Step by Step to Win

In the first half of the season, of all the achievements of Wolfsburg, the thing they are most proud of is winning the group first in the Champions League. Among the three fronts, the German Cup promotion is just what it deserves. A team like them shouldn't have been eliminated in the first round. And second in the league can only be said to be unsatisfactory, their points should have been better ranked. Compared with these, the Champions League game may be the only game that makes them happy. After all, they won the group first place in the Champions League, which is not an easy honor.

Everyone knows that the Champions League over the years can be said to be step by step towards class differentiation. With the globalization and commercialization of football becoming more and more severe, the gap between the rich and the poor between the teams is getting bigger and bigger, and the rich and the underdogs are not new. The powerful and powerful are terrible, and the top four every year are justified. The underdog new division is difficult to move forward, trekking hard, doing nothing, this situation is not uncommon in the Champions League.

Wolfsburg can only be regarded as a weak rookie in the Champions League. At least compared to the teams with fans all over the world, they are just a small team in the Bundesliga. They are definitely underdogs. Many of their teams played in the Champions League for the first time this year, and they are indeed new divisions.

The Champions League game is not easy to play, especially for the newcomers who have not played in the Champions League before. Last year's Dortmund and this year's Montpellier were all out of the team as the league champions. No matter how heroic the league is, it is still a muddy mud in the Champions League. And how embarrassing local tyrants like Manchester City are in the Champions League. It is even more interesting. It is a shame for the Champions League for years, which is simply an unsolved mystery. Compared with them. It is really not easy for Wolfsburg to get the first place in the group in the first year of the Champions League.

However, this kind of pride is not something that can last for a long time: after all, the group stage is just a staged result. Compared with the group stage, the knockout stage is a more compelling game. When winter comes, the draw for the UEFA Champions League knockout is also held at this time, who will encounter Wolfsburg in the UEFA Champions League. This question also has an answer.

The Bundesliga has a short schedule and a long winter break. At the time of the UEFA Champions League draw, the first half of the Bundesliga season was over. But the holiday does not mean complete relaxation. As football players, they naturally refuse to ignore this year's Champions League draw. When drawing lots. Gao Shunyao also paid attention to the lottery throughout the whole process. At that time, he had also been hoping that his team would be able to draw a weaker team.

Although the main purpose of Wolfsburg is not in the Champions League, they have entered the knockout rounds, which has made them quite satisfied. In the face of the real world's top powerhouses, they themselves know that they are not opponents. but. If you can take two more steps forward, the Wolfsburg players will naturally be very happy. If you can draw a team that is not too strong, you can enter the quarterfinals. Why not do it?

Especially for this year this year, it is unlikely that the opponents you want to encounter are particularly strong: this year’s Champions League is a lot of upsets. Chelsea have been out of the group as the Champions League champions and become the biggest upsets. The teams of Real Madrid and Ajax also exited early as last year. Let this rich team also lose face. It's not just the poor performance of the Premier League, Serie A has been weak for a long time. This year is even more affected by the fact that Naples did not enter the Champions League, which greatly reduced the competitiveness of the Champions League in Serie A. Because there is a Ligue 1 champion in the bottom of the group, there is also no good result. Among the five major leagues, it is. Three can be said to be quite bleak.

In contrast, the Bundesliga is still the best. All of their four teams have reached the top sixteen of the UEFA Champions League as group number one, which is enough to make the Bundesliga proud-this year's group number one, in addition to the Bundesliga, the other group firsts are Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Juventus. The names of these teams are enough to make Gao Shunyao very satisfied with his team. First in the eight Champions League groups, basically the four major leagues have all the class tyrants. It is naturally very proud to be tied with them.

However, when this kind of pride comes to the draw, there is not much left. Because looking at the names of the second members of those groups, Gao Shunyao also discovered that it might not be that easy for Wolf Castle to go further.

There is no shortage of strong teams in the second team in the group. The two strongest teams are naturally Arsenal and Paris-Arsenal was squeezed to the second place in the group by Wolfsburg. They played like this, which has a lot to do with injuries. . Paris encountered Dortmund and Chelsea, and the death team was fiercely contested, which can be said to be a crime of non-war to a large extent. These two teams are strong, and they are not inferior to the firsts in the group, and they are naturally the most terrifying formidable opponents.

The next strong opponents are Milan, Porto, Valencia and Ajax. After all, Milan used to dominate the situation, even if it is now down, because there is no money, it is almost a laughingstock, but after all their names are still there, it is still not to be underestimated. Porto is the Portuguese super king. It has been well-known in its own league. As one of the most notorious black shops, there are a lot of good players. Although the attention is lower, the strength is not bad at all. Although Valencia, as a La Liga team, has been suppressed by the two big pans for many years, they can’t see the shadow of the top two in the league, but their strength is still there. The La Liga team is still quite strong in the European war, compared to Manchester City. The variety of goods is absolutely different. And Ajax is also a declining nobleman, but in the past two years, it is said that they have also carried out a lot of reforms, and it seems that they have also improved-such a team has a solid foundation, and I am afraid that it will not be good to meet them. kick.

Of these six teams, Wolfsburg met no one to say that they would win. Therefore, when drawing lots, Gao Shunyao always hoped that Wolfsburg would be able to draw the Celtics or Galatasaray, the two remaining underdogs. However, Gao Shunyao's good luck obviously couldn't affect the draw, and the two underdogs were taken away by other teams.

The Bundesliga's Dortmund became the lucky one in this round of the match, they won the Celtics, the weakest opponent. This opponent is quite interesting: Dortmund suffered a lot in the league this year, and the Celtics won praise for their strong defense in the group stage. The Celtics' style of play just restrains Dortmund, whether they can win the game, it is also difficult to say.

The other lucky winner is Juventus, who won Galatasaray. This opponent is far worse than Juventus, but Juventus is also recovering. Their performance in the European war in the past two years has not been outstanding. They have always been known for their defense. Whether they can win is still unknown.

If this sign is really drawn, then Gao Shunyao can only say that God obviously wants to watch a few evenly matched matches. Such a lottery is simply to make all the teams play very hard. Otherwise, give these two underdogs to Wolf Castle, and Wolf Castle can already prepare for an eight-to-four game in advance.

Fortunately, although Wolf Castle did not encounter the weakest, it did not encounter the strongest. Because they played with Arsenal in the group stage, they only had to worry about Paris. Fortunately, Paris was taken away by Real Madrid and there was nothing wrong with Wolfsburg.

In the past two years of the Champions League matches, the local tyrants always met the top giants, and the declining nobles always met the league tyrants. Since the 16th round, they have always been full of this kind of difference between strengths and weaknesses, but they may not be without one. This is nothing new in the fight for power. The big local tyrants like Paris should have been Real Madrid and Barcelona. Only such opponents can stabilize them.

The duel between the rich and the quasi-rich is also quite interesting.

By the same token, in order to let the giants and quasi-rich players play, Wolfsburg did not draw Milan and Ajax-Milan was drawn by Barcelona, ​​they are going to play the giants duel. How much strength is left in the declining Milan is also touching. Ajax has become Manchester United's opponent, but I don't know if this former giant can make Ferguson stage a Champions League finale. Of course, there is also a group of giants with a close relationship with Wolfsburg. It is Arsenal vs. Bayern. That game can also be said to be eye-catching.

In contrast, the game between Schalke and Wolfsburg is much less enjoyable, and there is only uncertainty in their game.

Schalke drew Valencia, Wolfsburg was against Porto, their game can be said to be difficult enough. Both of these opponents have a certain degree of strength. Against Porto, Wolfsburg may be the weaker one. One is inattentive and it is very possible to be taught by the other to be a man.

And thinking that the first round of the Champions League knockout round was played on February 13th, and the second match with Bayern was played on February 16. The density of this game ~www.ltnovel.com~ is also enough to make Gao Shunyao feel difficult to do. . He can only hope at this time that Arsenal will not lose too much in the first leg. If they can cause some trouble to Bayern, then Wolfsburg will also benefit greatly.

It's just how to play the specific time to be able to win the game? He also thought about this question for a long time. But in the end, he couldn't think of an idea, so he could only stop thinking and leave the problem to Magath.

Anyway, Magath is the coach, which should have been his job. As a player, you only need to follow the coach's instructions and train well-rather than thinking about these useless things, what you should do is to further polish the defensive system with the team this winter.

The Bundesliga has a long winter break, and Wolfsburg also arranged a training match. As if in order to give the players a strong line, this winter training, Wolfsburg was specially selected in Dubai. I specially found a good place. Of course, it was not for the players to enjoy the holiday. This winter, they still have two friendly matches to play. Through this game, they also need to gain something. As Magath said, the purpose of these two games is to keep the defenders running in and make their strength go further.

There are two friendly matches, four league games away from the Champions League, and a total of seven games away from playing Bayern. These opponents are the final trials of Wolfsburg, and Gao Shunyao can only expect his team to complete the break-in when facing them. (To be continued)