When Mallorca arrived in Japan this time, it was already December 11th, and the entire Mallorca team that appeared in Yokohama seemed a little tired. [.] Different from last season, this time Mallorca will not have any commercial activities in Japan. They will only play two games and leave after the game - even the fighting competitions have invited all Mallorca players. The player's invitation to be a guest in this game was also rejected by Mallorca. After all, this time is different from last time. Last time Mallorca had enough time to adjust the players' condition.
Arriving in Mallorca on the 11th, Mallorca only did a little restorative training on the 12th. On this day, Boca Juniors defeated the African champion Sahel with a score of 1 to 0 and entered the final first. , the young Argentinian striker Palacio scored the only goal for Boca Youth. This striker is now the top scorer in Boca Youth, surpassing the already aging Palermo, and is also regarded as It is the new hope of Boca Juniors.
Mallorca¡¯s opponent in the semi-finals is the Asian champion Urawa Ruby. Mallorca is still quite sure of winning this opponent, even if they have just traveled a long distance.
When facing Ruby, Jose sent out almost all substitutes, and even the goalkeeper was replaced by Pinto. On the defense line, Sergio and Ivanovic partnered with central defenders, Puerta and Campa. On both sides of the pitch, the midfielder deployed the combination of Martinez, Farinos and Kak¨¢, and the front line was the trident of Silva, Iniesta and Klose.
This game was completely an offensive and defensive exercise. Urawa Ruby used a steel barrel formation to fight against Mallorca's offense, and Mallorca's substitute players also enjoyed the pleasure of suppressing the opponent's offense. After the whole game, Mallorca There were nearly 30 shots, but in the end, Kaka's long shot from the front of the penalty area scored the only goal in the game. Mallorca defeated Urawa Ruby with the same score of 1-0 and entered the final. .
Everyone knows that although the World Club Cup has four more teams than the previous Toyota Cup, it is still basically only a duo of South American clubs and European clubs. If the entire Club World Cup is a feast, then the previous games are only It can be regarded as an appetizer. The highlight of the entire competition is in the finals.
Boca Youth are now naturally not the same Boca Youth team they used to be. Riquelme has already left for Spain, and the entire Boca Youth team is still supported by Palermo alone. However, the young players of the Argentine club are always coming one after another. The strike partner of Palermo and Palacio, and the midfield combination of Banega, Ledesma and Cardoso are not bad at all. Compared with European clubs who do not attach great importance to the Club World Cup, South American clubs do attach great importance to it. This is also one of the factors that allow them to compete with European clubs in the previous Intercontinental Cup, Toyota Cup and the current World Club Cup. one.
Although Jose is not particularly concerned about winning the Club World Cup, he still has to play hard in the final - otherwise it would be a wasted trip. Although the current Boca Juniors are not as good as the Century The turn of the century caused headaches for European clubs, but it also had a certain level of strength. If it was too relaxed, it might capsize in the gutter.
The reason why all substitutes were sent in the semi-finals was because Jose wanted the main players to recover properly during this period. They had a day off on the 12th, and the main players did not play on the 13th but continued to rest. , there are still three days until the 16th, enough for the players to recover to a very good physical condition. Jose believes that as long as his main players have no physical problems, there will not be too many problems against Boca Youth. .
Although this Boca Juniors team is not bad in terms of strength, it does not have Riquelme's talent that can instantly change the team's situation. When the overall strength is at a disadvantage, a weak team can only rely on luck to win. The opponent's tactical arrangement, a star's flash In the past, Boca Juniors relied on Bianchi's excellent arrangement and the flash of inspiration of a superstar like Riquelme to win, and now Boca Juniors won For stuck young people, these two factors no longer exist. The only thing that can help them is probably the illusory luck
December 16th, Yokohama International Stadium!
For the tournament organizers, the only thing they worry about is whether Mallorca will not pay attention to this game and feel that winning or losing does not matter - because in the semi-finals, Mallorca except for the top star Kaka to play , and did not send other main players. Silva and Iniesta can only be regarded as semi-main players now. The reason for Kaka to play is probably because Mallorca is building momentum for Kak¨¢ to win this year's double World Footballer - -In fact, Kaka really has no opponents this year.
So the only thing they are most worried about right now is that Mallorca does not pay attention to this game and has sent a large number of substitutes in this game, which makes this game less valuable.Relegation - This is not a rare thing. If it is the first time for a team to participate in the Club World Cup, it may still take it seriously, just like Mallorca last year. However, Mallorca is already the third consecutive team. I participated in the second year. For emerging competitions, after the novelty wears off, it is very likely that you will not care. FIFA has also put a lot of effort into this World Club Cup. If there are not many stars in the finals, It affects the value of the entire competition and may get off to a very bad start.
However, when Mallorca announced their starting lineup for this game, the organizing committee breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Matias, Alonso, Ballack, Kaka, Torres, Henry Mallorca's famous players and main players all played, except for the rotation of Klose and one missing Ronaldo who is still recovering. These stars have played, even if they perform poorly in the final and Mallorca loses the game, the gold content of the Club World Cup will not decrease!
However, since Jose has sent almost all the main players, he will definitely win this game - under the leadership of Jose, Mallorca only lost one game in a decisive final. The precedent is the unexpected loss to Valencia in the European Super Cup in the summer of 2004. At other times, Jose led the team to a complete victory. Not to mention that Boca Juniors is no longer what it used to be, even if they were At his peak, Jose would not let victory slip away from him easily.
Boca Juniors fielded a 442 formation for this game, and Mallorca's formation was similar, except that the midfield was composed of three midfielders and Kak¨¢, the forward midfielder. Card Youth's midfielder is different.
For Boca Juniors, they only have one way to win after entering the final. Boca Juniors is not a team that is good at defense, so from the beginning of the game, they launched a wave of offense, hoping to use their better skills The offense scored from the very beginning and thus took the initiative throughout the game.
If you want to attack, then attack. Anyway, if you don't attack, we will attack too - this is Mallorca's tactic in this game. After observing Boca Juniors' performance in recent months, Jose adopted The laziest way is to no matter how the opponent plans to attack, we are mainly focusing on offensive tactics anyway, and we just need to concede fewer goals than the opponent.
So this game became the Club World Cup final with the most goals since the Club World Cup was re-hosted in 2005.
Cardoso threatened Mallorca's goal with a long shot in the first two minutes. Then Ledesma, Palacio and Palermo all had shots, but none of them hit the goal frame. For example, Mallorca only had one shot during this period, but it forced Boca Juniors goalkeeper Calanta to make a save - Ballack passed the ball in the frontcourt, and Torres, who inserted into the penalty area, received the ball and volleyed directly At close range, Kalanta struggled to save the ball.
After overcoming the opponent's three-point attack, Mallorca began to counterattack. At the 18th minute, Riise, who assisted, broke through and suddenly passed the ball to the front of the penalty area. After Kaka took the ball, he swayed away and shot. The opponent's defender blocked it with his body.
In the 20th minute, it was Kak¨¢ again. After receiving a direct pass from Alonso, he forced a breakthrough along the left. He changed direction at the front of the penalty area and dribbled the ball into the penalty area. After catching up with the ball, he immediately took a shot!
The defender of Boca Juniors once again used his body to block Kaka's shot, but the ball bounced back to Kaka's feet again. Kaka made a move to hit again, tempting the opponent's defender to rush forward and prepare to block it with his body. When he used his left foot, he With one push, the ball was passed to the center of the penalty area
Torres, who inserted in the middle, received the pass from Kaka, and then accurately kicked off the shot at the first time. The ball flew into the dead center of the goal, and Mallorca led 1-0!
Boca Juniors, who lost the ball first, were not discouraged. They continued to launch a wave of counterattacks, and their counterattacks were more effective and luckier. Two minutes after losing the ball, Boca Juniors took a tactical corner kick and ran in the penalty area. Palacio, who was in the right position, grabbed the first goal under the cover of Palermo. He swung his head near the penalty spot and hit the goal. The ball flew into the far corner and Boca Juniors equalized the score.
Riding on the morale of this goal, Boca Juniors continued to deal with Mallorca until the end of the first half without allowing Mallorca to score again. The two sides entered the halftime break tied one to one.
However, Boca Juniors was only happy for so long. Three minutes into the second half, Mallorca immediately overtook the score again. At this time, it was their captain Matias who played the decisive role - Henry was blocked on the right. The opponent's defender knocked down, and he personally took the free kick and passed it into the penalty area. Ballack, who was in the front point, missed the ball. Mathias, who was in the back point, faced the ball that had started to fall and did not use his head to head it. Unexpectedly, he jumped up and volleyed directly towards the ball - even though heThe shooting posture seemed very awkward, but he hit a beautiful shot. The ball flew diagonally into the dead center of the goal. Two to one, Mallorca took the lead again!
After falling behind again, Boca Juniors did not appear to be too discouraged. They continued to strengthen their offense. At this time, they were aiming to score goals with Mallorca. However, at this time, Mallorca would no longer allow them to score. There were too many opportunities to equalize the score or something - they did not strengthen their defense, but did something that suited their characteristics, which was to expand the score before Boca Juniors equalized!
In the 60th minute, Senna intercepted the ball in the midfield and then passed the ball. Kak¨¢ quickly jumped in from the back row and began his most accustomed long-distance run. After passing the last defender with a quick change of direction, Kak¨¢ broke into the penalty area. Under the pressure of the opponent's defender, he volleyed with his right foot from a small angle. The ball hit the opponent's goalkeeper's leg and bounced into the goal. Three to one!
Although Ledesma scored a goal with a supplementary shot in front of the goal in the 72nd minute, Kaka completed another long-distance run three minutes later. After dribbling the ball into the penalty area, he distributed the ball to the other side, following After Henry entered, he easily pushed the shot into the empty goal. Four to two, Mallorca secured the victory!
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