There are only two World Cups in history. Like this Club World Cup, the champion and runner-up lost the finals before the finals.

Originally, I hope Real Madrid could pass the Paris Saint-Germain level and win the championship with an unbeaten record, but I didn't expect them to be so vulnerable. 4:0 does not represent the real situation on the court. The fact is that if Paris Saint-Germain wants to continue scoring, 4 goals will never be the end. After seeing that Real Madrid's combat effectiveness is not as good as Miami International, Paris Saint-Germain made confident adjustments in the second half of the second half. Even so, they scored a goal before the end of the game.

When Real Madrid wins the championship with an unbeaten record, maybe many people haven't turned the corner for the time being - the champion, will they still lose? Of course. Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, which reached the final, lost both in the group stage, and both lost to Brazilian teams, Flamengo and Botafogo. So, no matter who wins the championship, Chelsea or Paris Saint-Germain wins the championship, they are all champions with defeat. Speaking of which, before the semi-finals, Real Madrid was the only team among the semi-finals that had the chance to win the championship unbeaten, but unfortunately, they no longer had the chance.

Indeed, in our inherent impression, most of the champions in a major competition played very smoothly in the group stage, and no matter how bad they were, they only got one or two draws. But in fact, there are also some teams that lose in the group stage but end up dead, and eventually win the championship. In addition, there are also some teams who have set their advantages in the first two games of the group stage and choose to let go of the money in the third game, winning themselves the opportunity to adjust.

Club World Cup and World Cup can be compared in terms of scale and competition system. There are only two World Cups in history. Like this Club World Cup, both the champion and runner-up lost before the finals.

The recent example is of course the 2022 World Cup. Argentina was blocked by Saudi Arabia in the group stage and lost 1:2, shocking the world. The runner-up France actually lost the ball, but they seemed much calmer. They said earlier that they established the first position in the group in the first two games, so they could rotate happily in the third game and lost to Tunisia 0:1.

There is another example, which is relatively old and may not be familiar to young fans. In the 1978 World Cup, Argentina lost 0:1 to Italy in the group stage, while the runner-up Netherlands lost 2:3 to Scotland in the group stage. This game also gave birth to a classic goal of several consecutive players, made by Germill, but the Netherlands was used as the background board.

However, neither side's defeat affected the advancement. The two teams finally met in the final, and Argentina won 3:1.

is very interesting. Both examples are Argentina. It seems that they have never been easy to win the championship. In fact, even when Maradona stunned the world in the 1986 World Cup, Argentina did not win the entire group stage, and they tied with Italy 1:1. In that era, Italy was the nemesis of Argentina. It was not until the 1990 World Cup that Argentina avenged the semi-finals, but it only won by penalty shootouts.

Apart from these two cases, there has been no loss before the championship and runner-up finals in previous World Cups. But there are examples of one of the team losing. For example, in the 1998 World Cup, Brazil lost 1:2 to Norway in the group stage before reaching the finals.

Of course, this situation is not harmful. After all, winning the championship is a hard truth, no matter how he wins it. No matter who wins the championship with Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea, fans will no longer remember how Flamengo and Botafogo defeated them in the group stage.

In less than two months, Paris Saint-Germain has played two finals, namely the French Cup final 3:0 Reims and the Champions League final 5:0 Inter. This Club World Cup final is the third game. So, will you continue to win the opponent without any penalty? Let's wait and see.