[Football] Midfielder

"The results of the Champions League group stage draw are out." Fernandez told everyone the news as soon as he walked into the locker room.

The Malaga players who were busy with their respective affairs before all stopped what they were doing.

"Who are our opponents?" Fernando asked quickly.

There are too many powerful opponents in the UEFA Champions League. If the luck is good, you can advance step by step. If the luck is too bad and you are assigned to the death group, it will be really unfortunate.

"No matter who the opponent is, we will destroy it and advance to the knockout round! Wooah~" Williton said ferociously and passionately.

"Crack!" Suddenly, Fernandez slapped Williton on the head with a big hand, "This time Williton is right, everyone, no matter who the opponent is, go all out!"

"Oh, it's terrible. When the captain shows this expression, it means that the situation is very bad."

"And what's the matter with the captain's expression called encouragement but actually tangled?"

"It's really scary~"

"Could it be that we are so unlucky that we are really assigned to the death group?"

"Heh heh heh! Even if it's the death group, we will be promoted!"

"The blood is too hot, Serena!"

"Even if I'm dying, I still want to stay in the Champions League for a while~" Luke, the unbeatable Xiaoqiang, raised his fist to cheer himself up.

"You're really tenacious, little Luke~"

"Nah, don't be so unconfident about the team, our strength is still very strong, right, Murris?" Fernandez scratched his head and asked them their ace.

It's okay to have no fighting spirit before the game has even started.

You know, in that fierce arena, the one who can go to the end is not necessarily the strongest, but it must be the one with the highest morale!

"Which teams are the opponents, captain?" Mulis asked, avoiding Fernandez's question.

Fernandez handed over the team list to Murris, who quickly analyzed the grouping table.

The other team members also gathered around and watched with Murris.

In the group stage, the winners of the 10 play-offs - five from the Championship Path and five from the Ranking Path - will join the 5 automatic qualifiers to form a 5-team group stage.They will be divided into 22 groups, with 32 teams in each group, and each team will have two home and away games against the other three opponents in the same group.

The time is from September to December every year. In the end, two teams will stand out and advance to the first knockout round.The No.9 of each group will enter the top 12 of the Europa League.

Malaga are in Group A, the three teams in the same group are Naples, Bayern Munich and Manchester City.

"Napoli in the Serie A that is recovering strongly, the giants of the Bundesliga Bayern Munich, and the giants of the Premier League Manchester City! Ah! Which team is very difficult to mess with, can we really qualify?"

Williton's hair was almost torn off by himself, and before he could yell with confidence, seeing these few stubbles, he also felt that Malaga was out of control.

Naples has been a bit bleak in the past few seasons, but the legend about this team still remains in the hearts of many fans.Because it is this team, there is one of the most legendary figures in football, who has staged countless brilliance for Naples.

That person is Maradona.

Countless Naples fans are recalling the glory and glory of Xi Shi, hoping that Naples can reproduce the glory of the past.

In the past two seasons, Naples' management and head coach have all changed a batch. With the head coach Walter Mazzari taking office, Naples has shown a strong momentum and was once in the ranks of the championship.

In the past two seasons, Naples has been promoted to the Europa League and the UEFA Champions League. The team is united under the leadership of head coach Mazzari, and is marching towards the road to revive Naples!

And the slogan played by the Naples fans is also: We have reason to look forward to a new post-Maradona era in Naples!

In Group A, this recognized group of death, the favorites to qualify are concentrated on the Bundesliga class bully Bayern Munich and the Premier League powerhouse Manchester City.Naples also has a lot of support from fans, but Malaga, the dark horse of La Liga, has the lowest expectation index.

There is no way around that. No matter how strong Malaga's performance is this season, he has no glorious history and no experience in major competitions.There are many dark horses that stand out in the league, but will collapse as soon as they arrive in the European competition. There are too many such things.

Many people believe that Malaga may be just a surprise.Relying on the gorgeous lineup created by the rich bosses, they may be able to make a difference in the European competition, but it is difficult to leverage the status of those real giants!

As for the generals on the Malaga team, the young ones are still immature, and the old ones are already on the decline, with serious faults. As long as their weaknesses are caught by their opponents, they will die.

When the other players were frustrated by the match list, Murris turned his attention to the other groups.

In Group B, he saw a team he was familiar with and had been paying attention to recently.That is the Inter Milan where the little flea Couta Irbe is, and their pressure in the game is much less than that of Malaga.

It is not difficult for Inter Milan to take qualifying places from the three opponents of Moscow, Trabzonspor and Lille.

In addition, Mouris also paid attention to the grouping situation of Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Real Madrid were assigned to Group D this time, with Lyon, Zagreb and Ajax in the same group.Real Madrid and Lyon are a coincidence. The "Galaxy 2" that Florentino spent a lot of money on was sunk by Lyon in the Champions League.

This time they face each other again, with the temper of the Real Madrid group, they will definitely get their money back with interest.

The Yellow Submarine Villarreal are in Group E against Bayer Leverkusen, Chelsea and Genk.The most noteworthy of these is Chelsea, who played at a normal level, and Villarreal has little problem qualifying.

Barcelona is in Group H. Generally, teams like Barcelona, ​​​​Real Madrid, Manchester United, and Bayern face headaches for other teams.

In Group H, except for the strong AC Milan, neither Buddy nor Pearson can pose a threat to the Cosmos team.

Now it seems that the four teams in La Liga, except for Malaga's difficulty in qualifying, the other three teams have a lot to do.

"It's too bad. The opponents in the European competition are so strong, and La Liga is about to start. Thinking about it, I feel tired!" Many players said the last two words in unison. Such a matchup table is really discouraging.

"Everyone!" Fernandez clapped his hands and let all his teammates look over, "At this time last year, we dreamed of being in the top ten of the league. The year before last, we were fighting to avoid relegation. Who would have thought that Malaga would also Can you step into the European competition?"

The ex-Malaga players were silent.

"Last season, how many strong opponents did we face, and how many tough games did we play? But we still came here. This season, Malaga has strong people, so many signings, and a full bench , Strong strength. No matter what kind of opponent they face, Malaga has the strength to fight. Show the spirit of the weak to challenge the king last season, don't be afraid of being eliminated, because the victory will definitely come to Malaga!"

What Fernandez said was impassioned, and it also touched the hearts of many players.

The captain is right, Malaga was still struggling on the verge of relegation not long ago, and they came here with an unyielding spirit.After finally standing on the stage of my dream, it is not honorable to be timid before fighting!

They are athletes, and what athletes rely on for their survival is the competitive spirit of never admitting defeat!

Only those who dare to fight hard and fight hard on the field will be favored by fate.

You don't even have the guts, what kind of game are you going to!

Seeing the excited faces, Fernandez smiled gratifiedly.

At the same time, he clenched his palms tightly and secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, as the captain, he stabilized at this time.

He is also very happy to play the role that a captain should play, and he can only encourage everyone in this regard.

Mulis raised his head, looked at Fernandez's more confident face, and slightly hooked the corners of his mouth.

The first match of the group stage is scheduled for September 9th, and there are still 15 days before now, and Malaga still has plenty of time to prepare.

This year's La Liga started relatively early. As early as August 8, the first round of La Liga started.

The first they met was Barcelona, ​​because at that time Malaga was in the crucial second-round decisive battle with Odense, which was the most important game for Malaga, which was related to whether Malaga could enter the group stage.Pellegrini gave up the first round of the league, and finally let Barcelona take away three points with an away score of 2:0 at the Rose Garden Stadium.

Strategically dropping a game or two, fans and clubs alike have no problem.If it is an ordinary strong enemy, Malaga can spare the rest to face it.But the opponent is the mighty Barcelona, ​​and they may not be able to win if they fight against him with the best team in Malaga. They just give up and reach the Champions League group stage first.

Followed by the second round of La Liga three days later, Malaga will face Sevilla, an opponent that cannot be ignored, even very difficult.

This is also the reason why many Malaga players screamed with headaches. The group stage was assigned to the death group, and the first two rounds of La Liga were hard nuts to crack.

Having strategically given up one game, Pei Shuai meant to win the second game!

The team currently has no other games, and he will concentrate his strongest efforts to break through Sevilla.The Champions League is important, but the league must also be cautious.

I gave up quickly in the first two games, but it will be hard when I have to catch up with the points later.Last season, Malaga struggled to catch up with a point or two, and this experience made them too deep.

Old Mulis was very concerned about the situation of the match in Malaga. As soon as Mulis returned, he asked how the draw was going.

Seeing his son speak plainly about the three opponents who sounded terrible to them, old Morris began to feel depressed again.

However, he was secretly worried that, together with his group of old friends, they were all worried about how far the Malaga club could go in the European competition, and whether they would return home before going out.

But these words, old Murris never said in front of Murris.In their view, the pressure on the shoulders of these children is already great.Regardless of how they perform, fans should know they did their best.

As soon as the result of the draw came out, the club and fans wailed.Except for a small number of Malaga fans who insisted on the theory of Malaga's big universe every second, every second, most fans said that even if Malaga did not qualify in the end, it was expected.

Countless postings about the battle have sprung up on major sports forums. The difference is that this time the comparison is about the strength of the teams.They compared everything from the team's player configuration and positions, to the coach's tactical use and past achievements.

So much so that the next second round of La Liga, no matter whether it started or ended, did not cause any big movements.

To be honest, the Malaga fans, who were still a little sluggish because of the three rivals in Group A, have great confidence in the second round of the confrontation with Sevilla.

两队近10年共交手17次，塞维利亚6胜4平7负，优势不大。

Comparing the movements of the two teams this summer, Arsani spent a lot of money in the transfer market, and La Liga upstart Malaga recruited heavily in the summer, signing Mattison, Monreal, Sanchez, Joaquin, Toulalang, Ca Sola, Bonannot, Isco and Ruud van Nistelrooy, plus Baptista, Maresca, Camacho and Demichelis who joined last winter break, now this Malaga team has Can compete with any strong opponent in La Liga except Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The Sevilla team also changed a lot. The older Renato, Fabiano, Dragu, and Capel, Sanchez and Zokola, who were difficult to play due to fierce competition, all left the team one after another.

But the quality of signings is worrying, especially in the just-concluded Europa League qualifiers that they lost unexpectedly to the German club Hannover 96, which is even more surprising.

One side is just eager to try after recruiting troops, and the other side is just disgraced at the door of the house and criticized by everyone. One side ebbs and another, and Malaga's advantage in the game is even more prominent.

In this game, Malaga did not keep it.The main force came out together and the offensive was fierce. Although it was an away game, Malaga still won at the Pizjuan Stadium.

The final score of the two teams was 2:1 in Malaga away to Sevilla. The point difference was not big, but the fans who watched the game thought it was a very beautiful game, at least for Malaga That's right.

Malaga is not obsessed with goals and offense in this game, they are more like learning experience in this game, more effective division of labor and integration of the team.

In the nine 10-minute games, except for the two out of state in the middle, the rest of the time was played according to their rhythm.The whole team advanced the game in an active and orderly manner. The stable and powerful demeanor as if everything was under control made the fans who felt confused about the future of Malaga involuntarily regain their confidence.

The first element of being a fan: that is to believe in your team, support the team, and cheer for them in any situation.Don't be weak and timid because of the strength of the opponent, always accompany your own club, and share with them the joy of victory and the frustration of failure.

On September 9th, four days before the group stage, Malaga played against Granada at home in the third round of La Liga - in the eyes of many fans, there is no suspense at all, and Malaga will retain the key For the most important match, the Rose Garden Stadium was still full of roaring waves, crowded with countless enthusiastic Malaga fans.

They were cheering for Malaga ahead of time, and enthusiastically conveyed the aspirations of the fans and the team to be together, and they were sincerely proud of the team.

What impressed Granada the most in that game was the enthusiastic cheers from the Malaga fans at the Rose Garden Stadium.

All their support and love for the team will be cast in the cheers and shouts.

At the end of the game, when all Malaga fans stood up and sang the Malaga team anthem, coach Manuel Pellegrini led the Malaga players moved and bowed to the fans stands to thank them.

And Mulis, who stayed on the bench and stood up with other substitutes to express his gratitude to the fans, only remembered that Pellegrini said to them emotionally after the game: How can we let such a lovely group of fans down? , Bring back the victory!

Pei Shuai, who was a bit serious at first, finally yelled that sentence in a hoarse voice, but it went straight to the apex of every player's heart.

Even those big-name players who are used to enjoying the voices of the fans are beginning to feel that it will be a very glorious and wonderful thing to win one game after another with such a purely upward team.

Not only for their own hard work, but also for those lovely fans.

After the game against Granada, Peshua came over and beckoned for Murris and Fernandez.

Several well-known reporters from Marca and AS, as well as "Daily Sports" and "World Sports Daily" came to make a brief interview with Malaga.Every year, the teams that enter the European war will receive such interviews, and countless fans are concerned about their preparations.

The four teams in La Liga will make a comprehensive report on their preparations and mentality for the battle. The entire program will last 10 minutes, and each team will only have about 5 minutes.

For each interviewed team, most of the interviewees are the head coach and two or three core players in the team.Let them talk about their feelings, or do some previews of the game.

"I didn't play this game." Murris believes that there is no need to bring him in such an interview.Before this kind of thing, the teacher asked other people to do it.

And in the Malaga team, there are many people who are more suitable than him.

"Those reporters all hope that you can show up, Murris, don't be so repulsive. It is also very important to play football and have a good relationship with these reporters."

Pellegrini patted his lover on the shoulder. He doesn't like to be in the limelight, and it's good to focus on playing football.However, if you don’t participate every time, those people will think that Malaga’s trump card is difficult to get, and you play big cards when you are famous. People who understand you say you are low-key, and people who don’t understand you think you don’t give them face.

What's more, playing in La Liga and offending all these major newspapers is really not good for Malaga and Murris itself.

Mulis looked at the concerned look on Pellegrini's face, and nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, they just ask a few simple questions, and they can say what they think."

If Pellegrini knew how scary his disciple said, he wouldn't let him say what he thought.

Because in Pei Gong's view, the smart and steady Murris will not be like those frivolous and confident players who run the train with their mouths full of words and say something that makes people laugh.

But Murris was too honest.

At some point, it's kind of scary to be honest.

Speaking of which, the player Murris is amazing enough.Last season, he became famous in La Liga, not only scoring many legendary goals, but also his Malaga was active in the media as the No. [-] dark horse in La Liga.

However, there are very few interviews about Murris. Although the tabloids in Spain have compiled a few scandals about Murris in different ways, they did not even see the splash when the stone was thrown into the water, and they were laughed at. For nonsense, for sales.

And Murris's private life is a good baby to put it nicely, but it is completely uninteresting and extremely boring and monotonous.On the one hand, it is his rising momentum, and on the other hand, it is his private life that cannot be found out by gossip, which has made countless paparazzi and small reporters hungry.

There have also been times when tabloid journalists have made up their minds to block people outside the club and training ground.The person stopped him, but facing that handsome face and the way he quietly watched you, you couldn't ask any questions.

There are also some tabloid reporters who are famous for their stalking and have been sued by many stars. They also want to use the same trick against Murris, but the aura of the young player is scary.Moreover, they were tepid and calm, leaving them with nothing to do.

There was once a tabloid reporter who thought that if there was no news, I would create news.He hopes to provoke Murris, it is best to let him hit someone or pick up his collar, well, he will try his best to play this role well.In many past events, he has managed to get big exclusives.

Not far away, a camera was aimed at the two of them. As long as Mulis hit someone or got angry, he would be photographed by his partner on the opposite side.

If Murris is willing to cooperate and let them get an exclusive, that would be great.He is unwilling to cooperate, so with these photos, many news such as Murris beating reporters or playing big names can be reported.

Mouris, a player whose conduct has always been talked about by fans and who is clean-spirited, will definitely cause a big sensation by beating a reporter.

But Murris saw through the reporter's intentions at a glance, and when the camera was on him, he did feel uncomfortable all over his body.

Murris turned around and was about to leave. The reporter was worried that if he missed this opportunity, there would be no next time, so he took the initiative to rush towards Murris.

When Mulis saw this piece of brown sugar, he couldn't get rid of it with simple methods, and he didn't want their plot to succeed.

As he pounced, Murris stepped aside, and the other hand quickly grabbed his shoulder, holding the reporter under his weight.

The reporter was crazy with excitement, come on, hit me, hit me as much as you want!

who knows,

Murris just helped him cross a section of the road when he was handicapped——

"Brother! I captured it!" The reporter's partner ran over cheerfully, beckoning.

"Did you catch the news that he hit me?" The reporter who felt that something was wrong was immediately elated.

"No, brother, look at this. The talented midfielder in Malaga burst into love and helped the disabled to cross the road. Isn't this news good?"

"...You look good! Who wants this kind of news that doesn't hit! Also, who is a disabled person!"

"...Ah, brother, be merciful—"