479 Group of Death
"Move faster." Jiang Shan faced several players seriously, "Silva, your passing speed is even faster, a little faster." ”
"Lewandowski, at this time, you have to run to this position on the right side, remember to step forward at any time."
As the season approaches, Jiang Shan has accelerated the pace of training, and his goal is no longer the team's opening games, but the UEFA Super Cup, facing the new Champions League champions, Barcelona.
Pep Guardiola won the Champions League again, which is hot in the whole of Europe, and the Barcelona he led is so strong that countless fans regard them as a cosmic team.
How to beat Barcelona? No one knows, at least in Mourinho's first year in La Liga, he was beaten quite badly by Guardiola, his defensive counterattacks have not been effective, and players are often sent off, which is uncomfortable to watch.
"If it's 11 against 11, I've never lost." Mourinho was furious.
During this time, West Ham have been training almost in a closed state, and Jiangshan has ambitious goals for the new season, in addition to the league title must be contested, and the Champions League must reach at least the last four, which is not an easy job.
As for the FA Cup and League Cup, he will hand it over to the young players in the squad and give them plenty of opportunities to play.
"Bald, how do you feel about the team?" Jiang Shan asked his new assistant, the bald Zidane.
Zinedine Zidane, who was previously Real Madrid's academy coach, has finally left for England with an invitation and is eager to become a manager in the near future. In the past few days, he has officially become Jiangshan's assistant.
Responsible for leading the team training, Jiang Shan can free up his hands to do other things, the tactical arrangement is more precise, and the potential of the players is constantly stimulated, he needs this group of players to mature collectively, otherwise he will not be able to make waves in Europe.
'They did a great job and I'm sure this season we'll get the results we want.'
Jiang Shan sneered, "I don't listen to your praise, just talk about problems." ”
"There are still a lot of passing mistakes, and if you encounter a team with a tough defense, it will be very difficult to play a normal match, of course, it will take time, and the tacit understanding of the players will be much better."
Jiang Shan nodded, "Our goal is not the Premier League, and we will dominate Europe in the future, which cannot be easily done." ”
West Ham won both of their first two games in the season, 4-0 at one and 2-0 at the other, with a goal difference of six. But such a performance is not enough to support them to become the top of the league.
West Ham's shine was overshadowed by Manchester United.
Manchester United scored 5-0 in the first game, pressing West Ham slightly. The second game broke out directly, facing Arsenal, the two strong competed, and they played a crazy 8:2, shocking Europe.
Arsenal suffered their worst defeat in their history. Arsene Wenger also apologized to the fans after the game, and the team even refunded the ticket prices of the away fans. Because of the team's performance, they are not eligible to receive money.
On the last day of the transfer market, Arsenal went crazy and bought four players including Mertesacker in one go, using reinforcements to make up for the injured hearts of fans.
After two league games, Jiang Shan led the team to Monaco to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup.
Moreover, the draw for the group stage of this season's Champions League was also held at the Monaco International Convention and Exhibition Center, so Jiang Shan came to Monaco with two tasks.
Prince Albert, the owner of the Monaco team, warmly received Jiang Shan, "Finally waiting for you again, the European Super Cup, you still killed." My friend, tonight, don't get drunk and don't go home. ”
"Please, I'm here with a match task, and the group draw, we have so few points, we are all teams in Pot 3, I hope we don't draw the group of death."
"Haha, if you draw the group of death, I think it's the other teams that are suffering, right?" Albert didn't mind at all, "I don't care, I haven't been together for a long time, there is a game at night, you must come with me." ”
"I've got your players all arranged, so after the game, enjoy it. Of course, we don't have the same identity as them, and it's easy to have problems playing together. We play by ourselves. Albert's eyebrows were raised, as if he was smug.
It seems that there is a treasure hidden. This guy has recently liked Yuben and Korean female stars, and I heard that he had a particularly exciting time. Jiang Shan was still afraid that he would die suddenly.
The first draw for the group stage of the Champions League was conducted. West Ham were unsurprisingly one of the focal points of the venue, with Europe's top clubs being the most likely team to become giants, and no one wanted to face West Ham.
The team led by Jiang Shan is difficult to deal with at any time, and it is too difficult to play. Even a strong team like Barcelona and Real Madrid, facing a team with more losses and fewer wins.
Guardiola is under a lot of pressure right now, not a glimpse of his "master". Later, his Barcelona wants to meet West Ham, it must be a game where Mars collides with the earth, if the draw is drawn to the same group, hehe, this will be a lot of fun.
At least three battles in a season, this is a treatment that only Real Madrid have. Real Madrid has met frequently with Barcelona in recent years, and fans are getting tired of aesthetics on various occasions.
"What will Jiangshan do to my team?" Pep Guardiola had football on his mind, "He pointed to Alex Ferguson and beat Manchester United the way Barcelona did. It's a pity that Manchester United's hard power is not enough, otherwise we could have overturned. ”
He looked at Jiang Shan and found that Jiang Shan was also looking at him, so he quickly turned his head, a little shy. Mourinho pretended to be calm, smiled and chatted with Ferguson, "This season, continue to win the Premier League?" ”
"Hehe, I haven't lost enough Champions League games, and I plan to continue to fight in the past."
The draw began, and the eight seeded teams were drawn in turn. This is followed by the grouping of teams in other brackets.
Jiang Shan frowned, and had a bad premonition, no matter what, it seemed that they would draw the group of death.
Theoretically, the most difficult group that West Ham can encounter is Bayern, Real Madrid, and Barcelona, after all, the Premier League occupies three, and Porto and Inter are also first-tier teams.
The second block is Milan, Shakhtar, Villarreal, Lyon, and Marseille are the most difficult to deal with, while in the fourth pot, there are two difficult bones to gnaw on Napoli and Dortmund.
At the scene of the "Huhuhu" lottery, there was an exclamation, which is rarely seen.
Jiang Shan looked up, and sure enough, it was like this. In the Group of Death, the Champions League is not easy to deal with this season, and the league may be affected.
West Ham and Bayern are in the same group, and then the team in Pot 2 is Shakhtar Donetsk, who also have the quality to qualify, and the key is the team in Pot 4, Napoli in Serie A.
"Ahem, it's good that I didn't draw Dortmund, otherwise I wouldn't have to play in the league, just to deal with these teams." Jiang Shan was smiling, and no one knew what he was thinking.
West Ham entered the group of death, Bayern coach Louis van Gaal, as well as Shakhtar and Napoli, all with very ugly faces.
They don't want to run into a team! How can this still qualify?
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