football era

After the group stage, each team has a three-day rest period, mainly to allow the players to have a space to relax. The next knockout stage will be played one day at a time. Although it does not consume physical strength, it also consumes a lot of energy.

After all, the teams that can participate in the top 32 are all strong teams, representing the highest level of competition in the country. If they are not allowed to take a break, they will continue to overdraw the game, the state will not be good, and the game will not be good.

Especially the further back, the higher the level of the team. If the state is not good, the attractiveness of the game will decrease-although there is no money in such a game, the audience is even more important.

Of course, during the past three days, the Bawang team has not been idle. Under Zheng Qi's request, they played games one after another. At the end of the game, they almost vomited...

"Hold on, this is to win better and help our teacher Chen Fengxiao score [-] goals for him. Teacher Chen usually helps you so much, shouldn't you help now?" Zheng Qi comforted them. .

"...Don't treat me like a tiger skin!" Lu Xiaotian protested.

"It's okay, Guan Zhong is right, we must work hard to help you break this record, besides, the better you perform, the better our results will be!" Overlord patted Lu Xiaotian on the shoulder and said.

"I'm very relieved to see you all working so hard." Zheng Qi wiped the corners of his eyes.

"Stop pretending to be a senior, okay..." Long Qi and the others complained one after another.

In any case, at least in terms of morale, there is no problem at all in the Overlord team.

Even though the two days of intense competition made them feel very tired, the rapid improvement of the strength of the entire team filled them with hope.

Those who participate in classical football games are not for money, but for hobbies and honors. If you are not strong enough, you can take part in it every year as a way to satisfy your own wishes. But if you are strong enough, then anyone wants to make an impact World Cup, leave your name on the World Cup.

Although hundreds of years have passed, the sense of honor of the World Cup in the past still remains in the hearts of many people.

What's more, the mere claim of being number one in the world is enough to make all ambitious people feel envious.

So no matter how hard it is, as long as you can see hope, the Overlord will not have any problems.

Of course, Zheng Qi would not let everyone run to the knockout rounds with exhaustion. He played with the whole team for two days in only two out of three days. Take a good rest and prepare for the next knockout round.

The 32 teams that were brutally eliminated out of millions of teams were, of course, one in a million elite teams.

After all, the elimination method in the China region is quite harsh, and it is fine to eliminate a single match all the way. Although there is a group match in the middle, it seems that the group match is not so cruel. However, seven or eight teams form a group, and only No.1 can qualify in the end. Basically, the qualifying teams must maintain a complete victory, otherwise, it will be very difficult to qualify.

Under such circumstances, none of the teams that can enter the top 32 is mediocre.

And this year's knockout draw is relatively lucky, there are no traditional strong teams to be submerged in the knockout, and the gold content of the top 32 is relatively very high.

Cao Wei, Shu Han, Eastern Wu, Great Qin, Great Song, Great Ming, Great Tang, and Western Han, these eight teams with the best average scores in recent years have all entered the top 32, and the other strong teams are basically 32. Although many of the top 32 regulars from last year did not make it to this year's top 32, they are replaced by teams that have achieved good results in previous years.

Of course, the Bawang team is no exception. After all, they have also reached the top eight teams before. It is already very good to have such a performance in recent years. After all, there is no club heritage in classical football, and they can grab the title of those popular teams The team is the team that has performed well in recent years.

"I don't know who we will draw." Zheng Qi muttered as he set off.

The opponents in the knockout round are not drawn in advance, but drawn temporarily at the beginning of the game, and there is no seeding team, all of them are mixed together to draw lots. Although this may seem unscientific, the final winner is always There is only one, and besides being the strongest, it must also be the luckiest.

After all, luck is also a kind of strength - this word has been said badly by many people, but it still has its meaning and value.

"Yes, I hope our luck will be better." Bawang replied casually, although it was the second time to participate in the knockout round of the top 32, Bawang was still very nervous.

But seeing Zheng Qi and Lu Xiaotian's relaxed appearance, Overlord couldn't help admiring these two guys—tsk tsk, look at their psychological quality!No wonder it's so good!
Overlord and the others also discussed the identities of Zheng Qi and Lu Xiaotian in private, and guessed whether they were professional players in the football era. After all, sometimes people's temperament cannot be concealed. It is hard to imagine that ordinary players can play that kind of calm and composed temperament. have.

If you just play casually and have no pressure, that's normal, but if you enter the top 32, you are very likely to win the world championship in China. With the current strength of Chinese classical football, although it is very difficult to win the World Cup championship, but Eliminating many teams and making it to the quarter-finals is not a big problem. This is a great honor.

Faced with such honor pressure, few players can remain calm.

Just as Bawang was sighing and praising, he heard Zheng Qi say something.

"I really hope to meet the Cao Wei team, and then kick all the way to the strong team, this is so cool!"

"Brother, don't be like this..." Overlord screamed in his heart, meeting a strong team along the way?Even for a team like Cao Wei, it is very likely that they will lose within two games...

In the case of similar strength, the schedule can often determine many things, especially for strong teams.

Although there are no underdogs in the top 32, there is still a distinction between grades. The eight teams including Cao Wei are first-tier teams, and the other teams can only be regarded as second-tier teams.

The sooner you can meet other teams, the later you meet these eight teams, the better.

When Zheng Qi was away this season, Bawang's luck in the lottery was very good...

Thinking of this, Overlord became a little more serious - as soon as Zheng Qi joined last year, they were drawn to the West Han team out of millions of teams. What kind of shit luck is this?

Then in the group stage, we met Cao Wei and three teams capable of entering the top 32. What kind of bad luck is this?

Guan Zhong didn't join at the beginning of this season, and the Bawang team had good luck in the lottery. Although they also met some strong teams, they didn't meet any of the first-line strong teams. At this time last year, they met two teams. ...

"Don't change our luck just because Zheng Qi joined." Overlord is a person who doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, but at this time, he couldn't help but start praying devoutly. He was really scared by Zheng Qi's god-hating and strict luck Living.

But things like cramming for a while...not to mention that the overlord is a man of eight feet, usually he doesn't believe in these gods and ghosts, he has no passion at all, why should he help you...

Ever since, when the lottery ceremony started, after the Overlord's opponent was drawn, Overlord's eyes were black.

However, Cao Wei, the bitter master of last year, was not drawn, but the Xihan team, which had a deep hatred with them last year, was drawn...

When the result of the lottery came out, the players of the other teams present couldn't help being in an uproar.

After all, these two teams have met each other for three consecutive years. In the quarter-finals of the year before last, the Overlords were beaten all over by the West Han team. Last year, in the first round of the qualifiers, the Overlords met again. The West Han team, relying on the outstanding performance of the rookie Guan Zhong, had an inseparable fight with the West Han team, and finally eliminated the West Han team, breaking the biggest upset in the first round.

What kind of sparks will the two sides meet again this year?Many people are very interested.

"The Guan Zhong who performed well last year has never played for the Bawang team before. It seems that there is one thing missing."

"They also have a very fierce rookie this year, the pervert who is the third in the scorer list."

"Oh, is that Chen Fengxiao who scores three goals in every game? I watched them play once. After scoring three very difficult goals, he chose to pass the ball for an empty goal. Really It's very perverted."

"It seems that such a perverted rookie is difficult to deal with. The West Han team will have fun this year."

"Your news is so late? After the Overlord team qualified for the group stage, they changed players."

"What? It's changed?"

"That's right, the beauty Yuji is said to be pregnant, and she has already quit the Bawang team. Guan Zhong will take her place."

"Fuck, is Guan Zhongjia Chen Fengxiao? The Bawang team is a bit scary. Is there such a coincidence that the Bawang team is playing a big game of chess?"

"Even if that's the case, what can you do? Before the top 32, you can change players continuously. They have the confidence to change players without violating the rules."

"Yeah, but now the Bawang team is really much stronger, right? Fortunately, we didn't meet us, but we met the Xihan team. At least we can see how their current level is."

"Your words are really useless... But I think so too..."

Amidst the discussions, the players of the West Han team certainly did not have such a relaxed mood.

They were very unconvinced by their loss last year. This year is their chance to take revenge, so they have been paying close attention to the Bawang team's situation. Of course they are very concerned about Chen Fengxiao's scoring ability, and the first time Zheng Qi returned , they already knew the news.

"Guan Zhong and Chen Fengxiao, this lineup is indeed very strong, but we are the Western Han Dynasty team, will we be afraid of such an opponent?" Liu Bang said loudly.

"Of course not!" The West Han players shouted in unison.