Chapter 1052: Tokyo Club World Cup
Although Liverpool beat Bolton Wanderers at home, it did not leave Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea, and the three giants also won one after another, still chasing Liverpool, with such three strong opponents, it is not easy for Liverpool to easily win the league championship. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
In the 16th round of the league, the opponents of the four giants of the Premier League are still weak teams, Liverpool easily defeated Bolton Wanderers in the last round, and this round faced the relegation team Reading a little lightly, the whole team played listlessly, without a little aggression, giving Reading endless opportunities to counterattack, but Reading's team is also really bad, so many opportunities were not seized, but Liverpool used a set-piece opportunity by Ager's header smashed on the defender's body and lost the game.
Manchester United and Chelsea abuse is no pressure and never soft, they both easily beat their opponents by a big score, and Arsenal's players are too young, the state of the players is up and down, this round their opponent is Middlesbrough, which is also a middle and lower team, but Arsenal's state in this game is worse than Liverpool, the first half just played 20 minutes by Middlesbrough scored two goals, and then Arsenal fought to catch up, but the luck was too bad, and the goalpost crossbar was hit all over in a row, But he was never able to pry open the door of Middlesbrough, and finally luck came, the Middlesbrough defender put an own goal of his own to help Arsenal pull back a point, but there was no time later, and finally Arsenal was defeated by Middlesbrough 1:2 away.
This time Liverpool won a fluke, but winning is winning, whether it is luck or strength, all that is in hand is three points, with these three points, Liverpool opened Arsenal a game gap, and the league leader finally sat firmly.
After the 16th round, Liverpool ushered in the last game of the Champions League group stage, this time the game is chicken ribs for Liverpool, they have now won the group, whether they win or not Marseille will not affect the group standings, and Marseille's fate is not in their own hands, all they can do now is to beat Liverpool, and then wait for the result of the other match between Porto and Besiktas.
Marseille are well prepared to beat Liverpool at home, but the gap in quality is not something that can be bridged by subjective desire.
At the beginning of the game, Marseille was violent, and he couldn't eat Liverpool in one bite, but the game was less than five minutes, Chen Yu gave Marseille a slap to Ma Wei, he rushed into Marseille's penalty area at high speed and was tripped by defender Givet, the referee awarded a penalty, Chen Yu personally took the penalty, and Liverpool led 1:0.
Marseille then pressed heavily on the attack, which gave Liverpool more opportunities to counter-attack, and six minutes later, Colwill, who had returned from injury, crossed diagonally, and Liverpool striker Volenen burst into the penalty area, and pushed past Marseille defender Rodriguez, and Liverpool rewrote the score to 2:0.
Liverpool's two sticks woke up the Marseilles, they now understand how many pounds and taels they have, and they also know that it is impossible to qualify from the group, all hopes are dashed, and the next game Marseilles played at a high level, both offensive and defensive aspects are the same as the first ten minutes, Liverpool not only did not get another chance to score, but because of the mentality is too relaxed, almost broken by Marseille.
In the first half of the game, both sides were unable to score again, after the start of the second half, Liverpool made full use of their experience advantage, in the 47th minute, the Marseille goalkeeper kicked off by Gerrard and passed to Chen Yu, Chen Yu broke through the ball, Kuyt's header broke the goalkeeper Mandanda's ten fingers again, and the score was rewritten to 3:0.
Then the game came to a stalemate, the two sides were more entangled in the midfield, and there were not many times when they hit the hinterland of the opponent's penalty area, Liverpool didn't want to play after a big lead, and Marseille really couldn't play.
When the game reached the 70th minute, Benitez made three substitutions in a row, Chen Yu, Gerrard and Carragher, the three absolute main forces were replaced, Liverpool was ready to finish, but Benitez did not expect the substitutes to be eager to prove themselves, and the firepower was as fierce as it was after playing, and Marseille was embarrassed, but the ability of the substitutes to seize the opportunity was too poor, and they never scored, until the injury time, Liverpool fullback Aurelio made a long pass in the backfield, and Babel was successful in the anti-offside position, The other man scored after passing the Marseille goalkeeper and scored an empty goal to lock the score at 4:0.
Liverpool showcased the strength of the defending champions by beating Marseille 4-0 away at top of their group, but second-placed Porto also did well, beating Besiktas cleanly 2-0 at home to finish second in the group.
Liverpool's group stage was played early, and after this game, Liverpool will rush to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup.
The FIFA Club World Cup, abbreviated as the Club World Cup, is an international football championship hosted by FIFA and attended by the top teams from six continents. In 2000, there was a nominal Club World Cup, which was cancelled due to sponsorship issues. It was not until 2005 that the Club World Cup was relaunched when it merged with the Toyota Cup. It is customary to think of the December 2005 tournament as the first Club World Cup. The reopened Club World Cup was held in Japan in 2005. Every subsequent edition of the tournament has been held in Japan, with the Club World Cup in '07 being the third edition.
The previous two editions of the FIFA Club World Cup and the 2001 FIFA Club World Cup were both won by Brazilian teams, with seven teams in the competition: European Cup winners Liverpool, Copa Libertadores champions Boca Juniors, AFC Champions League champions Ruby Urawa as hosts, and AFC Champions League runners-up Sepahan of Iran, African Champions Cup winners ****** Sahel Stars, Central and North American champions Pachuca of Mexico and Oceania champions New Zealand's Wetaker United.
Due to the fact that Liverpool and Blogger Youth are far superior to other teams, and European competitions are busy, they do not participate in the first round of the preliminary round and quarter-finals of the Club World Cup, they start from the semi-finals.
In the first round of preliminaries, the AFC Champions League runner-up Iran's Sepahan defeated the Oceania champion New Zealand's Wetaker United 3:1 to reach the quarterfinals, in the quarterfinals, the AFC Champions League runner-up Iran's Sepahan lost 1:3 to their old rival Urawa Red Diamonds in the AFC Champions League and missed the semifinals, and in the other quarterfinals, the African Champions Cup champion ******'s Sahel Stars defeated the Central and North American champions Mexico's Pachuca 1:0 to reach the semifinals, in the semifinals, Urawa Red Diamonds will face Liverpool, The Sahel Stars of the African Champions Cup winners ****** will face Boca Juniors.
After Chen Yu led Fiorentina to win the Champions League last time, he had the opportunity to participate in the Club World Cup, but because Chen Yu transferred to Liverpool, Chen Yu missed the Club World Cup and could only watch from the hospital bed as Brazil International defeated Fiorentina to win the Club World Cup.
This time, Chen Yu didn't want to miss this Club World Cup again, and he told the media before the game that he must win the Club World Cup trophy for Liverpool and himself.
"The Club World Cup is the highest tournament in the world, the champions of all continents are participating in this competition, to win this competition is to be the best club in the world, unfortunately the last time I was in Fiorentina I was not able to play in the Club World Cup, this is my first time in the Club World Cup, I hope to play a little better, our semi-final opponent is very likely to be Urawa Red Diamonds, they are a very technical team, they are playing at home, it is not easy to beat them. But I'm confident in myself and my team-mates and I'm sure we're going to make it to the final, and as for the opponent, I'm hoping to meet Boca Juniors, who is also our biggest rival in winning the Club World Cup, but it's going to be a good match against them and that's what fans all over the world are looking forward to. ”
In this Club World Cup match, Liverpool's owner Gillette promised Liverpool fans all over the world before the game, "We will definitely return to Liverpool with the Club World Cup trophy, this is what the fans deserve, they have worked hard for the club to achieve good results, I hope all the fans can be happy, and I also hope that we can bring them greater happiness with football." ”
On the day of the start of the quarterfinals. Liverpool just flew from Marseille in France to Tokyo.
When the Liverpool team got off the plane at Haneda International Airport and came out of the cabin, they saw a large number of fans wearing Liverpool jerseys waiting to be picked up from the plane, and there were thousands of them.
"Chen Yu, I'm here to pick you up, right?"
Gerald laughed.
"Definitely, Chen Yu's influence is much greater in Asia than in Europe." Pennant Road.
Chen Yu smiled bitterly: "You seem to overestimate my influence, I haven't played a single game in Asia, whether it's club or national team, in fact, I think this is here to welcome our whole team." ”
Babbel said: "It must be picked up from you, you have become a big star after you won the Golden Globe Award, and it can be said that you are red through half the sky." ”
Pennant said: "Now Chen Yu's influence is probably no worse than our English Rose Knightley. ”
Gerard couldn't help but be happy with Chen Yu at this time: "You and Knightley are now the second Beckham and Victoria." ”
As they spoke, they pulled their suitcases and stepped off the plane.
After getting off the plane, everyone saw that most of the fans who came to pick up the plane were Asian faces wearing Liverpool's No. 9 jersey, in addition to Asian fans, there were also some white fans and black fans, most of them were also wearing Chen Yu's No. 9 jersey and holding the Liverpool team flag in their hands.
"Chen Yu Chen Yu Chen Yu ......"
Seeing Liverpool's players get off the plane, the fans rushed over like a tide, chanting Chen Yu's name in their mouths, and the fans heard where the fans were, Chinese fans spoke Chinese, accounting for almost one-third, Japanese fans who spoke Japanese, they accounted for almost two-thirds, and the rest were European and American fans who flew over long distances.
Although the target of most fans is Chen Yu, there is only one Chen Yu, and the fans can't see it, so they honestly ask for autographs and group photos around other players in Liverpool.
Although the players were a little tired after the Champions League and hurriedly flew to Tokyo, the players of Liverpool were also very serious about signing autographs and taking photos with the fans and accepting interviews with reporters.
This is the first time Chen Yu has appeared on the Asian stage, he didn't expect that there would be so many fans to support him, Japanese fans are just that, they are at their doorstep, and Chinese fans, especially Chinese fans who do not work and study in Japan, they "crossed the sea" just to see Chen Yu with their own eyes.
At this time, the reporters who were originally holding cameras to Chen Yu also ran over and handed the microphone to Chen Yu's mouth.
"Congratulations on winning the Golden Ball, you are the pride of Asian football, today you came to Japan to play the Club World Cup, do you have anything to say to the Asian fans who love you?"
A reporter asked.
Chen Yu said: "Thank you fans for their love for me, I didn't expect to be so popular in Asia, I think the level of Asian football has not yet come up, but the enthusiasm of the fans has surpassed that of Britain and the United States, since I have come here, I want to win the championship for Liverpool fans and fans who like me." ”
"Do you think Urawa Red Diamonds are likely to meet Liverpool in the final?"
Chen Yu smiled: "Such an upset is definitely a happy thing, but I think it is difficult, Boca Juniors is a very strong team, and the team that can win the Copa Libertadores is by no means a fish belly." ”
"This is your first time playing in the Club World Cup, and this is a trophy that you have never won before, and you are not confident of winning it?"
Another reporter asked.
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Of course, no matter who we face in the final, we will beat them, because Asia is my home stadium, and that's where my confidence lies." ”
"Can you predict how many goals you'll score in those two Club World Cup games?" A reporter asked again.
Chen Yu smiled, "It's still an average of one goal per game, I just want the team to win, it's not easy for me to score a few goals." ”
After speaking, Chen Yu saw that his teammates and coaches were waiting for him, so he hurriedly got on the luxury bus prepared by the organizer with the flowers sent to him by the fans and Liverpool.