Chapter Seventy-Two: Advance to the Top 8
After three rounds, Guangzhou Sun God team unexpectedly topped Group A with a record of 2 wins and 1 draw. In addition, Shenzhen FIYTA in Group C drew with the University of Chile in the first round, drew with Sarsfield, Argentina in the second round, and lost to Sao Paulo, Brazil by two goals in the third round, and the University of Chile also ranked third and fourth in the group with 2 draws and one loss.
Next up for Guangzhou will be a visit to Bolivia's home stadium of South America's number one devil – La Paz. Why is it called South America's number one devil's home stadium? This understands everything, naturally because La Paz as the world's highest football team home exists.3600 meters above sea level is not a joke, the national teams of South American countries and major well-known clubs have suffered losses here, think about it, Bolivia as the last existence in the South American Football Confederation, lost 0:4 away to Uruguay, and dared to return to the home stadium of La Paz to immediately return a 4:0 to the opponent. In fact, for reference, if Chinese football is really bad in the future, we still have a way to go, that is, the home field is set to Lhasa, the average altitude is dozens of meters higher than La Paz.3600 meters above sea level, then change to Shigatse, 4500 meters above sea level, I don't believe that Japan, South Korea, Australia, Iran can afford it, not to mention Southeast Asians who are generally low in height, and 4500 meters is not equivalent to 6500 for them.
Although the previous misunderstanding was explained to the Bolívar team before the game, the Suns players who had never played at such a high altitude in the first half were collectively lost, and they often thought that their bodies could not keep up with their minds on the field, that is, they felt that their legs were heavy, as if they were not their own. Although Bolívar is no longer unhappy because of the misunderstanding, the goal that should be scored is not ambiguous at all, there is no way! Even the national team relies on La Paz's home stadium in South America to eat, let alone the club. The result is that the first half scored 4 goals in a row, the two teams on the field are like a 5G network, a signal on the display is not even 2G, directly a H! halftime teenager is also a little unhappy, how to say that you win two or three almost, look at this posture in the second half and plan to come five or six. So at halftime, the small BP machine was full of firepower, and each player went through it once. As soon as the second half kicks off, the Bolivians were surprised to find that their opponents were not affected by altitude sickness at all, so the game was interesting. I can win you 3 in the first round, and I can't do it now. The whole team of the Suns is the same as playing doping, Trezeguet took advantage of his body, and in the opponent's penalty area, he was like the third prince of Nezha who made a big fuss in the East China Sea, and completed the first hat trick after coming to Guangzhou with a head kick, but unfortunately the first half was indeed too far behind, and in the end he could only accept the result of a 3:4 away defeat.
The home and away teams played in a game were uncomfortable, thinking that they would not deal with each other in the future anyway, and as soon as the post-game press conference was over, the whole team of the Sun God went straight to the airport, and the officials of Bolivar even saved the fake send-off. In the entire 6 group games, Bolívar lost 3 opponents away, and won at home to the Sun God and Boca Juniors respectively, that is, the Mexican Blue Cross had to fight hard to qualify, and this only took away one point.
In the blink of an eye, the group stage was all over, and the next three rounds of the Sun God team lost two losses and one draw, and finally won 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, and the second group squeezed out the Mexican Blue Cross Club and entered the top 8 of this competition. The first place in the group is naturally Boca Juniors, Maradona's 36-year-old age suddenly glows with a second spring, and the last three group games Boca Juniors won all three games, plus 2 draws and 1 loss in the first three games, 11 points beat Guangzhou to the top of the group. And Mexico Blue Cross ended up with 1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses, 1 point less than the Suns and was eliminated.
On the other side, Group C of Shenzhen FIYTA after three games are not bad, although the first half is 2 draws and 1 loss, but the last 3 games were defeated by the University of Chile and Sarsfield, only lost to São Paulo, the group is ranked third with 8 points, the first in the group is Sao Paulo team 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 points to remain unbeaten, Argentina Sarsfield is 2 wins, 3 draws, 1 loss and 9 points, one point advantage eliminated Shenzhen FIYTA into the top 8. However, the good news is that Wang Peng has been thoroughly trained in the 6 games of the group stage, scoring 4 goals, and Zheng Dongqi has also made great progress in the confrontation with Sao Paulo's Serginho, and is ready for next season's take-off. There are also Li Weifeng, Jia Wenpeng, and Zhang Yuning who also played well. Such a young team, half a season of polishing can produce 5 players who can gain a foothold in the national team, which is already a very high success rate.
It is worth mentioning that the last game of the Sun God group faced Boca Juniors, so that the opponent played without the power to fight back, and the physical state returned to the 28-year-old Maradona alone to make Ballack, Gattuso and Peng Weijun three people anxious, in the words of the domestic commentator, this is also a football game to win three English against Lu Bu.1:4 The score is cruel, in which Maradona also showed off his personal skills again, and the midfield started to connect 6 people, In the end, he was pulled down by Li Bourne in the penalty area and still kicked the ball in, which can be regarded as giving the teenagers the opportunity to see with their own eyes what the strength of a peak football superstar is.
Don't talk about Mero, what team are they on? Real Madrid and Barcelona, two Galaxy Battleships, Maradona moved from Barcelona to Napoli in Serie A, Leng is two years to bring a relegation team to the Serie A title and the European champion. In the era of the Serie A Small World Cup, Napoli with a number of later biggest cards was actually just Ferrara, and 5:1 scuttled Juventus, but not everyone can do it. It's equivalent to Real Madrid keeping Ronaldo, Barcelona keeping Messi, giving them Ramos and Pi to see through, and other players who are on average La Liga Getafe level try to win a La Liga title. Hehe, it can't be denied that Messi is really good at playing, but Barcelona and Messi do have a lot of brain-dead fans, and even many of them don't understand football at all, so they do recruit black for the Barcelona club. What really made Barcelona invincible between 08-12 was that system, and there were only two people who created this system and single-handedly cultivated these players, Cruyff and Oliol. Thoth. Messi, Iniesta, and Xavi are just the most perfect interpreters of this system, just like making a blockbuster, the Titanic has to be a little plum to be that flavor, and change it to Orlando, the elf prince. Bloom or the younger version of Jude Law, the film is still good, but it certainly doesn't fit perfectly.
A few more digressions, the next step is the draw for the top 8, this time there is no restriction on the same national team, who is drawn will depend on luck. The top half of the zone is Argentina Boca Juniors vs Atletico Medellín Colombia, Brazil Gremio vs Brazil Sao Paulo, and the bottom half is Argentina River Plate vs Brazil Palmeiras, Argentina Sarsfield vs Guangzhou Sun God. It can be said that this draw is still ideal, and what the whole team of the Sun God team is thinking about now is that as long as they can avoid Boca Juniors, they are not afraid to play anyone.
Maradona was terrible!