Mister Legend

Chapter 337 Various News
And just less than half an hour after Nadal's plane left Turin Airport, the results of the draw for the European play-offs of the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifiers came from the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. 25% probability, very unlucky to draw the strongest unseeded team Sweden.

The final arrangement is: Northern Ireland vs Switzerland, Croatia vs Greece, Denmark vs Ireland and Sweden vs Italy. It will be played from the 11th to the 9th, and the team whose name is later will enjoy the schedule advantage of going away first and then playing home.

Compared with the other three seeded teams, the luck of the Italians is obviously a bit bad. Although the Swedish team only scored 19 points in the group stage, tied for No.1 from the bottom of the eight teams, their strength is is extremely strong.The Vikings, who were assigned to Group A, obviously did not have any good luck. They were assigned with France and the Netherlands, which made most people not optimistic about their successful breakthrough before the start of the game, especially in the past ten years. After the top star Ibrahimovic announced his withdrawal from the national team at the end of the European Cup in France.

But no one thought that, under the leadership of the head coach Jan Andersson, who had just taken over the team last summer and had little reputation before, this group, except for central defender Lindelof who joined Manchester United in the summer and played for Leipzig in the Bundesliga Except for the midfielder Forsberg, the "civilian lineup" with an average value of less than 350 million euros for the rest of the players actually played against the European runner-up France twice to achieve a balance of 1 win and 1 loss. The huge advantage in winning goals overwhelmed the Oranje, and almost locked in the qualification for the play-offs one round in advance, which was quite an upset.

Many people in the football world, including Li Moody, believe that this Swedish team is far from being as easy to deal with as it appears on the surface.Their lineup is relatively young, but the members all have rich game experience that does not match their age, and more than half of the team members play in the five major European leagues. Although they are generally in the middle and lower teams, they can also be called It has been battle-tested for a long time, and there will be no stage fright in major competitions.Moreover, the above-mentioned two stars just played a core role in the front and rear courts, so that there is no slightest unity problem within the team, avoiding the disadvantages of England and the Netherlands, where big-name teams are always unable to form synergy, it can be said that they are a team A strong player whose strength is far higher than that of fame.

However, there are obviously clear-headed people in the Italian media. The sports editor-in-chief of Corriere della Sera, Cavalera, posted a message on their media network to remind the coaches and players of the Azzurri shortly after the results of the draw came out. We must attach great importance to this seemingly inconspicuous opponent. If we cannot show our full abilities in the two rounds of the game, the result may be disastrous.

But there are not many people who can still be so calm at this time. Most Italians are still very confident in their national team getting tickets to the World Cup. According to the survey on the Internet, more than 85% of the fans think that it is relatively easy The number of people who chose to add up the scores of the two rounds to win at least two goals reached 53%. This inexplicable optimism still spread in the Apennine Peninsula.

Many media are popularizing the historical confrontation records of the two teams. Among the 23 matches between the two sides, Italy has the upper hand with 11 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses; the last time they lost to Sweden in the main match was at 30. The European preliminaries a few years ago; since Sweden won a small victory 1998-1 in a warm-up match in 0, the Azzurri have won 5 wins and 4 draw in the last 1 matches and remained unbeaten; the last match was in Europe last year In the group stage of the World Cup, Edel's lore helped the team beat Sweden with one goal. Not only did he advance ahead of schedule, but he also sent the opponent home after the group stage... These old almanacs have been dug out to prove that they are certain Those who can defeat their opponents and win the promotion.

The team leader Oriali, who represented the team in the draw ceremony, also said in an interview with the media after returning home: "Fate has arranged Sweden for us. The result of the draw could have been better, but we accept it. We But Italy, with its tradition of victories and championships, we are optimistic despite tough opponents."

However, their memory is obviously a little fuzzy. In the 2004 European Cup group stage, Ibrahimovic's famous scorpion wag allowed Sweden to draw with Italy 1-1, and then the two Nordic neighbors played "" Tacit ball", a 2-2 game directly sent the Italian home.At that time, the Azzurri team was the team that won the World Cup two years later. It is still stronger than the current national team. They couldn't take advantage of the opponent 13 years ago, and now they can easily win?
Putting the national team's affairs aside, after all, whether it is too optimistic or cautious, Li Moody's top priority now is to ensure that the team will continue to advance steadily in the league and European competition without major injuries. Okay, I really don't have any mood to get involved in other affairs.But the more I was afraid, the more things came. Midfielder Benassi suffered a suspected thigh muscle strain before the training on Tuesday afternoon, and was sent to the hospital by the team doctor for detailed examination.The result was far from ideal, and it took about four weeks of injury, and the team's troubles became bigger again.

Just when the Turin coach was considering whether to contact Migliacio urgently to discuss the possibility of joining Gourcuff, the time came on Wednesday afternoon, and a somewhat sudden news brought a lot to Serie A. vibration.The Cagliari club issued an official announcement, dismissing the coach Massimo Lastelli who took over the team from the summer of 2015, and the successor was announced immediately. He used to play from 1998 to 2010 Uruguayan Diego Lopez, who was in Cagliari and later served as the head coach of the youth team, assistant coach of the first team, and coach, announced his return and once again took over the coach of his old club.

This is the first Serie A club to change their coach in the new season, and their results are not the worst. At present, Cagliari has 2 points with 6 wins and 6 losses, ranking No.14 in the standings, and there are six teams behind What about the team.This coaching change is likely to cause a series of chain reactions. If they cannot bottom out and rebound in the weekend games, several clubs at the bottom of the list may make a decisive decision and seek a new way out.

In the UEFA Champions League in the past two days, the performance of the top Serie A teams was mediocre. Juventus almost capsized at home. Sandro scored an own goal in the opening No. 12 minutes so that Sporting Lisbon, the original Sporting Lisbon, could focus on playing the bus. Tactics come.It wasn't until the 804th minute that the old woman made a difficult reversal with Mandzukic's header lore and scored a key three-pointer; while the Roma team played an extremely exciting game in London, they fell behind 0-2 Under the unfavorable circumstances, he scored three goals in a row and almost completed today's big reversal. Unfortunately, Hazard's second goal in this game still made this epic confrontation finally end 3-3; the worst player It was Naples. The leader of Serie A failed to get off to a good start in the away game and lost to Manchester City 1-2. The White Dolphins with 1 win and 2 losses encountered a big crisis of qualifying.

However, these few games failed to overwhelm the two news related to the transfer. First, the British "Sun" broke the news that Sweden's Gautaib has returned to the Carrington training base for training. Include him in the first-team squad. "Da Fengxian" suffered a torn cruciate ligament in the Europa League game against Anderlecht in April this year and had to rest indefinitely. A total of 48 goals and 28 assists were scored in the competition.It was Ibrahimovic's eye-catching performance that allowed the Red Devils to win the European League championship smoothly all the way, and successfully won the tickets for this season's Champions League.

Although Mourinho's team currently ranks second in the Premier League standings, multi-line battles still have an impact on the players' state. After a goalless draw with Liverpool in the away game last weekend, the Champions League barely won 1-0. With a small victory over Benfica, there is an urgent need for offensive adjustments, so Ibrahimovic's timely return is really good news for Manchester United.

The reason why Li Mudi pays attention to this news is that he learned from Valentino Cairo last week that the chairman of Turin seems to want to sign the Swedish center whose contract will expire by then next summer, While enhancing the strength of the team's bench, it can also add some popularity to the club.After all, although Ibrahimovic is old and may live up to the courage of the past, his status in the world is still there, and his fans are all over the world, especially in China. He is very popular.If this star can be introduced, it should be able to get higher attention and thus attract more sponsorships.

But for this big-name star whose temperament is very different from ordinary people, the Turin coach is not confident that he can control it. Don't sign another ancestor who needs to be served when the time comes, it will be lively.So he is also always paying attention to the movement of the center forward, for fear that there will be news that the latter is unhappy in England and is preparing to return to the Apennine Peninsula.Fortunately, judging from the current situation, Ibrahimovic's life at Old Trafford is quite comfortable, and he is likely to re-sign a new contract and stay there forever.Even if he chooses to leave, it is very likely that he will return to Malmö in Sweden after a sharp decline in form, leaving some traces in the home team that has never played in the last season of his career.

And another former world superstar who appeared in various media is Kaka.After Orlando City was tied 0-0 by Dallas at the end of September and completely missed the North American Soccer League playoffs, he officially announced that he would not play in the remaining two rounds of the league. No.1 officially ended his football career in the United States.It was previously reported that the Brazilian star is likely to announce his retirement, but the latest development is that, according to Brazilian media reports, the 2007 Golden Globe winner may return to AC Milan to play and then enter the club's management.

The Turin coach and Kaka formed a good friendship during the period of Real Madrid from 2009 to 2013, because the latter was often injured at that time, and he would always play with the reserve team or even the youth when he was recovering or in poor condition. The team trains together to find the feeling.After the Brazilian left the team and returned to the Apennine Peninsula, the two sides also kept in touch frequently, and the friendship was still very good.Li Mudi mentioned before that he hopes that the opponent can come to Turin to spend half the season. While adjusting his status to see if he can continue his player career, he can also guide Benassi and Baselli who are still a bit awkward in the midfielder position. It can also help the boys in the youth academy to improve.But this proposal was directly rejected by Kaka. He didn't want to join the Serie A team other than the Rossoneri. This morality is much better than some people.

When he heard the news that his friend was likely to return to AC Milan, the Turin coach contacted him immediately, but Kaka is not sure what will happen in the future.His management team had tried the meaning of the Rossoneri through the media before, but so far, the Milan club has not responded, so whether it is to re-wear the Milan jersey or enter the management team, it is possible for him to return to San Siro. Sex doesn't seem to matter much.

If the situation really develops in this direction, Kaka will basically announce his retirement directly. According to the first plan, he should not work as a coach in the future, but may try to join a large agent The company has developed in this industry by relying on the contacts it has accumulated over the years.

In this regard, Li Mudi also sent his most sincere blessings, and finally joked that he hoped that his friends would not forget to contact him after they gathered excellent players in the future, and that the two would dominate the world football together.

Time soon came to Thursday night. The Red Bulls ushered in the third round of the Europa League group stage at home. Their opponent was the AEK team in Athens, Greece, which was in good shape after the start of the new season.The latter achieved 1 win and 1 draw in the first two rounds of the European War, ranking second in the group behind Torino, and they also occupied the top spot in the domestic league with a one-point advantage. It can be called a great situation where they go hand in hand.A large part of the credit for this has to be credited to the former Sevilla coach Manolo Jimenez, who took over the team's coach this summer. The Spaniard combined the advanced short passing tactics with the Greek traditional The combination of defensive concepts can knead the team into shape in a very short period of time, which can be called a capable person.

In this game, it was indeed very difficult for the Turin team to win. After they got 62% of the ball possession time and blasted 22 times, they finally relied on the young player Pellegri to win the game. In the second half, the No. 704 minute supplementary shot won the opponent 1-0, and the process made many supporters sweat.Fortunately, they won in the end. Otherwise, Li Moody, who made a large-scale rotation of the starting lineup again, would probably face some more criticism.

After three rounds of the group stage, the Red Bulls have won all three games and accumulated 9 points. They have entered the knockout round of the top 32 with one foot. Behind them are AEK Athens with 4 points, Rijeka with 3 points and Austria Vienna with 1 point .After achieving a fairly satisfactory result in the European competition, Li Mudi and his team will face the big test of the Roma team in the weekend league. The whole club is immersed in a state of tension inside and outside.

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