Perhaps, FIFA will have to thank Yang Fan for his survival, which has brought more attention to the Club World Cup, which in 2008 received unprecedented attention in China. In fact, when the Toyota Cup, the predecessor of the Club World Cup, was a direct dialogue between the European champion and the South American champion, a decisive outcome was still relatively high in China.

However, since the Toyota Cup was replaced by the Club World Cup, the coverage and enthusiasm for the Club World Cup in China has begun to decline. After the expansion of the Club World Cup, it is inevitable that the excitement of the tournament will decline, just as the World Cup is now 32 teams competing, if the World Cup continues to expand to 64 teams, or more teams will participate in the finals, it is conceivable that the excitement and spectacle of the game will drop by more than one notch.

In addition, it is interesting that because of Yang Fan's relationship with Emma Roberts, as well as his love affair with Ashley Olsen, the American media has also begun to pay attention to this Club World Cup, which has received unprecedented attention and has become the focus of world media reports.

In the afternoon, the final quarter-final of the 2008 Club World Cup also came to an end, with Japan's Gamba Osaka beating Adelaide United 1-0 to reach the semi-finals, where African champions Al Ahly were held to a 2-0 lead by CONCACAF champions Patyuka and lost on penalties.

The historic Al Ahli team has dominated all competitions in Egypt since the 40s of the last century, and is known in Egypt as the "people's club" and is also considered one of the clubs with the most supporters in the world. In the African Champions League, Al Ahly continued its domestic, winning the trophy four times in 2001, 2005, 2006 and 2008. The team has reached the Club World Cup three times, with a best result of third place. This time in the Club World Cup, the Egyptian media had high hopes for the Al Ahly team, believing that the team had the hope of winning the Club World Cup, but now, the Al Ahly team did not even reach the semi-finals, making Egypt a place of mourning.

In this way, the semi-final matchups have also been revealed, with European champions Manchester United facing Japanese Gamba Osaka, while Copa Libertadores winners Universidad de Quito are facing CONCACACA's Central and American champions. (Net)

The semi-finals will be played on December 17 and December 18, with the University of Quito and Pachuca and Manchester United and Gamba Osaka on the 18th, when the European champions will be officially unveiled.

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Manchester United really lack the necessary attention to the team they will face in the semi-finals. They had never seen the team's game footage before, so much so that Rooney was asked who knew more about Gamba Osaka's players, and the little fat man blurted out the '22' in a hurry.

In fact, the Manchester United team really didn't deliberately collect the video of Gamba Osaka's game, they didn't think it was necessary, and this team was a complete encounter, and they may not meet again in the future, and the Manchester United team believed in their own strength, believed that their strength was enough to crush the opponent, so naturally there was no need to deliberately collect the opponent's information.

Now, Manchester United finally have a video of Gamba Osaka's game, which is the footage of Gamba Osaka's match against Adelaide United in the quarter-finals that has just ended. You don't need to deliberately look for and collect this game video, just record the live broadcast of the game.

It's the video of this game, and Ferguson just watched it once, and he got a preliminary idea of the team's style of play, and then saw how the team is at the moment, and that's it. Just watching the footage, you can't even understand the core composition of the team, because one game doesn't say anything, and the position and role of the players in the next game may change. Ferguson didn't bother to understand this, because he didn't think it was necessary: this Japanese team was not a threat to Manchester United.

Ferguson didn't even ask the whole team to watch the footage of the game in advance, instead of having this time, it is better to let the lads go out and relax, halfway through the season, just a few days to relax the lads and relieve the pressure......

This shows Manchester United's attitude towards the Club World Cup and towards their opponents in the upcoming matches. Even the Reds don't know much about their biggest rivals in the final, Universidad de Quito, an Ecuadorian powerhouse that is not a traditional South American champion, and the only South American giants that can really lift the spirit of Manchester United may be Argentina's Boca Juniors and River Plate, or Brazil's Sao Paulo and Santos.

The South American champion team of this year's Club World Cup is the University of Quito, both in terms of fame and strength, there is a big difference, and many Manchester United players, including Yang Fan, don't even know which country this team is from. Of course, they don't know much about the CONCACAF champions, and if you ask them their predictions for the match between Universidad de Quito and Pachuca, they will most likely say that Universidad de Quito will be in the final, why?

You really can't say that the attitude of the Manchester United team is unpopular, and even take it for granted: the European champion should have such domineering and confidence!

Because the UEFA Champions League is the highest level competition in the world, this is almost recognized, and in terms of technical and tactical level, the Champions League has surpassed the World Cup. Since the Champions Cup was restructured in 1992, the Champions League has been improving year by year. Now when fans talk about football, they have to talk about the Champions League. The Champions League not only gathers the giants of the five major leagues, but also the champions of the leagues of all European countries, although it is not excluded that some small national champions are weaker, but they have often been eliminated in the qualifying rounds. In contrast, in the World Cup, Asian teams, North American and Caribbean teams (except the United States and Mexico), and Oceania teams (that is, New Zealand) are just going through the motions in the finals.

The World Cup often misses out some superstars born in small football countries, such as George Best, Ryan Giggs, Shevchenko, etc., but the Champions League does not have this regret, as long as the stars have the ability, they can join the giants and qualify for the Champions Cup, which symbolizes the highest level of Europe. Shevchenko said that in his opinion, the Champions Cup is his World Cup.

The Champions League is full of giants and strong players. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Manchester United, Juventus, Reds, Liverpool, Arsenal...... This string of names is no worse than Brazil, Italy, Germany, and England, each team has different styles and changeable tactics, and it is a pleasure to watch the Champions League.

In terms of ratings, the World Cup is held every four years, and it is normal for everyone to pay attention, including some non-fans and pseudo-fans. However, the Champions League can attract so much attention every year, which cannot but be said to be the charm and level of the Champions League.

And Manchester United is a veteran super giant in Europe, a European champion, facing these teams from other continents, some of them are even unfamiliar with their names, they naturally won't take it to heart, this is confidence!

Ferguson's mind is very clear, he doesn't need to deliberately study the opponent, since he doesn't understand, then respond to all changes with the same, with the strength of the Manchester United team, as long as he plays normally, he is afraid that he will not be able to win the opponent? !

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On December 18, the Yokohama International Arena in Japan was full.

2008 Club World Cup semi-finals, European champion Manchester United vs Asian champion Gamba Osaka.

In the away dressing room, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is giving his protégé a pre-match lecture.

"It's a relatively new opponent for you, but it's nothing, as long as you play normally, there is no doubt that the victory in this game will be us. Go ahead, remember, you're the European champions, we're Manchester United. ”

Everyone nodded, they felt that the manager was right, as long as they played normally, there was no problem in winning.

"One more thing, be careful not to get hurt. Ferguson admonished again. He is even more serious about this as the Premier League is about to enter the devil's stage of the Christmas season, and keeping the team intact and the health of the players is more important than anything else.

Hearing Ferguson say this, Manchester United's stars also nodded again, the coach was right, if you get injured in such a game where there is no suspense, it is not worth it.

"Hey, guys, be careful, don't get hurt. ”

"That's right, be careful, I remember that Cisse was seriously injured in the game against the Japanese. ”

"You're mistaken, it's the Chinese team. Someone shouted, "That Chinese player looks like he's playing in the Championship right now." ”

Yang Fan's cheeky muscles twitched for a moment, in the match between the Chinese team and the French team, Zheng Zhi tackled in the game, and Cisse said goodbye to the World Cup, and his career was almost over. This matter seems to have far-reaching implications, and the Chinese team is also notorious.

"Hey, Wayne. Yang Fan suddenly put his arm around Rooney's shoulder.

"What's the matter?" Rooney looked vigilant, when this guy called himself Wayne, he must have beaten his own idea, usually Yang Fan always called him 'little fat' with a smile.

"Remember to pass the ball to me, I'm going to make a big kill in this game. Yang Fan said.

"I'm sorry. Rooney shrugged, "I think so, too." ”

This little fat man, he is quite murderous, the Japanese didn't offend him, right? This is because he sees that the opponent's strength is not strong, and he plans to score all the goals for a year? Yang Fan looked at Rooney's triumphant back and muttered.

Still, it's a good thing.

"Hey, hey, little fatty, why don't we give it a try. Yang Fan shouted, "Who scored more goals in the game?"