Chapter 228: Atletico Heroes!
In the Champions League round of 16 draw, two of the eight teams in the second group are traditional giants, that is, AC Milan and Bayern Munich. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Bayern Munich is a team in Group A and will definitely not meet with Atletico Madrid, so as long as Atletico Madrid does not draw AC Milan, it will be a 'good sign'.
Arsenal are a bit more dangerous, with the possibility of running into AC Milan or Bayern Munich.
After 'blessing' each other, Wan Sheng and Arsene Wenger returned to their respective positions and waited for the draw ceremony to begin.
UEFA secretary-general Gianni Infantino took the stage to preside over the draw ceremony, and before the draw, he first praised Barcelona, who won the Asian champions in the Club World Cup, and won the Champions League last season.
The big screen then began to play a short video featuring the 16 teams that had qualified.
The draw ceremony officially began, with German legend Paul Blackner in attendance as a special guest and drawing opponents for Atletico Madrid, who won Group A.
The paper unfolded, and the upper line represented the club's name in English, "F-C-Basel!" ”
The audience burst into applause.
Wan Sheng stood up with a smile, waved around, and looked in the direction of Basel coach Vogel.
Vogel also stood up and nodded in response.
Vogel is a German and very young, only 37 years old, compared to Wan Sheng, Vogel is unknown, even in the professional days, he has been playing for the lower leagues, and then the professional players can no longer play, so he turned to coaching, between 1998 and 2007, Walker coached Bayern Munich youth teams at all levels.
In 2007, Walker moved with Fink to Ingolstadt in the German second division as an assistant to the division, and later with Fink as an assistant coach in Basel.
On October 13 this year, Fink left Basel to coach Hamburg, Germany, and on the same day, Vogel was appointed head coach, and Basel gave him the opportunity for half a year.
Vogel is a first-time professional manager, and at the age of 37, he has been very successful in coaching Switzerland's top team, but there are huge doubts about whether he will be able to persevere.
However, Vogel has already led his side to a good game, and a home win over Ajax proved his quality, which allowed Basel to qualify from the group.
Now he meets Atletico Madrid.
After Wan Sheng and Walker said hello, they continued to watch the draw ceremony, and then one by one the collisions were drawn, the two most watched encounters were Bayern Munich and Chelsea, AC Milan and Arsenal, especially when the guests drew AC Milan on behalf of Arsenal, Wan Sheng turned his head to look in the direction of Wenger, Wenger looked at it with a cold face, and almost wrote the word "crow's mouth" on his face.
The English are not expected to be in a good mood.
England have two teams in the last 16 of the Champions League, but they have met Bayern Munich and AC Milan respectively, and this kind of luck is ...... How bad it really is!
Other collisions are nothing compared to that.
Atletico Madrid was not the luckiest one, and after the draw, everyone was still concerned about Lyon.
In the last round, Lyon was considered to be playing match-fixing, and the Champions League draw met the 'worst' Greeks again, and some media and fans began to think about it again, no wonder the media and fans thought so, Lyon's last round of games, there were too many strange places, they just qualified from the group, and the draw met the weakest team, how could the luck be so good?
Many people are starting to suspect that UEFA is manipulating the 'draw', but every year there are similar things, every year there are various dissatisfactions, and the clubs that regularly participate in the Champions League have long been used to it.
Atletico Madrid's luck is good, with Basel playing against them, and at least there is little obstacle to qualifying for the quarter-finals.
In an interview after the game, Wan Sheng only talked about his team, and the reporter asked how he felt about drawing Basel, Wan Sheng said, "I said before, no matter which opponent, we will enter the quarterfinals!" It's still the same sentence. It doesn't make much difference what opponents are, and I'm sure we'll make it to the cut. ”
A reporter brought Wansheng's original words to Basel coach Vogel, but Vogel was not satisfied, even if Atletico Madrid is very strong, you can't look down on Basel so much!
How they are also the number one team in Switzerland!
So Vogel said, "I don't understand why anyone who says for sure that they will advance before they fight, it's a contempt for their opponents. What would they say if they lost the game? Did he think about it? ”
To this, Wansheng only replied, "Sorry, no if!" ”
After that, Wan Sheng stopped talking about Basel, and in his opinion, there was no point in fighting with Basel and Basel's little-known 'novice' coaches.
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After the draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League, La Liga ushered in the 16th round, and Atletico Madrid defeated Espanyol 1-0 away.
Since beating Athletic Bilbao 2-1 away in the 10th round of the league, Atletico Madrid have won seven in a row, especially after the big win away to Real Madrid, they have returned to the top of the league.
Round 16 is also a crucial one, as it features the Spanish national derby.
Atletico Madrid can reap the benefits.
Barcelona did not disappoint Atletico Madrid, in this match at the Bernabeu Stadium, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 3-1, and it is worth noting that C-Ronaldo became the sinner of Real Madrid's loss.
As 2011 draws to a close, the Ballon d'Or nominations have become a matter of concern for many, with Messi, Xavi and Cristiano Ronaldo competing for top honours in the final trio shortlist.
It is normal for Messi and Xavi to be in the top three, because Barcelona was the European champion last year, and C-Ronaldo's selection is completely supported by fans.
"Maybe it has something to do with his looks." Many people maliciously speculated.
But in any case, C-Ronaldo's support is still very high, and in the poll on the official website of "France Football", C-Ronaldo's online support rate is as high as two-thirds.
"I know I'm great, I deserve it!" C-Ronaldo made a bold statement.
But as it turned out, he didn't deserve it.
In this most critical national derby, C-Ronaldo not only dug fire again, but also directly played the role of "Barcelona's 12th man".
On this night, the Portuguese became the number one undercover agent at the Bernabeu.
Compared to the world's top midfielder, C-Ronaldo lacks enough big picture, he generally plays the role of finisher, but in the game, he did not play that role well.
C-Ronaldo had a total of seven shots on goal throughout the game, but none of them posed a real threat to Valdés.
Of C-Ronaldo's 7 shots, 4 came from direct free-kicks.
"Cristiano Ronaldo named his powerful set-piece a Tomahawk, but tonight he acted like a prisoner of war."
C-Ronaldo's four free-kick shots, only one of which went over the wall, this lack of speed, strength and angle was easily caught by Valdés, and the other three shots on goal were equally incredible.
"If Cristiano Ronaldo could be more generous on the pitch, he would have become a better player and Real Madrid would have benefited from it." Former Real Madrid assistant coach Angel Capa said.
C-Ronaldo, who has missed opportunities in a row, has therefore become the target of anger for 80,000 fans at the Bernabeu.
Towards the end of the game, C-Ronaldo heard boos from his own fans every time he touched the ball.
"Against Barcelona, you always look unlucky!" A Real Madrid fan's scolding of C-Ronaldo was caught right by the live collector.
"Losing this national derby, the difference between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid is five points, five points is not an absolute difference, they still have a chance of winning the title."
"Spanish Football Newspaper" commented, "But the psychological damage of the home fans to Cristiano Ronaldo is difficult to erase with time." ”
After this round, Atletico Madrid didn't have time to relive the joy of opening the gap and welcomed Albacete at home.
It was the second round of the fourth round of the Copa del Rey.
Facing this West Liga team at home, and there was no unlucky weather such as rain, Atletico Madrid won very easily with a set of substitute lineups.
4 to 0.
Atletico Madrid didn't give Albacete any chances.
This will be followed by the 17th round of La Liga on December 18, which will also be the last game before Christmas, with Atletico Madrid hosting Real Betis.
Last season, Betis secured the La Liga title ahead of schedule. In 42 La Liga games, Betis have a record of 25 wins, 8 draws and 9 losses.
Betis, who scored 85 goals, are the team with the most goals in La Liga. Betis, who conceded 44 goals, is also the team that has conceded the fourth-fewest goals in La Liga.
In the summer, Betis lost their main centre-forward Pavoni and main striker Emana, but they also acquired demon striker Montero from Villarreal, who scored seven goals in a single game in the warm-up game, and also signed Santa Cruz on loan from Manchester City.
At the same time, the three defenders Nelson, Zika and Ustaric are all at the main level of the second-rate teams in La Liga in terms of strength.
Real Betis' overall strength is not bad, but they are only in the middle of the league at best, and they are not too much of a threat to Atletico Madrid.
Before the game, Wan Sheng mainly told the players that they must play seriously, "This is the last game, after the game, you can spend Christmas with your family, no one wants to go to the holiday with a bad mood, right?" ”
This quote reminds all the players.
They didn't care much about their opponents, but now they knew it was time to get serious.
In fact, Wansheng is also a headache for the team's fighting spirit, the team is combative, and continuous wins will also make the players in the team more confident in the team's strength, resulting in a series of psychological problems such as arrogance and carelessness, Dina McGovern cannot do all the work, she can only adjust the players' hearts one-on-one, and it is impossible to eliminate all the problems, fortunately, so far, the team has not had too many problems.
At the Estadio Calderón, Atletico Madrid played well overall, but for the first time there were problems with the efficiency of the attack.
Diego Costa, who started the game, failed to find the ball on goal on several occasions, as did Mesut Ozil on the wing, and the score was still 0-0 at half-time.
Wan Sheng felt a headache.
In the second half, Falcao came on for Diego Costa, but the problem persisted, as Atletico Madrid couldn't get the ball on the score, and after half an hour, they still couldn't find the back of the net against Real Betis.
Wan Sheng looked at the bench again.
This time he simply replaced Ozil, and it was Wang Qiuming who replaced Ozil.
"The king is out! He replaced Mesut Ozil and played as a left striker! The substitution surprised Stadium broadcaster Juan Andrés, "Wan Sheng must be hoping to score, Ozil has missed several chances before, Falcao is not very efficient, will Wang help Atletico to score?" ”
Every fan has questions.
Wang Qiuming's performance is also good, but after all, he is a young player, and he can only serve as a substitute, and there is still a gap between him and Ozil, Falcao and other stars in terms of ability.
But Wan Sheng doesn't see it that way.
Which player he lets play, the most important thing to look at is the state, the "Eye of Condition Evaluation" can help him know the state of each player, Ozil is obviously not in shape, his state evaluation value is only '71', which is an unqualified value, and Wang Qiuming's state evaluation has '93', even if the ability is slightly worse, after playing is definitely better than Ozil.
Of course, a good state does not mean that there can be a good performance in all places, Ozil is Ozil after all, and the ability to be in bad form is there, which is enough to drive the offensive on the left side of Atletico Madrid, Wang Qiuming is worse in personal ability, it is difficult for him to lead the way by himself, and when he gets the ball on the field, he does not have many balls, and his performance is not so eye-catching.
However, Wang Qiuming is in good shape!
As a striker goalscorer, good form also means high efficiency in front of goal!
In the 86th minute of the game, Wang Qiuming got a chance, which was a back-heel pass from Falcao, Falcao burst into the box with the ball and was blocked, and then he knocked the ball out with his back-heel.
Wang Qiuming meets the ball and volleys!
The ball only rushed to the near corner of the goal, and Real Betis goalkeeper Kasto did his best to make a save, but he couldn't get the ball.
The ball is in!
“goooooooooooool!!!”
Atletico Madrid fans boiled over as the Calderón Stadium broadcast the shouts of Juan Andrés, who had waited almost 90 minutes for the goal to come.
It's a lore!
In the past, Real Betis thought that they could take away a point at the Calderón Stadium, which was a very good result, but with this goal, their 'dream' was shattered, and they could only shake their heads regretfully.
In the end, Atletico Madrid beat Real Betis 1-0.
It's hard to tell what the game was like from the scoreline, but anyone who watched it knew how dangerous it was.
Wang Qiuming became a hero of Atletico Madrid.
After the game, many media praised Wang Qiuming, praising him for being able to stand up at the time of Atletico Madrid's crisis, and they also praised Wansheng's decisive substitution, and it was Wansheng's successful substitution adjustment that allowed Atletico Madrid to complete the goal.
In faraway China, there was also a frenzied discussion among the media and fans......
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