However, Ronaldo, who had already completed a hat trick of assists in this game and still did not open the draw, immediately understood Ancelotti's intentions after seeing that Di Maria, Morata and other offensive players had gone to warm up.

Immediately afterwards, Ronaldo took advantage of an opportunity for the opponent's foul to run to the sidelines and said to coach Ancelotti with a solemn expression: "Carlo, that Chinese kid from Atletico Madrid has scored 9 goals, so I hope I can play the full 90 minutes today." ”

Although Ronaldo's actions made Ancelotti a little dissatisfied, due to the opponent's high status in world football, Ancelotti, who has always disliked arguing with others, still acquiesced to the other party's "suggestion". What's more, Ronaldo, who has scored 8 goals in the Champions League group stage, does need a goal to continue to occupy the top spot in the Champions League scorer list.

In fact, the reason why Ronaldo, who has always been very alone, is willing to make a wedding dress for his teammates in this game is not because he suddenly "bursts with a sense of collective honor", but because his first two shots in this game all hit the opponent's goalpost, which caused him to be reminded of Real Madrid's away defeat a few days ago.

However, although Ronaldo does not want to see his team lose, he is even more unwilling to see his team win, but he has no results. It is precisely because of this that the Portuguese king asked Carlo Ancelotti not to replace him.

Schalke 04, who pressed all the way, seemed to be willing to be an adult, and their very empty backline did leave Ronaldo with many opportunities.

Of course, the king of Portugal would not refuse the kindness of the other party.

In the 74th minute of the game, just as Di Maria was already standing on the sidelines and preparing to replace Bale, Ronaldo, who was ambushed 2 meters in front of the penalty spot, jumped high and pushed Bale's cross from near the left baseline into the upper left corner of the Schalke 04 goal.

Eleven minutes later, Di Maria's penalty after breaking through to the edge of the box and being tripped by an opposition helped Cristiano Ronaldo take his Champions League goal tally this season to 10.

Although Schalke 04 scored a face-saving goal in stoppage time, it still could not change the result that the team had already missed out on the Champions League quarter-finals.

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As the acting head coach of the Chinese national team, Fu Bo, although he won all three Asian Cup qualifiers, and then successfully led the Chinese team to advance to the main match of the Asian Cup, but the Football Association did not recognize his coaching ability.

Although Fu Bo increased the pressing of the front court after taking over the team, and changed the "double defensive back" of the Camacho era to the configuration of one person attacking and one defending, the team's main offensive means in recent games still continues the Camacho era's "break through on the side, and then outflank and grab points" style of play.

In the eyes of the leaders of the Football Association, the reason why Fu Bo was able to win the strong rival Saudi Arabia team bloodlessly is not that his coaching ability is really significantly higher than that of the Spaniard Camacho, but because after he took charge of the national team, Feng Quan, whose strength is comparable to the existence of the "two kings of the Spanish Super League".

In fact, it is not to blame the leaders of the Football Association for not believing in Fu Bo's coaching ability, although the domestic fans are very excited to defeat Saudi Arabia, which has not tasted victory for many years, but all fans who know a little bit about the ball know very well that most of the credit for the Chinese team's victory over the opponent with a score of 4-0 is credited to Feng Quan. After all, even the world's top defensive players in La Liga don't have a very good way to face Feng Quan's dribbling breakthrough, let alone the Asian arena where defensive ability is generally low.

Since the 2002 World Cup, although the Chinese team has rarely been able to stand on the edge of Asia's first-class teams, in fact, the overall strength of the team is not as unbearable as the domestic media and fans ridiculed. After all, in the direct confrontation with Asia's first-class opponents such as Japan, South Korea, Iran and Australia, even if the Chinese team loses, it is basically within one or two goals and rarely has a rout. Even during the period led by Gao Hongbo, the South Korean team, which was not all the main team, was defeated with a score of 3-0, ending the Koreanophobia that had plagued the national football team for nearly 32 years.

In fact, the reason why the Chinese team has not participated in the "Top Ten in Asia" since 2002 is that in addition to the decline in the overall strength of the team itself, the lack of core players in the team who can make a decisive decision at a critical moment is also one of the important reasons.

Although the overall role of the team has become more prominent as the game has grown, it has become difficult for some superstars to lead their teams to the top of world football on their own. But it is undeniable that in some games, the individual ability of superstars is enough to determine the final trend of a game. After all, even if a superstar can't score in a game, at least they can contain two or three defenders to create more space for their teammates to attack.

It is precisely because of this that the Chinese team, which has Fengquan, can easily win Saudi Arabia, an opponent that has not been defeated for a long time.

At the same time, based on the importance of Feng Quan to the Chinese national team comparable to the level of "strategic weapon", coupled with the special importance that the "No. 1 Great Elder" attaches to Feng Quan, the leaders of the Football Association actually consulted the opinions of the players on the selection of the head coach of the national team for the first time.

When Feng Quan learned from Zhao Shijie about the list of candidates for the head coach of the national team, among which the Frenchman Alain Perrin (Alain Perrin) is a more optimistic candidate for the leadership of the Football Association, he immediately said: "Brother Zhao, please tell the Football Association, instead of choosing this guy called Perrin, it is better to continue to let Coach Fu serve as the head coach of the national team." After all, they haven't lost a game since they took over the team, so they just withdrew Coach Fu, which seems too impersonal, right? ”

Feng Quan's heart knows very well that the reason why the Football Association is inclined to this Peilan is because he is not very famous and the salary he asks for is not high, and the leaders of the Football Association think that this guy will be very obedient.

In addition, Feng Quan, who is a traverser, also knows that although the national football team led by Perrin had a very bright performance in the Asian Cup in early 2015, in the subsequent World Cup qualifiers, his conservative attitude in the matches against Qatar and Hong Kong made the Chinese team fall into the tragic situation of missing the "top ten" again.

Therefore, in Feng Quan's view, instead of watching Pei Lan first bring great hope to Chinese fans, and then ruthlessly kick fans down the abyss, it is better to let Fu Bo, who is "willing to listen to his own opinions", continue to serve as the head coach of the Chinese team.

So, Feng Quan said to Zhao Shijie: "Brother Zhao, if you tell the Football Association, just say that I am not very interested in this Peilan, if they have to choose this Frenchman, then I will not be recruited to participate in the national team competition." ”

After a pause, Feng Quan continued: "Of course, if the Football Association can find a world coach of Lippi's level, it will be easier for me to accept it if I remove Coach Fu......"