In an AFC Champions League group match on Friday night, Kobe Victory Ship beat Thai Super League side Chiang Rai United by 6 goals, almost locking in the qualifying seats in this group, but many fans are not too clear, in the 2022 season of J League Victory Ship started 10 rounds have not tasted a win, the points bottom. On the one hand, the AFC Champions League completely defeated the opponent, and on the other hand, this is a strange performance like the ice and fire double heaven.
If it is helpless for the Chinese Super League team to send young troops to participate in the AFC Champions League and suffer consecutive routs, then the ice and fire performance of the J League powerhouse Kobe Victory Ship is the most peculiar landscape of this AFC Champions League. Prior to its appearance in the AFC Champions League, Victory Ship Kobe had a poor record of 0 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses in the first 10 rounds of the J League, and was the only team with zero wins from 18 teams in the J League. With the league at the bottom of the points, they gathered all the main players to participate in the AFC Champions League.
The lineup of Kobe Victory Ship can be described as strong, not only the long-term Bundesliga international Isamu Yasuya, Sakai Takatoku, Mutoshi Yoshiki and other "old fritters", but also superstar Iniesta, as well as former Barca star Bojan, as well as Brazilian rising star Rincon. In the first match they easily defeated Hong Kong Super League champion Jackie. On Friday night, Victory Boat completed the team's biggest victory in the history of the AFC Champions League, they were already four goals ahead of Chiang Rai United in less than 40 minutes of the opening, and in the second half, Brazilian rising star Rincon extended the score, and former Barca star Bojan also completed his first assist in the AFC Champions League, finally helping Victory Ship to freeze the score at 6-0!
Since Shanghai Harbour, the super in the group, withdrew from the tournament, only 3 teams participated. Kobe Victory Ship has already defeated all the teams in the group after two consecutive wins, and will play Chiang Rai United again in the next game. Therefore, victory ships have basically locked the number of qualifiers in this group (the first iron line in the group). The wild wins and streaks in the AFC Champions League can also be regarded as a breath of relief for the 10 rounds of unbeaten domestic leagues. But this situation is also rare in the AFC Champions League, which is almost reduced to a relegation favorite on the one hand, and is in full swing on the other.
The ups and downs of the victory ship actually reflect the level of the Japanese professional football league from the side, even the AFC Champions League teams still do not have an absolute advantage in the domestic league. On the AFC Champions League stage, the configuration of the Kobe Victory Ship is luxurious. Two years ago, in the AFC Champions League group stage, they forced Guangzhou Evergrande to qualify smoothly and eventually reached the top 4. Today, the team is more well-staffed, and although the domestic league record is poor, it is still a popular team in the AFC Champions League. It's only slightly embarrassing that it would be ironic if the Kobe Victory Ship were relegated in the league and the AFC Champions League went farther and farther or even won.