The next day, Chiba was at home.

"Watching a football game?" Qian Yu, who was on the phone, glanced at his watch. "What game?"

"At seven o'clock in the evening, at the Shori Land Arena, Kawasaki Green hosts the top three frecce Hiroshima (Kawasaki Green is the prototype of Tokyo Spirits, and the Shori Land Arena is the only professional-level course in Kawasaki City. The original Emperor's Cup final was on January 1st, which didn't match the current timeline, so I replaced it with the Battle of Tennoyama. ）。 Conan's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Today?" Qian Yu was stunned, and then picked up the newspaper next to him. "Oh! I said why are you going to see ... ”

"Yes," Conan replied. "If Kawasaki Green can't get the Hiroshima Three Arrows, the winner of the first half of the stage will be the Hiroshima Three Arrows, and if Kawasaki Green wins the Hiroshima Three Arrows, then there are still variables." (There are 18 teams in the J-League, with a total of 306 matches, divided equally between the upper and lower halves.) The champions of the two halves of the season will be the opponents of the finals for the league title. ）

"Have you bought your tickets?" Qian Yu asked suddenly. "In this kind of competition, you can hardly buy tickets on the spot."

"I have a ticket, that's why I'm pulling everyone up." Conan looked at the stack of tickets in his hand and replied with a smile. "By the way, call Ash Plains."

"I'm not sure, but I'll try."

。。。

"Watching the game?" Ash Yuan closed the book, slightly surprised. "A soccer game?"

"Well, are you going?" Thousand Feathers shrugged.

"Is the football game fun?" Gray Yuan's answer surprised Qianyu.

"Haven't you watched a football game?" Thousand Feathers were surprised.

"I don't look at things that don't have to be seen." Gray Plains shook his head.

"Mind if I give you a word about it?" Qian Yu looked at the bookcase next to him and took out an issue of Football Weekly - in this era when global news is not fluent, Football Weekly is the best way to learn about foreign football.

Not... Chiba himself frowned after seeing the content of this issue - this issue is the news of the winter transfer period at the beginning of the year, and on the cover, a player is holding a Gamba Osaka jersey and smiling.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the news that Takayu Higo transferred from Osaka Sakura to Gamba Osaka for a transfer fee of 500 million yen after his contract expired... (In 1994, Japan's transfer system was still in the pre-Bosman model.) This means that even if a player's contract expires, the parent club has the right to claim a transfer fee of up to 10 times the player's annual salary from the player's new club. In 1995, the average annual salary of local players in the J League exceeded 25 million yen, and Takayu Higo was the brightest rising star of Japan's new generation. As for why the contract expires, in the pre-Bosman era, one signing a year was the most normal thing, see a certain hapless Ajax. ）

[Escape from the darkness!] Takayo Higo joins Mozu! (Darkness refers to Osaka Sakura, who is in the minor league and has no bright future.) Mozu is the emblem of Gamba Osaka) This is the big title of this issue.

"Escape from the darkness?" Gray Plains's expression was a little subtle.

"I'll take a look." Just as Qianyu was about to change the magazine, Gray Yuan said lightly.

"What?" Qian Yu hadn't reacted yet.

"I'm going to see what the game is like and when it's going to go?"

“。。。” After Qian Yu reacted, he said with a smile. "Tonight."

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At five o'clock in the afternoon, a Beetle drove out of Dr. Asasa's mansion.

"Isn't it a game for the Mozuyans?" Looking at the tickets, Gray Yuan frowned.

"Hundredch?" Conan was stunned, then burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at?" Gray Plains frowned.

"If you say Mozu, you're talking about Gamba Osaka," Conan replied with a smile. "They did have a game today, but it was against the visiting Urawa Red Diamonds at the Expo Arena."

"Okay... Gray Yuan Wai lay back in his seat, apparently not very emotionally high.

"She's in love with Gamba Osaka?" Chiba, who was sitting next to her, raised an eyebrow.

…

"What a big stadium!" Coming to the outside of the Equal Power Land Arena, Mitsuhiko exclaimed.

"There's a lot more than this big stadium," Qian Yu smiled and shook his head. "Liverpool's Anfield can accommodate more than twice as many spectators, and Barcelona's Camp Nou can even accommodate five times as many people as the Isoforce Arena."

"Say," Conan asked suddenly, with interest. "What do you think of this year's Champions League?"

"If I'm not mistaken," Qian Yu thought for a moment. "It should be four days later, at the Olympic Arena in Athens, Milan vs. Barcelona?"

"That's right." Conan nodded.

"If you let me guess," Qian Yu replied after pondering for a moment. Milan 1-0 Barcelona or 1-1 penalty? ”

"Are you so dismissive of Barcelona?" Conan was speechless. "Such a good-looking, such perfect team, I think they can make Milan so bad. I think it's Barcelona 2:0, 2:1, 3:0 or 3:1 Milan. ”

"It's because they're good-looking, so I'm not optimistic about them." Thousand Feathers shrugged. "The brush can't break through the chain, and a hammer like Barty can smash the chain defense, Romario... He has a good record at Barcelona, scoring more than 20 goals for the Golden Boot, but what is it to score more than 20 goals in places like La Liga and the Eredivisie? And Barcelona is also in a mess now, isn't it? ”

Just tomorrow, La Liga will have its final round. Deportivo La Coruna, the leader of the table with 79 points, will host Valencia, while Barcelona will face Sevilla at home with 78 points.

Three days after the game, Barcelona will face off in Greece and Milan in a do-or-die battle that remains to be seen, both physically and mentally.

In contrast, AC Milan have already won the Serie A title with seven points of lead with two games remaining after a 2-2 draw with Udinese on 17 April. They have a month to adjust to the rest and get used to the venue. Even if Barcelona have a higher possession rate and can better save energy, it is still unknown who will collapse first against AC Milan.

"But then again," Chiba burst out laughing. "I suddenly remembered Marseille."

"Hey, hey, don't curse!" Conan's unhappy voice echoed outside the ticket gates of the Equiforce Land Arena.

(Marseille: 1993 Champions League winner + Ligue 1 winner.) However, due to the bribery of opposing players at the end of the league, the following year of European qualification, the Super Cup, Toyota Cup qualification, the league title was disqualified, and Marseille was also relegated one year later at the current point in time)

(In addition, I know that Higo was transferred from Tokyo Novaru to Gamba Tokyo, but the problem is that I didn't find any grievances between the two clubs of Tokyo FC and Gamba - the prototype of Novaru, so I changed it to Osaka Gamba derby rival, Osaka Sakura.) ）