"What? And the fourth round of qualifiers?! ”

When the game was over, Long Shute, who returned to the group apartment, turned on the game console to check his gains, but unexpectedly did not find anything. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

That's when he understood why the club's hierarchy and coaching staff weren't as excited as the players after the big win over Sporting Lisbon......

Because they still have two rounds of fierce fighting!

And...... This time, the opponent is likely to be stronger!

Shaking his head, he turned on the TV in the living room and tuned in to the sports channel.

The apartment was home to six youth team players, all of whom were away from home tonight, so the house looked empty, even if he was bare-bottomed.

The highlights of the just-concluded qualifying tournaments were being shown on TV, and Long Shute's active figure also appeared in the picture from time to time.

After living in the Netherlands for two years, although the basic communication language is no longer too problematic, he can only guess if he says it too quickly.

For example, he can't hear the commentators on TV saying clearly: "It's really hard to imagine that Van Basten would reuse a defensive player from China, and give up his favorite attacking style in the game, and choose to learn from the Italians to defend and counterattack......"

'Although the two legs were not pleasing to the eye, Ajax got the result they wanted, and a ticket to the Champions League is perhaps the most desperate thing for clubs who have not been in the Champions League for three years in a row......

Then the commentators, after a long sigh, had to admit: "We probably shouldn't be too Ajax, after all, there is only one Barcelona in the world, and only they can play beautiful attacking football to the extreme." Look at the Premier League giants Arsenal, their attacking football can only get them to fourth in the league, not to mention wanting to break through in Europe, and even getting farther and farther away from the league title......"

Amid the sighs of commentators, UEFA's draw kicked off.

The draw for the fourth qualifying round was not enough to attract a large audience to turn on the television, in fact, the vast majority of people didn't even care about it, and the commentators' voices seemed weak.

The 20 teams that have reached the fourth round have been divided into two pots, and Ajax, who have not played in the Champions League for many years, will undoubtedly be thrown into the ranks of the second pot.

Ajax is surrounded by champions of third-rate leagues such as Timisola (Romania), Anderlecht (Belgium), Maccabi Haifa (Israel), Panathinaikos (Greece), Sofia Levski (Bulgaria), Debressen (Hungary), Ventspils (Latvia), Salzburg (Austria), Shulev (Moldova), Zurich (Switzerland), Copenhagen (Denmark), which are unknown and at least never heard of by Ronjut. Only Scotland's old powerhouse, Celtic, can be regarded as a regular in the Champions League.

Looking at the names of the teams on the screen, he was sure that he didn't know any of them, and he had to open the domestic sports website to find out what these unfamiliar teams were called from the live text......

And in the first pot, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Lyon, Fiorentina, Stuttgart, Atletico Greek...... Sounds like a strong team.

Of course, Ajax's opponents are these...... Teams.

Because there are only two grades, and there is no principle of avoidance of the same country, the staff's draw is surprisingly simple, as long as you catch a ball from the first pool, and then draw a ball from the second pool, a group of opponents is decided.

Here UEFA, by the way, should be hacked.

They put together Arsenal, who played for England, and Celtic, who played for Scotland, and made the ambitions of the two clubs of England cannibalistic and the British Empire exposed.

Except for the "strong dialogue" of the same team but different football associations, the rest of the groupings are not interesting.

Because there are too many weak teams, all the groupings look like rookies pecking at each other.

Of course, Ajax's manager, Marco van Basten, certainly doesn't think so.

Because Ajax drew the ...... Florence.

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"Ah......h

De Kuhl, the Dutch TV announcer who was doing the live broadcast, let out a sigh.

"Ajax drew the last opponent they wanted, a team from Italy!"

But many people heard the schadenfreude in his sighs.

Although the guest Janssen wanted to remain neutral, he also had to agree with De Kuhl's opinion:

"For Dutch football, which advocates attack in its bones, the Italian club that is good at defense is obviously the most troublesome opponent, according to historical technical statistics, in the past 20 years of European competition, the Serie A team has won 72% of the Eredivisie team, if the range is narrowed down to the last 10 years or the last 5 years, then this winning rate may be even more terrifying......

Although Italy's economy is also sluggish, marked by phonegate, and Serie A has begun to weaken, it is still the third most mainstream league after the Premier League and La Liga, and although Fiorentina is only fourth in Serie A, it is definitely a behemoth for any second-rate league club.

"If Van Basten had a choice, he would have preferred Arsene Wenger's Arsenal to his Italian rivals!" The two commentators laughed, "The audience must also prefer to watch two attacking teams play against each other!" ”

There is no doubt that if you only talk about strength, Fiorentina is certainly not as good as Arsenal, although Arsenal is no longer the super giants who have won 49 rounds unbeaten and advanced to the Champions League final, but they have been able to participate in the Champions League for 11 consecutive years, entered the round of 16 knockout rounds for nine consecutive years, and reached the semi-finals last season.

But if Van Basten is allowed to choose, perhaps...... He really prefers to see Arsenal as his opponents.

Because he is jealous of the defensive level of the Italian team!

If it weren't for the fierce defense of Serie A, so much so that Van Basten's legs were close to cripple, why would the Dutch striker, who was just 28 years old and ushering in the prime of his career, retire from AC Milan?!

Although today's Serie A is no longer the small World Cup 20 years ago, and the group of players who competed with Van Basten against the Apennines have long since faded out, the defensive genes are still flowing in the blood of those successors.

Arsenal are certainly stronger, they have Fabregas, Nasri, Van Persie, Walcott, Arshavin, Rosicky, Bendtner, Ramsey, Denilson, and even the talented golden boy Wilshere and many other attacking players, but Wenger's team is far less solid than the Italians in defense - in the back, Galla and Sylvestre are 32-year-old veterans, Ajax's former captain Vermaelen has not yet integrated into the whole, and Julu is a big colander. Diaby at the back is a well-known super sick man, and the only stable one is Sagna on the wing......

Moreover, the French professor's tactical style is "stinky" with Dutch football:

What is defense?

We just need to attack!

It also has to be a beautiful offense!

An artistic offense!

An attack that makes Barcelona ashamed!

Such tactics...... Compared to Italian football, which only cares about the defense of the turtle, it is much more noble!