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Chapter 89 Club World Cup

2012赛季的世俱杯安排是12月6日开始，12月16日结束。

Among the teams participating in this year's Club World Cup, the European champion is Chelsea from England, the South American champion is Corinthians from Brazil, the North American champion is Monterrey from Mexico, the African champion is Cairo Ahly from Egypt, and the Oceania champion is New Zealand. Auckland City, Asian champion and host is Japan's Tokyo FC.

Generally speaking, the Club World Cup will be played by the champions of the six continents and the league champion of the host league. If Tokyo FC does not win the AFC Champions League this year, they can also participate in the Club World Cup as the host champion.

Occasionally there will be special circumstances, like this year, a certain intercontinental champion is also the host team of the domestic league. For example, in 07 and 08, the Club World Cup was held in Japan, but the champions of the AFC Champions League were Japan’s Urawa Red Diamond and Gamba Osaka.

According to the arrangement of FIFA, if this happens, the runner-up team of the Intercontinental Cup will take part.

Urawa Red Diamonds won the AFC Champions League in 07, and Kashima Antlers won the J-League. Because Urawa is also the host, Kashima Antlers were deprived of the qualification for the Club World Cup, and the AFC runner-up Saipahan participated.

It was the same in 08. Gamba Osaka was the champion and host of the AFC Champions League. The J-League champion Kashima Antlers was once again deprived of the qualification for the Club World Cup.

In 09, Kashima Antlers won the J-League Championship again, and the AFC Champions of that year were no longer a J-League team.But this year, the Club World Cup was transferred to the United Arab Emirates, and Kashima Antlers could no longer compete as the host.

As a result, the sad Kashima Antlers missed opportunities in a row, and has not yet participated in the Club World Cup.

Of course, in 2016, Kashima Antlers reached the final of the Club World Cup for the first time, creating the best result of an Asian team in the Club World Cup.

So in this year's situation, Tokyo FC, as the Asian champion and host, will be replaced by the AFC runner-up Jeddah Ahli.

Among the participating teams in the Club World Cup, if we make a strength comparison, the strength of the European champion is 9, the strength of the South American champion is 8, and the strength of other North American champions, Asian champions, and African champions ranges from 6 to 7. The champion of Oceania is a slag with a combat power of less than 5, and the host's strength is generally between 5 and 6.

According to this strength, the competition system formulated by FIFA is that the weakest Oceania champion and the host will conduct a qualifying match first, and the winner will enter the first round.In the first round, the Asian champions, the North American champions, the African champions and the winners of the qualifiers, the four teams fought each other, and the two winners entered the semi-finals.

The European champions and South American champions advance directly to the semi-finals, where they will face off against the two teams that passed the first round.The Champions League champions and the South American champions have a principle of avoidance. The teams that pass the first round will face either the European champions or the South American champions.

The winners of the duels will advance to the finals, where the champion will be determined.

Tokyo FC is the champion and host of the AFC Champions League, but it still enters the schedule as the champion of the AFC Champions League, and Jeddah Ahli, the runner-up of the AFC Champions League, will participate in the qualifying round.

The draw for the Club World Cup is done every September or October by FIFA.

In this year's schedule, AFC Champions Tokyo FC will face African champion Cairo Ahli in the first round. If they pass the first round, Tokyo FC will face South American champion Corinthians in the semi-finals.

Due to the stronger strength of the European champions and the South American champions, as well as the advantages in the schedule, the Club World Cup has been held for these years. Almost every year, the finals are the European champions against the South American champions. Only in 2010, the African champion Mazembe was eliminated in the semi-finals. This is the only time that a team other than Europe and South America has entered the final of the Club World Cup. However, Mazembe still lost to Inter Milan in the final 0:3 that year.

Of course, the host Casablanca (Morocco) will enter the final in 2013, and Kashima Antlers will also enter the final as the host in 2016.

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According to the draw schedule of this year's Club World Cup, Tokyo FC's lottery is not too good, but it is not too bad. At least it is better to face South American champion Corinthians in the semi-finals than to face European champion Chelsea.

Of course, the premise is that Tokyo FC can pass the level of the African champion Cairo Ahli.

In recent days, the Japanese sports media did not know when it started to spread that Manchester City Group is preparing to acquire the Tokyo FC club.

The Manchester City Group, which is the parent company of the Premier League tycoon Manchester City, is behind the Abu Dhabi consortium, a world-renowned oil upstart.

This kind of news is true or false, and I don't know if it is true, but many Asian media are following suit, shouting that the local tyrants are coming, and Asian football will be ruined.

Linge didn't care too much, because he knew that the Manchester City Group itself was investing in football, and would invest in teams in several major cities around the world in the future.

Of course, the reason why Ringer knew this was because the Chinese Super League became more and more popular under the hype of Jin Yuan. Manchester City Group also wanted to take a stake in a Chinese Super League team in a big city. gossip.

Manchester City has invested in quite a few teams around the world. There are Manchester City Group teams in New York, Australia, and Melbourne, Australia. However, the UAE only invests heavily in Manchester City in the Premier League. It is rational.

Ringer remembers that Manchester City should be the Yokohama Mariners who invested in Japan. How could there be scandals with Tokyo FC?
On this day, Ringer came to the chairman's office of the club again.

"Lin Jun, I heard that you are learning German recently?"

"Yes, Mr. President, I want to prepare for the transfer to Europe."

"The newspaper said that your agent has frequently visited the Dortmund club recently. Are you going to transfer to Dortmund?"

"Well, it is currently in the negotiation stage."

Ringer has nothing to hide about this. Now it seems that Dortmund is indeed the most interested in him. In terms of salary and guaranteed number of appearances, Dortmund is the most sincere club.

Kroter has recently been photographed by Japanese reporters in and out of Dortmund one after another. Now the club with the most scandals with Ringer has changed from Arsenal to Dortmund.

"Mr. Lin, what do you think of this year's Club World Cup?" Kenji Akune finished his courtesy, and finally got to the point.

"The Club World Cup? All the teams participating in the Club World Cup are intercontinental champion teams. I'm afraid it will be very difficult."

"Do you think we can get a good result? Like being the first Asian team to reach the final?"

"Mr. President, this should be very difficult, right? In the history of the Club World Cup, only one team from outside South America and Europe has reached the final."

"Let's put it this way, Mr. Lin, it is true that the Manchester City Group's investment in the team has been reported in the media recently. They are indeed very interested in the club, but they are still in contact. The club's shareholders believe that we are currently the strongest team. When the time comes, I hope we can achieve a good result in the Club World Cup and enhance the value of the team."

Kenji Akune said something, and Ringer understood.

The first condition for Manchester City Group to invest in a team is a big city. Tokyo FC is located in the largest city in Asia, so of course it is a good target.At the same time, Tokyo FC shines this season and is currently the hottest team in Asia.Based on these, the Manchester City Group did not contact the Yokohama Mariners, the third largest city in Japan, as Ringer remembered, but set Tokyo FC as the first goal.

The club shareholders should want to sell for a good price, so they want the team to achieve a good result in the Club World Cup, so as to increase their bargaining chips.

Ringer also figured it out. The two sides should have contacted before the final of the AFC Champions League. That's why Tokyo FC, which has always been operating on a small budget, teamed up with the Tokyo City Bureau to create a grand final. This is also a means of attracting local tyrants in the UAE.

At this time, Akune Kenji said: "Lin, as long as you can lead the team to the final of the Club World Cup, I can make the decision and give you 30% of the prize money of the Club World Cup."

The influence of the Club World Cup is gradually increasing, and the bonuses given by FIFA are also gradually increasing.

In the Club World Cup this season, the championship team can get 500 million US dollars, the runner-up 400 million, the third 250 million, No. 4200 million, No. 5150 million, No. 6100 million, No. 750 million.

This amount of money is only a small amount of money for European clubs, but it is already a considerable amount of income for teams from other continents.

The club is also considered generous. As long as he enters the finals, Ringer can get at least 120 million US dollars in bonuses, and may even be 150 million US dollars.If he can get it, this should be the biggest bonus he has won since playing football.

Ringer guessed that the team coach Bobovich should also get a promise.

In fact, Ringer was right. Bobovich got a promise of 20% of the bonus for entering the finals.

You must know that Bobovich was not very well-known before coaching Tokyo FC, and his salary was also very low. annual salary, no wonder that guy is so active in preparing for the Club World Cup these days.

Kenji Akune is also playing the routine that there must be a brave man under the heavy reward. The prize money of the Club World Cup was originally an important source of team income, but now it is all divided up. Ringer and Bobovich take half, and the rest Half will also be given to the team.

However, Kenji Akune said that this division will only be followed if he enters the finals. If he fails to enter the finals, the club will only distribute half of the bonus to the team.

　Watch the Champions League tonight, the Real Madrid Red Army battle!
　　
　
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