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Chapter 1633 Unexpected Developments

It was a night without dreams, and it was early in the morning. Yokohama in December was already a bit cold, but the Arsenal team still showed up on the training ground on time for daily training.

Now that the midfield style of play has been determined, many of the team's tactics have been extended from the midfield during training, from Neymar's breakthrough tactics on the left, to Gansel and his small threats on the left and right sides and Ramsey's various short passes.

In the afternoon, instead of letting the team continue training, the professor chose to let the team take a full rest. After everyone took a peaceful nap, they took the team bus and set off from the hotel again.

This is their last game in Yokohama, after which the team will return to London for the remaining league and cup matches of 2012.

Facing the last championship that can be competed for this year, the players began to get into shape from the time the bus drove into the streets near the Yokohama Stadium. Several starters were gearing up and couldn't wait to play the game.

Especially Neymar, who lost to Arsenal in this competition last season and only got a runner-up, he really wants to add a Club World Cup championship to his honor pool.

"How well do you know them?"

Sitting near Neymar, Gan Suo, Liu Feng and others are in the usual state of mind. They have already won the championship in this competition last season, and their desire is not as strong as Neymar.

"There have been matches before, and several players in their team are very strong, but Paulinho and Alessandro are the ones that impressed me the most. We played against them 2-2. Paulinho's violent shot made our goalkeeper break the defense twice, and Alessandro made our last few attacks all end in failure..."

Listening to Neymar's eloquence, compared to Wenger's more cold display of statistics, listening to his teammates tell the opponent's strength is obviously different, everyone listened very seriously.

This season's Corinthians lineup has not changed much from last season, so when the team bus arrives and the players get off, everyone has a general understanding of the opponent's key players.

Probably because of Liu Feng, many Japanese fans still remember the victory of the Chinese team against their own team in the last game. The cheers aroused when the Gunners entered the field were not loud, and most of the Chinese fans were cheering.

For this, Liu Feng himself and the Arsenal players didn't care much. After all, for them to travel thousands of miles to play this game, except for the championship and trophies, everything else is incidental.

From the beginning of the warm-up, Liu Feng and others began to have frequent eye contact with several players in the Corinthians. The strong fighting spirit in the air made both sides warm up quite hard.

When both teams returned to the locker room for the final rest, everyone's state was extended.

"Brothers, let me say a few words."

On the eve of the start of the game, as the captain of the team, Liu Feng took the lead in standing up.

Looking at the expectant and excited players, he knew that there was not much he needed to do, so he finished his pre-match speech very simply.

"Ah~~~, well, Arsenal is the champion!!!"

"Hahaha, champion!"

Amidst the laughter, one by one high-fived Liu Feng who was standing in front of the door and ran out of the locker room, and the team members stepped into the battlefield like this.

"CCTV, CCTV, good evening, viewers and friends, welcome to the 2012 Club World Cup final, I am explaining the game for you at the Yokohama Stadium in Japan."

Once again, Liu Jianhong was lucky enough to be the on-site commentator of the game. When his voice sounded, the CCTV broadcast signal was successfully connected, and countless fans of all sizes gathered in front of the screen focused on the game screen.

"The captains of the two teams are in the captain's finger-guessing session. Oh~, Liu Feng has the right to choose, and he has chosen the kick-off."

After getting the kick-off right, Liu Feng quickly put the ball on the kick-off point. He and Aguero stood quietly in front of the ball without looking sideways.

Soon, the players of both sides took their positions in their respective half-court positions, and the Yokohama Stadium fell into a brief silence.
"Shhhhhh!!!"

"Okay, as the referee blew his whistle, the game started. Arsenal took the ball and first started possession in their own half. In this game, they ranked 442."

The Gunners began to control the ball and control the rhythm. Liu Jianhong took the opportunity to quickly broadcast the Arsenal lineup: "The professor's formation in this game is different from that in Monterrey. It is obvious that Corinthians are given enough attention."

In the first 10 minutes of the game, the midfielders of the two teams began to fight within the center circle. On the whole, the Arsenal midfielder took the initiative.

However, they failed to launch any effective offense for a while, so Liu Jianhong immediately began to introduce the starting lineup of Corinthians' team.

"The Corinthians in this game also played a 442 formation, with a striker combination, Marcio Emerson and Guerrero."

Compared with their own midfielders, the stars of these two forwards are relatively average. Liu Jianhong followed up and read out the list of Corinthians' midfielders: "Four midfielders Ralph Telles, Paulinho, Douglas Santos, Gabriel Danilo."

Several new stars pointed out by the professor, Neymar's impressive Paulinho all appeared in the starting lineup, and this game's Brazilian powerhouse is also full of elites.

"Back four, Alessandro, Chikan, Paulo André, Fabio Santos, goalkeeper Cassio Ramos."

All the starters were announced in one breath. If you are more familiar with the Brazilian fans, you will find that the layout of Corinthians in this game is really arranged according to the main players in the Copa Libertadores when there are many teams.

This arrangement undoubtedly played a big role. When the game went from 10 minutes to 10 minutes, although Arsenal still had the initiative, their offense was still ineffective.

Only a few times after Neymar took the ball to complete a strong breakthrough, did Liu Feng and Aguero create opportunities, but the defense of several defenders still prevented their offense from scoring.

When 10 minutes into the game, when Ramsey fouled Paulinho in the area just past the midfield, Arsenal had not yet anticipated the development of the next game.

"Shh!!!"

"Gabriel took the ball directly, and the ball flew high to the top of the penalty area. Paulinho quickly inserted it, and Wilshere and him almost went hand in hand."

This is an offensive opportunity for Corinthians. Paulinho, who had received much attention before the game, became the focus of the audience.

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