Text/Tencent Sports La Liga reporter Wu Haoyu from Madrid, Spain
As son's previous five major european league "Asian brothers", Shinji Kagawa officially left Borussia Dortmund in this summer window and chose to join Zaragoza, a former La Liga powerhouse currently in La Liga. According to Western media, the arrival of Shinji Kagawa has produced another "crazy effect" from Asia for the La Liga, and the unveiling ceremony of the Japanese king has attracted nearly 10,000 Zaragoza fans to the scene.
"Joining the Spanish league has always been my hope and I will take the 2022 World Cup as my next goal." After being eliminated with Japan at last year's World Cup, Shinji Kagawa was selected for the national team only once in a friendly match in March. On this week's national team matchday, Kagawa also missed the Japan squad, while he continued to compete in the La Liga that continued this week with his new club Zaragoza.
During his time at Dortmund, Kagawa had repeatedly accompanied the Nerazzurri in the Champions League to Madrid to challenge Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, but this time he and Zaragoza visited the Madrid region and away to Alcorcón on the outskirts of Madrid – the same small-town team that beat Real Madrid 4-0 at home in the Copa del Rey that year, after Zaragoza was fourth in the La Liga table and Alcorcon was sixth, a game that was a key battle for both teams to set the tone of the season.
Zaragoza eventually won 3-0 away from home, Andi Kagawa, who wore the No. 23 pizza Lagosa shirt, started the game, although he did not contribute direct goals and assists, but as a front-back position, he was still able to show his skills as the core of the Bundesliga champion midfield, repeatedly sending threatening passes, and the advance and scoring in the counterattack were just right. After the game, he was rated high by the local media, and his teammates also said in interviews: "Shinji Kagawa's performance in this game is fantastic. ”
Shinji Kagawa also appeared in the mixed interview area after the game, and after being interviewed by Japanese reporters, Shinji Kagawa was interviewed in English, and he has been in the ocean for ten years without any obstacles in language communication.
Before officially signing zaragoza, the team that was closest to Kagawa was Celta in La Liga, but he finally chose Zaragoza in La Liga. Shinji Kagawa said: "I have always wanted to be able to play in Spain, and Zaragoza is very sincere and trusts me, so I came here. "In the four La Liga matches so far in the new season, Shinji Kagawa has started zaragoza and played the core position in the midfield, which shows the team's trust in the Japanese international.
Kagawa bluntly said that the Spanish league is "very fast-paced" in his eyes, even in the La Liga. Even though dortmund and Manchester United have won the championship trophy, the 30-year-old Shinji Kagawa needs to adapt to a new rhythm when he debuts in Spain, "The Spanish league has a lot of players with very good skills, the rhythm is much beyond my expectations, I need to continue to work hard. ”
"Do you give them any advice for young Asian players who want to go to Europe?" Kagawa's intriguing answer to this question is: "Every time I return to the Japanese national team, we share our experiences and experiences playing in Europe with each other, give each other advice, and also pass it on to the young players in the team. There are more and more young players who are willing to come to Europe and play in Europe, which is a good thing for both Japanese and Asian football, and I am very happy that we have a lot of good talented players. ”
"Although I am not young enough to play in the second division now, I still hope to lead by example and set an example for young players who choose to stay in the west." Shinji Kagawa, who became famous at a young age, has been playing in Europe for 10 years, and although in his own opinion, the 30-year-old is no longer young, but the truth is that Compared with Takeshi, who was born in November 1991, Shinji Kagawa, who was born in November 1989, is only two years and seven months older, and just last weekend in La Liga, the Japanese rising star Kubo Kenei, who was born in 2001, has just made his La Liga debut. The endless emergence of Japanese football talents and the number and quality of foreign players are really not comparable to chinese football now.
After the interview, Shinji Kagawa hurriedly left the mixed area, leaving few words this time, but the facts revealed were difficult to calm. In last weekend's La Liga match, the same "post-00s" Japanese and Korean twin stars Kubo Jianying and Li Gangren played for their respective teams in the same La Liga match, playing the post-00 La Liga Japan-Korea derby, but all we can hope for is wu Lei, who is currently a lonely presence in the five major leagues of China and Europe, and he will turn 28 in two months.
(Editor: Yao Fan)