Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 756 Tang Ye's Japanese Celebrity Fans

Saitama City, Japan.

A group of Chinese tourists gathered outside Saitama 2002 Stadium, and they were touring the stadium in an orderly manner under the guidance of a tour guide.

"Right to our right is the Saitama 2002 Stadium, a professional stadium built by Japan for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Also..."

The tour guide, holding a small microphone, said, "This is also the venue for the football events at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics."

"Of course, you guys definitely know more about this than I do, after all, I'm not a professional fan."

The tour guide was quite modest.

She wasn't a professional tour guide for the Dragons, but rather worked for a travel agency.

The Dragons outsourced their Asian Cup qualifying viewing tour to a travel agency in order to provide fans with more professional travel services.

For most fans who are willing to travel with their teams, they don't actually need very professional football commentary.

"Although I don't know much about football, don't worry, I'm a professional Japanese tour guide, haha."

The tour guide added.

A group of more than 30 people walked along the road, with Asian Cup qualifying match posters hanging on the surrounding buildings and even the streetlights.

Wataru Endo, Maya Yoshida, Takehiro Tomiyasu... these are all star players on the Japanese team.

"I don't know many of these people, but I do know that one."

After speaking, the reporter raised his right hand and pointed to an indoor tennis court in the distance.

A poster of the Chinese team was hung outside the tennis net, featuring four Chinese players and their coach, Eskeriva.

The most obvious example is Tang Ye, who is in the middle. The image of the Chinese team's number 10 taking off his clothes and roaring is chilling.

"Actually, we've noticed along the way that there are very few posters for the Chinese team, after all, this is a competition in Japan."

"Hey, from the perspective of you professional fans, what are our national football team's chances of winning the day after tomorrow?"

The female tour guide became interested.

"100%!"

The fans shouted loudly, "We must crush Japan!"

"Ha ha!"

"We're definitely going to win, haha!"

The fans mostly spoke in a joking tone.

However, it's clear that even when facing a strong Japanese team, Chinese fans still maintain their confidence.

"I feel that the public opinion of the Chinese national football team has reversed a lot in recent years..."

The tour guide sighed, "I started working as a tour guide about eight years ago, back in Xi'an. Back then, all the online discussions about the Chinese national football team were negative."

"It's impossible now, it's impossible!"

A fan waved his hand: "Right now, there are definitely more supporters. Germany won, so what else can we say?"

"Haha, the World Cup in Russia was against Germany, right? I know that match!"

Although she didn't really know much about football, most people in China were talking about football matches during the World Cup and Asian Cup, so the female tour guide learned quite a bit at the time.

The female tour guide pointed to the Tang Ye poster hanging outside the tennis court and suddenly asked, "Is Tang Ye very good?"

"Holy crap, that's for sure, it's your problem."

"Haha, you'll get yelled at for asking this question online!"

"Of course it's amazing, it's already won the Ballon d'Or."

"Wait, wait!"

A few fans chatted for a while and realized that explaining the "Golden Ball Award" to a tour guide who rarely watches games was a rather difficult task.

Let's talk about this.

One of the fans wearing glasses thought of something: "Just look at Dortmund last season. If you do the math, you'll see that Dortmund paid him 900 million RMB for every game he played."

"Oh……"

……

Sohu: Are you a football fan too? Japanese actress Kana Momonogi posted travel photos in Saitama to show her support for the Japanese national team.

"In the photo, Momonogi is wearing a Japan team fan jersey, indicating that she will be at the stadium to cheer for the Japan team."

The front page headline of "All Japan" reported that Japanese netizens were frequently sending game invitations in the comments section of Tang Ye's article.

The match is still two days away from starting, and Japanese fans have already started causing trouble.

Many newspapers are saying how strong the Japanese team is this year, but in reality, Japanese fans are quite nervous when facing an opponent like China, so nervous that they have to resort to some tricks.

Capture the thief first and capture the king!
If we take down Tang Ye first, then the Chinese team without its leader is not so scary!

Baidu trending search.

No. 1: Asian Cup Qualifiers - China vs. Japan.

No. 2: China vs. Japan.

No. 3: China's national football team's key match in the Asian Cup qualifiers.

No. 4: Hajime Moriyasu and Eskeriva.

No. 5: A Japanese fan invited Tang Ye to play games.

The article reposted by The Sun – Ten Hag unfollowed Eskriva on social media.

[6666, the Chinese team is on two fronts, playing against both Ten Hag and Japan. How are they supposed to compete?]

[Essen is too arrogant. But I don't think Ten Hach is a threat; the important thing is to live a peaceful life.]

[Has anyone gone to check what Tang Ye is doing? Could he have really been lured into playing games?]

[You're overthinking it. I, King Tang, would never be tempted by something like that. Nothing is more important than the match against Japan!]

The day before the start of the China-Japan match.

As is customary for both teams, the Chinese team's bus arrived at Saitama 2002 Stadium for a training session.

Unlike previous training sessions, this time the Japan Football Association scheduled the training sessions for China and Japan together, meaning each team could only have half a field.

This practice is not uncommon, but it is not the custom of the Japan Football Association.

This move has also sparked some speculation among fans.

Is the Japanese team trying to study Tang Ye again during their warm-up match?

Isn't it?

The camera focused on Hajime Moriyasu on the home team's bench. The Japanese coach was watching Tang Ye jogging on the field, holding a small white notebook in one hand, writing something in it with a ballpoint pen.

This this……

They are really researching!

Although it's unclear what exactly Hajime Moriyasu is researching, Chinese fans are already incredibly nervous.

"Tom!"

Maya Yoshida ran over, bowed slightly, and then shook hands with Tang Ye: "We played in the same league before, and we also faced each other in the Asian Cup. I don't know if you remember the Asian Cup match. I learned a lot from you."

"Oh, haha, let's not talk about the Asian Cup."

"Haha, Tang Sang, I wish you success tomorrow. Also..."

Maya Yoshida changed the subject: "My youngest daughter is a big fan of yours. If possible, could you give me your jersey after tomorrow's match? But I don't have anything nice to offer in return... well..."

"Oh, no problem, no problem, we can just exchange jerseys later."

Tang Ye and Yoshida Maya shook hands again, and the latter bowed slightly to Tang Ye again, which startled Tang Ye into taking a step back.

“They kept bowing, but he was much older than me.”

Tang Ye helplessly shrugged and complained to his teammates.

Maya Yoshida's act of bowing made him feel old.

No longer 22 years old, but 42 years old!
"Haha, that's how it is here in Japan, right?"

Wu Lei kicked the ball away from him: "I feel like I've been conservative. If you were around his age, he'd probably have to call you 'senior'."

"senior!"

After saying that, Wu Lei shouted.

"Haha, damn it, Lei-ge, stop messing with me!"

Tang Ye pushed Wu Lei away a little. "Tang Ye!!"

"Tang Ye!! Here! Here!!!"

"Tom! Hey!"

Although it was just a warm-up match, there were still quite a few jerseys in the stands because both teams were doing it at the same time.

The majority are Japanese, followed by Chinese, then Koreans, and there are also some Singaporeans and British.

Aside from Japanese fans, the vast majority of fans of other nationalities were cheering for Tang Ye.

Even some Japanese fans asked Tang Ye for a photo, because in their view, the official match is tomorrow, and there is no need to have any psychological burden since the match time has not yet arrived.

"Tang Sang!"

"senior!"

Tang Ye put his hands together and said in Japanese, which he had just learned from Douyin: "Konnichiwa, konnichiwa!"

……

“They are really good.”

In the locker room, Tang Ye draped his jersey over his shoulders and chatted with his teammates about what he had just observed.

In fact, some observant fans may have noticed that Tang Ye barely kicked the ball during today's training session, as he was focused entirely on observing the Japanese team.

"Many of their players have a very stable mentality."

Tang Ye said.

How did you figure that out?

Zhang Yuning was stunned at first, while Tang Ye pointed to the eyes: "You can tell by looking at the eyes and the way they talk."

"really."

Wu Lei agreed with Tang Ye's words: "The people from Saudi Arabia and Vietnam were very nervous when they spoke to him before, but Yoshida Maya and Nagatomo... um, I forgot how to say it, anyway, those two people seemed very calm when they spoke to Tang Ye, not so nervous. They really had a good mindset."

"He just bowed a bit too much," Wu Lei added.

"Actually, you can't tell much from just a practice session, but I think their defense should be pretty good."

"Then there was their coach, Moriyasu Ichiichi, who kept staring at me. I was really impressed by him. He kept staring at me, and he was also writing something in a notebook."

I get angry whenever I think of Moriyasu Kazutaka.

The Japanese coach stood in front of the substitutes' bench, and although he was tens or even 100 meters away from Tang Ye, he still gave Tang Ye the feeling of being spied on.

"Yes, their defense is indeed very difficult to deal with."

Eskeriva agreed with Tang Ye's point of view, while also sharing some of his own thoughts.

The focus today is on adapting to the venue, not studying the opponents, so the Chinese team players don't really need to appear too nervous.

Just play the game normally.

After a short break, the Chinese team players emerged from the tunnel one after another, ready to thank the fans who had come today.

Tang Ye and Van der Gach remained in the locker room.

"Fuck, my chewing gum is gone. I remember I brought it with me."

"Haha, stop looking!"

Van der Gach patted Tang Ye on the shoulder and then went outside.

Tang Ye searched for half a minute but still couldn't find his things, so he had no choice but to leave the locker room.

There were hardly any people in the players' tunnel, because most of the Chinese team players had already returned to the field, and there weren't even any photographers in the tunnel.

Tang Ye arrived at the corner and was about to go out when he saw the sun outside. The next second, he ran into Kana Momono.

"Ok?"

Tang Ye was taken aback: "How...did you get in?"

He looked left and right, then glanced at the security guards' reactions.

Tang Ye made a judgment in a short time.

The woman in front of me was definitely not an ordinary football fan.

The sponsor's daughter?

Kana Momono shook hands with Tang Ye and asked if they could take a photo together.

Of course, there's no problem with that; Tang Ye would definitely accept it.

"But can you tell me how you got down here? Fans shouldn't be allowed in this area, right?"

Tang Ye signed his name on the back of Momono Kana's clothes as requested.

"I'm an invited fan, well... you can think of me as one of the cheerleaders at the start of the game, but I can't really be considered a cheerleader."

"Um……"

Tang Ye squinted and thought for a while.

"Oh, I see, you're a celebrity!"

Some celebrities receive invitations if they are fans of the sport. The Japanese woman in front of me is probably a fan of the Japanese team, so she received special treatment.

"You could say that, haha!"

Kana Momonogi: "But I'm probably not very famous, since you don't know me..."

"Oh, sorry, I don't watch many movies."

Tang Ye patted his head.

For some reason, Tang Ye felt himself blushing involuntarily when chatting with the woman in front of him, which was quite strange.

"Sometimes I can't get into movies or TV shows. I used to watch some cartoons when I was a kid, but I hardly watch them anymore."

Tang Ye explained.

"I know, it's because of ADHD!"

Momonogi answered first.

She said she was a fan of Tangye, and that was clearly not a joke.

Haha. I wish you happiness every day.

Tang Ye said goodbye to Momonogi, as his teammates were waiting for him outside.

"Wait."

“That’s…”

"As I just said, I'm a movie director, and... well, I really like you, I really like you. If it's possible..."

Momono blinked: "Tang-san... could you... um, make a movie with me?"

Momono extended a sincere invitation.

"Making movies..."

Tang Ye raised an eyebrow: "I made a documentary about an Amazon team before, and I haven't made any others. If you want to make a movie..."

To be honest, Tang Ye is quite interested in making movies.

Of course, this also depends on the subject matter.

If you're invited to shoot a blockbuster film, then of course there's no problem.

His favorite type of movie is action movies with grand scenes, the kind where people start fighting hand-to-hand at the drop of a hat.

If it's just a minor incident, then forget about it.

"It depends... I'm actually quite interested."

What genre do you shoot?

This question really stumped Momono.

"Is it... a movement?"

"Holy crap, perfect!"

Tang Ye smiled and said, "I really like this one, the kind with physical combat, right? I think it's okay, but it depends on the club's situation. Because if it's really physical combat, I might get injured and it would affect the game. My team probably wouldn't allow me to do that..."

"We'll see about that later. Goodbye!"

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(End of this chapter)