Mister Legend

Chapter 351 World Cup Draw

At 12:1 on Friday, December 16st, Li Mudi, who announced that the training task of the day ended early, did not return to the apartment, but went to the meeting room with several colleagues, followed by many players. Here you can watch the live broadcast of the 2018 Russia World Cup final group draw ceremony through a projector connected to a computer.

The ceremony was held in the Kremlin in Moscow. The host was the legendary England star Lineker and the famous Russian journalist Maria Komandenaya. The eight guests who drew lots were Banks, Maradona and Blank. , Cafu, Cannavaro, Forlan, Puyol and Simonyan of the host Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and FIFA President Infantino first took the stage to give speeches, followed by a female singer who is said to be quite well-known in the local area.After Miroslav Klose, the representative of the last World Cup champion Germany and the top scorer in World Cup history, entered the scene holding the Hercules Cup, there was another Russian dance performance, which made everyone quite anxious.

Fortunately, after about 10 minutes of foreplay, the lottery ceremony finally officially started. After Lineker introduced the rules of the lottery, the eight guests began to perform their duties, and soon they were at the scene The audience's amazement and the commentary of the commentator on the broadcast side put the teams of the eight groups in order.

The results of the draw are: Group A: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay; Group B: Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran; Group C: France, Australia, Peru, Denmark; Group D: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria; Groups: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia; Group F: Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Kimchi; Group G: Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England; Group H: Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan.

Judging from this result, Brazil and France have the best luck, and there is almost no suspense to win the first place in the group.The defending champion Germany is also pretty good, as long as it can play steadily, it is not a big problem to qualify for the top spot.As for the Iberian Peninsula Derby in Group B and the "Premier League Civil War" between Belgium and England in Group G, although it looks like it will be more tragic, the other opponents in the group are very weak, so the chances of strong teams joining hands to qualify are also very high.Only poor Argentina fell into the death group again. When seeing this result, the two Pampas men, Kanneman and Boyer, frowned and looked unhappy.

However, for the majority of the Italians in the team, without the home team, they are just enjoying the fun of this highest-level football feast as ordinary fans, and they can't wait for more death groups to make the group The game stage will not be too boring.However, they also share a common belief, that is, the Swedish team should not qualify, and it would be best for Kimchi to not qualify either. Italians, who have always been cautious, hold grudges very much.

Li Moody thinks that his second home country, Spain, has mediocre luck. Although it should not be a big problem to advance to the knockout round, it is definitely not good news to compete with the new champion of the European Cup for the first place in the group.Matador's defense has been unstable since Puyol's retirement, coupled with the dispute between Real Madrid and Barcelona players, it may still be difficult to reach the end next year.

Finally, next year's World Cup schedule will be released immediately. The opening ceremony and opener will be held on the evening of June 6th local time, and the final will be scheduled for July 14th.Considering the time difference, the kick-off time of most games is not bad for European fans, but there are some Chinese fans who have to watch in the second half of the night, which is very difficult for those who are going to go back to China for vacation during the World Cup. Commander Ling caused a certain amount of trouble.But it's still too early to say these things, let's see the specific situation at that time.

After watching the lottery draw, everyone left the club to do what they should do. Afterwards, the analyzes and predictions released by the media had nothing to do with them. They wanted to watch the four-year football match The prosperous age still needs to wait until six and a half months later, and everyone's thoughts must be concentrated on the club at present.The Red Bulls are about to start a very difficult end-of-year schedule. The first opponent after entering December is Atlanta, which struggled with them to the last minute last season.

Although the opponent's state has been very unstable after a summer of adjustments, they are currently only ranked tenth in the standings with a record of 5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. There have also been occasional strong performances such as a 5-1 victory over Crotone and a 2-2 draw with Juventus.Moreover, Gasperini's coaching ability has been widely recognized by Italian football. No one dares to say whether under his training, the son of Poseidon will regain the feeling of being in full swing last year.

So before the arrival of the weekend, Li Mudi and his colleagues have been making tactical deployments, hoping to win the opponent at home, and to improve the morale of the whole team before facing the two strong opponents of Lazio and Naples. It is best to be fully prepared.For this reason, the Turin team has ranked its strongest lineup in this league. In the 3-4-1-2 position, the three central defenders are Kanneman, Ranocchia and Diego Lloo, who have the best defensive effect before. Lent, the central midfielder is Baselli's partner Lars Diarra, the French veteran has been in excellent form in recent days, and he was able to squeeze out Vukocevic as the starter.In the rest of the positions, Cassie, Belotti, Immobile, Benassi, Bareca, and Silvestri all appeared on the stage, vowing to overthrow Atlanta at their own gates.

There is one thing that needs to be mentioned in particular, that is, in this game, the Torino players did not wear the traditional crimson jersey, but played in a rare green special edition jersey, incarnated as a "green red bull". ", this is an event specially prepared by the club to commemorate the first anniversary of the Brazilian team Chapecoense air crash.Due to the heavy damage suffered by the Superga air crash in history, the Turin club is very sympathetic to Chapecoense, who had a similar tragedy at the end of last year. The senior management held a meeting one month in advance and agreed on this time Memorial ceremony.

The traditional jersey of this Brazilian team is green, so the Red Bull specially made 1500 sets of special edition jerseys for today's event. In addition to being worn by the players in the game, they are also sold externally, and all proceeds after deducting the cost A portion will be donated to the families of the victims of the Chapecoense club.This act of kindness has also become a hot event in Italy and Brazil this weekend, and has won unanimous appreciation both in the football circle and among the people.

Before the game, the executives and team members of the Chapecoense club who appeared as special guests and the players of the Turin team who also wore green jerseys formed a circle in the center of the court with their hands on their shoulders. A reminder from the on-site host to observe a minute of silence for the unfortunate together with all the people on-site.Immediately there was warm applause in the entire stadium, offering everyone's most sincere blessings and encouragement to the two clubs that had just formed a close partnership not long ago.And this scene was watched by people from all over the world through the live broadcast signal of the broadcasting organization, and the true meaning of football or sports was revealed at this moment...

However, the ensuing drama was far beyond people's expectations. As a result, no one expected that the home team would win this suspenseful game so easily.They took a two-goal lead in just 10 minutes of kick-off, and they also had an absolute advantage in terms of various technical statistics, turning the entire Olympic Stadium into a sea of ​​joy.

In the 9th minute, the Torino team played a wonderful cooperation at the front of the opponent's penalty area. Silvestri's cross from the right accurately found Immobile at the back point, and the home team's No. 10 header was ferried to his right. Belotti on the side, the latter carried the visiting team's central defender Caldara without stopping the ball and directly headed back to the left side of the penalty area, which was equivalent to completing a header-like collision with the striker teammate.Immobile moved forward in time to get rid of another central defender Toroy who was marking him before, forming a one-handed situation, and then faced Yatra goalkeeper Berisha who had no other choice but to choose to attack. He easily used a rubbing shot to pick the ball over the latter who fell to the ground, and the whole process was extremely handsome.

In this game, Jiashuai still used his good 3-4-2-1 formation, intending to strengthen the possession of the ball in the midfield, so as to weaken the number and strength of the home team's attacks, so that there is hope for the gradual success in this game. The stadium, which has become the trend of the Devils' home court, escaped unscathed.However, after the two matches in the warm-up match last season and this summer, plus the fact that he has been studying the opponent's tactical play characteristics based on the data provided by the video and FM system in the past few days, Li Moody has basically mastered how to crack the concept of the visiting team. Tricks.He simply asked his players not to take the ball too much in the midfield area, and directly hit the ball to the front line over the opponent's strong point, using Belotti's excellent bridgehead characteristics and Immobile's relatively good passing and running ability to pass the offense The way is simplified.

And this trick really achieved excellent results. The configuration of the three defenders was so embarrassing under the direct impact of the main forward partner of the Italian national team, forcing the midfielders of the visiting team to retreat to help the team defend. .In order to prevent the distance between the three lines from being stretched too much, their striker position had to be moved back by about five or six meters, which relieved the defensive pressure of the Turin team a lot and allowed them to invest more in the offensive end. of troops.

No. In the 19th minute, it was the left winger Bareca's bold top assist that caused confusion on the right side of Atlanta. His low pass hit the visiting team's midfielder Frouler's leg and just bounced. In front of Belotti on the middle penalty area line.Turin No. 9 took a volley with his left foot directly, and the ball went straight to the upper left corner of the goal with a little external rotation like a cannonball. Although Berisha had already made a flying save as best he could, But it still tragically became the background board of this world wave goal, and the ball crashed into the net from a theoretically absolute dead end. 2 to 0, the home team's two goals are more exciting than the other, their supporters can't be happy.

Facing the unfavorable situation of falling behind by two goals 10 minutes after kick-off, even an excellent coach as strong as Gasperini can hardly respond forcefully. He can only instruct the players to retreat first and not let the The opponent whose morale has been raised to the peak took the opportunity to make another victory, otherwise the game would really have no suspense at all.Sure enough, the Torino team created three good chances in front of the opponent's goal in the next six or seven minutes, but unfortunately they failed to score again under the tenacious defense of the visiting team.

The situation on the field then entered a stalemate stage. Seeing that the wave of strong attacks failed to win the opponent, the home team stopped making similar attempts. At this time, he tried his best to bring hidden dangers to the second half.The Atlanta players took advantage of their own technical characteristics to master more ball possession time, and also formed several slightly threatening attacks, but none of them gained anything. The 2-0 score was brought into the intermission, and the technical statistics of the two sides were fairly balanced, but the ability of the Turin players to seize opportunities was obviously much better today, so they could have the actual upper hand.

At the beginning of the second half, Jiashuai used the Slovenian midfielder Ilicic, who joined the team from Fiorentina in the summer, to replace Kultic, who was almost invisible on the field before, and handed over the organization of the frontcourt to the rookie.However, the loss of Conte Jr. and Casey, the two core generals, in the summer, and the failure to find suitable players to replace them, made Atlanta's sudden emergence into the top five in the league last season. The second landing point is no longer powerful.Under the stable collective defense of the Turin team, although the visiting team has gained a lot of possession, it is almost difficult to create big troubles for the goal that Casillas handles. Instead, they make mistakes again under impatience, completely Give up the victory of this game.

No. In the 605th minute, Benassi took a left corner kick into the small penalty area, and Atlanta's defensive players collectively short-circuited, leaving Diego Llorente, who is 1.8 meters tall and has good header ability, unmarked state.Faced with this great gift, the Spanish central defender naturally accepted it happily. He jumped high and smashed the ball into the goal, making Berisha, who was too close to resist, to pass through the goal again helplessly. Pick up the ball. 3 to 0, this score directly killed the game.

However, shortly after the kick-off, Bareca sprained his ankle in an accident. Li Mudi had to replace the former with DiMarco frowning. After diagnosis by the team doctor, the Turin left-back will be absent for at least two weeks. Game, that's really bad news.Then the Turin coach, who was worried that the core would be injured again, replaced Immobile and Baselli one after another, and began to prepare for the next game.The appearance of young players brought vitality to the overall coordination of the home team, and also brought stagnation in the operation. Edra's pass error in the No.804 minute gave the opponent a chance to counterattack. Petagna in the middle Picking a pass to the right side of the penalty area, Ilicic inserted and unloaded the ball and faced Cassie single-handedly. He calmly pushed the upper right corner of the goal and scored a goal for the visiting team, which was a bit of face saving.

In the end, the Turin team, wearing a special green jersey, easily defeated Atlanta, a strong player who was difficult to deal with, at home. The last month is off to a good start.

(End of this chapter)