osaka. He was then loaned by Gamba Osaka to Ship Victory Kobe and moved to Sendai Tanabata before this year's season.
As a rare high school striker in Japan, Nagasawa Jun has always been a unique presence, and some media have compared the tall Nagasawa Jun to "Waji Ibu". His height of 192cm became his absolute advantage and characteristic in the competition. He can grab points with almost no jumping on the header, and dodging defenders in front of goal to hit the ball with his head and feet has almost become a scoring pattern for him. Former Japanese national team coach Halihodzic also said at a press conference: "I want to recruit Nagasawa Jun for the national team, he is a very interesting player. He has a different physical advantage than strikers such as Shinji Okazaki, Yoshiki Muto and Takuma Asano." Indeed, in the previous Japanese national team lineup of forwards, there are almost no players who can compete with the tall defenders of Europe in terms of physical fitness, and in the eyes of the Japanese Football Association, which regards "large-scale" as the goal of the future training of national team players, Nagasawa Jun is a natural benchmark.
There is also a very famous rumor about Nagasawa Jun, that is, he and the famous Japanese actress Masami Nagasawa are brother and sister. Although it has been confirmed to be a rumor, a large part of the reason for such rumors is that Masami Nagasawa's father is former Japan international Kazuaki Nagasawa. Like Jun Nagasawa, Kazuaki Nagasawa was born in Shizuoka Prefecture and played as a player for Yamaha Engine, the predecessor of Iwata Joy. After retiring from the army, he also coached famous teams in Shizuoka Prefecture such as Iwata Joy and Honda Koken. In this way, the two people who are from Shizuoka and have the same surname Nagasawa are connected by fans. Although there are rumors that he has an unusual relationship with Masami Nagasawa, in fact, Nagasawa Jun's private life is very delicate. As early as 2012, he married an ordinary woman from Shizuoka Prefecture, and compared with the players who married actresses and actresses, Nagasawa Jun left a low-key and simple impression on life.
Now that Nagasawa is 30 years old, the way he plays football has become smarter and smarter as he gets older. He does not rely too much on the simple height advantage, but helps the team more comprehensively in the game through the improvement of passing, running position, sprinting and pressing. Since coming to Sendai Tanabata this season, Nagasawa has scored seven goals and provided two assists for the team in double-line. Sendai Tanabata, which has a poor record this season, will have to rely on the high school striker's excellent performance if it is to succeed in relegation.