Chapter 145, Club World Cup
Galatasaray is a Turkish giant.
Their home stadium, the Sámi Intent, is one of the biggest names in European football.
Although the capacity is less than 30,000 people.
But it's what Galatasaray fans call "hell".
Certainly not Galatasaray's hell.
It's the opponent's hell.
This is not a boast of Galatasaray fans.
Other fans agreed.
Because all the terrible European teams that have experienced this stadium will certainly not want to come here for a second match.
But.
Except for Yelo.
He has also been to Turkey away from home before.
He knows a thing about it.
What if the fans are crazy?
How he should play or how he should play.
The so-called home advantage has no effect on Yelo.
There is Ye Luo as a base.
The rest of the Arsenal players are certainly not afraid.
This time in Istanbul.
Arsenal were prepared early.
For example, they booked two hotels.
Their public hotel is for fans in Turkey.
His own player had already secretly gone to another hotel.
So Galatasaray fans had a night of trouble in a hotel where the Arsenal players were not staying at all.
Firecrackers, fireworks were set off overnight.
All did useless work.
But they don't know.
Galatasaray fans also feel they have managed to get the Arsenal players without getting a good night's sleep.
As everyone knows, Arsenal is sleeping peacefully in another hotel at this time.
It doesn't affect at all.
Galatasaray fans can be said to have done a complete piece of performance art.
When they woke up the next day, everyone laughed when they saw the newspaper report.
This trick was conceived by Ye Luo.
It just took a little money to give the Arsenal players a good night's sleep.
It's worth it.
Fans though crazy.
Galatasaray's players are not crazy.
They also knew that the game was really meaningless.
They lost 3-0 away to Monaco in their last group game.
That is, no matter what the outcome of this game is
Their hopes of finishing third in the group and qualifying for the Europa League are already slim.
In terms of the win-loss relationship between the two sides, Galatasaray does not have an advantage against Monaco.
On goal difference, Monaco have two, while Galatasaray has?
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The gap is too big.
There is no hope of catching up at all.
So this last round of the group stage,.
For Galatasaray, it was just a formality.
There is no conflict of interest on either side.
The reason why Galatasaray fans are so crazy.
It's just that their team can win a Champions League game anyway.
It's about the face of the team.
But this face is very important to the fans.
The players don't necessarily think so.
After the start of the game.
Arsene Wenger rotated most of his main players.
Arsenal aren't going to go all out anyway.
Galatasaray also felt that there was not much point in this match.
It's better to stay in the league.
After all, Galatasaray slipped to fifth place in the league.
The big clubs will also be greatly affected by the Champions League.
So this game is for both sides.
It's all a bit of a wave.
The atmosphere at home is really strong.
Both sides were completely unleashed on the pitch.
Opened the Assault Battle.
The final score was four to two.
Arsenal scored four goals.
Galatasaray scored two goals.
Yelo scored a goal in the middle of the game.
In six games in the group stage, his goal tally was fixed at nine.
After the game.
The atmosphere between the players on both sides is still very good.
Galatasaray's players are like starchasers.
They all rushed to take photos with Ye Luo, asked Ye Luo to sign autographs, and hoped that they could interact with Ye Luo on Twitter, etc.
It's no different from the average fan.
After all, everyone is a player.
However, the status is completely different.
Yelo is for the current Galatasaray player.
They knew too well how powerful Ye Luo was.
So they also have a little admiration for Ye Luo.
It's no surprise that they behaved like fans.
The final Champions League group stage has ended.
Arsenal are back in England.
After the second day of all the group stage matches.
The top 16 was born.
UEFA soon conducted a draw ceremony.
Because Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, these teams are all top of the group.
It's impossible to meet Arsenal.
But.
Arsenal were drawn to Borussia Dortmund.
This sign is not good or bad.
Dortmund is not the Dortmund it was a few years ago.
In the league, Dortmund are now in thirteenth place.
Klopp Alexander.
So they don't necessarily have to be crazy in the Champions League.
After the draw is over.
Arsenal host a league clash with Fulham at the weekend.
Played the game against Fulham.
The whole Arsenal squad is going to the Club World Cup.
Match against Fulham.
Arsenal made a big rotation.
Even some of the reserve team players are in the eighteen-man squad.
This is for the players of the reserve team.
There is no doubt that it is a great encouragement.
However, these reserve squad players were unable to feature in the game against Fulham.
They just sat on the bench for one game.
Arsenal won 2-1 in this game.
The game wasn't exciting.
Fulham even had chances to finish the net;
That's why.
These reserve players don't get a chance to play.
Arsene Wenger has to make sure his team can win.
At all costs.
Three points are the most important thing.
Win this game.
Arsenal continue to hold a three-point lead over Manchester United.
The day after this match.
The whole Arsenal squad is going to the Club World Cup.
This is Yelo's first time participating in the Club World Cup.
The predecessor of the Club World Cup was the Toyota Cup.
Previously, it had been an event sponsored by Toyota.
It is played by the winners of the European Champions Cup and the Copa Libertadores every year.
The bonuses are generous.
That's why we can invite these two championship teams.
The predecessor of the Club World Cup was the Toyota Cup, and the predecessor of the Toyota Cup was the Intercontinental Cup.
The Cup was created with the aim of hoping that two of the strongest teams in world football would meet each other to determine the true king of the world.
That's why there is a contest between the champions of two continents that represent the highest level of world football.
Later, after FIFA President Sepp Blatter came to power.
Determined to use the Club World Cup to compete for influence in the Champions League.
There is this Club World Cup.
From 2005, the original Toyota Cup was replaced.
Bring in the continental cup winners from every continent.
Let's be honest, though.
There are many participating teams, though.
It's a veritable Club World Cup.
But the highlight is the fight for the Champions League title and the Copa Libertadores.
The annual championship and runner-up are also selected from these two teams.
After all, there is too much difference in football strength between continents.
South America can compete with Europe.
It's okay for the national team.
After all, many countries can send foreign players to Europe, and if there are sample players, the strength can still compete with the national teams of European countries.
But the club can't help it.
The strength of the South American team is not enough compared to the Champions League winners.
For the players of Arsenal.
They didn't pay much attention to the opponents they faced in the Club World Cup.
Even Boca Juniors, the champion of the Copa Libertadores.
They don't care much either.
They come here.
Just to claim their pre-booked third championship trophy.
When the plane of the entire Arsenal team landed at Tokyo's Narita Airport, it was warmly welcomed by the fans there.
Arsenal has a large number of fans all over the world, and it is no exception in the country.
In addition, Arsenal is now the strongest team, and the Japanese people worship the strong, so there are more fans.
This time to participate in the Club World Cup, Arsenal's main force is full, superstars are gathered, and the Japanese people who like to chase stars naturally go out.
From the moment they walked out of the aisle, they were drowned out by the cheers of the Japanese fans at the pick-up gate.
Countless schoolgirls and boys screamed.
The number one star Ye Luo is naturally the most popular one.
Although Ye Luo is a native of the Dragon Kingdom, this does not prevent him from having a large number of fans in the same country as the Wa Kingdom.
A large number of female middle school students held up posters of Ye Luo and painted red hearts to show him their love.
Ye Luo, who was walking in the crowd, clearly enjoyed the treatment, and he waved frequently to the female students.
Among the boys, there are also many fans of Ye Luo, because he is strong, can score goals, and his surname is still very unruly, which is very suitable for being the idol of rebellious boys.
They also chanted Yelo's name.
Ye Luo was a little colder to them than to girls, and most of his eyes were still on girls.
The Arsenal players were also in very easy shape before they came on the pitch.
Compared to their nervous opponents.
It doesn't seem like the Arsenal players are coming for the semi-finals of the Club World Cup.
Rather, it is tourists who come here for a holiday visit.
After the Arsenal players come on the pitch.
They don't know anything about the opponent, what the opponent's players are called, what positions they play.
But it doesn't matter.
Arsenal can't defend this game, they must lead the attack and dominate the situation on the pitch.
The opponent can get about 30% of the possession, which can be regarded as Arsenal's waterproof.
From the very beginning of the game.
Arsenal launched a fierce attack towards Al Ali's goal.
At first, the African champions wanted to have a good hand with Arsenal.
They feel like they're fighting for their dignity.
Arsenal's players don't take them seriously.
This made the dignified African champion feel insulted.
But it took less than five minutes for an African champion to become an African champion.
Their resistance lasted only five minutes.
The fifth minute of the game.
Arsenal scored.
The player who scored the goal.
It's their number one star - Yelo!
He got the ball in the box and shook off the defender with ease, pulled the ball away from the angle, pulled the ball inside with one foot, and the ball arced and flew into the post and into the goal.
There was a huge cheer from the stands of the Edo National Stadium.
Anyway, now the host team has been eliminated.
So the fans of the Wa Kingdom simply became the fans of Arsenal.
Of course, he has also become a fan of Yelo.
Because of the presence of Ye Luo.
During this time, many Waguo fans even went to buy the flag of the Dragon Kingdom.
They have stickers on their faces to indicate that they are die-hard fans of Yelo.
"Ahhhh Lines that cut through space!! Sword of the Empire!! ”
The second style commentary of the Wakoku commentator began.
"Arsenal scored first! Now they can play what they do best, and they can counter-attack! ”
However, Arsenal did not do what the commentator said.
After taking the lead, it shrinks back.
That's right.
Arsenal are good at doing this.
But that's against Barcelona, Manchester United, and teams like that.
What is the African champion for this?
Of course, it can't be like this.
So after Arsenal scored.
They didn't shrink back.
Instead, continue to maintain high pressure.
Continued indiscriminate bombardment of Al-Ali's backline.
All of a sudden.
The African champions finally understood the huge gap between themselves and the European champions.
There was a lot of noise in the restricted area.
Arsenal's goals came one after the other.
Arsenal were 4-0 up in the first half.
Yelo scored twice.
The other goal came from Cazorla and Virgil van Dijk.
After the start of the second half.
Arsene Wenger started to make substitutions.
He is now very hopeful that the Club World Cup will be the same as in pre-season.
Substitutions are possible.
That would allow him to replace all 11 starters on the field.
This will allow more players to get the chance to play.
It will also allow more key players to rest.
It's a pity that this game is an official match.
All the rules are to be followed by the rules set by FIFA.
Of course, the number of substitutions can only be limited to three.
However, those three substitutions were used up in the 60th minute.
As is commonly understood.
The manager shouldn't have used up the substitutions so early.
Because you have to be prepared for some unexpected situations.
But there are no surprises for Arsenal right now.
They also need to rest and adjust.
So everyone thought that the next game would go into a garbage time.
Arsenal are preparing for the next final.
The score of the game.
Maybe it won't change much.
However, the development of the game does not seem to have developed as expected.
Although it was replaced early.
Arsenal really didn't attack as fiercely as they did in the first half.
However, the goals still came one by one.
Ultimately.
In the second half.
Yelo scored twice.
This game staged a big four.
Arsenal slaughtered Al Ali 7-0.
The match surprised a lot of the media.
They certainly guessed that Arsenal would win comfortably.
But I didn't expect to win so many.
It's just so heartless.
But fans who have watched this game know.
In fact, Arsenal has already shown mercy.
A couple of goals in the second half are the kind of points where you don't shoot is an insult to the opponent.
Arsenal closed the kick and played 7-0.
If only they did it all.
Will the African champions be beaten by them in double figures?
The next day.
The other semi-final is over.
The match between Boca Juniors and América de Mexico went to extra time.
In the end, it was Boca Juniors who beat their opponents by a score of 3-1.
Unlike Arsenal, who won the African title easily.
Boca Juniors is much tougher.
On the one hand, there is a big gap between Boca Juniors and Arsenal in terms of their own strength.
On the other hand, Mexico and America are stronger than the African champions.
There is actually a big difference in the level of football between continents.
The worst is Asia.
Although the national team in Africa is very strong, the strength of the teams in the local league is not strong because their local league is not good.
The teams in North and Central America, especially the teams in Mexico, are actually very good, and they play very well.
South America is stronger than teams on these continents.
But the strength of the league on the European side is unique.
The uneven development of football has been a thing for a long time.
Even with the convergence of various resources towards the Europa League.
The extent of this imbalance has even widened.
Ten or twenty years ago.
Clubs in South America.
Especially the giants of Samba and Weeping Country.
The strength is definitely not inferior to the top giants in Europe.
But with the Europa League getting richer and richer.
Clubs in South America have almost essentially become youth bases for European teams.
Just a little bit of a famous South American genius.
will soon be noticed by European teams and then taken to the continent.
In this way, an ecological chain has been formed.
But anyway.
The only place that can catch up with the strength of European clubs is South America, where almost everyone can play.
In the end, Boca Juniors and Arsenal met in the final.
After all, there are no surprises in the Club World Cup in this world.
It doesn't matter if it's called the Club World Cup.
Or the Toyota Cup.
The essence has not changed.
This is the battle between the European Champion and the South American Champion.
Finally this step has arrived, and many people are relieved.
The Club World Cup has only officially started now. (End of chapter)