Chapter 268: Opening of the Champions League

At the end of the first round of the Portuguese League, Porto defeated the newly promoted Mario Avi in ​​a devastating manner. The defending champion Rexos also defeated Terofense 2:1 in the away game. The two games declared that the rampage of newly promoted horses last season was just a coincidence . ． ．

Gao Xiaodong scored a hat-trick in the Porto show, and Hulk scored a goal in the show, which also made them two figures in Portuguese football.

After the game, the major media were overwhelmed by the violent aesthetics of Gao Xiaodong and Hulk. "Izvestia" reporter Anna said that the violent play of Gao Xiaodong and Hulk was like a mudslide in the technically-oriented Portuguese football. , no opponent can block the onslaught like their heavy tanks.

Ma Ya, a reporter from the "Match News", said that although Gao Xiaodong and Hulk's skills are still a little rough, they can score goals as forwards and pass as wingers. Such players are really rare. Polish it up, and both could be Porto's Drogba.

"Izvestia" gloated and said that the giants of the five major leagues should now regret their hesitation. Gao Xiaodong's performance is definitely worthy of 300 million euros, but now that Gao Xiaodong has renewed his contract, if he wants to buy Gao Xiaodong now, I'm afraid. You have to pay liquidated damages to do it.

Shortly after the end of the first round of the Portuguese League, the European transfer market entered its final frenzy.

Because Porto's asking price was too high, in the end Inter Milan gave up Gao Xiaodong for 3000 euros, and bought the attacking Mancini and the defensive Muntari for a total of 29 million euros.

Although Gao Xiaodong in good condition can be used by two people alone, for Mourinho, it is too risky to buy a 19-year-old boy who has not passed the test of the competition for 30 million.

Manchester United disliked the high price of Gao Xiaodong, but on the last day of the transfer, they spent 38 million euros to buy Tottenham's handsome brother Berbatov.

What Sir Alex Ferguson lacks is not money, but trust in Chinese players.

Professor Wenger was the first to be Xiaodong, but after thinking about it, he still felt that his fellow countrymen were more reliable, and they were also of good quality and low price, so he spent 2 million to get the "new Zidane" Nasri from Marseille.

Of course Gao Xiaodong is a genius, but in the eyes of the professor, no matter how promising a young genius is, the price should not exceed 30 million.

Of course, the king of the bid was still produced in the UK, but this time it was not Chelsea who won the bid, but Manchester City, which was controlled by wealthy Arabs before the transfer window closed. Robinho, if there is enough time, Manchester City may create a few more sky-high transfers.

At the end of the summer transfer,

The results of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw also came out. Porto was lucky, and they were assigned to Group G with Arsenal's Fenerbahce Ukrainian League Dynamo Kyiv.

Rexos is also lucky. They are in Group C with La Liga giants Barcelona, ​​Shakhtar Donetsk, and Basel, Switzerland. If they are lucky, they may qualify, but Rexos has the most experience in European wars. weakness.

The grouping situation of the other 24 teams is as follows, Group A: Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj; Group B: Inter Milan, Bremen, Panathinaikos Anorthosis; Group D: Liverpool, Eindhoven, Marseille, Madrid Athletic; Group E: Manchester United Villarreal Celtic Alborg; Group F: Lyon Bayern Munich Steaua Bucharest Fiorentina; Group H: Real Madrid Juventus St Petersburg Zenit Borisol.

The group of death is Group D, Liverpool, Eindhoven, Marseille and Atletico Madrid. Of these four teams, Liverpool is definitely the strongest, but the other three opponents are all extraordinary. Each of them can challenge Liverpool. In the end, who can survive from death? It's hard for anyone to say which group will qualify.

It is very difficult for Porto and Gunners Arsenal to win the first place in the group. However, Porto, who is the overlord of the sixth European league, is still strong enough to compete with Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kyiv for the right to qualify.

The first match of Group G of the Champions League group stage was played on September 18. Porto's first opponent was Turkish runner-up Fenerbahce.

Before the game against Fenerbahce, Porto played another round of the league against Bilenises, who was ranked seventh last season.

In the first round, Porto swept the newly promoted Mario Avi with 5 goals, and Gao Xiaodong performed a hat-trick, which shocked Portugal.

In this round, Belenises set up an iron barrel formation in the away game, trying to defend a draw and go back, but their defense line was ravaged by Gao Xiaodong and Hulk in turn, and they were defeated before the first half ended. In the end, o: 4 Dejectedly left the Dragon Stadium.

After playing Bilenises, Porto immediately shifted all its attention to the Champions League opponent Fenerbahce.

For a wealthy team like Porto, Portugal is just a routine, as long as they guarantee a place in the Champions League, the highlight of each season is actually the Champions League.

Because as long as you can participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage, you can get a basic bonus of 1.7 million euros. In addition, the group stage appearance fee is 340,000 euros, plus 340,000 euros for a win, and 170,000 euros for a draw. You can get another 2 million euros, and the winning prize and appearance fee in the quarter-finals will be doubled.

In addition, there are a lot of advertising revenue and ticket revenue. It can be said that the Champions League is earning a lot of euros every minute. A small country like Porto has status and glory, but it is short of money. , How can we not put the UEFA Champions League in the most important position.

After finishing the Portuguese League match with Bilenises and resuming training the next day, Porto coach Ferreira called all the players to hold a Champions League preparation meeting.

Before the meeting, Ferreira first announced a decision that the retired captain Emmanuel will serve as the team's tactical coach.

Upon hearing this news, the players from the local gang applauded enthusiastically, while the players from the South American gang were stunned.

After knowing that Emmanuel was going to retire, the South American players disrespected Emmanuel very much. Except for a few newcomers, no one paid attention to Emmanuel's words. No one would have imagined that Emmanuel was immediately invited by the head coach Ferreira to serve as an assistant coach within a week of his retirement.

Thinking about the fact that someone who was against you became your own coach, many people in the South American gang felt like they were fucked up.

The suit was so straight that Emmanuel nodded at the players with a smile, and then sat down beside Ferreira.

Ferreira cleared his throat and said: "Today's meeting is to tell everyone about the preparations for the Champions League. In the middle of next week, the Champions League group stage will start. Our first opponent is the local Fenerbahce. You must know what kind of opponent this is. Last season, they reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League. They beat Chelsea 2-1 at home and Inter Milan 1-0. Now our coaching staff has collected Fenerbahce The game data of the last three seasons."

The edited video took a full hour. Finally, Ferreira asked the players to express themselves, and then Ferreira said seriously: "There are only six games in the Champions League group stage, and we don't need more than two games against Arsenal. Thinking about it, it’s better to win, it’s okay if we can’t win, the four games against Dynamo Kyiv and Fenerbahce must be played well, especially the two home games, we must win, otherwise we basically have no hope of qualifying .”

Some young players, including Gao Xiaodong, had confused eyes and didn’t quite understand. Ferreira said: “Fenerbahce’s home court is the famous home court of hell. Every time I go to Istanbul, it’s almost like going to hell. Three achievements are blessed by God. The winter of Dynamo Kyiv killed France’s Napoleon the Great, if you ignore the ice and snow tens of degrees below zero, then I will say it for nothing.”

The old players knew about these two places, but many young players heard it for the first time, and they were a little worried. Ferreira said: "You don't have to be afraid, as long as we can get three points at home , It is still possible to fight for a draw in the away game, the technical and tactical abilities of these two teams are worse than ours, we should have confidence in ourselves."

After telling the players the importance of the home field to Fenerbahce, Ferreira analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of Fenerbahce to the players, and distributed the information of each Fenerbahce player that each player might match up with Players, let them study carefully before announcing the meeting adjourned. Announcement: APP Android, Apple special version, bid farewell to all advertisements, please follow the WeChat official account to enter the download and installation: appxsyd (press and hold for three seconds to copy)