There is a team in the 21st century, like Paris in this Club World Cup, winning the semi-finals with big scores and losing the finals with big scores.

The Club World Cup final gives people a sudden stop and a backflow of water. Paris Saint-Germain was so imposing before, and he passed the hurdles and was defeated by no one to stop him. He even played 4:0ism in the Club World Cup. Atletico Madrid in the group stage, Miami International in the knockout stage, and Real Madrid were all humiliated by Paris Saint-Germain in a 4:0 way. Especially in the semi-finals against Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain created a crushing game and seemed to have booked the championship in advance.

On the other side, Chelsea's promotion path is much smoother and silent. On the one hand, Chelsea has never scored such a big score of 4:0. On the other hand, it has to be said that Chelsea has entered a relatively peaceful division. In the knockout stage, they have defeated Benfica, Palmeiras, and Fruminense, and they are not even a super strong team. Comparing the half-district where Paris Saint-Germain is located, Real Madrid, Juventus, Dortmund, Bayern are all on the list, and the difficulty of breaking through the siege is not at the same level at all.

So no matter from which level, Paris Saint-Germain is the more favored side in the final. It is precisely because of this that this 3:0 is so surprising.

The key is that Paris Saint-Germain just overturned Real Madrid 4:0 in the semi-finals. Such a good momentum was intercepted in the final and lost 0:3. This contrast is really too obvious. Paris Saint-Germain and this inverted potential energy have accumulated 7 balls.

In history, no matter what major competition, generally speaking, if you can win a big score in the semi-finals, then the final will most likely be able to take advantage of this momentum to achieve good results. For example, in the 2014 World Cup, Germany defeated Brazil 7:1 in the semi-finals, and they also gained good luck in the finals, beating Argentina 1:0 in overtime. In fact, it is already a small probability event to be able to score a big score in the semi-finals; in the final, the probability of losing another big score is even smaller.

Since the 21st century, there is only one example I can think of.

That was the 2007 Copa America, Argentina. In the semi-finals, Argentina met its most comfortable opponent for itself, Mexico. If Mexico was once the nemesis of Brazil, then Argentina has always been the nemesis of Mexico. Not to mention the distant future, at the critical moment of the 2022 World Cup, wasn’t it Mexico that saved Argentina’s life? In the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, Argentina also reached the quarterfinals with Mexico.

So in that Cup of America, Argentina was not vague when it met Mexico. It was 3:0 in one game, and it was quick and easy to reach the final without any blood.

On the contrary, Brazil played extremely difficult in the semi-finals, and played 2:2 with Uruguay, and finally passed the penalty shootout.

If we have to compare potential energy horizontally, then Brazil was Chelsea and Argentina was Paris Saint-Germany. It is worth mentioning that Argentina won all three games in the group stage, showing the championship appearance. However, Brazil lost to Mexico in the group stage and ranked second, which further strengthened Mexico's nemesis.

But in the final, Argentina was defeated 3:0 by Brazil.

This is indeed very similar to this Club World Cup, with Paris Saint-Germain losing to Chelsea 0:3. Argentina first scored a big score in the semi-finals. Although one goal was 3:0 to 4:0, it was obviously included in the scope of big scores. In the final, Argentina handed over all the good momentum of 3:0, which was in return for the 0:3 of Tiangang. This kind of extreme energy conversion between semi-finals and finals is indeed rare in football history.

Moreover, as early as the 2004 Copa America, Argentina lost to Brazil in the final, but they played 2:2 with the opponent in 90 minutes and finally lost the penalty shootout. In the 2007 Copa America final, Argentina lost a big one directly. Just like their 2005 Federation Cup final, they lost to Brazil 1:4.