Chapter 422: The First World Champion in Chelsea History!
When Chelsea arrived in Japan, it was very easy to prepare, not only for the players to travel around during the holidays, but also for training to be open to all fans and media.
But when it comes to the game, Chelsea are not careless at all.
Although in the face of Changzhou Hengtai, the possibility of their gutter capsizing is almost zero, Pan Yi still made more detailed preparations.
For example, the marking of Elkeson, Goulart, and the restriction of Paulinho, etc.
As for the rest of the domestic players in the Dragon Country......
Just let the players play freely.
Of course, since the final will be ushered in three days later, Pan Yi decided to use two completely different starting lineups for the two games, so as to avoid the accumulation of player fatigue to the greatest extent.
Today, Pan Yi was in a regular 3-5-2 formation.
Forwards: Tammy Abraham, Kylian Mbappe.
Midfielders: Cancelo, Gnabry, Jesse Lingard, Goretzka, Yovanovic.
Defenders: Cahill, Terry, Zouma.
Goalkeeper: Martinez.
Because Chelsea's squad is too thick, although it is mainly started as a rotational personnel, this is still much higher than Changzhou Hengtai......
However, it is precisely because most of the main players sent by Chelsea are not regular main players, which also makes Dragon Country fans still have a trace of illusions.
"With the impact of three Brazilian foreign players, let other domestic players stick to it, maybe there is a real chance to steal a ......"
Then, 30 seconds later, the fantasy came to naught.
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The ball was passed to the Chelsea back.
Yovanovic saw the gap on the left, and then it was a long pass.
It was Mbappe who ran this way, and he easily stopped the long ball that came diagonally from the right at his feet.
[Ah, this ball stopped beautifully.] 】
[This is another science fiction movie for the national football team. 】
[This time it's different, it's not a sci-fi movie, it's a live demonstration......]
Before the fans on the Internet had time to praise a few times, they saw Mbappe suddenly flick the ball with the outside of his right foot, and then rushed forward and rushed out directly!
At this time, it was Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng who came to defend Mbappe.
But before they could react, the ball passed between the two defenders, and Mbappe's figure barely drilled through the two before they could close the door!
"It's so fast! Mbappe!
! ”
In He Wei's exclamation, Mbappe took the ball and cut to the middle.
At this time, there was only one defensive player in front of him, Huang Bowen.
How is Huang Bowen?
It was because Scolari still kept a hand, so that Huang Bowen, who was in charge of the back today, was a little late at the beginning to avoid Chelsea's opening attack from penetrating his own defense at once.
Everyone knows Chelsea started the game sharply!
But there is only one Huang Bowen, can he guard against Mbappe?
Dragon Country fans instantly became nervous.
[Don't rush to grab it, otherwise you will definitely be eaten by this young general with speed.] 】
[Yes, as long as you retreat fast enough, there will be no risk of being overcome.] 】
[Master Huang, try to cut him in the middle!] 】
But at this point, Mbappe chose the simplest and most effective solution.
He gently flicked the ball to the right, dodged Huang Bowen slightly, and at the moment when a gap was just revealed between the ball and the goal, a right-footed volley came!
Bang!
The sound of the instep hitting the ball made everyone at the scene stand up.
I saw the ball rise into the air and cross a strange arc in the air, Zeng Cheng of Changzhou Hengtai's national gate didn't react at all, and watched the ball fly into the net from the other side of his center of gravity.
"This ball...... Go in beautifully! ”
He Wei exclaimed.
"Stop the ball, break through two people at speed, cut inside and shoot! Coherent! ”
"It's so beautiful!"
That's what everyone is saying.
It was a beautiful goal.
And now it's been less than thirty seconds into the game, and the goal has been scored.
This made the Changzhou Hengtai players on the field have a blank look on their faces.
Especially the two players Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng, who were passed by Mbappe, looked at each other and saw horror and incredulity in their eyes.
They had already gone up and were about to close the door, and it stands to reason that two to see one is watchable.
And the opponent's young player, normally shouldn't he stop the ball and look at the situation, and then pass it back, not seeking no merit but no fault.
Who would have thought that Mbappe would be so adventurous, so bold and so fast?
The two of them became Mbappe's backdrop in this way.
The camera shifted to the bench of Changzhou Hengtai, and the old coach Scolari looked loveless.
Everyone knows that Tsunta Changzhou doesn't have much chance against Chelsea, but he wants to give it a try.
Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Scolari said: 'There is a gap between us and Chelsea, but football is not about quality on paper. We may play a hundred games against Chelsea and lose ninety-nine of them and win only one of them. But I hope that this one will be tomorrow night. ”
This shows that he still has some ideas about this game.
Don't you also want to prove yourself in front of your old club? I also want to impress those who don't think they can get a foothold at a top club.
But it took Chelsea just 30 seconds to dash his hopes.
The hope of an upset is that the strong team can't score early, and then the weak team drags hard, making the strong team more and more impatient, and then the weak team strives to steal another one, or simply drag it to the penalty shootout.
Now that Chelsea have scored early, it was really a death sentence.
The live camera moved away from the old coach Scolari and then moved to the bench of Changzhou Hengtai.
The players are also like ashes.
And Li Xuepeng was pointing at his teammate "Messi's brother" Mei Fang, who should be talking about the goal just now.
From the shape of his mouth, it can be seen that it is a passage in Chinese: "mlgb, too TM fast!" ”
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The game that followed, unsurprisingly, was completely controlled by Chelsea.
Whether it is technically or tactically, Changzhou Hengtai is completely inferior, and it is really difficult to snatch the ball from the feet of Chelsea players.
Elkeson, Goulart and Zheng Long's front three tried hard to press Chelsea up front, but Chelsea's three central defenders and three midfielders, plus two wing-backs, could easily get the ball out and attack.
Changzhou Hengtai's midfield is basically nothing.
Zheng Zhi may have barely adapted to such a top-level scramble in Europe when he was young, but this year he is 35 years old, how can he resist the impact of players of the level like Goretzka and Cancelo?
Huang Bowen is even worse.
Only Paulinho could win the ball in a few scrambles, but he was left alone and soon snatched back by the Chelsea players.
Changzhou Hengtai's goalkeeper Zeng Cheng soon became the busiest person in the audience.
But he can be regarded as "Shengzengcheng" today, and the continuous saves kept Changzhou Hengtai from scoring the second goal too quickly.
In the 15th minute, Chelsea seized a chance and sent the ball into the box.
When Changzhou Hengtae's defender Kim Young-kwon cleared the ball, Goretzka rushed up and blocked the ball with his body.
Tammy Abraham reacted quickly and cleverly seized the spot, slotting a low shot straight from near the penalty spot that found the back of the net to make it 2-0 for Chelsea.
Just eight minutes later, Gnabry sent a pass from the left side of the box, the ball was blocked by a player from Changzhou Hengtai, and after winning the ball on the right side of the box, Yovanovic stepped into the box and hit a volley to extend the score for Chelsea, 3-0!
Then in the 45th minute, the last attack of the first half.
Cancelo stepped forward and played with Jesse Lingard to play the ball out, and Gnabry broke through with four defenders before sending the ball to Abraham's feet.
The England youngster made it to the next goal for Chelsea.
4:0!
It was Chelsea's 18th shot on goal, and Changzhou Hengta didn't have a shot on goal in the entire first half.
Yes, not even the least threatening long-range shot.
After the restart-up in the second half, Chelsea began to control the tempo of the pitch and played less fiercely.
This is the final for Chelsea.
In such a knockout round, it is good to win, there is no need to rush to kill.
This can be regarded as Pan Yi's affection for his hometown team, and he accepted it when he saw it.
However, in the 70th minute, Terry launched a long pass from the back, and Lingard suddenly rushed into the left side of the penalty area and scored with a low shot to expand the score to 5:0!
And Changzhou Hengtai didn't hit the first shot of the game until the 75th minute.
Paulinho played a direct pass, and after a one-two between Elkeson and Goulart, it was Elkeson who hit a good volley on the line of the box, but it was saved by the quick reaction of Martin.
This also allowed Changzhou Hengtai to get the only corner kick opportunity of the game.
But after the corner kick, the first point was still pushed by Kurt Zouma and it was in vain.
In fact, this is also a reflection of the huge gap between professional football in Asia and professional football in Europe.
The Chinese Super League champions, or the AFC Champions League champions, are really struggling to even shoot in front of Chelsea.
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At the final whistle, Chelsea defeated Changzhou Hengtai 5-0 and took the lead in the final.
When Pan Yi led the Chelsea players to the field, the crowd gave them a round of applause, whether it was the Chelsea fans in blue or the Changzhou Hengtai fans in the red jersey.
And when the Changzhou Hengtai players began to thank them, they also received applause, and they also received applause from fans on both sides.
Although this loss made the Changzhou Hengtai players unwilling, they have done their best on the field.
In such a contest with great disparity in strength, as long as you have worked hard and fought hard, even if you lose, the fans will not blame them, but will give them encouragement.
This is really a rare harmony scene in football!
This situation also made He Wei say emotionally:
"Football is like that, the joy of one side sets off the sadness of the other. The extreme emotions of human beings, which can be fully expressed in the space of 90 minutes on a small green field, are football. ”
"In the face of the powerful Chelsea, Changzhou Hengtai is like David in the story of David and Goliath, although they failed to knock down the giant Chelsea, but they left a deep impression on the world."
"Football is about love, not hate. Support your favorite team, whether he's at the peaks or troughs; Appreciating your strong opponent, you are stronger because of his presence. That's the biggest philosophy football has taught us. ”
"Keep up the good work! Dragon Country Football! As long as we move in the right direction, who's not to say that one day in the future, our team can compete with the best teams on the highest stage in the world? ”
"Just like a few years ago, who would have thought that the head coach who leads the strongest team in the world would be our dragon country?"
"Why do we love football so much? Because it not only shows the inspirational struggle stories of the players and coaches, but also entrusts the heroic dreams of our ordinary people in their ordinary lives. ”
"Everyone has dreams, but not everyone can achieve their dreams. Whether it's those who achieve their dreams, or those who work hard to reach the door of their dreams, they all deserve respect. Maybe he'll end up in that doorway, but you know he did his last thing. ”
"Please don't believe that victory is as easy as a dandelion on a hillside, but believe that there is always something beautiful in the world that is worth our full effort, even if it is broken!
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The passionate commentary of the "poet" He Wei spread to all parts of the country through television signals.
Netizens from all over the world also said:
[It's good to be educated, I can say that an ordinary crushing game is so poetic. 】
[I have no culture, so I can only use "slot" to express my current mood. 】
[To be honest, He Wei's words make sense. But if he's saying that there is hope for Dragon Football, I always feel that something is a little bit wrong. 】
[Yes, if there is really hope, Pan Yi can enter the national youth team as a coach at the beginning, and maybe he will start to lead the national team to impact the 2018 World Cup now! ] 】
[I'll put it aside, unless there is a big reform of the Football Association, unless you kneel and beg Pan Yi to be the head coach, it's useless for anyone to come! 】
[Agree with the upstairs.] That's right, Changzhou Hengtai is very strong in Asia now, but this is based on their almost national team plus a few strong foreign aids. Why can't Japanese and South Korean teams play them? First, they don't have that much money, and second, their great stars are playing in Europe......]
[Alas, that's right, unless one day after getting rid of foreign aid, pure domestic players can also wrestle with Japanese and South Korean teams, I really believe that there is hope for the national football team. 】
[Isn't that the World Cup qualifiers?] Forget it...... I'd better watch Changzhou Hengtai play in the AFC Champions League, it's more fun that way. 】
[I'm different, I look at Chelsea. Watching Pan Yi lead the team to win the seven championships, it feels as cool as winning the championship himself! 】
[I'm the same!] 】
[Sit back and wait for the Club World Cup final in three days, which will be Pan Yi's third championship this season!] 】
[I'm the same!] 】
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In the next semi-final of the 2015 Club World Cup, Copa Libertadores winners River Plate took on Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
This Hiroshima Three Arrows team is led by the future head coach of the Japanese national team, "Youneng" and "famous player" Mori Boichi.
However, in the face of the South American champions, the Japanese J-League champion was ultimately defeated.
In the 72nd minute, River Plate's Lucas Arario scored a goal to help River Plate defeat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1-0 to reach the final.
In the end, it is the two continents that are the strongest in traditional football, South America and Europe, to play the final match.
Three days later, on December 20, the final arrived.
In the early three or four finals, Changzhou Hengtai faced Hiroshima Sanfrecce.
Just three minutes into the opening game, Paulinho of Changzhou Hengtai scored a lightning goal to take the lead.
But in the second half, Sanfrecce Hiroshima substitute striker Douglas completed the reversal with two headers, helping Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeat Hengta Changzhou 2:1, Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the third place in the Club World Cup, and Hengta Changzhou won the fourth place.
This is also after 2013, Changzhou Hengtai once again won the fourth place, failed to make a historic breakthrough.
Of course, at this time, more attention from Dragon Country fans is still on the finals.
This is also a historic breakthrough for Pan Yi and Chelsea!
After all, although the Club World Cup does not seem to be particularly heavy in terms of weight, it is also a real world champion!
Not to mention that it's an important part of the seven-time championship, if you don't get it, it's really embarrassing to tell people that you are the "strongest club in the world" or something.
And in Chelsea's room of honour, this trophy is indeed missing.
Therefore, Pan Yi also played with the main lineup in this game, and the players also performed very actively.
During the pre-game preparations, Pan Yi instructed the defenders to pay more attention to Saviola, after all, in Pan Yi's impression, he is a fast and flexible guy, and although he is not tall, he is very strong.
But when the game really started, Pan Yi found that there seemed to be no need.
Because Chelsea's advantage is too obvious.
For the first ten minutes, it was all Chelsea who were on the ball, organising and attacking, with River Plate having to defend passively.
It wasn't until the 15th minute that the traditional Argentine powerhouse seized a chance and tried to hit a counter-attack.
Poncio played the ball to Saviola, the former Argentinian phenom dribbling into the top of the box and trying to make a one-on-one break against N'Golo Kante, only to be quickly cut off by Kante's outstretched leg and instigated a quick Chelsea counter-attack.
It's just that this time after the ball reached Lukaku's feet, Hanhan shot the anti-aircraft gun and failed to score.
In the 20th minute, River Plate counter-attacked again.
Beoudes struck a through ball to get Saviola behind Chelsea centre-back Virgil van Dijk.
But Van Dijk leaned in, leaned in behind Saviola, and then stretched out his long foot to cut off the ball.
This is a reflection of the gap between Saviola and Europe's top defenders.
Whether it's physical, speed or technique, it's hard to get over Van Dijk's mountain!
In fact, during his three years at Barcelona, Saviola maintained a high goal scoring rate, but it was his lack of defensive ability and physical disadvantage that eventually led Rijkaard to abandon him in favor of Eto'o.
He couldn't fully establish himself in the Europa League when he was young, and now that he's older, he can't compete with players of the caliber of Virgil van Dijk and N'Golo Kante.
And this time, Van Dijk found the B seat on the right with a long pass.
After cutting inside on the right side of the B seat, he shook off the defender and volleyed the ball with his left foot, piercing the goal of River Plate, 1:0!
Just five minutes later, it was another quick Chelsea counter-attack when N'Golo Kante played a pass to Eden Hazard, who raced the ball and slotted into the box diagonally down the left before slotting into the goal.
But this time the shot was saved to the right by goalkeeper Barobero, and Lukaku followed up with a left-footed shot to break through River Plate's goal again!
2:0!
As soon as that second goal was scored, Chelsea were basically secure.
This shows that River Plate is definitely stronger in strength than Changzhou Hengtai, and it will also play some offenses;
But compared to the strong European teams, it is still a lot worse.
Especially in defense, there is still a big gap between South American teams and European teams in terms of discipline, and when dealing with the opponent's attack, the front line is often not tight enough, and the marking is not resolute enough, not to mention the gap in individual ability.
When it comes to Argentina specifically, are they gentle on defending? Not necessarily, on the contrary, they are likely to be even more fierce than Europe.
But the problem is that the defensive action is big, and it doesn't mean that the defense is tight.
Their defensive line tends to be more open, and it is easier for attacking players to play well.
This also led to some offensive players who performed well in South America, but when they arrived in the European League, they immediately did not adapt, and their performance also shrank significantly, and in the end they could only be called "parallel goods".
So, is Saviola a parallel import?
Not strictly speaking, after all, there are still a few years of good play.
But it's also true that he hasn't fully adapted to European football, otherwise he wouldn't have achieved what he has achieved now......
Towards the end of the first half, Azpilicueta's cross from the right was stopped by Harry Kane and shook off the opposing centre-back Balanta before hitting the goal to make it 3-0.
After the restart-up in the second half, Chelsea continued to launch a fierce attack on River Plate.
And Pan Yi quickly replaced the goal-scorer Harry Kane and replaced him with Mbappe.
It's not a tactical reason, it's a ......
Today, December 20, is Mbappe's birthday!
That is, he will turn 17 today.
Pan Yi sent a substitute to the game, just to let him celebrate his birthday with a goal!
And this kid did not live up to Pan Yi's trust, and soon after he came on the field, he achieved a breakthrough with the ball on the left side, and pushed the empty goal after shaking the opponent's goalkeeper, 4:0!
It was the best gift Kylian Mbappe gave to him for his 17th birthday and Chelsea's final goal of the game.
Such a score is also a true reflection of the difference between the two teams' performance on the field.
In the end, Chelsea won the tournament and won the 2015 Club World Cup.
This is also the first world title in Chelsea's history!