Section 914 The will to win
Chinese After winning the World Footballer of the Year award, Real Madrid also ushered in the draw for the Champions League, and this time, Real Madrid's luck was also quite good.
They were drawn not by any team from the top five leagues, but by Porto in the Portuguese Super League.
Porto has also been a hegemon in the Portuguese Super League over the years, especially when Benfica was a little sluggish, and became the unique overlord of the Portuguese Super League, but the Portuguese Super League is relatively small after all, and it is not comparable to the big league. Although this season, after they replaced the new young coach Villas-Boas, they relied on their South American foreign players Hulk and Falcao to play quite well, and even broke into the knockout round of the Champions League, but the opponent they met was Real Madrid, which means that they were unlucky.
However, Porto do not seem to have taken the Champions League very seriously either. It's even more important for them to be able to show enough quality for their players to be valued by other teams.
After the draw was completed, Real Madrid also entered the winter break. This time during the winter break, Real Madrid was surprisingly calm: for Real Madrid, the current squad is good enough, and there is no need for reinforcements.
At this time, the issue of the World Cup is more widely discussed.
The World Cup grouping, which was released almost at the same time as the Golden Ball Awards, attracted a lot of attention and exclamations from the very beginning. And the biggest exclamation is the grouping of some of the most interesting players in the world.
Messi's Argentina group is probably the best. Argentina, Nigeria, South Korea, Greece, almost all of these teams do not pose much of a threat, and Argentina's qualification seems to be almost a matter of course.
Moreover, because the Argentine coach is now replaced by Maradona, the current media is also constantly boasting about the story of the old king winning the new one. After all, Argentina and Brazil are the places where they have produced champions, and once they have good players, they can't help but think about that aspect.
And Xiao Xiaoluo's Portugal grouping is also very good, although Portugal is forced to play the play-offs in the European zone because of its poor strength, and his score is relatively poor, but his group grouping is really good. They were placed in a group with hosts South Africa, Mexico and Uruguay. After all, Portugal's strength is still good, meeting the weakest host in the seeded team, South Africa, and there are no other European teams in the group, and at the same time avoiding Argentina and Brazil, they have a considerable chance of qualifying.
In contrast, the grouping of Zhao Yaning's Chinese team can only be described as the group of death: Spain, China, CΓ΄te d'Ivoire, France, such a grouping is deliberately trying to kill the Chinese team.
After reading almost all the media, they all have the same idea: Zhao Yaning is estimated to travel to South Africa this time.
"If we want to qualify from the group, we have to beat the European champions Spain, the World Cup runners-up France, and Didier Drogba, the Toure brothers' Ivory Coast β is that trying to kill us!"
Zhao Yaning doesn't know much about FIFA's ideas, but this grouping is indeed troublesome enough. He knows the strength of Spain very well, and he is also very familiar with the French players. Coupled with a group with Drogba, the Toure brothers, Gervinho and others, as well as a backline of players at the Ligue 1 level - such a grouping is basically a grouping that eliminates all hopes of the Chinese team. Two European powerhouses, one of Africa's top three teams, any Asian team throws it over, you have to feel the air of desperation in your face.
"This World Cup is likely to be a battle for Messi to become a god, or it may be a battle for Cristiano to show himself, but for Zhao Yaning, we can't ask too much. In such a group, it is difficult for any team to qualify, and we can't expect Zhao Yaning to have the ability to lead a team like the Chinese team to fight out in the group of death. β
The World Cup has not started yet, and many people are already building momentum for the World Cup, and Zhao Yaning ...... No matter how you look at it, it's the appearance of a tragic hero. Even when filming the advertisement, the media prepared for Zhao Yaning as a background template for the tragic hero. Speaking of which, Zhao Yaning and Klose may both set a new World Cup record of fifteen goals this time, but the media really has no hope for Zhao Yaning to break the record - six goals, three games, that is simply unrealistic.
However, when he was interviewed, Zhao Yaning was rarely tough.
"Before the game started, everything was still very clear. They're really strong teams, but it's not like I've beaten a big opponent once or twice to win the championship. Who wins and who loses, don't say so early. β
Such an attitude just made the media have more topics, after all, no one believes that Zhao Yaning can really defy the sky in such a group.
But at this time, Zhao Yaning also had his thoughts.
"This ball, it's really interesting stuff."
After the launch of the football of Putian Tongqing, it was quickly named by Adidas. The roundest ball in the world, the lightest ball in the world...... However, in Zhao Yaning's view, it is better to add another name: the world's most floating football.
Real Madrid is a giant after all, and the influence of the giant is reflected in this kind of time: when other teams have not yet come into contact with the universal celebration, Real Madrid has already used it for experiments. And after Zhao Yaning played a few times, he found that the ball floated very much, and he was afraid that the team that was good at long passes would suffer a lot.
However, this also made him a little excited, and even in front of Ribery, he made no secret of it, "Frank, do you know what's the biggest benefit of this ball?" Such a ball, kicking a fallen leaf, is no better. β
Although he knew that Ribery and Yaya Toure were the enemies of their national team games, Zhao Yaning did not shy away from them at all, "The players, the field, the football, the mentality, and myself, I have adjusted to the best in all aspects." If this time, I lose again, then it's my problem. Frank, I know, you'd love to win, but trust me, you're not playing. Now, it's when I'm at my best, even if Zizou comes back and Maradona comes on the pitch and meets them, I'm going to kill them! β
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In Barcelona's training base, looking at Messi who was sitting on the edge of the pitch resting, Xiao Xiaoluo had something to say. When he arrived at Barcelona, he felt that things were not going well, which made him a little angry. If the other party was Rooney, he would not hesitate to walk over and say, but the other party is Messi, although it looks harmless to humans and animals, but Xiao Xiaoluo knows that Messi is not Rooney, and he will not be so easy-going and easy to talk.
Although Messi is very easy-going and never says anything unpleasant, Xiao Xiaoluo has encountered a lot of soft violence. He had never realised that not allowing himself to take a penalty, not allowing himself to take a free-kick, not passing himself in front of goal, could make him so bored that way, but now he understands it.
I'm Mr. Football
"You have to adapt to the team." He still remembers Guardiola's words, but they seem to him to be fart: how does he fit into the team when the Catalan players boycott him en masse?
However, the national derby is approaching. Although Xiao Xiaoluo was extremely disgusted, but thinking of Zhao Yaning, he gritted his teeth and walked over.
"I know you don't like me." Xiao Xiao Luo walked up to him, and when he spoke, Messi still ignored it and looked into the distance, but Xiao Xiao Luo's words quickly made him turn his head, "But you'd better figure out why I'm here." I'm not here to compete with you for the position of boss, I'm here to play football. I don't fight with you, don't go too far, you have to give me what I want. β
Messi turned his head, although his face was calm, but he still spoke, "You can't fight me if you want to." β
"If it's just about strength, I don't know. But let me recognize the Catalans as my ancestors and insist that I have Catalan roots, I can't do it. If you really win, it's up to you. Xiao Xiaoluo was a little provocative, "If the two of us transfer to another team together, it's hard to say who the boss is." β
"Why should I transfer? Here Xavi, Iniesta they help me, Pep, Cruyff they all take care of me, my salary is also high, there are many endorsements, why should I transfer? Everything is fine here, why should I have to go somewhere else? I'm different from others, I grew up in a wealthy family, and I don't need those proofs. β
Little Luo choked on words, but he also admitted that it was, "Okay, these are secondary, I'll say the main one." I came to Barcelona, in fact, there is only one biggest purpose, which is to compete with Zhao Yaning again. β
"And the question of money."
"That's secondary." Xiao Xiaoluo blushed a little, this is indeed a problem, "The main thing is to defeat Zhao Yaning!" Speaking of money, where do I go for a high salary? If you go to Real Madrid, you have to give me the highest level of annual salary, which is higher than yours. However, my choice is not Real Madrid. Although I know that when I get there, my treatment will be better than here, and Zhao Yaning's temper is also better than yours, I will not suffer such a nest, I can live very well, but I still came here, and there is only one reason. β
"Is it that important to you to beat someone?"
"Of course you don't understand because you've never won against him. So you don't know how happy it is when you win. β
"Last season, we were champions."
"How much did you contribute to the championship won by Butzkes' hard work?" Xiao Xiao Luo asked rhetorically, which also made Messi's face even redder.
"Listen, Leon. I don't want to say what's better and who's stronger, it's no fun to fight with you. It's actually a team, and it doesn't matter how you fight. However, if I want to beat Real Madrid, you should also understand in your heart that no matter how hard you suppress me, if you don't defeat Zhao Yaning, you will be at most the second in the world in the eyes of others. Are you really content to be the boss in this place? When the honor of being the first in the world is in front of you, in your eyes, there is only such a small struggle for interests? β
"I really want to be the best player in the world, but I don't understand what you're doing it for." Messi looked up.
"Am I doing this for? It's simple, I'm still not giving up. You and I, the two of us, only when we defeat him and become the two top names of the world's No. 1 team can we think about who is the greater. The greatness of Puskas and Disdifano must be left to others to judge, but if they do not rule an era, then they are nothing. You and I are the same now, it's not too late for us to win first, and then talk so much. β
"How do you win?" Messi looked at Xiao Xiao Luo and asked rhetorically.
"I did what I could. I can do off-ball movement, I can do back-to-back play, I can do everything Pep needs me to do, I've done everything I have to do, and the rest is your business. Xiao Xiaoluo looked at Messi, but still got up and left, "Don't let me down too much, I'm waiting for you to make a decision." β
Xiao Xiao Luo left the court for a long time, and Xavi also walked over, "What did he say to you again?" β
"Xavi, I think, we should be a little more lenient with him."
"How could you suddenly think of such a sentence?"
"Nothing, just think...... Maybe we'll work better together and play better. Messi said, "He's a very nasty person, but one thing, he's right. I want to win, I really want to win that Asian. I need his help, and the two of us can overcome him together! Xavi, maybe everything else is different, but the will to win, exactly the same. With such a strong enemy in front of you, what is the big deal if you cooperate once? After all, my goal is not to be second in the world! "Cat flutter Chinese