In the end, Manchester United slaughtered hosts Gamba Osaka in the semi-finals with a disparity of 8-2 and reached the final with their heads held high. Yang Fan won five yuan in the competition and staged a five-star show.

Gamba Osaka lost the match 2-8, a score that surprised many media outlets. There is a big difference in strength between the two teams, and it is natural for Manchester United to win, but they did not expect Manchester United to score eight goals in the game and beat their opponents by six goals!

In particular, Yang Fan, the Chinese star, played in the game for more than 70 minutes and scored five goals! And it can be seen from Yang Fan's celebration of raising his finger after scoring a goal, as well as his high fighting spirit in the game, if it were not for Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson replacing him in advance, the number of goals scored by this Chinese star would continue to rise!

It's a slaughtering rhythm!

Is this a show of force?

In fact, the vast majority of Japanese media think so, considering the old feud between Japan and China, as well as the history of Japanese football in the past one or two decades in the face of Chinese football, Yang Fan, as a Chinese star, scored crazy goals in such a game, and is indeed suspected of showing off his force.

And Yang Fan's murderous feat in the five-star series of beads in the competition really shocked Gamba Osaka and shocked the whole of Japan. That's right, Yang Fan is a Manchester United star, a top star, and the second place in the Golden Ball Award, these glories are shining, but they are still a little ethereal, you can see but you can't touch them, but, in this semi-final with Gamba Osaka, countless Japanese fans witnessed Yang Fan's ferocity on the spot, which is the most intuitive and in-depth impression!

Yang Fan's fierce appearance shocked the Japanese, but it also won him more fans - the Japanese worship the strong, and Yang Fan is undoubtedly a strong man.

According to the survey, after this game, in Japan, the number of fans who like Yang Fan has increased, especially some young people, who worship Yang Fan even more.

Considering Yang Fan's identity as a Chinese, this makes Japanese football people feel even more unhappy and embarrassed, and even worried.

"For Osaka football, for Japanese football, this match on December 18, 2008 will be unforgettable, a Chinese star scored five goals at the Yokohama Athletic Stadium! scored five goals in one game, slaughtered a Japanese team! Japan's champion team! Although this is due to the extraordinary overall strength of Manchester United, it is undeniable that Yang Fan's strength is terrifying, and on this night, the light of Tokyo Tower is covered by this Chinese! What we need to pray now is that when we face the Chinese team in the future, this game will not become a shadow, and it will not become a psychological shadow for the Japanese team...... Here, I think it is necessary to thank the Chinese Football Association, the later Yang Fan enters their national team, the less negative impact this fiasco will have on Japanese football, of course, it is best that the Japanese national team will never meet Yang Fan in the game. ”

This is the "Asahi Shimbun" after the game analysis report, they bluntly expressed their deep fear of Yang Fan, and sincerely hope that the Chinese Football Association can continue to exclude Yang Fan from the door of the Chinese national team, because, after this battle, it is very likely that the Japanese team will have psychological shadows and fear when facing Yang Fan......

The Asahi Shimbun even criticized the 'shameful' behavior of Gamba Osaka players.

After the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match between Manchester United and Gamba Osaka, a number of Gamba Osaka players immediately surrounded Yang Fan on the bench, pestering Yang Fan, and rushing to wait for him to take off his jersey......

In the end, the core of Gamba Osaka's midfield and the Japanese international got Yang Fan's jersey as he wished. It got him excited.

The Asahi Shimbun criticized the Japanese international for being spineless and humiliating to lose. However, what is interesting is that on the Internet, many Japanese fans expressed their understanding and envy that Endo was able to get Yang Fan's jersey.

"What we're worried about now is that Japanese football has since suffered from a disease called fear of Yang Fan...... "The Japanese media lamented.

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On the official website of FIFA, the description of this semi-final is like this: Crazy Yang Fan led Invincible Manchester United to stage a crazy drama!

The next day, in China, everyone was talking about the game and cheering for Yang Fan!

In Japan, many people are still talking about this game, Manchester United star's watch Xiàn has become their topic, and Yang Fan's crazy watch Xiàn has made the Japanese both afraid and envious.

The Japanese media are also lamenting that Yang Fan has conquered Japan, and this Chinese has more and more fans in Japan.

Manchester United beat hosts Gamba Osaka 8-2 in this semi-final, while in the other semi-final, Universidad de Quito beat Patyuka 2-0.

In this case, the final of the 2008 Club World Cup will be between Manchester United and the University of Quito, and the clash between the European and South American champions will remain the main theme of the Club World Cup.

In fact, the duel between the European champion and the South American champion, this is really a decent match, a real matchup.

Of course, compared with Argentine and Brazilian giants such as Boca Juniors and Sao Paulo, the University of Quito from Ecuador is much worse in terms of reputation and influence, so people are generally optimistic that Manchester United can beat the University of Quito and lift the Club World Cup trophy this year.

As a result, the FIFA Club World Cup pattern of the seven continents has remained unchanged: Europe and South America remain the dominant powers, and representatives from the other five continents accompany the prince to study. Compared with previous editions, it is further that this cup has become a one-man show for Manchester United

In this tournament, in addition to the fans of Gamba Osaka, the spectators who poured into the Yokohama National Stadium rushed to Manchester United. In front of Manchester United's hotel, there are queues of fans every night, some until early in the morning. The club had to make a rule that players were not allowed to stay in the hotel lobby except by a dedicated bus to the training ground. Before the game, the whole Manchester United team went to the gym to train, which also attracted many fans.

Even opponents value star chasing more than trophies. Urrutia, who is at the heart of Universidad de Deportes de Quito, revealed that he would be happy to go home with Ronaldo's jersey. After the semi-finals, a number of Osaka Gamba players pestered Yang Fan, scrambling to wait for him to take off his jersey......

The Club World Cup has become an out-and-out meeting for Manchester United fans. The remaining six teams are doing the work of cushioning. Chairman Blatter has long clarified the ultimate meaning of this tournament: Manchester United will bring Cristiano Ronaldo, Yang Fan, Tevez, Rooney, Ryan Giggs and Ferdinand and other famous characters to directly warn Manchester United that none of these big names can not be absent, because FIFA knows that these big-name stars of Manchester United are the only protagonists of the Club World Cup, the real stars.

In addition to Blatter's change of bipolar dialogue to the participation of all seven continents, the growing influence of the UEFA Champions League and the large number of fans of the European championship team, the collapse of another pillar of the former South American championship is also the main reason.

Since the early 90s, when Sao Paulo won the Toyota Cup twice, the balance of bipolar dialogue has tipped in Europe. By the last Toyota Cup in 2000, outside of São Paulo, only Boca Juniors and Sarsfield won the championship. During this period, European giants have dominated the championship for five consecutive years. A large number of international-level South American players went to Europe to pan for gold, and the dialogue between the two poles has become an unequal dialogue between the first-class and the second-rate. The competition became a headhunting market, and talents such as Riquelme used it to knock on the doors of European clubs. Coupled with the fact that the South American champions who have emerged recently are more utilitarian, they can't compete with their European opponents in terms of technology, but they are obsessed with the supremacy of defense, and the glory of the South American team has collapsed.

Now going to the Club World Cup, the European champions have their own plans. There are those who are under pressure from Blatter, and there are those who go for a big prize, like Manchester United, who can be called the real winners of the competition

Of course, even the official FIFA website joked that the biggest winner of this Club World Cup is Yang Fan, a Chinese star who is conquering Japan and conquering the whole world at an astonishing speed.

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On the afternoon of December 21, the battle for third and fourth place in the 2008 Club World Cup was between the host Gamba Osaka and the Mexican team Pachuca, the champion of Central and American Beauty.

In the end, Gamba Osaka defeated Pachuca with a score of 1-0 and won the third place in this Club World Cup.

Of course, the impact of the third-place battle is limited, and if it weren't for the involvement of the host team, Gamba Osaka, the third-place race would have received even less attention.

Everyone knows what the highlight is: the ultimate showdown between European champions Manchester United and South American champions Universidad de Quito.

The match was played three hours after Gamba Osaka's third-place tie with Pachuca.

Universidad de Quito is an Ecuadorian powerhouse, but it is not well known internationally. The full name of the team is the University of Quito Sports League Team. The head coach who led the team to the Copa Libertadores is Argentine Bausa, but he has said that he will leave the team after the Club World Cup, and his whereabouts have not been disclosed. When leading the team to Japan, Bausa told the media that he was confident that he would play well in this Club World Cup and that the team would play at a high level as in the Copa Libertadores.

In last season's Copa Libertadores, Universidad de Quito was put to the test, beating Argentina, Mexico and Brazil to win the trophy away from Rio de Janeiro. In the process of winning the title, they only did not meet Boca Juniors, who lost to Fluminense of Brazil in the semi-finals. The team's powerful attacking midfielder Gronn is seen as a key contributor to the title, often frustrating opponents, but the player is no longer in the squad and has moved to Getafe in La Liga, while the top scorer is Bolaños with five goals, and the striker has also expressed his desire to win the Club World Cup.

However, let's be honest, after winning last season's Copa Libertadores, there has been a lot of change in the personnel of the University of Quito, with a number of players leaving the team, either to pan for gold in Europe or other countries, or to play for other teams in their home countries. As far as the current squad is concerned, the heart of the defence is Argentine Novito Araujo. Universidad de Quito played in a back three, with Araujo in the middle, Calderón on the left and Campos on the right. Goalkeeper Cevaros is the best goalkeeper in Ecuador and the goalkeeper of the national team.

The Universitatea de Quito team is a bit like the "3313", but the two wingers have a large vertical range of movement, which makes sense to be counted as a midfielder. The two wide attacking players were Reasco on the right and Ambrosi on the left. The center forward is Beler, and the forward midfielder is Argentine Manso. The other three midfielders are Larrea and Urudia, who are responsible for the transition between attack and defence, and Bolaños, who can become a shadow striker.

The University of Quito also has the likes of Delgado, who was tied with Crespo as the top scorer in South America in the 2002 World Cup qualifiers. Delgado also came to Japan with the team this time, but due to his age, he only played as a substitute and contributed to the team with his rich game experience at key moments.

Objectively speaking, after winning the Copa Libertadores, the performance of the Universidad de Quito team was not so satisfactory, and they were eliminated in the group stage of the Copa Sudamericana in the second half of this year, and the domestic first division only won the runner-up. However, a vice-president of the club said that the team is fully confident of winning the Club World Cup, and should not underestimate the strength of the South American champions......

However, in fact, this team is really not favored, except for the clubs of Argentina and Brazil, the clubs of other countries in South America really have nothing to look forward to, and it is difficult to have too much confidence and expectations for them.

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Shortly after Gamba Osaka and Pachuca battled for third place, the buses of Manchester United and their rivals, Universitaria de Quito, arrived at the Yokohama Arena.

While the players from both sides were resting in the dressing room, Alex Ferguson was already present at the press conference, which was the usual pre-match press conference.

A reporter asked the head coach of the University of Quito, Bausa, if he had found a way to limit the Manchester United team.

Bausa spread his hands: "I just found a way, I won't say it now." ”

A reporter laughed. It seems that Pausa still seems calm and does not panic because the opponent is Manchester United, as for whether Pausa is really so calm, only he knows.

"Universidad de Quito is a very strong team and the final will be tough. Ferguson said, at least in his words, he seemed to have a lot of respect for the University of Quito.

In short, in the pre-match press conference, the managers of both teams actually expressed calmness, the University of Quito did not seem to be afraid of Manchester United, and seemed to have a way to break the enemy, and of course, Ferguson did not appear aggressive. This seems to indicate that once the game starts, the University of Quito will not be conservative and the game may not be dull.

The development after the start of the game has disappointed all fans who want to watch a good high-level matchup, and the tactics of the University of Quito can be said to be quite conservative. They retracted very badly, and they were completely defensive and counterattacking.

As the predecessor of the Club World Cup, the reason why the Intercontinental Cup and the Toyota Cup attracted much attention in that era was that the biggest selling point was the collision of football styles between Europe and South America. To this day, however, the two styles of football still exist, but the styles of the teams seem to have swapped places.

It is also a collision between different styles, and the foundation is different today than it was back then. The original South American style was based on the outstanding individual skills of the South American players, while the European style was based on the premise that European teams placed more emphasis on teamwork. However, in this final, Manchester United showed a huge advantage in terms of technology, and as for Universidad de Deportator de Quito, the European elements they showed were not so much the insistence on tactics as the helplessness in the context of inferior skills. Due to the lack of individual players in the squad, they had to compensate for it in a coordinated manner.

The South American style that United express is a personal flash based on overall coordination. The European style expressed by the Universidad de Sport de Quito is a phenomenon of overall dwarfing due to the lack of individual highlights. Although there are stylistic differences between the two, their realm is not on the same level at all, and naturally it is impossible to reproduce the excitement of the Toyota Cup in the past.

In fact, it is not surprising to those who are familiar with this team, as Universidad de Deportes de Quito is a "civil war insider" team in South America. A look at the team's table in last season's Copa Libertadores shows that they have won only two of their eight knockout games in total, but the team relied on defensive counter-attacking tactics and the goalkeeper's courage in the penalty shootout to win the title.

Judging by the recent Copa Libertadores, it is often the teams that have the last laugh with a greater emphasis on defense, such as Olympia Paraguay in 2002 and Caldas Colombia in 2004. The reason is that tournaments held in South America are more susceptible to factors such as climate, environment, altitude and even stadium facilities, so the home team often has a very large advantage. For those teams who are good defensively, as long as they can hold on to a draw or a small defeat on the road, they have a good chance of eliminating their opponents with home advantage. What's more, unlike the Champions League final, which is a one-game winner, the Copa Libertadores final is still a two-legged home and away system, which is also more beneficial to defensive teams.

Therefore, in addition to traditional giants such as Boca Juniors and Sao Paulo, it is really difficult to expect the South American champions of these non-traditional giants to play pleasing football.

The game has been going on for nearly 20 minutes, the score on the field is still 0-0, Universidad de Quito played quite conservatively, 20 minutes, Universidad de Quito has not had a shot on goal, and Manchester United has three shots on goal, but, in the face of the opponent's iron bucket formation, two of these three shots are long-range shots outside the penalty area, and they have no good way to take Universidad de Quito for the time being.

"It's time for the stars of Manchester United to come forward. "In the face of a dull game, the commentator shouted out the hearts of all the fans. The University of Quito is unknown, tactically conservative and unflattering, with all but the Ecuadorian on the side of Manchester United, hoping that the European champions will play a good game.

The director also gave the camera a close-up of Manchester United's star in due course, and the camera stayed on Yang Fan's body for ten seconds, and they all expected the Chinese star to continue to have a good performance in this game.