Chapter 11 The first half ends

On November 21, the new "World Club Cup" that collided with the Toyota Cup and produced sparks was held in Shanghai under such an east wind.

The eight clubs are divided into four groups and directly conduct single-cycle knockout matches. This kind of game setting is quite cruel, but considering the tight schedule of big-name clubs, it has to be arranged like this.

In fact, the most difficult club competitions are the champions of the three major European Cups and the Liberators Cup in South America. They are more intense, more difficult than the champions on other continents, but they are the strongest and most likely to reach the finals of the Club World Cup.

On the contrary, the teams in Asia, Australia and Africa, whose schedule is not so tight, may accidentally get home in the first round - this mainly depends on their grouping status.

It was very, very unpretentious. When Shanghai Shenhua and Florence were grouped together, it surprised many people. Perhaps many people thought that this cup was held in Shanghai, which means that Shenhua was the host, but it was in the same group as the recognized strongest club in the world.

It can be said that even if the 35,000 fans at home cheered for the home team, it would be less difficult for Shenhua to beat Fiorentina in this game than the difficulty of a camel passing through the needle hole as mentioned in the Bible.

In addition, River Pearl and Parma were divided into a group. The Australian Sydney team, which is recognized as the weakest, met the African champion Ahli, while Chelsea were divided into a group with Mexico and America.

The Shenhua team complained about this grouping, and they were so desperate that they were separated from Florence in the same group. This made people unable to live...

And more importantly, Fiorentina's support in the hearts of Chinese fans is not inferior to Shenhua at all - it may be much stronger. After all, there are several Chinese players there. After all, head coach Maradona is an idol and hero in the hearts of Chinese fans. After all, Batistuta, Baggio, and Zidane are enough to attract a lot of cheers from fans, after all...

After all, Fiorentina won 2:0 in this game, but it can be seen that Zi Lily didn't use any force at all. This team that has always gathered the world's top players is something that Shenhua, a weak team that has just started, cannot match.

This year, Fiorentina's momentum in Serie A is still very strong. Although it cannot be compared with the record of 29 consecutive wins last year, the results of 10 wins, one draw and one loss in 12 rounds are still very scary.

After Ling Feng left, Fiorentina had a vacancy for non-EU players on the court, so several Chinese young players on the youth team were brought up by Lao Ma, and they performed quite well in the league. In this game, there was a goal scored by forward Ding Rui after he came on as a substitute...

The Shenhua team went home honestly - in fact, it was the most convenient for them to go home - Ling Feng only means that a few senior officials of the Football Federation understand that to set up a fair and just league, they will not favor any team, including the host. Bratter suddenly felt a crisis. Perhaps the compromise with Ling Feng was a mistake that was enough to affect FIFA's development prospects.

But the question is, what can we do if we don’t compromise with Ling Feng?

In four days and four games, the four teams that advanced in the end will return to Shanghai in one month to compete in the second round. The four teams that advanced are as follows: Fiorentina, River Plate, Ahli, and Chelsea.

Among the semi-finals, the European teams occupy two teams, and their next round of matches will be drawn a week before the game.

In general, the first round of this Club World Cup was quite successful. Although it was a bit cruel, it strengthened the connection between clubs on various continents and added a new opportunity to make money for the club. I expected that the teams who tasted the sweetness would be more supportive of such games in the future. It was just the arrangement of the game schedule and the competition, and the selection of teams needed further improvements...

There was nothing in Ling Feng. He just took the time to go back to China during the game, greeted the players and coaches of various clubs, and did the landlords' ceremony. After the game, the players of Shenhua were brought to the group of hooligans in Florence. The authentic Chinese cuisine made those guys praise him. Several guys who could not use chopsticks later ignored the players of Shenhua and grabbed them directly. In the end, each of them packed a copy and went back...

Let Chinese players and fans talk and contact more with the world's top experts. This is Ling Feng's biggest purpose, because only after contact with Chinese players will find out: it turns out that these guys are also ordinary people, ordinary people like themselves, like making fun and playing, and when they see strange things, they act like children...

Many Fiorentine players here, such as the qualified Bati and Baggio, are idols of Shenhua players. In the hearts of some Chinese players, their status is the same as God. However, after eating this meal, they found that the "God" would even fight for a small piece of snack. Carlos, the most voracious Carlos, was unanimously protested by all the hooligans, and everyone collectively pressed this self-conceived most handsome guy in the Brazilian team under the table...

Only by pulling the distance between man and "God" can people have hope of becoming "God".

In a sense, the schedule of the Club World Cup has been too long, which is unreasonable in a sense, because the Club World Cup is different from the European Champions League. Europe is so big that it only takes a short time to fly. The Club World Cup involves too much, and it must be held in a row within a month in a row. Once this is arranged, it must be held once every four years like the World Cup. Otherwise, for major clubs, they are simply unable to spend a month in the busy season - even on holidays - to participate in such a cup.

Everything needs to be improved.

Leagues of various countries are still in full swing. In the Premier League and Serie A, Manchester United and Fiorentina are unstoppable, and the leader remains unmoved. Many people are looking forward to what kind of result will the two teams meet in the Champions League?!

In the Champions League, Manchester United has won two consecutive games in the group, but when he challenged Paris Saint-Germain in the third away game, Manchester United was tied at home by Saint-Germain led by Ronaldo.

Ling Feng played the whole game in this game and did not let him go at all, but Fernandez was quite strict with his defense in tactical terms. Besides Ling Feng, the entire Manchester United did not expect that Saint-Germain would have a player with extremely outstanding skills and almost gorgeous skills.

Ronaldinho!

In the 1997 World Youth Championship, Ronaldinho was discovered by Ling Feng and sent him to Saint Germain in advance. Soon, he became the third soul figure of Saint Germain - the new hero of Saint Germain after George Weather and Ling Feng!

It was this black guy with buck teeth who broke through with the cheers of tens of thousands of fans in Prince Park who scored a goal and assisted a goal, helping Saint-Germain tied Manchester United, which was many times stronger than him!

Ling Feng scored the leading goal in this game. After the goal, he did not cheer or accept the cheers of his teammates. Instead, he gave a gentlemanly greeting to the fans in the stands.

This action has attracted the favor of Paris fans, and they have given applause to the former prince. Player transfers are commonplace. It is rare that they can still remember their parent team after the transfer. This is enough.

A touching scene appeared at the end of the game. 2:2, Saint-Germain tied the powerful Manchester United through his own efforts. At this time, Ling Feng grabbed Ronaldinho and wanted to exchange jerseys with him.

Two shirtless people raised their hands to greet the fans. The reporters quickly took a photo of this scene. The next day, the title of "Team News" was "The Inheritance of the King".

It is indeed the king. Although Ling Feng only played for Saint-Germain for less than a year, his contribution was greater than anyone else. With Ling Feng's current strength and the honors he has won, it is not an exaggeration to call him the King of Football. After Pele was 17 years old, the host Sweden media called Pele the "King of Football" at the time. Ling Feng just turned 18 this year, and the honors he received before were not even enough to catch up with Berattle. This title naturally took on the responsibility.

Needless to say, Ronaldo, this Brazilian can also bear the reputation of the new generation of King of Football according to his skills, strength and honor. The only regret is that he did not hold up the Hercules Cup as the true soul of the Brazilian team, which makes him, like Ling Feng, have some flaws in the title of King of Football.

But what makes Luo Luo depressed in this "The Inheritance of the King" is that Ling Feng is a few months younger than him in terms of age...

Speaking of Ronaldo, we have to talk about Ronaldo.

Ronaldo is now quite depressed and very depressed.

His poor performance in the World Cup final has caused him to be criticized by fans and the media. Ronaldo is not a stupid person, so he naturally thought about where the problem was. However, he did not plan to pursue it because it was meaningless.

What the aliens are thinking about now is to quickly score more goals in the league and other games to help Inter Milan win honors and get rid of accusations as soon as possible. This is what he most longs for.

Because of this motivation, Ronaldo's performance on the court is particularly outstanding. Fiorentina's only defeat this year is thanks to him.

Although Fiorentina's defense is very strong, it does not mean that they can stop Ronaldo, who is determined to win without taking a black foot. Although some teams' defense is not strong, Ronaldo can never get up after falling down...

In the game against Sampdoria in October, Ronaldo was tackled by the opponent's defender and he rested for a month.

In the few rounds of Serie A matches where Ronaldo was absent due to injury, Inter Milan had a poor record, so Ronaldo did not rest for too long and returned to the game when his injury had not fully recovered.

In the Milan derby battle, facing AC Milan, the Inter Milan fighters worked very hard, while Ronaldo scored a goal, but could not save the team's failure.

In the next Champions League match against Arsenal, Ronaldo was injured again, and the doctor said he would take a minimum rest of 3 to 4 weeks.

Fortunately, the winter break is coming soon, and Ronaldo has time to rest.

Before the winter break, the Premier League was shockingly unpopular, with Manchester United losing 2:4 away away, and Ling Feng was on the court.

Although Ling Feng tried his best to play, it was obvious that Arsenal had much greater advantage at home, Anelka scored a hat-trick and Borgkamp secured the victory.

This is a shame for Manchester United, and even more shame for Ling Feng.

Because this is the first time Ling Feng lost the game after he played the whole game!

Wenger's defender Campbell, who was poached by Tottenham, performed extremely well in this game and successfully frozen Cantona, which made Ling Feng lack firepower support in the frontcourt.

Looking at the situation on the court, Arsenal has little advantage in ball control time and number of shots, but he is much stronger than Manchester United in his ability to seize opportunities. He scored four goals with seven threatening shots in the whole game. Perhaps even Anelka himself did not expect that his toes from outside the penalty area could hit Manchester United's goal in the opening three minutes...

Ling Feng suffered a complete defeat in his first career game - although he scored two goals alone.

Anelka, a genius of a generation, and the first friend Ling Feng met among foreign stars, gave Ling Feng a real failure in the first game...

On January 5, 1999, the smoke of gunpowder dissipated in the first half of the five major leagues. Manchester United was still the first in the Premier League, but the news of losing to Arsenal enveloped Manchester United players like a lingering shadow, especially Ling Feng.

However, it doesn’t make any sense to think too much at this time. We can only wait until we reconcile in the second half of the season. And more importantly, Ling Feng still has important tasks now. He and Siyue boarded the flight to Milan together...
Chapter completed!