Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 189 World Cup Playoffs
One day after the game, Simeone learned from the team medical team about the situation of the team's injured and sick, and he was not very optimistic.

Wen Zhihao and Godin, two important players in the front and back courts, are not suitable to play in the league in the middle of next week.Wen Zhihao's eye injury required rest, while Godin's knee injury recurred due to the accumulation of fatigue from consecutive high-intensity matches.It is advisable for the two to rest for at least a week.

Wen Zhihao's absence from Simeone was psychologically prepared, but Godin's injury made Simeone a little worried.Without Wen Zhihao, Griezmann can take more responsibility, but Godin's role in the defense is unreplaceable.

But everything has two sides.After the end of the next round of the league, there will be an international competition day that lasts for half a month.Simeone can have legitimate reasons to refuse the call-up of their respective national teams and keep some main players who are injured in the club. After all, the next opponent after the international break is Barcelona, ​​the direct rival of the championship. The main players can have more time to rest and adjust. Naturally, it is good news for the club.

However, the head coach of the national team where these injured and sick people belong may be scratching their heads in annoyance...

Atletico Madrid's next game is away to Leganes.The two teams are located in the Madrid region, the distance is short, and there is an objective gap in strength. Atletico Madrid should win without any suspense and continue to maintain a good momentum of catching up with Real Madrid and Barcelona.

做客布塔克球场，西蒙尼想要全取三分，这一点毋庸置疑。不过他把常规阵型4-4-2变成了3-5-2，这就让很多人不能理解。

Even without Wen Zhihao, with Atletico Madrid's hard power, do they still need to rely on such a strong attack strategy if they want to score goals?

The Chinese media is very imaginative, and without changing face or heartbeat, they declared that Atletico Madrid suffered from "Wen Zhihao dependence". Without Wen Zhihao, Simeone himself did not have the confidence to rely on conventional play to score goals...

The Chinese fans themselves blushed, as if Atletico Madrid were a relegation team in La Liga before Wen Zhihao joined.

Of course, some media must have asked Simeone why he suddenly changed his formation. Simeone explained that the team's players who can play full-backs have undergone fierce battles in the Champions League, and their physical condition is temporarily unable to adapt to the requirements of the game.

Obviously those YY Chinese media will not reprint Simeone's true meaning, and it is also a pleasure to live in your own world...

But no one expected that Atletico Madrid had an absolute advantage in the away game, with 0 shots in the game, 0 more than their opponents, but they couldn't help the opponent's iron barrel formation.Without Wen Zhihao, Griezmann seems to have lost the luck of scoring goals. In the first half, he had two shots and hit the post. At the end of the second half, a lore chance in front of the goal was intercepted by the defender flying to block the hole in the goal line.In the end, they could only accept the embarrassing result of a [-]:[-] goalless draw.

Garcia put this embarrassment on the table with a joke during the game: "It is a joke that Atletico Madrid will be blocked by the iron barrel formation. It is a joke. You must know that Atletico Madrid relies on defense for a living. In terms of the ability to play iron barrels, Simeone can be a teacher for Garitano on the opposite side. Real Madrid fans have found new material to attack Atletico Madrid."

But He Wei's words are more vivid and hit the nail on the head: "It's like a martial arts master who has won all over the world with one move, but he doesn't know how to break it when facing an opponent who uses the same move."

Sounds ridiculous, right?

But according to Atletico Madrid's performance tonight, this is the best explanation!

Wen Zhihao didn't go to the scene, he watched the game through TV broadcast, and once again realized how tortured it is for a spectator to be anxious and unable to help.In the end, he himself suspected that he watched a fake Atletico Madrid team. According to the performance of the Champions League, this should not be the result.

Is there such a big difference between whether you are present or not?

Wen Zhihao didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

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The end of this game is the regular international game day in October every year.The international players of each club have returned to their respective national teams to prepare for the game.

The qualifying process for the 2018 World Cup in Russia differs from continent to continent.The start of the group stage in the European region was late and there were many rounds. There are still two rounds left until October. The fate of the powerful players will be determined in the next half month.The situation in the African region is similar. There are two rounds left in the final stage of the group stage, but only one round will be played this month, and it will end next month. African teams will have a longer lifespan, except of course the teams that have been confirmed to be eliminated early.

The South American qualifiers are a double round-robin points competition system, and there are still two rounds left. Whether Argentina, the champion of the club, can grasp the last straw is the biggest attraction in the South American region. Messi fans all over the world are shouting crazily.

The same is true for the Central and North American qualifiers. Panama and Honduras are most likely to get fourth and participate in the intercontinental play-offs with Asia.

The Oceania qualifiers are the least suspenseful, and it is basically a certainty that New Zealand will become the representative of Oceania to play in the play-offs.

Since the Chinese team directly qualified for the World Cup, the play-offs in the Asian region had nothing to do with Chinese fans, but Chinese fans paid close attention to the play-offs.The two strong Asian teams, South Korea and Australia, fought for the last half of the World Cup tickets, and one of them was bound to fall. The Chinese fans felt a great sense of satisfaction.

While eating snacks, while watching the performance of the two old enemies from the other side, I kept shouting "die to the stick" and "die to the kangaroo".This feeling is the first time for a Chinese fan.Especially when the Chinese team is shortlisted in advance, I have an infinite sense of superiority in my heart. No matter who wins or loses, it will not affect the fun of Chinese fans.

If you must stand in line, there will definitely be more people supporting Australia.Although China and South Korea are both East Asian teams, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, but the South Korean team has overcome us for more than 30 years. The two countries have deep grievances in the field of football. The "performance" of the South Korean team in the 2002 World Cup deepened this disgust.Relatively speaking, Australia has no big feud with us. Although the Chinese team also loses more and wins less, but there is a gap in strength at the competitive level. Everyone knows that one yard is one yard.

The odds offered by bookmakers are also more bullish on Australia.The odds of a home and away double against South Korea are 1:5.70, and the probability of one win and one tie is as low as 1:2. Even Australia's promotion by relying on away goals has not been opened, and the South Korean team has basically been sentenced to death.

The opening odds of the bookmakers can be said to be in line with public opinion. There are also several teams in Europe who hope that the Kangaroo Legion will have a good time, such as Portugal, Spain and Italy...

Australia's hopes are high indeed.Entering 2017, the South Korean team only won two games in total, and the Austrian Stillik did not get better after get out of get out of class.

This time, even the self-righteous Koreans have no confidence in their national team. Some fans said: "Since losing to China, I have given up on the national team. Even China can't win, what else can I do?"

It was originally a comment on a Korean domestic portal, but after it was reposted to China by Sina.com, netizens immediately grasped the key points.

"This sentence makes it clear that even China can't win, so what else can we do? Haha! My big country is innocent."

"There's nothing wrong with it. Bangzi is indeed at the end of his life. National football V587!"

"This should be the best time for me to lie down this year. It sounds comfortable."

Some netizens put a red circle on "Even China can't win" in a funny way, and then commented on the attached picture: The key points have been marked, this sentence needs to be tested...

(End of this chapter)