"If you're jealous, you'll lose." European players have won the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions of the 英 at the same time...The winners are all "MF at the center."
"If you're jealous, you'll lose." European players have won the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions of the 英 at the same time...The winners are all "MF at the center."
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One thing the winners of the English Premier League (EPL, Division 1), Championship (Part 2) and League One (Part 3) have in common this season is that they have a Japanese midfielder.
Captain Endo Wataru of the Japanese national team tasted an early victory for Liverpool in the 2024-2025 EPL season. He played 17 games as a substitute for Liverpool manager Arne Slot, contributing to Liverpool's victory in five seasons with four games left.
Although the playing time has been significantly reduced compared to the days of former Liverpool coach Jurgen Klopp, the team has lost only two goals since Endo played. Endo, who has the highest number of fouls per hour in the league, was evaluated as a "finishing agent" who did his part.
Endo was ranked as a Japanese player who won the EPL Cup after Junichi Inamoto (former Arsenal), Shinji Kagawa (former Manchester City), Shinji Okazaki (former Leicester City), and Takumi Minamino (former Liverpool).
Tanaka Ao (Liz), who plays for the Japanese national team along with Endo, won the championship through the final match of the league on the 3rd. The league tied Burnley with 100 points by winning 2-1 in the final match of the championship against Plymouth with a theater goal from Solomon, a "Tottenham native." He won the championship by 12 goals ahead of the difference between goals. Leeds had previously confirmed their promotion to the EPL early on.
Tanaka, a former rookie of the J-League, moved to Leeds from Fortuna Düsseldorf this season and played in all games (five goals in 43 games) from the fourth round of the championship to the final round, leading the team to promotion and league championship.
Tomoki Iwata was Baek's midfield partner at Birmingham City, and spearheaded his team's League One victory. He scored six goals in a total of 39 matches and was even nominated as Player of the Year. Birmingham confirmed its early victory with six more games to go. Baek is the only Korean player in this season who has won in England's first to third divisions.
With Leeds' promotion to the EPL, the number of Japanese Premier Leaguers is expected to increase by one more next season. Iwata will work with Baek at a higher level in the championship. It is unclear whether Endo, who has a narrow foothold, will also wear the Liverpool jersey next season. 메이저사이트
Endo and Tanaka are the first players in the world to lead the team to the 2026 North-China World Cup finals. The Japanese national team's midfield also includes Hidemasa Morita (Sporting), Leo Hatate (Celtic), and Fujita Joel Chima (Sintrawide), so Iwata has not been called by the Japanese national team coach, Hajime Moriyasu, for the third year since 2022. Japan has seen a noticeable increase in the number of big leaguers in Europe in recent years, and now the number of winning players is also appearing one after another.