Midfielder

With two almost bloodbathed victories, Portugal has warned its pursuers with its undisputed performance, not to dream of a classic game of reversal and overtaking in this group.

Although there are still two games to be played at the end of the year, after the two games, even the head coach of the Slovak team said helplessly, "The first place in this group can only be Portugal."

This is not a grandiose polite remark, but the most helpless answer from the other party. When the game reached this point, Slovakia, which ranked second in the group, had no chance of overtaking.

Expect Liechtenstein and Luxembourg to beat the current Portuguese team? That would be a miracle.

Even the head coach of the Liechtenstein team said that he only hoped that it was not a revenge game.

I guess he is a little regretful now, why did he embarrass the opponent at the home court of the Portuguese team? If Scolari holds a grudge, then what awaits Liechtenstein must be a brutal bloodbath, or their fate will be hundreds of times more unlucky than that of the Latvian team.

According to the current progress of the game, Portugal has almost secured the first place in the group.

Even if Slovakia wins the last two games, they can only be four points behind Portugal.

Not to mention the Russian team, which has been severely damaged after being bloodbathed by Portugal. After the crushing defeat to Portugal, they were trampled under the iron hoof of the Slovaks away from home and can only rank third in the group.

Now it is an unlikely luxury for them to catch up with Slovakia, which ranks second.

Basically, Slovakia and Russia can only strive to get the second place in the group with the best performance in the European zone, otherwise, they may be tragic and even lose the opportunity to participate in the play-offs.

However, Scolari is in no mood to care about how tragic the opponent's end will be. For him, in the next few months, what he has to do is to collect as much information as possible about each opponent.

Of course, it is not the intelligence of the opponents in the group stage, but those teams that have already secured their seats in the German World Cup. Facing these opponents that may be encountered in the future, Scolari hopes that he can prepare early.

The opponents in the finals are all elites from the qualifiers of various continents. Even the teams from Asia are not so easy to deal with. Scolari doesn't want to end up with nothing.

Scolari needs to prepare a copy of the information of the teams that may enter the last 16.

To collect so many things in less than a year, this workload is definitely not easy.

In addition, he also needs to observe the status of his players in the next six months. For Scolari, the current main force does not mean that he can always be competent in this position.

Especially for veterans like Figo who are approaching the twilight of their careers, once injuries come to them, their competitive state is likely to decline significantly, including those young people who are still in their prime.

Like C Ronaldo, Deco, Simao, including Lin Yi, they all have such dangers. Offensive players are a group that is prone to injuries, and the competition in their respective leagues is becoming increasingly fierce.

No one can say when they will get sick. Scolari needs more spare tires. Once there are emergencies of this or that kind, he doesn't want to become a tragic coach with nothing in his eyes.

Especially the offensive players in the front and midfield need more diverse combinations. Scolari also hopes to find a suitable striker for the Portuguese team in addition to Pauleta and Gomez. Perhaps Postiga, who has performed normally recently, can be observed in the next year.

After all, Scolari really doesn't expect Pauleta to shine in the World Cup, and Gomez has been in a half-baked state and fluctuated since the 2000 European Cup.

Compared with this striker who gave him a headache, Scolari is more confident about the midfield.

Whether it is Deco, Lin Yi, Simao, or Ronaldo, they can be independent in their respective positions.

However, before the national team players left the training ground of the Portuguese national team, Scolari still told Deco and Lin Yi, the indispensable main players under his command, not to get injured easily.

After all, there is still nearly a year before the start of the World Cup. No one dares to guarantee that everyone in the current team can be included in the final list of starters, and Scolari will not make a promise to anyone.

Just like players like Lin Yi and Deco, if necessary, Scolari will replace them without hesitation. In the eyes of this old Brazilian man, there may be only results, not human feelings.

Lin Yi doesn't care about Scolari's rigorous and impersonal performance. He doesn't intend to have the same relationship with every coach as Mourinho. There's nothing wrong with being more professional.

Especially in the national team, which is similar to a part-time job, Lin Yi doesn't have much nostalgia.

It's just that he is about to part with his old friend Deco, which makes Lin Yi a little depressed. In the past two games, the cooperation between him and Deco seems to have returned to the Porto era.

The smooth operation of the Portuguese midfield is also thanks to the positive interaction between Lin Yi and Deco.

Even Deco himself said privately, "Partnering with you is the most comfortable thing on the court."

However, the reunion of the national team is short-lived after all. When it is time to say goodbye, the next time they meet, they may be opponents again. However, Deco has already said hello in advance. He doesn't want to meet Lin Yi again.

"I hope we don't meet again in the Champions League, otherwise, I really can't help kicking you."

Lin Yi can only be speechless about his old partner's brutal statement, but thinking about how he tortured Deco and Barcelona in the Champions League last season, it is estimated that anyone would be so brutal.

But Lin Yi's response also made Deco helpless, "If we meet, you will lose."

Although they were bickering with each other, they both knew that if they met again in the Champions League, then Barcelona and Chelsea would definitely be a duel to the death, which could not be changed.

There were enough grievances accumulated last season. If they met again, the contradictions would only intensify.

At that time, Lin Yi and Deco would definitely confront each other on the court, and neither of them would show mercy.

Not only are they likely to meet in the Champions League, but like Deco, Ronaldo also left a message to Lin Yi before leaving, "I'll wait for you in the league, Manchester United will win the championship this year!"

Lin Yi didn't know where Ronaldo got the courage to challenge him, but looking at the situation, Chelsea will not only face more opponents in the European war, but also in the league.

There is no way, who made Chelsea the most popular team last season, the treble winner, who doesn't want to beat the treble winner? That is an opportunity to become famous in one battle, and many people also want to become famous.

It can be said that Chelsea has now become the target of public criticism. Traditional giants and those new teams all want to find some face on this new king, and there are more than one or two teams who want to win.

Especially Manchester United and Arsenal, who have been suppressed by Chelsea for a whole season, are always thinking about fighting a comeback in the new season so as to regain their lost Premier League throne as soon as possible.

Just as Mourinho said, this season they are the throne-takers, and next season they will be the defenders of the trophy that everyone is watching. This confrontation is likely to be very difficult.

The Premier League is not the Portuguese Super League. The teams here are not so easy to mess with. Although they have experienced a successful season, Mourinho does not want to encounter any embarrassing failures in the new season.

Mourinho is not used to the feeling of failure, not to mention that no one likes to lose when they are used to being winners.

It’s just that this time in the transfer war, Chelsea is not the only one. There are too many people who want to compete with it, especially when they see that Chelsea has succeeded in building a team like this, the number of people who dare to spend a large amount of transfer fees in the transfer market has gradually increased.

High investment and high returns may be the successful experience of Chelsea, which has inspired many people.

During the time when Lin Yi returned to Portugal, the transfer war in European football has already started, and Chelsea’s main opponents in the Premier League have opened their wallets and started to spend.

Manchester United can be said to be the first to take action. Although Ferguson does not have a wealthy man like Abramovich who spends money without regard for his life, the American boss who has just moved into Manchester United is relatively generous.

Although you can say that these Americans are new here and are using such performance to win people's hearts.

But after all, these businessmen paid Ferguson 40 million euros to strengthen the team lineup. It is not very generous, but compared with the two horse farm tycoons who always compete with Ferguson, it is not bad.

At least Ferguson has the opportunity to get a few players he likes in the transfer market. The speed of this Scottish old man is really fast. On the first day after the transfer market opened, he selected the main goalkeeper for the new season for Manchester United. The Dutchman Van der Sar joined for 2 million euros.

Fulham's performance last season was so outstanding, which is inseparable from the performance of this Dutch goalkeeper.

Otherwise, Ferguson would not have been eager to sign this veteran who is already in his thirties on the first day of the transfer. The price of 2 million is already very cheap in today's transfer market.

The old Sir Alex, who was tortured by the goalkeeper's weird performance in the past few seasons, planned to find an experienced guy to guard the goal for him this time. Van der Sar is a good choice.

Although many Manchester United fans have adopted a wait-and-see attitude as to whether a veteran in his thirties can still maintain his competitive state, many people frankly admit that Sir Alex never considers other people's evaluation of his actions when buying people.

For example, this time, Ferguson was able to spend 3.9 million euros to buy Korean Park Ji-sung from Eindhoven. Many Manchester United fans expressed their opposition. They believed that this guy from Asia was definitely not worth the price. Some even suspected that this was Ferguson's plan to start in the Asian market.

But Ferguson didn't need to explain so much to others. He bought it, and his speed of action would only be faster. While others were still criticizing him for buying the Korean, Ferguson had already settled Van Nistelrooy, who had been clamoring for a transfer for a long time, and the Dutchman was ready to play for another season.

Although the Dutchman only promised one season, Ferguson was able to convince Van Nistelrooy to continue playing in the Premier League, which is definitely good news for Manchester United, which is currently short of strikers.

And the old Sir Alex Ferguson's hand was long enough this time. After cleaning up several substitutes, Ferguson also set his sights on Ballack, who had been in the Bundesliga for a long time. When Scholes began to get older, Ferguson now had to consider finding a suitable successor.

Ballack had nothing to prove in the Bundesliga. Even though he was already the captain of the national team, for him, the Premier League and Serie A might allow him to move to a higher level.

However, the struggle between Bayern Munich and Manchester United continued. If Ferguson wanted to eat this piece of fat, he had to pay more transfer fees. You know, he was not without competitors this time.

I don't know if Manchester United owed Kenyon something in his previous life. Anyway, Kenyon was fighting with Manchester United to the end in this life. After Chelsea targeted Gerrard, it did not need to introduce more midfielders, but Kenyon was very interested in competing for Ballack.

However, this guy is purely to cause trouble for Manchester United, but for the main core of the German national team, Kenyon is not simply to raise the price with the other party, he really needs more big names.

Just like Kenyon and Mourinho discussed after the end of the season, the team really needs to make up for more intense games. Mourinho is not very opposed to those big-name players. As long as they are useful, Mourinho does not resist those star players who have already achieved success.

Otherwise, Kenyon would not be so ostentatious to hook up with the core players of other clubs. In this guy's eyes, there are few players in the world who are not for sale. The only difference is the price.

Anyway, the names of the players on Kenyon's acquisition list are enough to create another Chelsea, but according to Kenyon's appetite now, he doesn't care if there are too many people.

So in this transfer period, Kenyon is spreading his money and stirring around in European football.

It is no longer news that he poached Liverpool's players. Gerrard's transfer is now only the final signing. As long as the other party completes the national team's game mission, all this will not be a problem.

Among the top four teams in the Premier League, only Liverpool is the worst. Not only are the main players of the team being openly seduced by others, but the operation of their club in this new season is also extremely bad.

After firing Benítez, the position of the team's head coach has not been determined yet.

From the famous Dalglish to the old coach Hodgson, from Ranieri to Trim, there are many names of coaches who have been linked to Liverpool, including those well-known in the Premier League.

But to this day, Liverpool's coaching position is still vacant, which makes their fans very worried.

Not to mention that they are one step slower than their opponents in preparation, not only are the main players going to be poached, but the team is not even prepared for the new season. Relying on this state to compete for the championship? Which idiot would believe it?

Maybe it is more realistic for Liverpool to set their new season goal to strive for the top six.

For this club that still maintains the first number of championships in the English top league, their only way out now may be to tear down and rebuild, but that process will be very long.

But after digging out Liverpool, Kenyon's main opponents are still Manchester United and Arsenal.

Unlike Manchester United, which acted so quickly, the French old man in Arsenal has always been very stable in the transfer market. Well, actually, you should say that this guy really has no money.

However, Wenger did show his skill. Henry and Pires, who had already intended to leave, chose to stay after weighing the pros and cons, and Ljungberg and others also accepted the contract extension.

Only Bergkamp has announced in advance that he will choose to retire after this season, and Campbell is ready to leave. Apart from that, the overall framework of Arsenal last season has not changed.

Moreover, Wenger spent a rare transfer fee of more than 10 million euros to buy Hleb from Stuttgart. He also relied on his personal charm in France to get Traore for free.

Although he was only a 16-year-old French youth team central defender, the little guy had appeared in the notebooks of many scouts of wealthy clubs, but this time he chose his fellow countryman.

Although Arsenal does not have the same buying strategy as Chelsea and Manchester United, compared with the Liverpool team that has already fallen apart, the overall structure of Arsenal now seems more stable.

Especially the gradual maturity of Fabregas and others has given Wenger enough confidence.

Without the support of huge transfer fees, Wenger took another path. He believed that Arsenal could also regain the league championship with the new batch of weapons forged by himself in the Arsenal.

The transfer war between the top three teams in the Premier League is just the beginning. The fierce battle between them for players and poaching has not yet begun. The most exciting transfer war is still to come.

Anyway, the new season's battle between Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal has already started in the transfer market. Who can win the Premier League title in the new season will probably depend on whose lineup is stronger.

The eight immortals cross the sea, each showing their abilities. In this chaotic transfer market, no one is a good person.

This is a championship battle between the top three teams in the Premier League. Even before the new season started, we could already smell the strong smell of gunpowder. A new season? Maybe it will be a new battlefield with sparks flying.

Who will have the last laugh? Let's wait and see in a few months. Anyway, there will be no shortage of drama between the top three teams.