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The impulsive performance of the players of the Bawang team is of course not for nothing.

The other three teams in the same group as the Bawang team, the name of the second-tier team is Milan, the third-tier team is called Nation, and the fourth-tier team is named Basel...

The name seems to be nothing special, but in fact, in those strong football countries, the names of their teams are basically the names of the top professional teams in the past, and some famous names will be used by many strong teams. Competition, only the teams with the best performance can get these names.

And looking at the national flags behind these teams, you can tell that the Bawang team from China and the team from what country have met in a group...

Italy, Uruguay, Switzerland.

Italy has always been one of the best countries in the era of classical football. Their professional league has been considered the best league in the world for a long time, and the name Milan is the history of their professional league for hundreds of years Since then, one of the three teams with the best results, and can even be said to be one of the most popular teams in the world.

The team that can grab this team name is not only the strongest in Italy, but at least one of the strongest.

And the nation is from Uruguay. Although Uruguay is a third-tier country, they are a strong team second only to the two seeded teams in South America. The name nation also carries infinite glory. In the history of classical football, The national team not only won nearly half of the domestic league championships, they are also the club that has won the most international championships on record. Although many of these championships have insufficient gold content, they are still an unprecedented record. Such a team is not even in Uruguay. What is one of the few strong, basically equal to the most popular and the most powerful team.

As for Basel, it is similar, and it is the most popular team in the Swiss professional league in the past.

So in fact, the Bawang team, as the seed team, did draw a lottery this time, which can be said to be a lottery.

"Hey, don't fight."

After being caught up by others, Zheng Qi hurriedly begged for mercy: "It's already been drawn like this, what's the use of beating me, let's have a good game. In fact, our schedule is still good. The first game is against Basel, which is the worst. The second game is against the strongest Milan, and the third game is against the nation... just to get used to it."

What Zheng Qi said made sense, so the players of the Bawang team looked at each other and decided to let him go first.

"Besides, let me help you search for the information of these three teams. There are still two days left. Let's think about it carefully." Zheng Qi finally said.

Lu Xiaotian added leisurely: "It's okay, I can come and search for information."

"Then you search, I'll save trouble." Zheng Qi followed immediately.

"You guys should beat him, if he is killed, I will find another good player for you." Lu Xiaotian immediately changed his words.

Just kidding, the players of the Bawang team also know that they can't beat Zheng Qi to death, because Zheng Qi is not only the core of the midfielder, but also plays a certain role as a coach. Knowing them, analyzing the opponent's tactics, This point Zheng Qi is really irreplaceable, Lu Xiaotian is too lazy to do these things.

"Okay, now we're going to analyze our opponents. In the first game, our opponent is Basel. I'll go back and look at the team's information. We will gather in four hours. Are you all right?" Zheng Qi said.

The Overlords players shook their heads, of course they have no problem.

Zheng Qi is still very reliable in this regard. When we met again four hours later, he was already a coach familiar with Basel.

"In Europe, the level of Switzerland is not particularly high, but in terms of classical football, the overall level of Europe is still higher. Being able to occupy more than half of the top 32 shares has already shown this point. Although Switzerland can only be regarded as The third tier team, they are really good too."

Zheng Qi said to the players of the Bawang team: "The guys in Europe and South America are different from our habits. The team names and player names they use are all those famous stars in the past. We prefer to use those in history. Famous people, maybe it’s because our country didn’t have any famous football stars before, after all, compared with other top players, it would be embarrassing for us to go out with the name of a former international footballer.”

The players of the Bawang team laughed at the same time. They actually knew about this kind of thing, but it can be regarded as a common complaint in the classical football circle.

"Basel's usual tactics are four-four-two. They run actively, are excellent overall, and have a good central axis. Defender Senderos, midfielder Behrami, playmaker Sforza, forward Chapuy Sartre, these are all well-known players in Europe. There are many exchanges in classical football in Europe. They even set up a semi-amateur league. The exchanges between countries are quite frequent. We can't just because they are not well-known Look down on them... these four are also very good in Europe, we have to pay attention to their performance."

At this point, Zheng Qi laughed: "But apart from their central axis, the level of other players is a bit worse. It is estimated that it is the level of our top 32 ordinary teams. We have to deal with it. Difficult."

"Well, but we also have to be careful. In a professional-level confrontation, no one is guaranteed to win." Lu Xiaotian nodded.

"Yes, yes, what Brother Xiao said is fine, but we don't need to belittle ourselves. We will win this opponent first, and we will use a victory to meet the next opponent!" Zheng Qi waved his fist and said.

"What about the other two opponents?" Lu Xiaotian asked.

"Well, I'll do some research, and I'll tell you before I hit them." Zheng Qi replied.

Lu Xiaotian nodded, this is also normal, of course one must concentrate on dealing with the opponent before the match, of course it is not good to think too much.

But classical football opponents from Europe... it's exciting just thinking about it.

They are studying their opponents, and the Bawang team, as one of the seed teams, is of course also being studied by others-in fact, the Bawang team is still inexperienced, and other seed teams have already begun to study the Bawang team at this time .

After all, for them, the team from China must be a stumbling block on the way to the championship, not to mention they are very unfamiliar with the Bawang team.

The data collection of the Bawang team in this year's competition is quite sufficient. Basically, the opponents have understood the characteristics of the Bawang team, and began to regard Lu Xiaotian as the most important opponent to beware of.

And this is also the effect that Zheng Qi needs - otherwise, he would not have been forbearing, and even when dealing with opponents like Shu Han, Dong Wu, Cao Wei, he would not show his best.

If you want to be yin, of course you have to have a big yin.

Lu Xiaotian is not very good at hiding his strength, and his personality is not suitable for doing such things, so although he didn't say it explicitly, Lu Xiaotian and the players of the Bawang team are also very clear. What the Overlords will do when they don't meet a really strong opponent.

This means that the pressure is actually on Zheng Qi. If he wants to perform normally, but does not show his true strength, the others will not be affected-not to mention the rest of the Bawang team, but they still admire Zheng Qi very much in their hearts. Guys who do this can't do anything!
Time passed quickly, and the group stage competitions will soon begin—for many insiders, the World Cup is not the real start until this time.

Although the 120 and eight participating teams can be regarded as the start of the World Cup from the very beginning, everyone knows from all aspects that the group stage is when the World Cup really begins-the calculation of the scorer list must start from this time, And the level of each game only started to become more intense at this time...

The previous two knockout rounds can only be regarded as part of the qualifiers.

Didn't you see that those famous strikers didn't score much in those two knockout rounds?They know that scoring goals at this time is not counted in the scorer list. Anyway, it is not difficult to win the opponent, so there is no need to work too hard.

Under such circumstances, Lu Xiaotian, who scored 21 goals in the first two games, is extremely eye-catching...

"Chen Fengxiao of the Bawang team is definitely an extremely top-level shooter. This is the first time he played in the China region this year, and he broke the scoring record that has been maintained for nearly 60 years in the China region. He scored three goals in five games. Ten balls, very strong!" Behrami said.

"So we have to focus on marking him in this game...Senderos, you mainly mark him, and others assist. How well you can control him determines whether we have a chance to win this game!" Sforza For Senderos, he is the core of Basel's midfield and often acts as the head coach.

Now there are not so many configurations in classical football, not even substitute players, so there is often a core in charge of organization on the field, some are late players such as goalkeepers or central defenders, and some are midfield cores, but very few There are strikers in that role.

Senderos nodded: "However, it is difficult for me to defend such a striker. It can be seen from the game that his strength and confrontation ability are top-notch. It is impossible to control him."

"He is the strongest scorer of the Bawang team. More than two-thirds of the Bawang team's goals are scored by him. The other goals are also related to him. Of course it is impossible to completely control it, but as long as you can control him a little bit , we will be able to attack to win!" Sforza said.

The others nodded their heads one after another. This is indeed the case. Besides, Basel is not a strong team, and they only think about playing well one game at a time.

"Their core, Guan Zhong, has good organizational skills." Chapu Isart reminded.

"Let me guard him," Behrami said. "Don't distract Sforza too much."