Players from China and Japan, who had just played against each other at the Tokyo National Arena, soon met again at the Dubai airport - both of them chose to transfer here to Europe.
"Hey, isn't this a coincidence?"
When Hu Lai saw these Japanese team players in front of the luggage carousel, he happily clapped his hands and smiled.
The Japanese players had not yet recovered from the disappointment of losing, and were generally not in high spirits. Tatsuya Sugiyama answered him: "What's the coincidence? Everyone has to take a turn for the better here."
"Dubai's airport is so big, isn't it a coincidence that we can meet in front of the same luggage carousel?" Hu Lai asked with a smile.
"Isn't this normal?" Tatsuya Sugiyama pointed at Morikawa Junpei, "Junpei is going to Leeds with your Zhou Zijing."
He also pointed to Yonezawa Masao, Hirokawa Masato, and Maruyama Yukishi.
"Seniors, like you, all play football in La Liga and have to transfer to Spain. We all set off from Tokyo to Dubai. It is very likely that we will take the same flight. It is normal to meet here. "
What he said is correct.
Since the destinations are in the same direction, the possibility of encountering them is very high.
In fact, Morikawa Junpei had made an appointment with Zhou Zijing in advance on where to meet.
Now that they met in advance, he simply bowed goodbye to the seniors in the team, then dragged his luggage towards the Chinese team players and met Zhou Zijing.
As soon as he walked in, Xia Xiaoyu, Wang Guangwei, Zhang Qinghuan, Chen Xingyi, and Zhou Zijing all enthusiastically patted his shoulders. Morikawa Junpei also had a smile on his face and chatted with them fluently in Chinese.
Watching this scene, the players of the Japanese team were very emotional:
"This Morikawa is completely different from the one in front of us."
"Yes, he is much more taciturn in front of us."
"He seems to be more open-minded among the Chinese?"
"To be honest, I have an illusion that Morikawa might be more Chinese than Japanese..."
Hu Lai heard their discussion and responded to them in Japanese: "Morikawa is the bridge of Sino-Japanese friendship!"
Sugiyama Tatsuya rolled his eyes when he heard such official words.
Seeing his expression, Hu Lai burst into laughter.
After teasing Tatsuya Sugiyama, he returned to his friends and gave Junpei Morikawa a big hug.
The scene where Chinese and Japanese players unexpectedly met at Dubai Airport was filmed by other passengers present and posted online.
It quickly attracted everyone's attention and heated discussions.
Especially Chinese fans.
The Chinese and Japanese players in the photo are clearly differentiated and divided into two teams.
In terms of numbers, Japanese players clearly have the upper hand. They have about 13 or 4 players who are going to Europe.
The Chinese team only has seven players: Hu Lai, Zhang Qinghuan, Wang Guangwei, Luo Kai, Xia Xiaoyu, Zhou Zijing and Chen Xingyi.
Only half of the other party.
This made many Chinese fans sigh with emotion:
"Look at this photo, the difference in numbers between the two sides is obvious! Although the Japanese team lost to us, they are still the leader in Asia. Just looking at the number of overseas players, we cannot compare..."
"Japanese football has always been an excellent representative of Asian football overseas, so it is not surprising that they have so many people. But we can now have seven people, which is a great improvement, so don't think that we have just a few people.
To see progress”
"I think back then, there was only one overseas player in Chinese football, Hu Lai. Every time he finished playing for the national team, he would always go to the airport alone to fly back to Europe, while the others were returning home. Compared with the Japanese team's overseas army, he was so lonely.
It almost makes the Chinese fans cry. So now there are seven people, which is pretty good! At the very least, we can barely call it the 'Overseas Legion'."
"In the beginning, there was only Hu Lai, but now there are seven people. It is said that Lin Zhiyuan has also negotiated with Westin Athletic. When the Chinese Super League season ends here, he will go to the Bundesliga... Soon there will be eight people. Going on.
In the future, there will definitely be more Chinese players appearing in Europe. By then, every time the national team plays a game, we will be able to see scenes like the Japanese team at the airport..."
"Why are you talking about seven people? I counted them carefully and they are clearly eight people..."
"Is there a possibility that you count Morikawa Junpei on our side?"
"Pfft! Good guy! 'Best Eighth Man'!"
"Oh, it would be great if the 'Second Boy' is really from our side! At least our last shortcoming in the midfield has been completely made up... Gao Ruimin worked hard, but it still didn't make sense. Morikawa is a Premier League player
Where’s the main force!”
"Didn't Ou Yangjin perform well in the Olympics? After the Olympics, there were some rumors about him transferring to study abroad. Why is there no news now?"
"Have you forgotten where Ou Yangjin plays football? Flashing star! That's a 'black shop'! Fatty Dong can kill the European team with a knife, but can he let Ou Yangjin go?"
"This... won't delay Ou Yangjin's overseas study, right?"
"Don't worry, everyone upstairs. Although Fatty Dong is very stingy, he understands the overall situation. You must know that our Flash Star is the one that sends the most players abroad to study abroad! When it comes to contributing to the country, Flash Star has never been vague! No!
The reason for selling may be because time was too hasty after the Olympics. Wasn't that why Lin Zhiyuan didn't go out in the first place? Or he just didn't meet the most suitable team. Anyway, Ou Yangjin is still young, even if he plays one more game under the guidance of Zhao
The year is pretty good and we can still make progress..."
"Flashing Star has indeed sent many international players to our national team over the years. Thank you for your hard work!"
"That's a big sacrifice. I've never won a league championship until now!"
"Please don't say it, it's only Amitabha that keeps our Flash Stars from relegation..."
"What you said above is an exaggeration. Didn't you already successfully avoid relegation this year?"
"Well, that's why we have succeeded in relegation this year. If we have succeeded in relegation this year, what about next year? If we have succeeded in relegation next year, what about the year after that? With the pace of sending people like Flash Star to Europe, they are a relegation team every year!"
X※※The players from the Chinese and Japanese teams did not chat at the Dubai airport—the relationship between most of the players from both sides was not that good. They separated quickly after meeting and went to their respective clubs to start their relationship.
UEFA European League.
Before leaving, Hu Lai enthusiastically asked Zhang Qinghuan to stay: "Brother Huan, why don't you go back to Madrid with me? Anyway, you have to follow Saria to Madrid this weekend, why make an extra trip? Our house is big,
There are many rooms. You can choose one at will."
"Is it okay to live in your house?" Zhang Qinghuan complained, "I have to go back to train with the team."
"What's the point of practicing together? You all lose anyway!" Hu Lai pouted.
"Hu Lai, what the hell..." Zhang Qinghuan said goodbye to Hu Lai with the middle finger, "Let's go, win or lose, we'll see you on the court!"
"Whoever loses gets a treat!"
"Get out of here, uncle! The host is treating you!" Zhang Qinghuan stopped messing around with Hu Lai this time and directly announced the rules.
The first game back for the club after the top 12 matches is the eighth round of La Liga. Madrid Pirates will face Saria at home.
This is the first "Chinese Derby" of the new season.
There are many "Chinese Derbys" this year, including La Liga and the Premier League.
There is even a Champions League.
In the Champions League group, Xia Xiaoyu's Alvara, as the Portuguese champion last season, became the seed team in this group, and the second-tier team is Luo Kai's Tramed.
Therefore, there will be two more "Chinese Derbys" in the Champions League group stage this season. These two opponents are also very interesting, because they just met in the knockout stage of the Champions League last season.
However, compared with last year, neither the Chinese media nor fans paid as much attention to the "Chinese Derby" this year.
It's not that they don't pay attention to Chinese overseas players, it's just that they are getting used to seeing two Chinese players competing together in European competitions.
No more fuss or anticipation like last year.
And they will become more and more accustomed to it in the future until they are completely accustomed to it.
Just like Japanese football now, when Japanese players meet in European football, their media will not carry out fanfare and overwhelming publicity reports.
Just treat it as a normal report of an ordinary game.
Chinese football will become like this sooner or later.
As long as the reform of football can continue, I believe that a large number of overseas legions will definitely appear in Chinese football in the future. Even Chinese players who play abroad may not be able to be selected for the national team, because there will be too many people playing outside.
It's too much.
Japanese football currently has about fifty players playing in various league teams overseas, but not everyone can be selected for the national team.
This is the "happy trouble" of Japanese football.
Chinese fans hope that Chinese football will be able to dazzle everyone in the future.
Or in the future, we will have one lineup for the Asian Cup, another lineup for the top 40, and another lineup for the top 12.
Oops, many Chinese fans are drooling just thinking about it!