Chapter 338: The desire to fight against Barcelona

In an uncertain mood about the future, Lee Wook Yan finally followed the team to embark on his final journey at Seoul FC - the FIFA Club World Cup!

In the early days, the tournament was sponsored by Toyota, so it was formerly known as the "Toyota Cup", but since the beginning of the new century, the tournament has been taken over by FIFA, and the format has been changed to the championship teams of several continents plus the hosts, who compete together for a final world club championship at the end of each year. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The European champions and South American champions are the favourites to win each tournament, with both teams advancing directly to the semi-finals, while the champions of the other continents will have to compete against each other to determine the two semi-finals before competing against the European and South American champions.

The tournament was held in Morocco in North Africa, and the first round of the tournament was played by hosts Moroccan league champions Al Ahly against Oceania champions Auckland City, with the rest of the teams watching from the sidelines.

In the end, in the opening match of the Club World Cup, the host team lost 1-2 to Auckland City, and the Oceania champions successfully entered the next round.

In the second round, according to the previous draw, the Central and American champions Atlante will face the winner of the first round, that is, Oceania champions Auckland City, while African champions Mazambe will face Asian champions Seoul FC.

Attendance in this round was not very high as the favourites Champions League champions Barcelona and South American champions Estudiantes de La Plata were both unplayed, while the host team was also eliminated in the first round.

However, for Seoul FC, they will go all out, because as long as they beat Mazambe, they will have a chance to play Barcelona or La Plata Estudiantes, which is a dream of all players, especially Ji Chengyong and Lee Wook-yan, who aim to stay in Europe, which is a great opportunity for them to prove themselves.

The game was played at 3:30 p.m. in the local area, and FC Seoul's opponent was Mazambe from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

As if to make the game more difficult, it rained heavily before the start and the game started in the rain.

The rain kept falling, the atmosphere was very unharmonious, and both sides seemed to be fighting extremely hard as soon as they came up, and without too much probing, they formed a confrontation when they came up......

In the 4th minute, Mazambe's player Karuituka received a teammate near the penalty spot and fired a cross tackle from the right that was blocked by Kim Jin-gyu.

In the 8th minute, Mazambe attacked again, striker Ekanga received a cross from his teammate, and nodded the ball high above the post in the penalty area.

Then Seoul FC also colored, in the 11th minute, Li Xuyan's free kick of about 30 meters flew directly to the back corner of the goal, and was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper Muteba.

In the 16th minute, Mazambey got another corner kick opportunity, and the striker Kabangu smashed his header directly on the defender when he was unmarked, Park Yongjun was not far away, and Mabel's long-range shot from outside the penalty area was directly blasted away.

The two sides went back and forth, until the 28th minute, Mazambé's Mbenza finally seized the opportunity first, and shot a powerful right-footed long-range shot 30 meters in front of the Seoul FC penalty area, and the ball flew into the net against the left post of the goal!

1 to 0! Mazambe took the lead.

After the deadlock on the field was broken, the whole Seoul FC team seemed to be stimulated out of state and began to launch a crazy siege of the opponent when the opponent consciously recovered.

In the 29th minute, Dejan's powerful shot from the edge of the box was blocked by a defender.

In the 32nd minute, Seoul FC had a free kick opportunity in front, and Ji Chengyong hit the wall directly.

In the 39th minute, Seoul FC broke the ball in the backfield and successfully counterattacked offside, and Lee Seungyeol single-handedly shot in the face of the goalkeeper and sent it directly into the goalkeeper's arms without hitting the angle. A minute later, Andilson's pinpoint cross from the left was met by Dejan from near the penalty spot, and the goalkeeper miraculously kept the ball out......

Until the end of the first half, Seoul FC temporarily trailed 0-1 after missing a number of great opportunities.

It was definitely a bad first half, the players of Seoul FC created chances, but they didn't take them, which made Li Xuyan a little anxious, but he never doubted that they could achieve the final victory, after all, through the half-time meeting, he already felt that the strength of this so-called African champion team was actually not as strong as theirs.

In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and Seoul FC fought more and more fiercely.

In the 50th minute, Kim Zhiwoo made an accurate cross from the right side, directly past the blocked goalkeeper, and Dejan was unmarked by the back post, easily putting the ball into the empty goal, 1-1, Seoul FC equalized at the beginning of the second half.

As a result, Seoul FC was greatly boosted, and Mazambe also began to fight back.

In the 52nd minute, Ji Chengyong's long-range shot was saved by the goalkeeper.

In the 60th minute, Mazambe counterattacked, Kabangu received a direct pass from his teammates into the penalty area, and faced goalkeeper Kim Ho-jun with a right-footed push that missed the right post.

In the 67th minute, Deyang received Li Xuyan's direct pass over the top to form a single knife, but unfortunately his left-footed shot was saved by Muteba.

In the 70th minute, the opponent Kabangu used the edge of the counterattack penalty area to fall to the ground and shoot wide.

In the 80th minute of the game, Seoul FC's fateful blow finally came!

Ji Chengyong's midfielder counter-steals the ball and sends a direct pass directly forward, and Li Xuyan, who understands it, uses his speed to insert it in advance to form a single knife, and rushes to the front of the defender to chase back into place, and gently pushes the left foot of the attacking goalkeeper, and instantly penetrates the opponent's goalkeeper's small door into the net.

2 to 1!

The score overtook and relied on the cooperation of the Seoul FC twin stars to finally reverse the score!

When Lee Wook Yan shot the football into Mazambe's goal, the coaches and players on the Seoul bench jumped en masse!

Here it comes! Barcelona, here we come!

……

The head coach of Mazambe angrily threw away the water bottle in his hand after being overtaken by the goal, and then he spread his hands and said to his assistant coach: "This is a damn game! ”

Yes, that's how the African champions boss summed up the game, and rightly so!

For his Mazambe, it was a "damn game"!

It was only at this time that Mazambe woke up from a dream and remembered to counterattack, but at this time, the weakness of the African team's poor discipline began to be exposed, and the attack was disorganized under the impatience, but it was almost seized by Seoul FC to expand the score.

In the end, when the whistle blew for the game, Mazambe, who was half a home player, lost to Seoul FC with a score of 1:2.

After the game, the local media in Africa were full of mourning, believing that Mazambé had lost the face of the whole of Africa and the opportunity to play with the world's giants......

And the players of Seoul FC are in high spirits.

Everyone was delighted with the terrible fighting power they showed in the Club World Cup.

When the Seoul FC players returned to the hotel, the reporters who were waiting there flocked to the team, each seizing their targets and starting the "cross-examination".

As the team's number one star, Li Xuyan has naturally attracted much attention, and he is one of the favorite topic kings of reporters, so it is normal to be surrounded by reporters. He scored his first goal in the Club World Cup and was considered to be the top scorer of the tournament. After all, Barcelona and Argentine university students have to play one less game, and the competition is at a disadvantage.

"What is the team's goal?" The journalists asked.

"I don't know!" Li Xu told the truth that the club and the coach have never said what kind of results the team will achieve in the Club World Cup, and their players have not discussed this topic much in private. "How far can you go anyway......"

"If you make it to the semi-finals now, which opponent would you like to face? Barcelona or La Plata students? ”

The reporter who asked him understood that anyone would be more inclined to choose college students, because although the South American champions are also strong, they are not unattainable, and if Seoul FC meets college students, there is still hope of advancing to the final. But if we meet Barcelona, the Club World Cup may come to an end......

Everyone hopes that Seoul FC can go as far as possible, just like Lee Wook Yan said, then entering the final is the farthest, and there is no farther destination than the final.

He felt that there was no suspense in this question, and that a smart person knew which one to choose. But Li Xuyan's answer was: "Barcelona! ”

His answer was categorical, and there was even a hint of excitement in his tone.

"Huh?" The reporter was stunned for a moment and didn't react.

"I want to see what level of teams are at the level of the Champions League!" Li Xuyan said with a smile, looking confident. "Playing against a team like this is my goal!"

"If you are eliminated......"

Li Xuyan smiled and said: "Even if you are eliminated, it's nothing, don't everyone think so?" What's more, the game hasn't been played yet, how can you say such frustrating words? ”

At this moment, the confrontation with the world's strongest "Universe Team" and the confrontation with top talents such as Messi, Henry, and Ibrahimovic on the field have become Li Xuyan's most urgent desire! He is fearless! (To be continued.) )