Chapter 228 Heroes of Atletico Madrid!
In the Champions League quarterfinals draw, two of the eight teams in the second group are traditional giants, namely AC Milan and Bayern Munich.
Bayern Munich is a team in Group A and will definitely not meet Atletico Madrid, so as long as Atletico Madrid does not draw AC Milan, it will be a "good draw".
Arsenal is more dangerous. They may encounter AC Milan or Bayern Munich.
After Wan Sheng and Wenger "blessed" each other, they returned to their respective positions and waited for the lottery ceremony to begin.
UEFA Secretary-General Infantino took the stage to preside over the draw ceremony. Before the draw, he first praised Barcelona, who defeated the Asian champion in the World Club Cup. Last season, Barcelona won honors for UEFA as the Champions League champion.
Afterwards, the short video began to be played on the big screen, which introduced the 16 teams that advanced.
The draw ceremony officially began, with German legendary star Paul Blackner attending as a special guest and drawing opponents for Atletico Madrid, the number one in Group A.
The paper is unfolded, and the line above represents the club's name in English, "f-c-ba color l!"
Applause rang out from the audience.
Wan Sheng stood up with a smile, waved to the surroundings, and looked towards Basel coach Vogel.
Vogel also stood up and nodded in response.
Vogel is a German, very young, only 37 years old. Compared to Wan Sheng, Vogel is unknown. Even in his professional players, he has always played for low-level teams. After that, professional players could not continue to play, so he changed careers and became a coach. From 1998 to 2007, Vogel coached Bayern Munich youth teams of all levels.
In 2007, Wallkill followed Fink to the German C team Ingorstadt, serving as the assistant to the branch team, and then followed Fink to coach Basel as an assistant coach.
On October 13 this year, Fink left Basel to coach Hamburg, Germany. On the same day, Vogel was appointed as head coach, and Basel gave him a half-year chance.
This is Vogel's first time as head coach of a professional team. He can coach Switzerland's top team at the age of 37. In fact, he is very successful, but whether he can persist is still a huge question.
However, Vogel has led the team to play a wonderful game, and defeating Ajax at home proved his ability, so Basel was able to qualify in the group.
Now he meets Atletico Madrid.
After Wan Sheng greeted Wallace, he continued to watch the lottery ceremony. After that, one by one, they were drawn. The two most popular matches were Bayern Munich and Chelsea, AC Milan and Arsenal. Especially when the guest representative Arsenal drew AC Milan, Wan Sheng turned to look in Wenger. Wenger looked over with a cold face, and almost wrote the words "crow's mouth" on his face.
The English probably won't be in a good mood.
Two teams in England entered the Champions League quarterfinals, but they met Bayern Munich and AC Milan respectively. How bad is this kind of luck?
In comparison, other collisions are nothing.
Atletico Madrid is not the one with the best luck. After the lottery draw, everyone is still concerned about Lyon.
In the last round, Lyon was considered to play counterfeit football, and the Champions League draw again encountered the Greek competition with the "worst strength". Some media and fans began to think about it again. No wonder the media, fans thought so. There were too many strange things in Lyon's last round of the game. It would be fine if they qualify in the group, but they met the weakest team again. How could their luck be so good?
Many people began to suspect that UEFA manipulated the "draw" of "draws", but there are similar things every year, and there are all kinds of dissatisfactions every year. Clubs that often participate in the Champions League have long been used to it.
Atletico Madrid is lucky, and Basel is at least not very hindered from advancing to the quarterfinals.
In an interview after the game, Wan Sheng only talked about his team. When asked about his feelings about drawing Basel, Wan Sheng said, "I said before that no matter which opponent, we will enter the quarterfinals! Now this is still the same sentence. There is not much difference between any opponent, and I believe we will successfully advance."
A reporter brought Wan Sheng’s original words to Basel coach Vogel, but Vogel was not satisfied. Even if Atletico Madrid is very strong, he should not underestimate Basel!
They are also the number one team in Switzerland!
So Vogel said, "I don't understand why anyone said they would advance before the fight. This is a contempt for the opponent. What would they say if they lost the game? Has he thought about it?"
Wan Sheng only replied one sentence, "Sorry, there is no if!"
After that, Wan Sheng will not talk about Basel. In his opinion, it is completely meaningless to have a verbal battle with Basel and Basel's unknown "novice" coaches.
After the draw of the Champions League quarterfinals, the La Liga ushered in the 16th round, with Atletico Madrid defeating Espanyol 1-0 away.
Since the 10th round of the league defeated Athletic Bilbao 2-1 away, Atletico Madrid has won 7 consecutive victories, especially after defeating Real Madrid with a large away score, they have returned to the top throne of the league.
Round 16 is also a critical round, because this round has a Spanish national derby.
Atletico Madrid can reap the benefits of the fisherman.
Barcelona did not disappoint Atletico Madrid. In this match at the Bernabeu Stadium, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-1. It is worth noting that c-Ronaldo became the sinner of Real Madrid's loss.
2011 is about to pass, and the Golden Globe nomination has become a concern for many people. On the ultimate three-man shortlist, Messi, Xavi and C-Ronaldo will compete for the highest honor.
It is normal for Messi and Xavi to enter the top three, because Barcelona was the European champion last year, and the selection of C-Ronaldo is completely supported by fans.
"Maybe it has something to do with his appearance." Many people maliciously speculated.
But no matter what, C-Ronaldo's support is still very high. In the polls on the official website of "French Football", C-Ronaldo's online support rate is as high as two-thirds.
"I know I'm very good at performing, I deserve it!" c-Ronaldo made a bold statement.
But it turns out that he is not worthy.
In this most critical national derby, C-Ronaldo not only stopped his fire again, but also directly played the role of "Barcelona's 12th man".
On this night, the Portuguese became the number one undercover agent of Bernabeur.
Compared with the world's top midfielder, C-Ronaldo lacks enough view of the overall situation. He usually plays the role of the terminator, but in the game, he does not play this role well.
In the whole game, C-Ronaldo had 7 shots, but none of them created a real threat to Valdes.
Of the 7 shots of C-Ronaldo, 4 of them came from direct free kicks.
"C-Ro named his powerful set-piece tomahawk, but he performed like a prisoner of war tonight."
c-Ronaldo's four free kicks shots only once passed the wall. This shot that lacked speed, strength and angle was easily captured by Valdes, and the other three shots were also incredible.
"If C-Roy can become more generous on the court, he will become a better player and Real Madrid will benefit from it," said former Real Madrid assistant Angel Capa.
C-Ronaldo, who had missed opportunities in succession, has become the target of venting his anger by 80,000 fans of the Bernabeu.
By the end of the game, C-Ronaldo would hear booing from his fans every time he touched the ball.
"When you play Barcelona, you always have such a bad luck!" A Real Madrid fan scolded C-Ronaldo and was caught by the sound collector on the scene.
"Losing this national derby, the difference between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid is 5 points. 5 points is not the absolute difference, and they still have hope of winning the championship."
"The Spanish Football League" commented, "But it is difficult for home fans to smooth out C-Roy's psychological damage with time."
After this round, Atletico Madrid had no time to reminisce about the joy of widening the gap, and welcomed Alvaset at home.
This is the second leg of the fourth lap of the King's Cup.
Facing this Western Conference C team at home, there was no unlucky weather like rain. Atletico Madrid won with a substitute lineup very easily.
4 to 0.
Atletico Madrid did not give Alvaset any chance.
Then there is the 17th round of the La Liga on December 18, which is also the last game before Christmas, with Atletico Madrid facing Real Betis at home.
In last season, Betis secured the throne of the Segunda League in advance. In 42 Segunda League games, Betis had a record of 25 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses.
Betis, who scored 85 goals, is the team with the most goals in the Spanish Second Division. Betis, who conceded 44 goals, is also the team with the fourth least conceded goals in the Spanish Second Division.
In this summer, Betis lost the main center Pavoni and the main midfielder Emmana, but they also got the demon striker Montero from Villarreal. Montero scored 7 goals in a single game in the warm-up match and also rented Santa Cruz from Manchester City.
At the same time, Nelson, Zika and Ustaritz, the three defenders, are all at the main level of the second-rate La Liga team in terms of their strength.
Real Betis' overall strength is pretty good, but at most they are just mid-range in the league and are not too threatening to Atletico Madrid.
Before the game, Wan Sheng mainly reminded the players to play seriously, "This is the last game. After the game, you can spend Christmas with your family. No one would want to spend the holiday with a bad mood, right?"
This sentence reminds all players.
They didn't care much about their opponents, but now they know it's time to be more serious.
In fact, Wan Sheng is also a headache for the team's fighting spirit. The team has fighting spirit. However, winning continuously will make the players in the team more confident in the team's strength, resulting in a series of psychological problems such as arrogance and carelessness. Dina McGovern cannot do all the work well. She can only adjust the players' hearts alone, and cannot eliminate all problems. Fortunately, the team has not had too many problems so far.
At Calderon Stadium, Atletico Madrid played well overall, but for the first time there was a problem with forward efficiency.
Diego Costa, who played, failed to score the ball after several shots, and the same was true for Ozil on the wing. By the midfield, the score between the two teams was still 0-0.
Wansheng felt a headache.
In the second half, Falcao replaced Diego Costa, but the problem still exists. Atletico Madrid was in a position to be in a position and half an hour later, he still failed to break through the goal of Real Betis.
Wan Sheng looked at the bench again.
This time he simply replaced Ozil, and Wang Qiuming was the one who replaced Ozil.
"The king has appeared! He replaced Ozil and played the left forward!" This substitution surprised Juan Andres, a stadium broadcaster. "Wan Sheng must be hoping to score a goal. Ozil missed opportunities several times before, and Falcao is not efficient. Will Wang help Atletico score a goal?"
Every fan has questions.
Wang Qiuming performed well, but he is a young player after all, and he can only serve as a substitute. There is still a gap in his abilities with stars such as Ozil and Falcao.
But Wansheng doesn't think so.
The most important thing he wants to play is his state. The "Eye of Status Evaluation" can help him understand the state of each player. Ozil is obviously not in his state. His status evaluation value is only '71', which is an unqualified value. Wang Qiuming's status evaluation is '93'. Even if his ability is slightly worse, he will definitely perform better than Ozil after playing.
Of course, good condition does not mean that everyone can perform well. Ozil is Ozil after all, and his poor condition is there, which is enough to drive Atletico Madrid's left-wing offensive. Wang Qiuming is a little worse in his personal ability. It is difficult for him to lead the way alone. When he goes to the court, he doesn't get many goals and his performance is not so eye-catching.
However, Wang Qiuming is in good condition!
As a striker, good condition means high efficiency in front of the goal!
In the 86th minute of the game, Wang Qiuming got a chance. This was a Falcao's heel pass. Falcao dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was blocked. Then he knocked the ball out with his heel.
Wang Qiuming waved his foot and shot!
The football only rushed to the near corner of the goal, and Real Betis goalkeeper Casto tried his best to save, but he still couldn't get the ball.
The ball has entered!
“g!!!”
As the Calderon Stadium broadcasts Juan Andrees' shouts, Atletico Madrid fans are excited. They waited for nearly 90 minutes and finally waited for a goal.
This is a decisive kill!
Before, Real Betis thought that it would take a point away from Calderon Stadium, which was a very good result, but with this goal, their "dream" was shattered and they could only shake their heads regretfully.
In the end, Atletico Madrid defeated Real Betis 1-0.
It is hard to see what the game looks like from the score, but anyone who has watched the game knows how dangerous it is.
Wang Qiuming became the hero of Atletico Madrid.
After the game, many media praised Wang Qiuming for being able to stand up during the Atletico Madrid crisis. They also praised Wan Sheng's decisive substitution. It was Wan Sheng's successful substitution adjustment that allowed Atletico Madrid to complete the goal.
In the distant China, the media and fans also had crazy discussions... (To be continued.).
Chapter completed!