Chapter 346: Crow's Beak
"Let's score a goal in the World Cup first." Maradona cares a lot about his status in the rivers and lakes, although he has no dislike for Wang Dalong now, but the media actually compares him, which is very inappropriate. is that before Messi didn't win the World Cup, he was embarrassed to compare, which green onion Wang Dalong was.
Lao Tzu's goal is a special goal of the century, and it is a goal scored by England! Do cats and dogs' goals deserve to be compared? Messi is not qualified! What else is the technical content? Today's media reporters have special pig brains.
However, no matter how cool Maradona is, Wang Dalong's goal will still be compared by everyone, not to mention which is stronger or weaker, anyway, according to his goal standards, at least Wang Dalong also has his own goal label, in this era of lack of superstars, Wang Dalong already has his own field.
Of course, Wang Dalong's goal also shows that the world's best way to score goals does not only belong to Argentines, but also to Chinese, and his goals make every Chinese proud. Chinese football can not be bad, but Chinese football has awesome players in the world.
Maradona can despise Wang Dalong's goal, but Chinese fans worship Wang Dalong's goal, and, if you are careful, you will find that those fans who like Messi and Ronaldo are gradually focusing on Wang Dalong, China already has its own stars, so why like players from other countries?
Four days later, Parma beat Cologne 2-0 and finished second in the group to qualify for the Europa League!
Arsenal didn't let them fall out of the top of the table, Arsene Wenger had the last laugh because of the goal difference, but maybe he didn't have that much experience in the Europa League because it wasn't the Champions League, it was the Europa League.
The opponents in the Europa League are actually similar, and there is no so-called weakling.
The top 32 of the Europa League were all produced, namely the 24 teams that qualified for the Europa League group stage and the third place in the eight groups of the Champions League. This season's Europa League has been a star-studded affair with Arsenal, AC Milan, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and many other big teams that have been regulars in the Champions League.
The 12 teams who qualified as group winners in the Europa League group stage and the four best third-seeded teams in the Champions League group. Unfortunately, Parma were not seeded, finishing second in their Europa League group and having no use for their eggs, they could only be one of 16 unseeded teams.
The 16 seeded teams are:
AC Milan (Italy), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Arsenal (England), RB Leipzig (Germany), Atalanta (Italy), Lazio (Italy), Villarreal (Spain), Bilbao (Spain), Braga (Portugal), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine), Lokomotiv Moscow (Russia), Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic), Salzburg (Austria), Zenit St. Petersburg (Russia), CSKA Moscow (Russia), Sporting (Portugal).
The 16 unseeded teams are:
Parma (Italy), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Napoli (Italy), Nice (France), Real Sociedad (Spain), Lyon (France), Marseille (France), Celtic (Scotland), Astana (Kazakhstan), Ludogorets (Bulgaria), AEK Athens (Greece), Copenhagen (Denmark), Bucharest Star (Romania), Ostersund (Sweden), Spartak Moscow (Russia), Belgrade Partizan (Serbia, Another Red Star Belgrade team was eliminated by Wang Dalong and they were eliminated).
So, Wenger actually has nothing to laugh at, what is the difference between the seeded team and the non-final pair? At least among the unseeded teams, there are also teams such as Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Lyon, Marseille, etc., and the seeded team is not really strong.
Although the grouping did not take place immediately, the people of Palma were full of anticipation. Of the 16 seeded teams, Arsenal is unlikely to meet, as long as they don't meet Atletico Madrid, it seems that Parma have a good future. Moreover, the draw will follow the principle of avoiding teams from the same country and the same football association as well as teams in the same group stage, with seeded teams playing against unseeded teams, with the team that wins the group stage having the advantage of playing away and then home.
In this case, Parma will avoid the Italian team. The rest of the team, in fact, does not have a few awesome opponents.
Wang's teammates were quite optimistic about the draw.
But Wang Dalong doesn't think that the situation is very good, there is no weak team in the Champions League, and the Europa League is actually the same.
"CSKA Moscow is also very difficult to play, it's icy and snowy, and many teams can't bargain there, not to mention Zenit and Spartak Moscow, as well as La Liga teams are not easy to play, I don't know why you are so optimistic?" Wang Dalong reminded that he had watched too much of the Champions League before, and he was very impressed by those teams.
"Luck won't be so bad!"
"Either way, it doesn't matter who the opponent is, the important thing is to win!"
"I'm sure we can get to the round of 16."
His teammates are still confident.
Crespo had already travelled to Switzerland for the draw that day. It's an important day for Parma, who hasn't been back in Europe for years, and this time he wants to lead the team to a good result, and the good result depends on which team is drawn, and if a relatively weak team is drawn, then Parma will be in the round of 16.
Former Roma player Abidal was the guest of honour in the draw and Crespo hopes his hands can bring good luck to Parma. However, he may be disappointed.
After the draw, the Europa League knockout stage matchups are as follows:
Borussia Dortmund vs Atalanta
Nice vs Lokomotiv Moscow
Copenhagen vs Atletico Madrid
Sparta Moscow vs Athletic Bilbao
AEK Athens vs Dynamo Kyiv
Celtic vs Zenit St. Petersburg
Napoli vs RB Leipzig
Lyon vs Villarreal
Real Sociedad vs Red Bull Salzburg
Partizan Belgrade vs Plzeň victory
Steaua Bucharest vs Lazio
Ludogorets vs AC Milan
Astana vs Sporting Portugal
Ostersund vs Arsenal
Marseille vs Braga
Until the end, Parma was drawn.
Or rather, there is no need to smoke at all, because there is only one opponent left.
Wang Dalong and Lincoln sat in front of the TV, already covering their faces, and then scolded themselves for being cheap a few days ago.
"What a draw on CSKA Moscow!"
Yes, Parma vs CSKA Moscow.
"Captain, when you wait until the round of 16, you must not open your mouth to say which team you will draw." Lincoln looked surprised, a few days ago Wang Dalong said that CSKA was difficult to kick, but he didn't expect to really draw them, and his mouth was really worse than Bailey's mouth. The Brazilians are afraid that Pele will open his mouth to predict, but Wang Dalong's mouth seems to have such a function now.
Unless the quality is a notch or two higher than theirs, CSKA is definitely a tough bone to gnaw on, but Parma is clearly not, and Parma is nothing more than a young team that looks strong but is rather inexperienced.
"I was just talking casually, who knew it would really be CSKA? I'm rubbing, this probability is too terrible! But it's better than Atalanta, people finally won the Atletico Madrid ......" Wang Dalong sighed, the draw of CSKA is not the end of the world, Atalanta is the end of the world, and there is still hope for Parma's life.
"Come on, except for Atalanta, how good are the signings of other teams, woo, going to Moscow to play, it must be difficult, I have to buy a down jacket......" Lincoln said with a sad face.
Abidal is really not very lucky, at least for Parma, they drew a big lottery, but among the 16 seeded teams, only four or five teams are relatively easy to play, which of the other teams is good to play?
"Let's go to Moscow in advance to get used to the weather!" Wang Dalong, thinking of next year's World Cup in Russia, he is not used to playing in such a cold place, he feels cold in Parma, isn't it more terrible to go to Moscow?
"When Parma meets the stable? What will be the result? After the draw came out, the Milan sports newspaper began to write an article to speculate, "In the round of 32, AC Milan, Lazio, Parma, Atalanta and Napoli are all there, but the draws are different, Atalanta has basically been declared a death sentence, and there is no reason for them to qualify in front of Atletico Madrid, Napoli and RB Leipzig don't know what the result will be, as for Parma and CSKA?" It's also an unpredictable game. ”
Originally, CSKA was called the stable, presumably because the building of their first training base was housed in the former stable of Prince Subov......
"Parma will be in Moscow in the first leg and this game is very important, if you can get a draw there, then back at home, Parma will have a good chance of qualifying, but if you lose the initiative there? Then the prospects for promotion are very bleak. ”
And the spinach company quickly gave the handicap for this game that has not yet started, and CSKA Moscow conceded half one, which is optimistic that CSKA will kill Parma at home. It's been a long time since Parma has been so handsome, and this time it's Chiguoguo who has been flattened.
CSKA Moscow's home stadium is indeed not easy to play, but is Parma's home stadium easy to play? Home field advantage exists for each team.
Of course, this game is all about February 16 next year, and it is still far away, at least more than three months away. If you cross CSKA Moscow, you will advance to the round of 16. The Champions League is a direct group of 16, while the Europa League is 32 teams and must play in the quarter-finals first, because there are more teams participating.
Since the Europa League reform, the champions can play in next season's Champions League, and now the big teams are also playing hard in the Europa League, last year Manchester United finished sixth in the Premier League, but they ended up winning the Europa League that season, so they played in the Champions League this year, and other big teams may follow suit this year, if they don't have the ability to get the required place in the league. Therefore, if you want to win the Europa League, it is much more difficult than before, because the strong team will not be waterproof!
For Parma, they don't have so many concerns, now they are going hand in hand, staying third in the league, and the Europa League is also playing, compared to the Europa League winner, maybe the third place in the league makes them more worth looking forward to, after all, the Europa League champion will at least play a lot of games, and meet a lot of strong teams, but as long as they work hard enough and don't have any accidents, it seems that they can maintain the third trend?
In any case, let's play the league first, if we can stabilize the position in the standings, then it will not be difficult to play in the Europa League at that time, and the Coppa Italia will also be added, and the schedule will be more intensive. Crespo has his own ideas, and he's a bit greedy.
This year's Italian league has canceled the winter break, which means that even in the transfer window, the Italian league will be in full swing for a long time, and there will be no holidays. The advantage of playing this way is that the field at the back of the field is not very dense, but the players don't get rest.
For the next three months, Parma's game will be dominated by the league, because Parma won the Coppa Italia last season, so they will join the Coppa Italia in the fifth round, which is two weeks after the fifth round kicks off.
His only worry is that Wang Dalong must not be injured, where Parma can go this season, Wang Dalong is a crucial weight, so he is now trying to replace Wang Dalong off the field in advance, he doesn't want Wang Dalong to play too tired, but just like he did not dare to replace Wang Dalong too early in the previous game against Napoli.
What's worse is that in the last few league games, there is no such possibility, because the strong teams in the league have jumped out. After playing Napoli, they are going to Turin again.
Not against Torino, but Juventus.
It's really tough fight after battle, and there is no chance to rest at all. At least for Wang Dalong, other players can still be rotated, but he is the main force of the iron fight, and he can be lacking anyone, but he can't be missing.
Looking ahead to the game, Torino Sport said, "Juventus can play Parma as Tottenham, Parma is a bit of a Tottenham Hotspur team in the Premier League, although the style of the two teams is different, but there are many similarities, both are young, play with passion and have outstanding players in the team." Of course, Tottenham are much stronger than Parma, who are still a little far behind. ”
Juventus drew Tottenham Hotspur in the just-concluded Champions League round of 16 draw, and naturally wants to use Parma as a training object, but will Parma be Tottenham's soldier?