55 years old is still playing! Miura Chiryo made a record debut in the opener, and the charm was unstoppable and led to traffic jams
Chira Miura, the national treasure of Japanese football, moved to Japan Football League (JFL) side Suzuka scorer (Suzuka ポイントゲッターズ) this season in the opening game against Kiyomi Aomori on Sunday (13th), setting a record for the oldest JFL to play at the age of 55.
Suzuka scorers belong to the 4th division JFL team, and the pre-season announcement of star Miura Chira to shoot, has attracted much attention. JFL kicked off this weekend, and Miura was selected at home to play at the age of 55 and 15, breaking the record of the oldest player in the JFL on 43 and 9 days held by FC Kariya Brazilian player Amaral.
Suzuka eventually beat Aomori Kiyomi 2-0 to open the scoring, but Miura did not score a goal and failed to break the oldest goal record in one fell swoop.
Chira Miura, known as King Kazu, was greeted by fans with drums and applause when he played, and played until 20 minutes in the second half, when ken Nakamura was replaced and did not score a goal.
The 55-year-old Miura Chira, even if he moves to the fourth division, is still unstoppable. According to Japanese media, King Kazu's debut battle, in addition to attracting 42 media to interview, also attracted 4620 people to watch the game, which is more than 3300 more than the previous JFL record of 1308 seats, and the home atmosphere is high.
Miura Chira is choosing to appear, not only caused netizens to live broadcast the ball game at the same time on social media hot discussion, "Kazu fever" also affected the traffic near the stadium, The Japanese media received information, saying that some people said that "it seems that because Miura Chira players have a game, the original crowded "National Route 1 Green Park Front" has been crowded", which shows the appeal of "King Kazu".
