Since a good year, Lukas Podolski plays for Vissel Kobe in Japan, two months ago, the Spaniard Andres Iniesta followed him. But trying to be spectacular Transfers quickly and successfully, do not succeed.
From the 40. Minute, the party seemed to be already lost. Lukas Podolski shook his head, picked up reklamierend the arms, apparently, he trotted more than he ran. 0:2, the force of the world master of 2014 shortly before the half-time whistle in the back. At the end of Vissel Kobe lost at home against the Japanese Champions, Kashima Antlers 0:5, landed the fifth defeat in series. After all, after the final whistle, Podolski as a team captain responsibility, took his teammates led by the curves, bowed in humility before the audience. “If you get a swatter, not to many arguments”, he was shocked, then.
Bad Goal Tally
The model Vissel Kobe, for the Podolski is an important factor that seems to be just to the Flop. Actually wanted to qualify the club this year for the Asian Champions League. But from the necessary third place Kobe is as a table in tenth place with nine points behind significantly. This is also due to the Offensive, the Star is supposed to be Podolski. Per game Kobe shoots currently in the average of 1.2 goals, only five teams are creating less. And Lukas Podolski, whose arrival was compared in Kobe a year ago by the national media, with an appearance of the Beatles in the 1960s, not noticed in most of his Games so far, though, stood out.
Even Iniesta does not ignite
Two months ago, the Cologne-based reinforcement received by a second world champion Andres Iniesta. But the 34-year-old ideas that shaped the FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team in an Era that makes a difference. The first game with Iniesta lost Vissel goalless, since Iniesta’s arrival, the squad has slipped four positions in the table below. Had his debut, Iniesta, paused injured on Saturday announced, “I’m here to show my football and hope I can drive the development of the Japanese game.” So that’s the Plan.
With Andres Iniesta is not up, quite the contrary
Online group is responsible for the purchase of popular players
However, the strategy to be prominent purchases, quickly and successfully, is not so far, at least sporty. Behind it, the group Rakuten, which wants to dominated with its Website, Online trading in Japan and to catch up on the world market Amazon. To make the offer of the company in many countries, more and more popular, were last purchased from a number of regions with important sales markets of popular faces. Two years ago, the South Korean national goalkeeper Seung-gyu Kim came, as well Theeraton Bunmathan joined the team, a national team player from Thailand, and a local Superstar. As a representative of the Middle East, the Qatari national team player Ahmed Yasser, the son of Egyptian parents, is since this year, in the squad.
Sponsor of FC Barcelona
In South Korea, 50 million potential consumers live well, in Thailand, there are 70 million in Egypt and Qatar together account for nearly 100 million. Champion of the world like Iniesta, and Podolski, however, the beam power in the whole of Europe, where Rakuten has so far been much lower market share than in Asia. In addition to Vissel Kobe, the Rakuten owns the Tohoku Eagles from Sendai, a top team in the in Japan popular sports Baseball. Since a good year, FC Barcelona also carries the logo of Rakuten on the chest.
Awareness is increasing
But the crown jewel in the sponsorship of the group is to sparkle in Kobe, the sum to be placed in the troop show: a year alone, Podolski and Iniesta should cost around 30 million euros. Throughout the city, on video walls in subway stations or posters somewhere on the street, smile in the faces of the Stars of Vissel, are cited with declarations of love to Kobe. To never overlook the donors throughout the campaign. And in a certain way, the beam is also enough power even without the sporting success on Kobe’s city limits. Because on the admittedly rare common game trains per day travelling from Podolski and Iniesta in the world is reported. The degree of popularity of the club is already increased significantly because of it.
Like the Beatles celebrated Lukas Podolski 2017 at the time of his arrival in Kobe
Spanish coach without a visa
For a group that wants to play on the world market, is not enough. So was fired two weeks ago, also the Trainer Takayuki Yoshida. Such a disadvantage was it for the club’s management that they presented the successor, although the still has no work visa. The Start of coach Pep Guardiola’s much-lauded Spaniard Juan Manuel Lillo, who was responsible for the Colombian club Atletico Nacional, not sitting, therefore, already on the bench, theoretically, but the chief of the force.
“Not really good”
The default for Lillo is to establish the Tiki-Taka style that Spain for many years, the world is dominated, in Kobe. Only Iniesta, and Podolski will not be enough. Again and again fell on Saturday, as passes were half a Meter to be inaccurate, and the ball assumptions, the abbremsten forward movement. After the defeat of Lukas Podolski said with a shrug: “Well, it’s up to the coach.” And the Deputy of coach Lillo, Kentaro Hayashi, and must previously give to the press conferences, knew how to say also not much more: “we have not been Yes.”