Chapter 217 FIFA Club World Cup

Real Madrid didn't let themselves be a joke in the other fixture, which ended at the same time, as they thumped Ajax 4-1 at home to finish second in their group and advance to the round of 16.

Ajax qualified for the knockout stages of the Europa League in third place, while Premier League champions Manchester City finished fourth in the group and went home with a clean finish.

After the game, many media around the world reported on Cheng Hai's record of scoring in six games in the Champions League group stage.

"Group of Death: Borussia Dort, Real Madrid joined hands to qualify, and Premier League champions Manchester City finished bottom of the group. 》

"At the end of the Champions League group stage, Cheng Hai scored in six games to set a new record. 》

"Cheng Hai scored in the Champions League group game, scored 15 goals in six games, and almost locked the Champions League Golden Boot this season in advance! 》

"In the final round of the just-concluded Champions League group stage, Dortmund defeated Manchester City 2-1 at home with Cheng Hai's brace and advanced to the knockout round of this season's Champions League with a complete victory."

Cheng Hai thus became the first player in the history of the Champions League to score in all six games in the group stage, setting a new Champions League record.

"Cheng Hai also scored 15 goals in six group games, almost locked in this season's Champions League Golden Boot in advance!"

At the same time, Cheng Hai's annual total goals have also reached 172 goals, continuing to advance towards the annual 200 goals mark.

"However, judging from Cheng Hai's form and goals in recent games, if he wants to achieve his annual goal of 200 goals this year, I am afraid that he will not be able to catch it, and the possibility is very low."

"Because Cheng Hai has only 4 games left this year, it is impossible to score an average of 7 goals per game in 4 games."

"But Cheng Hai is a person who often creates miracles, let's wait and see what the final result will be."

"In addition to Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid also qualified for the knockout rounds, with Ajax finishing third and qualifying for the Europa League knockout rounds, while Premier League champions Manchester City finished fourth in their group.

After playing the Champions League group stage, the knockout stage will not be until next year, and Dortmund will return to the domestic league.

On December 8, in the 16th round of the Bundesliga, Dortmund sat at home and faced Wolfsburg.

Jurgen Klopp also made a big rotation in this game, because after this game, Dortmund will leave for Japan to participate in this year's World Club Cup in Yokohama, Japan.

This is Dortmund's sixth and final title in 2012.

Winning the Club World Cup, Dortmund will tie Barcelona and complete the feat of six crowns of the year, becoming the new Cosmos team.

Coupled with the advantage in the league, Klopp continued to rotate in this game against Wolfsburg, and rotated the players who were not rotated in the last Champions League game except for Cheng Hai to ensure that everyone has enough fitness and energy to compete for the Club World Cup.

Naturally, Wolfsburg is the main force and wants to take advantage of Dortmund's large squad rotation and need to be distracted to play in the Club World Cup to beat Dortmund at the Westfaren Stadium.

On the day of the game, the weather was not good, the temperature in December was only about 0 degrees, and it was still raining lightly during the game, which was quite cold on the body!

Large-scale rotation + weather reasons, although Cheng Hai scored three goals for Dortmund with a hat trick in this game, Wolfsburg also scored three goals.

In the end, the game ended in a 3-3 draw, and Dortmund's winning streak this season was finally ended by Wolfsburg.

However, Dortmund didn't care too much about the result of this game.

Everyone's hearts have already flown to Japan.

The Club World Cup and the annual six-crown championship have been awaited for a long time.

The 2012 Club World Cup will be played by hosts and Japanese J-League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Oceania Champions Cup, New Zealand side Auckland City, Asian Champions League champions, South Korean side Ulsan Hyundai, African Cup winners Al Ahly of Egypt, CARCACAF champions Monterrey, Mexican side Monterrey, Copa Libertadores champions and Brazilian team Corinthians, and UEFA Champions League winners Borussia Dortmund last season's treble.

There are seven teams, both strong and weak, so not every team has to play the whole game.

The first round of the Club World Cup play-offs was played before Borussia Dortmund vs Wolfsburg, with hosts Sanfrecce Hiroshima beating Oceania Champions Cup winners and New Zealand side Auckland City 1-0 thanks to a goal scored by Toshihiro Aoyama to advance to the last six.

There are six teams left, with Champions League winners Borussia Dortmund and Copa Libertadores winners Corinthians as the final bosses and will not play until the semi-finals.

The winner of the play-offs, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, will face AFC Champions League champion Ulsan Hyundai, African champion Al Ahly and CONCACAF champion Monterrey to determine the other two semi-final spots, before taking on Borussia Dortmund or Corinthians.

As the two most developed continents in football, the Champions League champion and the South American champion are eligible for this, and they will not play until the semi-finals.

The next day, as the entire Borussia Dortmund team flew to Yokohama, Japan, the two quarter-finals of the Club World Cup were held as scheduled.

Asian teams were not on the move, with hosts Sanfrecce Hiroshima beaten 2-1 by African champions Al Ahly and AFC Champions League champions Ulsan Hyundai beaten 3-1 by CONCACAF champions Monterrey.

Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Ulsan Hyundai reached the quarter-finals, while Al Ahly and Monterrey advanced to the semi-finals.

In the semi-finals, Al Ahly will take on Copa Libertadores champions Corinthians, while Monterrey will face Borussia Dortmund, who are flying from Europe to Japan.

The match between Al Ahly vs Corinthians is hard to say, but the Monterrey vs Dortmund match, no one thinks Monterrey will win.

Not to mention Dortmund's high morale for the annual six-crown championship, Cheng Hai in the Dortmund team alone, Monterrey is basically helpless.

Perhaps, in the game, there was only the life of watching Cheng Hai break through and score goals, but there was no way to defend.

On the evening of December 9, the plane landed at Yokohama International Airport in Japan, where Dortmund was greeted and warmly welcomed by thousands of fans.

Of course, most of them are overseas Chinese living in Japan, and they are very excited about Cheng Hai's arrival, holding red flags and banners of various sizes to welcome Cheng Hai.

In addition, there are many Japanese fans who also expressed a warm welcome to Cheng Hai's arrival.

Although China and Japan have a lot of historical grievances, and the hatred in football alone can be collected in a basket, Japan is a nation that admires the strong, so some fans can't help but come to greet Cheng Hai and express their admiration for him.

However, it cannot be compared with the grand occasion when Beckham and others arrived in Japan during the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship, after all, not everyone dared to put aside their grievances and come to meet Cheng Hai.

Even if some people admire and admire Cheng Hai in their hearts, they still don't dare to show it obviously, regardless of some right-wing public opinion.

After settling down at a hotel near the Yokohama International Arena, Dortmund began his adaptation training.

There are more and more Chinese fans from Japan and even from China, and there are crowds of people outside the training ground every day.

Cheng Hai could only keep saying sorry to the fans who supported him.

Because he can't satisfy everybody, and he doesn't have the energy to satisfy everybody, he and his team-mates have to focus on training to make sure they win the Club World Cup.

In the past, when the Club World Cup was called the Toyota Cup, it was just an invitational tournament of Toyota, which could only be regarded as a warm-up match, not an official game, and European teams did not play seriously, and many times they did not even play the main lineup.

However, since FIFA took over and changed to the FIFA Club World Cup, it has been included in the official competition of professional teams.

Of course, because of the long distance, European teams in the past still do not pay much attention, because everyone has to focus on the Champions League and the league.

That's what the club is all about.

But since Barcelona created a six-time championship in 2009, everyone has found out that the original Club World Cup is also so important, no matter how warm up the nature, it is also an official competition organized by FIFA, which is considered to be the champion.

As a result, no European team is now ignoring the Club World Cup.

As for this year's Borussia Dortmund, not to mention.

They have already won the Champions League, Bundesliga, German Cup in 2011/2012, and the 2012 German Super Cup and UEFA Super Cup this season, and have completed the annual five crowns in 2012.

With another Club World Cup, Dortmund will replicate Barcelona's 2009 six-time title and retain the chance to win the 2012/2013 season.

Therefore, even Cheng Hai, who has a system plug-in, trains extremely seriously and prepares for the semi-finals with the most serious attitude.

Those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, but don't fall on the last champion.

Dortmund is willing to offer the world's No. 1 annual salary, in order not to be the six-time champion of the year?

Cheng Hai also has to fight for his own strength and status.

On the afternoon of December 12, the fifth and sixth place finals were held between Sanfrecce Hiroshima and Ulsan Hyundai, and Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who was finally playing at home, defeated Ulsan Hyundai 3-2 with the cheers of the Japanese fans and won the fifth place.

On the same day, but in the evening, the first semi-final was played between Al Ahly and Corinthians.

In the end, Corinthians relied on a first-half header from former Bayern Munich titan Guerreiro to narrowly beat Al Ahly 1-0 and advance to the final.

The next day, December 13, at 19:30 local time in Japan, the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup semi-finals match Monterrey vs Champions League champion Dortmund officially began in the cheering of more than 70,000 fans at the Yokohama International Stadium.

This game was completely turned into the home stadium of Dortmund by the Chinese diaspora, and the second most were local Japanese fans in Yokohama.

Although Dortmund's number one star is Cheng Hai, they still want to watch this kind of international high-level competition, especially for the sake of Dortmund's potential to win the six crowns of the year.

In this world, die-hard fans are a minority after all, and most of them are championship fans.

Seeing that Dortmund could complete the annual six-crown feat of the year, many Japanese fans naturally did not want to miss it, so they chose to go live to watch the game.

As for the Mexican team Monterrey, there was hardly anyone cheering them on except for a few hundred Mexican expatriates.

From the first minute of the game, Dortmund launched a ferocious offensive against Monterrey amid the cheers of tens of thousands of Chinese fans and Japanese champion fans.

Although this is the Club World Cup against the CONCACAF champions, Dortmund is not cautious about testing anything.

The title of CONCACAF sounds good, but in fact it may not be as good as an ordinary Bundesliga team, and Dortmund has nothing to be cautious and scrupulous.

Maybe you have to be cautious against Corinthians, but against Monterrey, you don't have to.

Just show your strength and bombard your opponents indiscriminately.

Although the players of Monterrey also knew the threat of Cheng Hai, they could not prevent it. Even if you block Cheng Hai's breakthrough or shot, you can't stop Cheng Hai's pass.

In the 12th minute, Cheng Hai was intercepted by the two defenders of the opposing side after taking the ball in the front court, and it was not easy to break through for a while.

Even if Cheng Hai reluctantly found an opportunity to break through, it was a waste of time and efficiency.

What's more, after Cheng Hai broke through the two and attracted two more people to intercept, in fact, there was a huge gap in the Monterrey penalty area and was caught by Dortmund's players.

Cheng Hai's full-value vision also allowed him to find the other party's gap in time. His good passing skills also give him the ability to send the ball over.

So, everyone saw that Cheng Hai, under the interception of two Monterrey defenders, flicked the ball horizontally, dodged the gap, and then pushed the ball and sent the ball to the gap on the left side of the penalty spot in the penalty area.

thought that Cheng Hai would step on the company camp and shoot by himself, and the Monterrey defenders were shocked, and it was too late to make up for the loopholes.

Lewandowski met Cheng Hai's pass from about 12 yards from the goal, and volleyed the ball into the bottom right corner of the Monterrey goal.

The goalkeeper reacted with a save, but was a beat slow and ultimately couldn't save the goal.

Cheng Hai assisted Robert Lewandowski to open the scoring and give Dortmund a 1-0 lead.

After taking the lead, the Dortmund players breathed a sigh of relief, and in the rest of the game they became much more relaxed, and the passing and cutting runs played better.

On the Monterrey side, although they knew that they had little chance of winning against Dortmund led by Cheng Hai, this did not prevent them from counterattacking.

The score is already behind, if you don't fight back, will you surrender directly?

What's more, even if you can't win the game, on the stage of this kind of world-renowned Club World Cup, coupled with Cheng Hai's influence, the world's media attention, if anyone can score one or two goals from Dortmund, it is entirely possible to attract the favor of European clubs, get the opportunity to transfer to the five major leagues, and play in Europe.

Therefore, Monterrey was not afraid of Dortmund's counterattack, but immediately launched a big counterattack, fighting for the slightest chance of winning the comeback.

But as it turned out, they were really not strong. Under the high pressure of all the Dortmund players, they have little chance of even hitting the ball to the front of the court.

In the 16th minute, Monterrey completed the first shot of the game from outside the penalty area, and a far-range shot from outside the box was ridiculously wide and did not even hit the woodwork.

Weidenfeller moved two steps before stopping, then smiled as the ball flew off the line.

While Monterrey was attacking aggressively, they naturally exposed a lot of gaps at the back.

Even if Dortmund can't take advantage of it every time, once they get the opportunity, with the strength of Cheng Hai, Lewandowski, Gundogan and others, Dortmund's probability of scoring is much greater than that of Monterrey.

In the 23rd minute, Monterrey's attack was cut off again.

And this time, Dortmund played a successful counter-attack.

Although Cheng Hai did not take the ball in an offside position, his super fast reaction and off-ball running and speed still allowed him to get Gundogan's pass, and only the last two defenders Perez and Chavez were left in front of him.

Before the two could get closer and close the door to intercept Cheng Hai, Cheng Hai poked the ball into the gap between the two, and then accelerated around the outside of Chavez's body.

The ball is divided.

Perez and Chavez certainly didn't allow Cheng Hai to break through so easily.

Chavez immediately reached out and grabbed Cheng Hai's hand, wanting to pull him down with a tactical foul and prevent him from going around to form a single knife.

Perez immediately turned around and chased after the ball that Cheng Hai poked out, trying to destroy the ball before Cheng Hai.

However, both underestimated Cheng Hai's speed.

In other words, even if they are aware, they are helpless if they can't keep up with their own speed.

Although Chavez's hand touched Cheng Hai's hand, before he could grasp it and pull Cheng Hai down, Cheng Hai shook his hand back, shook off Chavez's pull, and walked away.

Perez's side was the same, although he immediately turned around and chased back when Cheng Hai used the ball to pass this move, but the process of his turning was similar to the time Cheng Hai bypassed Chavez.

Then in the speed competition, he lagged behind Cheng Hai.

When Cheng Hai caught up with the ball in front of him, Perez had no choice, and was stopped by Cheng Hai with his open arms behind the side, and he couldn't poke the ball if he wanted to.

Although Perez tried to push Cheng Hai down with a tactical foul, Cheng Hai's physique and balance were too strong, and Perez pushed twice without success.

At this time, Cheng Hai was already close to the big penalty area, and Perez didn't dare to try again.

If he pushes it again, if Cheng Hai falls in the penalty area, not only will he have to eat a yellow card, but Dortmund will also get a penalty.

With Cheng Hai's strength in taking a penalty kick, it is better to let Cheng Hai play a single shot, maybe the goalkeeper may still be able to save.

Of course, Perez's last wish was disappointed.

After dribbling the ball to the line of the big penalty area, facing the attacking goalkeeper Orozko, Cheng Hai carried Perez's charge and hit a far corner.

It was too late to pounce on the ball, and Orozko sat on the ground with a fart, trying to stretch his leg to block the ball.

However, the angle of Cheng Hai's shot was too accurate and too awkward, and Orozko's foot failed to stop Cheng Hai's shot.

The ball flew past his feet and into the far back of the net.

In the 23rd minute, Cheng Hai scored his first goal in the Club World Cup to give Dortmund a 2-0 lead.

When the ball flew into the net, the commentator of Huaguo CCTV CCTV-5 on the commentary seat shouted excitedly:

"The ball went in, it went in, it went ......"

"Cheng Hai has scored in the Club World Cup!"

“2-0!”

"Cheng Hai helped Dortmund take a 2-0 lead."

"With this score, with the strength of Dortmund, Monterrey will hardly have a chance to turn over."

"Borussia Dortmund are on the verge of reaching the final against Corinthians for the 2012 Club World Cup."

"Cheng Hai is one step closer to the great cause of the annual six-crown championship."

On the court, Cheng Hai also had a warm celebration with his teammates.

As the commentator said, a 1-0 score and a 2-0 score give people a completely different feeling.

When it is 1-0, you have to worry about whether you will be tied by the opponent and fight back. But 2-0, everyone is going to relax a lot psychologically.

This kind of thing is rare in the history of football, and super big reversals are not so easy to happen.

What's more, even if the opponent can score two or three goals, will Dortmund not score again?

Amusing!

With the strength of Cheng Hai and his teammates, if the opponent dares to press the attack, it will be their chance to score, and it is impossible not to score a goal in the future.

Monterrey is not an Italian team and has such a good chain defense.

What's more, AC Milan was beaten 5-0 by Borussia Dortmund, and Monterrey is not a problem.

Sure enough, in the next game, although Monterrey desperately wanted to attack and want to score, the goal was delayed with them.

On the contrary, behind their aggressive attack, there was a large gap in the backfield.

Even though their defenders have paid great attention to intercepting Dortmund's counterattack, the presence of Cheng Hai makes them powerless and unable to stop them if they want to.

In the 34th minute, Dortmund broke the ball again and played a successful counterattack.

When Monterrey focused their defense on Cheng Hai, Dortmund did not counterattack from Cheng Hai and handed the ball to Reus on the wing.

Reus drove the ball down the flank completely unguarded, until he rushed to the level of the penalty line and cut inside with the ball, and a defender in the middle had to be distracted to intercept him.

But where is the time now?

Without waiting for the opposition defenders to get closer, Reus crossed and sent the ball into the box.

Cheng Hai, who was running without the ball and followed up in the middle, pressed Perez, jumped high in the penalty area, and headed the ball towards Monterrey's goal with a pass from Reuss.

Although goalkeeper Orozko tried his best to react, he was powerless in the face of Cheng Hai's tricky header that went straight to the upper left corner, and finally watched the ball go into the net in the air.

In the 34th minute, Cheng Hai scored a brace to help Dortmund take a 3-0 lead, basically locking the win.

It was the last goal of the first half.

After a 15-minute break, the two sides changed sides, and although Monterrey pulled a goal back in the 52nd minute through a direct free-kick, only a few minutes later, in the 59th minute, Cheng Hai launched an attack through a long pass after a break in midfield, and finally Gundogan assisted Mario Gotze to score a beautiful volley.

Borussia Dortmund lead Monterrey 4-1.

But this ball is not the last.

In the 75th minute, Dortmund played a successful quick counterattack, after a series of quick passes and runs in the front, Cheng Hai finally ran out of the gap in the penalty area to receive Gundogan's wonderful pass and kicked the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal.

Cheng Hai scored a hat-trick to give Borussia Dortmund a 5-1 lead.

This is an absolute lock-in victory, and it is impossible to turn the tables when the king of heaven comes.

Therefore, Klopp immediately made substitution adjustments, replacing Cheng Hai, Gundogan and Lewandowski, the three most important people in the frontcourt, to rest, and to avoid Monterrey's malicious foul on the three and cause them to be injured.

Borussia Dortmund were determined to beat Corinthians in the final to win the title, but no one could get injured in the semi-finals. In particular, the three most important people in the frontcourt attack cannot take any risks.

Even if Cheng Hai never gets hurt easily, Klopp will not take this risk.

After Cheng Hai, Gundogan, and Lewandowski went off the field, Monterrey launched a ferocious offensive, but Kele, Hummels and others in the Dortmund backfield were not replaced, and their performance was still stable.

Until the end of the game, Monterrey did not score a single goal.

After three minutes of stoppage time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the match, and Borussia Dortmund beat their opponents 5-1 in the semi-finals of the 2012 Club World Cup to reach the final.

They will face Brazil in the final for the 2012 Club World Cup.