Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 617 Must win the first match!
The World Club Cup was officially launched in 2005. As a new world-class event, it has received great attention from FIFA, and FIFA has spared no effort in promoting the event.

This year's Club World Cup, hosted by FIFA in Yokohama, Osaka, spent more than 3000 million US dollars on advertising for the promotion of the event.

Of course, the income is more.

The TV broadcasting rights of various countries alone can almost cover the cost, and with the ticket sales of the game, the surplus is definitely not small.

However, compared to last year, the influence of this year's event is still smaller.

This is mainly because of Millwall.

The European team that participated in the World Club Cup last year was Arsenal, and the year before last it was Liverpool. As the top giants in England, Arsenal and Liverpool are still very famous.

Not Millwall.

In the past two seasons, Millwall has achieved brilliant results, but after all, the time is still very short, and the influence has not spread so fast. In terms of club size, Millwall is still far behind Arsenal and Liverpool. It can be seen from a stadium. The Neal Stadium relies on renovation to meet the requirements of the Champions League. Arsenal's Emirates Stadium and Liverpool's Anfield Stadium are both among the top and most modern football stadiums in the world.

Compared with commercial publicity, it is even more incomparable.

In short, Millwall's reputation has dragged down the influence of the event.

In terms of publicity, perhaps only Livermore, because he became a "signature figure" and became the most well-known star, the fame of other players was much less.

When Millwall officially came to Yokohama, Japan, the Japanese media also began to prepare for the game, analyzing the possibility of the remaining teams competing for the championship.

Millwall goes straight to the semi-finals, with the qualifiers already over before arriving.

Among the four teams in the semi-finals, in addition to Millwall in Europe and Boca Juniors in South America, the remaining two teams are the host day-Honura and Ruby and Tunisia's Sahel star.

Millwall and Boca Juniors are definitely the most promising.

Followed by Japan - Urawa Ruby.

In the last game, Japan-Urawa Ruby defeated Sepahan from Iran in the AFC Champions League 3-1. The audience performed very well. Japanese-Japanese fans also hope to see Urawa Ruby make persistent efforts to win semifinals.

Urawa Ruby's opponent in the semi-finals is Millwall.

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After Millwall settled in the hotel, everyone began to rest. The first thing they had to do was to fight jet lag, otherwise the game would definitely be out of shape.

It wasn't until the next morning, when the players were almost adjusted, that Zhang Yang assembled the team and went to the arranged court to warm up.

In the afternoon, it's the game.

Judging from the schedule, we know how tight Millwall's time is. Zhang Yang let the players with bad jet lag continue to rest directly, and they don't have to participate in the afternoon game.

Zhang Yang really doesn't pay much attention to the World Club Cup.

At best, this event can only be regarded as an 'event'. There is no way to participate in FIFA events. It is impossible to refuse. The schedule is so dense that it is not easy to spare a few days. In addition, it is very troublesome because of jet lag , Jet lag is a big trouble for the team. Even if the jet lag is passed, it needs to be reversed when returning to London. Continuous jet lag is a challenge to the player's state.

This will definitely affect the state of the league.

Zhang Yang is not in a good mood when he comes to Japan, even if the Japanese fans are very enthusiastic?
so what?
No matter where Millwall goes now, the fans will be very enthusiastic. It is definitely more popular to go to China, because China is my motherland, and there are more fans supporting me.

Japan?
Sorry, Zhang Yang doesn't like it.

As far as the game itself is concerned, Zhang Yang's only requirement for the players is, "You must win the first game!"

The players are a little puzzled.

Zhang Yang carefully looked at each player, they were all wearing sportswear, and everything else was on the sidelines and in the locker room, so he said with peace of mind, "I don't want what I said next to be known to the outside world."

Everyone suddenly became very interested.

"I am Chinese, and Japan is our neighbor. I still know a little about this country." Zhang Yang said, "Japan, or the so-called Dahe nation, is a group of very servile people. They worship the strong, respect the strong, disdain the weak, and like to bully the weak."

"It's their innate nature, perhaps genetically determined."

"So it is very difficult to get along well with them. If you are stronger than them, they will respect you and worship you. Even if you slap them, they still take it for granted. But if you are weaker than them...Of course, It's the other way around."

"do you understand?"

"If we lose to Urawa Reds, there will be no Japanese fans to support us. Conversely, if we win the game, the more we win, the more support and respect of Japanese fans will be won!"

Zhang Yang's words stunned a group of players. It was the first time they heard such words describing Japan as a country.

However, ahem.

Just say what Zhang Yang said once, and he will definitely not admit it outside. He has never engaged in racial discrimination, no matter how much he despises him in his heart, he will never really show it...

"This is the truth, what can be done!"

Zhang Yang thought.

As a Chinese, he doesn't want his team to lose to Japan. Even if he loses to Boca Juniors or the Sahel star, he doesn't have any special feelings. Losing to Urawa Rubino will not work.

So Zhang Yang attached great importance to the first game.

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The Yokohama International Arena is the multi-purpose stadium with the largest number of seats in Japan and can accommodate nearly [-] fans.

The reception around the stadium became lively early, and many fans were waiting to enter the stadium to watch the game.

It was the first of the semi-finals and the craziest match for the ticket rush as one of the teams was Urawa Reds and the other was considered the strongest Millwall.

In the hearts of Japanese fans, Millwall is not considered a strong team.

No matter how good Millwall's performance is, they are just a team that has risen suddenly, not the top giants like Manchester United and Real Madrid.

Those who know Millwall are better, but those who don’t know that FIFA should find a European giant to replace Millwall in the game. The fans outside the stadium discussed and said, “Millwall? I didn’t even hear it. Yes. AC Milan, Barcelona and other teams should be allowed to participate in the competition!"

"Millwall probably doesn't have much strength, even if they were the champions of the last Champions League."

"What about the Champions League champions! Porto is also a champion, and Monaco has won the championship..." The meaning is naturally that the Champions League championship does not mean that they are strong, and the top giants must be strong.

Of course, it's not up to them to decide.

When it was almost time, the stadium opened. Fans flocked to the entrance channel. After entering the stadium, they saw the two teams warming up.

One is Urawa Ruby.

One is Millwall.

To put it bluntly, the Millwall players are not that famous, because Bent, who is the most famous, has left in the summer.

Among the rest of the players, Braniff and Vardy only became famous this year, and they were a little unknown before; Morris has always performed well and was also selected for the England national team, but he has no dominant performance. Enter the ranks of superstars.

The other players are similar, Pires, who is more famous, is already old, and Zambrotta is just a defender, and his popularity in East Asian countries is not high.

The most famous player in the team became the 'poster image ambassador' Livermore.

Many fans' support for Millwall also shouted for Livermore.

"Look!"

"That strong guy, he's Livermore!"

"It's a little different from the poster, he's more vicious..."

"I can only blame PS technology..."

Except for the support for Livermore, the rest are all cheers for Urawa Ruby.

This surprised the Millwall players.

For Millwall players, they are the champions of the Champions League, and they will definitely be welcomed by fans in East Asian countries. Even if fans support their own country's team, many fans will follow Millwall.

But they didn't see it.

Many players also thought of Zhang Yang's words, and couldn't help making a secret decision, "We must work hard, score more goals, and let this weird nation with slavish thinking respect us a lot..."

(End of this chapter)