Chapter 92 World Cup

At the post-match press conference, several French reporters did not blame Lin Fenglei too much. They all saw the performance of Gosau's substitutes, which was not bad, and they also understood that even if Gosau sent all the main players, they might not be able to defeat Manchester City at the home of Manchester City. Now that it has come to this point, it is useless to accuse Lin Fenglei of refusing to send the main force, but to offend people for no reason. Why bother?

The English reporter first congratulated Mancini on getting the right to qualify for the group, and then asked him which player he wanted to thank most now.

Mancini said without hesitation that the player he wants to thank most now is Adebayor, the player who has just recovered from a serious injury. As soon as he came on the court, he contributed an assist and a goal to the team to help the team reverse the strong enemy. He also said that Adebayor will play an important role in Manchester City's tactics in the future.

After the end of this round of the group stage, the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League have also been produced. They are:

Group A: Chelsea, England, Juventus Italy;

Group B: Valencia, Spain, AC Milan, Italy;

Group C: Miners in Hamburg, Germany and Donetsk, Ukraine;

Group D: Bayern Munich, Germany, Galatasaray, Turkey;

Group E: Barcelona, Spain, Lyon, France;

Group F: Wender Bremen, Germany, Real Madrid, Spain;

Group G: Manchester United England, Sporting Lisbon, Portugal;

Group H: Gosau, Switzerland, Manchester City, England.

The draw for the UEFA Champions League knockout match will be held on December 20. At that time, these 16 teams will fight against each other. Who will enter the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League this season through the two rounds of home and away games.

A reporter asked Lin Fenglei and Mancini, which team do they most want to meet in the first round of the knockout, and which team do they least want to meet?

After Lin Fenglei looked at the top 16 list, he did not directly answer the question of which team he most wanted to meet. In his opinion, if he answered this question directly, no matter which team he pointed out, it was disrespectful to this team. He smiled and said, "I didn't expect that so many strong teams would fall into the group. Second, this is not good news for us. When it comes to the team we don't want to meet, of course I don't want to meet Real Madrid, Juventus and AC Milan. They all have the strength and background to win the championship.

Mancini smiled bitterly when facing this problem: "We are the second in the group. Is there any essential difference between the first in the group? Of course, if we can not meet Barcelona and Bayern Munich, it will be better news for us.

Gosau, who returned to Switzerland, played against the Swiss Super League team Alau at home in the fourth round of a Swiss Cup held on December 14. As a result, they beat their opponents 3-0 and advanced to the quarter-finals of the Swiss Cup. Egman scored a goal in this game and scored his own annual goal. The number has increased to 96, only 4 goals away from the 100-ball mark.

After playing Arau, the whole team of Gosho flew to Dar Beda, Morocco, to participate in the World Club Cup held there.

The city of Darbeda is not famous, but when it comes to its other name, it is very famous. Its original name is Casablanca, which means "white palace" in Spanish, and the famous American movie Casablanca makes this white The city is famous all over the world.

After the independence of Morocco, Casablanca was renamed Dar Beda, but people still like to call it by its original name Casablanca.

The venue of this year's World Club Cup will be held at the Mohammed V Stadium in Casablanca, which can accommodate 67,000 people and is the largest and most modern football stadium in Morocco.

On December 15, Gosho flew to Casablanca. At the airport, they were warmly welcomed by local fans. Gosho has made brilliant achievements in recent years and plays beautifully most of the time, so even in Africa, they have a large number of fans who like them.

The players of the Gosho team now have the style of some big stars. They are skilled in signing and taking photos of their fans, and they have been smiling all the time. This is what Lin Fenglei has always asked of them, because he believes that the attitude towards the fans is a major event related to the image of the Gosho Club, and it can't be careless at all.

Casablanca is the largest city in Morocco and a scenic port city, but the players of Gosau did not have time to play. On the day they flew to Casablanca, the Gosau watched two second rounds of the World Club Cup at the Mohammed V Stadium to get to know that they were in the half. The opponent in the game.

In the afternoon, the game was the North American champion Mexico America vs. the African champion South Africa Super Sports United. The result was a 3:1 victory over the Super Sports United. In the evening, the Asian champion Japan Kashima Antlers vs. host Casablancagia. The result was Kashima Antlers were the same. A 3:1 victory over Casablanca Raja.

In the draw of the semi-finals, Japan's Kashima Antlers became the opponent of Gosho in the semi-finals held on December 19. The other set of semi-finals is the Mexican-American team against the Argentine Boca youth team, the champion of the Copa Libertadores.

After the match came out, a large group of Japanese reporters surrounded Lin Fenglei, the head coach of the Gosho team, and asked him what he thought of the match. He has never had a good impression on the Japanese Lin Fenglei, and he has no knowledge of the Kashima Antlers, so he has no feelings for this match. For him, the Kashima Antlers are just an opponent that Gosho must defeat on the way to winning the World Club Cup.

However, although he doesn't have a good impression on the Japanese, Lin Fenglei can't offend people too much. After all, Gosho Club still wants to open the Japanese market. You should know that Japanese fans are famous for being stupid, have a lot of money, and are willing to spend money.

So Lin Fenglei perfunctorily told the Japanese reporter that the Gosho team respected every opponent.

Anyone with bright eyes can see that Lin Fenglei is just a polite word, but in the pen of a Japanese reporter, Lin Fenglei's words were interpreted as "Kashima Antlers is a strong opponent and worthy of the respect of the Gosho team", and Kashima Antlers' Brazilian head coach Oliveira also said wildly that he wanted to defeat Gosho in the semi-finals. Some of the main players of Kashima Antlers also think that they are likely to defeat Gosho in the semi-finals. After all, Gosho is not from the five major leagues, and their reputation is not obvious. It is unexpected for many people to win the Champions League.

There is a reason why the Kashima Antlers are so arrogant. They have always been the overlords of the J League in Japan, but their results in the AFC Champions League have always been lacking. Recently, they have spent a lot of money to buy several powerful stars from South America, and finally won the AFC Champions League last season. Saili made a major breakthrough and won the championship in one fell swoop, which made them full of confidence.

Japan's high investment in football for many years has also been rewarded. In recent years, the number and quality of Japanese players in Europe have increased. Among them, their representative, Shinji Kagawa, performed well after transferring to the giant Manchester United, and became the core of Manchester United's midfield, which is also widely regarded as having The potential to become a world-class star. This also makes the Japanese more and more confident in football. This is the nature of the Japanese. With a little achievement, they are extremely arrogant. Unless you can overwhelm them with undisputed strength and hurt them, they will be convinced.

The Japanese's remarks made Lin Fenglei very angry. He thought to himself, TMD little Japan, give you three points of color and you also open a dyeing workshop. It seems that if I don't beat you all over your face, you don't know why the peach blossoms are so red.

Of course, Lin Fenglei did not refute the Japanese's remarks in the media. He has always believed that doing more is better than saying more. Lin Fenglei gave a dead order to the players in the team. He must defeat them in the game against Kashima Antlers, and he must win a big victory. If the victory is not beautiful enough, don't blame yourself for being rude.

Looking at Lin Fenglei, who was murderous and obviously gone, Goshao's players couldn't help shivering together, and then showed their determination to Lin Fenglei that they would definitely die in the game against Kashima Antlers, and they would beat them so that even their mother would not recognize them. Lin Fenglei nodded with satisfaction.

Although the Gosho team is rubbing their hands and sharpening their knives, and can't wait to prepare to kill the Kashima Antlers, the first semi-final was the Mexican American team and the Argentine Boca youth team on December 18, and they had to watch someone else's game as spectators first.

The South American champion Boca Juniors's team has a great reputation, but there are not many powerful stars in their team. Now the most famous player in the team is Riquelme, but he is 35 years old this year and has already passed his peak. Therefore, the strength of the Boca Youth Team is the Mexican American team. In fact, it is almost the same.

The game is very fierce and wonderful. Even if the American players are not very famous, their skills are still very impressive. Many players play very beautifully. Of course, in Lin Fenglei's eyes, many of their actions are not practical, so they can't get into Lin Fenglei's eyes.

In the end, with their own experience and background, the Boca youth team defeated the Mexican American team 2-0 and took the lead in reaching the finals. Although Riquelme is old, he still played an important role in the game. He sent an assist.