Chapter 415: Top of the World!
"Goooooooal! The goal is in! The goal is Cristiano Ronaldo!" Seeing the referee signal that Ronaldo's goal was valid, Andy Gray, who was sitting in the live broadcast room, almost jumped up from his seat and yelled passionately into the microphone. Obviously, the Sky TV ace commentator was extremely pleased with Tottenham's ability to take the lead so quickly!
Although Tottenham are much stronger than Sao Paulo, and the gap between European and South American teams has widened since the implementation of the Boseman Act, the game of football is not simply determined by the strength of the opposing teams. For example, AC Milan two years ago and Real Madrid five years ago were defeated by Boca Juniors in the Toyota Cup and missed out on the championship trophy.
At the same time, Tottenham players gathered on the sidelines to celebrate the goal with the fans in the stands. After taking a one-goal lead, the initiative of this game has completely fallen into their hands, and Sao Paulo will have no problem if they want to achieve a comeback!
Compared to the elated Tottenham players, the whole team of Sao Paulo was covered with a cloud of gloom - their own door was bombarded by Tottenham so quickly, which they did not expect before the game!
"I really didn't expect this player named Drogba to have such a strong strength. Outooli thought to himself, frustrated. He always thought that Drogba was just a copy of Hesky, and it was only because of the ability of Cristiano Ronaldo, Arshavin and Robben on both wings that they were able to score so many goals. Unexpectedly, this Ivorian monster not only has strong physical fitness, but also an extremely smart mind, and can actually act as a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt, calmly distributing the ball to his teammates under the attack of two defenders!
In order to guard against Drogba's extremely domineering frontal attack, the three-centre-back formation under Outuolib did play a role. Lugano, who has a fierce style of play, and his defensive partner Fabang stepped forward to press at the first time, did not let Drogba receive the ball, and then directly impacted the goal!
However, all Lugano could do was stop Drogba's progress - after realizing that a one-on-three was really unrealistic, Drogba made a quick decision and very cleverly distributed the ball to Ronaldo, who cut into the box from the right and was unmarked, turning what could have been a good offensive opportunity into an extremely lethal threat!
In the case of serious lack of preparation for Drogba's move, Sao Paulo naturally suffered a big loss, and was broken by Tottenham at the beginning of the game, and fell completely behind on the field!
For Sao Paulo, Cristiano Ronaldo's goal was undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow that knocked the whole team dizzy. Therefore, after the restart of the game, Tottenham took advantage of the victory under the command of Alonso, trying to use this momentum to expand the score and seal the victory in one fell swoop!
Just five minutes after Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, Tottenham were killing again. Arshavin broke through Angelo Júnior's defense on the left and crossed a high ball, Drogba, who was ambushed in the box, headed back, and Gerrard, who was inserted behind, met the ball with a furious shot, the ball went past Saini's blockade, but it grazed the left post of the goal and flew off the bottom line!
In the eighteenth minute, Gerrard's long-range shot was blocked by Seni. Alonso took a corner kick on the left side of the pitch, and Arshavin, who moved to the front post with the help of Drogba's cover, headed the ball four meters in front of the goal, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced into the goal!
With the midfield completely out of position, Sao Paulo's fragile backline was powerless to withstand Tottenham's fierce attack, and could only allow Drogba and others to wreak havoc. This cruel reality has dealt a further blow to the already low morale of São Paulo, which in turn has led to the whole team falling into a vicious circle from which they cannot extricate themselves!
The situation on the field is very good, and the championship trophy is already close at hand. The Tottenham players fully implemented George's spirit of "taking advantage of your illness to kill you", and Gerrard scored another goal in the following time, leading Sao Paulo 3-0 less than 20 minutes into the second half!
Seeing that the team he played for was powerless, he was also scored three times by his opponent. In the face of extremely unfavorable situations, some people gave up hope of recovering the score and began to perfunctory things on the field, while others became impulsive and more brutal under this huge psychological pressure, such as Diego Lugano!
Although Lugano has come a long way since his move to Sao Paulo, this is only relative to his previous level. Worldwide, the Uruguayan is only capable of playing in the middle and lower reaches of the top five leagues, not counting his fiery Roy Keane's bad temper.
And today, in the face of Drogba's tank-like crushing impact again and again, and the cruel reality that Sao Paulo fell behind 0-3 on the field, the latent violence factor in Lugano's character recurred - in the 68th minute, Drogba received Gerrard's pass at the top of the penalty area arc and turned to break through, and Lugano, who was out of position, flew up directly in a hurry and kicked heavily on Drogba's face!
Drogba, who was maliciously fouled, immediately fell to the ground, and Achendia, who rushed to the scene of the crime, did not hesitate to punish Lugano and expelled the Uruguayan international from the game with a red card!
If you don't explode in silence, you perish in silence. After more than an hour of devastation by Tottenham, Lugano chose to bring about his own destruction, ending his first Club World Cup journey in a very disgraceful way!
Losing and losing, this sentence is used to describe São Paulo today, and it is obviously more appropriate!
The sending off of a stalwart at the back and the absence of one man on the pitch left Sao Paulo with no hope of a comeback. Although Outuoli replaced the inactive Aloisio with Grafitt and tried to make a last-ditch fight, Tottenham immediately seized the opportunity of Sao Paulo's big pressure on the back air defense, and substitute Klose scored a goal to extend the score to 4-0 and completely seal the victory!
After taking a four-goal lead, the Tottenham players slowed down the tempo on George's orders and stopped chasing their opponents – and now that the big picture was decided, he saw no need for his players to waste precious energy. You know, unlike other major leagues, the Premier League does not have a winter break, and Tottenham have a very busy schedule between Christmas and New Year. Therefore, how to rotate the lineup and reasonably allocate the resources in his hands has become a problem that George must solve!
And just like that, when Achendija blew the whistle announcing the end of the match, Tottenham Hotspur defeated 10-man Sao Paulo 4-0 at the Yokohama International Stadium to win the Club World Cup for the first time!
At this moment, every Tottenham player can pat their chests and proudly declare that we are on top of the world!
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