AC Milan finished second in their group and failed to finish top of the group, where they will face Spain's Valencia in the round of 16, with the Rossoneri having a good chance of coming out on top.

The top 16 teams have all been produced, and all ten Chinese players participating in the Champions League have advanced. In the one-eighth match, Chen Zihua will face off against Li Mu and Xu Ziyi in a Chinese derby, and this game will also attract the attention of the whole of China.

The knockout rounds don't start until next year, and now the teams are all focused on the league, with AC Milan hosting Hellas Verona in the 16th round of Serie A. In the game, AC Milan conceded a goal first, and then Baca equalized, and Zhang Shujie scored two goals in the second half to help Milan win 3:1.

In a week there is the seventeenth round of Serie A, which is also the last round of Serie A before the winter break, after which the players can have a short break, but not all leagues have a winter break, such as the Premier League.

On December 10, Premier League giants Chelsea have just arrived in Japan to prepare for the Club World Cup, and Chelsea only need to start with the semi-finals and not participate in the previous games. Today, the Chinese Super League team Guangzhou Evergrande won the Asian championship again, and appeared in the Club World Cup again after a year.

In the qualifying round, Japan's Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeated Orange City 2-0, with Sukesuke Minagawa and Tsukasa Shiotani contributing to the team respectively and successfully reaching the quarterfinals.

Three days later, the two quarter-finals were played successively, Guangzhou Evergrande, one of the two teams that all Chinese fans paid the most attention to, took the lead, the opponent was Mexico America, the two sides drew 0:0 in the first half, and in the 55th minute of the second half, Peralta broke the deadlock on the field, and it was not until the 80th minute of the game that Zheng Dalong equalized for Evergrande, 1:1 also lasted until the 90th minute, everyone thought that the two sides would play extra time, and even the head coach was mentally prepared, but unexpectedly, Evergrande foreign player Paulinho scored the winning goal in the last minute of injury time and killed the game.

Guangzhou Evergrande made it to the semi-finals without danger, and this is also their second semi-final, the last time they lost to Bayern Munich led by Zhang Shujie, and this time, they are also very likely to meet Li Mu's Chelsea.

The other quarter-game was Mazambe all-around vs. Sanfrecce Hiroshima, and the Hiroshima team relied on the goals of Tsukasa Shiotani, Kazuhiko Chiba, and Takuma Asano to defeat Mazambe all-around 3:0 and follow the pace of Evergrande to reach the semi-finals.

On December 16, in the final of the fifth and sixth place, América Mexico defeated Mazambe All-Around 2-1. Also on this day, the first game of the semi-finals will be played, and the first two teams to face off are Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs River Plate Argentina.

In terms of strength, River Plate is far stronger than Hiroshima, but in the process of the game, River Plate did not have too many advantages, and was almost scored first by Hiroshima Three Arrows, and in the entire first half, River Plate was inferior to Hiroshima except for more time in possession than Hiroshima Three Arrows. However, River Plate is an old South American powerhouse after all, and in the 72nd minute of the game, Alario was given the lead by River Plate.

With the goal in place, River Plate finally got the initiative and the game quickly got into their rhythm. But in the end, there was no second goal, and 1:0 was the final result of the game.

River Plate has reached the final of the Club World Cup, and the remaining team will be produced between Chelsea and Guangzhou Evergrande, and Chinese fans are a little entangled, whether to support Chelsea with Li Mu and Xu Ziyi, or Guangzhou Evergrande?

More fans are still on Chelsea's side, and everyone knows the reason why Guangzhou Evergrande has performed so well in recent years.

Li Mu and Xu Ziyi are different, they are both the absolute main force of the team, and they are the core figures of their respective positions, Chelsea can win the league and the Champions League, these two people are indispensable. And these two definitely have more fans than Evergrande's Chinese players.

The protagonist of the game belonged to Li Mu, who scored a hat-trick in the 39th, 50th and 67th minutes with a header, a left foot and a right foot. It is worth mentioning that Li Mu has been selected for the final list of three people for the annual Ballon d'Or, and he will compete with Messi Ronaldo for the Ballon d'Or.

Of course, the voting for the Golden Globes ended in November, and this hat-trick could not increase the votes for Li Mu. However, if Li Mu can finally win the award, looking back at his performance in the competition, it can at least prove that he is worthy of his name.

Xu Ziyi gave an assist in this game, and he controlled the entire midfield in the middle, coupled with the transfer of Cesc Fabregas and the surprise attack of Hazard, so that Evergrande's midfield completely became a decoration.

Guangzhou Evergrande once again lost to the European champions, the score is the same 0:3, maybe they learned a lot from Bayern the year before last, but this gap in hard power is by no means something that can be changed overnight, the Chinese team wants to be truly recognized by the world, and the domestic environment is the crux.

In the final of the third and fourth places, Evergrande lost 1:2 to Sanfrecce Hiroshima and won the fourth place. The final was played between River Plate and Chelsea, the mighty Chelsea beat River Plate 3-0, Xu Ziyi scored first in the first half, Chelsea led 1-0, Li Mu changed the score to 2-0 in the second half, and in the last minute of the game, Eden Hazard scored the last goal of this Club World Cup.

Chelsea won the Club World Cup as desired, and Xu Ziyi, who passed and shot, was named the best of the match and won the "Club World Cup Golden Ball Award", but this award is not comparable to the "FIFA Golden Ball Award", and the gold content is much lower.

With the Club World Cup in their hands and a five-time title, Chelsea are the strongest team of the year, even more influential than Real Madrid and Barcelona, and their number one star Li Mu could also become the Premier League's second Ballon d'Or.

When the whole Chelsea squad returned to England, they quickly began to prepare for the league. Unlike the Bundesliga, La Liga, and Serie A, clubs in these leagues can have a "small holiday" if they play a maximum of two games, but Chelsea cannot, and there is no "mini-long holiday" in the Premier League. On this issue, the Premier League team once wrote to the English Football Association, hoping to follow the example of other leagues and also implement the winter break, but the Football Association did not listen, and still insisted on playing a full season and resting together. In this way, although the continuity of the league can be ensured, the players will also be more tired, and many players will not perform as well as the first half of the season in the second half of the season, which is more or less related to the fact that the Premier League does not have a winter break.

Now Chelsea have no choice but to continue to endure the ordeal of not having a holiday and prepare for the league.

(End of chapter)