Chapter 520: Possible opponents in the 1/8 finals
No one expected Loew to have a full-back play as a central striker, and it seems that Loew wanted to avoid this difficult period in this way. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, compared to the perfunctory attitude of Notts County who often send out reserves in the League Cup, this time the rotation squad is already very face-saving in the League Cup, and Ramos's cameo as a central striker is not worth mentioning.
Even though Watford were looking to cause some problems at home to Notts County, and they did in the opening period, Watford couldn't stop Notts County from continuing as their players got into the game, even with a rotating line-up.
Ramos wasn't perfect, but for a first-time centre-forward defender, scoring a goal is the best compliment, even against a fish belly like Watford.
Towards the end of the first half, Ramos received a precise cross from Leyton Baines and headed past Watford, and in several corners, Ramos also created a threat to the opponent's goal, acting as a guide to a certain extent, if not comparable to a powerful centre-forward like Drogba, but it was enough to make Loew happy with him.
Although they have not faced any opponents who have made Notts County feel tricky in the last three rounds of the League Cup, the next semi-final matches have begun to have gold content, because Notts County's opponents have become giants Liverpool, and the other group of semi-finals is Manchester United and Chelsea.
Now that they've come to this point, Notts County have no reason to back down, but with some time to go before the Carabao Cup semi-finals, Notts County's attention will have to return to the league.
Because of the previous draw, Notts County has a three-point gap with Chelsea in the league, and this season's strong team has become Chelsea, not only has an excellent performance in the league, but the Champions League is also an early group, Mourinho has brought a very tough change to Chelsea.
With Notts County's current form, it's really hard to catch up with Chelsea, at least injuries are a big problem.
Of course, this should not be discouraged, and Loew and his team still handled the game meticulously.
In the next home game against West Bromwich Albion, the main team of Notts County returned to the field, intending to take all three points, and the opponent did not seem to have much will to fight, hastily coping with the game, and simply returning to defense after conceding a goal, just wanting to lose a few less.
A win with little cost left the players on a smile, and if every opponent had been as unmotivated as West Bro, Notts County would have defended their title long ago.
As for the sixth round of the Champions League group stage at home, in the face of Olympiacos, Notts County, which has already locked the first place in the group in advance, naturally cannot let the main players play to waste physical energy, and he is not even willing to send the rotation players, and finally simply let a few young players who need more game training on the field, plus reserve players, and the standard domestic cup configuration to play.
Olympiacos have lost all of their previous five games, not scoring a single point, and the number of goals conceded is even about to break the Champions League group stage record for goals conceded, this almost humiliating energy has made the whole club feel gloomy, no way, who put them in the same group as these three desperate attacking teams!
However, Notts County announced the starting list early to give Olympiacos hope, if the six games are lost, Olympiacos can't afford to lose this person, but if they win one game, the situation will be completely different, at least they can still have the face to go home and meet Jiangdong's parents.
Olympiacos feels that Notts County is really a team with a human touch, not only for their own players, but also for their opponents, isn't it obvious that they want to give Olympiacos a face-saving victory!
Loew didn't have that idea, he just didn't want to waste his energy in such an indifferent game!
This team that is barely a third-tier team of Notts County finally lost at home to Olympiacos, the opponent is also a Greek giant, they can achieve their goal without defeating, of course, it is also possible that the opponent reciprocated and did not carry out a massacre, in any case, Notts County ended their Champions League group stage journey, and the round of 16 is beckoning to them!
In the other game of the group, Monaco staged a big comeback, beating Super Laco away to qualify for the round of 16 as the second place in the group, while Laco could only show his style in the UEFA Cup.
According to the draw rules for the round of 16, in the next round of 16 knockout rounds, teams in the same group and the same country will be avoided, and the second place in the group of several teams of other teams may become opponents of Notts County, so it is still necessary to pay attention to the situation of the other groups.
Bayer Leverkusen in Group B pushed Real Madrid to advance to the round of 16 as group winners, Real Madrid finished second in the group, while Roma were eliminated and even the League Cup place was snatched by Dynamo Kyiv.
In Group C, Juventus and Bayern Munich were unmistakably first and second respectively in the group, while Ajax dropped to the UEFA Cup.
In Group D, the French hegemon Lyon performed strongly, and actually suppressed Alex Ferguson's Manchester United to qualify for the first place in the group, and the old man's team could only be relegated to second.
Arsenal topped Group E and PSV Eindhoven secured the second spot.
Barcelona and AC Milan were not in doubt to advance in Group F, but Carlo Ancelotti's side beat Barcelona to top the group.
Inter Milan topped Group G and Bremen snatched another spot from Valencia, while the Bats had to go back to the UEFA Cup.
In Group H, Chelsea advanced strongly, while Jose Mourinho's old club Porto also qualified as second in the group, with neither Paris nor Moscow performing miracles.
This season's Champions League has not become the grave of a strong team like last season, and all the giants have been promoted, which is like the real Champions League!
Excluding Manchester United and Monaco, Notts County's quarter-final opponents will be drawn from the remaining group runners-up.
Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Werder Bremen, Porto.
Three giants and three strong teams, among which Notts County have played Barcelona and Porto in the League Cup, which can be regarded as old rivals, as for the other four teams, Notts County has not encountered before. (To be continued.) )