Chapter 61 is a little crazy

Guangzhou Evergrande won the African championship and reached the semi-finals of the Club World Cup and qualified for the Champions League champion Bayern Munich. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The format of the Club World Cup is also interesting, with the Copa Libertadores and Champions League winners directly occupying the two semi-final places.

As the two regions with the most perfect development and popularization of football, Europe and South America, all World Cup champions have come from these two regions, and the status of UEFA and South American Football Confederation in FIFA is much higher than that of Asia, Central and North America, Oceania, Africa and other continents.

As a result, FIFA has arranged this format in order to gain the support of teams from both regions for the Club World Cup, a tournament that is a bit of a problem for Europe and South America.

Taking this Club World Cup as an example, there are seven teams and five teams participating, starting with the host Moroccan league champions and the Oceania champions facing off in one round, and then the winner and the Asian, African and North American champions form four teams to compete to determine the two places in the semi-finals, and then face the European and South American champions who directly enter the semi-finals, and the winner will meet in the final. The format ensures that European and South American teams only need to play two games in the Club World Cup, and only two games are needed to lift a big trophy, which is a good deal for them, and the two strongest teams won't meet until they reach the final.

Of course, there is no objection to this arrangement, as they are hardly on par with the European and South American champions.

So, when Guangzhou Evergrande eliminated African champions Al Ahli 3-0, their semi-final opponent Bayern Munich was still in Germany at the moment.

The semi-finals are on December 18, and if European teams play away from home in the Champions League, they will usually come the day before the game, which is December 17.

However, Bayern Munich still seem to be taking the Club World Cup very seriously, and in fact, after their Bundesliga match against Hamburg on the afternoon of the 15th, the whole Bayern Munich team took an overnight flight to Morocco on December 16.

After Bayern won the treble last season, the meritorious veteran coach Heiks announced his retirement and will no longer coach Bayern. And Pep Guardiola, who single-handedly created the three dynasties of the Barcelona dream, took over the handicap of Bayern Munich from Heix.

Taking over a coach who has just won the Champions League, the Bundesliga and the German Cup for the team, even if it is Pep Guardiola, will inevitably be compared.

Bayern Munich are playing in the Club World Cup for the first time, but they have won the Intercontinental Cup in 1976 and the Toyota Cup in 2001. For Pep Guardiola, although he has won the Club World Cup twice at Barcelona, he will definitely not miss the opportunity to lead Bayern to win the Club World Cup, otherwise he will be compared to Heynckes by the media.

On Bayern's first day in Morocco, they had their first public training session since arrival at the Agadir Stadium. The Hollywood stars of the Bundesliga are very relaxed under the spotlight of the media.

For them, it's a matter of course for them to come to the Club World Cup, play two games and then lift the title. After all, apart from the South American teams, which may threaten them, the difference in quality between the teams of other continents and the Champions League winners is too great.

Historically, since the resumption of the Club World Cup in 2005 to last season, European teams have won five of the eight Club World Cups, with South American teams winning the remaining three times. It is worth mentioning that two of South America's three Club World Cup titles were won in 2005 and 2006, when European teams did not take this title too seriously. European teams have won the last six Club World Cups five times, with the exception of last year's defeat by Corinthians in the final.

Therefore, in the post-match press conference, Guardiola also said very frankly: "The game is very important, because only if you win the Champions League can you be qualified to play against other continental champions. But it's not easy for the European champions, as you can see if you look at the Club World Cup winners, only half of them are from Europe and the other half are from South America. I know that in South America the weight of this title is more important than in Europe, so the South American players are very active in the Club World Cup and it will not be easy for us to beat them. ”

Apart from mentioning South American teams, there is no mention of their next opponents, Guangzhou Evergrande.

But no one feels that anything is wrong, and no one will even be bored enough to criticize Pep Guardiola for ignoring China, Bayern Munich for ignoring the Asian champions or anything.

If Guardiola is serious in the face of Guangzhou Evergrande, this is not normal.

Before the semi-finals began, as the first Chinese team to be able to appear in the Club World Cup, CCTV would naturally follow up with Morocco. The day before the start of the semi-finals, they created a special program.

It is mainly about the preparation and training of Guangzhou Evergrande in Morocco, as well as interviews with some players.

When CCTV reporters entered Guangzhou Evergrande's training ground with cameras, the players were called out from the training ground one by one for interviews.

It's an interview, but it's actually the same question: the outlook for Bayern's game.

Guangzhou Evergrande's players usually just say a sentence or two, and then the TV station will edit their speeches and broadcast them on TV before the semi-final match.

Most of the other players said things like "cherish the opportunity to play against the Champions League winners", "hope we can cause some problems for the opponent", "find the gap between us and Bayern".

These reporters are not surprised, anyway, when the time comes, the interviews of the players will be broadcast, if you don't watch football, of course you won't like it, but if it's a fan, especially Guangzhou Evergrande fans, of course, you can still attract them.

When Li Qingshan walked into the interview room, he sat on a chair, and then the camera was pointed at him, and the reporter with the microphone sitting opposite him.

"What are you looking forward to playing against Bayern?"

After the reporter finished speaking, he handed the microphone to Li Qingshan's side.

Li Qingshan was sitting in a precarious position, and after the reporter finished speaking, he stared at the camera and said: "Do I want to be able to beat my opponent in the game, break into the final, and then win the Club World Cup!" ”

After Li Qingshan finished speaking, he felt as if he didn't feel what he said, and was about to ask if he could say it again. He found that the reporter and the camera master were staring at him.

Li Qingshan subconsciously wiped his face and asked a little strangely, "What's wrong, is there something on my face?" ”

The reporter reflected, glanced at the master carrying the camera, and said, "Don't you think....... Is it a little too difficult to beat Bayern? ”

"It's hard to be challenging!" Li Qingshan waved his hand and said disapprerovitically.

If it weren't for Li Qingshan's reputation in the domestic media circle, this reporter might still think that Li Qingshan was a hairy guy who didn't know the height of the sky.

Beat Bayern? Winning the Club World Cup? Is this something that an Asian team dares to imagine?

The value of a player on the other side is several times the value of your whole team, and the foreign aid in the Guangzhou Evergrande team can't even be substituted in Bayern, so what capital do you have to beat the opponent. Saying such a thing is really a bit of a wild talk.

The reporter in charge of the interview opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. In his opinion, Li Qingshan was young and ambitious, and he got carried away for a while. It won't be until he actually plays against each other that he gets a taste of what a European champion team looks like.

Anyway, he is in charge of the interview, as for whether Li Qingshan's words can be broadcast, it depends on how the rear program team edits.

The upright Li Qingshan didn't know how arrogant and ignorant his words seemed to these reporters......