Many fans are impressed by Japanese striker Tsuyoshi Furuhashi, who performed well in the Soviet Premier League giants Celtic in the first half of the season, but unfortunately, the Shenfeng, who has scored 16 goals in 26 games in all competitions for the team, has recently suffered from injuries and has been unable to play for a short time. As a result, he missed the World Cup with China the previous few days. Still, Celtics coach PostKogru isn't worried at all, as he already has a brand new Japanese ace in his hands — the 24-year-old midfielder who just joined the team in the winter window.
In the Soviet Super League's long-established derby in the early morning of February 3, Beijing time, the Celtics won 3-0 against the sworn enemy Rangers, and the flag bearer Pi Yang made a stunning performance of 2 shots and 1 pass, and was elected the best of the game without suspense after the game. And that's just his fourth game for the team.
Small places go to the big stage
Born into a sports family, his father, Koji Flag bearer, was the head coach of the social baseball team Honda Technical Research Suzuka, and a popular high school and social baseball player in his youth, representing Japan at the 1993 Asian Baseball Championship. Suzuka City (home to Miura Chira's new owner) is located in Mie Prefecture, which is surrounded by osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya and other cities, but the economic level here is medium in Japan, and there are not many highlights in professional sports, and it is not a place with a good football foundation. The flag bearer Pi Yang was born here.
In high school, the flag bearer Keiyō was admitted to Shizuoka Gakuen, which has a high level of football. In his sophomore year of high school, he and Shintaro Naguro, a midfielder who is now Kashima Antlers, helped the team reach the 2014 National Football Championship, where he scored a goal in the first round of a 6-0 win over Saga Higashi. In this tournament, Shizuoka Gakuen reached the quarterfinals, and unfortunately lost to Hidai Fujisawa 1-2 and missed the semifinals. In 2015, Shizuoka Gakuen lost the final of the prefectural assembly, and flag bearer Keiyō missed the second opportunity to participate in the national convention. After graduating from high school, the flag bearer Pi Yang did not choose to enter the professional team, but was admitted to ShunTian University. On campus, he continued his football career.
Shuntendo University is located in Chiba Prefecture in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and its soccer team is also a traditional strong team of Japanese university football. In the 2021 Emperor's Cup, the team also eliminated J1 team FC Tokyo after extra time in the second round. From 2016 to 2019, a total of 4 years of college years, the kanto university football league was almost the show of the flag bearer. In 2016, flag bearer Pi Yang scored 9 goals in 20 league rounds, and was named the top scorer of the tournament as a freshman, helping the team to 4th place and winning the title of "Rookie King" at the end of the season. In the following three seasons, although the results of Shuntendo University fluctuated, flag bearer Pi Yang was selected for the best team for three consecutive seasons, until he was finally selected by Kawasaki Forward to become a professional player.
Playing well in the college league, the flag bearer Pi Yang quickly received attention. Seeing his name, many people who like to play baseball soon think of his father, the flag bearer Koji. The latter was in high school and had been runners-up for PL Gakuen in spring koshien and summer koshien consecutively. However, the father did not care why his son did not choose the path of baseball.
In a 2017 interview with NUMBER WEB, he said: "I knew early on that I wanted to become a professional footballer, so he chose to come to Shuntian to go to college, but his performance in his freshman year still surprised me. But when he was at Shizuoka Gakuen, he realized that he was still a lot worse off becoming a professional player, and I think that's why he chose this path. ”
The flag bearer Pi Yang also said that his father has always respected his own ideas and will give some advice when necessary, but in the end, the road is to be walked by himself. In addition, he is very grateful to his father, who came from an athlete background, for giving him a good physique and developing a lot of habits for himself, which now look old-fashioned, but are actually very practical.
In the final round of the 2019 J-League season, Kawasaki forward vs Sapporo Gonzado, flag bearer Keiyō came off the bench for 5 minutes, and he finally stepped onto the big stage of football from a small place in football.
From Kawasaki to the Soviet Premier League to the national team?
The first impression of the flag bearer Pi Yang is that he is not proud - he is not tall, only 172cm, dark skin, but very strong, with the same age players, obviously a large circle. As mentioned earlier, this good physique is inherited from its father's genes. The flag bearer's style of football also stems from his good physique. The scramble in midfield is very powerful, full of endurance, strong ability to grasp the timing on the offensive end, and the best is long-range shooting at medium and long distances. In this battle against wanderers, two goals from flag bearer Pi Yang were powerful long-range shots. It can be said that he has played the violent aesthetics of Asian players to the fullest.
On the offensive end, flag bearer Piyang is good at inserting forwards, which has been important in Kawasaki's offensive system over the past two seasons. The player's position on the field itself is not very close to the opponent's penalty area, and the reason why he can take care of both the offensive and defensive ends, and be able to attack with the ball from the back of the midfield, is based on his foot skills and strong physique. Here we have to mention his endurance, every game he runs the best distance in the team, presumably this is also the key reason why he can almost seamlessly connect with the Soviet Super League.
In addition, the flag bearer Mercy is very adaptable. At the beginning of the 2021 season, Kawasaki coach Oni Muda suddenly wanted flag bearer Pi Yang to play a lot of left-backs. Wouldn't it be violent to put such a midfield heavy artillery instead of using it, but instead on the side? Onimuda explained it at the time: "It's a bit strange to say that, but I'm looking forward to his performance as a left-back, I think he's a player who can perform well in any position. Now he is more flexible both physically and mentally, he is willing to challenge for new positions, and he is eager to become a defender who breaks the rules. ”
I have to say that this test worked very well, the 2021 season began with 6 consecutive rounds of competition, and the flag bearer Pi Yang appeared as a left-back, sending 2 assists. In the time since, the players have constantly switched between multiple positions such as midfield, left-back, left-back and so on, which has given Onimuda's platoon a lot of flexibility. It is worth mentioning that the flag bearer's assist against the Rangers is the cross on the left side.
In fact, whether it is the bold use of Onimuda or the courage of the players, it is of great help to his current career in foreign countries. Many old Japanese internationals have said that Asian players play in Europe to have the ability to adapt to multiple positions, and it is important to get the opportunity to play first.
The long-established derby is a platform in Japan that was narrated by former Japan international Kazuyuki Toda. After the game, he was interviewed by the media. Toda believes that it is time for national team coach Hoichi Mori to consider making the flag bearer Mori Yoyo a standing member of the team: "Just by virtue of his performance, let's not talk about whether we can play the starting game, at least we should consider calling him into the national team." In addition, Toda praised the players' performance in the game: "Judging from the expression on his face when he was replaced, he wanted to tell the coach that he could continue to run. On the pitch he is calm and technically outstanding, but there is no doubt that his running ability is his ace weapon based on the Soviet Super League. ”
Mori baoichi once gave the standard-bearer Keiyō a chance to make his debut in the U21 team and the national Olympic team, will the former give players the opportunity to make their debut in the adult national team? Let's wait and see. (In 2021, he was selected for training and did not appear)