Qin Xiong sent off his visiting teammates, then went upstairs to take a shower and go to bed.
When Liverpool returned to England with a score of 4: 4, the grief-stricken Twente hated Liverpool and sent their second team to keep them out of the top 16 of the Champions League.
And Inter Milan, who had escaped death, returned to the city of Milan with a sense of relief.
The final battle of Group A was unexpected to the outside world.
It was thought to be routine, but the process was thrilling.
When Fleet Street released the battle report the next day, The Guardian wrote: "Liverpool conquers Inter Milan in a different way!"
"After defeating Inter Milan in last season's Champions League final, Liverpool defeated Inter Milan in both home and away in this season's Champions League group stage. This should have made Liverpool and Inter Milan irreconcilable feud. But in the last round of the group stage, Liverpool drew with Twente in the away game and helped Inter Milan advance to the top 16 of the Champions League.
Inter Milan should be grateful to Liverpool for withstanding Twente's bombardment in the last round and not giving Twente three points. It must be an extremely complicated feeling. There must be a moment when Inter Milan had a love-hate relationship with Liverpool! "
Liverpool did not care whether Inter Milan was grateful or not.
The 17th round of the Premier League arrived on the weekend as scheduled. Liverpool would have two league games in three days.
First, they faced the farm team Fulham at home. Comain sent the main force to play. In Anfield, Qin Xiong and Alonso's goals helped the team beat Fulham by 2: 0.
What was shocking was that Chelsea had not yet come out of the losing cycle!
After going to White Hart Lane in North London, which had always been jokingly called the "three-point lane" of the BIG4 powerhouses, Chelsea was forced to a 1: 1 draw by Tottenham Hotspur!
In the last ten Premier League games, Chelsea had only won two!
After the game, Ancelotti immediately had a private talk with the boss Abramovich after dealing with the media. In order to boost morale, Chelsea announced that there would be sufficient funds for signings to improve the team's strength after the winter transfer window!
The focal battle of this round took place at Old Trafford. Manchester United faced Arsenal at home!
With Park Ji-sung's finishing blow, Manchester United narrowly beat Arsenal by 1: 0!
After 17 rounds, Liverpool laid a strong enough foundation to defend their title with 44 points. Manchester United had 34 points, Arsenal had 31 points, and Chelsea also had 31 points.
Before leaving for the United Arab Emirates, Liverpool had their 18th round of the Premier League.
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Liverpool was suffering from a hellish schedule. The substitutes played terribly in this game. Newcastle's heavy snow seemed to have frozen the players into ice cubes!
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Liverpool lost three points in the away game.
Fortunately, the team's lead in the standings was huge. A loss would not have a big impact on the team's morale.
Liverpool's entire team went to the United Arab Emirates to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup.
The trip made Comain a little unhappy with the club's senior management.
Wilcot had originally contacted a series of commercial activities. Liverpool had to stay in Dubai for two days before going to play in the game. In that country full of rich people, Liverpool could participate in some commercial activities to make a fortune.
But Comain strongly opposed it!
He used Liverpool's hellish schedule as an excuse to tell the club: We're only here to play in the Club World Cup!
After two days of rest in the United Arab Emirates, Liverpool met Chengnan Yihe Pegasus in the Club World Cup semi-finals on December 16.
Comain did not want any problems in the game. Liverpool came to the Club World Cup in a strong position. They would crush their opponents with absolute strength to win the trophy!
They just had to go home with the trophy.
Qin Xiong, Torres, Gerard, Alonso, Raúl, and the other main players appeared one after another.
At the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi, the Arabs in the stands were naturally excited to see Liverpool's superstars up close.
And the Korean team Chengnan Yihe Pegasus were facing Liverpool for the first time against such a strong opponent. They feared and respected Liverpool from the bottom of their hearts!
Liverpool barely used any strength in the game. They were definitely stronger than Chengnan Yihe Pegasus in all aspects, such as technique, physical confrontation, tactics, and so on. The gap between the top teams in Europe and Asia was so huge!
It was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Liverpool played freely and controlled the game. They barely used any strength to create excellent offensive opportunities.
In the 21st minute of the game, Qin Xiong cut into the middle from the flank. After receiving Raúl's cross pass, he bypassed Chengnan Yihe Pegasus' defensive midfielder, Kim Sung-Hwan. He immediately raised his leg and shot. A shocking long shot blasted the goalkeeper, Jung Chenglong's ten fingers.
Liverpool was leading by a goal!
Qin Xiong felt that the game was still very easy. The opponent did not make things difficult for Liverpool at all.
In the 35th minute, Johnson went down the flank and assisted Torres to break the goal in front of the goal!
Liverpool was leading by two goals.
Before the end of the first half, Qin Xiong and Gerard played a consecutive two-over-one in the middle before they charged into the penalty area. They sent a nap ball to Raúl, and Raúl scored from half-empty goal.
Liverpool locked in the first half!
Chengnan Yihe Pegasus and Pegasus experienced the gap between them and the top European teams.
They were powerless to resist!
Liverpool made a substitution in the second half. The main players rested, and the game was still under Liverpool's control.
Kuyt, who came on as a substitute, scored twice to lock in the final score of 5: 0.
Liverpool advanced to the Club World Cup final with their heads held high.
After the game, a reporter interviewed Qin Xiong and asked about the difference in the level of the game. Qin Xiong said frankly, "There are different differences in the level of football around the world. Europe is obviously the strongest and is the leader of modern football. Asian football is lagging behind. Chengnan Yihe Pegasus and Pegasus may be strong teams that no one can ignore on the Asian stage, but in the process of today's game, as everyone can see, the gap between them is very obvious. This shows that Asian football still needs to work harder, and there is also a lot of room for improvement."
And the reporters did not tire of discussing the need for FIFA to hold the Club World Cup.
Almost every year at this time, the media would launch a discussion. Most of the time, it was to criticize FIFA for creating a useless Club World Cup that was a waste of time!
So what if they gathered the champions of various continental club competitions together to fight for the championship?
Europe was the strongest. There was no doubt. Even South America had declined, and the disadvantage in the competition with Europe was becoming more and more obvious. The champions of other continents were needless to say.
They might not even be the role of the crown prince. They were purely the side characters that were crushed by the strong European teams.
Regardless of whether the Club World Cup was useless or not, Liverpool was here after all. Naturally, they had to work hard to win the title!
Even if it was not for glory, it had to be for money. There was a prize for winning the championship.
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