On February 27, Beijing time, the J League Yokohama Mariners and the J League third-year Kashiwa Helios match ended. The Yokohama Mariners suffered another defeat, conceding points in two of the three games of the new season. Two members of the team were sent off, the only highlight was former Wuhan foreign player Anderson López.
In 3 J-League games, Lopez scored 2 goals and assisted 1. And López himself is also strange, whenever he has a good play, the club has a hard time winning. Whether it's the current Yokohama, or the previous Wuhan team.
The match against the Helios was López's first start since his return to the J-League. He was lucky enough to receive a cross from his teammate just five minutes into the opening game to give the Yokohama Mariners the lead.
However, they who fought away were eventually reversed by the other side and regrettably lost.
In the whole game, the Yokohama Mariners only had 6 shots on goal, compared with 16 against the opponent. López became the only highlight of the team, but this season as long as he scored the game, the team could not win.
In the first round of the league, the Yokohama Mariners played Against Sakura Osaka, and Lopez scored 1 goal and assisted 1 time off the bench. However, the team did not get the victory and was equalized in the last minute.
In the second round of the league, López started, but did not score or assist. After he was substituted, his teammates scored two goals in a row to beat the championship favourite Kawasaki Striker.
In the third round of the game, when Lopez quickly gained the lead for the team, center-back Hata Naka nosuke won 2 yellows in a row within 5 minutes and was sent off. Defender Tomoki Iwata took another red in the second half, and the team was unable to catch up with the score and eventually lost.
López wants to express himself, but in the J-League, he also has a sense of powerlessness, just like when he met a strong team in Wuhan before.
Just before the start of the season, López had just moved from the Chinese Super League to join the Yokohama Mariners. City Group, which spent $1.8 million, hopes López will bring the league title to the team.
As a result, Lopez lived up to expectations, but the team's backline dragged its feet.
Fortunately, the team beat the championship favorite Kawasaki Striker and did not lag too far behind the other teams.
Although the team did not perform well, Lopez himself played perfectly. In the frontcourt, he can both overtake people and make balls for his teammates. In addition, his height makes it necessary for opponents to send tall defenders to keep an eye on them.
In this round, when his teammates broke through on the flanks, Lopez quickly inserted himself in the back row and blocked the ball into the opponent's door with his foot in front of the goal. At this time, the players of the Bo Helios team woke up like a dream and wanted to pull Lopez, but it was too late. This shows Lopez's excellent running position and grab-point skills.
The Brazilian center forward is not only comprehensive, but also plug-and-play.
Last season, López was the first scorer for Wuhan. Before the start of the 2021 season, López was the favorite player of the Wuhan Three Towns team, and his possibility of joining once surpassed that of Ed milson.
And he is tall, with the ability to carry the ball outstanding and can quickly counterattack, suitable for almost all Chinese Super League teams.
Today, it is a pity that the super scorer has left the Chinese Super League. To know that López's salary and transfer fee are actually not high. It is not easy for the Chinese Super League to find such cost-effective foreign aid.
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