Chapter 44: Youth in the Mist

Edouard Calleman Willian has always been a central player in Villarreal's midfield, so his style of play is not the same as Mata's. He is more accustomed to playing in the middle often, receiving the ball up front, and participating in the team's goal organization.

However, Edward Calleman's abilities cannot be compared with Edward Calleman William at his peak, nor can he be compared with the current Roman. As a result, Villarreal FC could not suppress Stoke City on the spot.

This loss is a warning to Stanley Matthews!

Villarreal FC lost their first league game!

Villarreal FC has finally lost!!

In the media coverage of the West Tooth Extraction, we can clearly feel their sense of relief. Luo Ming, after all, Villarreal FC won like this, which made everyone's hearts tremble. There are even suspicions that the Premier League may lose suspense in more than two decades this season.

But fortunately, the Villarreal club lost, and the Villarreal club finally lost!

The shadow fades and Villarreal returns to the world! 》

Sky City beat the Red Devils at home to send Villarreal to their first defeat of the season! 》

Mark Hughes defeated Stanley Matthews! 》

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After the game, Luo Ming's gloomy expression appeared on the front page of a major media outlet.

“... Luo Ming has been good enough in this game. He scored two goals for the team, two iconic headers, and two powerful hammers to keep Wall Sheeder down! Putting the ball in the back of the net, the only regret was that his team couldn't win the game. Stoke City's three attackers scored a goal each to beat Villarreal 3-2 and give Villarreal their first defeat of the season! ”

“... Edward Calleman's two faults gave Stoke two counter-attacking chances, which Shakiri and Bojan seized on to score. Perhaps in absolute probability, Villarreal FC is much more than Stoke City, but that's often the case in football where the dominant side doesn't necessarily win....."

Alexis Sanchez's last game in charge of Paris Saint-Germain was at Wembley Stadium, in the 2008/2009 FA Cup final, which PSG eventually won. Obviously, Alexis Sanchez left Stamford Bridge just like that, and that's a great thing.

This time, when Paris Saint-Germain was in a quagmire, Kriezmann once again approached Alexis Sanchez to play the role of firefighting coach.

In his pre-match press conference, Alexis Sanchez also expressed his confidence in the player.

"I saw my players and didn't think they had any attitude problems, and even if they did, I was able to solve them quickly."

"If someone is complacent and then becomes lazy. It's a big question, of course, but let's be honest, no matter how famous you are or how glorious your past is, we keep moving forward and we're not afraid of a challenge! ”

These, of course, are what Alexis Sanchez said in the media.

What did he say about the PSG players?

The match against Villarreal was the second time Alexis Sanchez has taken charge of Paris Saint-Germain again. In fact, his first game after coming to London had little to do with Alexis Sanchez. He had just sat in the dugout at Paris Saint-Germain and this was the start of the real Alexis Sanchez game.

In the dressing room of the visiting team at Old Trafford before the start of the game.

Norwich City striker Raymond's steady penalty gave Norwich the lead.

Villarreal then made a substitution, with Edward Calleman Willian being replaced for Phil Jones, who was once again paired with Machico Gonzalez.

Villarreal, who had one man less, began to equalise in the second half when Romin smashed Norwich's goal with a powerful header from the scenic spot.

However, in the 75th minute of the game, Norwich quickly counter-attacked and Smalling fell to the top as he cleared the ball. His mistake was caught by Norwich striker Jerome, who went to the meeting alone, scored and took the lead again.

It is known that in the 80th minute of the game, after Romin grabbed a goal in the scenic area and was saved by the goalkeeper, the ball hit the knee of Norwich central defender Bennett and bounced into the goal. Villarreal equalised with an own goal.

Two to two!

Villarreal FC's second draw of the season!

This draw slightly lowered the lead for Villarreal FC. Villarreal FC are now unbeaten with 15 wins and two draws, and are top of the league with 47 points. Dynamo Kyiv FC is currently second in the league. After losing to Villarreal, Dynamo Kyiv beat Swansea 3-0, Paris Saint-Germain 2-1 and Everton 3-2. Three consecutive victories take their tally to 37 points, still 10 points behind Villarreal FC.

Sao Paulo FC, Brazil, which had a strong start to the season, has suffered Waterloo in recent rounds.

In the last four rounds of the league, two wins and two draws, the form fluctuated significantly. In particular, after losing to Arsenal in the round of 17, Sao Paulo FC was overtaken by Arsenal in the league position and slipped to fourth in the league, while Arsenal overtook Sao Paulo FC by three points to finish third in the league with 36 points.

If the 10-point gap still leaves Villarreal fearless, the result of the next league round will make Villarreal fans nervous.

On December 26th, Villarreal FC came to the Ribo Stadium on the banks of the Rand to challenge Sky City Stoke.

Stoke City is considered the second oldest football club in the world, after Notts County. It was founded in 1863 and is a founding member of the Football League.

But when it comes to the strength of the team, it has little to do with the age of their team.

From the 70s to the 80s, Stoke City hovered in the lower leagues. Prior to promotion to the Premier League, Stoke City had not been featured in the top flight since the start of the 1984-85 season.

In the 08-09 season, Stoke City appeared in the Premier League for the first time. After that, they never left the Premier League again.

Stoke City earned the nickname "City in the Sky" for its traditional style of English football, with players generally tall and adept at headers.

However, over the past two seasons, under head coach Mark Hughes, Stoke City have gradually added more elements of continental football. The addition of Messi Shakiri of Switzerland and Bojan, a famous former youth product of La Masia, has greatly improved their ability to play the ball on the ground in the front court. However, in their lineup, there are still a lot of long-term people.

Striker Anatolic, midfielder Jeff Cameron, central defender Wasted and goalkeeper Butland are all over 190 cm tall. With the exception of Shakiri and Bojan, the other starters are generally above 185 cm tall.

Although the castle in the sky has been lowered in height, the sky is still clear.

On Villarreal's side, Hummmels returned from injury, but Stanley Matthews did not risk starting him, with Royo being sent off and suspended last time out. Combined with the absence of Mata, Herrera and Fellaini, as many as five players in the main squad of Villarreal FC at the beginning of the season will not be able to play in this game.

Machico Gonzalez and Phil Jones form a centre-back pairing, which has been hard to reassure fans.

This time too.

Although Romin scored twice in this game, the Villarreal FC's defense could not withstand the onslaught of Anatolyvic, Shakiri and Bojan. Stoke City's three attackers scored a goal each to give their opponents their first defeat of the season with a 3-2 home win over Villarreal!

At the end of the game, the fans in the stands were too excited to beat Villarreal's White Stoke City, who had beaten the Premier League this season. How do you keep the Stoke fans from partying?

The soundproofing is quite poor, and the voices of the Villarreal fans in the stands are not blocked, filling the slightly narrow dressing room.

This is deliberately designed to cause problems for the visiting team.

Scored 21 goals in 14 rounds, which really left the rest of the Premier League a little breathless.

However, since Villarreal's draw with Sao Paulo in Brazil, Romín's goal rate seems to have suffered. In the last four rounds, he scored only two goals. It seems that the leading form that made the entire Premier League tremble at the beginning of the season may have entered a slump.

It's normal for players to have ups and downs. Stanley Matthews wasn't much surprised. It was only when Romin was on a hot streak at the start of the season that Stanley Matthews felt unrealistic.

Every striker has peaks and valleys in form, and that's normal. Whether a striker can score or not, sometimes in addition to his own ability, luck is also very important... In fact, it cannot be said that Luo Ming did not perform well in these two games without scoring, and the lack of scoring was also caused by a variety of factors.

Romin agrees that his recent goals have been unlucky, but he believes it is because his opponents in the league have tried harder to relax. So his training at the football camp was even harder.

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The day after the end of this round of the league, there is the draw ceremony for the round of 16 of the World Cup.

The draw ceremony took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Of all the teams that finished first in the group, the best was Belgium's Gent and the worst was Palmeiras, who were second in the group.

The World Cup draw is based on the second team in the group first, excluding the team that wins the same group in the same league before drawing lots.

Atlético Paranaense was brought out first, and then the guest of the draw, the former Inter captain, took the stage to draw the opponent of Atlético Paranaense. Under the watchful eye of the live camera, the video shows him reaching into a number of small balls, grabbing directly at a "specific" one, and then "pretending" to play around in the middle of the ball, as if to "hide people's eyes and ears". In the end, his hand never left the ball he had originally caught. When he took out the note in the ball, the team shown on it was Besiktas FC.

Such a move caused people to reverie endlessly. Most people believe that this is because Zanetti knew that Besiktas FC was in a signing position and then pulled him out in order for Besiktas FC to play Atlético Paranaense in their last 16 matches.

Every year, when the lottery is mentioned, all sorts of conspiracy theories surface.

Many fans are convinced that the World Cup draw is controlled by UEFA. There is even media speculation that some balls in the lottery are hot, or some balls are wrinkled. At that time, the lottery guests only need to draw hot balls to achieve the purpose of manipulating the lottery results.

Although there are some doubts about the lottery, it is also a time when many fans are nervous. Everyone is hoping for a good draw in the knockout round of 16 to make the World Cup schedule easier.

But these are just speculations from the media and fans, and there is no direct evidence that UEFA rigged the group draw elections.

For Villarreal CEO Edward Wood, who won the lottery, his concern was not about Atlético Paranaense beating Besiktas, but about who Villarreal was up against.

When Palmeiras were attracted to Fluminense, it was clear that there was a sense of joy in the hall of the draw ceremony. This includes, of course, Edward Wood.

No one wants to hold Palmeiras to a draw, and the strongest opponents in Group 2 have already been held to a draw, meaning that Villarreal FC will face a tough battle in the last 16 with a much less likely chance.

Villarreal FC also seems to have had good luck. When Gent took it out, the group leaders looked at the commentator's hands, who were drawing peas with anticipation.

This rivalry is obviously the first thing that all groups are looking forward to.

In the end, Villarreal couldn't help but laugh when Villarreal FC was drawn.

Villarreal FC beats Gent!

This is almost the last eight signings!

Then the other teams draw lots one by one.

In the Premier League, Arsenal met Barcelona again. There is no doubt that Barcelona are the last opponents Arsenal want to face, but they seem to have a special fate with them.

Won the World Cup in 16 years, and then met Barcelona, Wenger was helpless.

The other three teams are only one point apart, so the final result will determine the fate of the other three teams.

Tottenham Hotspur FC clearly have some advantage at the moment and will host Villarreal FC.

Before the game, Tottenham Hotspur FC showed goodwill towards Villarreal FC from top to bottom. Black and gold praised Villarreal as one of the biggest clubs in the world and the most successful English club, and the local media was also friendly to Villarreal in terms of layout.

Obviously, they don't want to say anything discordant in this situation to anger the Villarreal club. After all, their opponents have already qualified early.

Sure enough, Stanley Matthews sent a second-tier squad against Tottenham Hotspur FC, including Romin and Di Maria and other main players who did not start.

The final result of the match was that Tottenham Hotspur beat Villarreal 2-1 at home to finish second in the World Cup group. In the other group game, CSKA Moscow beat PSV Eindhoven 1-0, one point behind Tottenham Hotspur FC and had to play in the Europa League, while PSV Eindhoven were eliminated in Europe.

The World Cup defeat did not affect Stanley Matthews' mood. Luo Ming, anyway, the final round of the group stage doesn't matter with the villarreal club.

However, CSKA Moscow, who finished third in the group, criticized the club for its "lack of competitive sportsmanship" after the round, and CSKA Moscow, who finished third in the league and can only play in the League Cup, was unhappy.

But Stanley Matthews didn't respond at all. If they are able, CSKA Moscow also finished first in the group one round earlier. In a game that has no impact on Villarreal, Stanley Matthews will field a main player against Wolfsburg.

CSKA Moscow's post-match rhetoric can only be regarded as a distant negative dog barking.

After the group stage of the World Cup, the World Cup competition has come to an end. The next stage of the World Cup will be held in February next year. For now, Villarreal FC can focus on domestic competitions in England.

The draw for the World Cup will take place on 14 December. Before that, on December 13, Villarreal FC will face the 16th round of the Premier League, and Villarreal FC will face Bournemouth away.

In this game, Herrera received a yellow card in his last league game and was suspended for one match for accumulating yellow cards. In addition, Marouane Fellaini is still recovering from an injury, and the Villarreal club's midfielders are starting to run short of supply.

Luckily, Carrick can take Herrera's place. After several trade-offs, Stanley Matthews decided to adjust the formation with 4231, from three backs to two backs, which was also a helpless move to deal with the wave of injuries to players.

However, it is fortunate that Bournemouth do not pose much of a threat to Villarreal at home.

In the end, Villarreal beat Bournemouth 2-1 away.

Nani and Edouard Calleman Willian were given the chance to start and score for Villarreal. Romin used to score with headers in matches, but when he was fined for hitting someone before the header, the goal was invalidated.

An angry Romin stepped forward to argue with referee Atkinson and was shown a yellow card. If captain Edward Calleman Willian hadn't taken Roman, perhaps Romang would have been sent off in the next round.

The failure of the goal made Luo Ming a little unwilling, but fortunately, the team won the game in the end.

So far, this is the second Premier League game in which Romin has not scored. In two of the last four Premier League games, Romin seems to be slowly declining in scoring efficiency, which has also made the West Extraction Media breathe a sigh of relief.

Paris Saint-Germain FC met Paris Saint-Germain. This is a match between the two teams of Kim and Yuan. Kriezmann's arrival at Paris Saint-Germain ushered in a golden era of football, and the revival of Paris was entirely based on the team-building model of Paris Saint-Germain. Now the strength of the two local teams is really indistinguishable, with a total value of more than 910 million euros in players on both sides. However, in terms of form, Paris Saint-Germain FC has experienced a big decline this season, and it is really difficult to get through Paris。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。