"Oh~ there are so many fans coming to watch our game today!" After walking out of the tunnel, Cristiano Ronaldo glanced at the stands around him and couldn't help but exclaimed, "The stands are almost full...how many fans are there? !”
Compared with White Hart Lane Stadium, which can accommodate only 36,000 people, the capacity of Yokohama International Stadium is more than double. In addition, Japanese fans have long developed the habit of watching Toyota Cup games at this time. Habits naturally gave Ronaldo an extremely strong visual shock!
Although the capacity of Old Trafford and the Bernabeu is larger than that of the Yokohama International Stadium, Ronaldo did not expect that so many fans would come to watch the game in Japan, which is thousands of miles away from the UK. Show great enthusiasm!
"It's completely normal for this kind of situation to happen. Don't make such a fuss." At this time, Davis patted Ronaldo on the shoulder very calmly, reminding the latter to maintain his appearance and not act like he had never seen him before. Just like a bumpkin in the world. After all, in the Tottenham team, Boar is one of the few players who has come to Japan to participate in the Toyota Cup competition, so he will naturally be familiar with this scene: "The overall level of Asian football is not high, and first-class stars are even rarer. That's why so many fans take the initiative to come to watch our games. Besides, it won't be long before we have a new, more luxurious stadium. Now you just have to wait patiently."
After acquiring the construction rights for all the venues and ancillary buildings for the London Olympics, George's plan to build a new stadium for Tottenham has been put on the agenda. This is no longer a secret in English football. Therefore, Ronaldo naturally nodded in agreement with Davis' statement.
Now let’s take a look at the situation in Sao Paulo. Paul Otuoli arranged a 3-5-2 formation today, intending to give full play to his technical advantages, control the midfield first, and then launch an attack on Tottenham's goal!
Goalkeeper Rogenio Ceni, the three central defenders are Fabon, Diego Lugano and Ed Carlos, Bastos and Angelo Junior serve as left and right wing-backs, Josue , Danilo Andrade and Mineiro partner in the middle of the midfield, and on the forward line, they are the combination of former Serie A Golden Boot and Bundesliga Golden Boot winners Amoruso and Aloisio. Although Sao Paulo's starting lineup is not as star-studded as Tottenham, it is still considered top-notch in South American football!
Because Cicinho joined Real Madrid earlier than in his previous life, Sao Paulo's overall strength has declined to a certain extent compared to when Cicinho was on the team. Although Sao Paulo introduced Bastos after this, and moved veteran Angelo Junior to the right to fill the vacancy after Cicinho left the team, and even won the South American Libertadores Cup, most of them People are still not optimistic about Sao Paulo’s prospects of winning the championship!
Unlike Tottenham, which advocates team play, Sao Paulo, which has a strong brand of Samba football, relies more on the performance of its stars. Therefore, the negative impact of Cicinho's departure on Sao Paulo is much greater than it seems on the surface!
After talking about Sao Paulo’s starting lineup, let’s introduce Tottenham’s lineup. Although the League Cup quarter-final against Wigan Athletic was just three days away, the lure of becoming world champions clearly went far beyond winning an ordinary League Cup game. Therefore, George did not hesitate to choose to use all the main players, instead of being like Liverpool in the previous life, who actually hid Crouch, Cisse, Riise and other generals even though they were far superior to their opponents, giving their opponents an opportunity to take advantage of them. Opportunity!
Of course, in the previous life, Liverpool was upset by Sao Paulo. In addition to Benitez’s overestimation of the opponent, luck also accounted for a large part. In that game, the Red Army broke Sao Paulo’s goal three times, but they failed every time. The referee on duty signaled that the goal was invalid, which led to an extremely frustrating defeat to Sao Paulo. Otherwise, with the level of that Liverpool team, even if many main players did not start, they should not lose a game with a great chance of winning like this.
Goalkeeper Cech, the four defenders from left to right are Evra, Vidic, Ledley King and Stephen Carr, and the midfielders are Mascherano, Xavi Alonso and Gerrard , Arshavin, Cristiano Ronaldo and Drogba form a front three!
After some hesitation, George chose the latter between Maicon and Carl. After all, the vice-captain who came from Tottenham's youth training has worked hard and achieved great results, and he has already reached his senior year. His competitive status will only get worse in the future. Under such circumstances, George will naturally be more inclined to give this starting opportunity to Karl as a reward for his diligent dedication to Tottenham for so many years!
As for Maicon. Tottenham will definitely have a chance to participate in the Club World Cup in the future, and it won't be too late to let him start in the starting lineup.
The referee of this game is Mexican Armando Achendia. Originally, Blatter wanted another Mexican referee, Marco Rodriguez, to officiate the final, but with Adele's secret promotion, the qualification finally fell into the hands of Achendia.
Although George can no longer remember who the referee was in the Club World Cup final in his previous life, Marco Rodriguez is a "card swipe machine" in the football circle (meaning to satirize the referee for playing cards in the game) He still knows about his reputation. For Tottenham, who clearly have the advantage in physical confrontation, a referee who likes to take out cards is not in Tottenham's interests. In contrast, Achendia, who knows how to assess the situation, or has a better mind, is obviously more suitable for Tottenham!
Although at the technical level, Sao Paulo and Tottenham can be said to be equally matched, in terms of overall strength, tactical level and physical confrontation ability, the former obviously has a big gap with the latter. Therefore, after the game started, Tottenham quickly gained the upper hand in the midfield battle and frequently attacked Sao Paulo's gate!
The failure to compete for the initiative in the game made Sao Paulo's situation on the field instantly become extremely bad. Like most Brazilian teams, Sao Paulo also has the problem of focusing more on offense than defense. Therefore, once the initiative falls into the hands of the opponent, it often means that St. Paul's weakest point is completely exposed to the opponent!
Rogenio Ceni is indeed well-known in international football, but this is mainly because of his scoring ability, not because of how superb his goalkeeping skills are - if Seni is really good If he is at the top level, then successive Brazilian coaches will not regard him as the third goalkeeper and hesitate between Dida and Marcos.
No, just five minutes after the opening whistle, Tottenham blasted away Sene's fingers with an attack - Stephen Carr passed the ball at a 45-degree angle from the right, Drogba connected with France in Lugano Under Bang's attack, he tipped the ball to Ronaldo who cut into the penalty area. The Portuguese kicked the ball up and down, and succeeded in scoring with a push shot, giving Tottenham the first victory!
One to zero! Tottenham is off to a fantastic start!
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