"Oh~ there are so many fans coming to see our game today!" After walking out of the player channel, Ronaldo looked at the stands around and couldn't help but exclaim, "The stands are almost full... How many fans are there!"

Compared with the White Hart Lane Stadium, which can accommodate only more than 36,000 people, the stadium capacity of Yokohama International Stadium is more than twice as high. In addition, Japanese fans have long developed the habit of watching Toyota Cup games at this time, which naturally brought Ronaldo an extremely strong visual shock!

Although the capacity of Old Trafford and Bernabeu is larger than that of Yokohama International Stadium, Ronaldo did not expect that in Japan, thousands of miles away from the United Kingdom, there would be so many fans coming to watch the game on site, and they all showed great enthusiasm!

"It's normal that this situation will happen. Don't make such a fuss." At this time, Davis patted Ronaldo on the shoulder calmly, reminding the latter to pay attention to maintaining his image and not to act like a rustic bun who has never seen the world. After all, in Tottenham, the Dutch Wild Boars are among the few players who have come to Japan to participate in the Toyota Cup, so you will naturally not be unfamiliar with this scene: "The overall level of Asian football is not high, and first-class stars are rare, so so many fans will take the initiative to watch our game on site. Besides, it won't take long to have a new luxury stadium. Now you just need to wait patiently."

After obtaining the construction rights of all venues and annexes for the London Olympics, George's plan to build a new stadium for Tottenham has been put on the agenda, which is no longer a secret in English football. Therefore, Ronaldo naturally nodded and said yes to Davis' statement.

Now let’s take a look at the situation on Sao Paulo. Paul Ottooli arranged a 3-5-2 formation today, intending to give full play to his own technical advantages, first control the midfield, and on this basis, then launch an attack on Tottenham’s goal!

Goalkeeper Rogenho Seni, the three central defenders are French, Diego Lugano and Ed Carlos, Bastos and Angelo Junior serve as left and right wingbacks, Josue, Danilo Andrade and Minero are the midfielder in the middle, and at the forward line, there is a combination of former Serie A Golden Boot and Bundesliga Golden Boot winners Amoruso and Aloisio. Although São Paulo's starting lineup is not as starry as Tottenham, it can be regarded as first-class in South American football!

Since Ciscinho joined Real Madrid earlier than his previous life, São Paulo's overall strength has declined to a certain extent compared to Ciscinho's team. Although São Paulo introduced Bastos after this and moved veteran Angelo Junior to the right to fill the vacancy after Ciscinho left the team, and even won the South American Liberators Cup championship, most people are still not optimistic about São Paulo's prospects for winning the championship!

Unlike Tottenham, which advocates team fighting, Sao Paulo, who has a strong Samba football imprint, relies more on the performance of the stars. Therefore, the negative impact of Ciscinho's departure on Sao Paulo is much greater than what it seems!

After talking about the starting lineup of St. Paul, let’s introduce Tottenham’s roster. Although it will be the quarterfinals of the League Cup with Wigan Athletic three days later, the temptation to become a world champion is obviously far beyond winning an ordinary League Cup match. Therefore, George did not hesitate to choose to send all the main players, rather than just like Liverpool in his previous life, hiding Crouch, Cice, Riser and other generals in a desperate situation when their strength was far superior to their opponents, giving their opponents an opportunity to take advantage of it!

Of course, Liverpool was defeated by Sao Paulo in his previous life. In addition to the fact that Benitez underestimated the enemy, luck also accounted for a large part. In that game, the Reds once broke through Sao Paulo's goal three times, but were all signaled that the referee on duty that the goal was invalid, so he lost to Sao Paulo in great affliction. Otherwise, with the level of that Liverpool, even if there were many main players who did not start, they should not lose a game with a huge win like this.

Goalkeeper Cech, four defenders from left to right are Evra, Vidic, Ridley King and Stephen Carr, and the midfield are Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Gerard, Al Shavin, Ronaldo and Drogba form the forward trident!

After some hesitation, George chose the latter between Macon and Carl. After all, the deputy captain who came from Tottori youth training has worked hard and has been in his prime, so his competitive state will only get worse and worse in the future. Under such circumstances, George will naturally be more inclined to hand over this starting opportunity to Carl as a reward for his diligent dedication to Tottenham for so many years!

As for Macon. Tottenham will definitely have a chance to participate in the Club World Cup in the future, and it will not be too late to let him start.

The referee of this game was from Mexican Armando Achendia. Originally, Blatt wanted another Mexican referee, Marco Rodriguez, to enforce the final, but under the secret promotion of Adele, the qualification finally fell into Achendia's hands.

Although George no longer remembers who the referee in the final of the Club World Cup in his previous life was, he still knows the reputation of Marco Rodriguez's "card swiping machine" in the football circle (meaning to satirize the referee for playing cards in the game). For Tottenham, which has a clear advantage in physical confrontation, a referee who likes to pay cards is not in the interests of Tottenham. In contrast, Achendia, who knows how to judge the situation or has a more B-minded heart, is obviously more suitable for Tottenham!

Although on the technical level, the level of São Paulo and Tottenham can be said to be comparable, the former obviously has a big gap between the latter in terms of overall strength, tactical level and physical confrontation ability. Therefore, after the start of the game, São Paulo quickly gained the upper hand in the midfield battle and frequently launched attacks on São Paulo's goal!

The failure to compete for the initiative of the game made the situation on Sao Paulo's court extremely bad in an instant. Like most Brazilian teams, Sao Paulo also has the problem of focusing on offense and defence. Therefore, once the initiative falls into the opponent, this often means that Sao Paulo's weakest part is completely exposed to the opponent!

Rogenho Seni is indeed very famous in international football, but this is mainly because of his goal-scoring ability, not because of how superb his goalkeeper is. If Seni's strength is really at the top level, then successive Brazilian coaches would not regard him as the third goalkeeper and hesitate between Dida and Marcos.

Just five minutes before the opening whistle, Tottenham Hotspur blasted Seni's fingers through an attack - Stephen Carl made a cross from the right forty-five degrees, and Drogba pushed the ball to Ronaldo who cut into the penalty area under the attack of Lugano and Franco. The Portuguese stepped on his feet and scored with a push shot, winning the first goal for Tottenham!

One to zero! Tottenham Hotspur has a fantastic start!

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