The Glory of the Godfather

At the beginning of the game, Casablanca, who played at home, put on a defensive counterattack posture. Their formation retracted. When they got the ball, if it was a positional battle, they did not invest many troops in the attack, which seemed quite cautious.

We saw that Casablanca and Karaja seemed to be planning to give up possession of the ball, thinking of going to play Aston Villa's counterattack, Lineker said.

This is a wise choice. Although Casablanca and Caragia eliminated Atletico Mineiro in the semi-finals, their strength is indeed much worse than that of Aston Villa. Benzati was not dazzled by the victory in that game. ’” said John Mortensen.

Ten minutes into the game, Casablanca was completely suppressed in their own half. They couldn't even pass the half. In these ten minutes, Aston Villa had already completed three shots. If it weren't for Casablanca Jia's goalkeeper Ascari performed well, and with the help of the post, Casablanca has already conceded at least one goal.

We played too conservatively, Benzati was too conservative. Babacar, a local commentator in Morocco, criticized, Now that Aston Villa is pressed in the penalty area and exploded, Raja will lose the ball sooner or later. The team should be brave and push the lineup forward.

It's not that Benzati is conservative, it's that the strength gap between the two teams is too obvious. Babakar's commentary partner Ziyech said something fair for Benzati.

Fang Jue glanced at Casablanca's coach bench. Since the 'host' team is so polite, he will not be polite.

Of course, Fang Jue was not surprised that Casablanca Karaja adopted defensive counterattack tactics in this final, and he was mentally prepared for it.

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In Aston Villa's subsequent attack, Ha Mei took the ball at the top of the penalty area. He passed the football to Ibrahimovic and went to the bottom himself.

Ibrahimovic seemed to want to pass to Hamei and hit a wall-hit match, but he knocked the football to Modric with his heel, and the latter directly curved the ball to the left.

Beautiful! Mane!

Breakthrough!

Aston Villa previously acted to put pressure from the right, so Casablanca Raja's defense line was heavily tilted to this side. At this time, Mane came out from behind Casablanca Raja defender Ben Ramalan, and then cut inside directly. After attracting Casablanca Karaja defender Karah's up grab, he made a diagonal pass to the top of the arc in the penalty area.

Ibrahimovic! He shoots—

Goooooooooooooal!

The defensive player has been pulled away by Aston Villa's series of pulls. When Ibrahimovic received the ball, there was only one defensive player beside him. Foot shot.

It was a fast low shot against the turf.

This shot is not powerful, but the angle is very tricky, and the Casablanca goalkeeper Ascari was blocked by the people in the penalty area. When he found the football coming against the turf, he wanted to make another save. It was too late, and I could only watch the football roll into the net.

One to zero! Zlatan Ibrahimovic's goal!

Mane sets up Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Aston Villa's 1-0 lead at the Marrakech Stadium in Casablanca Raja.

Fang Jue stood up, clapped his hands, and waved his arms vigorously, looking very happy, and then sat down.

Going into a third-rate team in the African league like Casablanca Laja would hardly arouse his enthusiasm. If it weren't for the fear of being told by the Moroccans that he disrespected the home team, Fang Jue wouldn't even bother to stand up and applaud.

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On the other side, the head coach of Casablanca Caragia Benzati wiped the sweat from his forehead a little impatiently. Although he also knew that there was a huge gap between his team and Aston Villa, Benzati was also upset. The mind to treat this game.

Yes, Benzati thought about killing Aston Villa in an upset and winning the Club World Cup.

In the semi-finals, he defeated the Copa Libertadores champion Atletico Mineiro 3-1, which made Benzati's ambition spread like crazy weeds.

For a coach like him on the African continent, the opportunity to lead the team to the Club World Cup final and to perform in front of so many audiences around the world is too rare, even the only chance in this life.

Benzati regards this opportunity as his stepping stone, opening the door to his coaching career in continental Europe.

If he can lead Casablanca to get rid of Aston Villa and stand on top of the world, Benzati believes that this will win him the favor of European mainstream league teams and even some quasi-rich teams. This is the pinnacle of life opportunity.

For today's game, this can be said to be the head coach of Casablanca Karaja. He is sober and rational. The strength of the team is too far behind Aston Villa. There is only one way to be upset. That is to fight Aston Villa's counterattack, try to succeed in a sneak attack without conceding the ball, just steal a ball, and then stick to it without conceding the ball, you can explode a super upset of the year in football!

The idea is good, but the reality is cruel.

Casablanca's retreating defense failed in the 16th minute of the game, conceding a goal.

However, Benzati was not discouraged, an upset win was an upset.

However, if Casablanca Laja can lose only one goal to Aston Villa, and lose to the mighty Aston Villa with a score of zero to one in a final, it is also the case for Casablanca Laja and his Benza. Dee's victory!

Therefore, after the start of the game, Casablanca Raja, who was behind zero to one, was not in a hurry, nor did he intend to press forward to attack. He continued to hide his defense and wanted to fight Aston Villa's counterattack.

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Fang Jue was surprised.

He thought that after losing a goal, Casablanca Karaja would be unable to bear it and come out to attack.

After all, for Casablanca Laja, after falling behind zero to one, it is basically impossible to come back, and their defensive tactics are not very meaningful. In this case, it is better to play against Aston Villa seriously. You have to be more open and let the game look better.

In Fang Jue's view, it should be enough for Casablanca to reach the final of the Club World Cup. There is no pressure on both the players and the head coach. This game should be played very happily.

He naturally did not expect that Benzati had such thoughts and expectations for this game.

Therefore, after the restart, I saw that Casablanca Raja still played very conservatively. Coach Benzati is a little more admired.

This is a very sensible coach with a clear and firm tactical concept.

Fifteen minutes later.

The game progressed to the thirty-third minute.

Casablanca Raja's defensive midfielder Muwatali was forced to a tactical foul and brought Modric down.

Aston Villa got the chance to set the ball in the frontcourt.

Hamei's free kick flew straight to the goal in a beautiful arc. Casablanca Karaja goalkeeper Ascari made a beautiful save and lifted the football off the crossbar with a single palm.

Corner awarded to Aston Villa.

Hamei's corner kick from the right side accurately found Thiago Silva near the penalty spot.

Thiago Silva headed the ball and passed the ball to Senderos who was ambushing at the front and back of the goal.

Senderos headed the ball back into the middle, where Vardy volleyed wide open from close range.

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Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Vardy! Vardy! Jamie Vardy! Aston Villa took advantage of the corner kick to score another goal, 2-0, and they are two goals ahead of Casablanca Raja.

Leading by two goals, Aston Villa led by two goals in the first half of the game, Casablanca Raja, although there is still an hour in the game, but we can almost say in advance that the champion of the Club World Cup is a great deal. The probability is Aston Villa's.

Fang Jue got up from the coach's bench, and he came to the sidelines to applaud.

This time it's not pretending to be a 'paste tide', he is indeed quite satisfied with this goal.

This is also the result of Aston Villa's corner kick tactical drill. Two defenders with good header ability play the ball for Vardy, who is good at seizing opportunities in front of the goal. Vardy will complete the fatal blow. This corner kick tactical result good.

Seeing that the team conceded another goal and fell behind 0-2, the head coach of Casablanca Laja team, Benzati, let out a long sigh. The cruel reality made him realize that he wanted to lead the team in Aston Villa. What a ridiculous thing it is to do dungeons on Jue's body, this is not a dungeon of fame, this is completely hell mode.

Forget it, things have come to this, behind zero to two, after all thoughts were torn to pieces, Benzati let go instead, and he made a gesture towards the field, pressing the gesture of attack:

Already behind zero to two, what a fart!

How come, how come.

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Fang Jue sat on the coach's bench and crossed his legs. Since Casablanca and Karaja wanted to turn the guest into the main, he would give them their all.

He got up to the sidelines and shouted the name of team captain Clemente. When the latter looked over, Fang Jue made a gesture.

Aston Villa took the initiative to slow down the attack.

It's not just slowing down the offensive. Aston Villa is an appropriate retraction formation. This is to let Casablanca Laja attack.

Fang Jue's guidance is too bad. Howe said with a smile, The whole world knows how sharp Aston Villa's fast counterattack is, and he is using Casablanca to demonstrate the team's sharp counterattack tactics.

This is another attack by Casablanca Karaja. The biggest dark polo team in this year's Club World Cup hula la rushed up and more than half of them participated in the attack.

However, you must know that Aston Villa's defense is very solid. Aston Villa is a team recognized by European football as having no obvious shortcomings. Its offense is sharp and its defense is equally good. The midfielder and center back are Thiago Silva and Senderos' partner. This line of defense can be said to be one of the best in Europe.

Casablanca Laja was able to kill the Copa Libertadores champion Atlético Mineiro 3-1 because South American teams generally do not pay attention to defense, especially when the waves rise.

Facing the defense of the best team in Europe now, Casablanca has nowhere to speak.

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Casablanca Laja's possession attack chance.

Their speedy attacking player, Iraqi, tried to get past Milner, who was not as fast as him, but was extremely capable in dogfighting.

Although he used his speed to pass Milner in the first pass, Milner immediately counterattacked and chased and entangled with Ilaqi.

The other Casablanca Caraja players also leaned to this side, pushing out to meet Iragh to attack.

At this time, Thiago Silva came out of the penalty area. He steals Ilaci's ball with a smart up, and then quickly sends the ball to Clement.

Clement blocked the position with his body, prevented Casablanca's Katibi from grabbing the ball, and then quickly sent the ball to Modric.

Come! Come! Come! Aston Villa's chance to fight back!

Fans who are familiar with Aston Villa's style of play immediately know that this is a good opportunity for a quick counterattack that Aston Villa is best at.

Aston Villa fans in the stands of the Marrakech Stadium erupted in cheers.

Modric received the ball, pulled the ball and turned around in one go. While avoiding the grab of the Casablanca player Mutavari, he looked up to observe the situation ahead, and sent a long-distance pass with a flick of his ankle.

In front, Mane ran with his feet wide open, and he caught up with the football.

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Mane - beautiful, into the box, cross, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, leak, Vardy - Gooooooooooooooooooool!!

Beautiful cooperation! Wonderful counterattack! The goal was scored! In the 39th minute of the game, Aston Villa scored again!!! Casablanca Laja, who was behind by two goals, pressed to attack, and then Aston Villa scored Teach the little African boys a good lesson on what a real fast counterattack is...

This ball is so beautiful, starting from the steal from the backcourt, to Modric's escape and long pass, Mane's high-speed thrust, dribble and cross pass, Ibrahimovic's missed ball in the middle, Vardy's shot scored, the whole scoring process was very fast and very tacit, Aston Villa showed the world a textbook classic counterattack score!

Three to zero! Before the end of the first half, Aston Villa led Casablanca Raja 3 to 0 at the Marrakech Stadium. Now for Fang Jue and Aston Villa, they got It is only a matter of time before the Club World Cup is won. Although there is still the second half of the game to be played, it seems disrespectful to say that Aston Villa have won the championship now. However, the TV The audience in front of me knew that what the commentator said was right, Casablanca Raja was not likely to comeback in the second half of the game, Casablanca Raja was not Liverpool, Aston Villa was not AC Milan, and Aston Villa’s Club World Cup champion There is no suspense.

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