Chapter 10 The Demise of the Toyota Cup!

The time is now until November 20, 1998.

After 12 rounds of the Premier League, Manchester United ranked first in the Premier League with seven wins, four draws and one loss and 25 points. Arsenal and Liverpool followed closely behind. They both won six wins, four draws and two losses and had 22 points, but Arsenal has the advantage of goal difference, so they are now ranked second.

In the Champions League qualification match, Manchester United just solved Sporting Lisbon at home and also ranked first in the group with a record of winning both games.

It can be said that this result is very satisfying to the fans.

Ling Feng still maintains a crazy trend of scoring goals in almost every game - but compared to scoring two or three goals last season, Ling Feng's performance has not yet reached his peak level.

This is also related to the fact that Ferguson always substituted him in the second half. Apart from the first four rounds of games where he was unable to play due to injuries, Ling Feng has played eleven games for Manchester United (8 rounds of the league, 2 rounds of the Champions League, 1 round of the FA Cup). Among these eleven games, Ling Feng only played two games throughout the game.

Many people know that Ling Feng performed better as the end of the game. To a large part of this, Fergson did so, which caused Ling Feng's level to fail to perform at the peak.

Ling Feng did not express any opinions on this, and he was happy to be idle. But there was one thing that Ling Feng himself knew, that is, Manchester United would definitely not be his most ideal club.

After all, Ling Feng will leave next year, and Fergson's mind is left. He did not try to squeeze Ling Feng's surplus value as some people think, but instead limit his performance within this year to a level - just to help the team win, but he will not perform too well, even steal the limelight from other players.

The captain and soul were still Cantona. The free kick was taken by Beckham because of Ling Feng's humility. Even Ling Feng had never given a penalty kick, and all of it was given to other teammates.

"Whether I am to Manchester United or Manchester United are just passers-by to me. We can even say that we are a mutually beneficial relationship." Ling Feng wrote in his memoir: "My private relationship with Manchester United players is very good, and it is not bad for head coach Ferguson. As for I have never been able to play the whole game, it seems to have nothing to do with private relationships."

"Manchester United is not Fiorentina, Ferguson is not Diego. In Fiorentina, except for Gabriel, Robbie and Costa, everyone else is lawless - of course Patrick (Viela) and Lilian (Turam), but they were mixed up with us before they became famous, so it was naturally the black man who was close to the Ink."

"The purpose of Fiorentina is to play, treat the game as a kind of fun, without much pressure, but it also plays fun. Manchester United's lineup is not much worse than Fiorentina, but Ferguson is not Diego, so he dare not play, which makes the game utilitarian to a large part of it. For example: When we were in Fiorentina, we were excited to get a opponent's sprint for more than a dozen goals, but this situation could not happen in Manchester United. At most, after three goals, Ferguson took substitutions and replaced the team's main attacker to avoid injury."

"I can't express whether I support or oppose this approach. After all, Ferguson has his own reasons, but from my personal point of view, I don't like this arrangement. Unable to enjoy the game will not give me more motivation. So I already knew before halfway through the schedule. Even if I can win the championship in the Premier League trip, I still failed because I did something wrong when I chose the club in the first step. Manchester United is a great team, but unfortunately I can never be a real part of them."

When he joined Manchester United, the main idea that influenced Ling Feng was that in history, this year's triple-championship was Manchester United, and they were the first team in history to achieve such honors.

Ling Feng had already led Fiorentina to receive this honor in advance, but in his heart, he still felt a little sorry for Manchester United. When Charlton came to him and Cantona was also used as a guarantee. Ling Feng agreed after a little consideration, but now, I have to say that Ling Feng regrets it.

Joining a top team with his strength is a mistake in itself, especially when there is no head coach in that top team who dares to let go of his hands and feet.

However, Ling Feng doesn't plan to transfer now. He can't always be completely proud of his life, not to mention that he is frustrated now. After all, he still owns the top scorer list in the Premier League. Let's be the first in the Premier League. Let's be the best, let's be the best, and I'll spend this year. Next year, I'll go to Spain to choose a team that is not that strong.

Leagues of all countries are proceeding in an orderly manner, and the first half of the round is about to end. It can be said that the current game is quite tense, but compared with leagues of all countries, the most eye-catching thing is a confrontation of the century.

Toyota Cup.

European Champions League winner Fiorentina faces the South American Cup Liberators Championship Riverbed.

Although it is called a cup game, there is only one game. The number one from Europe and America will start a life-and-death battle at the Tokyo National Arena. The winner can hold the big trophy, and the best performer can drive a Toyota sedan.

Such competitions have nothing to do with most clubs, but this year's Toyota Cup has attracted the attention of the whole world.

Because this year's not the Toyota Cup...

Because Ling Feng is hostile to Japan, he has to work hard to destroy all the paths that are conducive to football development in Japan. The Toyota Cup is very terrible for Japan's Toyota Company. What's more, such a top-level cup event that can be regarded as a top-level cup is held in Japan every year, which itself makes Ling Feng very upset.

Ling Feng did not have the strength or the capital before, but now it is different.

The winner of the European Champions League last year was not another team, but his family opened Fiorentina!

Then Ling Feng's bad ideas came out.

First, we contacted the River Plate team. After giving them a huge sum of money in private, the River Plate people happily accepted Ling Feng's suggestions.

The Toyota Cup competition time is November 27th to the second day of the last week of November. Before again, Toyota Group made considerable preparations for this cup. But one week before the start of the game, the champions from the two continents actually joined forces to announce that due to the tight schedule, they will give up their qualification to participate in the Toyota Cup!

Even more depressing to the Japanese, there are still things that are still behind. Florence and River Plate have received an invitation from Shanghai Volkswagen and are scheduled to hold a new cup match at Shanghai Hongkou Stadium on November 27, with the title of the game being - "World Club Cup"!

The trophy style is a golden female shape - Nuwa Cup!

In addition to these two teams, there are last year's Asian Club Cup champion Shanghai Shenhua, Central and North American Club Cup champion Mexico America, African Club Cup champion Egypt Ahli, Oceania Super Cup winner Sydney, UEFA Cup winner Parma, and European Cup winner Chelsea.

Eight top teams from all continents gather in China to draw lots - the rules of the game are group knockout matches, random selections are performed regardless of seed teams. The eight teams are divided into four groups and the championship will be decided within four months!

The world was shocked!

The predecessor of the Toyota Cup was the "World Club Cup" jointly organized by UEFA and South American Football Federation. The first session was held in 1960, but due to various reasons, the game declined. Until 1980, Japan's Toyota Company sponsored it and turned the original home and away game into a certain victory-loss - but the game must be located in the Tokyo National Arena, and the name of the cup also became the "Toyota Cup".

Although Siyue's current net worth has reached a height that ordinary people cannot look up to, it would be absolutely impossible to let her fight with Toyota for a Cup alone. However, when Fiorentina won the European Cup, the situation was different.

UEFA and South American Football Federation both have contracts with Toyota, but Fiorentina does not - the Toyota Cup revenue will be distributed by the two participating clubs and football federations on two continents. However, Siyue is very smart and one team did not sign this contract, while the River Plate team was bribed before, and none of them signed.

The slogans of both teams are "tightening schedules", and UEFA and South American Football Federation can only stare at each other. In addition, the FIFA, which was the leader, has been opened up by Ling Feng. After everything is planned, Toyota caught off guard by such poaching!

Because no one in the world could have thought that a club would give up the profits of taking advantage of the risk of a lawsuit - the appearance fee for the Toyota Cup is very high!

After the news came out, Toyota Group immediately appealed, saying that UEFA and South American Football Federation unilaterally tore up the contract.

The football leagues on two continents were in tears. They never dreamed that Ling Feng would be able to play so well!

In fact, Ling Feng has been doing this plan for a long time.

The Toyota Cup and FIFA were cancelled in 2006 because the single name "Toyota" made the commercial value less and less. A Toyota game that divided South America and Europe made FIFA have no oil and water, and the replacement cup name became the "World Club Cup" in order to attract more teams and more merchants to join.

So Ling Feng contacted FIFA President Blatt in private. After promising various benefits, Blatt acquiesced to this reform - this year will be the first new "World Club Cup" competition, and the army will be expanded in the future.

Such a large-scale competition was announced a week before the game, and it was obvious that everyone was told that the organizer was fighting against Japan.

Although the leagues of various countries are busy, the competition is held in four months. Even if it is a champion, there are only three games in total, and the rewards are quite generous. The three teams in Africa, Central and North America and Oceania agreed without thinking after receiving the invitation. As for Asia - Shenhua won the Asian Club Cup for the first time last year, so his family definitely doesn't have to worry about it. The biggest obstacle is that the wealthy clubs in Europe and South America are willing to take time to play this game.

There is no need to say much about Fiorentina, that is, Ling Feng's family was run; although the River Plate team is famous, the financial resources of the American Club are much worse than those of Europe. So Siyue promised the benefits of being big, so he naturally agreed.

As for Chelsea and Parma, they didn't have much friendship, but they took Siyue a lot of talk. In the end, some sponsorship fees were paid. In addition, perhaps No one can send them a few capable Chinese players from the training base in Fiorentina for free.

Nowadays, Chinese players are very popular! Not only is it a matter of strength, these clubs know that once an outstanding Chinese player is in the team, it is equivalent to opening up the Chinese market, and wealth is coming!

In such a huge cup competition, it is impossible for the sponsor to have only Dell, which is under Siyue, but Ling Feng is so desperate that he must keep it confidential before the game, which makes many large groups with Ling Feng very good personal relationships, such as Pepsi, Li Ning, Volkswagen and other companies.

And this is what Siyue once proposed, the real predecessor of the World Club Cup!

In the past, the Club World Cup was monopolized by South America and Europe. Although Europe ranked three teams this time, except for the Penguin Brothers in Antarctica, all the other continents were given a share. From the perspective of the whole world participating, the importance of this cup competition is obvious.

What's even better is that although there was no publicity in the early stage, the two cup matches were hit hard by the reputation of the Toyota Cup, and the benefits generated were more effective than any advertisement. For a time, fans around the world were discussing a question - "Have you heard that the Toyota Cup is over, and the new World Club Cup race is about to take place."

Toyota's appeal was eventually defeated under the joint suppression of several major forces - a joke, Ling Feng has received full support from the country, and FIFA has had to do things according to his face. What's more, this new model has broken Toyota's nearly 20-year monopoly in one fell swoop. Several major sponsors have joined forces to oppose Toyota. General Motors in the United States, BMW in Germany, Volkswagen and other companies are all competing for the rewards for the best player. Who cares about your broken Toyota?

In this way, Ling Feng gave Toyota a sword without bloodshed. The Toyota Cup, which officially started in 1980, has become history. The first Nuwa Cup competition, which competed with the Hercules Cup in later generations, will kick off at Shanghai Hongkou Stadium in seven days!
Chapter completed!