In the Europa League final in the early hours of this morning, Frankfurt drew 1-1 with the Rangers in regular time and finally won the penalty shootout. In this match, two Japanese players from Frankfurt, Daichi Kamada and Makoto Hasebe, performed well and contributed to the team's victory.
For the first time in history, two Asian players helped the team win the European championship, and Kamada Andei and Makoto Hasebe also became the 6th and 7th Asian players in Asian history to win the European championship. So who are the top five players? Let's do it together (Australian players don't count).
In 2008, two South Korean players helped Zenit win the League Cup
In 2005, the aggressive Dutchman Ed Wolfat became the manager of the South Korean national team, and in the 2006 World Cup, he led the South Korean team to a fantastic start, the first game 2-1 victory over Togo, the second game against the French team with Zidane and Henry They drew 1-1 with their opponents, but in the better situation of qualifying, they lost 0-2 to Switzerland in the final round and finally left the group, and Ed Wolfat, who failed to complete the goal, also resigned.
After resigning as south Korean coach, Edovokate took over the Russian Super League giants Zenit and brought two of his own Korean favorites: in the summer of 2006, tough left-back Kim Dong-jin joined the team from Seoul FC for 2 million euros; in the summer of 2007, the tenacious back Lee Ho transferred from Ulsan Hyundai for 800,000 euros.
In the 2007–08 UEFA Cup, Zenit led by Ed-Waukat eliminated Villarell, Marseille, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern to reach the final, and finally won the championship with a 2-0 victory over the Rangers. Many of them were Bayern, who started 4-0 in the second leg of the semi-finals, with front-line player Pavel Pogrebnyak scoring twice.
In the final against Rangers, Kim Dong-jin was offered a substitute appearance (he was the team's absolute main force before the knockout round), while another South Korean player, Lee Ho, was not selected for the tournament squad. Although Li Hao did not make the squad, he was also a part of this team, making his debut in the group stage against Everton, in the knockout stage against Villarell, and in the semi-final against Bayern.
Two-time Champions League Cup winner, the first person in the history of European competition in Asia?
Before Son Heung-min, his predecessor Che Fangen was the Asian light of European football in the 20th century, scoring a record of five major league goals for Asian players with 98 Bundesliga goals, which Son Didn't break until a few years ago, and both of them were far ahead of Shinji Okazaki at no. 3, scoring a total of 52 goals.
In the 1979–80 season, Che Fangen had just joined Eintracht Frankfurt, and his first full Bundesliga season began at the same time as his debut european season. As the team's main striker, Che Fangen scored three goals and provided 1 assist in his first five UEFA Cup matches, after which Eintracht Frankfurt eliminated Bayern to reach the final and won the title with an away goal advantage in a two-legged match against Borussia Moncheng.
In the 1987–88 season, Che VanGan led Bayer Leverkusen to another UEFA Cup. In the knockout rounds, they faced Barca, which owned Schuster and Reinkel, and won 1-0 in two legs, and Che Fangen played the whole game in both matches.
In the first leg of the final against Espanyol, Bayer Leverkusen lost 3-0 and almost already pronounced the "death penalty". The second leg returned to the home "Pharmaceutical Factory" and staged a shocking reversal, especially Che Fangen, who was about to turn 35 at the time, he received a free kick from his teammate in the 81st minute of the game and jumped high to score the third goal of the team, helping the team equalize the aggregate score, and finally defeated Espanyol in the penalty shootout, Che Fangen also won the second Confederation Cup trophy of his career, and he was the main striker of the team.
Having lost both champions league finals, he remains Asia's first Champions League winner
If there are any regrets about the former Asian no. 1 midfielder Park Ji-sung, who won four Premier League titles, two Dutch First Division titles, 1 Champions League title and 1 World Cup semi-finals, he must have not even made the big list in the 2008 Champions League final.
At that time, Park Ji-sung played all four games against Roma and Barca in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, but Park Ji-sung, who was not banned and healthy, was excluded from the final against Chelsea by Sir F.
Park Ji-sung later said in an interview that he was extremely disappointed, and even went to the dressing room without seeing his shirt to realize that he was not in the big list, and later Ferguson explained to Park Ji-sung that he wanted to take Hargreaves because Hargreaves had experience in Champions League finals. In the end, Manchester United won the Champions League with a penalty victory over Chelsea on a rainy night in Moscow.
Park Ji-sung has since made his debut in the Champions League finals against Barca twice in 2009 and 2011, making up for the regrets of the year, but United have lost both games. Manchester United are at a disadvantage in both games, so whether they are on Park Ji-sung or not, the team will most likely lose in these two games. In addition, Son Heung-min is the second player to have participated in the Champions League final and lost.
To date, Park is still the only player in Asian history to have won the Champions League, and Takumi Minamino, who plays for Liverpool this year, could be in second place.
Twenty years ago, the Japanese player helped Feyenoord win the League Cup
At the time, Zenit's midfielder Li Hao, who is now 37 years old, has not yet retired, and he joined his former parent team Ulsan Hyundai early last year. Asian midfielder Shinji Ono, who also won the League Cup, has not retired at the age of 43 and currently plays for J-League side Hokkaido Sapporo.
Twenty years ago, Shinji Ono was thriving, dedicating the best four years of his career to Feyenoord, a technically skilled attacking midfielder who has delivered 10 assists in a single season in the Eredivisie. In the 2001-02 League Cup final, Fayenoord played against Borussia Dortmund, with feyenoord's three strikers Kalu, Van Persie and Van Hoydonk threatening opponents in the first half, and the team's top star, Van Hoydonk, scored twice, and although Amoruso pulled a goal back in the 47th minute, Shinji Ono assisted Thomasson in the 50th minute to score his third goal and almost sealed the win.
That year, Shinji Ono also became the second Asian player to win the League Cup after Che Fangen.
Asian European champions, will there be more this month?
In addition to the Europa League final, two Japanese players, Daichi Kamada and Makoto Hasebe, there will also be Asian players in the Europa League and Champions League finals.
Takumi Minamino, who scored a key goal in the Premier League, and his Liverpool reached the Champions League final, but Liverpool's forward talent is abundant, and the top attacker in Asia is likely to not be able to play, and if he can enter the competition roster, it will be a success.
In addition, Feyenoord's European Cup final against Roma, two Asian strikers may meet for a match, this season there are fewer and fewer opportunities to play Uzbekistan forward Shomurodov, he scored a goal in the last round of Serie A, he may get the opportunity to come off the bench in the final.
And Feyenoord's Iranian striker Jahanbakhsh was once the Golden Boot of the Dutch League, and his combat effectiveness has declined after a round of the Premier League, and he is one of the main rotation players of the team with 4 goals and 3 assists in the Dutch League this season, and the chance of debuting in the Final of the European Cup is very good. (Supine Braces/Qiu Yixi)