Chapter 465: The decisive battle against St. Paul

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Hamann is back in Yokohama, and although he still has the knee injury he suffered when he was stepped on by Camoranesi in the match against Juventus, the scar on his heart is even worse. Three years ago, Hamann and Germany were beaten by Brazil in Yokohama and missed out on the world title. This time, Hammam is back in need of a championship trophy to heal the wounds in his heart.

"I had a weird feeling when I was playing at this venue again," Harman told before the game, "and I always felt like I had a lot of things in my heart. ”

Hamann hasn't played in Japan since that painful final in 2002. In that year's World Cup, except for the match against Paraguay due to a ban, Hamann played all the other games for Germany, the final at the Yokohama International Stadium, and Ronaldo's first goal came from Hamann's ball was broken.

"Japan has both good and painful memories for me," Hamann admitted, "and the strangest thing is that it was the final that I think we played the best game of that World Cup, we hit the post before Brazil scored, and from the pitch we were no worse than Brazil. Everybody thinks that if we score first, it must be that we win the championship at the end. ”

The Club World Cup was expanded from the Toyota Cup, where only the champions of European and South American clubs competed in the Toyota Cup, while the Club World Cup was joined by champions from Asia, Africa, Oceania and North and Central America, making it the highest level of competition representing world football clubs.

However, in order to avoid the early meeting of the European and South American champions, the two teams had a bye in the first round and directly advanced to the semi-finals, while the remaining four teams fought each other first, and the winner faced the South American and European teams for the right to the final.

Not surprisingly, Saprisa eliminated Sydney FC and was eliminated by Champions League winners Liverpool; Al-Ittihad eliminated Al Ahly and was knocked out by Copa Libertadores champions Sao Paulo. The Club World Cup won the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores.

On December 18, at 19:20 local time, the final between Liverpool and Sao Paulo was played at the Yokohama World Cup Stadium.

Liverpool have lost the Toyota Cup twice in their history, while Sao Paulo have already won the trophy twice.

This time, Liverpool said they couldn't give up the title again.

'Paco, it's a title that Liverpool has never won before, so I can't choose to leave at this time.

"Boss, I know. However, you have to pay attention to your body! ”

Paco looked at the emaciated Benitez with a worried expression.

Just as Liverpool won against Saprisa, bad news came from Benitez's family that his father had died.

But for the sake of the team's championship, Bei still chose to stay in Japan.

Before the game, the players of both sides observed a minute of silence and wrapped black silk scarves around their shoulders.

Sao Paulo players did the same, because of the São Paulo club's 84-year-old adviser José, known as the "Godfather of São Paulo". Filio died while traveling to Japan with the team to cheer.

Mourning the dead has become a common need for both teams.

In the opening two minutes, Finnan threw a ball into the touchline from the right, Gerrard turned and hooked to the middle, and Morientes headed wide of the far post from nine yards.

In front of the Brazilian team's unique style of play, Liverpool is waiting for the whole team.

Sao Paulo dominated possession, with a whopping 67 per cent possession for the first 10 minutes or so, but struggled to find dangerous areas. The reason for this is that the Sao Paulo players have a lot of work at their feet, they like to control the ball at their feet and then play the players who grab it.

It was only in the 22nd minute that Sao Paulo had the first chance on goal. Aloisio crossed from the right, Amoruso took the ball with his back and slammed it past Hyypia, and his left-footed shot from 16 meters in front of the goal was confiscated by Tang Wu.

Tang Wu got up from the grass with the ball in his arms, looked in front of him, and had no chance to attack quickly.

"Steady, steady!" Tang Wu slapped the ball and threw it unhurriedly to the fullback.

"Heh, good guy, Tang Wu is a general!"

In the stands, Li Weifeng exclaimed.

"That's not it, you don't look at what honors Xiao Tang has just won! That's the European Golden Globe Awards! Now Don Jr. is at the same level as Zidane and Ronaldo! Li Yi pursed his lips.

"Alas, now it seems that there is still a big gap between domestic clubs and the world's top clubs!" Li Weifeng sighed, "You said that if our team is placed in the United Kingdom, can we play in the Premier League?" ”

"The Premier League? You dream! Li Yi's expression was even more disdainful, "If we put it in the UK, it would be hard to play in the Championship, and at most it would be a mid-stream team in the English League." ”

"Huh? It's so miserable, it's not like that! ”

League One is in the Premier League, which is equivalent to a third-rate league, and Li Datou was of course surprised.

"What's not to do, do you see Al Ain qualifying?"

In this AFC Champions League, Shenzhen Jianlibao broke into the semifinals, but lost 0-6 to Al Ain in the first leg of the semifinals, and drew 0-0 in the second leg and was eliminated.

And Al Ain, who eliminated Shenzhen Jianlibao, was finally eliminated by Ittihad. Now, Etihad has 1 win and 2 losses in 3 games, scoring 5 goals and conceding 6 goals, handing over the answer sheet for his Club World Cup debut. In the final battle of honour against Saprisa, Ittihad suffered a 3-2 defeat in the final five minutes.

Even the club's owner, Mansour, said after the game that he would quit the club al-Ittihad altogether.

At present, the fourth place in the Club World Cup is the highest honor won by Asian clubs, and Shenzhen Jianlibao, which stopped in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, is indeed far from the world's top clubs.

"Alas, if we had worked a little harder at that time, maybe we would have been able to fight Tang Wu now!" Li Weifeng sighed again.

"Don Jr. is there, and with Liverpool's quality, there's no problem with another Champions League title. The question is whether we can be here next year in the Club World Cup. ”

Emperor Li's words pierced his heart, Li Datou shook his head, and watched the game intently.

In the 27th minute, Cicinho sought a breakthrough on the road and quickly crossed before the defenders arrived. Aloisio chested the ball down the middle and turned and crossed the two centre-backs with the outside of his right foot. Mineiro unloaded the ball lightly against offside and gently pushed his right foot towards the bottom left corner of the goal from 9 meters in front of the goal.

The ball was moving fast against the turf, and at such a close distance, it was difficult for the average goalkeeper to even react to the save, let alone save the ball.

Tang Wu is naturally not an ordinary goalkeeper, he is a goalkeeper who has just won the Golden Ball.

Tang Wu, who had already lowered his center of gravity, jumped horizontally, and his body quickly stretched to the maximum. In Tang Wu's eyes, his goal was no longer to pounce on this slash, but to touch the goalpost before the ball rolled in.

Burst!

With a muffled sound, the ball hit Tang Wu's gloves and flipped outward, rolling out of the bottom line from outside the goalpost.

"Oh, it's TOM, it's TOM again!" The on-site commentator was in high spirits, and he was extremely happy to be able to explain a game of Tang Wu.

"It was TOM who saved Liverpool and made sure Liverpool didn't lose the door again!"

"TOM's record continues, and it continues to !!"

Since the start of the new season, Tang Wu has not conceded a goal in either the Champions League or the league except for a goal scored by Chelsea in the Community Shield.

At present, Tang Wu's clean sheet record in the league has reached 11.5 games, and the record of consecutive clean sheets in all competitions is as high as 20 minutes.

I remember that when UEFA mentioned this statistic at the scene of the Ballon d'Or awards, many players and coaches were surprised.

The longest clean sheet in a European club league is between March and September 1990, when Verlinden held the record of 1,390 minutes in almost 16 league games while playing for Club Brugge.

In other words, as long as Tang Wu helps the Reds keep four consecutive clean sheets in the league, he can break this 15-year record and become a true world's No. 1 god.

"Look out for that linebacker!" Tang Wu stood up and shouted at his teammates on the side.

"Yes, that's right, it's the No. 2, show me that he's dead!"

Finnan and Cowell, who were "named", looked helpless, because the position of the person Tang Wu said was too backward.

No. 2 Sicinho is the right wing of São Paulo's 352 formation, which is more rear.

But the characteristics of this player are so distinct that Sao Paulo can be seen in almost every attack.

Dribbling forward, speeding up, breaking through crosses and even a ridiculously wide shot are all things that can be seen in the young Brazilian.

From the beginning of the game until now, this No. 2 is almost the most active player in São Paulo. Tang Wu's order to completely seal him down is not unreasonable.

"SEEMS TOM HAS FOUND OUT, AND HIS INSIGHT IS STILL SO SHARP!"

The cold wind in Yokohama Stadium was biting, Bei Bald shrunk his body in a black coat, and looked at Tang Wu, who was commanding the defense in front of the door, and nodded.

"Huh? It's so miserable, it's not like that! ”

League One is in the Premier League, which is equivalent to a third-rate league, and Li Datou was of course surprised.

"What's not to do, do you see Al Ain qualifying?"

In this AFC Champions League, Shenzhen Jianlibao broke into the semifinals, but lost 0-6 to Al Ain in the first leg of the semifinals, and drew 0-0 in the second leg and was eliminated.

And Al Ain, who eliminated Shenzhen Jianlibao, was finally eliminated by Ittihad. Now, Etihad has 1 win and 2 losses in 3 games, scoring 5 goals and conceding 6 goals, handing over the answer sheet for his Club World Cup debut. In the final battle of honour against Saprisa, Ittihad suffered a 3-2 defeat in the final five minutes.

Even the club's owner, Mansour, said after the game that he would quit the club al-Ittihad altogether.

At present, the fourth place in the Club World Cup is the highest honor won by Asian clubs, and Shenzhen Jianlibao, which stopped in the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, is indeed far from the world's top clubs.

"Alas, if we had worked a little harder at that time, maybe we would have been able to fight Tang Wu now!" Li Weifeng sighed again.

"Don Jr. is there, and with Liverpool's quality, there's no problem with another Champions League title. The question is whether we can be here next year in the Club World Cup. ”

Emperor Li's words pierced his heart, Li Datou shook his head, and watched the game intently.

In the 27th minute, Cicinho sought a breakthrough on the road and quickly crossed before the defenders arrived. Aloisio chested the ball down the middle and turned and crossed the two centre-backs with the outside of his right foot. Mineiro unloaded the ball lightly against offside and gently pushed his right foot towards the bottom left corner of the goal from 9 meters in front of the goal.

The ball was moving fast against the turf, and at such a close distance, it was difficult for the average goalkeeper to even react to the save, let alone save the ball.

Tang Wu is naturally not an ordinary goalkeeper, he is a goalkeeper who has just won the Golden Ball.

Tang Wu, who had already lowered his center of gravity, jumped horizontally, and his body quickly stretched to the maximum. In Tang Wu's eyes, his goal was no longer to pounce on this slash, but to touch the goalpost before the ball rolled in.

Burst!

With a muffled sound, the ball hit Tang Wu's gloves and flipped outward, rolling out of the bottom line from outside the goalpost.

"Oh, it's TOM, it's TOM again!" The on-site commentator was in high spirits, and he was extremely happy to be able to explain a game of Tang Wu.

"It was TOM who saved Liverpool and made sure Liverpool didn't lose the door again!"

"TOM's record continues, and it continues to !!"

Since the start of the new season, Tang Wu has not conceded a goal in either the Champions League or the league except for a goal scored by Chelsea in the Community Shield.

At present, Tang Wu's clean sheet record in the league has reached 11.5 games, and the record of consecutive clean sheets in all competitions is as high as 20 minutes.

I remember that when UEFA mentioned this statistic at the scene of the Ballon d'Or awards, many players and coaches were surprised.

The longest clean sheet in a European club league is between March and September 1990, when Verlinden held the record of 1,390 minutes in almost 16 league games while playing for Club Brugge.

In other words, as long as Tang Wu helps the Reds keep four consecutive clean sheets in the league, he can break this 15-year record and become a true world's No. 1 god.

"Look out for that linebacker!" Tang Wu stood up and shouted at his teammates on the side.

"Yes, that's right, it's the No. 2, show me that he's dead!"

Finnan and Cowell, who were "named", looked helpless, because the position of the person Tang Wu said was too backward.

No. 2 Sicinho is the right wing of São Paulo's 352 formation, which is more rear.

But the characteristics of this player are so distinct that Sao Paulo can be seen in almost every attack.

Dribbling forward, speeding up, breaking through crosses and even a ridiculously wide shot are all things that can be seen in the young Brazilian.

From the beginning of the game until now, this No. 2 is almost the most active player in São Paulo. Tang Wu's order to completely seal him down is not unreasonable.

"SEEMS TOM HAS FOUND OUT, AND HIS INSIGHT IS STILL SO SHARP!"

The cold wind in Yokohama Stadium was biting, Bei Bald shrunk his body in a black coat, and looked at Tang Wu, who was commanding the defense in front of the door, and nodded.