The legend of Ronaldo of Japan: Broke the J-League at the age of 15, talented but exaggerated.
Everyone knows that in English football, it is very common to force the production of stars. Even those who don't show any outstanding talent in the league are dubbed "British Stars" by local journalists.
But it's not just in English football, it's common all over the world. Even Japanese football, which is relatively conservative, has problems at this point. Like the once famous Takayuki Morimoto, he is a good example.
Takayuki Morimoto was born in Kanagawa, Japan, on May 7, 1988. The setting of "Slam Dunk", but anyone who has a little "Slam Dunk" will know that the most popular Sakuragi flower road in the world is the ...... that has been ** here fifty times
Sorry, off topic, let's talk about Takayuki Morimoto. In Kanagawa, he didn't get the number two of Sakuragi Hanamichi because of the movie "Slam Dunk", but chose to play here.
At a young age, he had a great advantage in size. At the very least, Takayuki Morimoto is not good at physical fitness in Japanese football, he has good speed and physical fitness, and he is also outstanding among his peers. He signed a professional contract with Tokyo Nikshi in March 2004, before he was 16 years old. A few days later, he was the age of the J-League and appeared on the stage of the J-League. On May 5 of the same year, Takayuki Morimoto broke the record for the youngest Japanese to score in the J-League in 15 years, 11 months and 29 days.
Many people will think that Takayuki Morimoto is likely to make a name for himself in the league from a rookie like Ronaldo and Owen in the future.
But as it turned out, Takayuki Morimoto's future was not as smooth as he imagined. Although Tokyo Nikvision has trained him as an important project and provided him with many opportunities to play, these people have not been doing well. He scored five goals in 40 appearances for the team, with just one in eight appearances.
And Japanese fans have praised Takayuki Morimoto to the sky and become a superstar in Japanese football. Shinji Kagawa, who is about the same age as Takayuki Morimoto, seems to him to be like a superstar. Japan's ** even called Takayuki Morimoto's nickname "Japan's Ronaldo".
What is exaggeration?This is simply an exaggeration. To be honest, Takayuki Morimoto is still very talented in this area. Especially for people like us who are not even qualified to participate in official competitions, Takayuki Morimoto is simply a demon.
However, if Ronaldo is used as a reference, then Morimoto Takayuki's genius is not worth mentioning. Let's not talk about how good Ronaldo is in his heyday, let's just say that when Ronaldo played for Cruzeiro, he averaged only one goal per game, can Takayuki Morimoto compare with him?
Japan's ** gave Takayuki Morimoto a nickname, called "Japan's Ronaldo", perhaps because Takayuki Morimoto has an absolute upper hand in physical strength and speed, and Ronaldo also has an absolute upper hand in this regard.
However, Ronaldo's physicality and pace are only a small part of what he has been able to do in football. He's very good at dribbling, and it's easy to break through. In contrast, Takayuki Morimoto's dribbling ability is a little less reliable. Takayuki Morimoto has never practiced this at all in Japanese football, where skill is the most important.
This kind of shooter who relies purely on speed and power, although it looks powerful, is not very useful. Although Takayuki Morimoto broke the smallest record in history and won the title of "Rookie of the Year" in the J-League, he did not have much to show for himself. Not only is his personal performance not good, but even his team, Tokyo Nikse, was unlucky enough to be relegated.
A man who can't beat in the J-League will be favored by an Italian giant. In the summer of 2006, Takayuki Morimoto was sent to the Apennines on loan by Catania FC. Although Takayuki Morimoto didn't get much playing time last season, Catania signed him to a contract in a year's time.
And when Takayuki Morimoto was in Catania, he didn't do much. Although he scored his first goal in the league and two goals against Roma, there are few such moments.
To be honest, if Takayuki Morimoto was not an Asian, his name would not be noticed by Chinese. Even among the less powerful Italian teams, Japan's legendary Ronaldo is not a great player.
Takayuki Morimoto missed the game due to injury. This is also why many people believe that a big reason why he can't play is because he is injured.
Of course, for someone like him, who relies on his body and speed, the injury is very scary. But the problem is that even after a serious injury, Takayuki Morimoto's performance is not outstanding, at most he shines in the game.
Takayuki Morimoto returned to the J-League in 2013 after a lack of success in Italy, where he played for Chiba Ichihara. However, his performance was not as good as it could be. Over the next few days, Takayuki Morimoto wandered everywhere and played in different teams.