Red Rebels

582 Half of the Country

On the day after the Red Rebels defeated Barcelona 7:0 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League with a total score of 7:1, the European media generally praised the Red Rebels and believed that this team was the first team to win the European Champions Cup this season. The No. 1 favorite, especially after the victory over Barcelona, ​​established the Red Rebels' position in European football and even football history.

This is an invincible and powerful team, almost unbeatable!

But at the same time, Barcelona, ​​which had just returned to Barcelona, ​​immediately broke a piece of news.

"In the press hall of the Camp Nou Stadium, the official spokesperson of the Barcelona Club held an emergency press conference and announced to the outside world that Dutch head coach Frank Rijkaard submitted his resignation to the club as soon as possible after returning to Spain. Erta has also agreed to his resignation and wishes him good luck!"

"Before resigning, Rijkaard led the team to suffer the most painful defeat in Barcelona's history at the Red Rebel Stadium. After winning 1:0 at home, they suffered a 7-0 away defeat against the Red Rebels. And stopped in the top 16, which made Barcelona's top management very dissatisfied, Laporta was furious on the spot, and Rijkaard also suffered tremendous pressure."

"Due to Rijkaard's sudden departure, Barcelona is leaderless. Currently, Laporta urgently recruits the youth team coach from the youth team. The former Barcelona flagship figure, Guardiola, serves as the team's acting head coach. This is a native of Barcelona. A star player, he has been working in Barcelona’s youth training camp after retiring and has trained many youth players for Barcelona, ​​such as Pedro and others.”

"Guardiola said in his first interview with the media after becoming the acting head coach that Barcelona's dark night has passed. He believes that Barcelona can tenaciously get out of the shadow of the disastrous defeat, because Barcelona has never been a team that is so easily defeated. He believes that Barcelona can stand up and keep moving forward after defeating the team!"

"For the Red Rebels, Guardiola said that the Red Rebels are undoubtedly the strongest team in football today, but he does not admit that Barcelona is weaker than the opponent in terms of strength. The previous defeat was just due to improper tactical arrangements. question, he expressed that if given the opportunity, he would be willing to touch the Red Rebels again, and he hoped to return the favor 7:0 and avenge the previous humiliation!"

"According to Barcelona's official spokesperson, Guardiola will serve as Barcelona's acting head coach until the end of this season, but refused to speculate on the possibility of whether Guardiola can sit in this position for a long time. It is said that Laporta We are currently in contact with a number of well-known European coaches, including Arsenal's Arsene Wenger, Chelsea's Ancelotti, etc. We hope to use Barcelona's reputation to bring them to the Nou Camp and revive Barcelona's glory. It is regarded as a big challenge by many famous coaches!”

After reading the news, Xiao Yu leaned on the sofa helplessly. He did not expect that after Rijkaard got out of class, Guardiola would follow the trend. It seems that sometimes, secretly ** *dominate.

"Although Guardiola has no experience in managing the first team, he has coached in Barcelona's youth training camp for several years and is very familiar with Barcelona's system. It is said that he was the first person introduced by Rijkaard before class. He has led the team this season. The Barcelona second team has an outstanding record in the Spanish Second Division, and many new stars in the team have also attracted much attention, including Bojan, Dos Santos and other famous young players."

"This person should not be underestimated!" Xiao Yu gave his own judgment.

In his previous life, Guardiola took on the role of Barcelona head coach after Frank Rijkaard dismissed get out of class. In his first year of coaching, he brought an unprecedented triple crown to Barcelona and created a new era for Barcelona. At his peak, he single-handedly created Barcelona's ball control tactics and was admired by the world.

Perhaps we should say,

Guardiola's success does stand on the shoulders of the giant Barcelona tactical system, but if he does not have excellent strength, it is impossible to succeed.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that because he is successful, he is blindly praised as a world-class coach. In fact, Guardiola has never proven his ability to be a world-class coach in any aspect. On the contrary, he is following the stars. The many conflicts in their relationship make people feel that he is still quite immature, especially in the transfer market.

"Don't worry, I will let the scouts pay close attention to Barcelona's movements!" Boyas nodded and assured.

The Red Rebels have intelligence scouts in major European leagues. In addition to helping the Red Rebels find suitable young rookies, these scouts are also responsible for spying on military intelligence. After all, intelligence is particularly important for a club. .

"The current eight knockout games are over. Except for our 7:1 victory over Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid eliminated Lyon with a total score of 2:1. Real Madrid's performance is still unsatisfactory. I heard that Florentino was secretly against Cardiff. Perrault is very dissatisfied with his conservatism, but Real Madrid is currently making good progress in the league and still has not given up hope of winning the championship."

"In addition, Chelsea defeated Manchester City 3:1. Van Gaal's team lacked experience in the Champions League, especially in the life-and-death battle. After drawing Chelsea 1:1 at home, Ancelotti returned to Stamford Bridge. But he gave the opponent a clean 2:0, and there was nothing Van Gaal could do about it."

After Cassel's analysis, everyone felt that there was too much haste. Five teams in the Premier League have reached the top 16 this season. Since the Premier League derby between Chelsea and Manchester City has been arranged, there will definitely be a Premier League showdown next. Especially in the draw for the top 8, there is no need to avoid the draw under the principle of the same country and the same group.

"AC Milan defeated Ajax 3:1. Our young players on loan at Ajax performed pretty well. Pato scored a goal and Annan performed very solidly in both rounds, but Ajax performed well." Jax will lag behind AC Milan in terms of overall strength and will have no choice but to end in despair!"

"In other games, Inter Milan defeated Benfica 4:2, Bayern defeated Valencia 1:0, Manchester United defeated Lille 5:0, and Liverpool defeated Roma 5:3. In this way, in the top 8, the Premier League has a total of 4 teams occupy half of the country!”

Cassel is satisfied with such a situation. After all, this proves that the overall strength of the Premier League team is indeed very strong, and the analysis of the outside media is not unreasonable. In addition to the match between Chelsea and Manchester City, the Premier League team has several other Each team wins without any suspense, and its overall strength must be superior to that of the other team.

It can be said that after the introduction of the winter break, the performance of Premier League teams in the knockout rounds of the Champions League has improved greatly compared to last year, especially in terms of overall performance. With sufficient physical fitness, it is almost difficult for opponents to cause trouble for the Premier League.

With the continuous transformation of the Premier League in the past few years, it has slowly changed from relying on the body and fighting, and there is also no lack of technology, making the Premier League retain the original physical confrontation and fierce fighting, but have a few more points. Delicate technology, including teams such as the Red Rebels, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool.

It was originally widely rumored that the Premier League restrained Serie A, Serie A restrained La Liga, and La Liga restrained the Premier League. Now it seems that this is not entirely the case. At least the Red Rebels have basically maintained a high winning rate against La Liga teams in the past few seasons. , and the Premier League's winning rate against Serie A teams has always been good.

"The draw for the top 8 knockout rounds was disrupted. According to my estimation, the possibility of a Premier League derby is very high."

"Do you think UEFA will simply put all four Premier League teams in one zone and directly kill the Premier League teams?" Mark David asked whimsically.

Everyone suddenly laughed.

"This is impossible. If that were the case, wouldn't it mean that all the manipulations were put in front of the fans? Even a fool would know that the draw was manipulated by man-made manipulations!" Cassel shook his head and laughed.

Looking at the top 8 teams, apart from the 4 Premier League teams, AC Milan is the strongest. It is not a good thing for anyone to encounter it. The others include Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Bayern, both in terms of the overall strength of the team and in terms of performance. From other aspects, they are somewhat inferior, especially Inter Milan. Everyone knows that they are weak in competitions.

The key depends on how the lot will be drawn!

After all the matches in the last 16 knockout rounds, UEFA held a draw ceremony at Manchester City Hall in England.

The venue for this year’s Champions League final is arranged at the Red Rebel Stadium. This is another stadium in Manchester that is qualified to host such a high-standard final besides Old Trafford. Therefore, the draw is also arranged at the Manchester City Hall. The rebels specially invited the famous Redondo to appear and participate in the draw on behalf of the Red Rebels.

The newly re-elected UEFA "President" Johansson came to the scene in person and had a secret conversation with Xiao Yu and other club bosses in advance. The content of the secret conversation was that UEFA was considering the international players submitted by the European Professional Club League to join the national team. Regarding the amount of compensation for the game, UEFA will announce in the near future that it will recognize the official legal status of the European Professional Club Alliance.

This can be regarded as the result of Johansson's reciprocation. Although the European Club Alliance may become more and more powerful as it develops in the future, and may even compete with UEFA and FIFA, after all, it has more interests with UEFA. On the contrary, FIFA has always been wary of the power of European football.

In addition, Johansson also responded to the method of introducing the referee system previously proposed by the Red Rebels in this secret conversation, saying that it is difficult for UEFA to decide on the introduction of high-tech technologies such as Hawkeye, and even the international The Football Federation cannot make a decision and must apply to the International Football Council for revision.

Speaking of the International Football Council, it is the earliest football organization in the world. It was founded in 1882 and was composed of the national football associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. It has a total of 8 committee members. International Football Council They jointly occupy 4 seats, with England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland each occupying one seat.

If the football competition rules are to be modified, 6 of the 8 committee members must agree before a decision can be made, including the introduction of Hawkeye and so on.

However, as for the fifth referee mentioned by Xiao Yu, Johnson believes that the feasibility is greater than the introduction of Hawkeye, because the International Football Council believes that the investment cost of Hawkeye is high and can only be used in Important events cannot be popularized and are not conducive to the promotion of football, but Johansson said that he will try his best to strive for this aspect.

After this secret conversation, the draw ceremony for the top 8 knockout rounds also officially kicked off.

Redondo, as the representative of the Red Rebels, worked with Johansson to draw lots.

The first one to be drawn was Manchester United, and the opponent the Red Devils drew was Bundesliga leader Bayern. Both giants have won the Champions League. It can be said to be a showdown between the former champions of the Champions League; and in the same top half with Manchester United are Real Madrid and This strong dialogue between Liverpool and Benitez comes from Real Madrid and has a deep Real Madrid background. Facing Real Madrid this time is of far-reaching significance.

The first team to be drawn in the second half was the Red Rebels. When Redondo grabbed a small ball with his hand, he saw the note in the ball and immediately announced loudly, "Inter Milan!"

You can see that Moratti's expression is a little disappointed, and Mancini is also not good-looking. Drawing the Red Rebels is definitely a very bad draw for Inter Milan. After all, everyone can see that this The state and strength of the Red Rebels this season is terrifying.

Moratti originally felt that Inter Milan was going to be lucky because Benfica was drawn in the top 16 knockout round, but now, he feels the impression of the end of the world.

Another pair of matchups in the lower half is AC Milan vs. Chelsea, Ancelotti vs. his old club. This is another topic that people talk about, especially Pirlo and Deco, a pair of well-known European defensive midfielders. The strong dialogue is even more exciting.

After completing the entire lottery ceremony, the Red Rebels' draw should be considered good. Inter Milan is relatively weak among these 8 teams. After all, due to the arrival of Xiao Yu, Vieira, Ibrahimovic and other players have turned to Manchester City. Inter Milan's strength is not too strong.

Of course, no matter what, no team that can reach the top 8 of the Champions League is weak. After learning the draw results, Mourinho felt more confident about qualifying, but on the surface he still looked calm and calm. Reasonably, the scouting department should start to closely investigate the current situation of Inter Milan and make sure to be meticulous.

After the draw was completed, the Red Rebels returned to the league and continued to maintain their strength. They defeated Reading 0:2 away from home and continued to maintain their advantage in the league standings.

So far, 29 rounds of the league have been played, but the Red Rebels are 9 points ahead of second-placed Chelsea in the standings. With only 9 rounds left, as long as nothing goes wrong, the Red Rebels will win the club's history The possibility of winning the second league championship is very high, and it can be said that they are the favorite to win the championship.

In addition, after defeating Arsenal to win the League Cup, the Red Rebels also made great progress in the FA Cup. Three days after playing Reading, the team went to an away game to challenge Blackburn Rovers in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

In the end, relying on Walcott's offense, the Red Rebels defeated Blackburn 0:1 away from home and successfully entered the next round of the FA Cup.

The opponent of the Red Rebels in the top 4 knockout rounds is Watford, who is currently at the bottom of the Premier League.

Although this team has a poor record in the Premier League, it is precisely because of this that it attaches great importance to the FA Cup. This has allowed Watford to reach the FA Cup semi-finals all the way, having eliminated Tottenham Hotspur along the way. It can be said that it is quite difficult for Premier League teams such as Tenham Hotspur and Middlesbrough.

However, it seems that after encountering the Red Rebels, Watford's FA Cup journey has come to an end.