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Liverpool will face Asian champions Gamba Osaka in the Club World Cup.

To be honest, Liverpool don't know their opponents at all. Although Japan's performance in the World Series in recent years is pretty good, for Europe, the center of football, football forces from Asia are relatively unfamiliar.

However, Gamba Osaka has played a game before, and Liverpool already have some understanding of their strength. Liverpool players all know that Gamba Osaka's strength is limited and it is difficult to pose any threat to them.

But Liverpool's players did not take it lightly, they were still preparing seriously.

When the game was approaching, the Liverpool team stopped all commercial activities. Although this championship was a bit useless to Liverpool, they certainly didn't want to go back in despair after coming here.

Moreover, Liverpool participated in this event three years ago. At that time, they lost to the South American Copa Libertadores champions Sao Paulo from Brazil in the final. Appearing here for the second time, they definitely want to make up for the regrets of the last time.

, this time they are here for the championship.

Before the game, the Liverpool team conducted closed training. It can be seen that Liverpool attaches great importance to this game. After the closed training, reporters outside had the opportunity to interview the Liverpool players.

As the mascot of Liverpool, Steven Gerrard has certainly received a lot of attention. Reporters also swarmed around Gerrard and interviewed Gerrard.

When being interviewed by reporters, Gerrard mentioned the game three years ago: "This is not the first time that we at Liverpool have participated in the World Club Cup. Three years ago, we also appeared here, but three years ago we were careless.

I lost the game in the end and failed to win the championship, which is somewhat regrettable.”

Then, Gerrard said this time, Liverpool's goal: "Three years ago, we left regrets here. This time we are here to make up for the regrets. Now we are ready, and we know what will happen next.

What are we going to do in a week? We won’t let down the people who support us again, yes!”

Although Gerrard did not explicitly say that they wanted to win the championship, his words clearly expressed this meaning, which made the Liverpool fans at the scene excited.

Then, Russian Czar Arshavin, who only came to Liverpool this season, also accepted an interview with reporters: "I am very happy and honored to be able to participate in an event like the World Club Cup. This is my first time to participate in such a competition, but I

I am ready. I will definitely go all out because our goal is to win the championship and we will definitely achieve our goal."

Arshavin also said later: "Japan is a good place. I like it here very much. Of course, I will be even happier if I can win the championship here."

During this period, Arshavin attended many business events, where he was treated with great courtesy. He was very happy recently, so this guy said something like this. Naturally, he said

For the Japanese fans present.

Spanish forward Fernando Torres is naturally a person that everyone is looking for. This guy is very well-known in the world. He seems to be running for the title of the number one center in the world today, especially with the help of Qiu Ze.

This guy is even more powerful.

In Japan, Fernando Torres also has a lot of fans. There were a lot of Japanese fans outside the Liverpool training ground today. Even though they couldn't see Fernando Torres training, they still insisted on staying outside the training ground, waiting.

Meet their idols.

Amid the cheers of Japanese fans, Fernando Torres accepted an interview with media reporters. He said in the interview: "Now that we are here, we will not return empty-handed. Of course, we are not only here.

Just for the competition, Japan is a very good place and this trip was very good. The only flaw is that the time is a little short."

It can be seen that Fernando Torres has a very good mentality. This guy seems to be here not to compete but to travel. He is very relaxed and looks like a star.

Of course, the most popular one is of course Qiu Ze. Although Qiu Ze debuted only two or three years ago, his soaring momentum is very fierce, as if he is riding a rocket. This soaring momentum is almost catching up with that of the past.

Ronaldo.

Now, Qiu Ze is still the most powerful contender for European Footballer and World Footballer. His name is extremely loud in the whole world. He is not like a newcomer at all, but more like a star that has been rising for a long time.

Like a superstar.

Qiu Ze naturally caused a lot of sensation when he appeared. Now Qiu Ze has become Liverpool's number one superstar. There were also many fans of Qiu Ze who came to the scene, and the largest number of them were female fans. Their screams

But it makes other Liverpool players envious.

When being interviewed by reporters, Qiu Ze said this: "I am very happy to participate in the World Club Cup and come to Japan. Everything here is very new to me. However, this time we are not here for tourism.

The championship is the only reason we come here."

Qiu Ze still focused on the competitive level: "Our opponents this time are all good. This should be a very good game. I hope that our Liverpool can go to the end and win this which should have been three years ago."

Our champion.”

The last person to come out was Benitez, the head coach of Liverpool. He led the team to Japan three years ago. Back then, he came here with the aura of European champions just like today. They came here with high spirits to win the championship.

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Unfortunately, in the end, they had to return disappointed, which has always been a worry in Benitez's heart. Now that he finally has the opportunity to come here again, he certainly hopes to make up for the regrets of the last time and keep what belongs to him tightly.

Pull it in your hand.

Benitez showed a very strong desire for the championship: "We are not here for business competitions, let alone tourism. We are here for the championship. This is the only reason why we have been here for three years.

I had a chance to win this honor before, but unfortunately there was a little problem. This time I will not allow the same mistake to happen again."

Because Liverpool's next opponent is Japan's Gamba Osaka, the Japanese reporters at the scene naturally asked questions about Japan's Gamba Osaka.

Rafael Benitez answered this way: "To be honest, I don't know much about Osaka...the Osaka Steelers team. It can be said that I don't know about them at all. However, through their first game

I still know a little bit about the competition. They have good results in Japan, an Asian country, and their strength should be pretty good."

At this time, the Japanese reporter was a little embarrassed, because Rafael Benitez didn't seem to even remember the name of his opponent. What Osaka... Osaka Steel Kick? That's called Gamba Osaka or Osaka Flying Kick.

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The Japanese reporters at the scene were really embarrassed, and the Gamba Osaka fans were very angry. They thought Rafael Benitez was simply too arrogant. Unfortunately, they didn't know that Yaco was even more arrogant.

The big one is still behind.

Then when the Japanese reporter asked about Gamba Osaka's ability to threaten Liverpool, Rafael Benitez did not leave any face to the Japanese reporter this time: "Although Gamba Osaka's results in Japan are good, but I

What I want to say is that they cannot pose any threat to us, and our goal is to win the championship."

Listening to Rafael Benitez's words, Japanese reporters and Gamba Osaka fans looked very bad. Rafael Benitez didn't take Gamba Osaka seriously at all. They

Very angry.

Some Japanese reporters and fans at the scene thought that the Liverpool team was simply too ungraceful, especially Rafael Benitez, who did not give their hosts the respect they deserved, which made them angry.

In subsequent reports, Japanese media also claimed that Liverpool are too arrogant, especially their head coach Rafael Benitez, who has no style of flying for a strong team. Some Japanese media even claimed

This is the Spaniards looking down on their Japanese football. Japanese football should look good to the arrogant Spaniards.

Japanese fans and some media have called on Gamba Osaka to show their fighting spirit and strength, and let the arrogant Liverpool people know how powerful their Japanese football is during the game.

Of course, not all Japanese people think so. There are still a large number of people who think that what the Liverpool people said is good. Gamba Osaka really has nothing worthy of Liverpool's attention. There is also an obvious gap in the strength of the two teams. Rafael

El Benitez is just telling the truth, but the advantage of this truth is that it is too unpleasant to hear, and there is nothing else?

Under such circumstances, Gamba Osaka has not received the news, which is absolutely false. Gamba Osaka is obviously not convinced by Liverpool's arrogance, and they also want the people of Liverpool to know how powerful they are.

Since defeating Adelaide, Gamba Osaka has been full of confidence. Now they heard the Liverpool people say this, and they are very confident. They also believe that they have the power to fight against Liverpool, and they still have a chance to win.

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Gamba Osaka immediately emphasized that they will do everything they can to face the defending European champions Liverpool on Thursday. Gamba Osaka's recent results have been very good, especially their victory over Adelaide United again gave them great confidence.

Moreover, more than a month ago, they defeated Adelaide United 5-0 in two rounds in the Asian Champions League final and won the Asian championship. This made them confident and felt that they had the strength to compete with the European champions.

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In the match with Adelaide United competing for the hope of the semi-finals, Japanese international Yasuhito Endo scored the only goal of the game. He completed the goal in the 23rd minute of the first half. This goal showed

Thanks to their clear passing and concise movement, they finally completed the fatal blow.

He also said before the game: "Liverpool is the European champion and has good strength, but this does not mean that we have no chance."

Gamba Osaka's five-year-old head coach Nishinoro has always emphasized that his team will not let Liverpool's stars play to their strengths smoothly. Even if this happens, they will make a Herculean effort to break out

Unpopular. Currently, Gamba Osaka is in the middle of the J-League. Under such circumstances, Gamba Osaka needs a miracle to defeat the top teams from Europe.

The opponent in front of them was a strong team like Liverpool, and Gamba Osaka kept a very calm attitude. Before the game, everyone from the coach to the players kept a low-key attitude. However, they also said that they did not have no chance.

Coach Nishino Lang said: "To be precise, we are not challenging Liverpool, but challenging ourselves. Against such a powerful opponent, what we can do and what we have to do is to play our own rhythm and give full play to our usual performance.

The level is enough.”

At the same time, coach Nishino did not shy away from the result of the loss. He said generously: "The opponent and we are in two dimensions, so our winning rate is almost zero."

Team captain Satoshi Yamaguchi said: "We all know the fact that Liverpool is a strong team, so on the field, I just want to play 'Yamaguchi-style' football."

Although the whole team did not show a winning attitude before the game, they still said that their attitude was one word: attack!