The predecessor of the Club World Cup is the Toyota Cup Football Tournament, a South American club in Europe, referred to as the Toyota Cup, which is an annual matchup between the top giants in South American and European football. Although FIFA established the Club World Cup as early as 2000 and the first tournament was scheduled to be held in Brazil, due to the lack of attention, the sponsor had a dispute with FIFA, so much so that President Seppat Blatter paid out of his own pocket to complete the tournament. As a result, FIFA didn't even mention the Club World Cup for the next five years.

The turning point came in 2005, when FIFA proposed that the Club World Cup merge with the then-defunct Toyota Cup to form a new competition, a plan supported by the continental federations.

However, as soon as the tournament was introduced, the European champions were bitter (because it meant that they had more matches in their already busy schedule). Blatter was forced to revise the schedule, and European teams had the privilege of not participating in the quarter-finals. Even so, Liverpool and Barcelona, who participated twice in 05 and 06, still refused to go all out, playing the Club World Cup while thinking about the domestic league and the Champions League draw, but they could not win the championship.

Starting in 2007, Blatter changed the Club World Cup again, promising more big prizes for the winning teams, and doubling the prize money of the tournament. It was from this moment that the meaning of the Club World Cup began to change. The European teams began to fight at full strength and won three consecutive championships.

The 2010 World Cup is the second consecutive FIFA Club World Cup tournament hosted by the UAE and, as in previous editions, European champions Arsenal and South American champions Internacional Brazil will go straight to the semi-finals. In addition to the host country El Wahda, the rest of the participating teams are CONCACAF champion Pachuca (Mexico), African champion Mazembe (Benejo Congo), Asian champion Seongnam Ilwa (South Korea) and Oceania champion Hekari United (Papua New Guinea).

In the previous qualifying match, UAE champions El Wahda, who were the host nation in the Club World Cup, defeated Oceania Champions League champions Hekari United 3-0 to easily qualify.

In the second round of the quarterfinals, the host of the East Daoist Elwahda reappeared in the belly of the fish and lost 1:4 to the Asian champion Seongnam Ikwa. African champions Mazembe All-Around defeated CONCACACAF champions 1-0. The two sides reached the semi-finals and competed with European champions Arsenal and Copa Libertadores champions Brazil for the right to the final.

Asian champions Seonam Ichwa will face European champions Arsenal, while African champions Mazembe will challenge Copa Libertadores champions Internacional de l'Liberators.

Founded in 1939, Mazembe FC is a traditional powerhouse in the Congo, and in 1960 it was renamed Ingelebel after the Congolese Reading Power. The late 60s were the heyday of the club's history, with Mazembe winning the domestic treble in 1966 and the African Club Champions Cup for the next two years. In the 30 years since, Mazembe has been in a prolonged slump due to the club's precarious financial situation and the influx of African players to Europe.

In 2000, Mazembe-Inglebelt, driven by the club's long-term and steady development strategy, led to the emergence of a large number of young players, and the team once again became the pride of the Congo and the African continent. From 2001 to 2007, Mazembe reached the African Club Champions League six times, and in 2009, Mazembe defeated many giants to win the top of Africa again after many years. In the 2009 Club World Cup, Mazembe was less than satisfactory, losing 2-1 to Asian champions Pohang Steelers in their opening game and then losing 2-3 to Oceania champions Auckland City. In this rematch for the Club World Cup, Mazembe's goal is clear: to show African football in front of the world's fans. In other words, I don't think much about the world champion.

Before the game, there was no hope from the media and fans for Mazembe, who believed that the protagonists were Internacional and Arsenal, and that the other teams, whatever they were crowning, were here to play soy sauce. Like Mazembe, who just suffered a heavy defeat last year, in the hearts of fans, it is to test Brazil's international strength, and they are not expected to cause an upset at all.

However, the result of the match stunned everyone, and Mazembe, known as the belly of the fish, easily defeated Brazil International 2-0 to reach the final. Before the game, the favorite before the game, the 2006 Club World Cup winner Internacional Brasil was bloodlessly killed, breaking the first upset in the Club World Cup.

Arsenal's rivals, Seongnam Ilhwa, founded in 1989, are a long-established powerhouse in Korean football, having won the Asian Champions League twice in the past 10 years and achieved three consecutive championships in the K-League. 2004 was a bittersweet year for Seongnam Ilhwa, who finished 9th in the domestic league but reached the final of the AFC Champions League, but unfortunately were beaten 5-0 by Saudi Arabia's Ittihad after leading 3-1 at home.

In the 2010 AFC Champions League, Seongnam Yihe went all the way, first beating the Chinese Super League champion Yanjing Guoan in the group stage, and then beating Gamba Osaka and Suwon Samsung in the knockout round. In the semifinals, with Cao Dongjian's key goal, he eliminated Al Shabab with a thrilling aggregate score of 4-4 and advanced to the final. In the final, Seongnam Ilhwa relied on goals from Onilovski and two central defenders to defeat Saeki Ahan 3-1 and win the AFC Champions League for the second time in history.

Seongnam Ilhwa won the AFC Champions League this season, but failed to qualify for next season's AFC Champions League due to their mediocre performance in the league. This means that there will be no more Seongnam Ilhwa on the Asian and international stage next season, which is indeed a major loss for Seongnam Ilhwa. This match is extremely crucial for Seongnam Ilhwa, in other words, this match may be the last international match of the year for Seongnam Ilhwa in the future. Therefore, it is self-evident how much importance Seongnam Ilhwa team attaches to this game. At the same time, to be able to play against a world powerhouse like Inter Milan, Seongnam Ilhwa team also hopes to gain experience and confidence. At the moment, the best result of the Asian champions in the Club World Cup is third, set by last year's AFC Champions League champions Pohang Steelers, and if Seongnam Ilhwa can get past Inter Milan, they will set a new record.

The strength of this South Korean team is still very good, before the match between Arsenal and Seongnam Ilhe, the fans who were originally very confident in Arsenal are only seven or eight points at the moment, and the Korean fans who hope to be upset are rejoicing at the moment, Mazembe gave them infinite confidence, making them forget the huge difference in strength between Arsenal and Seongnam Ilwa.

The Club World Cup was held in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, an Asian country, but Seongnam and Tianma did not enjoy this treatment, while Arsenal, who came across the ocean to compete for the Club World Cup, was frantically sought after by fans here, from the moment they got off the plane, crazy fans continued to follow Li Huan and Professor Wenger, and tickets for the Abu Dhabi Stadium were sold out two weeks ago, and most of them were Gunners fans. However, they didn't come here from England and were mostly fans from Asia and the UAE.

Arsenal doesn't even care about teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, and Barcelona now, and the small Seongnam Il is just a small stumbling block for them, just kick it away.

After the start of the semi-finals, Arsenal launched a fierce offensive against Seongnam Ilhe. Just three minutes into the game, Arsenal opened the scoring.

Russian Tsar Arshavin broke through the defense of several Seongnam Ilhe players on the left flank and then passed the ball into the box.

At this moment, Arsenal bought Chamak, and the air dominance improved rapidly. Under the harassment of the South Korean defenders, Chamak still got to the ball.

Instead of flying towards goal, the ball flew towards the top of the arc of the box, one of Arsenal's most frequent tactics.

At this moment, it was Li Huan and Nasri who rushed up from the back.

Li Huan is the focus of attention of the whole game, and Nasri is very good at hiding, Li Huan is entangled by many defensive players, but Nasri is not noticed.

Nasri met the ball and fired directly into the bottom left corner of the goal with the arch of his foot.

Chengnan Ilhwa's goalkeeper Zheng Chenglong also reacted quickly, and when Chamak's header was back, he was ready to make a save.

But when Nasri's ball flew out, Seongnam Ilhwa's goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong was desperate to find the gap between the average player and Nasri. Although Nasri pushed the ball with the arch of his foot, the ball he pushed was very powerful and the angle was very tricky. The goalkeeper has no choice but to surrender in the face of such a ball.

At 1:0, Arsenal took the lead.

The fans at the stadium frantically chanted the Gunners' name and cheered for Nasri, who scored the goal.

After conceding the goal, Seongnam Ilhe began to launch a counterattack, but Arsenal's favorite thing is to play defensive counterattacks with weak teams like them, they easily teased the Korean sticks, in the 13th minute of the game, Nasri broke through with the ball at high speed in front of the penalty area and made a two-on-one cooperation with Chamak, Chamak understood the clever heel back knock in the penalty area, and inserted Alexander Song Cining Palace 11 meters in front of the goal with his right foot poked the goal in the 23rd minute, Nasri passed diagonally after the ball in front of the penalty area, Song cleverly leaked the ball, Chamak inserted and pushed from the left sideThe ball was saved by Zheng Chenglong and then fell to the feet of Chamak, who sent the ball into the empty goal with his left foot in the chaos.

In 23 minutes, Arsenal led 3-0, and almost effortlessly, Arsenal cut off all illusions of the sticks, turning the remaining sixty-odd minutes into garbage time.

The spirit of the South Koreans can be seen, and they do not give up after falling behind by three goals and continue to attack. But today they met Arsenal, and their wild attack was exchanged for Zheng Chenglong picking up the ball in the net again and again. In the end, Seongnam Ilwa was bloodbathed by Arsenal 7:1. Arsenal reached the final against African champions Mazembe.

(To be continued)