Section 295 Champions League Grouping
When the third game of the top 10 began, Gao Shunyao did not expect that this game would be so easy. After losing the first two games, he originally thought that the morale of the Chinese team to impact the World Cup would also disappear with the loss, and the game would become difficult. However, what he didn't expect was that in this game, China played quite hard. Unlike against Japan and Iran, when the opponent became Lebanon, the strength of the Chinese team was shown.
When the game started, the dominance of the Chinese team on the field was completely different from the previous games. As soon as the game began, Zheng Zhi ran extremely hard to control the midfield and tried hard to deliver chances. In the front court, Gao Lin ran back and forth, also pulling opportunities for Gao Shunyao, wanting Gao Shunyao to shoot.
Their approach is completely different from what Gao Shunyao imagined. The Chinese team has had too many previous convictions of collapsing after encountering difficulties, and in the face of the defeat in the previous two games, Gao Shunyao originally thought that he would need to fight alone in this game, and it would be difficult to gain the support of his teammates. This time, however, this is not the case.
The will of the players of the Chinese team has improved a lot compared to the past, and they have not given up even in the face of adversity, which is an unexpected surprise.
Gao Shunyao has absolutely no objection to their approach. He also wants to see his teammates muster up the courage to fight against their opponents, and this kind of scene is what he looks forward to the most.
Therefore, on the court, Gao Shunyao did not hesitate at all. With the help of your teammates. His offensive was also immediately launched. And his offense is obviously very effective: Gao Shunyao's strength is already outstanding in Asia. There is no Iranian or Australian physical condition, or Japan. South Korea's tactical level, trying to stop Gao Soonyao's breakthrough is a very difficult thing in itself. What's more, after seeing his teammates rise up, Gao Shunyao's state is much better than usual, so he is even more unstoppable.
In the 15th minute, Gao Shunyao took the lead in scoring a goal. In a wide cross, Gao Shunyao picked up a high ball that was not too good and took it off with a header. He stopped five meters in front of him. Immediately, he ran up, and in the face of the players who came to grab the ball, he turned around with a beautiful smash, dodged the defense, and then immediately burst into the penalty area, and fired the ball out with a powerful mowing shot.
Football entered the net and opened the scoring for the Chinese team. And this goal. Just the start of a game goal. Soon, after a side breakthrough, Yu Hanchao was in the penalty area and made a beautiful long-range shot. also broke the opponent's door and added goals for the Chinese team again, and in the second half. After Zhao Xuri's long-range shot bounced off the post, Gao Lin grabbed the point successfully. Again expanded the score for the Chinese team.
Against Lebanon, the Chinese team finally won one. In the top 10. They also got three points and are no longer the bottom kings without a point.
"We are not the strongest in this group, but we are certainly not the weakest in this group. Iran and Japan are stronger than us, but Oman and Lebanon are certainly weaker than us. If we can get all three points against the weak team, how can we have 12 points. In the last World Cup, North Korea was able to qualify from the group, which shows that there are no absolutes in the world, as long as we work hard enough, who dares to say that we will not be a member of the next World Cup? ”
After the game, Coach Gao also cheered up the players, and obviously, the victory also brought him a lot of confidence. The top 10 match is very difficult, but it is true that as he said, it is not necessarily a defeat, as long as it can persevere, maybe the Chinese team still has some hope.
Whether it is the persistence of the players or the hope of Coach Gao, Gao Shunyao is quite happy. Unconsciously, the Chinese team has made great progress compared to before. Their fighting spirit, willpower, and sense of honor are all rising, and they are no longer the same as before.
They have a clear understanding of their situation: taking victory for granted is the business of the strong team, and not giving up any ray of hope is the only way for the weak team to persist in victory.
The change in the Chinese team is gratifying, this time they finally did not lose the first two games for a long time, immediately lost all their fighting spirit, and only cared about self-pity. Perhaps because domestic football has become stronger, they are now more confident in the face of strong opponents, and with such self-confidence, the top 10 matches may not be without a fight.
Self-confidence doesn't make you stronger, but it's enough for a team not to be timid against strong opponents – and only if you don't be timid can you play well.
This truth is not only what the Chinese team needs to understand, but also Wolfsburg. The Chinese team played extremely hard in the top 10 competition, while Wolfsburg seemed to be in trouble in the Champions League.
This year's Champions League grouping is what Wolfsburg is most worried about right now.
In this year's Champions League, four teams in the Bundesliga have entered the group stage, and these four teams happen to occupy a bracket.
Bayern is naturally still the first team, as a veteran of the Bundesliga, they reached the Champions League final twice in 10 and 12 years, and with this result, they are also a well-deserved team in the first pot. Schalke 04 reached the semi-finals in the Champions League the year before last, and they also played well in the Europa League last year. In contrast, Wolfsburg has not had any European results, but they have also played in European competitions - although they were eliminated in the Champions League group after winning the championship, they also played well in the Europa League, and finally mixed up with a third-tier team. Dortmund, on the other hand, are the most miserable, although they entered the Champions League last year, they were eliminated at the bottom of the group, and they are still in the fourth pot this year.
Looking at the brackets of these teams, in fact, you can know that the real strength of the teams has little to do with their brackets. There is no shortage of some strong teams in the third and fourth gears, and the first and second gears are not necessarily full of strong players, and if you want to fight for the group qualification, you still have to look at the specific grouping and performance. Before the game, the media once discussed what kind of grouping in this year's Champions League is the most ferocious. They joked at the time that Real Madrid Barcelona in the first pot, Manchester City in the second pot, Juventus and Paris in the third pot, Dortmund and Montpellier in the fourth pot, these teams are all teams that no one wants to meet.
Real Madrid and Barcelona are too strong, and if they meet, they are basically dead. Although Manchester City does not seem to be playing well in the Champions League, looking at their luxurious squad is enough to know how troublesome it is to meet them. Juventus and Paris two teams Wolfsburg can't meet him for the time being, not to mention him, in the last bracket, the champions of the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 are all there, even if Montpellier's championship is considered lucky by many people, but the ability to grasp luck is also a skill.
Therefore, before the draw, Wolfsburg had also been worried for a long time and wanted a good sign. And if you look at the final grouping, you can know that Wolfsburg is not only not very good in terms of binning, but it seems that the grouping is not very good.
The seeded team in this group of Wolfsburg is Arsenal, which is the weaker team in the first group - although Professor Wenger is also a top coach, but compared to Real Madrid, Barcelona and other hard bones, they are definitely the easier one to deal with. However, as Arsene Wenger himself said, Arsenal have not missed the knockout stages of the Champions League for many years, and although they are not strong enough to win the title, no one would believe that they will be eliminated from the group.
The second team in their group is Shakhtar Donetsk, who are quite difficult opponents in the second pot, and this team also has a good reputation in the Champions League and can be said to be one of the old powerhouses in the Champions League. This team relies on its own league policy to recruit a lot of good players, such as Fenaldinho, William, Douglas, Mkhitaryan, the strength of these teams is not necessarily worse than the Bundesliga team.
The fourth pot of their group is the French champion Montpellier, and among all the fourth pot teams, this team is probably second only to Dortmund. Of course, judging by the fact that Wolfsburg is unlikely to draw Dortmund...... That's the biggest headache you've ever encountered.
Wolfsburg seems to have been lucky enough to avoid the big monsters in the first and second gears, but their grouping is not a good group. Even if the teams of Arsenal and Shakhtar are not the kind of monsters, they are still powerless to fight against Wolfsburg.
Wolfsburg is in the Bundesliga, and the size is also a strong party, at least no team in the Bundesliga dares to despise them. However, in the Champions League, it seems that this is a different story. Gunners, Shakhtars, Ligue 1 champions, these names come out, it seems that any name, is more powerful than Wolfsburg.
These teams pick out one at random, they are all old fritters of the Champions League, compared with them, Wolfsburg's strength seems to be much worse, and there is no shortage of comments in the media that Wolfsburg is likely to become another embarrassing Bundesliga team like Dortmund last year in this year's Champions League game.
But that kind of result is definitely not what Wolfsburg wants. Although the opponents are strong, they are not ready to give up the Champions League.
No one likes to be ridiculed, and that's no exception. Even if Wolfsburg wants to focus on the league this year, but in the Champions League, they don't want to give up directly. Dortmund won the league championship two years in a row, but because the Champions League was a mess, they were still ridiculed as a nest, and Wolfsburg did not want to appreciate their predicament.
And against these teams, for Wolfsburg, it is also necessary to seize every opportunity to hope to win the game. They don't want to be the laughing stock of others like Dortmund, and they definitely don't want to laugh at it. (To be continued.) )