746、Twelve Points
"Scored 8 goals in 20 minutes? You're dead!"
After seeing the news, Ronaldo, who was far away in Portugal, could not help but close his eyes in despair.
He just staged his first big four in his personal national team career in the World Cup qualifiers between Portugal and Andorra, and also brought the first victory of the World Cup qualifiers to the national team. He was originally feeling that he was invincible, but he was poured with cold water on Long Shute's head and was covered with cold water!
Among the FIFA rankings that were just released in early October, Andorra ranked 125th and Thailand ranked 143th... There is probably no essential difference.
I am so envious. I have reached the top 12 in Asia, but I can still meet super soft persimmons like Thailand!
Check out our next rival in Portugal!
FIFA ranked 74th in the Faroe Islands, Denmark!
This is a football powerhouse with a population of 49,000!
Don’t look down on them. With less than 50,000 people, they can be on the same level as China, which is 1.5 billion, in the world football world!
Even in most of the time period, the football rankings of this archipelago... have always outperformed the Chinese team!
——And at this time the Chinese team was only ranked 84th...
I just ask if you are afraid?!
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Three days later, Ronaldo led Portugal to slap the 74th Faroe Islands 7-0, but he was not happy at all.
Facing an opponent who is obviously inferior to his own strength, the captain of the new European Cup champion actually scored only two goals!
His popularity was even completely overshadowed by the 21-year-old Andre Silva who scored a hat-trick!
Ronaldo would definitely be very satisfied if he had scored 6 goals in two official matches.
But after taking a look at Asian news thousands of miles away, he could only regret that he played too selflessly!
MMP! The captain number 8 of the Chinese team... staged a big four-game in the capital of Uzbekistan!
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Tashkent in October is the most comfortable season. The afternoon temperature reaches around 18 degrees. Playing 90 minutes of football under the sun is still a small enjoyment for professional players.
Uzbekistan is very strong, and in this month's FIFA ranking, they even ranked ahead of Japan, second only to Iran, Australia and South Korea in Asia, ranking fourth with 48th place.
Facing the 84th Chinese team, Uzbekistan was a little careless.
Of course they know Long Shute's strength, but this does not affect their arrogance in front of other Chinese players.
Facts have also proved that Uzbekistan is indeed qualified to do so. They scored two goals in the first half, causing the Chinese team to fall into a tough battle in this "Stone City".
But that's all. Before they scored two goals, the Chinese team's captain No. 8 had already completed a hat-trick. As the game entered the second half, the Chinese team, which was fully defending, did not let the "Black Chicken" find a chance to score.
Long Shute once again scored one pass and one shot in the last 20 minutes, freezing the final score at 5-2, winning the fourth victory of the top 12 for the Chinese team.
With four games and four victories, the Chinese team steadily occupied the top spot in the standings with a score of 12 points, and also made the 1.4 billion people across the country feel excited.
Domestic media even asserted:
"The Chinese team has entered the 2018 World Cup finals 100%!"
They showed their spirit of studying primary school mathematics and analyzed the Chinese team's qualifying situation for readers:
It's 12 points now, and Thailand has to give away 3 points, which is already 15 points. In the other 5 games, you can easily get 3 points and get 18 points. You will definitely qualify!
Isn’t it 100% of the time to score 3 points in 5 games?
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After playing Uzbekistan, Long Shute did not return to Liverpool directly, but discussed some subsequent arrangements with Vice Chairman Zhang Jian who went to Tashkent with the team the next morning.
For example, the finalization of the next three home courts.
Although Long Shute has the power to operate, the leaders of the Football Association finally decided were the ones who had to consider too many things, so they had to communicate in advance what they should discuss.
After lunch, Long Shute boarded his private plane and rumbled into the blue sky of Tashkent.
There is not much time left for him to rest.
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"I'm glad that most people returned in time and there were almost no injuries, which was a good thing for us, but our next schedule was not easy."
Rogers said this during the afternoon of October 13th training session.
Assistant coach Mike Marsh put a recent schedule on the wall:
"Young guys, cheer up! On the 17th, play at Manchester United at home; on the 20th, away Porto; on the 23rd, home West Brom; on the 25th, home Tottenham Hotspur; on the 29th, away Crystal Palace; three days later, home Porto... The schedule is getting more and more intense, and there will be a game every three days, and the coaching team will arrange rotations, but we all hope that everyone will maintain their physical condition and be able to play at any time..."
If Liverpool's strength in history is used to deal with such a schedule, it may be a little difficult, but as Long Shute brought Salah, Van Dijk, 90% of the peak Gerrard, and a 120% self in advance, they can handle multi-line combat.
So, even if the coaches repeatedly stressed so seriously, most players were not too worried.
Because... they have Captain Dragon!
"Let's take a look at Manchester United now."
Technical coach Greg Matsen started his job:
"Murinho became Manchester United's head coach, so the style of this team became well-known, yes, I mean, they're very good at defending.
There is no doubt that the first thing they did when they entered Anfield was to set up two buses in their own penalty area. Our forwards would definitely find that it is absolutely difficult to move freely in Manchester United's defense.
As of the 7th round, Manchester United was only ranked seventh. Their defense was the best in the Premier League, but their offense was the worst in the top ten, but... As Brendan said in the meeting, you must not think that they will not score goals when facing opponents like Manchester United. Their lineup has good offensive players like Ibrahimovic, Pogba, Rooney, Mata, and Martial. If we relax, they will teach us how to be a human being in a second.
The good news is that Mourinho has brought a lot of new players in the summer transfer window, so they are still in the running-in stage. Whether it is the striker, midfielder, or defender, they have not reached the best tacit understanding between each other. In addition, they have suffered a lot of injuries recently, so as long as we are more active on the court, we can definitely find many flaws..."
After Ma Tyson's analysis was completed, Rogers made another summary:
"99% of the teams are afraid of intensive defense, especially Mourinho's defense, but we are not among the teams we are afraid of, because we have countless weapons that can defeat the enemy. For example... Our Captain Dragon has developed long-range missiles with a range of more than 40 meters, and he can even directly rub the corner kick into the goal!"
A relaxed laughter sounded in the conference room, and most of the players' expressions were indeed quite relaxed.
After such a strong season, they have no reason to be afraid of any opponents.
Manchester United Mourinho?
So what's wrong with this?
The Magic Bird of last season... wasn't it because we were slaughtered?
Set up a bus?
Chapter completed!