strictlysupreme Chapter 112 Win the AFC Champions League and then meet Barcelona
Chapter 112 Win the AFC Champions League and then meet Barcelona
Chapter 112 Win the AFC Champions League and then meet Barcelona
The first round of the AFC Champions League semi-finals will start on September 9, and the second round will be on October 30.
As a gold medal event under the AFC, the AFC has received a lot of investment from the AFC. Although the entire competition system is basically set up to imitate the UEFA Champions League, it can be limited to the fact that the overall level of Asian football is not high. At present, the AFC is in the group stage, and even the top eighth of the knockout round.
From now on, the real AFC Champions League has just begun in the eyes of many people. Maybe many people feel that it is very shabby to say it, but what you need to know is that the most exciting UEFA Champions League in the world. When it was founded in 1955, it was also uninterested.
And the wonderful UEFA Champions League matches we see now are also after the reform of the UEFA Champions League in 1992.
More importantly, after entering the 21st century, the level of Asian football has improved by leaps and bounds, and many world-class stars have been born, such as Japan's Hidetoshi Nakata and South Korea's "Park Ji-sung". Will Asia have the first Asian World Footballer in the future?It's hard to say, maybe it's a Chinese, maybe it's Li Qiao.
That's all for the history. Stan is very clear about these situations. His thoughts have already flown to the finals. No, or to say, he has flown to Yokohama, Japan, which is the host city of this year's Club World Cup finals.
Most of the teams participating in the Club World Cup this season have already been produced. The only thing missing is the African champions and Asian champions. The European champions have already been produced as early as May. Barcelona defeated Manchester United 5-3 at Wembley and won the Champions League.
Stan's dream is to compete against the majestic Barcelona on the stage of the Club World Cup. When he thinks of this, Stan's blood boils.
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"Do you want to play in the Club World Cup"?
Stan spoke a little too fast, and many people were taken aback. Isn't our next opponent Ittihad? Everyone thought to themselves.
"That's right, I'm talking about the Club World Cup, which will be held in Japan in December this year." Stan slowed down his speech this time, and said these words almost word for word.
After a short silence, a person answered loudly: "Yes".
Maybe many people have guessed who this is, yes, he is Li Qiao.
"But we are not yet the Asian champions," said Qi Qi.
What a stupid sentence, this may be the reason why Qi rate is not as good as Li Qiao.
"Then let us become the Asian champions," Li Weifeng said enthusiastically, waving his fists.
Stan smiled. He turned around and wrote two words on the blank tactical board. The first was "final" and the second was "Barcelona".
Li Qiao read it silently in his heart, and suddenly his heart was surging. Messi, Villa, Busquets, Iniesta, Valdes, Xavi, and their head coach "Guardiola", can I really compete with them?
In the past, I could only watch the matches of these football gods through the thin LCD screen, but one day if I could run on the same field as them, it would feel like a dream. Even if Li Qiao used his best imagination, he couldn't imagine what it would be like.
After carrying out the dream bombing as a mobilization for the players, Stan snapped his fingers and asked Pekovic to lay out the next tactics against "Ittihad".
The tactics are very simple. In a word, the tactics are exactly the same as the starting lineup against Buriram in the last game.
In the semi-finals of the AFC Champions League, Guangzhou Tianbao was host first and then away. Because last time he was a guest in Buriram, Stan suffered a big loss. This time Stan asked for more goals at home, and ended the battle after one game.
The game went really smoothly. At home, Li Qiao and Recoba's "Baggio Combination" was fully fired. The two scored a goal in the first half, and Gudjohnsen scored twice in the second half. In this way, Guangzhou Tianbao beat Ittihad 4-0 at home, and it can be said that one foot has stepped into the final of the AFC Champions League.
After this game, almost all the sports media began to turn, from questioning and sarcasm Stan to highly praised, and some even compared him with Germany's "Otto the Great" Rehhagel.
ESPN has even filled in "Guangzhou Tianbao" in the blank space of the Asian Club World Cup competition.
Good luck and bad luck in football are like bullets fired from a "shotgun", one after another, just when the media praised Stan to the sky, the players in Guangzhou Tianbao's 18-man roster were also targeted by European giants.
The first to have scandals with European giants was Guangzhou Tianbao's iron guard "Gabriel", and Li Weifeng.
Gabriel is rumored to be Arsenal in the Premier League and Villarreal in La Liga.
The scandal with Li Weifeng is the Premier League team "Everton" that Li Weifeng once played for. Toffees have been in the middle of the Premier League in recent years and urgently need a reliable central defender. It is obviously a good choice for them to focus on "Li Weifeng" who used to play for the team.
Of course, apart from the two of them, there are many rumors about other Guangzhou Tianbao players and European teams, but some of those rumors are too outrageous, and the fans just read them as gossip.
For example, it is said that the scandal between Conca and AC Milan.
Rumors of Gudjohnsen's return to Chelsea.
There are rumors that Bayern Munich is interested in Li Qiao.
The last point is not to catch wind and shadows. It is well known that Bayern Munich has been actively exploring the Asian market in recent years. This summer they just signed the Japanese talented young player "Usami Takashi". At this time, someone linked the equally outstanding Chinese winger "Li Qiao" with Bayern, which aroused many reveries.
Of course, the most outrageous rumor is that Stan will take over Manchester United to replace Ferguson who is about to retire. The fans know that Ferguson is about to retire, but connect Stan with Manchester United?This can only be written by Murdoch's nonsense tabloids.
Facing all these rumors, Stan only answered in three words: "I don't know."
*****
"have no idea",
"have no idea",
"have no idea",
As a guest in Saudi Arabia for the second round match against Ittihad, at the pre-match press conference, facing reporters' barrage of questions, Stan only had these three words as his best answer.
"I hope you will focus on the second round of the AFC Champions League semi-final," Stein told reporters.
But the problem is, facing a semi-final with no suspense, the reporters are not interested at all. They are interested in rumors that catch wind and rumors.
"If the next question has nothing to do with this game, I will refuse to answer it," Stein said.
How can this be done, everyone thought.
"Coach Stan, how many goals do you think the team will win in the away game against Etihad"?
"Of course the more the better",
"After this game, have you imagined the Club World Cup game?" A reporter asked.
The question is borderline, since he mentions the game too, and Stan laments the reporter's cunning.
"Of course, that's every coach's dream stage," Stein replied.
"That is, you want to face Barcelona," the reporter asked.
"Who wouldn't want to"?
"Then do you know who Barcelona defeated to win the Champions League",
Hehe, after going around and around, he still went around to Manchester United, Stan thought to himself, and the fellow journalists below were also snickering, thinking, the way is as high as the magic, and the football coach and the reporter of code words are still inferior to logic.
Stan reacted quickly and replied with a smile: "Just like us, we defeated the opponent in front of us and won the victory."
This answer made the reporter dumbfounded.
Stan looked at his watch, the time was almost up, "Let's leave time to the head coach of the Etihad, otherwise he will be unhappy".
Facing Stan's humorous words, the reporter laughed, and Stan quickly left the press conference amidst the reporter's laughter.
*****
Although he had a huge advantage of 4 goals and did not concede a goal at home, Stan still did not choose to play with the bus in the away game. Perhaps it was because Stan was a striker when he was young, and he was a person who liked to attack in his bones.
Except for Qi Bing replacing Sun Jihai in this game, the other starting players are exactly the same as in the previous game.
As a veteran player born in 1977, next season, Stan still hopes to buy a more reliable right back to replace Sun Jihai, after all, time is not forgiving.
Besides Qi Bing's lack of experience, Stan is still very satisfied with him. After all, he brought it out with his own hands, and Stan knows everything about him.
Because of too many advantages, Stan called Qi Bing over and asked him to go up and assist boldly, but Recoba here is too strong in personal ability, he doesn't like to cooperate with full-backs, and is used to solving problems by himself, so Qi Bing's several assists have become a trick, but this is the price of growing up. Not everyone can become famous like Li Qiao.
The game went very smoothly. Conca scored from a long shot in the first half and sent Guangzhou Tianbao to the final with both feet. In the second half, he faced Ittihad, Gudjohnsen and Li Qiao, who had no fighting spirit, and scored 2 more goals. For Ittihad, forward "Diego" scored a face-saving goal in the second half. At the end of the game, Guangzhou Tianbao swept Ittihad 7-1 and entered the AFC final.
7 to 1, Stan knew the score was bad, why?Because Manchester United had swept Roma by the same scoreline in the Champions League, Stan knew what questions the troubled reporter would have next.
Ask for collection, ask for support
(End of this chapter)