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In this semi-final, the Blue Cross lost terribly.

Just 15 minutes into the game, Suarez scored with a header in the penalty area, opening the door to victory for Southampton.

Immediately after No. 306 minutes, after receiving a pass from Suarez, Dembele passed two people in the penalty area and then hit the ball into the dead corner of the goal.

Just five minutes into the second half, Perisic went straight in with a quick counterattack and scored another goal.

And Suarez scored twice after receiving a pass from Lukaku, who also came off the bench, before the end of the game.

The final score was four to zero, Southampton completed a complete carnage in this semi-final, and the Blue Cross didn't even have the ability to resist.

Such a disastrous defeat even affected their next performance. In the third and fourth place finals, although the strength of the Blue Cross was far higher than that of Auckland City, the two sides drew one to one during the regular time of the game. The Blue Cross lost to the opponent in the penalty shootout, and No.3 failed to get it.

"It was very difficult for San Lorenzo to win." Ji Ya said to Benelli.

Indeed, in another semi-final, San Lorenzo faced the New Zealand champion Oak City. They played quite hard. But they were quickly equalized by the opponent. It was not until the stoppage time of the game that they relied on Matos, who came off the bench, to score and win the semi-finals—if they were dragged into overtime or a penalty kick If there is a big war, they really may not win.

"Be careful, they may change their appearance in the final, which is often the case for South American teams." Benali warned.

Ji Ya nodded, Benelli was right. For the South American champions, the Club World Cup final is a very important match for them. If their players perform well in such a match, it will be of great importance. The opportunity to be spotted by European teams, and then go to Europe... Under such stimulation, they often perform very well.

"We will send all the main players, so it is not a big problem. San Lorenzo has no outstanding players. Their performance in the Copa Libertadores last season was mediocre. They were almost eliminated in the group stage. The third independent has two more goal difference. In the first round of the knockout round, Gremio was also eliminated by penalty kicks. In the final two rounds, they won the Paraguayan nationals by one goal. If it weren't for the poor performance of the Brazilian team, they would like to It's still difficult to win the Copa Libertadores, so we don't have to worry too much," Kiya told Benelli.

This is true. The gold content of the previous Copa Libertadores was relatively high, but it has fallen a lot in recent years. Good players are often poached by European teams very early. Except for veterans, they have already been recruited. Compared with the young people who have been cut once, the overall standard is indeed much worse.

There are still very good players in South America, but they all play in Europe, and even went to Europe very early-this is also a trend, after all, young talents go to Europe earlier to receive better training and tests, and the success rate is also higher. will be much higher.

Therefore, the level of South American clubs, which could cause a lot of trouble for European teams in the past, has now fallen to the point where it is difficult to cause trouble for European champions.

The only thing Southampton has to worry about is whether the opponent can counterattack successfully if they can't attack for a long time.

"I won't let them have the opportunity to stick around until we get anxious." Ji Ya said.

To break the dense defense, Southampton has plenty of means.

Whether it's a cross from the two wings, a penetration from the center, or a long shot from outside the penalty area, they all have enough offensive ability, that is, the set kick is a little bit worse, but De Bruyne's corner kick is not bad. Tinho can also come with two feet.

In this game, Ji Ya sent a relatively mixed lineup.

The goalkeeper continues to be Romero. It is better to use him for the Argentine team. The two full-backs are replaced by the main players Cancelo and Alonso. The central defenders are two young central defenders, Bailey and Rudiger, Otamendi Continue to rest, midfielder Matic and Casemiro partnered in the middle, De Bruyne stepped forward alone, giving him more range of movement and ball authority, striker Suarez also started again, and his partner was Lu Kaku and Mane.

Such a tactic has little other changes, that is, the two young central defenders on the back line are faster, have a wider range of movement, are taller, and have better header ability...

Such a change made San Lorenzo ignore it, so they suffered a lot because of this matter.

Only 1 minutes into the game, De Bruyne passed the ball, and Mane forced a breakthrough from the side to create a corner kick.

De Bruyne took a corner kick, and the two central defenders who advanced and assisted took off at the same time. Rudiger made a feint, and Bailey, who followed up with a follow-up, took off a little later, but just caught up with the falling ball. ball!

Facing the flying ball, Bailey shook his head and attacked the goal!

The ball quickly flew into the gate of San Lorenzo!

Southampton scored the first goal!

Tens of thousands of fans at the Marrakech Stadium immediately shouted excitedly. There are only a few hundred Southampton fans who have come from afar. After all, it is still a bit far from England to Morocco, although Morocco is at the northernmost tip of Africa, and Spain faces each other across the sea, but it is also separated from the United Kingdom by the whole of Western Europe.

There are still not many fans who have the financial resources and time to come to Morocco, especially when Christmas is coming soon.

However, most of the tens of thousands of local fans at the scene supported Southampton. After all, Southampton is the champion of the Champions League. They must have more channels to watch the Champions League than to watch the Copa Libertadores, although they may not be from Southampton. Fans, but just looking at familiar faces, they will support Southampton more.

Although Southampton's popular players, such as Ronaldo, have left, there are still a lot of Southampton's highly popular players.

Such as De Bruyne, such as Suarez.

Now that Southampton is leading, they start shouting, hoping Southampton can score again.

San Lorenzo is having a bit of a headache. After all, their main tactic is defensive counterattack. Now that the ball has been conceded, how can they defend?

You can only prepare to attack.

Ever since, they started to attack, constantly looking for opportunities through their own passing. As the South American champions, they have no problems in terms of technology and cooperation. Although there are no outstanding players, they win because of their average strength.

After Southampton took the lead, they began to stabilize the midfield and entangle the opponent. Their skills are also very good. Now that they are in the lead, they can just be patient and deal with the opponent. Anyway, they are definitely not the ones who are anxious now.