After landing in Japan, Notts County only had a night's rest and threw themselves into training, and they didn't even have time to get jet lag, no way, the schedule is so tight. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the first round of eliminations that evening, Asian champions Al-Ittihad defeated African champions Al Ahly, while Costa Rican club Saprisa defeated Oceania champions Sydney FC.

With that, the semi-finals have also been decided, with Etihad taking on Sao Paulo and Saprisa taking on Notts County, with the winners of the next two games going to the final.

Notts County is not familiar with Saprisa, a club in North and Central America, but judging from the opponent's first game, the strength is at most the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, and it is difficult to pose any threat to Notts County, so even if Notts County sends more young people to train the team in the semi-finals, it is not a problem.

Even if the Toyota Cup has become the Club World Cup, but the real opponent of Notts County is only the South American team Sao Paulo, remember that in the previous life like this Club World Cup, Liverpool finally lost to Sao Paulo, although it may be a factor that Liverpool does not pay much attention to, but it also shows that Sao Paulo's strength is good.

If it weren't for the seven-time crown race, then Notts County might not have taken this frivolous event seriously, but for now, sorry, this championship Notts County has decided!

Of course, there is another factor in this, when David and Bayern the Big Three inspected the South American club, they were fooled for a long time, although this is not a deep hatred, but there is a chance to teach the opponent a lesson, and it is still necessary to play.

On the evening of December 15th, the semi-finals of Notts County officially began, because Notts County is very popular in Japan, so the stands of this game were full, and the fans were enthusiastic, and even felt that it was not inferior to the atmosphere of Magpie Stadium.

However, Notts County did not send too many main players in this game, only captain Alonso and goalkeeper Joe Hart started, and there were a few rotation players left, of course, there were three young players such as AZP, Bale and Smalling, so this kind of game is the best for them to exercise.

Even if Notts County sent such a lineup, Saprisa is still not an opponent of Notts County, in the cheers of Japanese fans, Notts County scored two goals in the first half, and in the second half, in order to take care of the emotions of local fans, Loew successively replaced several main players, and the game was decided.

The game was won cleanly, although to a certain extent, the fans and the media were a little disappointed that they did not play all the main players, but they also understood Notts County's approach, after all, Notts County's schedule has been terrifying to the extreme.

What's more, this level of game is going to let Notts County's main force go down, isn't it a bit too much to look up to the opponent?

In the end, the battle with Sao Paulo is the real focus, and I believe that Notts County will definitely show real strength at that time.

The club is actively preparing for the game, David and Soriano are not idle, this time Notts County came to Japan to receive more attention, Japanese companies have also seen Notts County's real influence and appeal in Japan, even better than Manchester United and Real Madrid and other top giants, can not help but move their minds, a few days, has been a number of international large enterprises began to contact Notts County, to discuss cooperation and sponsorship.

Commercial development has always been the top priority in the development of the team, and on the basis of improving performance, commercial development must also be able to keep up, which is what David has always recognized.

Although the success of these two seasons has allowed Notts County to make significant progress in commercial development, it is still a little worse than a business empire like Manchester United, at least with more than 30 sponsors.

Notts County are now aiming for Manchester United and Real Madrid, achieving the same level in two years and catching up in four years, and that's what Notts County are aiming for.

On September 18, the final of this Club World Cup officially began, Notts County faced Sao Paulo, the winner of the Copa Libertadores, this battle attracted the attention of fans all over the world, and under the vigorous promotion of FIFA, it even had a little World Cup meaning.

In the 80s and 90s, South American football was stronger than European football, and the clues can be seen from the confrontation in the Toyota Cup.

São Paulo, a traditional giant, has won the Toyota Cup twice, which is much deeper than Notts County.

However, the strong performance of this emerging giant in recent seasons has made them almost invincible in Europe, and they are widely regarded as the strongest club in Europe, and if they can beat Sao Paulo, then this title can become the strongest club in the world!

On the day of the game, the stadium entered a strong atmosphere early, Notts County jerseys sold very well in Japan, and the fan base was far stronger than Sao Paulo, as can be seen from the distribution of fans in the stands, almost all four stands were fans wearing Notts County black and white striped shirts, as for Sao Paulo fans, there may be, but there are really very few, and the stadium has become a Notts County stadium again.

In order to thank the Japanese fans, the Notts County players came to the sidelines to interact with the fans before the warm-up, and although there was no physical contact, it still aroused greater enthusiasm among the fans.

At the beginning of the game, Notts County, who were half the main force and half substitutes, used the best suppression tactics to force Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo's South American football style is strong, the pace is slow, and the players use more foot skills The characteristics are so messed up, it seems that it is difficult to hold the ball in the midfield.

The tried and tested tactics of high-pressure pressure up front to seize the holes in the transition between attack and defense still work well in Sao Paulo, and the South American teams are completely incomparable to European teams in terms of tactical discipline, and in the face of Notts County's strong overall tactics, Sao Paulo is at a comprehensive disadvantage.

Notts County opened the scoring shortly after the game began through Didier Drogba, and it was not long before Franck Ribery cut inside to give Notts County a comfortable two-goal lead.

The Sao Paulo players were a bit stunned, they hadn't played against European teams, but the rapid pace of Notts County had left them helpless.

Loew did not send Kaka on the pitch in this game, after all, it is his parent club, Kaka will definitely have a deep affection for Sao Paulo, and this game is likely to be a slaughter in his opinion, in order to avoid affecting Kaka's mentality, Loew pressed him to the bench.

Now that the game has been played, Kaka is really a little overwhelmed sitting on the bench, his impression of São Paulo is not so fragile, where is it so vulnerable as today!

But even if he is off the field, he can see that Notts County has an absolute advantage, and the two teams are not at the same level at all!

That's a frustrating fact! (To be continued.) )