Fengba Greenery

Chapter 343 Snow Battle
Chapter 187 The Snow Battle

Leverkusen is a strong team in the Bundesliga. Their ranking in the Bundesliga has hovered between three and five in recent years. Although it is difficult for them to threaten Bayern Munich's position in the standings, this does not mean that Madrid Athletics can underestimate Leverkusen.

In terms of the schedule, Atletico Madrid has some advantages. In the home and away knockout rounds, the team that plays away first and then at home has a certain advantage.It's just that everything is not absolute. If the away game is not played well, the pressure may be even greater when returning home.

Leverkusen's opponents in the group stage were not too strong. They ranked behind Monaco and won the second place in the group.Their most threatening character, Li Qingshan has also played against him in the Asian Cup-he is the South Korean international Sun Xingmin!
Sun Xingmin scored seven goals in the first half of the Bundesliga season, and in the Champions League, if you count the two rounds of Champions League qualifying, Sun Xingmin has scored five goals in the Champions League!The South Korea international has had a full-scale explosion in the Bundesliga this season.

Sun Xingmin was born on July [-], [-], one year older than Li Qingshan. Therefore, Chinese and Korean media often compare the two together.In fact, before the Asian Cup, the Korean media has been excited about Sun Xingmin's performance in the Bundesliga. Many Korean media even believe that if Sun Xingmin follows this development trend, he will transfer to a giant sooner or later. Worse than Li Qingshan!
That's right, the South Korean media attributed Sun Xingmin's data to Li Qingshan's because Sun Xingmin's platform is not as good as Li Qingshan's platform, because Sun Xingmin's Leverkusen teammates are all pig teammates, so their Korean Sun's data is inferior On Li Qingshan, if Sun Xingmin can return to a team with a lineup comparable to Atletico Madrid, Sun Xingmin's data will definitely catch up with or even surpass Li Qingshan.

Such logic may seem incomprehensible to outsiders, but Koreans firmly believe in it.

Of course, after the Asian Cup, even the thick-skinned South Korean media are embarrassed to mention such an argument.Li Qingshan led the Chinese team, which is far behind the South Korean team, to win the championship. His dominant performance in the Asian Cup, even the arrogant Korean, can only shut up.

In fact, Leverkusen certainly does not have only one Sun Xingmin. In their frontcourt lineup, there is Bella Rabbi, a marginal state coach in Germany. Bella Rabbi, who is a right winger, was recruited into the German U20 when he was 21 years old. The national team, signed by the Bundesliga powerhouse Bayer Leverkusen the following year, started his Bundesliga career. He is a talented young player with outstanding talent, and his strength on the right cannot be underestimated.

And Leverkusen's Qianya Charhanoglu and center Delmic are both very good players.

Therefore, it is not easy for Atletico Madrid in the away game to face the impact of these offensive players.

Of course, in terms of strength, Atletico Madrid is still a step higher than Leverkusen.Therefore, although Simeone emphasized the threat of Leverkusen, in the end the tactics arranged by Atletico Madrid were not as close to the enemy.

Atletico Madrid is still pursuing a lot of rhythm control on the field, striving to win the opponent in the away game and lay the foundation for the second round.

Breaking into the quarter-finals is only a basic task. For the defending champion, the goal in the Champions League this season is still aimed at the championship.Winning the championship last season gave all Atletico Madrid players absolute confidence.

The same is true for Li Qingshan, he never went back to pay attention to the comparison between him and Sun Xingmin by the media.In the game against Leverkusen, he came here for the victory.

Li Qingshan's life is very simple, almost all of his world revolves around football, he does not have many endorsements, not because his influence is not enough, but except for some really big brands, many of the endorsements are by him blocked.

Raiola could only look at the white silver and cry in his heart...
He also didn't have any gossip, and even the gossip media stationed at the door of his small apartment in Madrid for a long time, they couldn't catch any gossip about Li Qingshan.Some media even described Li Qingshan as an "ascetic monk".

His life is indeed very monotonous, so monotonous that he doesn't look like a young guy who sleeps 22 at all.

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In mid-February, Germany is still in winter.

"The weather is really bad..." In the Bayer Arena, the Chinese reporter wrapped his cotton coat tightly and chatted with his companions.

"In this weather, it looks like today will be a snow battle." A reporter shivered when snowflakes fell on his neck.

"Indeed, this game is not easy for Atletico Madrid." The reporter said with some concern.

Spain is located in warm southern Europe, and the winter in the Iberian Peninsula is far less cold than in Germany.Not to mention fighting in the snow.The Spanish team came to Germany, and the weather alone was enough for them to drink a pot.

Two hours before the start of the game, many Leverkusen fans had already entered the stadium in the stands of the Bayer Arena. They carried various banners and slogans, and many of them were shirtless. The cold weather made the skin red.But the Germans are good at drinking, and under the stimulation of alcohol, these Germans ignored this terrible snowy day.

Chinese reporters sat in the media seats, occupying an area, and the number of Chinese media coming to this game was not small.Now there are more and more fans in China who pay attention to Li Qingshan, and even some young people who were not football fans at all have become fans of Li Qingshan at this moment.With such attention, naturally more and more media went to Europe to bring readers first-hand information about Li Qingshan.

Just before the game started, the Chinese reporters sat on the sidelines wrapped in coats, stomping their feet against the severe cold and chatting.

At this moment, a crowd much larger than the group of Chinese journalists came noisy and crowded towards the media seats.

"These Koreans have no quality at all..."

This group of loud noises are the local Korean media in Germany.There are much more South Korean reporters in Germany than Chinese reporters. In addition to Sun Xingmin, there is also Gu Zizhe who played for Wolfsburg.

As soon as the Korean media came, they immediately filled up the not-so-capable media seats.

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In the dressing room, Simeone showed a trace of worry on his face. The snowy field is slippery, which is not a good thing for Atletico Madrid's performance, especially since Atletico Madrid's players don't have much experience in fighting in the snow.

On the other hand, their opponent Leverkusen is much more adaptable to snowy weather.

When the two sides came out of the player channel, the contrast was very obvious.The players on the Atlético Madrid side were all wearing gloves, thermal sports underwear, and wrapped themselves tightly, while on the Leverkusen side, they were all short shirts and shorts. Such snowy weather, for Leverkusen Cousin is already very adaptable.

The snowflakes fell with the cold current blowing from the northeast, and under the blowing of the cold wind, the snowflakes swirled in the field, looking bigger than before.

(End of this chapter)