266 Winter Championship Battle!
Updated: 2012-08-09
Before the league with Mallorca, Tang Feng once again participated in the draw ceremony of the League Cup.
Tang Feng, who participated in the draw for the second time, was less excited than the first time. For him, he simply went over and saw who the team's opponent in the next round of the League Cup, so that he could prepare in advance.
After entering the quarterfinals, there are fewer and fewer teams in the bottom of the game, and the probability of encountering European powerhouses is getting higher and higher.
For Tang Feng, it is naturally the best to avoid wealthy families like the two Milan heroes. If you are not lucky and meet them in advance, Tang Feng will face it bravely. Because in his opinion, if the Betis team wants to go further, it will definitely meet these wealthy families, which is only a matter of time.
However, Betis did not encounter the worst situation today, just like last time. Several giant teams including AC Milan and Inter Milan were drawn one after another, and their opponents were not Betis.
Finally, Betis was pulled out by a UEFA official.
The coaches of the remaining teams immediately showed a look of nervousness on their faces.
Obviously, no one wants to meet Betis, who is in good shape.
This is not how terrifying the strength of Betis is now, but because their momentum is too strong.
The coaches here are basically old players who have been in the football circle for many years. They all know that if a young team like Betis goes crazy, it will be difficult to control it.
Among them, Leeds United coach Olek has a deep understanding.
Because the team he coached was the most famous young guards in European football in the first two seasons!
In those two seasons, his team was the kind of team that could not be stopped by the water!
This season, Leeds United's players and tactics have gradually matured, but their record is not as crazy as the previous two seasons.
Therefore, O'Reilly is also unwilling to let the team draw Betis!
However, things went against my wishes. In the small ball drawn by European Union officials, there was a note with the name of Leeds United!
Some coaches breathed a sigh of relief at the lottery ceremony.
The broadcast footage gave O'Reilly a close-up, and the young English marshal showed a miserable face, as if he owed him a lot of money!
At the same time, Tang Feng frowned at first, then shrugged again, as if it didn't matter which opponent he drew!
Some reporters at the scene were all excited, and some reporters with quick brains had already thought about tomorrow's news title.
"Betis vs. Leeds United, the battle between the English and Western youth guards!"
"The showdown of youth, the Dolls' Legion vs. the Young Guards!"
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Leeds United has won the title of the Youth Guards with its crazy performance of reaching the League Cup and Champions League semi-finals in the first two seasons. In these two seasons, Betis, who is younger than Leeds United overall, has risen strongly in Spain, and it seems that there is also the trend of Leeds United back then in the European arena.
It can be said that this is a dialogue between the old and new young guards!
Although the League Cup quarterfinals of 16 will not start until the winter break, many media are ready to warm up the game in advance.
After the lottery ceremony, Tang Feng and O'Reilly, who were not far apart, shook hands and greeted each other.
O'Reilly shrugged and said, "I have to admit that I'm not very lucky!"
"No, it's because our teams are not lucky!" Tang Feng corrected.
After saying that, the two of them laughed in unison.
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After participating in the lottery ceremony, Tang Feng returned to Sevilla. He temporarily put aside the fact that he drew Leeds United in the League Cup and began to prepare for the last two league games before the winter break!
On December 16, Betis welcomed Mallorca at home!
Last season, Mallorca was the most glorious team in La Liga. They reached the third place in the league and obtained a valuable UEFA Champions League qualification.
Unfortunately, their lineup is obviously not enough to deal with multi-line battles. This season, they not only got out early in the Champions League, but also had a great impact on their performance in the league. After the 16 rounds, they were only ranked 15th in the league and returned to a mid- and downstream team!
Facing such a team, Tang Feng and his team will naturally not miss the opportunity to score all three points!
Considering that the last two games were separated by a full week, Tang Feng did not rotate the lineup again in this game, but sent all the main players to fight.
When it comes to Mallorca, we have to mention Etoo in their team.
You know, Etoo is one of the few players who have directly rejected Tang Feng in the past few seasons.
At that time, the African Cheetah said, "Instead of playing football in the Spanish Second Division, I might as well stay in Mallorca to play football." It deeply hurt Tang Feng's heart.
In the King's Cup last season, Tang Feng led the team to defeat Eto's Mallorca, which directly proved to him that even a team in the Spanish Second Division, Betis will never be worse than Mallorca!
However, Mallorca's final score of third place in the league last season and made it to the Champions League seems to prove that Etoo's choice is correct.
However, the situation this season has been different. Betis is now ranked second in the league by one point. However, Mallorca has been beaten back to its original form and has become a mid- and downstream team again!
The two teams met again. This situation was like a **Si, who was rejected by the goddess back then. After a period of hard work, he became a tall and handsome rich man. After meeting the goddess again, he found that he was finally a short and poor man. As a tall and handsome rich man, Tang Feng naturally had to show off his skills!
Also in sharp contrast are Adriano and Etoo!
Last season, many media said that Adriano was the helpless choice after Tang Feng failed to sign Etoo.
In the King's Cup last season, Adriano defeated Etoo with his performance.
This season, the two have completely different situations.
Adriano has become the most offensive scorer in La Liga and even European football this season. He is currently far ahead in the La Liga Scorer List and the League Cup Scorer List.
However, Eto'o's form has inexplicably declined this season. After fifteen rounds, he actually scored only three goals.
You know, when he was on loan to Mallorca, he scored six goals in just eleven games.
All of this seems to prove that Etoo did not choose Betis back then, which was not Betis' loss!
In this game, Betis also showed his strong offense!
After only half an hour of the game, Betis took two goals with Adriano's two goals.
In the next game, Etoo performed very hard, but perhaps because he wanted to score too much, he made himself anxious to play and missed several good opportunities in a row.
On the contrary, Betis continued to work hard in the second half, with Kaka and Robben scoring two more goals, locking the score at 4-0!
A sweep made Lopela Stadium a sea of joy.
The only drawback is that on another venue, news came that La Coruna team won the same victory.
In this way, Betis is still one point behind in the standings and ranks second.
However, this also made the match between Betis and La Coruna in the last game before the winter break even more important.
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After this game, the media also began to hype up the winter championship battle between Betis and La Coruna!
As usual, before the game, the media divided into two factions.
One team supports the La Coruña team to finally win the winter championship.
These are relatively calm or conservative media. In their opinion, the stable performance of La Coruna winning one championship and one runner-up in the league in the first two seasons has proved that they are in today's La Liga field and can wrestle with Real Madrid and Barcelona!
Moreover, their performance this season is still very outstanding, and it seems that they may achieve the dominance of winning two league titles in three years!
More importantly, this game will be played at the Riasso Stadium of La Coruña, which is the famous home stadium of Spanish football.
You should know that a powerful man like Real Madrid has not won this venue for many years.
With home advantage and richer experience in league championship competition than Betis, in the eyes of these media, it will be no surprise that La Coruna will win Betis and firmly take the first place in the league!
Some people support La Coruna and naturally some people support Betis!
Most of the teams that support Betis are bolder media.
You should know that in the years since La Liga was established, there has been no situation where the newly promoted team won the winter championship. Looking at the entire European football world, this situation is rare!
Once the Betis did this, it would be like completing a miracle.
These media naturally hope that such a miracle will happen in the La Liga.
Of course, their optimism about Betis is not just because of their passion and expectations for miracles, but also their own reasons.
First of all, they believe that as early as last season's Cup of del Rey, Betis eliminated La Coruna, and Betis also defeated La Coruna's devilish home court!
Although Betis has not played against La Coruna this season, judging from their previous performance against Real Madrid and Barcelona, their performance against the strong teams will not suffer any losses!
Last season, La Coruna had been suffocated by himself, and this season's condition is as outstanding as ever. So, who can guarantee that Betis can't defeat La Coruna again at Riasso Stadium, create miracles and become the winter champion?
In this way, under the hot media speculation, the popularity of this winter championship battle has reached its peak!
Before the game, the coaches and players of the two teams had neither the determination to win, nor the fight against each other, and they both acted very low-key.
However, this does not prevent fans from looking forward to and paying attention to this game!
Is it the team La Coruna, the most stable La Liga team in these three seasons, that holds its top spot, or is it the miracle of Betis winning the winter championship as a promoted team?
Everything will be announced at Riaso Stadium before Christmas!!![(m) Read without pop-ups]
Chapter completed!