Chapter 878: Club World Cup

The capital of Morocco is Rabat, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, with many natural beaches, which is a good place for tourism and summer vacation.

Unlike going to other cities in the past, this time in Rabat, everyone is considered to be playing away, and even for European players there is a natural advantage, because Europe is the center of football, in terms of championship gold content, round familiarity, naturally Europe is the most, so as the European champion, Atletico Madrid itself has a natural sense of superiority.

This was also evident when Atletico arrived at Rabat, when they walked out of the airport surrounded by three times as many fans as the other teams in front of them.

It is a pity that Lin Dong has transferred from Real Madrid to Madrid last season, and this season, it is the Western Sydney Wanderers who represent Asia in the competition, and Lin Dong missed the opportunity to face the home club.

The time difference between Morocco and Spain is only one hour, just like China and South Korea, so it is also an advantage for Atletico Madrid, who do not need to adjust to the time difference.

The Club World Cup is very famous, and FIFA is also very ambitious, but unfortunately, the Club World Cup is too limited, even if FIFA has ambitions, it is useless.

On the first day of Atletico's training, Simeone gave the Atletico players free time to rest, but of course, this freedom was limited to the hotel.

The next day they went to the training ground under the leadership of Simeone, but Atletico only did some recovery training because the league was going on, so the Atletico players did not need much training.

Although the semi-finals are due on the third day, the champions of Europe and South America can directly enter the semi-finals, which is actually a preferential treatment.

Atletico Madrid's opponent has already been decided, the Blue Cross from Central and North America, a Mexican team, and the stadium of the match is at the Prince Abdullah Stadium in Rabat.

However, on the third day, Atletico and Blue Cross had to switch venues as the Prince Abdullah Stadium turned so bad due to the rain that the two teams had to get on a plane to the Marrakech Stadium in Marrakech.

This is a disaster for the fans, so there are not many fans in the stands for this game, well, in fact, there are few people, a stadium that can accommodate more than 40,000 people, and in the end only more than 10,000 fans entered.

Of course, this does not affect the performance of the players on the pitch of both sides, especially Atletico, you know, Atletico Madrid came here with the goal of winning the title, and Atletico Madrid wants to achieve the great cause of six crowns.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid's starting lineup in this game is a regular starting line in the league, and the main force is out, as for the Blue Cross, it will naturally not be hidden, and their strength is not as good as Atletico Madrid.

This was also well demonstrated on the pitch, with Atletico firmly in control from the first minute of the game, and in the second minute of the game, Atletico had their first shot on goal.

A cross from Juanfran was added to the side, Juanfran cut in under the cover of Cork and completed the cross, and Lin Dong jumped high in the box to head the ball at the goal.

Three minutes later, Atletico made a comeback, this time with Antoine Griezmann, and Koke's through ball from the heart of the Blue Cross was deflected wide of goal by Griezmann after picking up the ball and bursting into the box.

In the ninth minute, the Blues had their first shot of the game, when Bernard tried to get cleared by Atletico Madrid, but then the ball returned to the feet of the Blues, and a cross from the side was met by Pavone in the six-yard box.

Atletico then broke the deadlock on the pitch, and Atletico won an indirect free-kick opportunity with a wave of attacks, Griezmann retreating and being brought down.

Godin and Miranda rushed into the Blue Cross penalty area, and the goal was ultimately headed into the box by the Atletico Madrid central defender, the Blue Cross goalkeeper made a mistake and failed to touch the ball, and finally the ball fell to Godin's header, and in the face of an empty goal, Godin needed to do very simple.

"Godin~~~ Atletico Madrid's first goal in the Club World Cup was scored by central defender Godin, a header was flicked into the empty net, and Atletico Madrid led 1:0."

This is Atletico's first time in the Club World Cup, so Godin's goal is also very significant, as it is Atletico Madrid's first goal in the history of the Club World Cup.

For a centre-back, goals are inherently rare, even if Godin can score so many goals every season, let alone a memorable one.

"Man~~~ Go back and invite us to dinner" In fact, everyone in Atletico Madrid was staring at this goal, even Lin Dong was no exception, but in the end it was Godin who scored it.

"No problem" Godin naturally did not refuse.

On the pitch, Atletico's celebration did not last long, after all, Atletico's goal was to win the championship, the Club World Cup, which had never been touched, and complete the feat of six crowns.

The Blue Cross's counterattack did not pose any threat to Atletico Madrid, not to mention that there was a gap in the strength of the two teams, but the confidence of the players of the two teams was completely different, and Atletico Madrid's goal was to win the championship.

Therefore, after the start of the game, the Blue Cross counterattack was defused by Atletico Madrid, and Atletico's attack frequently created crises, and the advantage was extended to two goals in the 28th minute.

This time it was finally Lin Dong's turn, although he failed to score Atletico Madrid's first goal in the Club World Cup, but Lin Dong didn't want to let the second goal, and even Lin Dong's eyes were aimed at the top scorer in the Club World Cup.

Or Juanfrán's cross, after Felipe left Atletico Madrid, Siqueira was overwhelmed, and Ansaldi's performance was decent, and Juanfran became the target of Atletico Madrid's wide attack.

And Juanfran also has this strength, before playing full-back, Juanfran can play full-back or even winger, and his offensive ability is not worse than Felipe.

After receiving the pass, Juanfran played the opponent with a fake move in front of the defender, and then crossed the ball in the middle of the line.

At the penalty spot, Lin Dong resisted the defender, turned his body sideways, raised his right foot, and faced the flying ball, his right foot accurately swept the ball's expression.

"2:0~~~ Atletico Madrid scored their second goal in the Club World Cup, volleyed, Juanfrán's pass was very accurate, and Lin Dong's shot was even more wonderful."

"With a two-goal lead, the game is out of suspense, and the two-goal lead is enough to allow Atletico Madrid to enter the next round, and the Champions League title is obviously more than a step higher."

There was indeed no suspense, because Atletico Madrid, who led by two goals, played more and more calmly, and even scored another goal before half-time to win the game safely.

In the end, Atletico Madrid won 4-0, with Antoine Griezmann scoring the third goal and Koke adding the icing on the cake in the second half as Atletico Madrid reached the final.