Chapter 1843 Was beaten dumbfounded

After the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw, everyone has a clear goal.

But what to do next.

After all, the quarter-finals of the Champions League will not start immediately.

According to the schedule, the first round of the quarter-finals will have to wait until April 2.

Before that, there were two league rounds and two national team matches.

Due to the World Cup this summer, the season is approaching the end and the schedule is very intensive.

From then on until the end of the season, there were almost double matches a week.

Players are more physically demanding and more prone to injuries.

Therefore, before the World Cup, the chances of players getting injured will increase a lot.

At the same time, the performance of the players will also be affected-many players will not be able to give their best because they have to protect themselves during the game.

Such an approach is hard to blame.

After all, no one wants to bid farewell to the World Cup because of injuries in club games when they can participate in the World Cup soon.

Club competitions are held every year, but the World Cup is held every four years.

If you miss it once, you have to wait another four years.

And how many four years are there in a player's career?

What's more, after four years, the player has recovered, and it is hard to say whether the national team can still enter the World Cup.

Isn't Maxi Carey a similar example?

When his career was on the rise, his Dutch national team failed to qualify for the World Cup.

When he was at his peak and brought the Dutch national team into the World Cup, he was injured during the World Cup training and had no choice but to bid farewell to the World Cup.

The first person under the "Four Heavenly Kings" has never participated in the World Cup in his career...

It's incredible to say it.

Fortunately, he should not be absent this time.

The Netherlands still made it to the World Cup finals this year, and the transfer to Leeds City did not affect Carey's performance. Whether in the national team or in the club, he performed well and is an important core of the two teams.

As long as he is not injured, he will definitely be able to participate in the World Cup this year.

And it will participate as the main core of the Dutch national team.

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The UEFA Champions League draw is over, and the national leagues ushered in the weekend match day.

The Madrid Pirates challenged Valentia away.

So far this season, Valentia ranks ninth in the league and has performed poorly.

However, there are still 12 rounds before the end of the league, so there may not be a chance to reach the top six again and qualify for the Europa League.

And if you want to achieve this goal, of course you have to start with... the next round of the league.

Because their opponent in this round of the league is the Madrid Pirates, they can only avoid their edge for the time being.

In the end, with the goals of Hou Lai, Camara and Di Kunzo, the Madrid Pirates defeated Valentia 3:1 away.

Hou Lai did not play the whole game. After he opened the scoring for the team in the first half, he was replaced by Parotti in the 58th minute.

This is because there is another league game on Tuesday, and then Hu Lai will take a long flight to return to China to participate in two national team games.

Parotti fully considered the fatigue of Hu Lai's long-distance travel. In order not to increase the risk of Hu Lai's injury, he chose to replace Hu Lai in advance.

Anyway, at that time, the Madrid Pirates had already led Valentia by two goals.

Even if there is no Hu Lai, there are other masters, and it will not collapse if Hu Lai is replaced.

Sure enough, after replacing Hou Lai, the Madrid Pirates and Valentia each scored a goal in the rest of the game.

3:1, or the Madrid Pirates win.

In this round of the league, the other two Western Super League teams also won the ball, so there is nothing to say.

Worth mentioning is the Royal Catjon.

They lost 0:1 at home in this round of the league to the newly promoted Canary currently ranked sixteenth.

Their bad luck of winning four consecutive league rounds is still continuing.

And all of this originated from the twenty-fifth round of the league, when they challenged the Madrid Pirates away.

Since losing 0:9 to the Madrid Pirates, Real Carterjon has not recovered so far.

As for the Denmark international Jakob Tipland who caused it all...

Although he irritated Hou Lai and brought the team the worst defeat against the Madrid Pirates. But as the absolute main force of the team, Tipland did not lose the chance to play because of this.

Royal Catjon still gave him enough playing time and opportunities to help him get back to his form.

But it is a pity that four games have passed, and Tipland's state has not been recovered, but even worse...

So in the 60th minute of the loss to the Canaries, Jacob Tipland was replaced by Real Caterjon coach Benjamin Gonzalez.

But this still failed to change the result of Royal Carterjon's loss.

At the same time, Sporting Vizcaya defeated Sporting Oviedo 2:0 away, rising to fifth in the ranking, only six points away from the fourth-placed Real Caterjon.

Royal Carterjon, who has been sitting firmly in the fourth place in the league before, may not be able to play in the Champions League next season if the momentum of decline is not curbed...

After this game, both Real Carterjon and Tipland became the object of crazy ridicule by Madrid Pirates fans and Hulai fans.

But in fact, it didn't just start after this game, but it started after they lost 0:9 to the Madrid Pirates, and it has continued until now.

Four league games away, and as long as Real Catjon fail to win, their taunting will continue.

Before that 0:9 game, how rampant they were, how embarrassing they are now.

Three days later on Tuesday, in the twenty-ninth round of the league, the Madrid Pirates defeated Atletico Corvette 3-0 at home. Hou Lai only played half of the game and was substituted without scoring a goal.

On the one hand, he is about to return to China to play, and on the other hand, the players of Corvette Sporting are very defensive against Hu Lai, and Parotti is worried that he will be injured.

It's not easy for Hu Lai to tell the coach that he is dead, and the chance of injury is very low.

Had to be obediently replaced.

The other two teams in the Western Super League also won the game.

So the ranking in the standings remains unchanged.

It is worth mentioning that Royal Catjon lost again without any surprise, they lost to Sevilla Navigator 2:4.

Still haven't gotten out of the "0:9 sequelae".

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Hu Lai and Zhang Qinghuan returned to China by plane the day after the competition.

Other international players who have studied abroad in Europe have also returned to China to compete.

Unlike the previous national team competitions, Dillon did not choose to continue training in Europe this time.

Mainly because these are two "China Cup" games.

Since it is the "China Cup", how can it be played in Europe?

So this time only the hard-working players are allowed to travel across the ocean and return to China to participate in the competition.

The other three teams participating in this "China Cup" with the Chinese team are Croatia, Senegal and Venezuela.

The Chinese Football Association originally wanted to find Portugal, the host of this World Cup, to participate in the "China Cup", because Portugal, Italy, and Spain are all European Latin football countries. From the perspective of preparations, it is also routine to find teams with similar styles to warm up.

But Portugal did not agree.

On the one hand, they are not grouped with Asian teams in the World Cup grouping, and there is no urgent need to find Asian teams to warm up.

On the other hand, Portugal does not lack warm-up opponents. There is no need for them to fly to China thousands of miles away to play two warm-up matches.

However, the Chinese team was lucky to have an appointment with Spain before the results of the World Cup group draw came out.

So they had the experience of confronting Spain closest to the World Cup.

This is of great help to the Chinese team's preparations for the World Cup.

The "China Cup" is the last two official games before the World Cup, but it does not mean that it is the last warm-up match before the World Cup.

After the season is over and the national team gathers, some warm-up games will still be arranged.

However, the "China Cup" is indeed the last national team match day before the end of the season, which will give people a feeling of the final sprint to prepare for the World Cup.

After all, after the "China Cup", if you want to see the national team play again, you have to wait until the European leagues are all over. At that time, the start of the World Cup may not even be a month away.

This "China Cup" is not only a key part of the Chinese team's preparations for the World Cup, but also the last chance for Chinese fans to watch the game at home before the World Cup. In a sense, it is a "farewell" battle.

Therefore, Chinese fans all hope that the Chinese team can achieve good results in this "China Cup". After failing to participate in the "China Cup", the Chinese Football Association adjusted its thinking. They found some teams with certain strength but not very strong.

This can not only serve the purpose of training the team, but also work hard to hit the championship.

It can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Of course, if you say that football is round, the Chinese team may not necessarily be able to win the championship, which is also true.

But at least this kind of opponent selection is better than choosing opponents such as France, Argentina, Brazil, etc. to participate in the "China Cup". The probability of the Chinese team winning the championship is greater, right?

This meaning can also be seen from the list of Chinese team players participating in the "China Cup".

Jorge Dillon did not inspect the players on a large scale this time, but chose the most secure lineup, almost all of which did not surprise everyone.

Some Chinese media even believe that most of the players on this list should eventually appear in the Chinese team's 23-man roster for the World Cup.

As the most practical event before the start of the World Cup, the "China Cup" is not just two warm-up matches.

(end of this chapter)