Chapter 172 - French Nationality
The next day, sure enough, Europe was talking about the match between Liverpool and Fiorentina.
There was controversy (discrimination) in this game, there were reversals, there were newcomers, dark horses, star performances, and all kinds of highlights.
Italy's Torino Sport reported: "After the game, Prandelli claimed that Fiorentina only lost to the opposing player, which is a correct summary, Liu Ting is already the most dangerous striker in Europe, and one of his performances made Fiorentina almost get three points fly away, and Chinese is growing into a world-class star......"
"Both teams played a good half of the game, but the defending champions were always superior, or Liu was stronger than Jovetic, so the final score will be 2:3, and this game is the best game in this round of the Champions League......"
Liu Ting's hat-trick also made him the second player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League this season, the first being Wolfsburg's Brazilian striker Grafit, who netted at home in the first round of the group stage.
This round of the Champions League is over, and the Champions League teams have also handed over their report cards.
In this round of the giant matchup, Bayern Munich was forced to draw 0:0 by Juventus at home, which is a big matchup after the 0:0 draw between Inter Milan and Barcelona in the last round.
The upset of this round appeared in Milan City, AC Milan lost 0:1 at home to the Zurich team, this is indeed a big upset, Zurich is the first time since the Champions League restructuring to enter the group stage, 7 Champions League champions AC Milan actually lost to each other at home, which once again made everyone shout that Serie A is in decline, and the small World Cup is no more.
Milan City's other team, Inter Milan, drew 1-1 away from home with Russian side Kazan Rubin, which was barely a small upset, or not an upset, after all, it was an away game in Russia, and a draw was not an upset.
However, after this game, Mourinho criticized his new star player Balotelli, and when Mourinho leaves Inter Milan in the future, these things will spread.
Inter Milan have been plagued by injuries recently, especially in the forward line, going to Russia to play away, there is no real striker on the bench, and only Balotelli and Eto'o are the only two remaining in the team.
Balotelli was irrational in the first half and received a yellow card, and at half-time, Mourinho only took three minutes to explain the second-half tactics, and then left 12 minutes to speak to Balotelli alone.
Mourinho said: "Mario, we don't have any strikers to use, you have to be careful not to play cards in the second half, it will not only affect this game, but your suspension will also affect the next Champions League game......"
In short, Mourinho spent more than ten minutes bitterly, telling Balotelli to play well and not be impulsive.
Then, shortly after the start of the second half, Balotelli retaliated against his opponent and was sent off for a yellow card, and Inter Milan had to accept a draw.
There is a brain-dead child in the team, which is indeed a very brain-burning thing for the head coach.
In Group E, Liverpool is in which Lyon defeated Debresen 4:0 away in this round, Lyon and Liverpool also won two consecutive games and accumulated 6 points, Lyon is temporarily at the top of the table in terms of goal difference, Fiorentina and Debresen are both two consecutive defeats and 0 points.
Judging from the current situation, Liverpool and Lyon are more likely to join hands to qualify, but Fiorentina will soon have two rounds of matches with Debrecen, and the Hungarian team is simply here to deliver food, Fiorentina has no problem winning two games and scoring 6 points, and then they will catch up with the points, so the next two rounds of Liverpool and Lyon are very important to compete with each other, and the team that has lost two consecutive games is likely to be chased by Fiorentina to the same point.
As far as the top four of the Premier League are concerned, they have all won two consecutive Champions League group stage games, and it seems that the trend of Premier League dominance will continue.
But it's a small news that someone enters the stadium and runs naked in this round of Champions League Manchester United home games, even if you run naked, it's still a big fat man, or a man, it's just disgusting, if a beautiful woman enters the field and runs naked, it can also be called a rhyme, what is it about you an old and ugly Humpty Dumpty man entering the field and running naked?
Returning from Italy, Liverpool will have to travel to London again, this time against the Blues Chelsea.
Since Carlo Ancelotti took charge, he has led Chelsea to six wins and one defeat in the league, two consecutive wins in the Champions League, and a victory over Manchester United in the Community Shield.
Carlo Ancelotti has a long history with Liverpool, having met twice in the Champions League final with the Reds in charge of AC Milan, and now leading Chelsea to Liverpool is in the spotlight.
At Stamford Bridge, the score was 0-0 at half-time, with Chelsea scoring twice in the second half to seal the win, as Liverpool suffered their second defeat of the season, both against the London side, and the Reds were kept clean sheets for the first time of the season.
Chelsea are on a high level and Liverpool's defeat away from home is not much news, but after the game, Ann Fat praised Torres: "Torres is fantastic, he is a striker who can score a lot of goals, whether with his head or with both feet. I like this kind of striker and I wanted to bring him in when I was at AC Milan but it didn't work out. ”
An Fatty's words gave the media an opportunity to create a topic, whether An Fatzi was sincere or wanted to disturb the hearts of the Liverpool army, reporters like this kind of specious scandal, and they have enough room to play freely.
In this round of the league, Arsenal beat Violent Ben 6-2 at home, but Manchester United was held to a 2-2 draw at home by Black Cat Sunderland, Chelsea took advantage of this victory to dominate the table, and Liverpool are eight points away from the top.
This round of league games is over, the national team break day is coming, and the World Cup qualifiers on all continents are almost at the last moment, which is a critical time.
Before the start of the national team competition, news came out in France: it was verified that Liu Ting's mother had French ancestry, and now she has officially obtained a passport issued by the French government.
This is not a small news, with French nationality, Liu Ting is qualified to represent the French national team, although the French team has not officially recruited Liu Ting, but this news can be said to be a precursor to Liu Ting's joining the French national team.
Liu Ting's performance is getting better and better, and there are more and more countries that want to call him into the national team, and the England team has expressed its intention to Liu Ting, and now Liu Ting has joined the French nationality in lightning, which makes many reporters chase after him, this is likely to be Liu Ting's representative of France in the World Cup in South Africa next summer.
Before the news was released, Liu Ting knew that it would cause reporters to chase him, so Liu Ting hid back in Monaco in advance.
Journalists did not find Liu Ting in Liverpool, and soon someone went to Monaco to look for him.
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Coming out of the small airport in Monaco, Li Yuyang hurried with a few younger brothers.
A young man carrying a camera complained: "Brother Li, you said that Monaco is such a big tourist city, there is not even a big airport, and you have to take a helicopter from France, isn't this a toss-up?" ”
Li Yuyang said: "Big fart, Monaco is a small village in China, how much land will it cost to build a big airport?" It's better to build a few more big hotels and casinos. ”
The young man sneered, "Isn't this my first time here in Europe?" It's still Brother Li who is well-informed. Brother Li, can we really interview Liu Ting? I've heard that journalists from all over Europe are drawn to it these days. ”
A hat-wearing helper next to him immediately said, "That's, you don't see any friendship between Brother Li and Liu Ting?" When Liu Ting was just kicked out of La Masia, Brother Li knew him, and now no one in China knows that Brother Li and Liu Ting have an iron relationship, and they can always get his news first. ”
"Okay, let's go, what are you talking about?"
Although he said this, Li Yuyang looked very useful on his face.
Li Yuyang has relied on Liu Ting's news in recent years to become a top sports reporter in China, responsible for reporting in Europe for a long time, and will be arranged to interview other major competitions such as the European Cup and the World Cup when he has nothing to do in the summer, and he is already the pillar of "Chinese Football".
Although Liu Ting deliberately went to Monaco, he still had to accept some interviews. In the past few days, the brokerage company has arranged some media to come over for interviews, and these are all media that have always had a cooperative relationship with Liu Ting.
When Li Yuyang just entered the door, he saw a team of French people coming out, and he knew each other, and Li Yuyang also said hello briefly.
The young man carrying the camera whispered to the man wearing a hat next to him: "Who are those people?" ”
"It seems that it should be someone from the French newspaper "Team"."
Soon Liu Ting also began to accept Li Yuyang's interviews, and those who could be put in were all acquaintances, and they generally didn't ask any difficult questions, and the interview was smooth.
"Hello, Liu Ting, you suddenly became a French citizen, are you ready to join the French national team?"
"Now it's just a matter of qualifying for France, and everything depends on the decision of the national team manager."
"Why did you suddenly join the French team?"
"I don't want to miss next year's World Cup in South Africa."
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Liu Ting stayed in Monaco to rest and give an interview by the way, and the national team match is also underway.
In this year's World Cup qualifiers, the European zone is divided into 9 groups, with 6 national teams in each group from 1 to 8, and only 5 national teams in Group 9.
The top team in each group qualifies directly for the 10-year World Cup, the 8 teams with the best results in the 9 groups will be drawn in the second draw for two legs of play-offs (the top 8 groups need to subtract the points against the worst team in the group and compare them with Group 9), and the winning 4 teams will also qualify for the 10-year World Cup, bringing the total of 13 teams in Europe to qualify for next year's World Cup.
This time the national team break, the last two legs of the group stage will be played in the European zone.
France's group is not in good shape at the moment, with eight rounds of group stage and France second in the group with 15 points, four points behind Serbia with 19 points, and Austria with 11 points.
With only two rounds remaining, it will be difficult for France to catch up with Serbia, who only need one win in the last two rounds to secure top the group. Of course, France only need one win to secure second place in their group, with the final two rounds against the Faroe Islands, the worst team in the group, and Austria.
But all things considered, it is best for the French team to win two in a row, and only one win will only win the game with Austria to qualify for the play-offs, because not considering the 9th group with only 5 teams, the current French team is already the second in the group with the worst results, if France only wins against the Faroe Islands and loses to Austria, after subtracting the 6 points against the worst Faroe Islands in the group, France will become the second in the group with the worst results, which is a big joke at that time.
However, Liu Ting is not too worried about the current group stage problems, he knows that the French team can successfully get the second place to participate in the play-offs, and France will only be in trouble when it comes to the play-offs, and finally has to rely on the referee to escort him to South Africa.
That's when he played, which is why Liu Ting's agent and the French Football Association said that this time the national team break was too 'rushed' and waited until the play-offs to make his national team debut.