Chapter 617: Soaring

In the group stage of the Champions League, QPR also played very well.

As they were playing in the Champions League for the first time in their history, they were rightfully relegated to Pot 4 and were drawn in Group B with Schalke 04, Olympiacos and Benfica.

Generally speaking, if a strong team is divided into Pot 4 teams, it is easy to create a group of death.

For example, Group D, where Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Ajax and Manchester City are in this year, is a proper group of death.

However, QPR's luck is not bad, and the three teams in the same group are all teams with some strength, but not too strong.

Basically, the media is optimistic that QPR can qualify from the group.

However, whether they can qualify as the top of the group depends on the performance of the QPR players. After all, they are playing in the Champions League for the first time and there may be a lack of experience.

However, in the first round of the group, QPR defeated Benfica 2-1 away and got off to a good start.

Next, they defeated Olympiacos 4:1.

After this game, the media basically has no doubts, and there will not be too many twists and turns in QPR's qualification.

In the third group stage, they drew 2:2 at home with Schalke 04, the strongest team in the group, with 2 wins and 1 draw, accumulating 7 points and temporarily ranking first in the group.

Second in the group went to Schalke 04 with five points.

In addition, in the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup, QPR, played by the youth army, defeated Arsenal 2-1 at home and entered the last eight.

It can be said that in the first half of the season, QPR performed well on all fronts, much to the satisfaction of the fans.

In the 11th and 12th rounds of the league, QPR won two more games in a row, but in the 13th round of the league, their winning streak was terminated.

Because their opponent in this round is Manchester United.

A tight battle at Old Trafford ended a goalless battle at the top of the table with goals apieced by Wayne Rooney and Carcciardo Ricardo.

At the end of this round, Manchester United won 10, drew 1 and lost 2, and still retained the top position with 31 points, and QPR won 9, drew 3 and lost 1, ranking second with 30 points.

Manchester City are third with 29 points, while Chelsea have had a poor run of three games and are currently fourth with just 25 points.

After this game, QPR won a wave of six consecutive wins in the league, and it was not until the last game before the New Year that they lost 0:2 at home to visiting Liverpool.

After 20 rounds of league matches, QPR won 15, drew 3 and lost 2, with 48 points, still in second place.

Because Manchester United's record is more changeable~~, they have won 6 wins and 1 draw in these seven games, and currently have a total of 16 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, with 50 points, ranking first in the table.

QPR is not playing badly, and if it had been a previous year, they would probably have won the halfway championship at this time. But the problem is that United have been really good this season.

Manchester United brought in Robin van Persie, Butner, Shinji Kagawa and Powell, and the investment was not huge, but the effect was very good. Van Persie has almost seamlessly integrated into United's style of play and has developed excellent chemistry with Wayne Rooney. In the scorer list, he has scored 16 goals, which is second in the list.

The first was of course Ricardo, who scored 29 goals.

Van Persie was also the second top scorer at Arsenal last season and was one of the best strikers in recent years. His addition also eased the Red Devils fans' thoughts about Licardo a little.

Manchester City and Chelsea are both behind, one seven points behind QPR and the other 11 points behind, and both have all but lost their title hopes.

The British media are all believing that this season's title will be decided between Manchester United and QPR.

The Champions League group stage is finally over, QPR drew 1:1 with Schalke 04 away, beat Benfica 2:0 at home, and drew 1:1 with Olympiacos away, with a final record of 3 wins, 3 draws, 12 points, and qualified as the first team in the group, and the other team in the same group is Schalke 04, they won 2 and drew 4, accumulating 10 points, ranking second in the group.

Only two of the four Premier League teams made it to the round of 16, with Chelsea and Manchester City both eliminated.

This is almost the time to guess QPR's next opponent in the Champions League. The remaining seven teams that finished second in the group are Porto, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Dontsnek, Valencia, Galatasaray and Celtic.

As long as Real Madrid is not drawn, QPR's chances of reaching the last 8 will be very good.

In the EFL Cup, QPR beat Bradford 3-1 away to reach the last four.

It can be said that the goals set before the season are steadily progressing.

After the winter transfer window opened, Modric, Nainggran, including the outstanding youngster Pogba have received a large wave of offers, but at present, the military spirit is still stable, the players have not strongly asked for a transfer, and Licardo will naturally not agree to the acquisition of others, at this time the most important thing for QPR is to remain stable.

Ricardo exchanged views with Simeone and asked if he needed a supplement.

Simeone believes that the team is very mature and strong in all aspects of the team now, and there is no need for reinforcements for the time being, so QPR announced early that there will be no action in this winter transfer window.

Based on the team's performance in the first half of the season, it can be said that Ricardo is still the most consistent scoring point for QPR, and half of the team's goals are related to him.

Neymar's performances have been a bit up and down, and it seems that he is still not used to the rhythm of the Premier League, sometimes he is superb, and sometimes he is ineffective and cannot continue the highlights.

But that's by Ricardo's standards.

In fact, the media has almost put Neymar on the altar, believing that Neymar has injected a clear stream of technology into the Premier League, and QPR has made a good deal.

The two midfielders of Luka Modric and Nainggolan have become more and more prominent, and it can be said that they are the top five playmaker and the top five B2B midfielders, both worth more than £40 million.

The most exciting thing is Pogba, who performed very well after his loan at Crystal Palace last season, and this season has exploded, he is tall, strong, very delicate at his feet, he has a good sense of the big picture, he has good organizational skills, and his frontal defensive ability is not bad, and he can definitely rank first among the versatile midfielders of his age. His value has skyrocketed as a result, and he has been worth as much as £20 million at this time when he joined for free.

Fernandinho, Alex. Sandro has also continued to improve, and Miranda, who has joined this season, has been very solid in every appearance, and his flexibility is the highest among the current QPR4 central defenders, and Simeone values his role in certain tactical situations.

Forwards, Ronaldo's physicality is declining further, but his goalscoring efficiency is still high, scoring six goals and assisting three in 11 appearances, making it hard to believe he is over 36 years old.

Klose has also been very consistent, and his pivot role is very obvious.

However, Vardy, who is very important to Licardo, did not get much chance to play, and could only use the opportunity to come on as a substitute to brush up on experience.

Overall, the team is in excellent form, the atmosphere in the dressing room is good, and Ricardo is confident that he will be able to challenge for the title on all three fronts in the second half of the season.

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