Fengba Greenery

Chapter 134

Chapter 134

Chapter 60 Club World Cup opener

When the plane of Guangzhou Evergrande players landed in Agadir, Morocco, the logistics team of Guangzhou Evergrande, who arrived in Morocco a week in advance, was already waiting at the airport.

The logistics work of Guangzhou Evergrande is undoubtedly excellent. From the time the players get off the plane to entering the hotel, next to the hotel is a training field rented by Guangzhou Evergrande.

Agadir is a port city located in the southwest of Morocco.With beautiful scenery and mild climate, it is not only a good natural harbor, but also a holy place for leisure and vacation.In the hearts of many Moroccans, Agadir is the most beautiful city in Morocco.

After coming out of the airport, the Guangzhou Evergrande players got on the bus to the hotel.The red bus hangs over the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean in Agadir, and hotels of various styles are scattered along the seaside.

The players leaned against the window with their mobile phones and took photos. For a while, the cars carrying them did not look like football players who came to Morocco to participate in the Club World Cup, but a tour group who came to Agadir.

Such a relaxed atmosphere continued into the second day of training.

The training ground rented by Guangzhou Evergrande is close to the seaside, with beautiful scenery, one side is the vast blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and the other side is the rich Seuss Grassland.Even the training seemed a little lazy.

In such a relaxed state of mind, even Kongka, who has always been cautious and steady, rarely smiled.Conca has decided not to renew his contract with the team at the end of this season, but to return to Brazil.

He seems to be in a good mood now, and even competed with Elkeson on the training ground, which caused a burst of laughter from the players.

Lippi was also in a good mood at this time.This is a rare event for Guangzhou Evergrande that has no score requirements.In Lippi's view, Guangzhou Evergrande came to Morocco to play a few games, and then went home to end this hard and successful season and give the players a one-month long vacation.

As for winning the Club World Cup?

Lippi doesn't think that with the strength of Guangzhou Evergrande, he can break through Bayern Munich.

So he doesn't care about the players playing and laughing during training. Anyway, it's the last few games of the season, so it's good to let the players relax.

Guangzhou Evergrande's first opponent in the Club World Cup is the African champions, the Al Ahli team from Egypt.If you want to have a chance against European champions Bayern Munich, you must win this opponent first.

Compared with Guangzhou Evergrande, who is the champion of the new AFC Champions League, their opponent Al Ahli has a lot of background.Although their world ranking is far lower than that of Guangzhou Evergrande, Al Ahli has won the Egyptian First Division 36 times and the African Champions League 8 times. They were once selected as the best team in Africa in the 20th century. The king of Africa is also unquestioned.

There is only one foreign aid in the Al Ahli team, but in their lineup, there are as many as eleven Egyptian internationals.This can be regarded as half of the Egyptian national team.

This is the first time in history that the two sides have played against each other, and they don't know each other well.However, fighting in Africa, the opponent is a team from Africa, perhaps the away game is not a small challenge for Guangzhou Evergrande.

But in the history of the previous Club World Cup, Asian teams played against African teams 6 times, and Asian teams won 5 times. The only loss was last year's Hiroshima Sanfrecce's 1-2 loss to Al Ahli .This may give Guangzhou Evergrande some confidence.

The time for the match between the two sides is [-]:[-] on December [-]th, BJ time.

Outside the Agadir Stadium in Morocco, Arab fans in white robes and headscarves clearly occupy an absolute numerical advantage.However, some Guangzhou Evergrande fans wearing red jerseys can also be vaguely seen.

In the locker room, Lippi made arrangements for the game.Although the team is very relaxed now, it definitely does not mean that they don't care about the result.

"I believe everyone will linger on the beautiful scenery of Agadir. If we want to stay here, we'd better win this game first!" Lippi said, pushing his gold-rimmed glasses.

His rare joke earned the players bursts of laughter.After everyone finished laughing, Lippi continued: "We don't know much about this team, and we can only see part of the content through some limited video routes. Therefore, we should be cautious when we start. First pass the long pass Exploratory attack."

When Lippi said this, he glanced at Li Qingshan.

Li Qingshan immediately raised his hand to signal: "I understand, coach!"

Lippi nodded, since this season, he has established some tacit understanding with his number one general.But he won't be on his team next season, Lippi thought regretfully.

Lippi didn't make a long speech. In fact, he didn't have much to say about tactics. He would not easily change his usual tactics when he didn't know his opponent well.

When the game started, the two teams that were unfamiliar with each other seemed quite cautious.

In the first minute of the game, Guangzhou Evergrande found Elkeson on the right through a long pass. After receiving the ball, Elkeson dribbled the ball to the bottom.Guangzhou Evergrande's first tentative attack won a corner kick.

Huang Bowen passed a corner kick from the right, and Li Qingshan took the lead. The opponent was obviously wary of him, and two defenders came to defend him.However, the opponent still underestimated Li Qingshan's header ability. Under the attack of two Al Ahli's defensive players, Li Qingshan still completed the header, but the football bounced outside the post and went out of the baseline.Guangzhou Evergrande took the lead to complete a shot.

With the end of the early stage of exploration, both sides began to stop being conservative and began to press on the offensive.

In the 5th minute, Al Ahli also got an attacking opportunity. Mut Abu broke into the penalty area with the ball and made a pass from the right side of the penalty area. Abtri headed the goal high when there was no one marking seven meters in front of the goal. Zeng Cheng was in a cold sweat!

As the game progressed, Guangzhou Evergrande gradually suppressed Al Ahli's offensive momentum and gradually took control of the situation on the field.In terms of strength, Guangzhou Evergrande still overwhelmed its opponents.

More dangers began to appear in front of Al Ahli's goal. Unfortunately, Li Qingshan was unlucky today. Several of his attacks failed to convert into goals. He either missed the goal or was resolved by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Knowing the No.40 two minutes of the game, Li Qingshan, who was very active in this game, finally scored a goal.

After Konka took the ball in the middle, he swayed the defensive player, and suddenly shot a long shot outside the penalty area. The football hit the post and bounced back to the penalty area.Responsive Li Qingshan put the ball into the empty goal two meters in front of the goal.Guangzhou Evergrande led African champions Al Ahli [-]-[-] in the first half.

After the start of the second half, Al Ahli, who was unwilling to lag behind, began to aggressively attack. Guangzhou Evergrande, which had a one-goal lead, began to shrink its formation slightly and fought back comfortably.

In the 53rd minute of the game, Al Ahli's cross from the left was directly picked off by Zeng Cheng, and then he threw the ball directly to launch a counterattack. Muric turned around with the ball on the left side of the center circle, and dribbled the ball directly to the opponent's defense line advance.

After attracting the defensive attention of the opponent's players, Muriqi made a diagonal pass to the right. After receiving the ball from the right, Kongka did not choose to continue to the bottom, but directly passed the arc ball into the penalty area at an oblique 45-degree angle. .Li Qingshan, who jumped in at a high speed, overwhelmed the opponent's central defender and rushed to the top of the ball, and the football hit the net.Two to zero!

The subsequent game fully entered the rhythm of Guangzhou Evergrande. Before the end of the game, Conca went straight to Muriqi. After successfully countering offside, Muriqi used his speed advantage to throw off the defense and broke into the penalty area to push and break the net.

In the first game of the Club World Cup, Guangzhou Evergrande easily won with a score of [-]-[-].

In the next game, they will face the Champions League champions-Bayern Munich!

(End of this chapter)