Club World Cup | Although I lost to my old club, who can replicate Silva s achievements?

Qilu Evening News·Qilu One Point reporter Yin Chengjun

waved farewell to the Club World Cup, and Silva will usher in a new future. (Expand film) Xinhua News Agency reported that in the early morning of July 9, in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup, Chelsea defeated Fluminense 2:0 and led the way to the finals. In this battle, there was a legendary star who attracted much attention. He is currently the backbone of Fluminense's defense, but he played for four years at Chelsea and received great respect from both teams. He was Thiago Silva who was 40 years old but still ran on the court with passion. After losing

0:2, Silva was extremely disappointed when he watched the players of his old club Chelsea celebrate the victory, because there was not much left in his career, and his wish to help Fluminense win the championship was shattered, but he was also relieved, because after Chelsea experienced a trough period, as a former "Blue Army" defender, he was also happy to see his old club return to the top.

This is Silva, an excellent defender who is in the legend. He debuted in Fluminense and transferred to Porto in 2004. Since then, he started his gold rush in the European League, but the road has not been smooth. During this period, he has returned to his parent team Fluminense twice. But gold will eventually shine. Silva's transfer to AC Milan in 2009 became the turning point of his career, and gradually grew into the best defender in the world. Since then, he has reached his peak at Paris Saint-Germain and almost brought back the Champions League trophy for Paris Saint-Germain.

In 2020, Silva, who was 35 years old, transferred to Chelsea freely after expiration of his contract. Although he is at the end of his career, he still uses his extremely high competitive level and professional spirit to become the most reliable backbone of the "Blue Army". Although he was no longer in his peak state in his four years at Chelsea, he achieved the highest achievement. In 2021, he won the coveted Champions League championship with his players.

Although he has not played in the "Blue Army" for a long time, he is deeply loved by fans. During the 120th anniversary of Chelsea, the club conducted a century-old legendary lineup selection, and Silva was among them, enjoying the club's highest courtesy together with the "Blue Army" team spirits Terry, Cech, Lampard and Drogba.

This is extremely difficult for a player who has only been a "Blue Army" career, and after transferring to Fluminense last year, he also received extremely warm welcome from fans.

In this game, Silva did everything for Fluminense, but the gap in strength between the two sides was obvious and he could do nothing. His performance in this Club World Cup was very eye-catching, and he was selected into the best team in the quarterfinals and quarterfinals respectively. In the Club World Cup where experts gathered, he was over 40 years old but was as outstanding as a young man. Silva is the only one.

Next, Silva already had the plan to become a coach after retirement. Seeing Alonso, Xavi, Gattuso and other contemporary players gradually becoming famous coaches who were the only ones, he was already moved. He believed that as a coach, Silva was still as good as he was when he was a player.