Kamada Daichi started for Eintracht Frankfurt.
This morning's Europa League quarterfinals ended, the number one favourite Barca was eliminated by Eintracht Frankfurt at Camp Nou 2-3, losing to their opponents in The European War for the first time in history, and also watching the "Eagles" once again reach the semi-finals of the Europa League after three years.
In frankfurt, who seemed to be as excited as if they had won the championship at the final whistle, two Japanese players stood out: Makoto Hasebe, who was a living fossil in Europe and appeared in the semi-finals of the Europa League after three years, and Kamada Daichi, who started both legs, once again stood closest to the final.
For the Japan international, who is accustomed to attacking the city in the Bundesliga, this is just a "routine operation", as early as 20 years ago, Shinji Ono became a member of Feyenoord, becoming the first Japanese international in history to lift the Confederate Cup (the predecessor of the now Europa League).
After the Bundesliga blossomed everywhere, even the German team in the same group as Japan in the World Cup has issued concerns that the opponent cannot be underestimated.
Tradition continues
In the semi-final of the Europa League three years ago, Frankfurt fought chelsea for two legs until the penalty shootout, which is the classic match of that cup.
As the team's oldest starter, the 35-year-old Makoto Hasebe played two full legs and 210 minutes at the time, and played as a center back and then a back, both of which were outstanding.
After three years, the 38-year-old Japanese veteran has gradually faded out of the team's starting lineup, but the most important moment, coach Glasner still needs the rich experience of the Japanese in the competition - shortly after the start of the 9-minute long stoppage time, Hasebe Makoto appeared as the team's final substitution.
Glasner's decision proved to be brilliant. Shortly after Makoto Hasebe came on, Frankfurt centre-back Ndeka had no need to elbow his opponent in the penalty area, turning two yellows into one red and also sending a penalty, if at this time the team's three centre-backs were one less defensive line and the referee continued to make up time, the result would be unimaginable...
If Makoto Hasebe is the last "ballast stone" for Frankfurt's promotion, then Kamada Daichi, who started both legs, is undoubtedly the vanguard officer of the team's victory.
Kamada and his teammates celebrate the goal.
As the team's tie-two top scorer this season, Kamada Daichi, who partnered Lindeström in a double front, was active against Barca in the last leg – his several breakthroughs in the ribs forced Eric Garcia to make up for it frequently until the 80th minute of the game.
Kamada's physical distribution was more reasonable, and the reading of the Barca defense was also poisonous - when the home team was in a hurry to pull back the score, his score cleverly found his teammate Kostic, who had already inserted obliquely into the box, who cleanly played the far corner and almost declared the victory of the game.
Kamada is the real Europa League expert compared to Barca, who condescended to europa league for the first time in 18 years – in 18 appearances so far, the Japanese front has contributed 10 goals, one more than his total production in the Bundesliga in three years; the last round against another La Liga team, Betis, it was also Kamada who completed the kill and helped the team qualify.
The Bundesliga hatches the national team
It is no secret that the Bundesliga favors Japanese players.
This season, a total of 9 Japanese players have played in the Bundesliga, including Makoto Hasebe, Genki Haraguchi, Takuma Asano, as well as rookies Yoki Ito and Kaitasuidou, who have just started their Bundesliga careers, but Endo Hang, Kamada Daichi, Masaya Okukawa and Keita Endo, who are in their current years, are undoubtedly the best.
In terms of quantity alone, the current Japanese players in Germany are not at the top. In the 2014-2015 season, as many as 13 Japanese players played in the Bundesliga, and at least one "Japanese derby" appeared in almost every round. In the subsequent 2015-2016 season, there were also as many as 12 people.
However, after the 2018 World Cup, the Japanese team that broke into the round of 16 and almost eliminated the third place Belgium, but the Bundesliga once fell into a low tide: for four years, Shinji Kagawa, Daisuke, Usami Takashi, Uchida Tachibana and other "former waves" have left the Bundesliga arena one after another, or go to other European leagues to make a living, or simply return to their hometown for retirement.
In addition to the evergreen tree Makoto Hasebe, the Japanese players in the Bundesliga today have almost completely changed their stubble. The captain of the national team, Hang Endo, was promoted from the Bundesliga with Stuttgart all the way and then became one of the souls of the team; Yata Daichi also got more opportunities to perform in Frankfurt, where he played the leading role in foreign coaches.
Now, Makoto Hasebe, who does not know what the recession is, has renewed his contract with the club until 2027, which also means that he will continue to break the record of Asian players in the top five leagues he holds.
Although before the last contract renewal, there were rumors that Makoto Hasebe may not be able to complete the contract, and it is likely that he will join the management and be responsible for opening up the Japanese market, but so far, the only identity of the Japanese veteran club is still a player.
His highly professional and self-disciplined attitude has also won high praise from the team's sports director and former German international Bobbich: "Makoto Hasebe has an unparalleled career, no matter how old he is, he is the cornerstone of the team. ”
Kamada Dachi defends Dejong.
Frick prepared for the rain
Unlike Shinji Kagawa, Hiroshi Kiyotake, Takashi Kaneki, Shinji Okazaki and other national teams who played the main role in the German football team, today, Mori Hoichi's Japanese team prefers overseas players in other leagues.
In addition to St. Turden, who basically contracted the first stop of Japanese players to stay in the ocean, the Celtics, who have just formed the three musketeers of the Japanese team's front line, have also become Mori Bao's favorite.
In contrast, the Japanese players in the Bundesliga today, the "coffee position" of the national team do not match the number and strength. In addition to Endo Hang, who is the main player of the iron fight, only the same old qualifications of Haraguchi Genki, and Tanaka Bi, who played in Düsseldorf in the Bundesliga, were shortlisted for the last national team.
As a controversy in the Japanese media, Kamada Daichi has been repeatedly ignored and has become the biggest slot in the list. In addition, Masaya Okukawa, who scored in four consecutive Bundesliga rounds at Bielefeld, was also completely unfairly defeated.
However, Moriho's unsightly German foot is a big problem in the eyes of German coach Frick.
After the World Cup group draw was revealed, Frick watched Bochum's 2-1 win over Hoffenheim and was impressed by Takuma Asano.
In the group stage of the last World Cup, Son Heung-min, who was born in the Hamburg youth training, ruined the German team's dream of qualifying in the group finale; after 4 years, in the face of so many German feet, the German chariot that refused to overturn the ship in the gutter again was somewhat more nervous than Morihoichi.
The Belgian First Division has been playing the Japanese derby.
Japan's European international broke out en masse
April was a rare post-World Cup relief for Chinese fans: Wu Lei, who was sitting on the bench, scored a deadlock against Celta; Guo Tianyu made his Portuguese Premier League debut in Vizela.
However, compared with the Japanese players who are expected to reach the top in the Champions League and the Europa League, there is a big gap in terms of event level, team status and actual performance.
On the day of Kukuda Yu's Portuguese Premier League debut, the Belgian League regular season ended, St. Turden beat Standard Liege by 3 goals, 5 of the starting 11 were Japanese players, Lin Dadi, who had just returned from the round of 12, scored the second goal, and Daiki Hashioka, who participated in the Tokyo Olympics, assisted the third goal. The first goal was scored by 1.91-meter-tall center Daichi Hara, who was born in 1999.
Compared with Guo Tianyu, who basically sat in the main force of the Chinese Super League championship, Yuan Dazhi did not even have time to familiarize himself with the atmosphere of the J League, and he resolutely went to Europe.
Hara Dazhi.
And just when Guo Tianyu came to prominence in 2020, Hara Dazhi had become a member of the Croatian first division team Istria, and half a year later he was bought out by La Liga Alaves and loaned to St. Turdon, and he scored 8 goals this season, sitting firmly at the same time, he began to look forward to his first national team appearance.
Also in April, the Japan international in Europe ushered in a collective explosion - Junya Ito, as captain of Genk, completed his eighth goal of the season to help the team reach the European play-offs, scoring as many as 22 goals in the season; Berlin United won 4-1 away to Hertha Berlin, and Haraguchi Attacked the old club.
Even in the Portuguese Premier League, Santa Clara beat Estoril, and Japanese player Kosuke Tagawa scored...
The back wave is still not catching up, and "Sina" is already on the way. On April 8, the Bundesliga official Stuttgart officially announced that zeiss Amway, an 18-year-old Japanese-American mixed-race youngster who signed Japan's Shoshi High School, has just participated in the Dubai Cup and has performed well in the journey of the Japanese team's coronation.
Others have long been looking up at the stars at the top of the mountain, and we are still at the bottom of the well. (Supine Braces/Yang Jian)
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