These are the times when we are talking about the European Super League and a Club World Cup, competitions that, in their conception, are intended to perpetuate a certain “status quo” in world football – they will not be for everyone, they will only be for some. This is a world in which a State signs players and buys clubs to gain the goodwill of the world. Ventforet Kofu doesn’t look like a club from this world, nor from these times. They play in Japan’s second division (J2-League) and, last season, they committed a feat worthy of old football, winning the Emperor’s Cup and, according to the country’s football rules, gaining access to the Asian Champions League. He continued to win and is in the round of 16.
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2023-12-23 07:45:00
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