The Ball at Your Feet

Among these teams in the Champions League, the weakest is probably Villarreal.

This time the top eight teams are three in Serie A, two in La Liga, two in the Premier League and one in Ligue 1. Among these teams, in fact, the most stable in the Champions League, except for Milan, Juventus and Arsenal, is the Ligue 1 Lyon. Although Lyon has repeatedly stopped the quarter-finals and the 16-finals, compared to Liverpool and Barcelona, ​​which have been unstable even in the Champions League two years ago, the stability is still much stronger. It's just that the stable underdogs really don't have much to watch.

And Inter Milan, in a sense, is about the same as Lyon in strength, or even worse. They have been the same in the past few years. The knockout rounds have played, but the Champions League champions have no way. Everyone is the same, who is studying with the prince.

Both Barcelona and Liverpool have just risen in the past two years. Although the time is short, they do indeed have championship competitiveness. Speaking of which, they are the most promising to win the championship.

Only Villarreal, reaching the quarterfinals, can be said to be upset all the way.

In the draw, Arsenal won Juventus-they are now facing their old captain Vieira. Barcelona, ​​on the other hand, drew Inter Milan-the difference between the strengths of the two teams is very different. Barcelona has now called the second dream team, and Inter Milan, in the home game in February, because of the referee's factor. After the unexplained loss to Juventus, the fans began to anger the coach again. The slogan they now shout is'Mancini Get Out', which is completely different from Barcelona in terms of momentum. The gap is huge. Milan was drawn to Lyon-in fact, in the current quarter-finals, except for Barcelona and Liverpool, everyone who Milan draws is relying on the bully. In comparison, Lyon is still a better one. Although they don't have any outstanding big names, after all, they have a very good overall. Moreover, the domestic competition in Lyon is also exceptionally easy. Their Champions League matches can even be said to be single-line battles, and they attach great importance to the Champions League. Yes, Milan's difficulty is still a little bit.

And Liverpool drew Villarreal-this draw, it can be said that it is very lucky.

But when he met them, Zhao Yaning had only one biggest problem.

"How is their strength?"

The La Liga team, the most dazzling in recent years, and also stable among the strong teams, naturally only Real Madrid. And Barcelona has just risen now, but with Ronaldinho's existence, it is naturally brilliant. But after removing them, what else is there in La Liga?

Super Raco? Or the two-tiered Valencia? At the turn of the century, they were the key to earning points for La Liga, but now, after all, those are all in the past. Super Deportivo has gone, and Valencia is not as good as one day now. This season, Liverpool and Real Betis have played. Their strength is not very good, and Villarreal is strong. How, Zhao Yaning didn't know.

"All I know about them is Riquelme. He is the core of the Argentine national team, right? But more, I don't know."

"Are you trying to say that the rumors about him are not very good?" Milito spoke next to him. There is only one Argentina. Zhao Yaning refused to say, naturally because of him, "What have you heard? "

"It's nothing, just some rumors, saying that he can't play the core of the rich..."

In fact, there are many rumors. But Zhao Yaning has always been skeptical. He has watched the Argentine game, and now Argentina is known as the world's second best team, claiming that no one except Brazil is afraid, nor is it a complete boast. Although their football is not strong compared to many big-name teams and there are not enough stars, they are well organized and everything is very organized. Although Riquelme is slow, Zhao Yaning really doesn't think he is bad.

"His strength is still quite outstanding." In this regard, Morientes has his own views on him. "Real Madrid was kicked by him alone that year and lost the Club World Cup-this It can be considered his battle of fame. He has weaknesses, but it doesn't mean he is bad. Moreover, let alone he is not suitable for the rich, in fact, it is better to say that he has no chance."

Thinking about it carefully, there is indeed nothing wrong with this. Saying that he is not suitable for giants, in fact, has overlooked a problem: Riquelme has played for only one giant in his life, that is, Barcelona. The reason why he was expelled from Barcelona was not because of his poor performance in leading the team-in fact, he played no worse than Zidane who had just arrived at Real Madrid in his year at Barcelona. After all, the midfield core has a process of adapting to the integration, especially his shortcomings are obvious, but also need to tactics to cover up the shortcomings, he did not kick out, it can not be said that all his problems. Moreover, the reason why he was fired, to put it bluntly, is not because he did not play well enough: that year, it was Laporta who took office. When the chairman was changed, it was natural that the new and the old were replaced by the old chairman. It was also cleaned up. La Liga likes to make trouble like this, Real Madrid does, and Barcelona does.

And his problem is another: he is a midfielder, organizer, boss on the court. It is impossible for a player like him to accept to play as a substitute or to provide support for others. Moreover, his character cannot accept the presence of a second core on the court, and he must control everything. However, in these years of European football, which giants will give him such a chance? He is an attacking midfielder, and he is also a well-known midfielder with average physical fitness, slow speed and good passing skills. Such a character naturally cannot play in the Premier League. He can choose from several teams in Serie A and La Liga. However, Real Madrid has Zidane, Milan has Pirlo, Juventus has Nedved, and Inter Milan has no midfielder for ten years. He chose Barcelona, ​​in fact, it is more like a helpless move-besides Barcelona, ​​where else can he go?

And what is the way to meet the chairmanship change in Barcelona? This kind of struggle in La Liga football has always been harsh. Guardiola is known as the king, and when the chairman is changed, he can be swept out. What's more, Riquelme is a foreigner?

"His passing is very good. In terms of technique, he won't lose to anyone. When it comes to passing, it is the only one I have ever seen. It cannot be said to be the best, but it can be said to be a very unique idea. .As long as a team plays around him, he can always lead the team to a good level, even if it is only a mid-range team, it can make him a first-class team, but the first-class team can go up to the next level. It's difficult—his physical fitness is a bit too bad after all."

"It also has something to do with his professionalism." Milito opened his mouth. "There is nothing to avoid. Although he is a good player, sometimes he is too selfish, whether on the court or off the court. It's all like this. He is enjoying football and life. But whatever he wants to enjoy is good, it will not be good if it affects the team."

Zhao Yaning had also heard of it. When Riquelme played, some life problems could not be corrected. For example, he is accustomed to taking a nap-this problem is too fatal for a player. Playing in Europe, he has a lot of training, and his work and rest schedules are based on Europeans. Where can there be time to take a nap? of? But even though Riquelme insisted on his way of life, he also made a lot of trouble.

Such a person, naturally, it is impossible to get along well with the rich team. In fact, even Villarreal now has a lot of complaints against him.

"Fortunately, his physical fitness is really bad. If you stare at him so hard, we still have a chance to win the game."

The biggest problem with Riquelme's physical fitness is slowness-not only running slowly, but also moving slowly. Zidane is also slow, but he runs slowly and does not move slowly. With the cooperation of pass and cut, he can still kick up the sideways. No matter how fast the rhythm of the game is played, he won't care. But Riquelme’s slowness is not just about speed. In many cases, he can react, but he is always a step slower than others. In this season's game against Real Madrid, he made a big mistake: when Beckham passed the ball, he stretched his foot. Intercepted, but he reacted, but he stretched out his foot and took a step slower. Beckham's ball had already passed, and his foot had just arrived and kicked Beckham to the ground.

Such a player with distinctive characteristics is easy to deal with after all.

"Fortunately, this team is his own team, it is not difficult to deal with it." Zhao Yaning sighed after thinking about it.

"A team of one person? Who told you that?" Alonso asked rhetorically.

"Is not it?"

"In short, what is the strength of several people: their main midfielder is Senna-in the national team, the two of us are partners, but if it is a single midfielder, then it is estimated that I will give He has played on the bench. What is his strength? You can imagine what I am like as a bigger one." Alonso's tone seemed a little frightening, but he was still serious, "This You can't ignore the midfielder, right?"

Zhao Yaning nodded.

"Their front line is Fran. It is Fran who failed to play at Manchester United and was sold to La Liga. He slapped Manchester United severely last season, the European Golden Boot, tied with Henry How about this honor? To be honest, I don’t think Morro and Diego are better than him."

It can be seen that Alonso wanted to warn the players, and neither Milito nor Morientz refuted his words. Not to mention anything else, at least Senna has just joined the Spanish national team for less than a month, and he played a double defensive midfielder. Who knows who he and Alonso are on the bench?

However, they are not easy to refute Alonso's claim that Fran's honor should be stronger. After all, the European Golden Boot is not a trivial matter. Although Fran has always been accused of stray shots in La Liga, it is not easy to score so many goals whether it is stray shots or not.

"And again, their midfielder also has Cazorla, a Spanish genius. There is also Solin, the Argentina international. Valencia, Ecuadorian genius. Their strength is not weak at all~www.ltnovel.com~ million Don't take it lightly."

It turns out that there must be a lot of strongmen in their team... Zhao Yaning admitted that he did not know much about them. After all, he has not paid enough attention outside the Premier League.

"Joy, the front midfielders are diverse. Some midfielders try to hide while arranging the whole team. For example, Qi Zu, he is on the court, and the statistics are never good, but look at when he is not on the court. , The team was completely defeated. Don’t look at his game. I don’t know how great his role is. And some players, when they are on the field, must shine brightly, no matter how good the surrounding teammates are, they must be more shining than him. The ray of light can't open his eyes and show himself, Riquelme is the latter. Villarreal is a powerful enemy, definitely not an opponent to be ignored."

Zhao Yaning nodded. He has never paid attention to Villarreal. Hearing others say that this is Riquelme’s team, he regarded it as an excellent team only by Riquelme. . But at this time, Zhao Yaning realized that Riquelme’s team is actually very strong, and in every aspect, it will not be worse than others. However, in their team, there is only one core, a will to direct their operations, that will is Riquelme.

Then let me see how powerful this great Mr. Riquelme is.