Chapter 157: Costa and Brazil
The draw for the group stage of the Champions League is indispensable, and the European region, which has a developed sports industry, is naturally indispensable for spinach companies and odds to win the championship.
The three Real Saren are undoubtedly in the first bracket of the odds to win the championship, Bayern is 1 to 3, Barcelona is 1 to 5, and Real Madrid is 1 to 6.
There are 6 teams in the second pot, Chelsea 1 to 10, Manchester United, Dort, Grand Paris 1 to 15, Juventus and Manchester City 1 to 17.
There are 5 teams in the third pot, including AC Milan, Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Napoli, etc., and Atletico Madrid's odds to win the championship are 40 to 1.
The rest is basically a cannon fodder team, with odds of 1 to 100 or more, and the highest is 1 to 1000, which is the same team as Atletico Madrid, Austria Vienna.
Judging from the odds of winning the title, Atletico should belong to the kind of team that can reach the last 16, but at most it is a top eight.
The Champions League draw is over, and Atletico Madrid will continue the league.
The Champions League has to wait two weeks before it starts in mid-September.
On the last day of August, the whole Atletico squad left for the Basque Country in northern Spain.
The most famous team in Spain's Basque Country is probably Athletic Bilbao, who have always been known for their insistence on using only players with Basque roots.
However, this time the Sheets will not face Athletic Bilbao, but their arch-rivals Real Sociedad.
Real Sociedad finished fourth in La Liga last season, but this summer they not only did not strengthen the squad to prepare for the Champions League, but also sold the core defender Ilia Mendi to Real Madrid for 32 million, which is also a big reason why Real Sociedad is not very optimistic about the Champions League in the Spanish media.
However, there are still two good players in the Real Sociedad team, one is Chilean goalkeeper Bravo, and the other is French striker Griezmann.
Griezmann is also one of the fast-rising young talents in La Liga in the past two seasons, and many strong teams are paying attention to him. Real Sociedad finished fourth in La Liga last season, relying mainly on Antoine Griezmann in attack and Ilia Mendi and Bravo in defence.
And Griezmann debuted very early, he is three months younger than Ringer, but he has already completed 100 La Liga games, and is the fourth youngest player in 100 La Liga games.
Just 5 minutes into the game, Griezmann gave Atletico Madrid a dismissal, their Mexican striker Vela crossed from the right, Griezmann volleyed on the right side of the penalty area, this time the play was strong and heavy, but Godin reacted quickly, rushed over and rubbed the ball, the ball was off the line.
This is the opening three of Real Sociedad, and the next step is Atletico Madrid to dominate the game.
In the 13th minute, Ringer broke through on the left flank, shook off defender Martinez with a stop-and-go move, and then drove the ball to goal, but Costa had a good chance to shoot but deflected the ball wide.
It doesn't seem to be in good shape today.
In the 25th minute, Atletico Madrid's midfielder broke the ball and launched an attack, Turan's long pass, Ringer quickly inserted the ball in the opponent's penalty area, raised his foot to stop the ball and hit the goal immediately, and the ball flew through Bravo's crotch into the goal.
“Goooool~~~lin~~gol!!”
"Lim's goal, he's scored in two league games in a row, he's only spent a few games proving himself and he's totally worth the 40 million that the Sheets paid for him."
"Lin just hit the goal immediately after a beautiful stop, and didn't give the opposing defender time to react at all."
In the 32nd minute, Real Sociedad made a mistake at the back, and their defender actually passed the ball to the feet of the unguarded Costa in front of the penalty area, and Costa shot at the ball, and then played a beautiful anti-aircraft gun.
He could have stepped into the box and looked for opportunities, even if he had to shoot from a distance, so that he wouldn't hit so high without interference.
"Diego, did you forget to put on your shooting boots?" Ringer asked, putting his arm around his neck.
"No, I'm a little out of shape today." It's rare for him to admit that he's not in shape.
But even so, before the end of the first half, Atletico Madrid doubled the score.
In the 44th minute, Ringer broke through the bottom pass on the right side, there were many people in the opponent's penalty area, and this pass was not a big threat, but their defender Kadamro raised his foot to intercept, but accidentally touched the ball at the feet of Koke. Now Cork smiled and took the salute and fired into the far corner.
'If the Basque side wants to make a difference in the Champions League with this backline, it's a complete dream.'
'They shouldn't have sold Ilyamendi to Real Madrid at all.'
The Spanish commentator said lightly, except for those big city powerhouses in La Liga, other teams have to sell people if they want to survive, and it is difficult to survive without selling people.
Atletico took a 2-0 lead in the first half and began to shrink their defence in the second half and failed to score again.
Ringer was substituted in the 81st minute, but Simeone left Costa on the pitch to continue his fitness.
In the 89th minute, Griezmann relied on a breakthrough to assist a teammate to pull a goal back, but it was too late, and Atletico still maintained the score of 2:1.
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"Lin, I heard that you didn't join the national team either?" On the bus back to Madrid, Costa posed in front of Ringer with an old face and asked.
In order to cultivate the tacit understanding between the two of them, Simeone went out to stay in a hotel and arranged for the two of them to have a room, and let them sit in the same row in the car.
"yes, what's wrong?" Ringer was a little curious, why did this guy ask this question, could it be that he was a lobbyist sent by the Football Association?
"What do you think about joining other countries' national teams?"
"Uh~~" Ringer is even more strange, is he a lobbyist sent by other national football associations?
"Don't be surprised, I mean so~~~"
Costa said a lot, and Ringer understood what he meant.
Costa himself is an orthodox Brazilian, but has been playing in Europe for a long time. Atletico Madrid, who transferred in 07, although he was loaned out continuously in the following years, has always played in Spain, and he has already obtained Spanish citizenship.
Originally, when Costa had not yet played, the Brazilian national team had never called him up. Last season, Costa made rapid progress and was called up to the Brazilian national team for the first time.
Costa returned to Brazil, believing that there is no good centre-forward player in the Brazilian national team at the moment, so he asked for the number 9 shirt worn by Ronaldo, but this request was rejected by the Brazilian national team coach Scolari.
The current number 9 of the Brazilian national team is worn by Fred, a striker who plays in Brazil's domestic football, and Scolari believes that Fred is more important than Costa.
Feeling underestimated, Costa began to fall out with Scolari and then refused a call-up to the Brazilian national team.
In March this year, the Confederations Cup was approaching, and Costa was thinking of going to the Confederations Cup again, so he accepted the Brazilian national team call-up again, but he performed poorly in the warm-up match against Italy and was excluded from the Confederations Cup squad by Scolari.
Costa's disappointment with the Brazilian national team led to the idea of playing for Spain, and it just so happened that the warm-up match he only played in was not a FIFA A competition. If it's a FIFA A-level event, then it's very troublesome for him to want to change the national team.
Costa failed to represent Brazil in the Confederations Cup, and rumors began to appear in Spain that he was going to join the Spanish national team, and Brazil also knew about it, and many people insulted Costa as a traitor and a "traitor".
And it was in this year's Confederations Cup that Brazil won the championship under the leadership of Neymar, beating Spain in the final. At this time, many people ridiculed Costa, saying that Brazil did not need him at all, as long as Neymar was enough.
So Costa made up his mind to join the Spanish national team, and planned to announce it during the international team break soon. But after all, this is a big deal to change the national team, and Costa is still a little confused, so he is not in good shape in today's game.
At this point, he was going to talk to someone, so he told Ringer to listen.
"In fact, it's good to be happy with such a thing, and there is no need to force it. For example, I was not happy to join the Chinese national team, so I did not join. ”
"Oh, that's it~~~"
Now Costa was happy, he was actually looking for a little psychological identity, and Ringer satisfied him.
In fact, as far as Ringer knows, Costa's joining the Spanish national team is a lose-lose option for both Costa himself and the Brazilian national team.
The current Brazilian team is in a period of scarcity, except for one player on the front line who Neymar has not been able to handle at all, as can be seen from the fact that the number 9 shirt can be worn by a player who is not capable of landing in Europe.
If Costa joins Brazil, it will definitely greatly strengthen Brazil's forward strength, and he will not be sent seven times by Germany at home at that time.
The Spanish national team is currently full of talent, and Costa's entry into it is also fiercely competitive, and the next few years will be a low ebb in Spain, and you can't mix the championship.
But Costa had already made up his mind, and Ringer didn't need to try to persuade him. And even if Costa joins Brazil, it will be Neymar's in the future, judging from the current situation in football, Marr will inevitably be Ringer's opponent for a period of time in the future, trying to persuade Costa to join Brazil, and then cheap Neymar to create trouble for himself?