Chapter 185: Underestimating the Enemy?

Casablancaraja was Dortmund's opponent in the final, much to the surprise and frustration of Chinese fans – on the one hand, they wanted to see Zhou Yi and Ronaldinho face off in the final, both of whom were midfield masters. On www.biquge.info the other hand, it is better for Guangzhou Hengyuan to meet Raja who is not strong in the third or fourth finals than to meet the strong Atletico Mineiro...... In this way, it may be difficult for Hengyuan to win the third place.

The final was on the evening of December 21, in the early morning of December 22, Beijing time.

First up are the third and fourth place finals.

Guangzhou Hengyuan vs. Atletico Mineiro.

In this game, Guangzhou Hengyuan still sent all the main forces, they played very hard in this game, and they also played an equal match with Atletico Mineiro on the field.

Especially in the first half, both sides dedicated a wonderful 45 minutes.

At the beginning of the game, Atletico Mineiro took the lead, and then Guangzhou Hengyuan fought to catch up, chasing two goals in a row, from backward to leading.

Before the end of the first half, Ronaldinho scored a direct free-kick past Hengyuan's goal to tie the score.

Ronaldinho was sent off in the second half for a retaliatory move, but Atletico Mineiro, who had one man less, scored in stoppage time to beat Hengyuan.

Guangzhou Hengyuan regrettably lost and did not tie the best result of the Asian ball lost in the Club World Cup.

After watching this match, Chinese fans will not be able to sleep yet, and they will have to wait for the Club World Cup final, which will start later.

Of course, all Chinese fans are unconditionally on the side of Dortmund, because Dortmund has two Chinese players.

However, in this game, Klopp did not send all the main players of Dortmund. Judging from the starting list announced before the game, Klopp made three changes compared to the previous game.

Yan Min did not start this game, and he sat on the bench.

Zhou Yi started as always, he is the guarantee of the team's victory, and no one will easily rotate him.

Klopp's adjustment caused dissatisfaction in the local media before the game, thinking that Dortmund looked down on Casabrana Caraja, this is the Club World Cup final, and he actually played rotation in the final!

Do you think Dortmund can beat us without a full squad?!

“...... If their final opponent is Atletico Mineiro, will they dare to do so?" asked the Casablanca media angrily.

The fans of Casablancaraja let out a burst of boos as the Dortmund players came out on the pitch to vent their frustration.

The Moroccan commentator also thinks Dortmund's approach is bad: "...... We fought all the way from the qualifiers to a decent final!"

The head coach of Casablancaraja used the opportunity to boost the morale of the team: "If they look down on us, then make them regret it!"

As a result, the morale of the Casablancaraja players was high, and they were holding back their energy to cause problems for Dortmund and embarrass them during the game.

Dortmund will face eleven Lions wearing Casablancaraja jerseys in the final!

As a result, the hosts, who were ambitious to beat Dortmund in the final, made Dortmund pay the price for their pride and self-sufficiency, but fell into passivity at the start of the game.

When the game began, the stadium was full of cheers for the Raja team, but it was Dortmund who were the first to threaten the goal.

In the fourth minute, Zhou Yi suddenly threw a cold arrow outside the penalty area, causing Raja's goalkeeper Askri to save the ball, but fortunately, he reacted quickly and immediately held the football in his arms again......

The high-spirited Raja were unfazed by Dortmund's attack and immediately returned the colours, a minute later Mutuvari crossed from the right and Yarour volleyed a shot from 12 yards from goal on the right side of the penalty area, which went just wide of the post.

Although there was no goal, Raja's attack won the cheers and cheers of the home team's fans in the stands.

For a moment, Raja's players had the illusion that a goal was in front of them and could appear at any moment.

I have to say that their hallucinations are still plausible, but the object is wrong......

After this attack by Raja, it was Dortmund's turn to attack, and they played all the way to Raja's goal before winning a corner.

Reuss takes a corner kick from the right, Papastathopoulos rubs a header in the box, Mark cleverly sprints forward from an offside position, stops the ball with his left foot in front of goal, and volleys with his right heel!

Soccer went to the net.

"1:0! Borussia Dortmund take the lead!

Now is not the match between Dortmund and the Chinese team, and he can support Dortmund without any scruples at all.

Moreover, the penalty that Raja won at the last moment in the semi-finals of the final was too controversial, and judging from the slow-motion replay from multiple angles after the game, the Raja player who fell in the Atletico Mineiro penalty area was a fake fall.

This made He Ping also have a lot of complaints about Raja who can advance to the final, and he is more emotionally inclined to Dortmund.

Marc's goal silenced the home fans in the Marrakech stadium for a second or two.

They really didn't expect to fly, and the high-morale Raja actually fell behind by a goal in less than ten minutes of the opening game......

"Oh no...... Raja is behind for the first time in this tournament at the Club World Cup...... "The Moroccan commentator was disappointed.

Actually, there is nothing to be disappointed about, because being scored by the European champions, isn't it a normal thing?

However, the fact that they finally reached the final of the Club World Cup seems to have left the entire Raja team with some unrealistic illusions that they can beat Borussia Dortmund and win the title, just as they beat Atletico Mineiro and reach the final.

In fact, this kind of thinking is no problem, if the main opponent underestimates the enemy, it is not impossible, after all, football is round.

And they all think that Dortmund must be underestimated.

But the problem lies in their miscalculation of Dortmund......

Rotating three starters is not called "underestimating the enemy".

If they put Zhou Yi on the bench, there is still a possibility of "underestimating the enemy......

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Falling behind for the first time in this Club World Cup left Raja a little overwhelmed.

Dortmund, on the other hand, took advantage of this opportunity to launch a more fierce attack on Raja's goal.

The continuous travel in a short period of time has indeed caused Dortmund's physical consumption to be very large. How to solve this problem?

Jurgen Klopp thinks the team should use as little energy as possible in such an inconsequential game, how to use less energy, of course, to win the game as quickly as possible.

Raja was able to knock out Atletico Mineiro, which did Klopp a favor.

If the final opponent was Atletico Mineiro, he might not dare to do so. But now...... Well, to put it bluntly, Klopp really didn't take Raja very seriously.

Of course, Dortmund also have the qualifications to not take their opponents seriously.

In the sixteenth minute, nine minutes after Borussia Dortmund scored, they scored again.

Grosskreutz instigated an attack on the side, he passed the football to Zhou Yi, Zhou Yi passed through, Kuba knocked back, Grosskreutz inserted into the penalty area and fired a low shot from 20 meters in front of the goal, the ball slipped under Raja goalkeeper Asquiri and drilled into the goal.

"2:0! Dortmund took a two-goal lead in 16 minutes! Although Raja was ambitious before the game and had a lot of expectations for the final, in the face of a huge difference in strength, no matter how ambitious he was......" He Ping criticized Raja mercilessly, fully expressing his emotional inclination.

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Dortmund, who already have a two-goal lead, did not stop their indiscriminate bombardment, because Klopp had warned them before the game that they must use the fastest speed to get the opponent in this game. On the one hand, it has learned the lesson of Atletico Mineiro's elimination in the semi-finals - if Atletico Mineiro can quickly establish a lead, how can they give Atletico Mineiro a chance to fake a penalty at the last minute?

On the other hand, this is also done to save energy, and the earlier the game goes into garbage time, the more rest their players will be able to get.

In the 22nd minute, Dortmund made a comeback, and this time it was Zhou Yi who sent a through ball in the left rib. Grosskreutz burst into the box and received the ball and did not pass the ball to goal, but an inverted triangle pass that passed the ball back.

The football rolled towards Zhou Yi, who was inserted into the penalty area.

Zhou Yi met the ball with a kick, and the ball drew an arc, bypassing the palm of goalkeeper Askeri's hand, and flying into the goal from the near corner.

"Zhou Yi! beautiful goal!!" He Ping shouted excitedly. "He is the first Chinese player to score in the final of the Club World Cup!!"

"In the first 22 minutes, Dortmund had a three-goal lead and the game was out of suspense!" Marcel Leif also commented on the game.

With a three-goal lead, the sound in the Marrakech stadium was much quieter than at the beginning, and many Raja fans sat in the stands with numb expressions. Whether they like to admit it or not, it is almost impossible for Raja to win the Club World Cup.

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Dortmund, who are leading by three goals, still have no intention of slowing down the tempo, and since they want to end the game early, they must ensure that the opponent does not have room to counterattack.

It is necessary to beat the water dog and completely interrupt the breath.

A one-goal lead and a two-goal lead are not safe, a three-goal lead is not very safe, and if you can score more goals, don't let up.

Under such a guiding ideology, Dortmund was led by Zhou Yi to continue to maintain a high pace of competition.

And in the 40th minute, they scored their fourth goal of the game.

Kuba split the ball at the edge of the box in the middle and Schibert pushed it from 14 yards out on the right, and the ball grazed the inside of the post and rolled into the net.

4:0!

"Although the first half of the game is not over yet, I think it can already be said that this game is over......," He Ping said, his tone was not as excited as the first three goals, because he was also frightened by Dortmund's performance, he didn't expect Dortmund to be so ruthless, in the home stadium of the Raja team, in front of so many host fans, stabbed the Raja team four times, and the knife was fatal, this face was too bloody, too violent and too terrifying......