The days of playing football with Da Luo

Chapter 614
In the Champions League group stage, QPR also played very smoothly.

Since it is the first time in history to participate in the Champions League, they are of course classified as a team in the fourth tier, in Group B with Schalke 04, Olympiacos and Benfica.

Generally speaking, if a strong team is classified as a fourth-tier team, it is easy to create a death group.

For example, Group D in which Dortmund, Real Madrid, Ajax and Manchester City are located this year is a proper group of death.

However, QPR's luck is not bad. The three teams in the same group are all teams with certain strength, but not too strong.

Basically, the media are optimistic that QPR can qualify for the group stage.

But whether they can qualify first in the group depends on the performance of the QPR players on the spot.After all, it is their first time to play in the Champions League, so there may be a lack of experience.

However, in the first round of the group match, QPR beat Benfica 2:1 away and got a good start.

Next, they defeated Olympiacos 4:1.

After this match, the media basically has no doubts, and there will be no big twists and turns for QPR to qualify.

第三场小组赛，他们又主场2：2战平小组中实力最强的沙尔克04，2胜1平积7分，暂列小组第一。

The second place in the group is Schalke 04, they got 5 points.

In addition, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, QPR played by the youth team beat Arsenal 2:1 at home and entered the quarter-finals.

It can be said that in the first half of the season, QPR performed well on all fronts, which made the fans very satisfied.

In the 11th and 12th rounds of the league, QPR won two more games in a row, but in the 13th round of the league, their winning streak ended.

Because their opponent in this round is Manchester United.

The two sides launched a fierce battle at Old Trafford. In the end, Rooney and Ricardo each scored a goal, ending the fierce battle for the top spot with a draw.

此轮战罢，曼联10胜1平2负，31分仍然保留榜首位置，QPR9胜3平1负，积30分名列第二。

Manchester City ranked third with 29 points. Chelsea has a poor record in these three rounds and currently only has 25 points, ranking fourth.

After this game, QPR won a wave of 6 consecutive victories in the league. It was not until the last game before the New Year that they lost 0:2 at home to visiting Liverpool.

After 20 rounds of the league, QPR has 15 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, with a total of 48 points, still ranking second.

Because Manchester United's record is more dynamic. In these seven games, they have won 6 wins and 1 draw. At present, they have a total of 16 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, with 50 points, ranking first.

QPR did not play badly. If it was in previous years, they would probably win the half-time championship at this time.But the problem is that Manchester United have played really well this season.

Manchester United introduced Van Persie, Butner, Shinji Kagawa and Powell. The investment is not large, but the effect is very good.Van Persie has almost seamlessly integrated into Manchester United's style of play, and he has an excellent chemical reaction with Rooney.In the scorer list, he has scored 16 goals, ranking second.

The first is of course Ricardo who scored 29 goals.

Last season, Van Persie was also the second highest scorer at Arsenal, and this player is one of the best strikers in recent years.His joining also eased the Red Devils fans' yearning for Riccardo a little.

Manchester City and Chelsea are both falling behind, one is 7 points behind QPR, the other is 11 points behind QPR, and they have almost lost hope of competing for the championship.

British media believe that this season's championship will be decided between Manchester United and QPR.

The UEFA Champions League group stage is finally over. QPR drew 1:1 away with Schalke 04, beat Benfica 2:0 at home, and tied Olympiacos 1:1 away. The final record was 3 wins, 3 draws and 12 points. The other qualifying team in the same group is Schalke 04. They have 2 wins and 4 draws, accumulating 10 points and ranking second in the group.

Of the 4 teams in the Premier League, only 2 have entered the round of 16. Both Chelsea and Manchester City were eliminated.

In this way, it is almost possible to guess QPR's next opponent in the Champions League.The remaining 7 teams ranked second in the group are Porto, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Doncnec, Valencia, Galatasaray and Celtic.

As long as Real Madrid is not drawn, QPR will have a great chance of entering the quarterfinals.

In the English League Cup, QPR beat Bradford 3:1 away and entered the top four.

It can be said that the goals set before the season are steadily advancing.

After the winter transfer window opened, Modric, Nainggolan, including the outstanding teenager Pogba, etc. have received a large wave of offers, but the morale of the army is still stable, and the players have not strongly requested a transfer. Cardo will naturally not agree to other people's acquisitions. At this time, the most important thing for QPR is to maintain stability.

Riccardo communicated with Simeone and asked if he needed tonic.

Simeone believes that all aspects of the team are very mature and strong, and there is no need for reinforcements for the time being, so QPR announced early that there will be no action in this winter transfer window.

Based on the team's performance in the first half of the season, it can be said that Ricardo is still QPR's most stable scoring point, and half of the team's goals are related to him.

Neymar's performance was a bit up and down. It seems that he still doesn't adapt to the confrontational rhythm of the Premier League. Sometimes he has a superb performance, and sometimes he is mediocre throughout the game, unable to continue his high-light performance stably.

But this is based on Riccardo's standards.

In fact, the media has almost put Neymar on the altar, thinking that Neymar has injected a stream of technology into the Premier League, and QPR has made a good deal.

The performance of the two midfielders, Modric and Nainggolan, has become more and more prominent. It can be said that they are the top 5 organizational midfielders and the top 5 B2B midfielders in the world, and their worth has reached more than 4000 million pounds.

The most exciting thing is Pogba. He performed very well after being loaned to Crystal Palace last season, and this season has exploded. He is tall, strong, and his skills are very delicate. His organizational ability and frontal defensive ability are not bad. Among the all-round midfielders of the same age, he can definitely rank first.His worth has also skyrocketed because of this. He joined for free at the time and his price has reached as high as 2000 million pounds.

Fernandinho and Alex Sandro are also making continuous progress, and Miranda who joined this season, although there are not many opportunities to play, his performance is very stable every time he plays. His flexibility is currently QPR4 The tallest of the big central defenders, Simeone attaches great importance to his role in certain tactical situations.

As for the striker, Ronaldo's physical fitness is further declining, but his scoring efficiency is still very high. He played 11 times, scored 6 goals and assisted 3 goals. It is hard to believe that he is over 36 years old.

Klose also has a very stable performance, and his fulcrum role is very obvious.

However, Vardy, whom Riccardo valued very much, did not get any chance to play, so he could only use the opportunity of coming off the bench to earn experience points.

Generally speaking, the current team is in excellent condition, and the atmosphere in the locker room is also good. Ricardo is confident that he will attack the championship on three fronts in the second half of the season.

(End of this chapter)