Chapter 1015 The Final of the Club World Cup

The European champion Aston Villa and the Asian champion Guangzhou team met in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup. This is definitely a big event in the Chinese sports world in the past two days.

The forward reporting team specially dispatched by CCTV Sports Channel came to Morocco and began to catch news before the game.

On the morning of December 16, the Guangzhou team went to the Adila Stadium, the stadium of the semi-finals, for field training.

A large number of Chinese tourists and fans of the Guangzhou team came to cheer for the Guangzhou team outside the training ground.

CCTV reporters randomly interviewed some Chinese tourists. Many of them are different from the well-organized fans of the Guangzhou team.

In fact, after the Guangzhou team won the AFC Champions League and wanted to participate in the Club World Cup, many domestic travel agencies, especially those in Guangzhou, opened up special travel lines.

Most of these domestic tourists, mainly Guangzhou fans and citizens, choose to start from Guangzhou and transit through Cairo, Egypt. The journey is about ten days.

In addition to watching the Guangzhou game, you will also visit Casablanca, the Hassan II Mosque in Morocco, the capital Rabat, the "Red City" Marrakech, the resort town of Agadir, and the "African Windy City" Essaouira, etc. The unique human landscape and natural scenery of this North African country.

The local government of Morocco is very happy with the influx of Chinese tourists.

After the Guangzhou team finished stepping on the field and took the bus to leave, these Chinese tourists and fans did not leave immediately, but continued to wait outside the stadium. They had already received the news that Aston Villa would also come to step on the field for training.

About half an hour later, when Aston Villa's bus arrived, it was warmly welcomed by the fans.

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Watching the scene where Aston Villa fans rushed from England to Morocco, local Aston Villa fans in Africa, and Guangzhou fans wearing Guangzhou team jerseys welcomed the Aston Villa players together, the reporters at the scene I can't help but laugh, this is probably the most rare harmonious scene among the fans of the opponent's team.

There are many fans of Aston Villa and Fang Jue among the fans of the Guangzhou team, and the fans of Aston Villa in the UK also have a good impression and attitude towards Chinese fans because of Fang Jue.

It's not just that the relationship between the fans of both sides is harmonious and there is no smell of gunpowder.

The head coaches of the two sides also seem to have a good relationship, and they had a business meal before the game.

Lippi, the head coach of the Guangzhou team, praised Fang Jue as one of the best coaches in football at present, and he is the well-deserved No. 1 among young coaches.

Fang Jue praised Lippi as a famous football coach, praised Lippi's great achievement in leading the Guangzhou team to win the Asian championship, and mentioned the glorious history of Lippi leading Italy to win the World Cup in Germany in 2006, which is a big praise for 'Silver Fox' Special praise.

In short, the two sides showed everyone what a harmonious atmosphere is before the game.

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After the start of the second day's semi-final match, Aston Villa firmly controlled the game situation.

In the 15th minute of the first half, Hamei distributed the ball to the right. Kyle Walker made a pass from the right. Guangzhou defender Feng Xiaoting appeared in the top and Ibrahimovic stopped the ball in the penalty area. After getting out of the way, the two Guangzhou team defenders turned around and shot low. After Guangzhou team goalkeeper Zheng Cheng made a pounce, he still failed to prevent the football from entering the net.

One to zero, Aston Villa took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the field.

In the ensuing game, Aston Villa's offensive gradually intensified. In the 35th minute of the game, Hong Bowen's pass was seen through by Clement. Direct attack, after Mane's shot from the left cut inside was thrown by Zheng Cheng, Aston Villa launched a second attack, and Modric finally succeeded with a low shot in front of the penalty area, 2-0.

Before the end of the first half, Hamei pulled the ball horizontally on the left side outside the penalty area and scored with a left-footed arc to rewrite the score to 3-0.

The score in the first half was 3-0, and Aston Villa temporarily led the Guangzhou team by three goals.

However, the game process was far more dominant than the 3-0 score showed. Aston Villa's ball possession rate in the first half was as high as 77%, while the Guangzhou team's ball possession rate was only 2%. Thirteenth, the number of shots by the European champions was as high as eleven times, and the Guangzhou team only had one shot from a long-range shot from outside the penalty area by Kongka.

Minutes after the start of the second half, Aston Villa's fourth goal came.

This is De Bruyne, who came off the bench after the start of the second half of the game, and made a pass from the wing to the goal. Vardy easily flashed out from the defender and succeeded in pushing, four to zero.

Afterwards, Fang Jue continued to dispatch troops and generals.

Modric was substituted and Pogba came on as a substitute.

Even captain Clemente was replaced, with N'Golo Kante, promoted from the reserves to the first team this year, coming on as a substitute.

Everyone understands that Aston Villa is saving face for the Guangzhou team of their home country, and they withdraw their troops early.

Even so, Aston Villa then scored another goal. Pogba's long-range shot was saved by Zheng Cheng and hit the Guangzhou defender's raised arm. Aston Villa won Penalty chance.

Milner made a penalty kick and locked the score in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup at 5-0.

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"This is the huge gap between the Asian champions and the European champions." Howe said with a heavy tone, "To be precise, it is the gap between the European champions Aston Villa and the Asian champions Guangzhou."

These words seem to be the same, but the meaning is different.

What He Wei meant was that if other European champions came, they would win. Maybe it would be easier to agree to win, but it would not be like Aston Villa, who still won't lose face when they saved the Guangzhou team. Khan won five to zero.

"It can be seen that although the Guangzhou team is unstoppable in Asian football, there is a huge gap with Aston Villa in terms of personal technical ability and overall team strength, so we see Muric's speed advantage No more, Elkeson also lost the halo of God. Zheng Chengkai, who usually performed very stable in the national team, was cut off by the opponent's player. If there are still people in the Guangzhou team who can hold the ball under strong pressure, it will Only the former Brazilian League MVP Conca."

"That's right, let's see who is on the opposite side of Guangzhou, Ibrahimovic, needless to say, this year's World Footballer of the Year, Modric, this is the person Real Madrid has always wanted to dig, Mane, Hamei , Vardy, Milner, De Bruyne, not to mention Clemente, the world's number one midfielder, the Guangzhou team can't even pass the halftime, and Clemente can't open it." Zhang Zhang Lu took the words and said.

At this time, the statistics of the whole game came out. The Guangzhou team had one shot in each half of the game, that is to say, there were only two shots in the whole game, and none of them were within the range of the goal frame. These two data are 31 and 21. If it weren't for Aston Villa's bad luck to hit the goal frame with 5 shots, and Aston Villa's early retreat in the second half of the game, the Guangzhou team would have lost even more embarrassingly.

In terms of ball possession rate, the Guangzhou team only had 27% of the game, while Aston Villa was as high as 73%.

"But objectively speaking, it is normal for the Guangzhou team to lose five goals to Aston Villa. They have basically played their own level. You must know that in the history of the Club World Cup, no Asian team has ever defeated or even defeated Draw with European teams. Even in world football, there are only a handful of teams that can beat Aston Villa." Howe comforted the Guangzhou team.

At the press conference after the game, Lippi expressed his regret for the team's loss and congratulated Aston Villa for getting close to the Club World Cup final.

"Aston Villa's goal is to win the Club World Cup, that's their goal, they have the quality."

In addition, some reporters questioned whether it was inappropriate for Lippi to sit on the bench in the second half of the game and not get up to direct the game at all.

Lippi could only helplessly explain why he sat on the bench for a long time in the second half, "Facing such a big gap between the two teams, I can no longer ask for anything from the players, so I choose to sit quietly on the bench On. This year I have high demands on the team, but after the AFC Champions League, the players felt a little slack."

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Three hours later, the Club World Cup was a shocking surprise. The Copa Libertadores champion Atletico Mineiro lost to the host team Casablanca Laja.

This was a super upset result that no one expected. The South American champion Atlético Mineiro led by Ronaldinho was upset and eliminated by the host Casablanca 1-3. Although Ronaldinho scored a free kick to equalize the score, he was still powerless The result of preventing the team from losing.

You know, the Casablanca Karaja team started from the qualifying round of this Club World Cup. This is also the first team in the history of the Club World Cup to play from the qualifying round and finally reach the final of the Club World Cup.

Although he lost the game, as a former World Player of the Year, Ronaldinho still has enough appeal. The scene after the game was amazing. Several players from Casablanca surrounded Ronaldinho, and then bent down to take off his sneakers , obviously Casablanca players want to grab Ronaldinho's boots as a souvenir.

Ronaldinho was also a little helpless about this, and in the end he could only leave the field barefoot, while the Casablanca player who grabbed Ronaldinho's two sneakers showed off happily in front of the camera.

The next day, Fang Jue visited the hotel where the Mineiro Athletic Club stayed. He came to see his old friend Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho transferred from Aston Villa to Paris Saint-Germain two years ago, so after playing for Paris Saint-Germain for a year and a half, he returned to Minet in Brazil during the winter window last year. Ronaldo plays football.

It can be seen that although he is far away from the mainstream European leagues, Ronaldinho is in a good mood. He returned to his motherland Brazil to play football, which made him in a good mood. The two chatted for more than half an hour. Ronaldinho was always smiling , Laughing from time to time.

Seeing Ronaldinho so happy, Fang Jue is also very happy. This guy has won all the club honors, national team honors and personal honors he can get, whether in the club or the national team. Now enjoy the football brings Be happy, this kind of Ronaldinho is also what fans who like him want to see.

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Two days later, the Asian champion Guangzhou team lost 2-3 to the Copa Libertadores champion Atletico Mineiro in the third and fourth finals of this Club World Cup. In this game, Conca of the Guangzhou team and Ronaldinho of Atletico Mineiro were directly contested. Quite attention-grabbing.

Three hours after this third-place final, the 2013 Club World Cup Final and the final between Aston Villa and the host team Casablanca Raja in Morocco began.

The Casablanca Karaja team is the biggest dark horse of this Club World Cup. This team is a giant team in the Moroccan League. They reached their peak in the 1990s. They merged with the Olympic team, another club in Casablanca City, to become He became the overlord of the Moroccan league, won the Moroccan Super League five times from 1996 to 2000, and won the African Champions League twice in 1997 and 1999.

Among the top 2000 clubs in the 20th century selected by the African Football Federation, Casablanca ranked third, second only to Al Ahly and Zamalek in the Egyptian League.

After defeating the South American champion Atletico Mineiro 3-1, the Casablanca Raja team, which participated as the host, also became the first team in the Club World Cup to reach the final from the qualifying round!

As a "wild card" team, Casablanca Raja was not favored before the game, and the winning odds ranked second to last among the seven teams (51 to 1).

However, Casablanca, which started from the qualifiers, continued to create surprises. They defeated the Oceania champion Auckland City 2-1 in the first match, and then beat the North American champion Monterrey with the same score in the quarter-finals. Until the final elimination of Ronaldinho to lead The current South American champion Atletico Mineiro and Aston Villa joined in the final of the Club World Cup, which shocked many people's eyes along the way.

Although many believe that Casablanca's Club World Cup journey is over, they are unlikely to pose a title threat to Aston Villa in the final.

However, Fang Jue still didn't dare to be careless. He really studied Casablanca's tactics.

In fact, when many European championship teams face such third-rate league teams, they don't study the opponent's tactics and players at all. Anyway, they just push them over.

Fang Jue not only studied it, he also told the reporters clearly at the press conference before the game.

Casablanca has always played their traditional style of play, that is, non-stop short passes, and two or three players rely on multiple passes to complete the offense. This style of play is very entertaining.

Their fans affectionately call it the 'Raja Show'. "

Specific to this Casablanca Caraja team, the wing attack is the magic weapon for Casablanca.

Wingers Karocci and Sarsi are the key to flying on both wings, while the two dexterous shooters Abrazuk and Eyol can "maximize the effect" of the wingers' crosses.

At the press conference, Fang Jue specifically pointed out the characteristics of the 'Raja Show' tactics and the names of the opponent's key players, which won him the love of the host media and fans. They felt that they were inspired by the world champion coach Fang Jue. respect.

In fact, although Casablanca Laja won the Moroccan Super League last year and qualified as a wild card to participate in the Club World Cup, they did not perform well in the domestic league this year. eighth.

In the Morocco Cup final at the beginning of last month, Casablanca Laja lost to Jadida in a penalty shootout and missed the championship.

On November 29, the poor record made Chairman Budilika determined to fire coach Faher. At that time, there were only 13 days before the team's first match with Auckland City in the Club World Cup.

The former Tunisian national team coach Benzati was ordered in a crisis. He is good at kneading the lineup and inspiring players' confidence in a short period of time. It was under his leadership that Casablanca Raja historically reached the final of the Club World Cup as a wild card team.

When the head coaches of the two sides shook hands before the game, Fang Jue congratulated the head coach of the Casablanca Caraja team, Ben Zati, on leading a great team to create a great history, and said that facing such a respectable opponent, Aston Villa will definitely give it their all in the final.

Benzati is very happy and feels very proud to win such praise from the famous European champion coach Fang Jue.

He immediately stated that his team will go all out in the game and cherish this rare opportunity to play against the best teams in Europe.

Hearing what Benzati said, Fang Jue looked very happy, and he said that he was looking forward to the next wonderful game.

Benzati also smiled happily.

Then, after the game started, Benzati really realized how cruel Fang Jue's "go all out" was for his team.

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