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After a month of hard work, the Oriental team finally waited for the expected December, in order not to waste the advantage of "close to the water", the Oriental team came to the venue in Japan, the host of this year's Club World Cup, a week in advance.

After getting off the plane, the Oriental team was warmly welcomed by the Chinese consul in Tokyo and the local Chinese and overseas Chinese, and to Gao Jun and other leading stars of the Oriental team, they were a little surprised that they actually had Japanese fans.

In any case, this is not a bad thing for the Oriental team to travel to the Club World Cup, the Oriental team is still a little lacking in strength compared with the strong teams in Europe and the United States, if it can get a better reception from the organizers, and even get more fans on the field, then the Club World Cup Oriental team is equivalent to half of the home game, which is undoubtedly very helpful to the Oriental team.

The 2oo5 Club World Cup is generally considered to be a true Club World Cup, with a total of six participating teams, namely the Champions League champion - British giants Liverpool, the South American Copa Libertadores champion - Brazil's traditional powerhouse Sao Paulo, the African champion - Egypt's Al Ahly, the AFC Champions League champion - Shanghai Oriental, the CONCACAF champion - Costa Rica's Saprisa and the Oceania champion - Australia's Sydney FC. Speaking of which, the quota for this year's Club World Cup is not prepared for the host country (until 2oo7), so there is no team in Japan to participate, in a sense, the welcome of Japanese fans to the Eastern team has nothing to do with this, and without the participation of domestic teams, they can only find a nearby Asian team to support

Among these six teams, the strongest is Liverpool, who staged the "Istanbul Miracle" half a year ago, but they still have a certain gap compared to the real invincible kings in history. If it had been Barcelona during the Cosmos period, or Bayern Munich at the top of the hierarchy that had been thrust off the altar later, then no other team would have any chance of snatching the Club World Cup from them. In the case of Liverpool, there is a glimmer of possibility, and European teams have not paid enough attention to the Club World Cup, which is even more likely.

In particular, Liverpool's current manager is the controversial Benitez, which makes it several times more likely that other teams will cause an upset. Objectively speaking, Benitez is one of the best head coaches on the planet, especially with his outstanding tactical ability, which is absolutely one of the best in the world today. However, Benitez's tactical prowess can only be unleashed with a full understanding of his opponents, and in encounters like the Club World Cup, or encounters that Liverpool do not take seriously, his greatest advantage is completely unleashed.

If it is another world famous coach, once there is a problem on the field, you can also make urgent adjustments to save the situation, but Benitez's on-field adjustments have been criticized, although there are occasional magical substitutions, but more are the defeat that has been criticized by the media and fans after the game, and in the case of not knowing the opponent, the possibility of replacing the wrong person is obviously greater

As a result, Liverpool may seem strong, but they are not invulnerable, and they have not been able to win the Club World Cup in their history, with Brazil's Sao Paulo being the biggest winners of the tournament. The fact that São Paulo was almost upset by the Etihad team in the semi-finals and only won by one goal in the end also shows that they are also not strong enough to do so, whether it is their own strength or because they do not pay enough attention to Cheng dù. Therefore, even though the staffing of the Eastern team is far inferior to these two European and American teams, as long as they swing well, they actually have every hope of winning.

As for the other three teams, the overall strength will not be stronger than the current strong Eastern team, but the encounter is very accidental, and the Eastern team still can't take it lightly, after all, the Club World Cup is a knockout system that will be eliminated if you lose one game

No matter from which point of view, the participating teams in this Club World Cup are definitely the weakest group in Gao Jun's memory, and the Eastern team also has at least half of the home advantage, which is simply a godsend opportunity to win the Club World Cup, even if it is difficult, Gao Jun has to fight hard with his teammates, "As long as we do our best, even if we don't succeed, there will be no regrets, if we give up such a good opportunity before we play, we will definitely regret it for a lifetime!" ”

According to the schedule, the Eastern team will first face Egypt's Al Ahly team on December 11, this team is actually exactly the same name as Saudi Arabia's Al Ahly, but for the sake of difference, it is generally translated in full, while the Saudi team is only half translated. In a sense, the low status of Asian football can still be seen from this detail

If the East can get past Al Ahly, they will take on Brazil's Sao Paulo in the semi-finals, and the winner of this match will earn a chance to reach the final against European champions Liverpool. Due to the tight schedule, even if the Oriental team can pass all the way, it will be more and more severely tested physically, but on the other hand, killing all the way can greatly improve the team's competitive state, which is not comparable to the two European and American teams that play one or two games

It is worth mentioning that before the start of the Club World Cup, there is another very important event, that is, the draw ceremony for the 2oo6 Germany World Cup group held on December 9 (3:3o on December 1o in Beijing time) in Hall 1 of the Leipzig Exhibition Center in Germany. Due to the time difference, it was impossible for the players of the Oriental team who had a game the next day to get up from bed in the early morning to watch the live broadcast, and Xu Genbao, in order to avoid the draw result affecting the mentality of the four major players in the team, even planned to block the news first and wait until the game was over to tell everyone the result. But Gao Jun smiled and said everyone's thoughts to Director Xu, "I've been thinking about the more impactful wave, we are still very curious now!" ”

"Sure enough, it has topped the position of the Japanese team in history, and it seems that for this kind of purely random ** piece, the coercive force of history is still quite powerful." , Gao Jun thought after learning the results of the draw. However, being in Group F with Brazil, Croatia and Australia is not a good signing, and if the national football table is not good, let alone qualifying, it is not an easy task to avoid being at the bottom

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