Chapter 422 Chelsea’s first world champion in history!
After Chelsea came to Japan, it was very easy to prepare for the game. Not only did they have a holiday for the players to travel around, but the training was also open to all fans and media, which seemed particularly relaxing.
But when it came to the game, Chelsea was not careless at all.
Although facing Changzhou Hengtai, the possibility of them capsizing in the ditch was almost zero, Pan Yi still made relatively detailed preparations.
For example, the marking of Elkeson and Goulart, and the restriction of Paulinho, etc.
As for other domestic players from the Dragon Kingdom...
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 lineups for the two games, so as to avoid the accumulation of player fatigue to the greatest extent.
Because Chelsea's lineup is so thick, although it mainly rotates personnel, it is still much higher than Changzhou Hengtai...
However, precisely because most of the players sent by Chelsea are not regular main players, this also makes the Dragon Country fans still have a little illusion.
"With the impact of three Brazilian foreign players, and letting other domestic players stick to their guns, we might really have a chance to steal one..."
Then, this fantasy came to nothing in 30 seconds.
The ball was passed to the Chelsea backcourt.
Yinvanovic saw the space on the left and made a long pass.
It was Mbappe who ran here, and he easily stopped the long pass from the right at his feet.
Ah, the ball stopped beautifully.]
This is another science fiction movie for the national football team.]
This time is different, it’s not a science fiction movie, but a live demonstration...]
Fans on the Internet didn't even have time to praise a few times when they saw Mbappé suddenly flicking the ball with the instep of his right foot, then stepped forward and rushed out!
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 defensive players, and Mbappe's figure suddenly got through before the two closed the door!
"So fast! Mbappe!
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Amid He Wei's exclamation, Mbappe suddenly cut to the center with the ball.
At this time, the only defensive player in front of him was Huang Bowen.
Why is it Huang Bowen?
It was because Scolari still had a hand to let Huang Bowen, who was the defensive midfielder today, delay a little at the start to prevent Chelsea's opening attack from suddenly breaking through their own defense.
Everyone knows that Chelsea starts off very sharply!
But with only Huang Bowen, can he guard against Mbappe?
The Dragon Country fans instantly became nervous.
Don't rush to grab it, otherwise you will definitely be beaten by this young man's speed.】
Yes, as long as you retreat quickly enough, there is no risk of being passed.]
Master Huang, try to cut him in the middle!】
But at this time, Mbappe chose the simplest and most effective method.
He gently moved the ball to the right, slightly dodging Huang Bowen. The moment a gap appeared between the ball and the goal, a right-footed volley came out!
Bang!
The sound of the instep colliding with the ball made everyone at the scene stand up involuntarily.
The ball soared into the air and drew a strange arc in the air. Changzhou Hengtai's national goalkeeper Zeng Cheng couldn't react at all and just watched the ball fly into the net from the other side of his center of gravity. "This goal... was scored beautifully!"
He Wei exclaimed.
"Stop the ball, break through two people with speed, cut inside and shoot! Done in one go!"
"So beautiful!"
This is the voice of everyone.
This goal was indeed scored beautifully.
And now the game has only started less than thirty seconds, and the goal has been scored.
This made the faces of Changzhou Hengtai players on the court look blank.
Especially the two players who were passed by Mbappe, Feng Xiaoting and Zhang Linpeng, looked at each other and saw horror and disbelief in their eyes.
They have already gone up to close the door. It stands to reason that two of them can watch each other.
Moreover, shouldn't the opponent's young player normally stop the ball, check the situation, and then pass the ball back, not seeking no success but no mistakes?
Who would have thought that Mbappe would be so adventurous, so bold, and so fast?
In this way, the two of them became Mbappe's background.
The camera turned to Changzhou Hengtai's bench, where coach Luiz Scolari looked desperate.
Everyone knows that Changzhou Hengtai has little chance against Chelsea, but he also wants to give it a try.
At the pre-match press conference, Scolari said: "There is indeed a gap between us and Chelsea, but football games are never just based on paper strength. We may play a hundred games with Chelsea and lose.
If you lose ninety-nine of them, you can only win one of them. But I hope that this one will appear tomorrow night."
This shows that he still has some ideas about this game.
Don’t you want to prove yourself in front of your old club? You also want to impress those who think you can’t gain a foothold in a top club.
But unexpectedly, Chelsea dashed his hope in just 30 seconds.
When a weak team plays a strong team, especially in a matchup with such a big gap, the hope of an upset is that the strong team cannot score early, and then the weak team holds off, making the players of the strong team more and more impatient, and then the weak team tries to steal another.
, or simply drag it to a penalty shootout.
Now that Chelsea scores an early goal, it is really a death sentence for itself.
The live broadcast camera moved away from coach Luiz Felipe Scolari and moved to Changzhou Hengtai’s bench.
The players are all ashen-faced.
Li Xuepeng, on the other hand, was gesticulating something with his teammate "Messi's brother" Mei Fang, probably talking about the goal just now.
From the shape of his mouth, it can be seen that it is: "lgb, too fast!"
The subsequent game was, as expected, completely controlled by Chelsea.
Whether it is technically or tactically, Changzhou Hengtai is at a disadvantage. It is really difficult to steal the ball from Chelsea players.
Although the three forwards composed of Elkeson, Goulart, and Zheng Long tried very hard to press Chelsea in the frontcourt, Chelsea's three central defenders and three midfielders, plus two fullbacks, could always easily
Pick the ball out and launch an attack.
Changzhou Hengtai's midfield is basically useless.
When Zheng Zhi was young, he might have been able to barely adapt to such top-level competition in Europe, but now that he is 35 years old, how can he withstand the impact of players like Goretzka and Cancelo?
Huang Bowen is even worse.
Only Paulinho could win the ball in several battles, but he was helpless and would soon be snatched back by Chelsea players.
Changzhou Hengtai goalkeeper Zeng Cheng quickly became the busiest person in the game.
But he can be regarded as a complete "Saint Zengcheng" today, and his continuous saves prevented Changzhou Hengtai from scoring a second goal too soon.
In the 15th minute, Chelsea still seized an opportunity and sent the ball into the penalty area.
When Changzhou Hengtai defender Kim Young-kwon made a clearance, Goretzka rushed up and blocked the ball with his body.
Abraham reacted quickly, cleverly grasped the spot, and shot a low shot directly near the penalty spot, piercing Changzhou Hengtai's goal and extending the score to 2:0 for Chelsea.
Just eight minutes later, Gnabry sent a pass from the left side of the penalty area. The ball was blocked by a Changzhou Hengtai player. After Yinvanovic got the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he walked into the penalty area and hit a goal
The volley expanded the score for Chelsea, 3:0!
Then in the 45th minute, it was the last attack of the first half.
After Cancelo moved forward, he cooperated with Lingard in an attack and passed the ball. Gnabry, surrounded by four defensive players, dribbled the ball through the siege and then sent the ball to Abraham's feet.
The English youngster made it in one fell swoop and scored another victory for Chelsea.
4:0!
This shot was Chelsea's 18th shot, and Changzhou Hengtai didn't even have a shot in the entire first half.
Yes, not even the least threatening long-range shot.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Chelsea began to control the rhythm on the court and did not play so fiercely.
This is when Chelsea begins to focus on the final.
In this kind of knockout match, it’s good if you can win, there is no need to kill everyone.
This is a favor that Pan Yi left for his hometown team, and he accepted it as soon as it was good.
However, in the 70th minute, Terry launched a long pass from the backcourt. Lingard suddenly rushed into the left side of the penalty area and scored with a low shot, expanding the score to 5:0!
Changzhou Hengtai did not take the first shot of the game until the 75th minute.
Paulinho made a direct pass, and after a one-two between Elkeson and Goulart, Elkeson hit a good-quality volley from the penalty area line, but it was hit by the quick-reacting Martin.
Pounced out.
This also gave Changzhou Hengtai the only corner kick opportunity in the game.
But after the corner kick was taken, the first point was hit by Zuma and returned in vain.
This actually reflects the huge gap between Asian professional football and European professional football.
The Chinese Super League champion, or the AFC Champions League champion, really has a hard time shooting in front of Chelsea.
At the final whistle, Chelsea defeated Changzhou Hengtai 5-0 and took the lead in reaching the final.
When Pan Yi led the Chelsea players to retire, the entire audience gave them warm applause, whether they were Chelsea fans wearing blue shirts or Changzhou Hengtai fans wearing red jerseys.
When the Changzhou Hengtai players began to express their thanks, they also received applause, as well as applause from the fans on both sides.
Although the Changzhou Hengtai players were unwilling to lose like this, they had tried their best on the court.
In such a contest with great disparity in strength, as long as you work hard and fight hard, even if you lose, the fans will not blame them, but will encourage them.
This is truly a harmonious scene rarely seen in football!
This situation made He Wei say emotionally:
"Football is like this. The joy of one side sets off the sadness of the other. The extreme emotions of human beings can be fully reflected in 90 minutes on a small green field. This is football."
"Facing the powerful Chelsea, Changzhou Hengtai is like David in the story of David and Goliath. Although they failed to defeat the giant Chelsea, they left a deep impression on the world." p>
"Football is love, not hate. Support your favorite team, no matter it is at its peak or trough; appreciate your strong opponent, you are stronger because of his existence. This is the greatest philosophy that football teaches us." "Keep working hard! Dragon Country Football! As long as we move in the right direction, who's to say that one day in the future, our team can't compete with the best teams on the highest stage in the world?
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"Just like a few years ago, who would have thought that the head coach leading the most powerful team in the world would be from the Dragon Country?"
"Why do we love football so much? Because it not only shows the inspiring struggle stories of players and coaches, but also entrusts the heroic dreams of us ordinary people in our ordinary lives."
"Everyone has a dream, but not everyone can achieve their dreams. Whether they are those who achieve their dreams or those who work hard to reach the door of their dreams, they all deserve respect. Maybe in the end he will fall there
door, but you know he tried his best."
"Please don't believe that victory is as easy as dandelions on the hillside, but please believe that there is always beauty in the world that is worthy of our all-out efforts, even if we are broken into pieces!
..."
"Poet" He Wei's passionate explanations were spread throughout the country through television signals.
Netizens from all over the country also said:
It’s good to be educated. It’s amazing that you can describe an ordinary crushing match so poetically.]
As an uneducated person, I can only express my current mood with "f*ck".]
To be honest, what He Wei said makes sense. But if he is saying that there is hope for Longguo football, I always feel that something is wrong.]
Yes, if there was really hope, Pan Yi could have joined the National Youth Team as a coach, and maybe now he would lead the national team to compete in the 2018 World Cup!]
I’ll leave it at that, unless there is a big reform in the Football Association, unless Pan Yi begs Pan Yi to be the head coach, it will be useless for anyone to come!]
Agree with the above. Yes, Changzhou Hengtai is very strong in Asia now, but this is based on the fact that they are almost the national team plus a few strong foreign players. Why can’t the Japanese and Korean teams beat them?
Firstly, they don’t have that much money, and secondly, their best players are all playing in Europe...]
Alas, that’s right, unless one day the foreign players are removed and purely domestic players can compete with Japanese and Korean teams, I will truly believe that the national football team has hope.]
Isn’t that the World Cup qualifiers? Forget it... I’d rather watch Changzhou Hengtai play in the AFC Champions League, that would be more fun.]
It's different for me. I watch Chelsea. Watching Pan Yi lead the team to win seven championships, it feels as good as winning the championship myself!]
Me too!】
Waiting for the Club World Cup final three days later, this will be Pan Yi’s third championship this season!]
Me too!】
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In the next semi-final of the 2015 Club World Cup, South American Copa Libertadores champion River Plate faced Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima is led by the future head coach of the Japanese national team, "competent" and "famous general" Yasuichi Mori.
But facing the South American champions, the Japanese league champions were ultimately defeated.
River Plate's Lucas Alario scored a goal in the 72nd minute, helping River Plate defeat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 1:0 to reach the final.
In the end, the final final will be between the two strongest continents in traditional football, South America and Europe.
Three days later, on December 20, the final will arrive.
In the early third-place finals, Choshu Tsuneta faced off against Hiroshima Sanfrecce.
Only 3 minutes into the game, Paulinho of Changzhou Hengtai scored a lightning goal to take the lead.
But in the second half, Sanfrecce Hiroshima forward Douglas, who came on as a substitute, completed the reversal with two headers, helping Sanfrecce Hiroshima defeat Kota Shoshu 2:1. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the third place in the Club World Cup, and Kota Shoshu finished fourth.<
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This is also the fourth time that Changzhou Hengtai ranked fourth after 2013, failing to achieve a historic breakthrough.
Of course, at this time, Dragon Kingdom fans are still paying more attention to the final.
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 weight, it is still a genuine world championship!
Not to mention it is an important part of the seven-time championship. If you don't get it, you really won't be embarrassed to tell others that you are the "strongest club in the world".
And in Chelsea’s honor room, this trophy is indeed missing.
Therefore, Pan Yi also played with the full lineup in this game, and the players also performed very actively.
During the preparations before the game, Pan Yi told the defensive players 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.
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But when the game actually started, Pan Yi found that it seemed unnecessary.
Because Chelsea’s advantage is too obvious.
In the first ten minutes, Chelsea was all about controlling the ball, organizing and attacking, while River Plate could only defend passively.
It wasn't until the 15th minute that this traditional Argentine team seized an opportunity and tried to counterattack.
Poncio passed the ball to Saviola. The former Argentine genius dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area. When facing Kanter, he wanted to make a one-on-one breakthrough, but Kanter quickly stretched his leg and broke it off.
And instigated a quick counterattack by Chelsea.
It's just that this time when the ball reached Lukaku's feet, Hanhan shot the anti-aircraft cannon and failed to score.
In the 20th minute, River Plate counterattacked again.
Bjudez made a through ball, trying to get Saviola to hit Chelsea center back Van Dijk.
But Van Dijk leaned forward, leaning Saviola behind him, and then stretched out his long legs to intercept the ball.
This reflects the gap between the current Saviola and Europe's top defenders.
Regardless of body, speed or technology, it is difficult to overcome the mountain of Van Dijk!
In fact, during his three years at Barcelona, although Saviola always maintained a high scoring rate, it was his lack of defensive ability and physical disadvantage that finally made Rijkaard give up on him.
Use Eto'o instead.
He was unable to fully establish himself in the European League when he was young. Now that he is older, he is naturally even less able to compete with players of the level of Van Dijk and Kante.
But this time, Van Dijk directly found the B seat on the right with a long pass.
After cutting in from the right in seat B, he threw away the defender and volleyed a curve ball with his left foot, which penetrated the River Plate goal, 1:0!
Just five minutes later, there was another quick counterattack by Chelsea. Kante passed the ball to Hazard, who dribbled the ball wildly, crossed into the penalty area from the left, and hit the goal.
But this time the shot was thrown to the right by goalkeeper Barobello. Lukaku followed up and fired with his left foot, breaking the River Plate goal again!
2:0!
As soon as this second goal was scored, Chelsea was basically stable.
This shows that compared with Changzhou Hengtai, River Plate is definitely stronger in terms of strength and can also play some offense;
But compared with the strong European teams, it is still far behind.
Especially on defense, there is still a big gap between South American teams in terms of discipline compared to European teams. When dealing with the opponent's offense, the line is often not tight enough, and the marking is not firm enough, let alone personal ability.
There is a gap in itself.
Regarding Argentina specifically, are they very gentle in defense? That's not necessarily the case. On the contrary, they are probably more fierce than Europe.
But the problem is that big defensive moves don’t mean tight defense.
Their defense line often has relatively large openings, making it easier for offensive players to perform well.
This has also led to some offensive players who performed very well in South America to immediately find themselves unable to adapt to the European leagues, and their performance has shrunk significantly. In the end, they can only be called "parallel imports."
So, is Saviola considered a parallel import?
Not strictly speaking, after all, there were still a few years when I played well.
But it is also true that he has not fully adapted to European football. Otherwise, his achievements would not be what he is now...
Before the end of the first half, Azpilicueta made a pass from the right. Harry Kane stopped the ball and passed the opponent's central defender Balanta, then hit the goal with his kick, expanding the score to 3:0. p>
After changing sides in the second half, Chelsea continued to launch a fierce attack on River Plate.
Pan Yi also quickly replaced Harry Kane, the hero of the goal, and replaced him with Mbappe.
This is not out of tactical considerations, but because...
Today, December 20, is Mbappe’s birthday!
In other words, he turns 17 today.
Pan Yi came on as a substitute so that he could celebrate his birthday by scoring a goal!
And this kid did not live up to Pan Yi's trust. Not long after he came on the field, he made a breakthrough with the ball on the left, and after passing the opponent's goalkeeper, he pushed the shot into the empty goal, 4:0!
This is Mbappe's best gift for his 17th birthday, and it is also Chelsea's last goal of the game.
This score is a true reflection of the difference in performance between the two teams on the field.
In the end, Chelsea won the game as they wished and won the 2015 Club World Cup.
This is also Chelsea’s first world championship in history!