Chapter 659 Re-s Win the Toyota Cup

The full name of the Toyota Cup is "Euro-South American Club Toyota Cup Football Tournament", also known as the "Intercontinental Cup Football Tournament", is an annual competition between the European Champions Cup champion and the Copa Libertadores champion team and other continental champion teams. Its predecessor is the Intercontinental Cup competition.

The original Intercontinental Cup was a way to decide the outcome of home and away games. It was a duel between the two major genres competing for the crown of the world's football club. It was particularly eye-catching, but it began to fail in 1967 and 1969. Subsequently, several teams hesitated to participate in the game, which made the game in an abnormal state, and there were constant disputes over the date of the game. In 1971, European champion Ajax refused to participate and was replaced by runner-up Panathinaikos; in 1973, Ajax abstained again and Juventus participated in the competition, and only one match was played; 1974 European champion Bayern Munich also abstained and was replaced by Atletico Madrid; in 1975, Argentina Independence There was another quarrel with Bayern Munich on the date of the game, which made the game impossible; in 1978, the game was interrupted again due to Liverpool's obstruction. In 1980, there was another conflict on the date of the match. Nottingham Forest of England, which won the European championship, did not even agree to hold two games. Later, it decided to hold a match in a third country to determine the winner. Initially, it was selected in Los Angeles, the United States. Later, Japan's Toyota Motor Company put forward a request to host the competition and gave each team 1 The appearance fee of 5 million biseta has been changed to the Intercontinental Cup to the Toyota Cup, and the first Toyota Cup in 1981. Each Toyota Cup will select a best player, and this best player will receive a Toyota car from Toyota

This season's Toyota Cup is the 23rd. Previously, the Toyota Cup was held at the Tokyo National Arena, and this time it was changed to Yokohama Stadium.

In the history of the Toyota Cup, a total of four teams have won the Toyota Cup three times. They are: Argentina Boca Youth Team, Italy AC Milan Team, Uruguay National Team and Uruguay Penarol Team. The best result is Brazil. They have three teams, Flamengo, Gremio and São Paulo, which participated in the 2nd, 4th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 18th and 19th games, and won 4 times. The best European team is Italy. They won 4 championships and 3 runners. , and Inter Milan has not won the Toyota Cup once so far.

Due to the well-known feud between China and Japan, Jiang Mu, the Chinese head coach of Inter Milan, led the team to Yokohama, Japan. In addition to nearly 500 Italian journalists and more than 10,000 Italian fans, it also attracted more than 600 Chinese journalists and more than 20,000 Chinese fans.

The Japanese media spoke cautiously. The sports version of Asahi Shimbun said that Inter Milan's head coach Jiang Mu is Chinese, saying: "The great European Triple Crown Inter Milan arrived in Yokohama under the leadership of Chinese coach Jiang Mu. They will compete with Paraguayan Olympia for the 23rd Toyota. The champion of the cup.

Yomiuri Shimbun said: "Jiang Mu, as the first Asian coach, led a European team to win the Champions League, if he can beat Paraguayan Olympia in Yokohama. He will create another record and become the first Asian to lead a European team to win the Toyota Cup. Unfortunately, he is not Japanese, but Chinese.

Chinese media reports are very bold, and the weekly reporter said: "The Chinese are about to capture Japan."

China Football News said, "After the Chinese team entered the World Cup finals, the Chinese coach has also made a huge breakthrough in world football. Jiang Mu faces another new challenge after winning the Triple Crown. If he can lead Inter Milan to win the Toyota Cup, he will be the first to lead Inter Milan to win. The coach who won the Toyota Cup and the first Chinese coach to win the Toyota Cup. At this moment, Chinese and Italian fans are praying for Jiang Mu.

Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport said that this is a game of great strength. Inter Milan's strength is obviously more than that of Paraguayan Olympia, but the Toyota Cup is often cold, and it is difficult for Inter Milan to win. However, the biggest attraction of this game is that Jiang Mu came to Japan to play the Toyota Cup. Because of the historical grudges between China and Japan, this game has attracted great attention from fans and non-fans of the two countries. Yokohama has also sent an additional 1,000 riot police to maintain security to avoid some accidents.

Inter Milan, which swept Europe, met a penalty and defeated Brazil's Santa Ketano team to win the Copa Libertadores, Paraguayan Olympia. Of course, the stronger Inter Milan was more optimistic, but Olympia, with 16 Paraguayan national team members, was not timid at all, but full of confidence. Coach Pompido said: "They may be the best team in the world, but they are not invincible. We are in good shape now and have full confidence in ourselves. We are here to let Inter Milan see how powerful we are. In 1990, we lost 0-3 to another Milan team, and now we have to get back what we lost.

Jiang Mu, who has been silent since he came to Yokohama, Japan, opened his conversation at the press conference before the game. He said, "This is the only champion we lack. We are very eager to win, but Olympia, Paraguay, is not easy to mess with. We must do our best and we can't have the slightest luck. . "

When talking about the Chinese reporter's feeling of winning the championship in Japan, Jiang Mu joked: "There is nothing special about winning the championship in Japan. History has turned a page. Besides, I am now the head coach of Inter Milan. If I am the head coach of the Chinese team and won the World Cup here, then I feel like It will be special."

Jiang Mu's words undoubtedly left a lot of room for Inter Milan and world fans to fantasize, but at this time, neither the media nor the fans have time to think so much. Now everyone is thinking about who will win the championship in the Toyota Cup and who will drive away the Toyota sedan.

Yokohama International Stadium is the home of the Yokohama Mariners and can accommodate 70,000 fans. It was officially put into use in March 1998 and was the final match between Brazil and Germany in the 2002 World Cup. In addition to football matches, it also serves as a venue for track and field, rugby and large-scale concerts.

Because the head coach of the European champion Inter Milan of this game is Asian, the game also attracted all Asian fans to watch the game. Among them, the number of Chinese fans who came to the scene reached 30,000. These people are not only Inter Milan fans, but also many of them are for Jiang Mu.

After the game began, the Paraguayan Olympic team found that they almost came to the away game, not the third-party game. Less than 3,000 fans supported them, and the remaining 66,000 fans supported Inter Milan.

The first kickoff was from Inter Milan. Only one minute at the beginning, Sanetti fouled on the left side of the front of the penalty area. Olympia's free kick from the left side into the penalty area. Cordoba grabbed a shot in the chaos in front of the goal and almost knocked on the door guarded by his teammate Toldo.

In the 3rd minute, Robben broke through the bottom with the ball from the left side and passed it to the middle at the bottom line. Unfortunately, his teammate Vieri did not take it in place.

In the 4th minute, Inter Milan got their first shot in the whole game, and Recoba headed the ball off the bottom line. Two minutes later, Recoba found a chance to start again, and his powerful shot was confiscated by Paraguayan goalkeeper Tavarelli.

Five minutes later, Inter Milan basically controlled the situation, while Olympia could only rely on a quick counterattack to find a breakthrough. The pace of the game was very fast.

In the face of a weak opponent, Inter Milan's repeated shots did not work. The players played a little impatiently. Then they saw that the Paraguayan players were not tall and launched several long passes to play rough, but they were blocked by the Olympia defender. In the 13th minute, Ronaldinho made a personal breakthrough with his speed on the left side. After passing, he took a shot directly, but was blocked from the bottom line by Olympia goalkeeper Tavarelli.

In the 23rd minute of the game, the captain Zanetti, who is familiar with South American players, broke through on the side again. He turned to break through the opponent's defender and roll the ball diagonally. Ronaldinho had a good overall view. He observed the position of his teammate Vieri in advance. He saw that he wanted to shoot from a bad angle and was easy to be easily defeated by the opponent. The defender blocked and cleverly gave up the ball between his legs. Vieri was about to raise his hand and call Ronaldinho to give up the ball. At this time, the ball arrived. He easily followed from the middle and pushed his right foot to the far corner of the goal.

Olympia goalkeeper Tavarelli, who has been performing well in the first 20 minutes, failed to block Vieri's shot this time, and the ball hit the post and bounced into the net.

1 to 0.

The Yokohama International Comprehensive Stadium suddenly boiled, and more than 60,000 Inter fans burst into a frenetic shout. Among them, more than 30,000 fans shouted "Jiang Mu Jiang Mu" in Chinese, which made the stadium show a Chinese flavor.

After Inter Milan took the lead, the players were a little careless. In the 24th minute, Olympia took advantage of the opportunity and launched a quick counterattack on the right side. Benitez's shot in the corner of the penalty area bounced off the post.

Olympia's shot was a reminder to Inter Milan. The opponent is the champion of the Copa Libertadores, not a cat or a dog. Jiang Mu then asked the players to stabilize their feet and wait for them to attack in the midfield. Don't play Olympia as a second-rate team.

Inter Milan contracted, the weakness of Olympia's inexperience was exposed, the number of offside and fouls increased frequently, and there were few opportunities in the front court, while Inter Milan's defensive counterattack was handy.

In the 44th minute of the game, the South American players in the Inter Milan camp performed well again. Ronaldinho made a cross from the bottom from the right side. Vieri headed the ball in the middle. Olympia goalkeeper Tavarelli could not react, and the ball flew into the net, and the score became 2-0.

Olympia coach Pompi is too afraid of Inter Milan's attack power. He added a midfielder to assist the defense of four defenders. He can't control the midfielder and makes Inter Milan play freely and easily after taking the lead of two goals, and Pompido has never dared to change the players. Losing the courage to equalize, in the end, Inter Milan easily won 2:0 at Yokohama International Stadium and won the first Toyota Cup championship in the team's history. After the game, Vieri was elected as the best player in the game and drove away the Toyota.