Whoever wins the World Cup wins the world.

It's always been said that this year's World Cup was won by Germany, which is a bit interesting. Because the German team is a team, although no matter what Thomas is. Muller, Mesut Ozil, Gotze and Reus all performed quite well, but if they really had to fight with Lin Yu one-on-one, they really couldn't fight.

In fact, in the World Cup, Messi, Suarez, Neymar, including Lin Yu's good friend and teammate Cristiano. Ronaldo could be a threat to him, but the problem is that none of these national teams have been able to win the title, and it was the Germans who won the title in the end.

If measured by championships and performances, it is impossible to imagine that this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or will be awarded directly to Royce.

After all, Reus is also the hero of Real Madrid's Champions League and league championship last season, and the Golden Boot of the World Cup, plus his popularity is not bad, and he is handsome, but it is possible to win this trophy in all aspects.

If it is the opponent, Lin Yu may still be unhappy, but if it is Royce or Cristiano. Ronaldo, then he will only congratulate, after all, for him, the biggest goal now is not those individual honors, but the fifth consecutive Champions League title.

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Before the award ceremony, Lin Yu received an invitation letter from FIFA, inviting him to attend the FIFA awards ceremony in January.

There are two meanings in this, one meaning is that Lin Yu has entered the top three, and the other is that if people like Lin Yu don't go to the award ceremony, the gold content of the award ceremony will be much lower.

Lin Yu has a grudge against UEFA, but there is no grudge against FIFA. His relationship with Blatter is not bad.

So this invitation, he will definitely go. Because he has already learned through internal information that the top three players in this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or are all Real Madrid players. It's him, Royce, and Cristiano. Ronaldo.

Portugal reached the semi-finals in this World Cup, and it can be regarded as a good performance. Ronaldo has aged at the World Cup but has become more useful than ever, not only scoring four goals but also providing six assists for the team, which is combined with his achievements at the club. There are indeed such qualifications.

Now it seems that no matter who wins the award, this award will definitely go to Real Madrid in the end, so Lin Yu is naturally willing to participate in such an award ceremony, if he can't get it, then he can also congratulate his teammates.

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After the Champions League group stage, the draw for the round of 16 was also carried out quickly, and Real Madrid, who won the group, originally planned to draw a weaker team. This would save some energy for the rest of the competition, but no one expected that they would draw the strongest team in the second place - Manchester City.

Manchester City are strong. It is a rare local tycoon in the Premier League, but the performance in the Champions League is always unsatisfactory, and this time it was in the same group as Barcelona. It wasn't too surprising that they finished second in the group.

However, despite Manchester City's lack of Champions League results. But there is absolutely no group leader who wants to touch it, after all, Manchester City's quality is there. And who can guarantee that it won't go berserk?

After the draw was over, the rest of the group winners breathed a long sigh of relief, but at this time, Manchester City had a headache.

I thought that if I avoided Barcelona, if I avoided Real Madrid, then anyone who was drawn could be hard, but who would have thought that after avoiding the former space team, I encountered a stronger space battleship, which is really helpless.

After all, what they drew was rated as the most unwanted opponent in Europe - Real Madrid.

When the draw came out, the rest of the group runners-up laughed, with only Manchester City crying.

Real Madrid fans are also relaxed, although Manchester City is the strongest team in the second place, but Real Madrid is the strongest team in the first place, as long as the performance is normal, there is basically no problem to defeat Manchester City.

It feels so good to be feared by all over Europe, you must know that since the first phase of the Galaxy Battleship, Real Madrid is basically a team that many teams very much want to meet, and they have even been placed in the second pot for a long time, which at the time, was regarded as a great shame by all Real Madrid fans, but there is no way, who made Real Madrid so bad at that time.

Now, the real world No. 1 team finally appeared on the Champions League with their heads held high, and the media said that they were rushing to win the Champions League this season, and there were many teams affected by the media's arguments, so many teams begged grandpa to tell grandparents, and even burned incense to worship Buddha, in order to avoid Real Madrid.

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After the draw ceremony for the round of 16 was over, the duel between the strongest first and the strongest second quickly became a topic, so the media interviewed Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane about this matter.

Zidane is really a strong manager now, he doesn't care about what others say about his character, he only said one sentence into the microphone: "We are here for the championship!" ”

Although he didn't say anything else, the reporters could tell from his words that he didn't take Manchester City seriously at all, or that in his eyes, Manchester City was just a stepping stone.

Although Zidane seemed confident, some media outlets that supported Real Madrid complained: "This must be UEFA's ghost again, anyway, I haven't seen Real Madrid meet a weak opponent in the knockout round!" What the hell is the difference between first in the group and second in the group? ”

This time, it was Lin Yu who went to comfort these media, and he accepted the interview with a smile: "Don't be nervous, don't be angry, anyway, no matter who we meet, we all have to win, no matter how strong Manchester City is, it's just the second place in the group, it's a small meaning." ”

For Manchester City, Lin Yu doesn't have much hatred, and he can only blame Manchester City for being unlucky. After all, the knockout stage of the Champions League is not the same as the group stage, and if you lose this knockout round. That's going to be knocked out, and you lose one game in the group stage. You might even have a chance to lose two games, but not in this knockout round.

What can you do when you have a rock in front of you blocking your path? Of course, it was moved away, and it was a very simple thing to do, and it had to be done.

Real Madrid is full of confidence, but Manchester City did not say that they were trembling with fear, although they were very reluctant to meet Real Madrid, but since they met, it was necessary to separate a male and a female after all. There are even Manchester City players who believe that this may be a watershed moment for Manchester City to embark on the road to the title, and once Real Madrid is eliminated, then the road will be smooth sailing.

Although their Champions League results have not been good in consecutive seasons, some Manchester City players believe that this time even if it is a round, it should be Manchester City's turn to win the championship, and they have accumulated so many seasons. Wouldn't it be too embarrassing if you still fell directly on the way to the quarterfinals?

Aguero, Silva, Nasri, Yaya Toure and a group of other stars are really not as good as a Lin Yu?

Manchester City, who do not believe in evil, chose to raise the banner of resistance when there was no way back. If you don't succeed, you will succeed.

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Although both teams are holding back their hopes to battle it out in the knockout rounds, there is still a long way to go before the knockout rounds, after the Champions League group stage. The war will not resume until February, during which there will be a considerable winter break. Some teams need to add players, while others need to sell players. Although it is not as long as the summer transfer window, it is also a key moment in the quality of the team.

Of course, that's not what Real Madrid are concerned about at the moment, as they have one more tournament to play in December, and that is the Club World Cup.

Zidane was planning to give up the Club World Cup, but Lin Yu was determined to take the trophy back to the Bernabeu, and finally the coaching staff discussed it and sent a team with the second team as the main force to play the Club World Cup, and the first team of players only Lin Yu, Hesey, Khedira, Mignolet, and Callas went together.

"I've given you a chance, if you want to win this title, then rely on your own skills to get it back." That's what Zidane said to Lin Yu.

Of course, Lin Yu knows Zidane's difficulties, this season's league and Copa del Rey, plus the Champions League, are not easy enough, the death of the club Cup consumes physical strength is nothing, the key is to be afraid of someone getting hurt, even if Real Madrid has a good bench thickness this season, but Zidane doesn't want to see anyone directly injured for a few months, or even a season, it is really too hurtful.

He doesn't blame Zidane, in fact, Zidane can give him this opportunity to play, he is already very happy.

Fortunately, there are not many games to play in the Club World Cup, and for Real Madrid, they only need to win two games to win the title.

One is the semi-final showdown on December 17, against the winner of the quarter-finals.

The other one is the final.

As Champions League winners, Real Madrid does not need to play qualifying and quarter-finals, but starts directly from the semi-finals.

Thankfully, Real Madrid only have two league games to play before and between the Club World Cup, one at home to Valencia on December 14 and the other at home to Levante on December 22.

Both of these games are at home, and if you talk about time, Lin Yu can actually play in both games.

Because after the match against Valencia on the 14th, the semi-finals of the Club World Cup have not yet begun, and the final of the Club World Cup is played on the 21st, after which they can rush back to Madrid the next day to play against Levante.

However, Zidane did not allow Lin Yu to do this, if Lin Yu had to participate in the game, it would be enough to complete the game with Valencia, as for the game with Levante, because the time was too tight, in order to prevent Lin Yu from being overtired, Zidane would never agree to Lin Yu playing.

So the time is arranged.

14 December: Real Madrid play Valencia at home

17 December: Club World Cup against one of the quarter-finals winners

December 18: Lin Yu will definitely not participate in the second leg of the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, but the opponent is a Spanish third division team that has already won by a large score, so this is not a big problem.

21 December: If you qualify for the final, the final of the Club World Cup will be played on this day

December 22: Real Madrid play Levante at home, but Lin Yu will not play, even if he can.

In fact, for such a rhythm of the game, Zidane is not panicked, to put it bluntly, he doesn't care about the Club World Cup, he doesn't care if he loses or wins, the reason why he lets Lin Yu play is completely to satisfy Lin Yu's desire.

Real Madrid's real lack of Lin Yu is actually a domestic league and a Copa del Rey quarter-final.

The opponents in these two games are weaker than the other, and in the absence of Lin Yu, Zidane is also full of confidence to win, if he can't even win such an opponent, then what does Real Madrid have to substitute players for? Isn't the reason why Benzema is kept for such a game?

In fact, in previous seasons, before the quarterfinals of the Copa del Rey, it was always Benzema who started the game, didn't he still win? (To be continued......)