It has been successfully held for two sessions, and the third International Champions Cup has been fully expanded.

The competition has been expanded from the original eight teams to sixteen teams, divided into two major regions, North America and Asia, with a total of four groups.

The North American division is still two groups of eight teams, and the schedule is basically the same as the last two tournaments.

In Group A, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund were the best players.

All four teams are of good quality, especially Atletico Madrid, who finished runners-up in the Champions League last season.

But this season, after letting go of the likes of Miranda, Juanfrán, Felipe, Mario Suarez, Turan and Raul Garcia, the team's strength has been somewhat affected.

In addition, after the team won the Champions League runner-up, Simeone made up his mind to adjust the team's tactics and began to pay attention to the improvement of the team's control, coupled with the official ascension of young players such as Montoya and Jose Gaya, the actual combat ability of the Sheets still has some impact.

But even so, the Sheets still drew with Manchester City, narrowly beat Juventus and beat Borussia Dortmund in three Group A matches, and finally fell behind Manchester City on goal difference.

Manuel Pellegrini's Manchester City won the group with a big win over Borussia Dortmund.

Juventus and Borussia Dortmund finished third and fourth in the group respectively.

In Group B, Arsenal, which has introduced strong reinforcements this season, surprisingly won three consecutive victories, beating Tottenham Hotspur, Paris Saint-Germain and Napoli, and won the right to qualify for the first place in the group.

Paris Saint-Germain finished second in the group, while Rafael Benitez's Napoli finished third.

On the contrary, it is the most anticipated and the most eye-catching team in European football this season, Tottenham Hotspur led by Louis van Gaal, but lost three consecutive warm-up matches and humiliatedly finished bottom.

Regarding the team's poor performance, the Dutch coach repeatedly said in interviews with the media that he was not surprised.

Because the team has just undergone a major restructuring, the players still need to run in, and even he as a manager needs to run in again, and Van Gaal also pointed out that the team's defensive performance has been getting better and better in three games.

This is a testament to the continuous improvement of the team.

It turns out that after being eliminated from the International Champions Cup, Tottenham Hotspur played warm-up matches with teams such as Juventus and Dortmund, winning two consecutive victories, and the performance was much better than before.

It also convinced many that Van Gaal's claims were credible.

In the semi-finals of the North American region, Manchester City, the first team in Group A, beat Paris Saint-Germain with a score of 2-1.

However, Atletico Madrid, who are second in Group A, unfortunately lost to Arsenal with a score of 0-1.

However, Simeone's team defeated Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in the third and fourth place finals with Tevez's key strike to secure the third place in the North American division.

Manchester City defeated Arsenal 3-1 in the final to win the North American championship.

Although there are no super-popular teams such as Southampton, Real Madrid and Barcelona in the North American division of this year's International Champions Cup, the strength of each team is quite good, the competition is fierce, and the competition is also exciting, which makes fans in North America and even the world addicted.

This is true for the North American region, and the Asian region is also not to be outdone.

Having learned from last season's chaotic organization at The Asia Invitational, this year's International Champions Cup Asia has been more organized and successful.

Group A is dominated by several cities in Japan, South Korea and China, while Group B is played in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and cities such as Sydney and Melbourne in Australia.

Featuring some of Europe's biggest clubs such as Southampton, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Manchester United, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, every match in the Asian region of the International Champions Cup is something to watch.

Before the game, the Monaco team, which was questioned by the outside media and fans, thought that it did not have the ability to participate in the International Champions Cup, but became the biggest dark horse in Group B in one fell swoop.

Dutch coach Ronald Koeman, who just replaced Martino and took over Monaco, has only been in office for more than a month, but he has led the Monaco team in three games in Group B? Defeated Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester United successively, and won three consecutive victories, which simply shocked everyone's jaws.

You know, Monaco has been bleeding heavily in the transfer market this season.

How can it not be surprising that he sold Mangala, Depay and Aubameyang, the three main stars of last season, did not expect to be able to perform so well?

What is even more surprising is that after winning three consecutive victories to win the group, Monaco won the semi-finals by a shocking score of 1-0, narrowly beating Southampton, the second place in Group B, and surprisingly reached the final.

Especially in this game against Southampton.

Bielsa's Saints dominated almost the entire game, but goalkeeper Keylor Navas, as well as central defenders of Marquinhos and Abdounur, performed quite well, and with Biglia, who shone at the World Cup, continued his magical performances, Monaco withstood the flood of Southampton.

In the end, Belgian teenager Carrasco received an assist from Fekir to penetrate Neuer's goal and score the winning goal for Monaco to eliminate the title favorite Southampton.

Southampton's performance in this year's International Champions Cup is indeed not outstanding, and a very important reason is that none of the internationals who participated in the World Cup played, especially the internationals of Brazil, Argentina, Germany and other teams that played to the end, were directly refrigerated by Bielsa.

This is also for the sake of the new season, after all, for these international players, there is a period of vacation after the World Cup, the return time is late, and they are still in the stage of adjusting their physical fitness, and it is not appropriate to play rashly.

It was the midfield that was the most worrisome.

Bielsa brought in Paul Pogba, Cesc Fabregas and Nemanja Matic as the main players, and Fabregas was a seamless succession, with Pogba impressive in both goals, while Nemanja Matic was as solid as ever.

On the contrary, in the backline, Varane's partnership with Nastasic and Laporte was a little uncomfortable, and they all leaked in the game.

Coupled with the fact that Cesar, who started on behalf of Neuer, did not perform as well as Neuer, which eventually led to Southampton losing to Real Madrid, drawing with Inter Milan and winning Liverpool in the group stage, with one win, one draw and one loss.

The most impressive in Group A is Jurgen Klopp's Inter Milan.

The Nerazzurri went to Sweden for more than half a month to train under the iron and blood of Klopp, and after coming to Asia, they showed quite good combat effectiveness, especially the tactical style with a distinct Klopp brand.

Jurgen Klopp essentially continued his 4231 tactics at Borussia Dortmund.

But the difference is that Pelle, who many thought would play a role similar to Lewandowski, did not get the starter, and Aubameyang played the central striker position, forming an attacking phalanx up front with Felipe Anderson, Dybala and De Bruyne.

Behind them, Khedira, Alan and Nainggolan are all doing quite well.

At the back, Alex Sandro, Blind, De Vrij and Darmian form the line.

The goalkeeper is undoubtedly Handanovic.

On this set of lineups, under the leadership of Klopp, they are on a par with Southampton and Real Madrid, not inferior, and even the style of play is not conservative at all, and the game can be described as very exciting.

Especially the 2-1 reversal of Real Madrid, which was even more amazing.

Brazilian midfielder Alan was even more impressive in this game, and the Brazilian who had both offense and defense beat De Bruyne, who passed and shot, and was elected the best player of the game.

On the contrary, German midfielder Khedira, as low as ever, but crucially, is Klopp's most relied on midfielder.

At the very least, playing three warm-up games is enough to prove the importance of Khedira.

It's a pity that in the end, Inter Milan fell behind Southampton with a goal difference, and had to be unfortunately eliminated as the third in the group.

However, Inter Milan's outstanding performance in the International Champions Cup has won worldwide recognition and recognition.

Under the leadership of Jurgen Klopp, followed by two warm-up matches with Manchester United and Barcelona, Inter Milan won one and lost one, beating Manchester United 3-0 and losing 0-1 to Barcelona.

In the end, in the third and fourth finals of the Asian region, Southampton lost to Bayern Munich again, unfortunately finishing fourth and failing to continue its previous excellent performance.

The dark horse Monaco also failed to perform a miracle, in the final, after leading for 70 minutes, it was finally equalized by Real Madrid, and then reversed in extra time to lose the championship.

But Koeman's side have undoubtedly left an impressing impression on fans around the world.

What is particularly commendable is that the Monaco squad is very young, and on the basis of the gorgeous attacking football of his predecessor Martino, Coman has further injected a variety of tactical combinations, so that the overall strength of Monaco has been further improved.

After the time entered August, the champions of the two major regions of the International Champions Cup were announced.

Manchester City and Real Madrid also deserved titles.

Continuing the glory of the past two editions, although this tournament has been expanded, the ball market is still hot, and the stadium is full, and it is difficult to find a ticket.

Coupled with the high-level exciting matches and star-studded matchups, fans all over the world are addicted.

As the Wall Street Journal commented when it reported it.

"The International Champions Cup has once again expanded its brand, enhanced the value of the event, and proved that it is a well-deserved ace event with the highest gold content in the field of football warm-up matches!"

"What is even more exciting is that after this year's large-scale expansion, the international Champions Cup is still hot, allowing everyone to see the huge potential of this event and the bright development prospects."

"But in addition to its huge success on the football pitch, the International Champions Cup has not only helped the participating teams to expand their influence significantly, but also achieved excellent results in the business sector."

"One of the biggest dark horses of this year, the Monaco team has signed three sponsorship contracts in Asia, and there are still two more to negotiate, and the outstanding Inter Milan has also signed two blockbuster sponsorship contracts, and the champion-winning Manchester City team has not only signed its own team in New York, but also signed a huge sponsorship contract."

"Also like Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Southampton, Barcelona and Manchester United...... Almost all the teams participating in the tournament have benefited from this event, which is undoubtedly more valuable than not. ”

"In time, the International Champions Cup may become the most commercially valuable club competition outside of the Champions League!"

"As the organizer of the International Champions Cup, Miracle Media has also attracted the attention of investors because of the popularity of the event, and another event hosted by this company, the UEFA Youth Champions League, has also begun to attract the attention of investors and sponsors after entering its third year."

"As an important event for youth teams in European clubs, the UEFA Youth Champions League, although not as influential as the International Champions Cup, has also attracted the attention of quite a few fans in the past two years."

"It is reported that Miracle Media has reached agreements with a number of event broadcasters, and from this year, this event will be broadcast live in Europe, which is undoubtedly a very good start."

"It is particularly noteworthy that when we interviewed the CEO of Miracle Media, he also revealed to this reporter that Miracle Media is secretly brewing a new competition, which has also been authorized by UEFA and FIFA, and will be officially announced to the public when the time is ripe."

"In Mr. Sun's original words, this will be a blockbuster event that will change the pattern of international football!"

"With Miracle Media's International Champions Cup and UEFA Youth Champions League going on and off, we do have reason to look forward to their new season."

As soon as the Wall Street Journal report came out, it immediately caused a huge response around the world.

After a successful run of the International Champions Cup, Miracle Media is going to create a new competition?

What the hell is that?

And how can we change the current pattern of international football?

All of this has whetted the appetite of football fans and journalists around the world who care about and love football.

So, while Yang Huan was attending an event in the capital, the reporters on the scene threw questions to Young Master Huan.