Football King Bale

December 21, 2013, the last match day of this Club World Cup.

At 4:30 pm local time, the third-place match for the Club World Cup took place at the Marrakech Stadium in Morocco. The two sides of the match were South American champion Atletico Mineiro, led by Ronaldinho, and Oriental Everlight. After a 90-minute battle, the Oriental Yongguang team lost the ball in stoppage time and suffered a fatal defeat. In the end, they lost to Atletico Mineiro 2:3 and ended their first trip to the Club World Cup in fourth place.

There was a controversial scene in this game. In the 86th minute, defender Zhao Xu'er of the Yongguang team kicked Ronaldinho down from behind and made a stampeding movement. Ronaldinho, who was lying on the ground, kicked Zhao Xu'er's calf with his legs erratically. Zhao Xu'er fell to the ground in pain. Ronaldinho fell to the ground in pain. Erdinho was sent off with a red card.

Ronaldinho, a former football wizard, double winner of the World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or, who had no choice but to return to South America to spend the twilight years of his career far away from the center of world football, actually made the headlines of the world's major football media with such a scene. It's really true. It's very sad.

Ronaldinho, who was born in the early 1980s, is actually not very old. He will not turn thirty-four in three months. For many professional football players, even if they are playing the main role in a wealthy club at this age, there is still no problem in establishing themselves. But Ronaldinho has been away from the five major leagues for three years. And some players who are self-disciplined enough are even more powerful in the five major leagues at this age. For example, Giggs and Scholes, at the age of thirty-three or four, are becoming the absolute main force of Manchester United and leading the team to the top of the league. For example, Ibrahimovic, who is only one year younger than Ronaldinho, is still the undisputed leader of Paris Saint-Germain...

Ronaldinho's incident also awakened Bell. For a football player, the height he can reach depends not only on his talent, but also on his self-discipline. It’s not that you can’t wave, but you must at least do it in a moderate way. To completely let yourself go is to be irresponsible for your own life.

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Not long after the third place battle ended, at 7:30 pm local time, the finals came. After Manchester United easily passed the Yongguang team, they met the host Raja Casablanca. As long as they can beat the host, they will lift the Club World Cup championship trophy for the third consecutive year and win the seven-time crown for the second time in three years!

Christmas is coming, and the Manchester United soldiers naturally hope to use a Club World Cup championship as their Christmas gift.

Ferguson continued to rotate Manchester United's starting lineup. De Gea still guarded the goal, but the double central defender was replaced by a combination of veterans Van Dijk and Ferdinand. Smalling and Phil Jones guest-starred as full-backs. In the midfield, Kante As the single defensive midfielder, Cleverley and Valencia took turns to play. The striker was a combination of Bell, Rooney and Januzaj. The Belgian youngster started.

In the 4th minute after the game started, Cleverley tried a long shot from outside the penalty area. Raja goalkeeper Askari quickly controlled the ball after throwing it away. One minute later, Raja forward Iajur also threatened Manchester United's goal, and his shot missed slightly.

In the 7th minute, Manchester United won the first corner kick of the game. Bell took a corner kick. Van Dijk in the center headed the ball towards the goal. His central defender partner Ferdinand was just in the position of not being offside in front of the goal and shot from close range against the goalkeeper. Successfully, Bayern and Manchester United took the lead 1:0.

In the 10th minute, Bell broke through from the left and hit the center. Lu Xiaopang followed up and shot angrily, but the ball was too high and was caught by the opponent's goalkeeper.

In the 19th minute, Manchester United once again played exquisite cooperation on the left. Valencia took Bell's heel and shot the ball. Although the ball was missed by the goalkeeper, the speed of the ball had been slowed down.

Then the goalkeeper turned around and got it.

However, just three minutes later, Manchester United finally scored their second goal of the game. In the 22nd minute, Bell successfully broke through again on the left. Cleverley went straight to Rooney in the middle. Lu Xiaopang broke into the penalty area and knocked back. Bell inserted a powerful shot and scored, giving Manchester United a two-goal lead.

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Taking a two-goal lead early, Manchester United immediately slowed down their offensive and used more possession of the ball to mobilize their opponents.

The season is already very deep, and Manchester United is about to usher in the Christmas Devil schedule. If they want to perform well in subsequent games and widen the gap with other teams, they must allocate their physical fitness reasonably.

However, despite this, Manchester United still took the initiative on the field and got consecutive scoring opportunities.

In the 34th minute, Bell found Rooney in the penalty area with a left corner kick. Lu Xiaopang rushed towards the goal and the ball was slightly higher than the crossbar.

A minute later, Januzaj passed a defensive player from the top of the penalty area and shot the goal. The ball was saved by the goalkeeper.

Perhaps the situation on the field was too relaxed and the Manchester United players' minds became careless, which almost caused Manchester United's goal to break.

In the 38th minute, De Gea made a low-level error in passing the ball in the backcourt. His big-footed pass was sent directly to the opponent's feet. Katibi hit the empty goal. As a result, the ball missed the goal post and went out of the baseline. Manchester United escaped. .

De Gea's mistake made the Manchester United players a little nervous. They were more cautious in the casual game and successfully maintained the 2:0 score until the end of the half.

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Not long after the start of the second half, seeing that the situation on the field was still not improving, the home team took the lead in making personnel adjustments, and Mabid came on to replace Katibi.

In the 57th minute, Raja made a counterattack. Haqimi came down the right and made a pass. Iajur headed in the middle and hit the goal. De Gea was in a stable position. Although Raja's header was powerful, Shen but it happened to be obtained by De Gea.

In the 60th minute of the game, Ferguson also made personnel adjustments, and Fletcher replaced Kanter.

In the 62nd minute, Manchester United once again expanded its lead.

Rooney received Smalling's pass from the right and passed the ball to Bell behind him. Bell was almost completely open when he received the ball. Faced with such a good scoring opportunity, Bell naturally would not miss it and easily succeeded in pushing the shot. Scored his 6th goal in this Club World Cup.

This goal was also Bell's 73rd goal for Manchester United in 2013. Among them, there are 37 goals in the Premier League, 16 goals in the Champions League, 7 goals in the FA Cup, 4 goals in the League Cup, 1 goal in the Community Shield, 2 goals in the European Super Cup, and 6 goals in the Club World Cup.

Throughout 2013, Bell's number of goals has reached 94 goals, because he also scored 21 goals in the Welsh national team, including 10 goals in the World Cup qualifiers, 9 goals in the Confederations Cup, and 2 goals in the warm-up matches.

Manchester United still have three games left in 2013, and Bell still has hope of hitting the Guinness World Record of 100 goals in a single calendar year, which he set in 2012.

However, in this game, Ferguson has no intention of letting Bell stay on the court. The victory has been decided, and he still wants Bell to overcome obstacles for Manchester United in the league. Therefore, in the 66th minute of the game, he replaced Bale with Welbeck.

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After Bell left the field, Manchester United's offensive power on the field dropped a lot. In addition, most Manchester United players no longer had the intention to continue attacking, and the rhythm on the field became slower and slower.

When the game approached eighty minutes, the Raja team and Manchester United team completed substitutions.

In the 78th minute, Raja made personnel adjustments and Soleimani replaced Iaju. As a result, he fouled Rooney and received a yellow card after coming on the field.

In the 80th minute, Manchester United made the last substitution adjustment. Modric replaced Rooney. Manchester United changed the formation 4231 to further strengthen the control of the field.

Under Modric's exquisite passing control, Manchester United's ball control advantage on the field further increased. However, it is difficult to defend against the pits dug by one's own family. Manchester United was almost buried in the hole dug by one's own family.

In the 84th minute, Ferdinand, who put on the captain's armband after Bale left the field, made a mistake in passing the ball in the backcourt. The Raja team unexpectedly got a single chance. Mabid's shot was blocked by De Gea, and Mthawa made a shot into the empty goal. It actually hit high, and Manchester United escaped again.

Ferguson seemed very annoyed with Manchester United's mistake, because it was completely a manifestation of Ferdinand's lack of concentration. This can be said to be Ferdinand's old problem. He always has a habit of losing concentration on the court.

In the 88th minute, Kachani replaced Hafidi.

In the 90th minute, Kachani, who just came on the field, got a single chance, but his shot was intercepted by De Gea due to interference from Van Dijk.

Then at the end of the game, Manchester United defeated their opponents with a score of 3:0 and won the Club World Cup. They achieved their third consecutive Club World Cup and also won their seventh championship of the season.

At the subsequent final awards ceremony, Manchester United captain Bale won two individual awards, the Golden Ball Award and the Fair Play Award.

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With a 3-0 victory over host country Casablanca in the Club World Cup final, Manchester United ended 2013 with a championship, winning seven crowns for the second time in three years. Of course, this has also allowed Manchester United to gain huge benefits off the field. According to statistics from the Manchester Evening News, Manchester United's total prize money in various events in 2013 reached a staggering £143 million.

The Champions League is the most influential club competition, and the amount of prize money has always been quite high. Manchester United won the Champions League last season, with a total income of 51 million pounds. They successfully reached the knockout rounds this season and will receive a sum from UEFA. £22 million prize money.

In addition, Manchester United’s income from the Premier League is not bad. Although the Premier League implements an equal bonus distribution plan, last season’s Premier League championship still brought 60.8 million pounds to the Manchester United club, and last season’s FA Cup championship brought 60.8 million pounds to the club. Income of 2.4 million pounds, and winning the League Cup also resulted in a bonus of 1.2 million pounds. The winner of the European Super Cup earns £2.6 million, while the winner of the Club World Cup earns £3.1 million. In 2013, Bayern's total prize money from all competitions reached 124.75 million euros.

This is just bonus income. The real bulk of Manchester United's club income is commercial income.

In terms of revenue per season, Manchester United's revenue in the past 2012-2013 season reached 429 million pounds, approximately 502 million euros. It is the only football club in the world with revenue exceeding 500 million euros, which is higher than the second-ranked Royal Football Club. Madrid still have 57 million euros more.

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