The German league has been affected by the epidemic, and the bundesweg matches between Hamburg and Oe, as well as the Bundesliga games in Mainz and Augsburg, have been postponed. The Düsseldorf team was infected by 14 people due to the epidemic, and the team finally had to piece together a lineup and finish the match with Paderborn.
In the final match, the youngsters in Düsseldorf were spared, and they made peace with their opponents 1-1. Both teams are undesirable teams, neither has the hope of upgrading nor will they be relegated, which is why they dare to send young players to play.
It is worth noting that in this match, Düsseldorf had three Japanese players start, namely full-back Takashi Uchino, Japan international back Ao Tanaka and Japanese forward Appelkamp. Shinta Appelkamp.
Takashi Uchino, who is 1.77 meters tall, debuted at Chiba Ichihara club in Japan and came to the German league at the age of 17. In July 2021, he joined Düsseldorf II from Aachen in Germany's fourth division. Now, the main full-back and can also make a cameo appearance at the back is playing as a main player in the German regional league.
This time, he was promoted to a first-team competition, allowing Takashi Uchino to make his first-team debut. It was also a good start for him.
Born in 1998, Tanaka joined on loan from Kawasaki Striker. The 24-year-old is the club's quasi-workhorse and has played 1252 minutes in double-line matches this season.
Zhenda is the front of the team and the core of this team. Born in November 2000, he has gained 1,178 minutes of playing time in the League Cup this season. In this game, Zhenda still started as the captain.
A japanese-German player who is not yet 22 years old, he was born in Düsseldorf. Since joining the team, he has scored seven goals and two assists in 42 appearances in first-team matches. The brother was on the bundesliga bench but did not get a chance to play.
It is worth saying that Zhenda is a member of the German U21 national youth team. In 2021, he was named in the German Under-21 European Youth Championship and won the championship with the team. But he didn't get a chance to play. Among his national youth team-mates, Nmecha and Wiltz have already played as the main players in the Bundesliga.
However, Shinda has not been selected for the German national team and has not played for the Japanese national team. The player is still young, but his upbringing has been rather awkward. Germany certainly does not lack players of this level, and the Japanese national team is full of good players in the frontcourt, and perhaps there is no shortage of such people.
With a population of 600,000, Düsseldo is already a big city in Germany. The city is located in the heart of the European continent, and according to the Japanese consulate, there were more than 8,000 Japanese living here as early as 2008. The city is also the third largest Japanese population in Europe. In recent years, more and more Japanese players have played in the German league, and the relatively close cultural background has made many Japanese people regard Düsseldorf as their choice for foreign teams.
Now, after 26 rounds, Düsseldorf has 31 points, four more points than Dynamo Dresden, who is third from the bottom but one less game. The pressure on the team to relegate is not very high. This higher level of league is quite good for players to train, and in the future perhaps Düsseldorf will become another springboard team for Japanese players in the Europa League.