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Chapter 824: Dark Horses Rampant

It was successfully held two sessions, and the third International Championship Cup was fully expanded.

The event expanded from the original eight teams to sixteen teams, and was divided into two major competition areas, North America and Asia, with a total of four groups, fighting each other.

The North American competition area still has two groups of eight teams, and the schedule basically continues the past two events.

In Group A, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, Juventus and Dortmund can be said to be a hit.

All of these four teams are very strong, especially Atletico Madrid, who was the runner-up in the Champions League last season and had outstanding strength.

But after letting away powerful stars such as Miranda, Juan Fran, Felipe, Mario Suarez, Turan and Raul Garcia this season, the team's strength has been affected.

In addition, after the team won the Champions League runner-up, Simeone made up her mind to adjust the team's tactics and began to pay attention to the improvement of the team's control. In addition, the official position of young players such as Montoya and Jose Gaya, the actual combat capabilities of the Bedding Legion were still somewhat affected.

But even so, the Bedding Army still drew with Manchester City in three games in Group A, defeated Juventus and defeated Dortmund, and finally lag behind Manchester City with a goal difference.

Pellegrini's Manchester City finally qualified as the first in the group with a big victory over Dortmund.

Juventus and Dortmund ranked third and fourth in the group respectively.

In Group B, Arsenal, which has introduced strong players this season, unexpectedly won three consecutive games, defeating Tottenham Hotspur, Paris Saint-Germain and Naples, and won the right to qualify in the group first.

Paris Saint-Germain won second in the group, while Benitez's Naples won third in the group.

On the contrary, the most anticipated team and the most eye-catching team in European football this season, Tottenham Hotspur led by Van Gaal lost three consecutive times in the warm-up match and was disgraced at the bottom.

Regarding the team's poor performance, the Dutch coach repeatedly stated in an interview with the media that he was not surprised.

Because the team has just undergone a large-scale reorganization, the players still need to be adjusted, and even his head coach also needs to be adjusted. Van Gaal also pointed out that the team's defensive performance has become more and more outstanding in the three games.

This proves that the team is constantly improving.

Facts have proved that after being eliminated from the International Champions League, Tottenham Hotspur played warm-up matches with teams such as Juventus and Dortmund, winning two consecutive victories, and their performance improved greatly compared to before.

This also made many people believe that Van Gaal’s statement is credible.

In the semi-finals of the North American division, Manchester City, the No. 1 in Group A, beat Paris Saint-Germain with a score of 2-1.

But Atletico Madrid, second in Group A, regrettably lost to Arsenal with a score of 0-1.

However, Simeone's team won the third place in the third and fourth place finals with Tevez's key winning victory, 1-0 in Paris Saint-Germain and won the third place in the North American division.

Manchester City defeated Arsenal three-to-one in the final and won the championship in the North American division.

Although this year's International Champions League North American Division is without super popular balloon teams like Southampton, Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​each team is very strong, the competition is fierce, and the game is exciting, which makes fans in North America and even the world excited.

This is true for the North American competition area, and the Asian competition area is also not to be outdone.

After learning from the chaotic organization of the Asian Invitational last season, the competitions in this year's International Champions League Asian Division were organized more orderly and more successful.

Among them, the events in Group A are mainly in several cities in Japan, South Korea and China, while the events in Group B are in cities such as Sydney and Melbourne in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia.

It gathers top European teams such as Southampton, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Manchester United, Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Every game in the International Champions League Asian Division is highly anticipated.

Before the game, the Monaco team, which was questioned by the outside media and fans, believed that it did not have the ability to participate in the International Champions League level, became the biggest dark horse in Group B in one fell swoop.

The famous Dutch coach Ronald Koeman, who just replaced Martino and took over Monaco, has only been in office for more than a month, but he has led Monaco to defeat Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Manchester United in three games in Group B, winning three consecutive victories, which is simply a shock to everyone's jaws.

You know, Monaco has suffered heavy bleeding in the transfer market this season.

He sold Mangala, Depay and Aubameyang, three main stars last season. He didn't expect that he could perform so well. How could he not surprise him?

What is even more surprising is that after winning the first place in the group with three consecutive victories, Monaco narrowly beat Southampton, who was second in Group B in the semi-finals with a shocking score of 1-0, and reached the finals surprisingly.

Especially in this game against Southampton.

Bielsa's Saints had an overwhelming advantage almost all the game, but goalkeeper Navas and central defenders composed of Marcinhos and Abdunur performed quite well. In addition, Biglia, who shined in the World Cup, continued his magical performance, and Monaco had to withstand Southampton's tide offensive.

Finally, Belgian young player Carrasco received an assist from Ferkier, pierced Neuer's goal, scored a winning goal for Monaco, and eliminated the favorite Southampton to win the championship.

Southampton's performance in this year's International Champions League match was indeed not outstanding. One very important reason is that none of the internationals participating in the World Cup did not play, especially Brazil, Argentina, Germany and other teams who played to the end were directly refrigerated by Bielsa.

This is also for the sake of the new season. After all, for these international players, it took a while after the World Cup and returned to the team late. They are still in the stage of adjusting their physical fitness. It is not appropriate to appear rashly.

The most worrying thing was the midfielder.

Bielsa arranged Pogba, Fabregas and Matic as the main players. As a result, Fabregas seamlessly connected, Pogba performed quite eye-catchingly, and both goals were impressive, while Matic was as steady as ever.

On the contrary, on the defense line, Varane, Nastasic and Laporte's partners were a little uncomfortable, and they all appeared in the game one after another.

In addition, Cesar, who temporarily started for Neuer, performed worse than Neuer, which eventually led to Southampton losing to Real Madrid in the group stage, drew with Inter Milan and defeating Liverpool.

The most impressive thing in Group A is Klopp's Inter Milan.

Under Klopp's iron blood commander, the Blue and Black Legion went to Sweden for more than half a month to train. After coming to Asia, they showed excellent combat effectiveness, especially the tactical style with a distinct Klopp brand.

Klopp basically continued his 4231 tactics at Dortmund.

But the difference is that many people originally thought they would play Pelle, who was similar to Lewandowski, failed to get the starter. Instead, Aubameyang took the center position and formed the offensive team in the frontcourt with Felipe Anderson, Dybala and De Bruyne.

Behind them, Khdira, Alan, or Nayinggolan, performed quite well.

On the back line, Alice Sandro, Blind, Devry and Damian formed the defense line.

There is no doubt that the goalkeeper is Handanovic.

With this lineup, led by Klopp, he played against Southampton and Real Madrid in a match, not inferior, and his style of play was not conservative at all. The game was very exciting.

Especially the game that reversed Real Madrid by 2-1 was even more amazing.

Brazilian midfielder Alan's performance in this game was even more impressive. The Brazilian, who was both offensive and defensive, beat De Bruyne, who made one pass and one shot, and was elected the best player in the game.

On the contrary, German midfielder Khdira is as low-key as ever, but very importantly, and is Klopp's most trusted midfielder.

At least, playing three warm-up matches is enough to prove the importance of Khdira.

Unfortunately, Inter Milan was in the end and lagging behind Southampton with a goal difference, and it was regrettable that he was eliminated as the third in the group.

However, Inter Milan's outstanding performance in the International Champions League has won world recognition and recognition.

Under Klopp's leadership, two warm-up matches followed by Manchester United and Barcelona. Inter Milan won and lost one by one, defeated Manchester United three to zero and lost to Barcelona zero to one. Whether it is the result or the process, it is satisfactory.

In the end, in the third and fourth place finals in the Asian Division, Southampton lost to Bayern Munich again, regrettably winning fourth place, and failed to continue his previous outstanding performance.

The dark horse Monaco also failed to perform a miracle. In the final, after leading by 70 minutes, he was finally tied by Real Madrid and reversed in overtime and eventually lost the championship.

But Koeman's team has undoubtedly left an extremely deep impression in the minds of fans all over the world.

What is particularly commendable is that Monaco's players are very young. On the basis of following the gorgeous offensive football of his predecessor Martino, Koeman further injected changeable tactical cooperation, which further improved Monaco's overall strength.

After August, the champions of the two major international champion cups were released.

Manchester City and Real Madrid also deserve the title.

Continuing the glory of the past two sessions, although this event has expanded, the market is still booming, with every game full and it is hard to get a ticket.

Coupled with the exciting events at high level and the star-studded showdowns of giants, fans around the world are excited.

As the Wall Street Journal commented in its report.

"The International Champions League took a football feast that swept the world for more than half a month, once again expanded its brand, enhanced the value of the event, and proved that it was the most valuable and well-deserved ace event in the field of football warm-ups!"

"What is even more exciting is that after this year's large-scale expansion, the still-popular football market in the International Champions League has allowed everyone to see the huge potential of this event and the bright development prospects."

"But in addition to having great success on the football field, the International Champions League has not only helped the participating teams greatly expand their influence, but also achieved outstanding results in the business field."

"The biggest dark horse of this year, Monaco signed three sponsorship contracts in Asia, and two more in talks. Inter Milan, who performed well, also signed two major sponsorship contracts. Manchester City, which won the championship, not only built momentum in New York, but also signed huge sponsorship contracts."

"In addition, like Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Southampton, Barcelona and Manchester United... Almost all participating teams benefit from this event, which undoubtedly makes people see the value of this event."

"In addition, the International Champions League may become the most commercially valuable club event outside the UEFA Champions League!"

"As the organizer of the International Champions League, Miracle Media has also attracted the attention of investors because of its popularity. Another event hosted by this company, the European Youth Champions League, has begun to attract the attention of investors and sponsors after entering its third year."

"As an important event for the youth team of European clubs, the influence of the European Youth Champions League is not as good as the International Champions League, but has also attracted a lot of fans' attention in the past two years."

"There is news that Miracle Media has reached agreements with several event broadcasting agencies. Starting this year, this event will be broadcast live to Europe, which is undoubtedly a very good start."

"It is particularly noteworthy that when we interviewed the CEO of Miracle Media, he also revealed to our reporter that Miracle Media is secretly planning a new event and has obtained authorization from UEFA and FIFA. Once the time is ripe, it will be officially announced to the public."

"In the original words of Mr. Sun, this will be a major event that will change the international football landscape!"

"With Miracle Media's International Champions League and the European Youth Champions League, we are becoming more and more prosperous, we really have reason to look forward to their new season."

As soon as the Wall Street Journal reported, it immediately caused a huge response all over the world.

After successfully operating the International Champions League, Miracle Media is going to start a new event?

So what kind of event is it?

Why do we change the current situation of international football?

All of this has made fans who care about and like football around the world soaked their appetites.
Chapter completed!
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