Chapter 652: Bitterness Comes Sweetly
The specific venue of this year's Club World Cup is the magic capital of the Celestial Empire, so SIPG, which represents the highest level of local football, has also won a place in the competition, which has aroused the desire of domestic fans to go to the scene to watch the game. Coupled with the gimmick of Li Mudi leading the team home, the popularity of this event instantly reached its peak in mid-December, making plane and train tickets from all over the country to the magic capital in a short period of time become a hot commodity, and it is impossible to buy it later.
And FIFA also knows how to maximize the benefits, and in the draw ceremony at the beginning of the month, it was "lucky" to draw the host team with Real Madrid in the quarter-final stage, satisfying the wishes of all Celestial fans.
As a result, in this matchup of disparity in strength, even though Li Mudi has put core players such as Pellegri and Ndidi on the bench for various reasons, this Galaxy Battleship is obviously unstoppable by the champion of the TianSuper League. Even the head coach of the home team, former Swiss national team coach Petkovic, said before the game that he would let everyone see the strength of SIPG football, but after the game passed the initial stage of mutual testing, the initiative on the field was completely lost to them.
Like a replica of the Spanish derby four days ago, Real Madrid dominated almost the entire game, with 69 per cent possession, close to 900 passes, and a 93 per cent pass completion rate, all of which proved the huge gap in possession between the two sides.
It's just that the host team that just won the championship of this season's Tiansu League, its defensive line is far less solid than the opponent opposite who dominated the whole of Europe last season.
In the end, the La Liga giants knocked on the home team's goal five times in 90 minutes, rewarding the packed crowd with a hearty victory.
Yes, it's hard to say in other games, but when SIPG's opponent is a team led by Li Mudi, there is no need to doubt the position of these fans. Although it is not to the extent of complete defection, whenever the Real Madrid players play a wonderful cooperation or individual performance, everyone is not hesitant to express their joy with cheers and applause. Supporting both sides at the same time is probably not common in football.
In addition to the fact that the players proved that they were not affected by the fatigue caused by the long journey, what made Li Mudi and others the happiest was Flüchtel, who appeared on the pitch for the first time after nearly 200 days.
Even if SIPG's attacking power is not enough to pose a decent threat to the Galaxy goal, the former German international has shown form over the course of 90 minutes, Real Madrid's deal with Bayern Munich in the summer in exchange for Ceballos is not a loss.
Flüchtel, who had not yet had a chance to make a save, twice rushed out of the box to defuse the opponent's long pass on the counter-attack, and this style of play comparable to a scavenger made people think of the world's No. 1 goalkeeper at the time, Neuer, which provided a very effective response for the team when encountering similar situations in the future.
In addition, the German's footwork is also good, he accurately found his teammates in the midfield on several occasions, and also played a "flower job" with great confidence when facing the home team's forwards to press, and easily passed the opponent with a fake fax buckle, showing his ability in this area and a big heart in his chest.
I believe that with the growth of training time and more training in the last game, his condition will get better and better, and it will become very logical to get back to the main position after the winter break.
The only thing that made Li Mudi feel a little headache was that after being besieged by countless reporters after the game, there were all kinds of problems that were extremely negative to the characteristics of the Celestial Empire. Among them, what made him most helpless was how to evaluate the performance of the players of the opponent SIPG team in today's game.
How can this be answered? First of all, you must not tell the truth, otherwise it will not only give people a sense of arrogance, but also slap the host in the face. People are so saddled up and down to provide VIP-level services for the royal horse, but as a result, you turn your face and devalue the other party as worthless, that's not called upright and sincere, it's because your emotional intelligence is too low.
But do you want to praise them against your will? Looking at those compatriots who have not reached 15 in a single ability in the FM system, and the overall ability is estimated to not exceed 115, Li Mudi really doesn't know what to praise them. Even the usual polite phrases such as "their willpower is tenacious" or "the players have a good attitude" became unspeakable because the home team basically gave up the game after the score was stretched to four goals.
Although I really want to close my eyes and grit my teeth, I gave a sentence "From the perspective of ability, the best of them may be able to get some opportunities in the Spanish Second Division, but in terms of will quality, even the Spanish amateur team will not want them", but in the end, the Real Madrid coach was still very kind to use the big // law that has been very skillfully avoided and lightly responded, praised the SIPG club's attention to youth training, and led the topic to Xu Laoshuai, saying that he would have dinner with this meritorious figure of Celestial Football after the game, Successfully dodged this crisis.
It's just that because of his "spoilers", when he went to Lao Shuai's house as a guest in the evening, he was followed by dozens of major TV stations or magazines along the way, and CCTV also sent a special reporter Zhu Xiaoyu to shoot the whole process and interviewed the two football bigwigs after dinner, turning what was originally a private party into a hot news.
In this way, under the attention of all Chinese people, Li Mudi also enjoyed the treatment of a top star, as long as he appeared in public, he would definitely attract countless onlookers. Although it makes the person concerned feel very awkward, it is not easy to put on a big card posture, after all, this is a manifestation that everyone loves him too much for the leader of the domestic sports world, and it is not good to chill the hearts of his compatriots, so he has to adapt to it painfully and happily.
Thankfully, the rest of the game went very smoothly, and after comfortably qualifying for the opening game, Real Madrid welcomed their semi-final opponents, the new winners of the African Champions League, who had just been announced a month earlier, the new team of Setif from Algeria. The latter eliminated this year's AFC Champions League champion, Kimchi National team Jeonbuk Hyundai in the quarter-finals through a penalty shootout, and got the opportunity to wrestle with the world's No. 1 giant.
It's a pity that the strength of the African brothers is also a little too weak, and the Galaxy Battleship, which has adopted a partial rotation, almost effortlessly won the ticket to the final with a 4-0 game. Their opponents were revealed later in the day, as last season's Europa League champions Inter Milan made their first appearance in the Club World Cup final thanks to an injury-time goal from leading scorer Lautaro Martinez to beat Copa Libertadores winners Sao Paulo of Brazil 2-1.
This result is completely consistent with the predictions given by many media before the start of the tournament, because in terms of strength, the two European teams are indeed in the top two of the eight participants, and the advantage is very clear. And because of the rules of the competition system, the two were divided into different halves, and it was only natural that they would meet in the finals.
It's just that there is a rare parity in the prediction of the final ownership of the champions and runners-up, even if Real Madrid have shown excellent competitive form in the previous two games, and in the summer UEFA Super Cup, they also beat the Nerazzurri face to face, it can be said that they also have a certain psychological advantage.
However, there are still many people in the outside world who still have some doubts about their goalkeeper position, Früchter and Canizares Jr. started one in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively, but due to the strength of the opponent and did not undergo a decent test, this time against Inter, which can rank in the top 15 in Europe, it is still unknown how to play.
And the speculation about which goalkeeper Li Mudi will use in the final has been the hottest topic on major websites and reports until the starting list is announced, which also shows everyone's concern about Real Madrid's defensive ability.
However, the German goalkeeper who finally won the main position did not disappoint everyone who cared about him, in this crucial matchup, he made four successful saves, tried to keep his own goal intact, and repeatedly used his excellent anticipation and large control range to defuse as many as three direct pass attempts in advance, announcing that he officially returned to the competition for the world's number one goalkeeper today.
On the offensive end, Mbappe and Manuel Pellegri scored in quick succession in just five minutes in the middle of the second half, which directly extinguished Inter's hope of completing revenge, and took the nominal highest honor in the club world in 2026 into the hands of their own team.
So far, this great Real Madrid, starting from the Copa del Rey on April 26, has won La Liga, UEFA Champions League, Spanish Super Cup and UEFA Super Cup one after another, and after winning this last championship trophy in the Celestial Empire, it has become the second team in history to win all six championships in the same year after Barcelona in 2009, that is, the "Six Crowns".
In addition, this victory is also the seventh time in the history of Real Madrid to win the Club World Cup, and it is still at the top of this list. If you add in the Toyota Cup football matches before 2000 (the nominal first Club World Cup) and the earlier Intercontinental Cup, that number rises to nine, with an even bigger advantage behind AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Barcelona (all four).
And after Pellegri received the Golden Boot (3 goals) and silver ball of this tournament, and Mbappe received the Golden Ball representing the best player, the high // tide has just begun.
Because the Real Madrid club actually brought the UEFA Best Player Trophy received by the French King in August this year, the FIFA World Footballer of the Year trophy received in September, and the Ballon d'Or trophy just won half a month ago, these three items representing the highest personal honor of football players were brought to the magic capital, brought to the stadium, and put them on a simple display table on the sidelines.
Thirty young players aged 14 to 16 who were selected from all over the country and had initially stepped on the threshold of professional football were taken to the sidelines by the staff, not only to shake hands, hug and take photos with their idol Mbappe, but also to become the first batch of Celestial Empire fans who were lucky enough to touch these supreme trophies, so happy that they didn't know how to express their excitement.
Just a month ago, the Celestial Empire Football Association finally completed the historic reform under the expectations of the public, following the previous way of the Basketball Association to truly realize the separation of management and management that has been shouting slogans for many years, but there has been no action, and the establishment of a company dominated by each club, and the relevant ZF department under the Sports Bureau is responsible for the role of supervision and management, and no longer participates in the specific operation, so that all domestic football people have seen a glimmer of hope.
As an iconic figure in the sports world of the Celestial Empire, especially in the football circle, Li Mudi does not know what impact this reform can bring to the football of the Celestial Empire, which can no longer afford to toss, but he still thinks that this is still a step in the right direction after all, and he naturally wants to stand up and do his part.
So with his help, Real Madrid Club soon reached a cooperation agreement with the football branch of the Celestial Youth Sports Association, which will provide maximum help to the latter in terms of youth training construction.
These 30 young players will leave for Madrid after New Year's Day to participate in a football winter camp jointly organized by Tianxi and Spain for the first time, and have more contact with their peers in developed football countries, which is very conducive to improving their skills, expanding their horizons, and cultivating their ability to adapt to the new environment.
There are many domestic high-potential seedlings (the strongest one has reached 141, and there are two about 135) that Li Mudi has searched for when he used scouting tools in the past year, and if he can cultivate them in the most professional training system, maybe there will be one or two more players who can gain a foothold in the five major leagues, which is the most important reason why the Real Madrid coach is willing to "not do his job" and distract other affairs when the team encounters various crises.
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