European champion Aston Villa and Asian champion Guangzhou meet in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, which is definitely a big event in the Chinese sports world in the past two days.

The front-line reporting team specially dispatched by CCTV Sports Channel came to Morocco and started to catch news before the game.

On the morning of December 16, the Guangzhou team went to the semi-finals Adila Stadium for field training.

A large number of Chinese tourists and Guangzhou team fans came outside the training ground to cheer for Guangzhou team.

CCTV reporters randomly interviewed some Chinese tourists. Many of them were different from the orderly organized Guangzhou team fans. They were not fans, but they heard that domestic teams came to participate in the Club World Cup, so they came to help cheer.

In fact, after the Guangzhou team won the AFC Champions League championship and was about to participate in the Club World Cup, many domestic travel agencies, especially Guangzhou's travel agencies, have opened up travel special lines.

Most of these domestic tourists, mainly Guangzhou fans and citizens, choose to set off from Guangzhou and pass through Cairo, Egypt, with a journey of about ten days.

In addition to watching the Guangzhou game, you will also have in-depth browsing of Casablanca in Morocco, the Mosque of Hassan II, the capital Rabat, the "Red City" Marrakech, the resort of Agadir, and the "African Windy City" Essaouira, etc., to experience the unique cultural scenery and natural scenery of this North African country.

The local government of Morocco is very happy with the influx of a large number of Chinese tourists.

After the Guangzhou team took the bus to leave after taking the field, these Chinese tourists and fans did not leave immediately, but continued to stay outside the stadium to wait. They had already received the news that Aston Villa would also come to the field to train.

About half an hour later, Aston Villa's bus arrived and was warmly welcomed by the fans on the scene.

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Seeing the scene where Aston Villa fans who rushed from England to Morocco, local Aston Villa fans in Africa and Guangzhou team fans wearing Guangzhou team jerseys welcomed Aston Villa players, the reporters on the scene couldn't help laughing. This is probably the most rare harmonious scene among the fans of the team that will be the opponent.

Among the Guangzhou team's fans, there are many Aston Villa and Fang Jue fans, and the British Aston Villa fans also have a good impression and attitude towards Chinese fans because of Fang Jue.

It’s not just that the relationship between the fans of both sides is very harmonious, without gunpowder.

The head coaches of both sides also have a good relationship, and they have a commercial fight before the game.

Guangzhou team head coach Lippi praised Fang Jue as one of the best coaches in football at present and the well-deserved NO1 among young coaches.

Fang Jue praised Lippi as a famous football coach, praised Lippi for his great achievements in leading the Guangzhou team to the Asian championship, and mentioned the glorious history of Lippi in leading Italy to the German World Cup in 2006, which was a great praise to the "Silver Fox".

In short, before the game, we showed everyone what a harmonious atmosphere was.

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After the semi-finals began the next day, Aston Villa firmly controlled the game.

In the fifteenth minute of the first half, Ha Mei passed the ball to the right. Kyle Walker inserted on the right side made a cross. Guangzhou team's defender Feng Xiaoting appeared to be on the top. Ibrahimovic in the penalty area stopped the ball with his chest and dodged two Guangzhou team defensive players and turned and shot low. Guangzhou team goalkeeper Zheng Cheng managed to save and still failed to stop the football from entering the net.

One to zero, Aston Villa took the lead in breaking the deadlock on the court.

In the subsequent game, Aston Villa's offensive gradually increased. In the 35th minute of the game, Hong Bowen's pass was seen through by Clement. Aston Villa intercepted the ball in the half of the Guangzhou team and launched a direct attack. After Mane's shot from the left was saved by Zheng Cheng, Aston Villa launched a second attack, and finally Modric scored a low shot in front of the penalty area, 2-0.

Before the end of the first half, Ha Mei pulled the ball horizontally from the left side outside the penalty area and scored with her left foot curved goal, which changed the score to three to zero.

The score in the first half was three to zero, and Aston Villa temporarily led the Guangzhou team with three goals.

However, the game process is much more dominant than the three-to-zero score. Aston Villa's possession rate in the first half was as high as 77%, Guangzhou's possession rate was only 23%, and the European champion's shooting number was as high as 11 times. Guangzhou's only one shot came from Conca's long shot outside the penalty area.

A few minutes after the second half started, Aston Villa's fourth goal arrived.

This is De Bruyne, who came on the bench after the start of the second half, rushed to the front of the goal with a lightning speed. Vardy easily flashed out of the defender and pushed the ball, four to zero.

Afterwards, Fang Jue continued to dispatch troops.

Modric was substituted and Pogba came on the bench.

Even the team captain Clement was replaced, and Ngolo Kante, who was promoted from the reserve team to the first team this year, came on as a substitute.

Everyone understood that Aston Villa had saved face for the Guangzhou team in his motherland and had withdrawn his troops early.

Even so, Aston Villa then scored another goal. Pogba's long shot was saved by Zheng Cheng and happened to hit the Guangzhou team's defender's raised arm, and Aston Villa got a penalty kick.

Milner scored a penalty and also locked the score of the Club World Cup semi-finals at 5-0.

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"This is the huge gap between the Asian champion and the European champion." He Wei said in a heavy tone, "To be precise, it is the gap between the European champion Aston Villa and the Asian champion Guangzhou team."

This sentence seems to be the same, but the meaning is different.

He Wei means that if it were other European champions, he would win. Maybe he would win more easily, but he would not win 5-0 easily without sweating like Aston Villa.

"It can be seen that although Guangzhou team is unstoppable in Asian football, both personal technical ability and overall strength are hugely different from Aston Villa. So we see that Muric's speed advantage is gone, and Elkeson has also lost the halo of gods. Zheng Cheng, who usually performs very stably, kicked his big foot by the opponent's players. If there is still someone in the Guangzhou team who can hold the ball under strong pressure, only the former MVP of the Brazil League Conka."

"Yes, let's see who is opposite Guangzhou, Ibrahimovic, it goes without saying that, this year's favorite of the World Footballer, Modric, this is the person Real Madrid has always wanted to poach, Mane, Hamei, Vardy, Milner, De Bruyne, not to mention a world's No. 1 midfielder Clement. Guangzhou team can't pass the half, Clement is the only one who is the pass." Zhang Lu took over and said.

At this time, the statistics of the whole game were also released. Guangzhou team had one shot in the first and second half of the game, which means there were only two shots in the whole game, and none of them were within the goal frame. Aston Villa's two figures were 31 and 21. If Aston Villa hadn't had bad luck and 5 shots hit the goal frame, and Aston Villa stopped the troops early in the second half, Guangzhou team would have lost even more miserably.

In terms of ball possession rate, Guangzhou team only had 27% of the game, while Bayern had as much as 73%.

"But objectively speaking, it is normal for Guangzhou to lose five goals to Aston Villa. They basically performed at their own level. You should know that in the history of the Club World Cup, no Asian team has defeated or even drew with European teams. Even in the world football world, there are only a handful of teams that can defeat Aston Villa." He Wei comforted the Guangzhou team.

At the press conference after the game, Lippi expressed his regret for the team's defeat and congratulated Aston Villa on his support for the recent Club Cup final.

"Aston Villa's goal is to win the Club World Cup, this is their goal, they have this strength."

In addition, some reporters questioned whether Lippi had been sitting on the bench in the second half and did not get up to command the game at all.

Lippi could only helplessly explain why he had been sitting on the bench for a long time in the second half. "Faced with such a big gap between the two teams, I can no longer ask for anything from the players, so I chose to sit on the bench quietly. This year I have high requirements for the team, but the players felt a little relaxed after playing the AFC Champions League."

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Three hours later, the Club World Cup was shockingly unpopular, and South American Liberators champion Atletico Minero actually lost to the host team Casablanca Raja.

This was a super unpopular result that no one expected. South American champion Minero, led by Ronaldo, was eliminated by the host Casablanca team one-to-three. Although Ronaldo scored a free kick and equalized the score, he was still unable to stop the team from losing.

You should know that Casablanca Raja started from the qualifying match of this Club World Cup, and this is also the first team in the history of the Club World Cup to start from the qualifying match and finally reach the final of the Club World Cup.

Although he lost the game, as a former World Footballer, Ronaldo still has enough appeal. The scene after the game was amazing. Several players from Casablanca surrounded Ronaldo and then bent down to take off his sneakers. Obviously, Casablanca players hope to grab Ronaldo's boots as a commemoration.

Ronaldo was also a little helpless about this, and in the end he had to leave the field barefoot, while the Casablanca player who grabbed Ronaldo's two sneakers happily showed off in front of the camera.

The next day, Fang Jue visited the hotel where Minero Athletic Club was staying. He came to find his old friend Xiao Luo to reminisce about the past.

Two years ago, Ronaldo transferred from Aston Villa to Paris Saint-Germain. After playing for a year and a half at Paris Saint-Germain, he returned to Brazil's Atletico Minero in the winter window last year.

It can be seen that although he was far away from the mainstream European leagues, Ronaldo was in a very good mood. He returned to his motherland, Brazil and played football in China, which made him feel very good. The two chatted for more than half an hour, Ronaldo kept smiling and laughing from time to time.

Fang Jue was also very happy to see Ronaldo so happy. This guy has won the club honors, national team honors and personal honors he can get in both the club and the national team. Now enjoy the happiness brought by football. Ronaldo also likes him like this.

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Two days later, the Asian champion Guangzhou team lost 2-3 to South American Liberators Cup champion Atletico Minero in the third and fourth place finals of this Club World Cup. In this game, the direct competition between Conca of Guangzhou and Ronaldo Minero Minero was quite eye-catching.

Three hours after the third and fourth place finals, the 2013 Club World Cup final and Aston Villa and the host team Morocco Casablanca Raja began.

As the biggest dark horse in this Club World Cup, Casablanca Raja is a giant team in the Moroccan League. They reached their peak in the 1990s. They merged with another club, the Olympic team in Casablanca City, and became the overlord of the Moroccan League. They won the Marco Super League five times from 1996 to 2000, and twice topped the African Champions League championship in 1997 and 1999.

Among the 2000 clubs selected by the African Football Federation, Casablanca ranks third, second only to Al Ahli and Zamarek in the Egyptian League.

After defeating South American champion Atletico 3-1, Casablanca Raja, who participated as the host, also became the first team in the Club World Cup to reach the finals from the qualifying round!

As a "wild card" team, Casablanca Raja was not favored before the game, and his odds were ranked second to last among the seven teams (1 penalty of 51).

However, Casablanca, who started from the qualifying round, kept creating surprises. They defeated Oceania champion Oakland City 2-1 in the first game, and then defeated Central and North American champion Monterrey with the same score in the quarterfinals. Until they finally eliminated South American champion Minero led by Ronaldo, and met with Aston Villa in the final of the Club World Cup, which shocked many people.

Although many people think that Casablanca Raja's Club World Cup journey has ended here, they are unlikely to threaten Aston Villa in the final.

However, Fang Jue still didn't dare to be careless. He really studied Casablanka Raja's tactics in particular.

In fact, when many European champion teams face such third-rate league teams, they will not deliberately study the opponent's tactics and players, anyway, they will just push them over.

Fang Jue not only studied it, he also told reporters very well at the press conference before the game.

Casablanca Raja has always played their traditional style of play, which is to keep short passes, and two to three players rely on multiple passes to complete the attack. This style of play is very ornamental.

Their fans affectionately called it 'Raja Show'."

Specifically for this Casablanca Raja team, the wing attack is Casablanca's magic weapon to win.

Windbacks Karoc and Salsi are the key to the two wings flying together, while two agile shooters Abrazuk and Eyor can "maximize the effect" of the wingers' crosses from the bottom.

At the press conference, Fang Jue specifically pointed out the characteristics of the "Raja Show" tactics and the names of the opponent's key players, which made him win the love of the host media and fans, who felt respected by world champion coach Fang Jue.

In fact, although Casablanca Raja won the Moroccan Premier League championship last year and was qualified for wildcards to participate in the Club World Cup, they performed poorly in the domestic league this year, ranking eighth in 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses after 11 rounds.

In the Morocco Cup final at the beginning of last month, Casablanca Raja lost to Jadida after a penalty shootout and missed the championship.

On November 29, the poor record made Chairman Budilica decide to fire coach Fahull, which was only 13 days before the first match between the club World Cup team and Auckland City.

Former Tunisian national team coach Benzati was appointed to the task of being in danger. He is good at combining the lineup in a short period of time and inspiring players' confidence. It was under his leadership that Casablanca Raja reached the final of the Club World Cup as a wildcard team.

When the head coaches of both sides shook hands before the game, Fang Jue congratulated Casablanca Raja head coach Benzati, congratulations to him for leading a great team to create great history, and said that in the face of such a respectable opponent, Aston Villa will definitely do his best in the final.

Benzati was very happy and felt very proud to win such praise from the famous European champion coach Fang Jue.

He immediately said that his team would do their best in the game and cherish this rare opportunity to play against the best team in Europe.

Fang Jue was very happy to hear Benzati say this, and he said he was looking forward to the exciting game ahead.

Benzati smiled happily too.

Then, after the game began, Benzati truly realized how cruel the "going all" that Fang Jue said was to his team.
Chapter completed!