The Ball at Your Feet

The 4-0 score brought the game to an end. This game is not thrilling, but it is indeed a very good game. Four different people scored the goal. Liverpool were all around the goal and they played the offense very well.

After the game, Benitez did not say anything, but from his eyes, everyone can see that he is still very grateful to the players for their willingness to play a good game for his father.

After the game, Liverpool added a new champion to its honor book. And the additional rewards of the Champions League left over from last season are over. Liverpool has won four championships in one season. In terms of quantity, it is not bad, but after all, the League Cup, the European Super Cup, and even the Club World Cup are quite tasteless awards. These are play-off-style awards. If you can't hold it, you will definitely leave a lot of complaints, but if you get it, it can't be regarded as a major achievement.

This is the award that should be won.

After the game, in addition to the championship, Liverpool received another reward: Zhao Yaning had one goal and three assists in the final, was selected as the best player, and won a Toyota after the game.

"It's not the Toyota Cup anymore, and there are Toyota cars as a reward..." Zhao Yaning is a little strange about this, but think about it, although the naming rights are no longer Japanese, the sponsor of this game is indeed still The Japanese, therefore, it is not surprising that there are Toyota cars.

But this has also become a big question for Zhao Yaning: What about this car?

"If you want to keep this car, you can keep it for yourself. If you don't want it, donate it to the club." In the locker room, Gerrard said his opinion, "You don't need this anyway. Planting a car? It’s a waste to be idle. This car is of great commemorative significance. Donating it to the club is a good collection. If you feel that you are at a loss, what car do you like, I will just give you one."

"Where does it need you to make up? Donate if you donate."

In fact, donating this car is also the common practice of many winners. The value of this car is not high, but it is quite famous, it is not suitable to drive out, and it is useless to stay. Ronaldo donated the car to a children's hospital in Brazil in 2002. And Raul was awkward because of the endorsement of Toyota and Real Madrid's endorsement conflict. If you go further, after getting the Toyota, Giggs did not donate it, but seemed to give it to his sister-in-law...

The reason for Gerrard's suggestion to donate to the club is also very simple: this is Liverpool's first Club World Cup. Since it is the first Club World Cup, the meaning of Toyota is also different. After all, Liverpool is not as emboldened as Real Madrid, and it is good to be able to get a car to store.

And Zhao Yaning didn't care too much about this car. It was not a very valuable thing, and it was the teammates who worked hard to win. Such things should be shared by teammates and donated to the club couldn't be better.

After the game, Benitez immediately left the team and went home for the funeral. After a day's rest, Liverpool also embarked on their way home. After returning to England, Liverpool did not do any special celebrations. First, a Club World Cup is not a terrific award. It is not worthy of a large-scale celebration. Second, the head coach is going home for the funeral. At this time, the players are doing celebrations. It is a little too heartless.

But getting this award still attracted a lot of media attention and interviews. After all, this trophy filled a gap in Liverpool. Coupled with the death of Benitez's father, it adds a lot of story color to the trophy.

"I don't want to talk more about this matter," Zhao Yaning declined all interviews with the media. When he was in the locker room, he still insisted on this issue. "This is a very sad thing. It shouldn’t be linked to storytelling. Our coach is a good coach, but I don’t think this matter is commendable: family members are more important than football, and this remains the same. Moreover, this matter is left to the media. Here, it doesn’t have to be what it looks like. I don’t want the media to distort the facts."

His words also got the approval of his teammates, and everyone finally got a unified opinion: No opinion on this matter.

Moreover, at this time, they do have other things to care about.

It's December, so it's time for the selection of the World Footballer.

"This time the world footballer is... Ronaldinho, Barcelona!"

As expected, Ronaldinho was re-elected. And this time, Zhao Yaning is still in third place. Lampard came in second, and Zhao Yaning was followed by Eto'o.

This is not beyond Zhao Yaning's expectations: last year, Zhao Yaning received votes from many African countries because he was from a yellow race and was born in a weak football country. And this year, of course, their votes will not go to Zhao Yaning again-after all, Eto'o also played very well last year, and naturally there are more people from the same continent.

Eto'o and Zhao Yaning divided the votes with each other, allowing Lampard to take second place, but they still had no way to compete with Robbie, and the one who got the most votes was still Ronaldinho. No one would go with him in this matter. He argued.

The World Player of Football is different from the Ballon d'Or. The coaches and captains of various national teams vote. It is inevitable that some weak football countries vote purely for fame. Moreover, FA also holds 30% of the votes in the name of the players union, which makes this selection even less meaningful.

The reason why Ronaldinho was elected is also very simple: he is famous, and this one is enough.

"Actually, this thing should also belong to you." In private, Ronaldinho still said to Zhao Yaning, "They gave me this one, it doesn't make much sense. I already had one last year, and it's pretty boring to take it. ."

"Are you the successor of the ball king," Zhao Yaning laughed, "I will have opportunities in the future."

"You say that, it always makes me feel that I have the light of Brazil." Ronaldinho frowned, "Although I have always been proud of being a Brazilian, I still feel awkward. It seems that I am relying on my nationality to shine. It's like..."

"Do you think you are not?" Zhao Yaning asked back. These private jokes, the two naturally didn't have much scruples when talking about them. The two had known each other since Ligue 1, but at that time, Zhao Yaning could only be regarded as Ronaldinho's younger brother-level player. Now Zhao Yaning has also been kicked out, and the friendship between the two is still there. When chatting, naturally he has no scruples. Two sentences of mutual humility and two ridicules are common things-players are enemies on the court, after all, they still have friendship in private.

What Zhao Yaning and Ronaldinho said is actually the reason Ronaldinho's attention has been paid: All the time, football players have hoped to have a third-generation champion, and because Pele and Maradona are from South America. Brazil and Argentina, therefore, everyone believes that the new world champion will definitely come from these two countries. As long as Argentina is about m, Maradona dare to be second, while Brazil from Ronaldinho to Ronaldinho, both of them are considered by the media to be the king of the game only half a step away-there is no reason, the media needs one The two countries have played the best, so most people think they can be the best again.

Ronaldinho's attention is largely due to this: the 06 World Cup, Brazil is a big favorite, many people are waiting for Ronaldinho to become king.

"You played well, and I didn't play badly. If it's good-looking, I'd better play football." Ronaldinho couldn't help but say to Zhao Yaning.

This is indeed true. The Premier League has a fast pace and strong confrontation. Compared with La Liga, it is difficult to be more brilliant. Moreover, although Zhao Yaning has amazing moves in many times of playing football, but after all, they are only some moves that stay on an excellent level. They are still incomparable with Ronaldinho’s incredible actions. At least, like Ronaldinho, bold. Zhao Yaning couldn't learn how to catch and pass the ball with his back, or his fingers east and west, and he didn't want to learn it: this kind of play is too easy to make mistakes. Whether it is a mistake in your own judgment or a mistake in your teammate's understanding, it will be a loophole. Ronaldinho had Deco wipe his butt, Zhao Yaning didn't want his teammates to do this kind of work. It’s a good thing to play nice like this. Who will take care of it if something goes wrong?

Sometimes, he even felt that Ronaldinho had gone too far, but how could he be able to persuade him with such a temper? However, Zhao Yaning felt that his path should be somewhat different from his. Good things can be learned, and it is better to converge on those who have been overplayed.

After winning the award, Zhao Yaning has another thing to be concerned about: Liverpool is now facing the Champions League round of 16 draw after qualifying as the first in the group.

Last season, because Liverpool fell to the second place in the group, and the Premier League’s results were generally good, there were more teams they need to avoid. This season, because they are the top of the list and the second team in the group, Only Bremen in the same group as them and Chelsea in the same country need to avoid other teams, so they may encounter many opponents.

In the second place in the group, the three strongest teams are naturally Real Madrid, Bayern, and Chelsea. Real Madrid was forced to second place in the group by Lyon this season. It was a big upset. uukanshu.com their strength is recognized as the first. Bayern met Juventus and Chelsea met Barcelona, ​​both of which were bad luck. Chelsea can be avoided, but if they draw Bayern and Real Madrid, they can be considered a bad lottery.

The best deal is naturally the Glasgow Rangers and Ajax. After all, the former is the Soviet Super League team, the strength is slightly weaker, while the latter's reputation is great, but in recent years is not as good as a year, in the second place in the group, it can be considered a weaker one.

And if they win the lottery, it will be PSV, Benfica and Bremen. Bremen can be avoided, but Eindhoven and Benfica may be entangled for a while.

But no matter how difficult the opponent is, at least there are still lots to draw. Now Manchester United can only do nothing at home and watch the draw.

"I guess 80% of our lottery won't be too bad." After returning to the club, when several people watched the draw together, they kept talking, "I am the defending champion anyway, too early. Out of the game, UEFA is not good-looking."

"This is just your wishful thinking. Last year, Monaco was eliminated when it was not in the top 16? Who can say this kind of thing..."

The Liverpool players are still making comments, and at this time, they have already seen the opponents of Liverpool appearing on the TV screen.

"Liverpool...Bayern." Seeing this result, everyone was surprised, "I met, how could it be Bayern? The sign is really bad!"