Chapter 238: Champions League Form
Spain enters December, which means that the La Liga del Rey has also begun.
The Copa del Rey is a competition similar to the FA Cup in the English Premier League.
The traditional implication is that there is no 'dignity and inferiority', and the nature of teams at all levels fighting in the same game.
Here you can see the confrontation between the Spanish third division team and the La Liga giants, and you can also see the upset scene that people talk about.
Of course, the Copa del Rey is more about supporting small clubs, after all, for these clubs, a Copa del Rey match against a big club is likely to make them a lot of money.
If they can win the game in an upset, it will make these small clubs even more ecstatic.
Of course, although such discipline is small, it is a football game after all, and it is never possible to determine the direction of the game.
The Copa del Rey is still in the qualifying stages and will not be played until January, when the La Liga teams are in the ring, which were previously played in the lower leagues.
Of course, after entering January, with the arrival of La Liga teams, the competitiveness of the Copa del Rey will also be wildly raised.
As you can see, the lower teams that performed well before were beaten by La Liga teams.
It is also possible to see La Liga teams that do not adapt to the rhythm of the Copa del Rey being upset by small teams.
Of course, not all teams will compete for the Copa del Rey, with Valverde, for example, almost in a state of semi-abandonment.
This season, the Copa del Rey means to him training.
The team's main strength will still be focused on league and Champions League honors.
The Copa del Rey is generally reserved for young players such as Fati and Umtiti to exercise, and in the short term, Yile is likely not to enter the run-in stage.
After all, for Barcelona today, Yi Le is too important, and he can't play two games a week, and let Yi Le play in the Copa del Rey.
Since Barcelona announced the news of the core of E-Le, it has caused a huge discussion in Europe.
Many people believe that Barcelona has begun to abandon Messi and is ready to restructure the team around Yile.
But Valverde knows very well that Messi is not abandoned, he still has enough status and role in the team, but it is not as important as before.
In today's Barcelona, Ele is the absolute core.
Messi, on the other hand, is more inclined to be a key figure in breaking through and scoring goals.
In Valverde's vision, there needs to be more communication between Yile and Messi to guide the team together.
This dual-core system should be able to get Barcelona back on the ground.
In the main lineup, Valverde is a little hesitant.
He didn't know whether to use the young players in a hurry, or to keep the old players in the boat.
He stabilized Sergio Busquets and others in order to continue this season.
At least until Griezmann joins, he will need to rely on this squad.
On December 6, the Champions League ushered in the final round of the group stage.
Nowadays, the form of appearance is clearer.
In Group A, Real Madrid dominated, followed by Marseille.
In this belly group, Real Madrid still played very well.
Group B is a bit more competitive, but it is still dominated by Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur.
Speaking of Tottenham Hotspur, since winning the title, they have been in better form in the Champions League, and now they have reached the Champions League three times in a row.
And won an excellent record of winning a championship and a quarterfinals.
And this year, they are making a comeback, but not as impressively as last year.
In Group C, Manchester City defeated Atalanta and have confirmed their place to top the group.
Another team that emerged was Atalanta.
Group D is the world of Juventus and Atletico Madrid.
Both teams are vying for top spot in the group, and in the last round of Juventus' home game against Atletico Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo knocked out the Sheets once, causing Atletico Madrid to look depressed.
They managed to contain Barcelona's attack, but were sanctioned by Juventus in the Champions League.
Messi and Ronaldo are simply their nightmares.
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Group E is Liverpool and Napoli, who have reached the final for two consecutive years, but have been sanctioned by Yile for two consecutive years.
Barcelona are not in good form at the moment, but despite this, Liverpool fans still hope that their team can avoid Barcelona.
At the same time, they expect a club that can sanction Barcelona and send them out early, so that Liverpool's future is stable.
Group F is Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan.
Although there is one less game, the qualifying situation is already very clear.
Barcelona qualified early and despite being held to a draw by Borussia Dortmund, they continued their ferocious momentum.
The next round is important, and with only one qualifying spot remaining, the outcome of Dortmund's next match against Inter Milan will be crucial.
It's just that the outside world is more optimistic about Dortmund, after all, they forced Barcelona to draw.
Only one group finish is needed in the next round.
On the other hand, Inter Milan have some tragedy, they will face Barcelona in the next round, who are 'suspected of being the top of the group'.
Group G and Group H are not very interesting.
RB Leipzig and Lyon in Group G have already locked up first and second place.
Valencia and Chelsea in Group H also secured qualification.
Yile has also followed Chelsea, after all, his former partner N'Golo Kante is at Chelsea.
However, to Yile's disappointment, Chelsea were unable to bring out N'Golo Kante's full potential.
At Chelsea, N'Golo Kante always had to pay for the mistakes of his team-mates, which led to the whole defensive system not being built at all.
After Eden Hazard's departure, Chelsea's forward line has been extremely weak.
It's fair to say that Chelsea have limited room to move forward in this Champions League and they need to put some sort of finishing up in order to restore the blue storm at Stamford Bridge.
For other groups, Yile has paid attention to it briefly, but more energy is still focused on the last game of the group stage.
In the last game, Barcelona played Inter Milan.
A win would see them top their group.
Despite the brutality of Inter Milan, both Yile and Barcelona will do their best to win this game.
They don't want to finish second in their group, they want to finish first in their group to reach the knockout stages and start their Champions League campaign.
The final game of the Champions League group stage is approaching, and the entire Barcelona fan base is looking forward to the team's performance.
Barcelona's form has been up and down a bit during this time.
They hope that the team can adjust their form quickly, after all, in the Champions League, in addition to strength, form is also an extremely important factor.
A hot form will make a team move forward!
And in order to adjust their form, every Barcelona player is training hard.
By the time the game arrived, they felt that they had recovered a certain level of form, and their fighting spirit was extremely high, and they were bound to win this game.