059 Strange Wind and Rain
The Champions League is a stage that will be watched by the mainstream media in Europe.
When the draw for Group H of the Champions League group stage came out, everyone thought AC Milan and Ajax would join forces to advance to the round of 16.
AC Milan, defending champions.
Ajax, quarter-finals last season.
What is Bruges?
And what is Celta?
This is considered one of the least suspenseful groups.
However, two rounds were played.
The outside world officials were dumbfounded.
Defending champions AC Milan have only one point.
Ajax 1 win, 1 loss, 3 points.
Club Brugge won both games, 6 points!
Celta Vigo are the same as AC Milan with 1 point.
Ajax won against Celta Vigo and got three points.
However, the current situation has changed dramatically from what was originally expected!
The ideal scenario is that AC Milan and Ajax have at least four points or six points from Club Brugge and Celta Vigo before the third round begins!
Then the top two meet to compete for the top spot in the group.
Celta and Club Brugge have played two games, maybe they will wear each other down, and then in the fifth and sixth rounds, AC Milan and Ajax will definitely still have the initiative, and it will not be too much of a surprise to advance to the knockout round.
But now, the situation has completely changed!
AC Milan, which has only one point, is bound to do its best in the third and fourth rounds of the two-legged clash with Ajax, showing bloody minions and frantically tearing apart Ajax to avoid the tragic fate of the defending champions being eliminated in the group stage!
You know, AC Milan is 5 points behind Brugge at the top of the table, 2 points behind Ajax, focusing on reality, at least to defeat Ajax, if you look far, not only to pursue the knockout round, but also to prepare for the round of 16 to avoid the first place in other groups, then AC Milan has to fight for the top spot in the group with four games left 5 points behind the top!
Due to the influence of the big shì, Ajax's victory received very little attention.
The outside media focuses on the outlook for the third and fourth rounds.
Ajax will face defending champions AC Milan who will never have any reservations!
The European media focused on the subversive process of Group H of the Champions League, while the Chinese media regretted that Qin Xiong sat on the bench for 90 minutes.
However, at the very least, Qin Xiong still appeared in the live broadcast camera for a few seconds, even if he was a substitute, even if he did not appear, it made many fans excited, representing that some Chinese players have come to the edge of the Champions League stage.
Qin Xiong's state of mind was stable and was not affected in the slightest.
He's a substitute in the first team, a substitute, and it doesn't mean he's going to play every game.
He also understands coach Koeman's approach, and it is no exaggeration to say that playing Celta is a Champions League life and death game, and it is extremely risky to use him rashly, after all, this is not the Eredivisie, even if the gambling fails, there is still a way out, which does not mean ruining Miè.
Especially thinking about a month ago, he was only in the youth team, and Qin Xiong never thought that others had to give him anything, and he had to rely on himself to fight for it.
He still trains hard and moves forward with the most professional attitude.
Perhaps, it is his calm appearance that makes coach Koeman's favor for him skyrocket.
After experiencing the last round of the Eredivisie substitutes, in the seventh round of the Eredivisie, Ajax played a game against Groningen, and Qin Xiong was included in the starting lineup by Koeman!
On this day, the sky was overcast, but Qin Xiong was full of interest, he took the ticket that Van Gaal gave him and went back to Wardle Street at noon, and gave the ticket to Freddy, because Freddy and Zeller's friends also knew each other, so Qin Xiong asked Freddy to call and ask those friends if they were interested in watching the game, if so, they could go together, the tickets were definitely enough.
Probably because the home attendance of FC Groningen is not high, Ajax is very rich in tickets, and Van Gaal also sued Qin Xiong, as long as he can start in the future, he can directly ask the team management and administrative staff for tickets, ask for it openly, don't be shy!
The guarantee is three for home matches and for away matches, but there are certainly no tickets for European matches.
The gloomy sky couldn't reduce the desire to fight in Qin Xiong's heart by half a point.
Went to Groningen City in the northeast with the team and went to their home stadium for a pre-game warm-up, the wind speed was a little strong, but Qin Xiong didn't care about this, as always focused and serious.
Before the game, Coman deliberately emphasized that the game should focus on control and pay attention to the reasonable distribution of physical energy.
This gives Qin Xiong a higher demand, he is the playmaker of the midfield, he is the master of the rhythm.
After the coach's arrangement before the game, Qin Xiong stood in the players' tunnel with his teammates holding his head high and waiting to play.
Because after this league game, it will enter the FIFA match day in October, so Koeman wants to win this league game so that most of the players who played in the Champions League three days ago continue to start!
The player Qin Xiong replaced was Sikora, the fast winger who played the Champions League a few days ago and shuttled up and down the wings, which was extremely physically demanding.
Today, too, Koeman wanted to see what the effect of putting Van der Vaart back up front would be.
Qin Xiong's friends also came to Groningen to watch the game, and in the afternoon game, they sat in the stands, carrying raincoats, and even Georgia came here under the watchful eye of De Huus and others.
They are looking forward to Qin Xiong's appearance, as a starter!
This means that he has taken another step forward in Ajax!
Qin Xiong himself knows this, in today's game, he must play his best and do his best to play well, maybe, this will be his opportunity to "usurp the throne"!
With an incomparably high fighting spirit, Qin Xiong strode into the stadium of Groningen with his teammates.
The cool wind blew, and Qin Xiong was in good spirits.
However, when he stepped into the sideline of the playing field with one foot, he suddenly froze in place as if he had been immobilized.
Smack
The face was slapped with a cold liquid, and water droplets slid down the cheeks.
Click, click, click
Qin Xiong looked up at the sky with a stunned look in his eyes.
The dark sky and dark clouds obscured the sun on this afternoon, and under the stadium lights, fine raindrops fell from the sky and swayed in the wind.
Qin Xiong, Ping stretched out his hand, palms up, and stared down at his palms, as if he was determining what fell in his palms!
He was like a man who had never seen rain before, strange to the raindrops, surprised, stunned!
Of course he'd seen the rain.
But, in his memory.
He's never played in the rain!
On the road to growth, physical health always comes first.
For athletes, the common cold of ordinary people is the most taboo disease for athletes!
There is no more vicious curse in football than expecting the flu from someone you don't like!
Ordinary people may think that this is too exaggerated, and they will also think that a player who utters a vicious curse is too naïve and naïve when they see such news.
Can't wait for your "enemy" to get the flu?
Please, are you an elementary school student?
Cold and fever, what's so scary?
At most, it's just a few days of rest, and maybe it can be cured without medicine.
However, football players are most afraid of the flu.
A player who catches a cold will first be quarantined by the club to avoid infection.
Secondly, there is an incubation period for colds, and if you do strenuous exercise when you are not aware of it, then a small cold may cause more severe injuries!
Because he knows how big a cold is a hidden danger to the health of athletes, Qin Xiong has never played football on a rainy day!
From the very beginning, listening to the doctor's advice, avoiding colds and fevers, and putting health first, so Qin Xiong felt that this qiē was correct, and when he grew up, he didn't think about this problem anymore, even if it rained and he didn't go outside to play football, he could also train indoors, not idle, so he didn't care.
But today, at this moment, he realized that in his past training and growth, he was missing training in an important specific environment.
That's the rain war!
Football matches, although rain battles are not common, but there are definitely zài!
And the impact of the rain battle was something Qin Xiong had never experienced before.
Today, he's going to set foot on an unfamiliar battlefield and compete in an unprepared environment!
The coach and teammates were confused by Qin Xiong's strange reaction, thinking that he was doing a strange oriental cultural ritual.
Qin Xiong put down his right hand, clenched his fists, and his will to fight was not reduced by half a point, he, taking a deep breath, still holding his head high, his eyes firm, and walked into the arena where the momentum of the wind and rain was getting bigger and bigger.
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