prince's green

Chapter 93 Corinthians ([-])

The Club World Cup is indeed much more influential. Ringer's Club World Cup hat-trick made him appear on the pages of sports media all over the world. Although only the East Asian region gave headlines, other places were also in the Club World Cup. It was mentioned by the way, but his reputation has indeed risen a lot.

After defeating Cairo Ahli, the Tokyo FC team returned to Tokyo to prepare for the semi-finals.Yokohama, where the semi-finals will be played, is very close to Tokyo, and there is still time to catch up on the day of the game.

In the next two days, the two teams named Ahli continued to compete for five or six places at Toyota Stadium. In the end, Ahli from Egypt was superior and defeated Ahli from Saudi Arabia 2:0. Get an extra $50 in prize money at the end of the event.

At the same time, two teams named Ahli appeared in the Club World Cup, and they played against each other. It can be called the Ahli Derby. This can be regarded as the change brought about by Ringer.

Tokyo FC's opponent in the semi-finals is this year's Copa Libertadores champion, the Brazilian giants Corinthians.

Bobovich is fully prepared for this semi-final and is explaining Corinthians' technical and tactical play to the whole team at the training base.

"Corinthians is a big team in Brazil. Last season, they were the champions of Brazil. Although their performance in the domestic league was mediocre in the two-lane battle this season, they won this year's Copa Libertadores in one fell swoop."

"The game against Corinthians will certainly be difficult, but we are not without chances."

"When you hear that the opponent is a big Brazilian team, do you take it for granted that the opponent is good at attacking and scoring goals, but this is not the case. Although Brazilian football is characterized by advocating offense, Brazilian clubs will not be blind. They worship offense, and this Corinthians team is one of them. Their head coach Tite is a guy who is good at training defense. Said to focus more on defense."

"Last season, Tite led Corinthians to the Brazilian championship. They won the game with defense. They are the best defensive team in Brazil. They only conceded 38 goals in 36 league rounds, and the other teams conceded the fewest goals. It is also close to 50 goals, but their offensive ability is only ranked 20th among the 9 teams in Brazil."

"In this season's South American Copa Libertadores, Corinthians is also the team with the best defense. From the group stage to the final, in a total of 14 games, Corinthians only conceded 4 goals, while their final opponent, Argentine giants Boca Juniors have conceded 14 goals in 10 games, more than double that of Corinthians."

"Of course, the opponent is always a Brazilian team, and their offensive ability cannot be ignored~~~"

I have to say that Bobovich is really well-prepared, giving the whole team a basic understanding of Corinthians.

Back at the apartment, Linge deliberately checked Corinthians' lineup and found "acquaintances".

First of all, their head coach Tite, isn't this guy the future head coach of the Brazilian national team.

After the 2014 World Cup was massacred by Germany, Brazilian football fell into a trough. The whole world believed that Brazilian football had entered a period of failure. Except for Neymar, the offensive players in the frontcourt had nothing to show for it.

In this context, the Brazilians also "lived up to expectations". They were eliminated in the quarter-finals of the America's Cup in 15, and it was even more shameful in the Centennial America's Cup in 16. As a football kingdom, Brazil was eliminated in the America's Cup group stage. They were eliminated by the two South American boys, Peru and Ecuador.

And in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, Brazil temporarily ranked sixth in South America.You must know that there are only [-] World Cup places in South America. If this ranking remains at the end, Brazil will miss the World Cup for the first time in history.

In this context, head coach Dunga dismissed get out of class, and this guy Tite took over the precarious Brazilian national team.When Tite came to power, he transformed the team and strengthened the defense. The team began to win successively. The ranking of the World Cup qualifiers rose all the way, and finally became the first team other than the host Russia to enter the World Cup. popular team.

So Bobovich is right, this guy is really good at training defense.

Before the World Cup in Russia, the German team played a warm-up match with Brazil. Those who watched the game might think they were watching a fake game.The Brazilian team in Samba football pressed and intercepted the whole field and defended airtightly, while the German chariot played offensive football with a pass-and-control style of play, as if the two teams wore the wrong jerseys, and in the end it was the defensive Brazil that defeated 1:0 Germany, it can be regarded as a small revenge for being massacred at the door of the house for 14 years.

In addition to the "acquaintance" Tite, the Corinthians team also has Paulinho.

Yes, that is the Evergrande star Paulinho.

Paulinho's experience is also very interesting. After becoming famous in South America, he moved to Europe, but failed to prove himself. Two years later, he moved to China Super League Evergrande.After playing in Evergrande for two years, he went to La Liga giants Barcelona with his outstanding performance.

This is probably called curve saving the country.

At present, Paulinho is the core of the Corinthians' midfield offense and defense. He has sufficient physical fitness, runs actively and can attack and defend. He is known as Brazilian Lampard.

Before the game started, Bobovich first stated in front of the reporters: "We have reached the semi-finals, and our goal must be the championship."

Corinthians coach Tite quickly responded: "It just so happens that we have the same goal."

"Lin is in good shape, and he will let those Brazilians know how powerful he is." Bobovich responded again.

"There is also a Chinese in our team. We are very familiar with the Chinese, and he is only a Chinese Kaka. Even if we face the real Kaka, we will not be afraid."

Corinthians Club is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Sao Paulo has two famous Brazilian clubs besides Corinthians, Sao Paulo Club and Palmeiras Club.

The relationship between Corinthians and these two clubs is a bit like the relationship between Real Madrid in La Liga and Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Barcelona will always be Real Madrid's first mortal enemy, while Atletico Madrid will be the second mortal enemy.Similarly, due to historical reasons, Corinthians' first mortal enemy is Palmeiras, and their second mortal enemy is Sao Paulo.

Kaka was born in the Sao Paulo club, Corinthians' second mortal enemy, and Ringer, nicknamed China Kaka, will naturally be the target of the opponent's attack.

At the beginning of this year, Corinthians also introduced a Chinese player, Chen Zhizhao. This is also the first time a Chinese has landed in Brazil, so Tite said that they are very familiar with the Chinese.

In fact, before Corinthians came to Japan, there was speculation in the Chinese media that he might qualify for the Chinese Derby in the Club World Cup.

Linger didn't take it seriously at all. The man surnamed Chen couldn't play in Corinthians at all, and it was basically impossible for him to be brought to participate in the Club World Cup.

Sure enough, after Corinthians came to Japan, there was no Chen Zhizhao in the team.

Before the match between the two teams started, there was a smell of gunpowder, and Ringer did not participate in it.

He knows that this Corinthians team is difficult to play, even more difficult to play than Chelsea.Without Ringer, this season's Club World Cup final would have been Corinthians beating Chelsea 1-0 to win the championship.

The European champions will lose to the South American champions. There are Chelsea's own problems, and there are also reasons why Corinthians are really strong.

But compared to meeting Chelsea, one of the benefits of meeting Corinthians is the psychological advantage.

If they meet Chelsea in the semi-finals, Tokyo FC may feel that the opponent is too strong, and they will definitely not be able to pass this level. Think of reasons for losing in advance.

Facing Corinthians, everyone will not be so pessimistic. Psychologically, they will feel that the opponent is indeed stronger than us, but we are not without opportunities.

Linge didn't participate in these debates, and obediently adjusted his state to wait for the big battle. He didn't even play with the young lady. He didn't expect that people were sitting at home, and the pot came from the sky.

Ringer's Club World Cup hat-trick really made him popular, especially the first one after Pele. Tian played against each other, and there were many reports about Ringer in Brazil.

In Brazil, Neymar is currently recognized as Pele's successor.

Neymar is indeed very similar to Pele. He also came from the youth training camp of the Brazilian giant Santos. He became famous at a young age and achieved great achievements at a young age.

With such a high degree of similarity, Neymar is naturally a well-deserved successor to Pele.

Today, Pele's successor has been challenged. Neymar has not yet managed to complete a hat-trick in the Club World Cup and catch up with the world champion. An Asian kid who suddenly appeared has completed this achievement.

The good Brazilian media made a comparison between Ringer and Neymar, which is really topical.

Both are born in the 90s, and they are both the hope of their respective national football (Brazil is generally optimistic that Neymar will lead the Brazilian team back to the World Cup in the future. I hope such a title will report him);

Both are Intercontinental Footballer of the Year, Ringer is this year's Asian Footballer of the Year, Neymar is South American Footballer of last year and this year;

Both have proved their ability to lead the team. Neymar led Santos to win the Copa Libertadores last year. Ringer led Tokyo FC to win the Asian Champions League this year. Best player in the Intercontinental Cup;
Both are good at scoring some beautiful goals, and both were selected in the top three of this year's Puskas Award (actually last year's Puskas Award was won by Neymar).

In view of this, the Brazilian media will naturally find opportunities to interview Neymar and ask him about Ringer.

Well, he is already recognized as the domestic football champion in Brazil, so he is naturally very impatient when asked such a question.

"I don't know who you're talking about? Chinese, I heard that a Brazilian team has introduced a Chinese this year, but I haven't seen him on the court yet."

"Hat-trick in the Club World Cup? If the Champions League champion and the South American champion also need to participate in those qualifying matches, I believe many people can score a hat-trick. If he can lead the team to the final, then come and tell me."

In the Club World Cup last year, Neymar led Santos to a 3-0 semi-final defeat to the host Bai Helios who had passed all the way. Neymar scored a goal, but was slaughtered 4-0 by Barcelona led by Messi in the final.

The inner ball king may feel that he has been robbed of the limelight, so he is upset.

What's even more funny is that after the Brazilian media reported the hype, Ringer was dubbed the "shrunk version of Neymar" in Asia.

When Ringer found out about this, he had ten thousand words of MMP in his heart, and I was preparing for the Club World Cup at home, and he was just like that.Forget it, and label people a "shrunk version of Neymar". The Brazilian media is too fucking insulting.

You are the shrinking Neymar, your whole family is.

When Linger was asked about this, he simply answered: "Into the final? Does he want us to avenge him? We will try our best to help him fulfill his wish."

In this year's South American Copa Libertadores, Corinthians eliminated Santos led by Neymar 2:1 in the semi-finals and advanced.

(End of this chapter)