On 6 December, the opening match of the 2012 Club World Cup, qualifying for Auckland City vs. Jeddah Al Ahly, kicked off at the Toyota Stadium, home of the Nagoya Whales.

The company behind Nagoya Whale Eight is Toyota, and as the main sponsor of the Club World Cup, of course, it has to arrange for the game to be played on its own home turf.

The schedule of this season's Club World Cup is that the matches before the semi-finals will be played at the Toyota Stadium, and after the semi-finals, the matches will be played at the Yokohama Stadium, one of the most famous stadiums in Japan.

At the end of the opening match, Jeddah Al Ahly beat weak New Zealand side Auckland City 1-0 to reach the first round, which was also expected.

The match between Tokyo FC and the match will be played on December 9 against Al Ahly in Cairo.

Egypt, along with China, India, and ancient Babylon, is one of the four major ancient civilizations in the world, but I am afraid that few people will pay attention to the fact that Egypt is actually an African country.

Of course, this is also related to the geographical location of Egypt, Egypt is located at the junction of Europe, Asia and Africa, after the fall of the ancient Egyptian dynasty, the ancient Roman Empire in Europe, the Persian Empire in Asia, the Ottoman Empire and other powerful dynasties have ruled Egypt.

Today's Egypt is an Arab country, more than 90% of the people in the whole country are Arabs, the state religion is the first religion, and the full name of Egypt is the Arab Republic of Egypt, which shows that Egypt is a real Arab country.

As mentioned earlier, Al Ahli means national in Arabic, and football clubs in Arab countries like to take this name, so there are many teams called Al Ahli in Egypt, and Al Ahly in Cairo is one of the most famous.

Al Ahly Cairo is the largest club in Egypt, winning the Egyptian Premier League 36 times, the Egyptian Cup 34 times, and the African Champions Cup 8 times.

Al Ahly Cairo is playing in the Club World Cup for the fourth time this year and is currently the team with the most appearances in the Club World Cup (since the restructuring in '05), with a best result of third place. Al Ahly Cairo is definitely a club world cup experience, while FC Tokyo are a clear rookie team.

Although it is an African powerhouse, there are no famous people in the Cairo Al Ahly team, and Ringer checked their team list, basically a group of Egyptian local players, none of whom they know.

When it comes to Egyptian players, perhaps the most famous is the Pharaoh Salah, who would later shine, but he has now gone to play in Europe. Even when Salah was still playing in Egypt, it didn't have much to do with this Cairo Al-Ahly team.

However, there is one point, Salah can play in Europe thanks to the "help" of this team.

Salah was born in a small village in Egypt's Gabia province and later joined the youth academy of Mokorun Football Club in Egypt.

Salah started out as a defender, and in a youth team match, his team won 4-0, but Salah was sad and wept on the pitch after the game, which caught the manager's attention. After inquiry, the manager was told that Salah was sad that although the team won the big win, he himself was not involved in any goals at all.

The manager realised that Salah had a strong desire to attack, so his position on the pitch began to be predetermined, and he slowly changed from a defender to a striker.

In 2010, at the age of 18, Salah made his debut in the Egyptian Football League. Two years later, Salah is already a well-known name and one of many young stars to be seen in Egypt.

On February 1, 2012, at the beginning of this year, a serious football tragedy occurred in Egypt - the Side of the Port fan riot, a large-scale clash between fans on both sides of the game, resulting in a football tragedy in which 77 people died.

Nowadays, it is a modern society, the term football tragedy should be a word that appeared in the last century, I didn't expect it to happen, it is hard to imagine that there will be such a serious football tragedy today, which is really unbelievable. At Euro 2016, 200 Russian fans chased more than 1,000 English fans, causing the whole world to know, and in the end, only a dozen people were injured.

The football tragedy in Egypt had a very serious impact, with the president of the Egyptian Football Federation and the executive council stepping down, the suspension of the Egyptian football league, and the death sentence of 21 fans early next year.

Against this backdrop, the young Salah wanted more opportunities to play and began to look for a transfer. In the end, he was favored by an excellent performance in a warm-up game, and Salah moved to Basel, Switzerland.

In the group stage of the Champions League in the 13/14 season, Salah scored one goal in each of the two games against the Premier League giants Chelsea, helping Basel beat Chelsea twice, so he was favored by Chelsea and was able to transfer to the Premier League, entering the core of international football in one fell swoop, the five major leagues.

Despite not getting a chance at Chelsea, Salah proved himself quickly, impressing on loan spells at Fiorentina and Roma in Serie A before eventually moving to Liverpool in the Premier League, where he soared.

The serious football tragedy in Egypt was between the home team Port Said Egyptian and the away team Cairo Al Ahly, and the incident was also caused by a conflict caused by Cairo Al Ahly fans playing a serious insulting slogan away from home, which eventually led to a tragedy.

Therefore, Al Ahly in Cairo can also be regarded as an "indirect assist" for Salah's transfer to Europe. Without that tragedy, the Egyptian league would not have been suspended, and Salah would likely continue to play in Egypt and eventually become an ordinary star in Egypt, just like the Egyptian talents who were on his par with him in the first place.

As far as football is concerned, if you want to become famous and become a talent, you still have to go to Europe, the center of world football.

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Before the match against Al Ahly in Cairo had even begun, many fans rushed from Tokyo to Toyota City to support Tokyo FC.

Bobovich fired in front of reporters: "We are the Asian champions and we are not afraid of any opponents, especially the team called Al Ahly. We beat Al Ahly in the AFC Champions League final half a month ago and I'm happy to have another Al Ahly team now and we have a lot of experience in beating Al Ahly. ”

Bobovich is not afraid of death, the title Al Ahli has a special meaning for the Arabs, so it will be widely used, he is so provocative that he is really worried that some mysterious organization will come to him with bombs to trouble.

Al Ahli Cairo's head coach Hussam Badri is a silent old man, and he did not come out to refute this provocation, but the captain of Al Ahli in Cairo Ashur stood up and said: "We came to Japan four years ago and know how to play, that Serbian has a bad mouth, let him wait, we will teach him a lesson in the stadium." ”

The last time Cairo Al Ahly participated in the Club World Cup was in 08, and now there are several old people in the team, including Ashur, who have experience in the Club World Cup, unlike Tokyo FC, where the manager and players are all new rookies.

No, the veteran Lucas was the only one with the experience, having competed in the Club World Cup with Gamba Osaka in '08 and finished third.

The third place is also the best result of an Asian team in the Club World Cup, and it is held by four teams, including Gamba Osaka, Urawa Red Diamonds, Pohang Steelers and Surd Doha.