In just fifteen minutes, Suarez scored with a header in the penalty area, opening the door to victory for Southampton.
Then in the 36th minute, after receiving a pass from Suarez, Dembele passed two people in the penalty area and then hit the ball into the dead center of the goal.
Only five minutes into the second half, Perisic scored another goal through a quick counterattack.
Suarez scored twice before the end after receiving a pass from Lukaku, who also came on as a substitute.
The final score was 4-0. Southampton completed a complete massacre in this semi-final, and the Blue Cross didn't even have the ability to resist.
Such a disastrous defeat even affected their subsequent performance. In the third and fourth place finals, although the Blue Cross was far superior to Auckland City, the two sides ended up tied one to one during the regular time of the game.
Blue Cross lost to their opponents in the penalty shootout and failed to win third place.
"It was very difficult to win San Lorenzo," Noriya said to Benelli.
Indeed, in another semi-final, San Lorenzo faced New Zealand champions Orange City. They played very hard, with a score of zero to zero in the first half. San Lorenzo scored first shortly after the start of the second half.
But the opponent quickly equalized the score. It was not until the game reached stoppage time that they relied on Matos, who came on as a substitute, to score and win the semi-finals - if it was dragged into overtime or a penalty kick
If there was a war, they might not be able to win.
"Be careful, they may change their appearance in the final, as South American teams often do," Benali warned.
Ji Ya nodded. Benali was right. For the South American champions, the Club World Cup final is a game that they value very much. If their players perform well in such a game, then there will be great success.
The opportunity is spotted by a European team, and then they go to Europe...Under such stimulation, they often perform well.
"We will send all the main players, so it is not a big problem. San Lorenzo does not have particularly outstanding players. Their performance in the Copa Libertadores last season was average. They were almost eliminated in the group stage. If it were not for the competition
The third independent team had two more goal differences. In the first round of the knockout round, they also eliminated Gremio on penalty kicks. They only beat the Paraguay nationals by one goal in the two rounds of the final. If the Brazilian team had not performed poorly collectively, they would have wanted to
It’s still difficult to win the Copa Libertadores, so we don’t have to worry too much,” Noriya told Benelli.
This is true. The previous South American Libertadores Cup was relatively high in gold content, but in recent years it has fallen far behind. Good players are often poached by strong European teams very early. In addition to veterans, they can use veterans who have already been recruited.
Comparatively speaking, the overall standard of young people who have cut a crop is indeed quite poor.
There are still very good players in South America, but they all play in Europe, and even went to Europe very early - this is also a trend. After all, young talents go to Europe earlier to receive better training and tests, and their success rate will be lower.
It will be much higher.
Therefore, the level of South American clubs, which used to cause a lot of trouble for European teams, has now declined to the point where it is difficult for them to cause trouble for European champions.
The only thing Southampton has to worry about is whether it will allow its opponent to counterattack successfully if it cannot attack for a long time.
"I won't let them have the opportunity to hold on until we are anxious." Ji Ya said.
Southampton has plenty of means to break through intensive defense.
Whether it's a cross from the wings, a penetration from the center, or a long shot from outside the penalty area, they all have enough offensive capabilities, that is, the set-piece is a little bit worse, but De Bruyne's corner kick is not bad. For free kicks, Ku
Tinho can also use both legs.
In this game, Ji Ya fielded a relatively mixed lineup.
The goalkeeper continues to be Romero, and it is better to use him against the Argentine team. The two full-backs are replaced by the main players Cancelo and Alonso, but the central defenders are two young central defenders, Bailey, Rudiger, and Otamendi.
Continuing to rest, midfielder Matic and Casemiro partnered in the middle. De Bruyne stepped forward alone, giving him more range of activities and permission to take the ball. Forward Suarez also started again, and his partner was Lu
Kaku and Mane.
For such a tactic, nothing else has changed much, except that the two young central defenders on the back line are faster, have a wider range of activities, are taller, and have better header ability...
Such a change was ignored by San Lorenzo, so they suffered a lot because of this matter.
Only eleven minutes into the game, De Bruyne passed the ball and Mane forced a breakthrough from the wing and created a corner kick.
De Bruyne took a corner kick, and the two central defenders who advanced to assist took off high at the same time. Rudiger made a feint shot from the front, and Bailly, who followed up from the back, took off a little late, but just caught up with the man who started to fall.
Ball!
Facing the flying ball, Bailly shook his head and hit the goal!
The ball quickly flew into the gate of San Lorenzo!
Southampton scored first!
Tens of thousands of fans at the Marrakesh Stadium immediately shouted excitedly. There were only a few hundred Southampton fans here who had come all the way. After all, it is still a long way to go from the UK to Morocco, although Morocco is at the northernmost tip of Africa, and
Spain is across the sea, but it is also separated from the UK by the entirety of Western Europe.
There are still not many fans who have the financial resources and time to travel to Morocco, especially when Christmas is coming soon.
However, most of the tens of thousands of local fans at the scene supported Southampton. After all, Southampton is the Champions League champion. They must have more channels to watch the Champions League than to watch the Copa Libertadores, although they may not be from Southampton.
Fans, but just seeing a familiar face will make them support Southampton more.
Although Southampton's popular players, such as Ronaldo, have left, there are still many popular players in Southampton.
Such as De Bruyne, such as Suarez.
Now that Southampton was in the lead, they started shouting loudly, hoping that Southampton could score again.
San Lorenzo is having a bit of a headache. After all, their main tactic is defensive counterattack. How can they defend now that they have conceded the ball?
All we can do is prepare to attack.
As a result, they started to attack and constantly looked for opportunities through their own passing. As the South American champions, they had no problems with technology and coordination. Although they did not have particularly outstanding players, they were better than average in strength.
After Southampton took the lead, they began to stabilize the midfield and fight with the opponent. Their skills are also very good. Now that they are in the lead, they can be patient and deal with the opponent more. Anyway, they are definitely not the ones who are anxious now.
