Football: The strongest post-zero generation

The FIFA Club World Cup, commonly known as the Club World Cup, is actually an unofficial FIFA event that combines the former Club World Cup and the Toyota Cup.

In fact, the first edition of the Club World Cup was held in Brazil at the beginning of this century, when eight teams competed: the previous year's Champions League champion Manchester United, the Brazilian champion and host team Corinthians, the Copa Libertadores champion Vasco da Gama, the North American Champions Cup champion Necassa, the Toyota Cup champion Real Madrid, the Asian Super Cup champion Al Nasser, the African Champions Cup winner Casablanca and the Oceania Champions Cup champion South Melbourne.

FIFA originally intended to build on the first Club World Cup and make it a traditional competition, and has already decided to host the second Club World Cup in Spain, and this edition has invited more teams than the previous edition.

However, due to the bankruptcy of FIFA's sponsor ISL, the Club World Cup had to be cancelled until four years later, when FIFA finally merged the Club World Cup and the Toyota Cup, and a new Club World Cup was created.

The new Club World Cup was contested by only six teams, the champions of the six continents, but after two editions, FIFA added one more place to the hosts, a format that is still in place today.

The rules of the FIFA Club World Cup are that the winner of the host league will face the champion team of Oceania, and the winner will form four teams with the champions of Asia, Africa, CONCACAF and the Caribbean, divided into two groups to determine the two semi-final places.

The UEFA Champions League winners and South American club champions advance directly to the semi-finals, where they play the other two teams, with the winner in the final for the title and the loser for third place.

However, whether it is the earliest or the current Club World Cup, the winner is always born between the European champion team and the South American champion team, and teams from other continents have never won this trophy.

Therefore, the Al Ain team's early entry into the final this time has given many people infinite reverie, and it happens that the Liverpool team is also playing against an Asian team, so it is easier to create a topic.

What's more coincidental is that Li Qing, the star of the Liverpool team, is a native of the Celestial Empire, and the team of the Celestial Empire has always been at an absolute disadvantage in the duel with the team of the island country, and no matter at the club level or the national team level, the people of the Celestial Empire have never taken advantage of the island people.

And this has also given more people an excuse to create a buzz, and the headline about Liverpool will be upset by Kashima Antlers in this game, and the two Asian teams will meet in the final, and the Asian team will win the Club World Cup in history, appeared on major media websites.

And after the referee of this game was determined to be Brazilian Wilton Sampaio, it caused countless people to reverie.

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

On December 19, at 8:30 p.m. local time in the United Arab Emirates, more than 30,000 fans poured into the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi to watch the final semi-final of the Club World Cup, 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, and many of Liverpool's die-hard fans were also on the scene, but compared to the Kashima Antlers, it was slightly inferior in numbers.

Before the game even started, the fans were in the stands, using ways and methods to liven up the atmosphere on the field for the team they supported, and Kashima Antlers' ball was the most enthusiastic.

But this had any impact on the Liverpool players who were warming up on the field, but after hearing the foul language of Kashima fans in the stands, many of them became extremely cold.

Kashima Antlers wore their red jersey and Liverpool wore their away jersey, and this detail alone has become a sign that Kashima fans believe that their team is about to win.

Whether it is Klopp or Liverpool players, they all scoff at this, and Li Qing didn't pay attention to today's game, but he was very unhappy when he was treated by the media and Kashima fans.

The grievances between the Celestial Empire and the island country, especially in modern history, Li Qing knows very well, the two countries that originally had a feud, as a Chinese, Li Qing is of course obliged to teach the players and fans of the Kashima Kashima team how to behave in this game!

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

[Superstar Moment] Activation!

Li Qing took the ball kicked by Mane, did not hesitate at all, and shot at the goal of the Kashima Antlers.

Kwon Chun-tae, the goalkeeper of the Kashima Antlers, only felt a flash of white light in front of him, and subconsciously turned around, and saw a ball drilled into the net.

"Nani?"

The Kashima Antlers players who had just established themselves on the court were stunned, the fans in the stadium stands were dumbfounded, and the head coach of the Kashima Antlers on the sidelines was stunned.

Jurgen Klopp was drinking water on the sidelines, paying attention to what was happening on the pitch.

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

A ball lies quietly in the Kashima Antlers' goal.

How long has it been since the game, when did the goal go in, and Liverpool are already in the lead?

Such a question appeared in the heads of everyone on the scene, and no one could digest it at once, this sudden goal.

The Liverpool players on the field were also a little dumbfounded, everyone was holding their breath, ready to give the opponent a little color to see, and the referee signaled the 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 expression.

It wasn't until Li Qing jumped on Henderson with a shout of joy and began to shout and celebrate that the Liverpool players on the field came to their senses and accepted the fact that their team was already ahead.

The Liverpool fans in the stands, who were about to watch the game quietly, let out a tsunami-like roar after a brief silence.

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

It's just that they weren't ready for this celebration, and they didn't even figure out who scored the goal, so they didn't have time to sing the "Song of Li Qing" that Li Qing must sing when he scored a goal on weekdays.

However, this did not affect everyone's joy, and Liverpool owner John Henry, who had just sat down in the VIP room, hugged his wife after learning that the team had scored. _

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