Step by Step to Win

Before this year's Champions League knockout draw, if someone asks Gao Shunyao who he thinks is the most embarrassing team in the Champions League, the first answer that Gao Shunyao thinks of is definitely the name Manchester City. For a long period of time, in Gao Shunyao's view, the performance of Manchester City in the Champions League can be described as a joke. Looking at their performance in the Champions League, Gao Shunyao felt that his team was Not too good, but at least it is something to be proud of.

His idea, of course, is because Manchester City's performance makes him quite overlooked. This is not to say that the Manchester City team is really bad, it's just that their performance, and people's expectations of them, are really very different.

This expensive team has always been considered one of the strongest teams in the Premier League. They have excellent players, strong funds, and that terrifying salary level and star list. Anyone can't easily forget it after reading it.

For a long time, this team was nothing but a little brother in the same city of Manchester United. When Ferguson brought Manchester United to an extraordinary massacre, they have been living in the shadow of Manchester United. And now, with enough funds, they kept signing in, changing blood, and determined to become the new Premier League giants, which also made them attract enough attention.

Although this team has been accompanied by considerable controversy since the beginning of its rise, because of the large-scale spending of money, in various controversies, people have to admit that the large amount of money they spend makes them really have Very good lineup. With this lineup, they have achieved a lot of results in the Premier League. Now they have basically had the Champions League to play every year.

However, the strength of this enviable lineup in the Champions League is really unsatisfactory. Although they have the most top players, but they have made people feel disappointed again and again.

in fact. Although people are optimistic that Manchester City will have results in the Champions League, the expectation of them is not to expect them to immediately achieve great success in the Champions League. In their Champions League journey, as long as they can show some fighting spirit and determination to meet the strong, it is enough to win the fans' expectations and appreciation. The process of starting a team from nothing is not as easy. Even if it is funded, it must be done step by step. People still understand this truth.

But the problem is that people are waiting for Manchester City to become stronger step by step, but Manchester City's footsteps always seem to linger in place. They played in the Champions League for two consecutive years. You can't play in the league at all, and you can't beat the top superpowers. Even the underdogs who participate in the Champions League can't even play. There is even the bottom of the group and the experience of playing in the European Union. That's enough for one year, but they have played similarly for two consecutive years, and the amount of money spent is one of the best in football, but the results of the European war are not even the best in the group stage. It is really hard to help them underestimate them.

Of course, Manchester City fans always say. They played this way because of their bad luck, and because the team is poorly divided, they always encounter strong teams. However, in this case, Wolfsburg can be said, but Manchester City cannot say: They spend a lot of money, and they were originally rushing to become giants. As a team that aspires to become giants, they dare not compete with other giants. Head-to-head, which in itself is a shame.

It was also from the underdogs that began to rise, Dortmund played countless times better than them. And the same is to spend money to make a fortune, Paris Saint-Germain, also played better than they played in the Champions League. Manchester City's current situation can find a lot of excuses, but no matter what the excuses are. Their poor performance in the Champions League is an indisputable fact.

And if you don't play well, you will always be despised, and this is no way.

And this year, compared to before, Manchester City seems to have finally made some progress. Although they still can't beat the giants in the group stage. But at least torturing some other underdogs is not too big a problem. After the UEFA Champions League group stage, Manchester City finally realized one of their long-cherished wishes: to enter the Champions League round of 16.

This time, they finally made it to the top 16 of the Champions League with the second place in the group. And this success made them extremely happy. Especially when they saw that after the round of sixteen, they faced the weakest of the team's Wolfsburg, Manchester City's confidence was also unprecedented, and even prepared to make a breakthrough in one fell swoop and enter the Champions League. Quarterfinals.

They dare to think like this. In addition to their own progress, a very important reason is that the opponent they face is not another strong team but Wolfsburg. This result made Manchester City ecstatic. Compared to media propaganda such as Dzeko going home, in their opinion, it is the most important thing for Manchester City to advance.

Although Manchester City has consistently performed poorly in the face of strong opponents, they naturally feel that they can try again in the face of underdogs. For Manchester City, this draw can be said to be a very good result, and they are extremely satisfied with it.

The three years of the Champions League's hardships seem to have come to an end at this time, and this time they seem to see a bright future.

Contrary to them, it was Wolfsburg's view of this draw. After the draw, looking at what he encountered was Manchester City, Gao Shunyao suddenly felt that he might have despised Manchester City too much before.

Last year, Wolfsburg looked at Manchester City's huge reputation and was eliminated early. Gao Shunyao had laughed at them at the time, and even regretted how he didn't meet this opponent. And this year, they really met Manchester City, and Gao Shunyao was quite worried.

When this opponent looks from a distance, he always thinks they are just a joke. So many stars have played a mess in the Champions League, which is simply the most ridiculous thing. But when they really met, their roster was still scary: no matter how bad they played in the Champions League, they were still a group of stars.

Turan, Silva, Kompany, Aguero... just look at those names, it's enough to make people laugh. Among other things, Dzeko, who was the core player at Wolfsburg, was not even able to ensure his absolute main identity in Manchester City. There are crowds of stars, fierce competition, and a completely different environment from Wolfsburg.

What Manchester City has is money, which even the people who hate them the most have to admit. And if you have money, you can have good players. This is also the iron law of the football world.

These players who have enjoyed a lot of reputation all over the world, even if they have played in a game that makes people unbearable, but as long as they have the ability to play on the field, they can still win games for their team. , They are not objects to be underestimated. Maybe they used to play a mess in the Champions League, but who would dare to say they will continue like this? And their strength, even if it's just an excitement, Wolf Castle will encounter a great crisis.

Of course, some people always think that a team that relies on money is not as strong as the giants. Some people think that such team players only play for money and will not do their best for the team, so they are always inferior to the rich. No matter how many stars there are, there is a gap in strength.

However, if you're serious, in modern football, even the giants have to spend money to be able to play. If the team has no money, it will not be able to save the current decadence in the glorious past. . Even Wenger is a diligent and thrifty coach who has gone through many years of no title because he is not willing to spend money. Even with the reputation of Real Madrid and want to introduce players, the transfer fee and salary cannot be less. In this football, the vast majority of people play for money, and there is nothing wrong with it. Except for individual stars in individual teams, who can say that playing football is not for money?

These local teams can't buy hard-working players with money, but as long as their players are good enough and can absolutely crush the quality, then what does it matter even if they are unwilling to work hard for the team? Looking at their lineup, you can know that even if these players don't try their best, it is extremely difficult for Wolfsburg to deal with it.

A team like Manchester City may be played miserably when facing Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but facing Wolfsburg, they are still worried. It's interesting to see the bloodshed of these rich men in the Champions League from a distance, but it's not a good thing to really let yourself go and touch them. To draw such an opponent, it can only be said that Wolfsburg is unlucky~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This season, Wolfsburg has made up his mind, no longer thinking about what to compete in the league, but in the Champions League. Struggling to give it a try. However, the result of the draw made Wolfsburg quickly realized that even if they really want to only play in the Champions League and want the final victory, I am afraid it is not easy.

This challenging road is still extremely difficult.

Why can't your team get a team like Galatasaray or Olympiacos? Watching Chelsea and Real Madrid take the two teams home one by one, Gao Shunyao can only sigh the good luck of these strong teams. Compared with those teams, their luck is obviously much worse. Even their luck is not as good as Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. Although the Arsenal and Juventus they met are not weak and famous, they are better than Manchester City in Gao Shunyao's view.

Maybe only Porto is as bad as Wolfsburg in terms of luck. They met Paris, which was a tougher team. In addition to them, Wolfsburg may be the most depressed team.

On February 19, Wolfsburg is about to usher in an encounter with a strong enemy in the Champions League. Before that day, they had little time to prepare. (To be continued.)