Grass roots glory

Chapter 1124
Manchester United successfully qualified, and the other Champions League groups were not upset.

Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Juventus and other giants have passed the test one after another, and they have basically locked the right to qualify.

Zhou Tiancheng's words were not in vain. The Champions League has entered the knockout stage, which is a game for the giants, and it has to be the giants of the five major leagues. A team like Benfica, which dominates the Portuguese Super League, is already within reach of qualifying for the Champions League. To the ceiling, you have to kneel before you can go far in the knockout round.

Of course, it will take nearly two months until the opponents in the knockout stage are revealed, and the draw for the knockout stage will start after the group stage is over.

During this period of time, it is time for Manchester United to fight hard for the league.

Although Mourinho will definitely not give up the Champions League, after the away game against the Spaniard, he stated that the team must strive for a complete victory in the group stage. He is very confident, since Zhou Tiancheng once made the two teams not so outstanding Bundesliga teams can do it, so there is no reason why Manchester United can't do it.

Schalke and Dortmund lie innocently...

Of course, when Mourinho said this, not everyone really took it to heart. It was all a madman's crazy words. No one was sure if he really thought this way in his heart.

No one knows which side Mourinho values ​​more. From a rational point of view, it is more realistic to value the league. The gap with Leicester City has not yet been fully opened, and the opponent may counterattack at any time. Of course, this is only a general meaning. on the idea.And from another point of view, there are still four rounds of the league. When the half of the league is over, Manchester United will also start their FA Cup, oh yes, and the League Cup. Facing the Premier League opponent Everton, the difficulty It is not small.

The league is nearly halfway through, and there are four opponents left before the FA Cup. Fortunately, they are not strong, but the pain is that the Premier League is different from the leagues of several other countries. There is no intermission period, which means that there is very little rest time. Poor, in the middle of these four league rounds, they have to play the League Cup with Everton and two Champions League games.

Near the end of the year, other leagues have entered a period of adjustment, but for Manchester United, it is now the most important time.

Based on this situation, Lippi did not recruit Zhou Tiancheng to participate in the World Cup qualifier away against Hong Kong on the international match day in November. Still stick to my point of view.

The coaching staff had communicated with Zhou Tiancheng about this matter. Even though Zhou Tiancheng had a strong desire to fight, Lippi still insisted on his own opinion. What else Zhou Tiancheng wanted to say, Lippi only said to him: "Zhou, against the ball The team has a little confidence. Play the Premier League well. Do you really think that without you, we can't even win a Chinese provincial team?"

Zhou Tiancheng frowned subconsciously, but then laughed, that's the reason!
If another person said that, he would have to jokingly remind him that this kind of thinking is very dangerous and it is easy to overturn the ship.

But he thought about it, Lippi was on the other end of the phone, is it necessary?
Will Mr. Pi, a coach who has experienced the Champions League final and the World Cup champion, make the mistake of underestimating the enemy?

As long as everyone doesn't die on the court, there must be no problem. Anyway, Jiang Hao and Sanshi are going back, right?
For nearly ten days, this period has become a rare rest time for Zhou Tiancheng. There is no intermission period in the Premier League, which means that Zhou Tiancheng has no holiday under normal circumstances during the Christmas holiday.

These few days Zhou Tiancheng stayed at home and played football with his little lucky star every day. When he was free, he also followed the national team's games online.

The away game between the Chinese team and the Hong Kong team was more difficult than he imagined. Most of the players seemed unable to adapt to the small venue like the Mong Kok Stadium, and without him to sort out the midfield, the Chinese team, which dominated the ball, had difficulty passing the ball. Make a deadly threat.

The final score was 0:0. The Chinese team was upset in the away game. Although it did not affect the current ranking of the first group, this result should not have happened anyway. Zhou Tiancheng couldn't help but patted his thigh. He couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "What's all this kicking? Huh~ Fortunately, fortunately, we won the last game."

Zhou Tiancheng was shocked when he thought about it. Fortunately, he won the last game in Doha easily, otherwise he would have fallen to second place in the group.

Almost capsized!No, as long as you can't win Hong Kong, you will be considered capsized.

In fact, Zhou Tiancheng was not happy at all. He could probably guess what the domestic media would think after the game: If Zhou Tiancheng was around, would a broken iron bucket be a problem?This must be Lippi's biggest slot.

But Zhou Tiancheng does not enjoy this feeling of being needed. He also came from the fans. Unlike many professional players who entered football schools and started playing football at a young age, he knows exactly what the fans want-relying on one person, Can a national team be strong for a long time?
This is the fact, so cruel, even if there are many returnees on the front line, the midfielder is the fundamental. In other words, anyone can be missing, and he is the most indispensable one for the Chinese team.

Zhou Tiancheng shook his head slightly, Chu Yunling looked at him like this, and joked: "See, there is a reason why I don't want my son to play football. If he goes on this road, you definitely don't want him to represent England. , You are also a person with feelings, haha... then you have to be like you, when the time comes to carry a team alone, I don't want my son to bear such a lot of pressure, those domestic trolls can be fatal."

Zhou Tiancheng raised his head and looked at his wife, and after careful thought, that was indeed the case.

"Then..."

Seeing his hesitation to speak, Chu Yunling sighed lightly: "But I can't help it, our son is more and more like you now."

Chu Yunling took out a business card and put it on the table: "A few days ago our son was playing ball in the park next door, and someone gave me this one. There is a football parent-child program on Manchester TV. Look, they have been playing football for the past two days. I have called home many times."

"Isn't there a lawn in the back garden? Why doesn't my son play there?"

"The little guy found that many three- and four-year-old children were also playing in that park, so he thought it was boring to be alone." Chu Yunling pursed her lips after she finished speaking: "It's been like this for a long time, you're a dad who throws hands , I don’t even understand my own son. Just let me have a blast, and throw all the follow-up to me.”

"Uh..." Zhou Tiancheng blushed immediately, and then thought of something: "Our son hasn't shown his face in public yet, right? How did they know?"

Chu Yunling snorted coldly: "Do you think our house is a secret safe house? Even if it is, these English paparazzi have better noses than Turin, you have made such a big name, can you escape it?"

Zhou Tiancheng didn't say anything, good or bad?

Just laughing, I have long been used to it.

(End of this chapter)