Red Rebels

The restructuring of the Champions Cup has been going on slowly. Almost every year, new measures will appear, but the reforms are small and there has not been much change. However, last year, the Champions Cup abolished the second round of the group round-robin and adopted The two-round knockout system is a good thing, but it has been neglected by countless giant teams.

Why?

The reason is very simple, the giants have been left out in the group stage!

However, in this season, the giants have qualified for the tournament, and it is only at this time that the praise of the new competition system has generally sounded in Europe.

The double-round knockout matches are played 4 games less than the group round-robin match. Don’t underestimate these 4 games. In the cold winter, the players are exhausted in February. These 4 games are enough to drag down a team.

With the sudden death of Vivian Fu, the football world all over the world began to carry out a round of profound reflection, and launched a series of measures to reduce the burden on players. It is in this trend that UEFA has restructured the Champions Cup. Introduce knockout.

I was left out last year, but this year it was sung by countless giants because they finally enjoyed the benefits of the new competition system!

The top two of the eight groups of the Champions League are Monaco and Chelsea in Group A; Real Madrid and Leverkusen in Group B; Juventus and Bayern Munich in Group C; Lyon and Manchester United in Group D; Arsenal in Group E And PSV; AC Milan and Barcelona in Group F; Inter Milan and Werder Bremen in Group G; and Porto in Group H.

According to the lottery principle of the knockout round of the 16, the first group of the group touches the second group of the other group, and the team of the same country avoids it, which makes the lottery very clear.

Eliminate the second-placed Premier League teams in the group, Chelsea and Manchester United, and the opponents can only be created between Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona and Werder Bremen.

It's not easy for him to meet anyone, but as the top team player, he can play away first and then at home, which has favorable factors in the schedule, which makes Mourinho more confident psychologically.

In an interview with the media the day before the game, Mourinho said that he was not worried about which team he would meet, whether it was Bayern or Barcelona, ​​it was not a problem, because the headache was always the opponent.

"Barcelona is the best team in football today? Oh maybe, they do play well, they're beautiful, but I don't think they're that good, but if you think Barça is the best team , then I hope to meet Barcelona, ​​I want to play against the best team, because that will allow me and my players to prove that we are better than them!"

For Barcelona, ​​Mourinho always has an indescribable complex emotion in his heart. He is always eager to prove his football philosophy from Barcelona, ​​even after leaving Barcelona, ​​his football philosophy has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Inter Milan's coach Mancini seemed a little gloating, "Barcelona touches, oh, that's really terrible, but as a fan, I'd love to see such a peak match!"

As the top of the group, no one wants to meet Barcelona.

And Manchester United coach Ferguson, who is not doing well recently, joked, "I have a hunch that in my coaching career, I have never met AC Milan in an international competition. This time, I feel there is a connection, pulling us together."

If someone looks back at the quotes of these people after the results of the lottery come out, they will be full of strange doubts, God, are all these head coaches unpredictable?

Actually no, several changes in the draw for the knockout rounds are not too surprising, let's just say.

You can touch Leverkusen, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich, but there is no grudge between these three German teams, and the former two obviously do not have the same strength, even Bayern is also based on Bayern's. In recent times, it may not be an opponent.

Eindhoven and Eindhoven have a lot of grievances, and Arnesen was slapped to hide and dare not see anyone.

Now they all go to the Premier League and become the general manager of Manchester City, helping the Abu Dhabi consortium run this giant team.

Without Arneson's point of view, and Eindhoven's strength is indeed too weak, the game lacks suspense, so from a business point of view, choosing Eindhoven is undoubtedly the worst of many choices.

So who is the best opponent?

Naturally it is the most powerful Barcelona in football today!

Although Deco failed to transfer to Barcelona as he did in his previous life, the rise and maturity of Iniesta made Barcelona play the most technical football, and was also known as the best team in Europe. Named the Dream Team.

Woolen cloth? The combination of technology and strength, the advanced tactical concept has made it unbeaten so far this season, known as the most troublesome team in Europe today, and one of the strongest teams, and it was also in the UEFA Cup last year. beat Barça.

In this year's European Footballer of the Year selection, Beckham defeated Ronaldinho and won the new European Footballer of the Year award. This matter has just passed, and many Barcelona fans still have grievances in their hearts. Another game between these two stars would definitely be eye-catching.

The contest between the two most popular teams in Europe, and the confrontation between the two top players in the world, is enough to make people believe that the match against Barcelona is already a predetermined match.

In fact, after the results of the draw came out, they did meet Barcelona, ​​Ferguson also met AC Milan as he wished, Leverkusen met Juventus, PSV Eindhoven met Monaco, Bayern Munich met Arsenal, Real Madrid met Werder Bremen, Chelsea against Lyon, Inter Milan against Porto.

After the result of the draw came out, the head coach of Inter Milan, Mancini, was overjoyed. Compared to AC Milan's almost unfortunate draw, it can be said that Inter Milan touched Porto. The weakest team among the strong.

After the results of the lottery came out, the schedule of the two rounds of the knockout round was also arranged. The first round was scheduled to be played on February 22/23, and the second round was scheduled to be played on March 8/9. Inter Milan and AC Milan share the same stadium, and they are the top players in the group, but UEFA clearly stipulates that the same stadium cannot host European competitions for two consecutive days, so the Inter Milan match will be postponed until March 15. held.

……………… Knowing about the opponents in the knockout round, Boas immediately asked the scouting department to collect and organize all the information related to Barcelona this season, including the technical and tactical analysis of Barcelona, ​​and the injuries of the players. , as well as their schedule during the knockout period and more.

At the same time, in order to be able to know the situation of Barcelona at the first time, in addition to going to Spain in person, Boas will not only go to Spain to watch all the next games of Barcelona, ​​but also send Spanish scouts to pay close attention to Barcelona's every move.

Although there are still two months before the knockout rounds, but before the season, they have begun to pay close attention to and collect information on all potential opponents. Now that Barcelona is drawn, all relevant information about this team is immediately sorted out and sent to in front of the coaching staff.

In terms of intelligence, I can't say how powerful it is, but it is definitely the club that attaches the most importance to intelligence among all clubs in Europe. Every year, the scouting department spends a lot of money on it, but the harvest is also considerable. Be able to find some useful information for the game in the intel.

In addition to Barcelona's intelligence, they are also closely watching their opponents Liverpool in the next round. Although they are playing at home, Liverpool's strength should not be underestimated, and this is a game that is related to the morale of the winter break. .

In the tense preparations, Xiao Yu, Mourinho, Beckham, Kaka, Ronaldinho and other players who were shortlisted for the three players in the world football player had to take time to reach a plane to Zurich, Switzerland, to participate in the event here. FIFA's annual awards ceremony.

……………………The award ceremony this time is the grand finale of FIFA’s centennial celebration, continuing the tradition of the previous 13 award ceremonies. This year’s award ceremony also has a theme, which is [the combination of football and opera]. It may seem far-fetched, but all aspects of the celebration are linked to opera, and the awards show is also arranged at the Zurich Opera House.

As the most watched team in today's football, it has undoubtedly received the greatest attention, especially Beckham, who won this year's European Footballer of the Year, has attracted the cheers of countless waiting fans outside the opera house.

FIFA's annual awards ceremony is also known as the football Oscar. This year's awards ceremony will be broadcast live in more than 130 countries around the world. At the same time, two additional awards have been added, namely [Indoor Football Player of the Year] and 【E-Sports Footballer of the Year】.

These all confirm that FIFA intends to make the award ceremony a global sensational business show, and those who can receive invitations are undoubtedly powerful people, such as Barcelona's Laporta, coach Rijkaer Germany, they all came to support Ronaldinho, and Real Madrid's Florentino and his party also accompanied Junior Juninho to the scene.

Seeing Xiao Yu and his party walking in from a distance, little Juninho pleaded guilty to the person in front of him and greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Xiao Yu!" Little Juninho said with a grateful smile.

"Hello, Ribeiro!" Xiao Yu was also happy for little Juninho. Even now, many fans still miss this low-key former captain. Sometimes Xiao Yu feels that the world is unpredictable. If Juninho hadn't joined Real Madrid, he might not be where he is today.

"Tonight we are opponents!" Xiao Yu smiled and pointed to Beckham who was surrounded by people not far away.

Junior Juninho looks at the crowd with some envy. He is handsome and has a star temperament. He has just won the European Footballer of the Year. Beckham can be said to be the most successful football player this year, and he is also a sports player today. The highest paid player in the world.

"No matter what, I will never be your enemy, you know that!" Little Juninho said solemnly.

Xiao Yu laughed, little Juninho just doesn't like to joke very much, but he is definitely a very affectionate person. [^[Half(.*)／[float*(sheng]~] w.n floats update fast

At this time, Florentino also got rid of the entanglers beside him and came over. Little Juninho knew that they had something to talk about, so he nodded and said hello to Florentino, and walked over to the side. , chatted with Mourinho and Kaka aside.

Florentino's social circle is undoubtedly very wide, but Xiao Yu is not too much. The two get together, and they are constantly greeted by people. Forcing them to calm down and talk is not enough, so they can only hide away. go anywhere.

Xiao Yu always felt that Lafayette's eyes always swept across Kaka and Xiao Luo ambiguous, and he probably felt a little bad in his heart.

Sure enough, the first sentence of this chubby old Buddha made Xiao Yu want to throw him over his shoulder.

"Hehe, Xiao Yu, sell Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo to us?" Lafayette said that the price is easy to negotiate, as long as you are willing to sell it.

What a shameless fat man!

Xiao Yu laughed indignantly in his heart!