"Goooooooal! The ball has been scored! The scorer is Cristiano Ronaldo!" Seeing the referee indicating that Ronaldo's goal was valid, Andy Gray, who was sitting in the live broadcast room, almost jumped up from his seat and said passionately yelled into the microphone. Obviously, the Sky TV ace commentator is extremely satisfied with Tottenham's ability to take the lead so quickly!
Although Tottenham is much stronger than Sao Paulo, and the combat effectiveness gap between European and South American teams has also continued to widen after the implementation of the Bosman Act, football matches do not solely depend on the strength of the opposing sides. For example, AC Milan two years ago and Real Madrid five years ago were defeated by Boca Juniors in the Toyota Cup and missed the championship trophy.
At the same time, Tottenham players gathered on the sidelines and celebrated the goal with the fans in the stands. After gaining a one-goal lead, the initiative in this game has completely fallen into their hands. It will undoubtedly be difficult for Sao Paulo to achieve a reversal!
Compared with the jubilant Tottenham players, the whole Sao Paulo team was shrouded in gloom at this time - their own door was blasted open by Tottenham so quickly. This was a situation they did not expect before the game!
"I really didn't expect that this player named Drogba would be so strong." Otuoli thought with annoyance. He always thought that Drogba was just a replica of Heskey. It was only because of the outstanding abilities of Cristiano Ronaldo, Arshavin and Robben on the wings that they were able to score so many goals. Unexpectedly, this Cote d'Ivoire monster not only has strong physical fitness, but also has an extremely smart mind. It can actually serve as a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt and calmly distribute the ball to teammates under the attack of two defenders!
In order to guard against Drogba's extremely domineering frontal offensive, the three-back formation deployed by Otto Oli did play a certain role. Lugano, who has a strong playing style, and his defensive partner Fabon stepped forward to press for the first time, without allowing Drogba to receive the ball, and then directly impacted the goal!
However, all Lugano and the others could do was to block Drogba's progress - after realizing that one vs. three was unrealistic, Drogba made a quick decision and very cleverly gave the ball to his teammates. Cutting into the penalty area from the right, Ronaldo, who was unmarked, turned what could only be a good offensive opportunity into an extremely fatal threat!
With serious lack of preparation for Drogba's move, Sao Paulo naturally suffered a big loss. Spurs scored at the beginning of the game and were completely at a disadvantage on the court!
For Sao Paulo, Ronaldo's goal was undoubtedly an extremely heavy blow, knocking their whole team dizzy. Therefore, after the game restarted, Tottenham pursued the victory under the command of Alonso, trying to use this momentum to expand the score and seal the victory in one fell swoop!
Just five minutes after Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, Tottenham once again created murderous opportunities. Arshavin broke through Angelo Junior's defense on the left and passed the ball high. Drogba, who was ambushing in the penalty area, headed back. Gerrard, who came in behind, shot the ball and the ball went over the wall. Ni's blockade, but it missed the left post of the goal and flew out of the baseline!
In the 18th minute, Gerrard's long shot was blocked by Saini. Alonso took a corner kick on the left side of the field. Arshavin, who moved to the front point with the help of Drogba's cover, headed the ball four meters in front of the goal. The ball hit the crossbar and bounced into the goal! Two to zero!
With the midfield completely losing power, Sao Paulo's fragile defense was unable to withstand Tottenham's fierce offensive, and could only allow Drogba and others to wreak havoc. This cruel reality has dealt a further blow to Sao Paulo's already low morale, causing the entire team to fall into a vicious cycle that they cannot extricate themselves from!
The situation on the court is great, and the championship trophy is within easy reach. Tottenham players fully implemented George's spirit of "killing you while you are sick". Gerrard scored another victory in the following time, leading Sao Paulo 3-0 less than 20 minutes into the second half. !
He saw that the team he played for was unable to fight back and was scored three times by his opponents. Faced with an extremely unfavorable situation, some people gave up hope of recovering the score and began to muddle through on the court; while some players became impulsive under such huge psychological pressure and their actions became more and more rough. Like Diego Lugano!
Although Lugano has made great progress since moving to Sao Paulo, this is only relative to his previous level. Looking around the world, the Uruguayan's ability can only serve as the main player in the middle and lower reaches of the five major leagues at best, and this does not include his hot and bad temper like Roy Keane.
Today, facing Drogba's tank-like crushing impact again and again, and the cruel reality that Sao Paulo was trailing 0-3 on the field, the violence hidden in Lugano's character broke out again-in the 68th minute, Germany Drogba received Gerrard's pass at the top of the penalty area and turned around to break through. Lugano, who was out of position on defense, flew up in desperation and kicked Drogba hard on the bone!
Drogba, who suffered a flagrant foul, immediately fell to the ground. Acchendia, who rushed to the scene of the crime, punished Lugano without hesitation and expelled the Uruguay international with a red card!
If you don’t break out in silence, you will perish in silence. After more than an hour of destruction by Tottenham, Lugano chose the option of self-destruction and ended his first Club World Cup trip in a very disgraceful way!
Losing games and losing people, this sentence is obviously very appropriate to describe today's Sao Paulo!
The backbone of the defense was sent off, and with one less player on the field, Sao Paulo completely lost hope of a comeback. Although Otuoli replaced the mediocre Aloisio with Grafite in an attempt to make a last-ditch effort, Tottenham immediately seized the opportunity of Sao Paulo to press against the empty defense and substituted Klose. Scored a goal and expanded the score to 4-0, completely sealing the victory!
After taking a four-goal lead, Tottenham players took the initiative to slow down the pace under George's order and no longer chase their opponents. Now that the overall situation has been decided, he believes that there is no need for the players to waste precious physical energy. You know, unlike other major leagues, the Premier League does not have a winter break, and Tottenham's schedule from Christmas to New Year is extremely intensive. Therefore, how to rotate the lineup and reasonably allocate the resources in his hands has become a problem that George must solve!
Just like that, when Achendia blew the whistle to announce the end of the game, Tottenham Hotspur defeated ten-man Sao Paulo 4-0 at the Yokohama International Stadium and won the Club World Cup for the first time!
At this moment, every Tottenham player can proudly announce with their chests that we are on top of the world!
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