League defeat, making Wolfsburg bad start, the team''s new season, early cast a shadow. In this shadow, the only thing that can cheer the team up a little bit is that the Champions League is coming. They can fight against the European teams.
Wolfsburg said before the season that their goal this season is to get better results in the Champions League. Because of this, the league''s performance is slightly poor, and did not let Wolfsburg players on this depression, on the contrary, for the Champions League they are still quite looking forward to.
Not only are they looking forward to the Champions League, but the whole Bundesliga is looking forward to it. In recent years, four teams in the Bundesliga have played in the Champions League every year, and four of the eight teams that have reached the finals in four years are Bundesliga teams. The prosperity of the Bundesliga can also be seen. That''s why the German media are full of expectations for the Champions League. In particular, if you think about the fact that Bayern replaced a recognized champion level head coach this year, the combination of powerful Bayern and Guardiola naturally aims to create a dynasty team. With these, the media certainly feel that the future of German football will be brilliant.
And such brilliance, the best is the whole league together brilliant is the best. The media are also looking forward to other teams and Bayern can create good results. Before the draw ceremony, they were also paying attention to the Bundesliga playoff, hoping that the German team would not lose face in the playoff.
And they are obviously not disappointed, in the game on the 29th, through the playoff, Leverkusen has also been promoted to the Champions League.
The draw ceremony of the Champions League is carried out after the play off. Through the play off, the Bundesliga has also been determined. Four teams are still competing in the Champions League this year. This is quite good news for the Bundesliga.
"This year''s German football will be more brilliant than last year''s
The German media was also jubilant at the sight of four more German teams entering the tournament.
However, although we are also looking forward to the Champions League, Wolfsburg do not think the result of the playoff is any good news. On the contrary, looking at the results of the playoffs, they feel that there is a lot of bad news.
Compared with media attention to the overall situation of the league, Wolfsburg are more concerned about the current situation of their own team. What they care about now is more about the gear of each team after the Champions League playoff. The more they look at these, the more distressed Wolfsburg will feel.
There is a lot of bad news in this year''s playoffs. For example, Lyon, who should have been in the second team, failed in the playoff because of his poor strength and failed to advance to the main match. Because they did not give enough strength, plus last year''s performance in the Champions League, suck didn''t qualify for the Champions League this year, so Paris''s Saint Germain, who was supposed to appear in the third team, unexpectedly appeared in the second tier team.
Before that, let''s look at the sub level of the group. In the second level team, there was no particularly strong team. In addition to Atletico Madrid, who seems to have been playing fairly well in La Liga in the past two years, and Juve, who were promoted to the second level due to their excellent performance last year, the other second level teams are basically not particularly strong. However, with the promotion of Paris to this level, it makes several levels all overcast. No one is sure what will happen.
In theory, it''s not impossible for Real Madrid, Paris, Dortmund and Napoli to be in a group.
Of course, these words are just jokes, but the Wolfsburg fans are not very happy to hear them. Because such a group, they are also likely to meet, and in such a group, they are difficult to be the one who successfully killed.
There''s no other reason, because Wolfsburg are still in fourth gear. When the teams are grouped, they also need to encounter three powerful teams in front of them in the group. If you look at the powerful teams at all levels, the fans will inevitably have all kinds of worries. Against these teams, Wolfsburg''s strength does not seem particularly reassuring.
After all, there are not many people who want to fight hard in every game at the beginning of the group stage. Cruyff''s crazy energy of wanting all the strong teams to be divided into one group and then directly eliminate two teams sounds good, but if he really looks forward to it, he is ill.
Anyway, the hell group, who likes to go, Wolfsburg players who do not want to go.
The fans are worried about their team, but Wolfsburg are much quieter at this time. Although most of the players want to know what kind of opponents they will encounter in the Champions League, they are quite calm compared with the excitement of the fans.
Because they know that no matter how excited they are, they should come back. The strength of their own team is not good, the accumulation is not enough, and they don''t fight against strong enemies. What can they do?
What''s more, unnecessary worries are unnecessary. Because if you look at the teams participating in the Champions League, the players of Wolfsburg will understand that the Champions League game is inevitable for them.
In the first team, Wolfsburg has nothing to worry about: anyway, most of the opponents in the first team can''t play, even if they are worried, they can''t increase their chances of winning. In this gear, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea, who met Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg are likely to be kicked by them everywhere. Even Benfica and Porto, who are the weakest in the first gear, don''t necessarily win or lose when they meet with Wolfsburg. Last year, they played Porto Wolfsburg with great effort. When they meet again, they dare not say that they will win.Therefore, Wolfsburg''s attitude towards this team is very simple. Let it go, no matter who you meet, you can only say that you are doing your best and listening to the destiny. In fact, because of the existence of this level of team, Wolfsburg in the group game, no matter how hard, if not hard, they can not beat these powerful opponents.
In the second team, Wolfsburg is afraid of meeting more. Atletico Madrid, Paris, Saint Germain, and Juve, none of them is easy to chew.
Paris, needless to say, though they are considered weaker after changing coaches. But as long as this team doesn''t change owners, they can''t be any weaker than Wolfsburg. This team is a typical money burners, they have Ibrahimovic, but also to buy a Cavani to play, to this kind of local tyrant, not only Wolfsburg, even Bayern have said that their approach makes people want to vomit - of course, to put it more bluntly, this is envy. Those rich teams are really too greedy.
However, as the boss of Serie A, Juve are not willing to be touched by Wolfsburg. Although this team is much more low-key than other league leaders, it is also a powerful player, and Wolfsburg dare not say it is sure to meet them. As for Atletico Madrid, although this team has always lived in the shadow of the Western Super League, and it seems that they are more keen on the European Union than the Champions League, but the team in La Liga has always been more technical than the Bundesliga Strong, especially Atletico''s recent lineup is good, Wolfsburg dare not say that they have the ability to beat them.
In the second team, Wolfsburg need to worry about these three guys. Compared with the first gear, it seems to be much better, but it is still equal to half the chance of drawing a dead lot. If they meet a strong enemy in Wolfsburg, they will die for their bad luck.
In contrast, Wolfsburg have nothing to worry about in the third level team: in the third level team, the strongest Dortmund and Wolfsburg are unlikely to meet, while the other worrying team is Manchester City - for this team, no one can tell whether they are worthy of worry. Judging from their strong lineup, but judging from their performance in the Champions League, They give people a lot of confidence.
If they are drawn, it may be a good thing.
Of course, in this case, it''s OK to talk about it in private. It''s OK to tease the opponent in the dressing room, but it''s not good to take it out. Wolfsburg players are naturally not stupid enough to say that outside, their external views have always been very consistent.
"No matter what opponents we meet, we will do our best. We will certainly be like Bayern, for the Bundesliga glory
Wolfsburg has long been consistent in terms of external caliber. Although they don''t think the third gear team will cause too much threat to themselves, they can''t talk nonsense. What''s more, even if these teams won''t cause too much threat, they will still cause trouble. If they can''t deal with it carefully, they will also lose ground.
It''s just that there''s no need to disclose these worries. Although they still want to see that what they encounter is a weaker group, they just need to remember this idea.
Wolfsburg players are also looking forward to a good draw. What makes them happy is that although the lottery has always been known for its unpredictability, this time, fate is obviously not joking with Wolfsburg. When the draw ceremony, their group announced, Wolfsburg players, also issued a mixed sigh of joy and surprise.
"Manchester United, Marseille, St. Petersburg, Zenit, Wolfsburg."
Because they have prepared for the worst, when they heard about the grouping of the Champions League group, the players of Wolfsburg, although not particularly happy, still feel relieved: the team of their group is much easier than they thought. At least this time, it is not Wolfsburg who suffered the death of the group. None of the opponents they were worried about met.
However, while they are happy, they are also a little depressed: Although the opponents they encounter are not as strong as they are worried about, they are not easy to deal with. Their opponents don''t seem to be strong, but when you think about it, it seems that they need to fight hard.