Football: The strongest post-zero generation

The FIFA Club World Cup, also commonly known as the Club World Cup, is actually an informal event that FIFA merged with the former Club World Cup and Toyota Cup.

In fact, the first Club World Cup was held in Brazil at the beginning of this century. At that time, a total of eight teams participated in the competition, including last year's Champions League champion Manchester United, Brazilian champion and host team Corinthians, South American Copa Libertadores champion Vasco da Gama, North American Champions Cup champion Necaça, Toyota Cup champion Real Madrid, Asian Super Cup champion Al Nasser, African Champions Cup champion Casablanca and Oceania Champions Cup champion South Melbourne.

FIFA originally planned to build the Club World Cup into a traditional event based on the first Club World Cup, and has decided to host the second Club World Cup in Spain, and this time it also invited players from all over the world to compete. There were more teams participating in the last session.

However, due to the bankruptcy of FIFA's sponsor ISL, the Club World Cup had to be canceled. It was not until FIFA finally merged the Club World Cup and Toyota Cup four years later that a new Club World Cup was created.

At that time, only six teams participated in the new Club World Cup, that is, the champion teams from the six continents. However, after two games, FIFA added another place for the host country, and this competition system is still in use today.

The rules for participating in the Club World Cup are that the host league champion team will first face off against the Oceania champion team. The winner will then compete with the champion teams from Asia, Africa, Central and North America and the Caribbean to form four teams and be divided into two groups. Two semi-final places are available.

The UEFA Champions League champion team and the South American club champion team directly enter the semi-finals and compete with the other two teams respectively. The winner will meet in the finals to compete for the championship, and the loser will compete for third place.

But no matter the earliest or current Club World Cup, the champion is always born between the European champion team and the South American champion team. Teams from other continents have never won this championship.

Therefore, Al Ain's advance to the final this time has given many people unlimited imagination. It happens that the team facing Liverpool is also an Asian team, so it is easier to create topics.

What's more coincidental is that Liverpool's star Li Qing is from China, and the Chinese team has always been at an absolute disadvantage in the showdown with the island team, and whether it is at the club level or the national team level, the Chinese people have no advantage. It’s cheaper for people traveling to the island.

And this also gave more people an excuse to create a topic. It was said that Liverpool would be upset by Kashima Antlers in this game. Two Asian teams would reach the finals, and an Asian team would historically win the Club World Cup. titles appeared on major media websites.

After the referee for this game was confirmed to be Brazilian Wilton Sampaio, it aroused the imagination of countless people.

There is no other reason. Judging from the Brazilian referee's past law enforcement experience, although the game penalties he enforced are fair, the enforcement standards are slightly relaxed, which gives many people more different ideas.

On December 19, at 8:30 pm local time in the United Arab Emirates, more than 30,000 fans poured into the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, preparing to watch the final semi-final of the Club World Cup, the match between Liverpool and Kashima Antlers.

Because it is located in West Asia, most of the people who came to watch the game tonight were local and Asian fans. Many die-hard Liverpool fans also came to the scene, but compared with the Kashima Antlers fan group, the number was slightly smaller. disadvantages.

Before the game even started, fans were in the stands, using various forms and methods to activate the atmosphere on the field for the team they supported. Among them, the fans of Kashima Antlers were the most enthusiastic.

But none of this had any impact on the Liverpool players warming up on the field. However, after hearing the Kashima fans in the stands speaking English mixed with obscenities, many players' eyes became extremely cold.

Kashima Antlers wore their red jerseys in this game, while Liverpool wore their away jerseys. This detail alone has become a sign that Kashima fans believe that their team is about to win.

Both Klopp and the Liverpool players sneered at this, and Li Qing didn't attach much importance to today's game. As a result, he was very unhappy when he was treated like this by the media and Kashima fans.

Li Qing is very aware of the grievances between China and the island country, especially in modern history. The two countries originally had a feud. As a Chinese, Li Qing is of course obliged to teach the Kashima Kashima team in this game. How do players and fans behave!

As the referee Wilton Sampaio blew the whistle, Liverpool kicked off first. Mane pushed the ball towards Li Qing. Li Qing looked at the opponent's goal with a sharp light in his eyes.

[Superstar Moment] starts!

Li Qing took the ball kicked by Mane without any hesitation and shot at the Kashima Antlers goal.

Kashima Antlers goalkeeper Kwon Soon-tae saw a flash of white light in front of his eyes. He subconsciously turned his head and saw a ball go into the net.

"Nani?"

The Kashima Antlers players who had just gained a foothold on the court were stunned. The fans in the stands were also dumbfounded. The head coach of the Kashima Antlers on the sidelines was stunned.

Klopp was drinking water on the sidelines at this time, paying no attention to what was happening on the court.

It wasn't until he heard the referee blowing the whistle, ruling that the goal was valid, and signaling the Kashima Antlers players to kick off, that Klopp suddenly realized something. The water bottle in his hand suddenly fell to the ground, and his eyes immediately turned to the Kashima Antlers. goal.

A ball lay quietly in the Kashima Antlers' goal.

How long has it been since the game? When did the ball go in? Liverpool already ahead?

Such a question appeared in the minds of everyone present, and no one could digest this sudden goal.

The Liverpool players on the field were also a little dumbfounded. Everyone was trying their best to show off their opponents, but the referee signaled a goal.

Alisson, the goalkeeper on the Liverpool goal line, even looked back at his own goal, and then looked at the opponent's goal, with a puzzled look on his face.

It wasn't until Li Qing jumped on Henderson with joy and started shouting and celebrating that the Liverpool players on the field woke up and accepted the fact that their team was already leading.

The Liverpool fans who were preparing to watch the game quietly in the stands, after a brief silence, roared like a mountain and a tsunami.

This unexpected goal made them ecstatic, and all the depressed and suppressed emotions before the start of the game were instantly released.

It's just that this time, they were not ready for the celebration. They didn't even figure out who scored the goal, so they didn't have time to sing "Li Qing's Song", which Li Qing usually sings when he scores a goal.

However, this did not affect everyone's happiness. John Henry, the owner of Liverpool, who was just about to sit down in the VIP room, after learning that the team scored, ignored everything around him and hugged his wife.