[Football] Crown of Thorns

Although the European Cup has just ended not long ago, the 2014 World Cup qualifiers will begin immediately.

On June 6 this year, the draw ceremony for the 30 World Cup qualifiers has already been carried out, and the classification and competition system of the European countries have been determined.

Judging from the 2014 Brazil World Cup European qualifiers published on UEFA's official website, in addition to Spain, the new strong team that has won the European Cup and World Cup in a row, the Netherlands, Germany and Germany are in the first tier. , England, Italy and Portugal and joins Croatia, Norway and Greece currently at the top of the FIFA rankings.The French team, which has won the World Cup, has been reduced to the second tier because of its poor performance in the 2008 European Championships and the 2010 World Cup. In addition, Russia, Serbia, Denmark and Sweden are in the second tier. Not bad strength.In addition, the Czech Republic, Turkey, and Ireland in the third tier all have the strength to enter the World Cup, and Scotland and Poland in the fourth tier are not ordinary.

The specific classification results are as follows:

Pot [-]: Spain, Netherlands, Germany, England, Portugal, Italy, Croatia, Norway, Greece;

Pot [-]: Serbia, Slovenia, Russia, France, Montenegro, Switzerland, Slovakia, Denmark, Sweden;

Pot [-]: Turkey, Czech Republic, Israel, Ireland, Ukraine, Belgium, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria;

Pot [-]: Lithuania, Albania, Hungary, Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Poland;

Pot [-]: Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Macedonia, Moldova, Cyprus, Azerbaijan, Wales;

Pot Six: Iceland, Luxembourg, Faroe Islands, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Malta, Andorra, San Marino.

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In the end, the Portuguese team, which was included in the first pot, was divided into Group F of the European qualifiers for the 2014 Brazil World Cup. The other teams in the same group were: Russia, Israel, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, and Luxembourg.

Last month, in August, the Portuguese national team had already started a new round of warm-up for the national team and played a friendly match. However, Gama had to ask the national team for leave because of club events and was unable to participate in that warm-up match.

At the end of August, on the afternoon of last Friday, August 8st, Portuguese coach Paulo Bento announced the latest squad for the national team in Lisbon, excluding Ronaldo, Vasco da Gama, Pepe, Moutinho and other famous players. , and two players who have never represented the national team, Coelho and Pizzi, were selected for the squad.

According to the schedule of the qualifiers, the Portuguese national team's opponents Luxembourg and Azerbaijan in the two qualifiers in September are indeed very average. It is a great opportunity for inspection, so there will be newcomers selected, especially the replacement of the injured Almeida with Deportivo striker Pizzi.

But in Gama’s view, of course this is his private thought, but he dared not tell others——Almeida’s big colander in the national team is the same with him or without him, and he can’t score anyway. .

Portugal's 23-man squad for the World Cup:

Goalkeepers: Beto, Eduardo, Patricio;

Defenders: Joao Pereira, Bruno Alves, Coentrao, Pepe, Miguel Lopez, Furtado, Ricardo Costa;

Midfielders: Vasco da Gama, Carlos Martins, Custodio, Moutinho, Fernandez, Veloso, Meireles;

Forwards: Ronaldo, Postiga, Nani, Pizzi, Nelson Oliveira, Barrera.

In this 23-man roster, the clubs from Braga, Porto and Real Madrid have become the clubs that have contributed the most international footballers. The clubs from Braga include Beto, Custodio, Coelho, and the Portuguese giants Porto. Tinho, Miguel Lopez and Barrera, as well as La Liga champions Real Madrid Ronaldo, Pepe, Coentrao.

In August, Gama asked for leave for the warm-up match of the national team, but this time he could not be absent. After all, the game on the 2014th was the first round of Group F of the Portuguese national team's [-] Brazil World Cup European qualifiers, and even though the opponent was only A weak European team, but coach Bento still recalled all the main players in the team, in order to make a good first game to ensure a good start.

In the words of Paul Bento, this is already the strongest lineup that the Portuguese national team can choose at present, Ronaldo, Gama, Nani, Moutinho, Veloso, Meireles, Pepe, Coente Long and other main players will appear.At the same time, Bento also said that he would give rookies Coelho and Pizzi a chance to play at the right time.

Gama and Veloso, who received the notice of the national team's recall for training camp, communicated on the phone and decided to ask Nani to return home together.

"Hey, we are mortal enemies..."

Nani couldn't help but roared when he received the phone call from Gama's uncle, "you come back with us", "Are you coming to Manchester or am I going to Liverpool? Do you want to die!!!"

"...Aren't I afraid that you will be lonely on the way back home by yourself~~~"

Gama hehehe.

Nani on the other end of the phone was suspiciously silent for a few seconds before speaking, "I think you most likely said that because you wanted me to treat you."

"Hehehe, am I that kind of person?"

"You are!"

Nani thought of Veloso's previous warning, and responded with a very straightforward nod.

This time, it was Gama's turn to be silent.

A few seconds later, Jia Ma spoke slowly, "That is to say, you plan to disappoint my kindness?"

Immediately after a 'pop', the phone was hung up.

Looking at the black screen of the phone, Jia Ma gritted his teeth: Hehe, Nani is a fat bastard!

Nani on the other end was a little nervous and accidentally tapped the end call button, causing the phone to be disconnected: ┳_┳I'll go back and say that I hung up accidentally... Will that guy Xiko believe it! ! !

Hehehe, how is that possible, the narrow-minded Gama has already written this down, poor Nani, your hard days are coming!

Veloso, who had been forgotten by the two of them at this time: Did you two bastards forget that I am in London?

…………

The players returned to the national team training base one after another. Two months ago, they had just enjoyed the taste of the championship, and they still maintained an excited and optimistic attitude.

However, when Cohen rushed over to hug Jia Ma, Jia Ma couldn't help but want to hit him a few more times.

"Go away, go away, it's hot."

Gama deliberately pushed him away, threw Cohen to Veloso, and hugged Furtado who came over affectionately as a face-to-face salute.

"Woo Miguel, look at them~~"

Classmate Cohen, who is not angry, is filing a complaint.

Veloso pulled his arm away, "Ann!"

The two hugged with a smile.

Cohen, who was biting his finger, had tears in his eyes, "You are all bad guys!"

Hehehe~~

It used to be two fights, but now it has become a three-person fight together, beating up the golden retriever dog.

It wasn't until Ronaldo came over that the noisy guys stopped.

"Captain, are you okay!"

Jia Ma let go of the hand holding the golden retriever, walked over and asked.

Ronaldo raised his eyebrows, "What do you think?"

"It must be good."

Gama smiled.

"why?"

"Of course it's because I saw our lovely teammates!"

Jia Ma shamelessly made a cute gesture of touching his cheek.

However, his cuteness got Ronaldo to pinch his cheeks, "Boy, my son won't even do this kind of pretending to be cute."

The teammates around laughed, not only because of their actions, but also because they could see that Ronaldo was really in a good mood. It seemed that the recent troubles did not affect his mood.

In August, the best player in Europe last season was awarded, and Barcelona's Xiaobai became the winner. This news made Portuguese captain Ronaldo exposed by the media for the so-called "unhappy" incident of Ronaldo, which immediately made Ronaldo the focus of the media .

How about the best players in Europe?

This is an assessment of a player's performance in all competitions including domestic, international and club and national team competitions over the past season.

It's not that Xiaobai's performance in Barcelona is not good, but in general, whether in the national team or the club, can Xiaobai's performance surpass Ronaldo and Messi?If Barcelona is the best overall and the best player, how come the La Liga champions lost to Real Madrid, and it was Ronaldo who destroyed their hopes of winning the championship?

From the data point of view, although Cristiano Ronaldo did not score as many goals as Messi in La Liga last season, he scored 46 key goals among the 22 goals (including 10 first goals, 4 equalizers, and 8 overtakes. score), and although Messi scored 50 goals, but only 15 key goals (7 times to open the scoring, 3 times to equalize the score, and 5 times to exceed the score), it can be seen that even if the data is used by Ronaldo last season Statistics also carry more weight than Messi.

So what about the performance of the national team?Could it be that Ronaldo's national team performed worse than Xiaobai?

The Portuguese national team finally reached the final and won the European Cup, and also eliminated Spain.

As a result, the best player in Europe is not Ronaldo?

"In fact, to put it bluntly, the selection of the best depends on human relationships."

Veloso said, "Our captain's personality doesn't please those big shots. In addition, Real Madrid is not as popular as Barcelona in Europe, which also tilts the balance of fair competition."

"What's the point of such a biased selection result?"

Coentran shrugged.

Furtado touched his chin and said with a deep expression, "In Europe, the 'humility' of Messi and Xiaobai is more popular than the 'arrogance' of the captain. They don't care about the character of the captain. It's not from a standpoint of impartiality at all, and they're not going to listen to those of us who really know the captain."

"Yeah, that's right," Coentrao shrugged. "You know Granero from Real Madrid, right?"

"I know, a cultural person with a high degree of education."

Gama nodded.

"What else do you know besides having a high degree?"

Coentrao gave Gama a contemptuous look, "Granero just said before that Cristiano is the most humble person he knows. That's what psychologists say!"

"But the big guys don't think so."

Gama pouted.

Can Ronaldo not be sad to be despised and criticized by those so-called professionals?

Of course he was sad, he had put in so much effort, but he was not recognized for his perfect performance.

What's more, he has such a good and strong character, and his self-esteem is so strong.Not to mention that in La Liga and even in Real Madrid, there are people who say that the best should be given to Casillas, but they don't care about the number one champion who has done his best for the club?

The media revealed that Ronaldo was 'unhappy', and Gama felt that of course he would not be happy. Can this kind of differentiated La Liga make him happy?

"Why not in the Premier League?"

Nani also squeezed in while the few people here were talking, "The love and favor Cristiano got when he was at Manchester United, he didn't get it at Real Madrid at all. Winning is not his ability. Losing is his responsibility. Calling him selfish, the boos from the club fans and the stingy chants, well, where the Portuguese will never be as good as the Spaniards, even if they are the champions, they will not be fully recognized."

The teammates angrily denounced Real Madrid and La Liga's differential treatment of the Portuguese, which made Ronaldo laugh when he heard their discussion.

Although he was in a bad mood before, hearing the angry voices of these lovely teammates for him, the king of Real Madrid's mood began to improve, and the smile returned to his face.

"Hey guys," Ronaldo suddenly appeared behind their small gossip group, "Go play football!"

The players who had just returned to the base wailed, "We are so tired!"

"Oh, come on, come on, come on!"

Cristiano Ronaldo, holding a football, smiled brightly.

Seeing the captain's smile, Gama spread his hands and sighed, "The captain is such a kid!!!"

"That's right!"

"There's really nothing we can do about him!"

Pepe ran over.

"Okay, okay, go play for 2 minutes."

"What, let's play the whole game!"

"team leader!!!!"

"Haha, it's a competition, who wins the treat."

"Uh, the captain made a slip of the tongue, right?"

"Pfft, sure!"

"Okay, then I can put the water in!"

"I despise you, even if you don't release the water, you can't beat the captain!"

"Hey, you guys are too much!"

"Haha~~"

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PS: I don't have the habit of criticizing others, but from the statistics, Ronaldo performed really well that year, it's a pity~~