653 The Contest with the Slavers
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Although it is the last game of the group stage, although the victory or defeat of this game will not affect the qualification, Mourinho still decided to play the main force in the game, his request is very simple, win the opponent!
The players did not disappoint him either, and every player showed a strong winning performance in the game**, especially Alves, in Maika? Richards put a lot of pressure on him when he was impressive, and he was desperate to prove himself and defend his position as the Red Rebels' first right wing-back. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
His right flank was a source of attack for the Red Rebels, and a hat-trick of assists made Alves the best right wing-back in the 0708 Champions League group stage, beating McConn, who had excelled at Real Madrid, and other rivals.
Sergio Aguero scored twice and Ronaldo scored a goal as the Red Rebels beat Valencia 3-0 at home.
What's even more commendable is that the Red Rebels' defense once again seemed solid, and despite Valencia's efforts, Flores even used three substitutions to make tactical adjustments, but in the end they were still unable to break through the Red Rebels' defense, and in the end they could only take a 3:0 from the Red Rebels Stadium.
With this victory, the Red Rebels did not perform well in the first two rounds, but they relied on the later consecutive wins to advance as the top of the group.
The other 7 teams that qualified first in the group were De Roysden, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona, Manchester United, Inter Milan and Chelsea, and the four teams in the Premier League all qualified first in the group, especially De Roysden, Pellegrini's team and Porto, Marseille, and Berchtac were in a group and qualified with a record of 5 wins and 1 loss in 6 games.
The remaining eight second-place teams in the group, excluding Valencia, who are in the same group as the Red Rebels, are Porto, Werder Bremen, Celtic, Lyon, Roma, Fenerbahce and Sevilla, all of which are strong teams in the national leagues, and each of them should not be underestimated.
Although the group stage has been completed, the draw for the round of 16 knockout stage will not be held until the end of December, so for the time being, the Red Rebels do not know who their rivals will be, but each opponent should not be taken lightly.
You must know that the knockout stage is different from the group stage, the group stage can allow the Red Rebels to slump for 2 games first, and then rise again, but the knockout game is a home-and-away system, and if you don't perform well, you will be eliminated directly, and the tactics against each other are stronger.
Even teams such as Porto and Werder Bremen may not be without the opportunity and strength to cause an upset!
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After fighting Valencia, the Red rebels set out for Zoben early the next morning.
The next period of time will be the most intense time, in order to participate in the Club World Championship, the Red Rebels will have a round of Premier League games adjusted to a later stage, which is why the Red Rebels will return to England after playing the Club World Championship, and will immediately usher in the devil's schedule around Christmas, followed by the winter break.
In an effort to increase the appeal of the Club World Championship, FIFA previously announced that it would increase the total prize money for this season's Club World Championship to US$16 million and add a quota place for the host country, bringing seven teams to the tournament.
However, this did not have much impact on the Red Rebels, the first round was the Asian champions against the Australian champions, and then the second round began to play the original first round of matches, with North America, Africa, the host teams and the winner of the first round going to the second round of knockouts, and the two victorious teams entered the semi-finals.
As the seeded team, the European champions and the South American champions will directly enter the semi-finals, and the winner will be drawn against the winner of the second round, and the winner will enter the final, but it is estimated that everyone knows that with the strength of teams from other continents, it is really difficult to eliminate the South American and European champions.
The total prize money has increased to $16 million, and the champion will receive $5 million, which is not bad, and I believe that if FIFA does not hate to schedule the game in the busiest December, it is estimated that the Red Rebels and European giants will not have much significance for this.
This is tantamount to justifiably letting the giant team make extra money!
The runner-up can get $4 million, also taking into account the interests of South American and European teams, with 2.5 million for the third place and 2 million for the third place, with the two teams tied for fifth place each getting 1 million and the seventh place team for a measly $500,000.
The Red Rebels don't really take the prize money seriously, they can earn more if they want to, mainly because FIFA has a hard rule that Champions League winners must play in the Club World Championship, and in order to win the Grand Slam, the Red Rebels attach great importance to the Club World Championship.
As the top European giants, the Red Rebels attracted thousands of fans to the airport to pick them up when they arrived in Japan, and they all screamed desperately, one by one they were so excited that they got carried away, especially when they saw the handsome guy Beckham play, it is said that some fans fainted on the spot.
Despite Kaka's injury, the Red Rebels decided to let him come with the team.
After a period of rehab training, Kaka's progress is not bad, but let alone playing, even if it is just to participate in team training, the laboratory is not allowed at present, he can only do some rehabilitation training alone, as well as appropriate strength training, and occasionally can also train with the ball to find a sense of the ball.
Professor Fryer didn't dare to be careless, Xiao Yu personally ordered that Kaka must return to the court completely and healthily, and he couldn't ruin Kaka's football career because he was anxious, although Kaka was anxious, he could only do it, he knew that Xiao Yu was for his good.
When the team walked out of the airport, the bus arranged by the organizing committee was already waiting outside the airport.
"I can't see it, your popularity in this book is really great!" Maradona said with a smile on the bus.
Although he is a football king, Maradona really doesn't seem to have much talent for learning, especially for those boring coaching materials, his academic performance has not been very satisfactory, and he can only barely pass, and now he has decided to stay in Manchester for further study.
That is, in the next six months, he will also be a trainee coach for the Red Rebels!
"The most popular should be Aguero, when we came last year, we stayed in the hotel at night, and there was a female fan who invited him out for the night!" Curtis said with a smile.
Aguero, who was sitting behind him, was in a cold sweat after hearing this, and pulled Curtis desperately, "How can there be such a thing?" ”
"Didn't you?" Curtis has a look on his face that you don't want to hide.
"Yes, why not, you forgot, you still scratched that night and said that you won't come back!" Essien followed suit.
"He also borrowed my perfume and still hasn't paid it back!" Xiao Xiao Luo echoed.
Everyone, you and I say a word, and the whole thing seems to be true.
The more Maradona listened, the more his face sank, and he glared at Aguero, who immediately went limp, collapsed in his seat, and did not even dare to breathe.
Now although this kid is engaged to Gianna, but his father-in-law lives next door to their house, supervising him anytime and anywhere, originally thought that Maradona should graduate and leave in December, but on the contrary, his father-in-law plays football is good, but his academic performance is ......
Aguero can only feel sorry for himself, after all, there are few people in the entire club who can control Maradona.
However, Maradona is not all bad, in fact, he has helped Aguero a lot, especially since this season, under Maradona's tutelage, Aguero's progress is very obvious, and he is currently the second leading scorer in the Red Rebels, second only to the little Ronaldo who is in ridiculous form in scoring goals.
"A bunch of stinky boys!" Maradona looked back, shook his head and smiled.
This group of leather monkeys probably thought that they could trick him into the palace of the ball king, but they didn't know that Maradona was just pretending to teach Aguero a lesson, how could he be fooled by them?
Although Xiao Yu does not have much affection for the country, it cannot be denied that it is another big football consumer after the United States, and the Red Rebel Ministry of Commerce accounts for a lot of weight in the plan.
At present, the flagship store of the Red Rebels has been scattered in this book, although the flagship stores and theme stores add up to no more than 10, but each of them is in good condition, the Red Rebels have collected licensing fees and franchise fees, and at the same time have earned profits from long-term wholesale goods, which is generally not bad.
In addition to Ben and Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea are the current key development areas of the Red Rebels, and the Ministry of Commerce originally wanted to try to enter the Chinese mainland market, but Xiao Yu suspended the plan because he did not think the mainland could have such spending power, even though the Red Rebels currently have the largest number of fans in the world in the mainland and are also the most popular European giants in the mainland.
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The first thing the players do when they come to Asia from Europe is jet lag, and the coaching staff are keen to take that into account when planning their training sessions for the next two days.
While the Red Rebels and Boca Juniors players were suffering from jet lag, the first two rounds of the Club World Championship had already ignited the flames.
In the first round, the Asian champions from Iran defeated New Zealand 3-1, but it was a bit ridiculous to say, Xiao Yu couldn't even name the two teams, and it was not difficult to see their helplessness from this point.
In fact, no matter how the schedule is arranged, no matter how the opponent changes, the World Club Championship is still the Toyota Cup in its bones, but it is just a single game in the Toyota Cup in the past to 7 games today, but everyone knows that the game that really has the decisive meaning is still the final.
Unsurprisingly, the final will also be a showdown between European and South American teams.
In the second round, the African team defeated the Mexican team 1-0, and the Urawa Ruby of Yumoto defeated the Iranian team 3-1, and both teams reached the semi-finals.
FIFA Blatter was also very happy about this, and he thought it was the highest quality Club World Tournament ever.
However, compared with Blatter's excitement, the outside world's evaluation of the Club World Championship is more of a word, freak!
Freaks from birth, freaks from the first round!
In the past, the Toyota Cup was hailed as a very good combination of business and competition, but now the Club World Championship has expanded the Toyota Cup to attract teams from six continents, which in itself has greatly reduced the intensity of the Club World Cup.
Why let South American and European teams go directly to the semi-finals, because FIFA knows that these two teams are the highlight of this cup competition, the Club World Championship, and the Toyota Cup in its bones, even if FIFA has now changed a majestic name for it, what is it called?
FIFA Club World Cup!
But in reality, it's more like a tool for FIFA to amass money, and it has become a sad business freak!
But it can't be helped, who made FIFA a leader in this industry?
In order to ensure that the Red Rebels will not fail to work, FIFA even secretly issued a guiding ideology, hoping to see Beckham, Ronaldo, Messi and Drogba in the semi-finals.
As for Drogba, the Red Rebels argued that the Ivorian was recovering well after the operation, but it was not up to the requirements of the game, and finally the two sides agreed that Drogba had to come on as a substitute.
"Oh my God, I feel like our players are like a bunch of slaves!" Mourinho, after receiving the final "instructions", was so angry that he tore the fax to shreds on the spot.
"We didn't hesitate to give up the league during the busiest period of the season, and they came from Europe to Asia, and now they are even happy to tell us that the main team must be on the main team, we must be on the full set, I CTMD!"
Xiao Yu is also helpless, his interpersonal relationship in UEFA is still good, but when he came to FIFA, because of Platini's relationship, although Blatter would not tear his face with the Red Rebels, he was actually very dissatisfied with Xiao Yu, because Xiao Yu ruined his plans.
With Platini and UEFA support, Blatter's chances of re-election are dwindling, and he can't wait to increase his campaign leverage by all means, including the Club World Championships.
"Let's just take it as a trick to get money!" Walsh reassured.
"But, sir, we are not short of money!" Although Mourinho was rightly retorted, he shrugged his shoulders helplessly and admitted defeat.
A head coach, no matter how prestigious he is, can't shake FIFA, and the Red Rebels, even if they are strong, can't do anything with FIFA, they are the leaders of the industry.
"Alright, don't pretend to be b, Jose, I don't know what you're thinking?" Xiao Yu suddenly stood up and said with a smile.
"Although I am angry with FIFA's approach in my heart, the purpose of our coming here is not for the 5 million US dollars, nor for the false name of the world No. 1, nor for the so-called tricking money, we want a Grand Slam, we want to become the first team in history to achieve seven crowns!"
"If you're angry, Jose, then take your anger out on your opponent and let Blatter see from the stands what the point of this cup is about!"
(To be continued)