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Chapter 408 Huo Village Miracle League Cup Group Draw (2)

After Li Huan knew the four opponents of the Hoffenheim UEFA Cup, he was greatly surprised. In his previous life, he could not have had a deep impression of the UEFA Cup seven or eight years ago, but Li Huan remembered the UEFA Cup this time. It is clear that the champion of this year is Zenit St. Petersburg with them. Their core is Arshavin, who is known as the Russian tsar. Because they were too dark that time, the dark horse raced all the way, and finally won the championship. But Li Huan forgot which team their final opponent was.

Toffee Everton, Eredivisie powerhouse Alkmaar, plus Zenit St. Petersburg, plus Hoffenheim, this is the real group of death in the UEFA Cup, but because no one is optimistic about Zenit now , All think that the popular teams to qualify are the three teams of Everton, Alkmaar and Hoffenheim in the five major leagues.

Li Huan glanced at the reactions of the media and coaches after the draw, and found that the mood of the German media tended to be optimistic. "Bild" believed that the four Bundesliga teams Bayern, Leverkusen, Nuremberg and Hamburg had generally drawn good lots. , They avoided strong teams such as Tottenham, Atletico Madrid and Fiorentina. It can be said that they have high hopes of qualifying. However, they still need to be careful of some strong opponents in the same group.

"Kicker" analyzed the situation of the four German teams in detail. The reporter analyzed: "As the biggest favorite to win the UEFA Cup, Bayern is an opponent that any team participating in the UEFA Cup does not want to encounter. Bolton in the Premier League, Braga in the Portuguese Super League, Red Star Belgrade in Serbia and Aris in Greece are not enough to pose too much threat to Bayern. There is no suspense for Bayern to qualify, and UEFA's so-called toughest group is only other teams. The team is just tough.

Also as a seeded team, Leverkusen's prospects for qualifying are not as optimistic as Bayern. In their Group E, there are Sparta Prague in the Czech Republic, Sparta Moscow in Russia, Toulouse in Ligue [-] and Zurich in Switzerland. , it can be said that they are all well-known teams in Europe, and their strength should not be underestimated. Although Leverkusen has the upper hand in strength, it may not be easy to qualify from this group.

Hamburg is the second-tier team in the UEFA Cup, and their task is also not easy. In addition to the seeded team Basel, there are Rennes in Ligue [-], Dinamo Zagreb in Bulgaria and Norway in the same group. Bran, except for Bran who is weaker, the other three teams are not easy to deal with. Basel is a strong contender for the Swiss championship all the year round, and has also shown good strength in the UEFA Cup and even the Champions League many times. Dinamo Zagreb stepped on Ajax's "corpse" to advance to the group stage in the qualifying round, and it is not easy for Hamburg to fight for one of the three qualifying places.

Hoffenheim, which participated in the UEFA Cup for the first time, is naturally the fourth-tier team. The reporter of "Kicker" believes that except for Alkmaar and Everton, the other three teams have no European competition. With experience, it is possible for anyone to qualify.

After the lottery was drawn, the four German coaches who went to Switzerland to participate in the lottery ceremony all made speeches. The general content can be summarized as such a common Chinese saying, that is, "the future is bright, but the road is tortuous."

Li Huan felt a little disturbed when he saw that Rangnick announced that he valued Zenit Bin, but he attached great importance to Alkmaar and Everton. He considered that he needed to find a suitable opportunity and excuse to remind Rangnick, Zenit’s The strength and combat effectiveness are far stronger than he imagined. Don't plan to compete with future champions for a qualifying spot. You should focus on dealing with Alkmaar and Everton.

The German Football Association did not give up after being rejected by Li Huan as the head coach of the national team. Mr. Nielsbach, the secretary-general of the German Football Association, specially invited Li Huan, Hope and Rangnick to watch the match between Germany and Ireland on the 14th. , Li Huan knew that his departure would inevitably cause some controversy among the media and fans. The German Football Association is now going to put him on the stove, but Li Huan plays in Germany, it is impossible to refuse such an invitation, and it is impolite to refuse Besides, the current Li Huan is too much show jumping and doesn't bite people, and he doesn't care about the fans' comments.

While watching the game, Nielsbach once again offered Li Huan an invitation to join the German team, but Li Huan politely refused again. Li Huan claimed that now he only wanted to play for Hoffenheim and did not consider the national team.

Li Huan's words naturally overjoyed Hope and Lannick. Although Nilsbach wanted to persuade him again, Hope and Lannick, whom he invited to be lobbyists, began to help Li Huan speak, thinking that this matter should be decided by Li Huan himself. , You can't interfere with Li Huan's will by way of sales promotion.

In the face of Lannick and Hope, Nilsbach can't say anything, and can only look for opportunities in the future. As long as Li Huan does not participate in other countries' A-level competitions, the German team has great hope.

The German team played very mediocre in this game. They were beaten by Ireland in the away game, but the tenacity of the Germans helped them. In the end, they drew with Ireland by virtue of their tenacious defense and some luck, and won the next year's competition two rounds ahead of schedule. Qualification for the European Cup.

On the 17th, Rangnick gathered all the players who did not play for the national team to watch the focus of the European Cup qualifiers. Let's take a look at the performance of their core Arshavin through this game.

In the end, Russia defeated England 2:1 in this game, and it also beat the originator of modern football to the point where people's faces are half-cut. Even if England can beat Croatia in the last round, it depends on the result of the game between Russia and Israel. terminally ill.

In this game, Arshavin, who was flushed like a baby, shined brilliantly and killed England with one pass and one shot. Rangnick was stunned by his assault and dribbling on the wing.He repeatedly said that Arshavin is Russia's Li Huan, who is almost omnipotent in offense and defense.

Seeing that Rangnik finally noticed Arshavin, Li Huan specifically reminded him: "Coach Rangnik, don't forget that he is also the core of Zenit St. Petersburg."

Rangnick said worriedly: "I know that Zenit is really scary to have such a player. He can attack and defend, can break through, organize and shoot from long range. One person can't stand him at all. Their head coach is Holland. Advocaat, Total Attack and All Defense will definitely be able to give full play to the characteristics of the Russians' good physical fitness, it seems that our group stage must be particularly dangerous, and we will not be able to get out of the line if we are not careful."

Li Huan smiled and said: "As long as we pay attention, the game will be easy to play. I hope Alkmaar and Everton will be more careless, so that we can PK one of them."

Lannick thought for a while and said: "We don't have to qualify, but we must be prepared in advance. Avoid unnecessary failures. If we really focus on competing with Zenit and Laris for the third place, It’s going to be ugly by then.”

Li Huan said: "Our league opponents are not strong in the future, I think we can put more energy into the UEFA Cup."

Lannick said: "I will consider the use of main players and substitutes according to the situation of the league. The league is the foundation."

Li Huan only had the right to suggest the team's goals. Seeing that Lannick was unwilling to play in the UEFA Cup with all his strength, and he had no way to get over the pain, he stopped talking.

The days without games always pass quickly. After the two national team matches stipulated by FIFA, the Bundesliga has kicked off again. This time, the eastern town of Cottbus ushered in a Chinese derby. Shao Jia, who plays for Cottbus, and Li Huan, who is from Hoffenheim, are both Chinese players. They played against each other in the Bundesliga. Now they have come to the Bundesliga team. It was even more eye-catching in the second division.

This is the second season for Shao Jia to play for Cottbus. Last season under Sander, Shao Jia played 29 games, 11 starts and 18 substitutes, contributing 2 goals and 3 assists. The 29 league appearances is also Shao Jiayi's highest appearance record in a single season since he studied abroad in Germany.This season, Shao Jia has been reduced from a semi-main player to a tasteless player. The team's situation has taken a turn for the worse. A month ago, Sandor was dismissed due to poor record, and the Slovenian Prasznica took over as coach.But Prasnica didn't give Shao Jia too many chances, and Shao Jia only came on as a substitute in some garbage time occasionally.

However, Li Huan performed very well in Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim had eight wins and one tie. Li Huan led the scorer list with 10 goals and started 9 Bundesliga games. Shao Jia hardly had a match against Hoffenheim. He will definitely appear. The media's use of the Chinese Derby as an example is pure hype, but not only the Chinese media hyped up this gimmick, but the German media also came to join in the fun and forced the two together.

The media in Cottbus mentioned before the game that Shao Jia was in Munich 1860. At that time, Shao Jia gradually broke out because of the derby with compatriot Li Huan and became the main force. I hope this time the collision between the two It can arouse Shao Jia's ambition and fighting spirit and restore him to the state of last season. Cottbus, who has only accumulated 5 points in nine rounds, needs him very much when they are relegation.

The reporters in Mannheim disdain the comparison between Li Huan and Shao Jia by the media in Cottbus, thinking that Li Huan is still making progress, and his strength is enough to become a world-class superstar, while Shao Jia is just making a living in the Bundesliga, but Reporters from Mannheim still think that Shao Jia may perform very well under the stimulation of the derby, and hope that Li Huan and Rangnick must pay attention before the game and not be careless.The only game they didn't win this season was because they underestimated Hannover 96.

(End of this chapter)