Eight Hundred and Seventeenth World Champion

Club World Cup semi-final, Manchester City vs Al Sadd.

Al Sadd's head coach is the Uruguayan George Fossati. In the game, he arranged a four-five-one lineup and adopted three midfielders. He was obviously wary of Manchester City.

Mamadou Niang was left in front, preparing to counterattack.

After Manchester City came to Abu Dhabi, it was very easy to prepare for the game. Not only did the players have a holiday to travel around, but the training was also open to all fans and the media, which seemed extraordinarily relaxed.

But when it came to the game, Manchester City was not careless at all.

FIFA will have very clear player requirements for all teams participating in the Club World Cup. For example, several big-name stars in the team must play. This is because many teams participating in the Club World Cup have played with substitutes , Seriously affected the income and influence of the Cup.

But Manchester City is different from other teams. Blue Moon's lineup is too thick.

Gao Shen saved several of his core players until the Club World Cup final three days later.

After the opening, Manchester City fell into the offside trap continuously.

The game was completely under Manchester City's feet, but they were unable to break the deadlock.

Until the seventeenth minute, Manchester City seized an opportunity and sent the ball into the penalty area.

When Al Sadd's defenders made a clearance, Yaya Toure rushed forward and blocked the ball with his body.

Van Persie reacted faster, quickly seized the landing point, and shot a low shot directly near the penalty spot, piercing Al Sadd's goal and opening the scoring for Manchester City.

Just eight minutes later, Hazard sent a pass from the left side of the box, which was blocked by Al Sadd's players. After receiving the ball on the right side of the box, Sabaleta waded into the box and volleyed. , Expanded the score for Manchester City, two to zero!

Then, in the 34th minute, Leighton Baines made an offensive cooperation. Under the double-teaming of four defensive players, Hazard broke through the encirclement with the ball and sent the ball to Van Persie's feet. The Dutchman It was achieved overnight and made another victory for Manchester City.

Three to zero!

The most interesting thing is that Al Sadd didn't even take a shot in the entire first half.

Yes, not even the least threatening long shot.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half,

City were still in control and created chances in succession.

In the 64th minute, Hazard sent a direct pass, and Yaya Toure scored from the front of the penalty area, four to zero!

In the 71st minute, Henderson sent a through pass, and Leighton Bynes suddenly rushed into the left side of the penalty area and scored with a low shot, extending the score to 5-0!

At this moment, Manchester City began to stay focused, and let it go as soon as it was good.

Al Sadd did not hit the first shot of the game until the 76th minute.

In fact, this can also reflect the disparity between professional football in Asia and professional football in Europe.

In front of Manchester City, the AFC champion really couldn't even shoot.

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Three days later, Manchester City faced Santos in the Club World Cup final.

After the opening, Manchester City took the initiative to attack.

Gao Shen played with the full main lineup this time, which is also a mandatory requirement of FIFA.

The players are also very active, after all, this is a world champion.

Gao Shen asked the defensive players to pay more attention to Neymar, but in the game, he found that it seemed unnecessary.

Because Manchester City's advantage is too obvious.

In the first ten minutes, Manchester City was all about possession, organization and offense, and Santos could only defend passively.

It wasn't until the 11th minute that the Brazilian team seized an opportunity to try to counterattack.

Ganso passes the ball to Neymar.

The Brazilian genius dribbled the ball to the top of the penalty area. When facing Harvey Martinez, he didn't pass the ball, but wanted to break through one-on-one. Needless to say, Harvey Martinez cut in decisively. Forcibly squeezed Neymar away with his body, successfully intercepted the ball, and instigated a quick counterattack by Manchester City.

Is this by accident?

No, in the 15th minute, Santos made another counterattack.

Ganso sent a through ball, trying to send Neymar to play behind Manchester City defender Jerome Boateng.

Obviously, Santos has also done enough work, knowing that Jerome Boateng is a major weakness in Manchester City's defense.

But they forget that weakness is also different from person to person.

For the top European teams, Boateng is indeed a weakness, but for Santos...

Neymar chased after him and wanted to grab the ball, but he found that Boateng, who was taller and stronger than him, was not slow at all, and he was very flexible. With long legs, he took the first step to intercept the ball, and turned around flexibly. After protecting the ball, he passed it to David Silva in front.

It is estimated that the Brazilian players were a little taken aback.

Are all European central defenders so slippery?

And this time David Silva didn't miss a chance and gave the ball to Robben on the right.

After Robben cut in from the right, he shook off the defender and volleyed with his left foot, piercing Santos' goal, 1-0!

Just four minutes later, another swift counter-attack from City came as Lichtsteiner passed the ball to Robben, who dribbled the ball into the penalty area from the right and kicked the goal.

But this shot was thrown to the left by the goalkeeper. Gareth Bale followed up and shot with his left foot, breaking Santos' goal again!

Two to zero!

...

Steady!

Gao Shen applauded vigorously on the sidelines, applauding his players.

The same was true for Carlo and others, and there was thunderous applause at the scene.

This is the strength of the Champions League champions!

"Is he really worth 45 million euros?" Brian Kidd was puzzled.

So far, Neymar has not shown a decent performance. Several dribbles and breakthroughs have failed to achieve results, and he has not even shot a goal. Can this be worth 45 million euros?

What's more, his mohawk looks really killer.

Gao Shen and Carlo looked at each other and laughed.

In fact, I really can’t blame Brian Kidd for being suspicious, because the success rate of Brazilian players in the Premier League is not high. Even for a long time, the Premier League was known as the Waterloo of Brazilian players, until Juninho ( Those who are good at free kicks are the success of Juninho Jr. and Gilberto Silva and others.

Therefore, the Premier League is not very familiar with Brazilian players.

"Don't be too expensive, you can't buy Neymar for 45 million euros." Gao Shen smiled.

"Really? Just his performance?" Brian Kidd was suspicious.

There is nothing Gao Shen can do. It cannot be said that Neymar is not in good condition in the key decisive battle, right?

In fact, he doesn't think Neymar is in a bad state, mainly because he doesn't adapt.

Not only Neymar, but many Brazilian players are like this, and even many players in the Eredivisie League are like this now.

Many people wonder why players who perform well in competitions can often be sold for a good price?

The reason is actually very simple. Major competitions and cup competitions, especially events of the World Cup, European Cup and Champions League, test the strength of players very much.

Whether it's a mule or a horse, you will know when you step on the court and kick it.

Like Neymar, his performance tonight was very bad.

But this badness is mainly because he doesn't adapt to Manchester City's rhythm and defensive sophistication.

Brazil's domestic league is very loose in terms of defense. This is related to Brazil's admiration of offensive football, so many defensive players are not welcome in Brazil.

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But this will bring about a problem, that is, in Brazil's slow-paced and loose defensive league, players who perform very well will not adapt immediately in the European league, and their performance will also shrink sharply.

Is this by accident?

Really not!

What many fans are most familiar with is the many top scorers in the Eredivisie League. One counts as one. Except for Suarez, they are basically water.

Players such as Kežman and Alfonso Alves can kill all sides in the Eredivisie, but they will wither immediately in the top European leagues. Immediately become a labor player, and by no means a minority.

This is mainly because the pace of the Eredivisie league is very slow and the defense is loose, which gives many players time and space to handle the ball.

But in the top league, especially the Premier League, sorry, there is no such treatment.

According to Wenger, every time you receive the ball, if you hesitate a little, the defensive player will have already killed you.

This is why, as strong as Neymar, he can't hold the ball in front of Manchester City.

Of course, with Neymar's strength and talent, as long as he adapts, I believe he will be able to perform at a high level soon.

But Manchester City did not intend to give him such adaptation time.

Before the end of the first half, Lichtsteiner made a cross from the right. After Suarez stopped the ball and passed the center back Bruno, he hit the goal with his kick and extended the score to 3-0.

After changing sides to fight again in the second half, Manchester City continued to launch a fierce attack on Santos.

In the 72nd minute, Gareth Bale dribbled the ball from the left and sent a pass. After Suarez slid past the goalkeeper, he shot an empty goal and scored 4-0!

It was also Manchester City's last goal of the game.

...

Neymar still showed some performance, but after Manchester City led by four goals, he slowed down the pressing and offensive slightly, and he started to get some chances. First, he tried to kick the goal, and then he took a direct free kick, but failed. Form a broken door.

This makes the Brazilian genius look extremely depressed.

He obviously regards the game against Manchester City as an opportunity to prove himself, especially in front of the wealthy Manchester City.

The whole world knows that Manchester City now needs people and people, money and money, and champions and champions. It is definitely a model of an ideal team.

But now, after playing like this, Neymar was too embarrassed to come over to talk to Gao Shen after the game, and just left in dismay.

Gao Shen never thought about talking to Neymar, he didn't want to find a uncle for himself.

With his current status and status, does he still need to look at the faces of the players?

On the contrary, Felipe Anderson, who sat on the cold bench for the whole game, greeted Gao Shen from a distance, but he didn't dare to approach him. Instead, Gao Shen took the initiative to walk over and chat with him.

When the former Manchester City player Elano came to talk to Gao Shen, he interrupted the conversation between the two.

Elano came off the bench in the 30th minute of the first half, just to strengthen the offense, but unfortunately, he did not play a threat.

Speaking of which, he was still sent out of Manchester City by Gao Shen, but now he is quite close to Gao Shen and Manchester City.