[Football] Crown of Thorns

The FIFA Club World Cup (FIFA Club World Cup for short: Club World Cup) is an international football tournament hosted by FIFA and participated by top clubs from six continents.The first session was held in 2000, but the event was canceled due to sponsor issues.It was not restarted until the 2005 Club World Cup.It is customary for people to regard the game in December 2005 as the first Club World Cup.

重新开办的世俱杯正式于2005年在日本举行。2009年改在中东国家阿联酋进行，2011年又回到日本举行。2013-2014年非洲国家摩洛哥举行了一次。

The Huaguo team appeared in the Club World Cup for the first time in 2013 and finally won No.4.

The champion of last year's Club World Cup was the Champions League champion Real Madrid. They defeated South American champion San Lorenzo 2-0 in the final and won the Club World Cup for the first time.

There are a total of 7 teams participating in the Club World Cup. First, the champion of the host league and the champion of Oceania will face off first. The winner will then form four teams with the champions of Asia, Africa, Central America and the Caribbean. The two winners will enter the semi-finals, and the European and South American club champions will directly enter the semi-finals, where they will play against the other two teams, and the winners will join the finals.

The organizer of the competition will select the best player on the spot and award a Toyota car, and the loser will compete for the third place.Although it is an unofficial game, it is considered to be the final for the world club supremacy.

本届世俱杯在横滨和大阪举行，比赛于12月10日开打，决赛则是在12月20日晚19：30进行。

"Guangzhou Hengda……"

"how?"

Furtado, who was sitting beside him, leaned over, "You are watching the game schedule."

"Well, this is the first time I've encountered the Huaguo Club, so I'll take a look."

Gama said softly.

"Well, I remember you understand Chinese, right?"

"It's been a long time since I said that."

Gama shook his head slightly.

"Anyway, we are unlikely to encounter them!"

Furtado took the manual from Gama, "You should rest for a while!"

"If you say that," Jia Ma thought for a while, "probably... maybe it's unlikely to meet them."

"Of course, Huaguo's team..."

Furtado shook his head and did not continue.

Jia Ma sighed inwardly, his mood was rather complicated, "Forget it, I'll squint for a while."

"Hmm, go to sleep!"

Watching Gama lay down the chair with the blindfold on and take a rest, Furtado put away the schedule booklet that Gama had just read, and glanced at the schedule.

Club World Cup schedule——

Opener: Dec. 12, Yokohama: J-League Champions - Oakland City

1/4 final

12月13日，周日，8：00或13：00，大阪：揭幕战的胜者-非洲冠军（比赛2）

12月13日，周日，8：00或13：00，大阪：中北美冠军-亚冠冠军（比赛3）

Semifinal

Wednesday, December 12, 16:11, Osaka: River Plate - Winner of "Race 30"

Thursday 12 December, 17:11, Yokohama: Liverpool - winner of "Race 30"

Race for 5th place

12月16日，周三，8：30，大阪：“比赛2”的失利者-“比赛3”的失利者

Competition for No.3

Sunday, December 12, 20:8, Yokohama

finals

Sunday, December 12, 20:11, Yokohama

"This guy, Xiko, always pays attention to some strange places."

Furtado tucked the manual into the pouch of the chair in front of him: Huaguo team vs. Mexican American team, the possibility of winning...

He shook his head.

…………

…………

Then, a week later, Liverpool's opponent in the semi-finals is the Guangzhou Evergrande team from China.

"Ha ha……"

Gama laughed dryly.

"Ha ha……"

Furtado laughed dryly.

"I said the expressions of the two of you are too strange!"

Joe Allen looked at the two guys who had been laughing with 'Are you two stupid' eyes.

After Qiao Ailun walked away, Jia Ma looked at the information in his hand again, and said in a very earnest tone, "Sure enough, there are no absolutes in the world, and it is wrong to look at people with old eyes."

Furtado coughed dryly, "You're right."

Three days ago, Huaguo Guangzhou Evergrande Club eliminated the Mexican American team with a score of 2-1 and successfully advanced to the semi-finals.

As the champions of the Champions League, the Liverpool team happened to face the Chinese Guangzhou Evergrande team due to the draw.

"The team that can win the AFC Champions League is really not to be underestimated."

Furtado, who readily admitted that he had bad eyesight, laughed at himself.

Gama, on the other hand, was silent.

At this moment, his mood was really complicated.

Although it is impossible to match what he said anyway, but thinking about those people in his memory, how could he not feel emotional in his heart.

In the 90s, the Hua Guo Football Association signed an agreement with a certain treasure group. In the same year, in Tianjin and Dalian, two competition areas were selected for the national young athletes in the 1977-1978 age group. Then more than 80 people were selected to go to Beijing for the second round. After screening, more than 40 people were finally selected for winter training in Wuzhou and the final selection, until finally 22 people were selected, and they flew from Beijing to Sao Paulo, Brazil in November 1993.

Later, the first batch of members returned to China in 1995. The Jianlibao youth team participated in 26 games, with a record of 21 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss, and the team became famous.After that, the Jianlibao youth team went to Brazil for the second time... and then later...

Gama looked down at his right leg.

They dispersed, went their separate ways, some had a brief brilliance, some escaped, some smoked DU and self-destructed, some became ball bullies, some were only good at talking, and some were plotted against...they He didn't have many achievements, but he was notorious, and almost all of them became short-lived...

Leizi was not the only one who was plotted against, but what else?

Black whistle, black hands, match-fixing, the dark era...

Now after several generations of reorganization, that circle is much better than before, but the existence of their generation has also become a scar in the hearts of countless people.

"Shiko! Shiko!!"

Hearing Furtado's shout, Gama blinked and looked at him.

"what happened to you?"

The gloomy expression on Gama's face just now made Furtado very worried.

"It's nothing," Jia Ma slowly shook his head, "it's just a little emotional."

"Feeling?"

"Let's not talk about that," Jia Ma pursed his lips and smiled faintly, "It's all in the past, let's prepare for tomorrow's game!"

Knowing what Jia Ma didn't want to say, Furtado could only nod silently, "I know."

…………

From the perspective of various media, Guangzhou Evergrande is about to usher in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup with Liverpool, and most of them hold a tolerant attitude. After all, in the eyes of everyone, the difference in strength between the Asian champion and the European champion is still relatively large .

Germany's "Transfer Market" directly evaluated the match between the two players. Liverpool's team is worth 3.895 million euros, while Guangzhou Evergrande's valuation is 4330 million euros. The gap between the two sides is nearly 8.9 times.

In the latest world club ranking list of the authoritative website "Football Database", Liverpool ranked third (although they won the Champions League, Real Madrid and Barcelona are still at the forefront of the team rankings), while Guangzhou Evergrande ranked third. Ranked No. 64 in Asia and No. 62 in the world, there is a gap of [-] ranks between the two teams.

If these gaps are not intuitive enough, then a direct comparison of the technical data of Liverpool's Champions League this season and Guangzhou Evergrande's AFC this season's technical data can clearly see the gap between the two teams, the AFC Champions League and the Champions League. Not on one level at all.

Not to mention anything else, Jia Ma read various reports from the Internet, and all the domestic reports in Huaguo said that it is good to meet. It is rare to meet a strong European team. You have to learn, sum up your experience and enjoy it seriously, because it is too rare. how.

European reports are all focused on whether Liverpool can win the Club World Cup for the first time, how many goals can they play, or whether they will put on a full main lineup?

The same is true inside the team. Although the coach Rodgers has seriously lined up the team, most of the players are researching what interesting places have not been here, and the local characteristics have not had a chance to enjoy it, and so on.

When they found out that Jia Ma was watching Evergrande's materials and game videos very seriously, not only his teammates, but even the coaching staff were a little surprised.

The teammates felt that Jia Ma had lost his temper, so he needed to be so serious about Asian teams—if it was a Korean team, he needed to be more serious.

Rogers even said directly to Gama, "You don't need to start this kind of game, just take a good rest."

Gama: m(__)m I just...

"It's nothing." Rogers looked at him strangely. "If the team can't win against this kind of opponent without you on the court, then they don't need to stay in Liverpool anymore."

What Rogers said was cruel and cold, but it was also true.

Gama: I really just...

Then, he was dragged away by Furtado.

...............

12月17日晚18点30分，2015年第12届国际足联俱乐部世界杯第2场半决赛在横滨国际综合竞技场进行。

Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao played against Liverpool.

"Hi everyone, what I'm broadcasting for you now is... In the quarter-finals before, Guangzhou Evergrande relied on Zheng Long and Paulinho's goals to beat Mexico 1-4 when they fell behind by one goal. America, meet Liverpool in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup."

"... Today, Guangzhou Evergrande's starting lineup is only slightly adjusted in the left midfield position compared with the quarter-finals. Zheng Long, who equalized the score for Evergrande in the last game, returned to the starting lineup and replaced Robinho."

"Compared with last Saturday's game, Liverpool's starting lineup has undergone relatively large adjustments. This season, Coutinho, Lucas and Allen, who were transferred this season, started. Sturridge still failed to play. See Considering his injury is still not healed..."

"The game has begun. Judging from the situation on the field, the speed of the offensive and defensive transitions of both sides is not fast..."

"...The game lasted for 10 minutes. It can be said that Liverpool has been suppressing Guangzhou Evergrande from the scene... Benteke took a long shot from the right and hit the crossbar. Oh, Coutinho followed up with a supplementary shot and the ball In!!!"

With his hands on his knees and wearing a thick winter coat, Jia Ma watched the game without blinking.

From time to time, the camera on the court will scan over, and from time to time, the attention will be on the biggest star of the two players in this game, Vasco da Gama.

"...Dagama looked very seriously. I wonder how he feels about his teammates completely suppressing opponents on the court?"

"Dagama's expression is very serious. Is he still not satisfied with the team's performance?"

"...Speaking of which, I have heard a rumor. It is said that Dagama likes the country of China very much. It is said that he has traveled to the country of China. I heard that he can speak some Chinese."

"That said, I have also heard about these legends. Da Gama also accepted an exclusive interview with Huaguo Central Television, but at that time he was still a new star of the Portuguese team!"

"Yeah yeah!"

In the broadcast room, the host was chatting.

On the bench beside the court, Gama still watched the game with a serious face.

Lucas broke through from the left side of the frontcourt, and Feng Xiaoting blocked the foul and got a yellow card.

Jia Ma wondered in his heart, does this kind of breakthrough need to be blocked by fouls, it should be blocked by close body.

Joe Allen took a free kick from the left side of the front court and shot directly. The ball bounced off the wall and was blocked when he made another shot.

This action is okay, but the reaction is still not timely, if...

Jia Ma just sat on the bench like this and kept muttering in his heart, accusing Evergrande of its offense and defense.

Although Liverpool scored in the first half, Evergrande's overall formation maintained well and did not give the opponent too many offensive opportunities.

Seeing this, Jia Ma was in a good mood. When Furtado ran over and put his arms around his head and said, "Why don't you cheer us on, Jia Ma gave him a slap."

Liverpool stepped up their offense in the second half, and soon Liverpool scored two goals in a row.

At this point, Rodgers began to make substitutions.

Gama sighed deeply.

The difference in strength is indeed too great, but fortunately, although the current Huaguo team has a lot of foreign aid, the players have really grown a lot.

As long as there is progress, that's good!

I hope that in my lifetime, I can see the real rise of football in Huaguo, that would be the best!

Come on!

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PS: In this chapter, I included a little bit of private goods. Sometimes when I think back to that era, my heart is really quite complicated.

PS: In reality, this match was between Evergrande and Barcelona. Zou Zheng broke his left leg in the 34th minute of the first half. The video at that time was very sad... So I will forget it in the article and let him be healthy Keep playing!