Chapter 38 Group A

The European Cup is known as the Small World Cup, which includes almost all the world's strong teams except Brazil and Argentina. Compared with the World Cup, it is also easier to have a surprise. Because the strength of the teams is relatively close, it has been a Danish myth in 1992.

The European Cup is a big stage of miracles. Almost any script can be staged on this stage. In 1992, Denmark won the championship, which was the most dreamy fairy tale. In the European Cup in 1996, the German team once again presented people with a thrilling after the miracle of Bern. Inspirational drama. In the final, the German team left two magical goals than Elhoff under the unattended situation. Not to mention the 2000 European Cup, the Italians were almost starting to celebrate, and the result was a magical substitution. Wiltod equalized the score in 91 minutes, and Trezeghe volleyed in overtime. Italy was sentenced to death. In the 2004 European Cup, the host Portugal and Magic Greece eliminated the powerful Spanish group until the final, allowing the Greek team to stage a Greek myth. In 2008, the Netherlands defeated Italy and France, Russia and Turkey's dark horse protrude, Belgium After struggling to qualify in the group stage, Degana's magical series of performances finally brought the European Red Devils to the top.

A wonderful European Cup has brought unlimited enjoyment to the fans. Now it is time for the opening of the European Cup. As the defending champion, the Belgian team set out again, but this time it is no longer Degan who leads. In fact, if Belgium hadn't petitioned before the announcement of the list, maybe this time, Wilmot really let Degan sit on a cold bench at home.

But even if Degan finally followed the team to the European Cup, Wilmot announced long before departure that the main force of today's Belgian national team will be Lukaku.

As for Degan, since the time of the shelling, Degan has not been on the national team's list for more than a year, and even the captain's armband has been stripped and worn on Compani's arm.

The team's coach Wilmotze was the leader of Belgian football before Degan. He had wonderful performances in the 2000 European Cup and the 2002 World Cup, especially in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, which was a key match against the host Japan in the group stage. Help Belgium break through the group smoothly.

After the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the meritorious coach Antiennis left the coaching position of the national team. The Belgian Football Association chose Wilmog, who was famous in the player era, to be the head coach of the national team. Although his teaching experience is mediocre, as the most influential figure in Belgian football, the Belgian football team The Association still hopes that he can lead the European Red Devils to make another success with his prestige.

However, in the European Cup qualifiers, because of the conflict with Degan, Wilmot angrily announced that Degan would be expelled from the national team. This decision almost caused turmoil in Belgium. In the end, the Belgian qualifiers were difficult, and finally eliminated Greece in the play-offs and came to the stage of the European Cup.

Before the big list was announced, under the pressure of fans and the Football Association, Wilmot finally summoned Degan to the national team, but obviously, this is only a stopgap measure. What he wants is complete control of the team. Degan's existence is obviously a big threat to him.

Belgium's lineup completely continues the lineup when it won the World Cup two years ago. The 23-man list has not changed at all. After winning the World Cup, more players have left Belgium and gone to the five major European leagues to develop, but the main lineup is missing. Without the powerful fulcrum of Degan, Belgium's prospects can't help but make people a little worried.

Degan is still the leading star of Belgium. Although he has had few opportunities in Barcelona in the past two seasons, it is not difficult to see that Degan's scoring efficiency is actually not low at all. In his first season of joining Barcelona, he made 18 appearances in the league, and Degan scored 11 goals, the second season, 15 league appearances, 9 goals, this goal efficiency is still the best in Europe.

In the just-concluded UEFA Champions League final, Degan only got 18 minutes to play, but scored two goals to help the team finally win the championship trophy.

At present, Belgian captain Compani is the backbone of the team's defense. In the two seasons of his transfer to Manchester City, Compani still continued his stable state in the Florence period and has become the backbone of Manchester City's defense, firmly suppressing Richards, who once attracted much attention in English football, on the bench, and In Robinio, he became the captain of Manchester City.

In other positions, the Belgian team is also full of stars. The goalkeeper Kurtois, midfielder Azar, Fellaini, and Lukaku on the front line are all high-profile super stars in European football.

As a defending champion, Belgium's goal is undoubtedly to finally defend its title, but to achieve this goal, Wilmog obviously needs to think about his relationship with Degan.

and the defending champion Belgium are the host Poland, the Czech Republic in Eastern Europe, and Russia, which shined brilliantly in the last European Cup.

As one of the host teams of this European Cup, the Polish team ranks lowest among the 16 participating teams. It is obviously difficult for them to break out from groups including Belgium, the Czech Republic and Russia.

Although coach Smuda is not well known in international football, he has always been highly valued by the Polish Football Association in Poland. In addition, he went to the United States, Germany and other places to play football when he was young, and he also has a deep understanding of overseas football.

Smuda's coaching experience as a coach is the same. Although there are not many highlights, he has won the strengths of various countries. Smuda has coached in Germany, Turkey, Poland, Cyprus and other leagues.

However, although he has rich experience in coaching, Smuda has never coached the national team before coaching Poland. He has never had any experience in how to lead a team to participate in the tournament.

As the host of this European Cup, Poland did not play in the qualifiers. Although it has participated in many friendly matches in the past two years, no one knows what the results of the actual combat drills will be.

Compared with the requirements of the league, the state is stable and cannot be greatly ups and downs. The championship requires that the team always maintain considerable tension, excitement and physical condition within a month. How to ** the team play international games well will be a considerable problem for Smuda.

At present, as many as 17 of Poland's 23-man list come from national leagues outside Poland. Obviously, coach Smuda is very important to overseas players. His list almost includes the best Polish players at present, and most well-known players are among them.

Seven of them came from the same league and one Bundesliga. Bundesliga have contributed many international players to Poland, Mainz's Polanski, Bremen's Bernisch, Hanover 96's Sobih, Dusseldorf's Matusik, and Dortmund for two consecutive seasons. The advantages of the three absolute main players who won the Bundesliga champion, Pishcek, Brashchkowski and Lewandowski, cannot be underestimated.

In addition to the seven players in the Bundesliga, Arsenal's Szesni will be the patron saint of the team. In the past season, the young Polish goalkeeper has firmly occupied the main position of the Gunners and has a convincing performance.

Pekes of Soshaw, Brozek of the Celtics, and Obraghak of Bordeaux have been impressive in both the league and Europe in the past few years.

Speaking of the current core strength of this Polish team, there is no doubt that the three internationals from the Bundesliga champion team Dortmund, full-back Pišcek, captain Blašićkovski and striker Lewandowski.

Pishchek has outstanding forward insertion and assist ability. He is the right-back of the Bundesliga and Ramsay. He is good at attacking and defending. The captain of the winger, Brashchkowski, is extremely fast. His personal raids, passes and positioning balls are very threatening. He is the core of the team's offensive, and the left and right wingers are competent, but considering that he and Pišcek's Partners will appear more often in the right wing position. Center Lewandowski is Dortmund's most trusted scorer.

Pishcek, Brashchkowski and Lewandowski, the three main players who have won the championship with Dortmund for two consecutive seasons, are undoubtedly the core players most anticipated and trusted by Polish coach Smuda. In the national team, Smuda can transplant the excellent three-person combination in the club intact. In the Polish team. Whether it is the tacit understanding, cooperation or understanding between each other, the three are recognized in the national team and the club, and the requirements of the national team and the club are basically the same, which is even less suitable for them.

Pishchek, Brašchkowski and Lewandowski's success in the club was directly transplanted to the national team by Smuda. Pishcek's right-back, Brashchkovsky's right winger, and Lewandowski as a single arrow, the whole right will become the team's main offensive direction.

The person on the left may be played by another Bundesliga defender Bernisch. Bernisch's defense is stronger than attack. Although the attack is average, the victory is stable in defense.

Central defender Vasilevsky will definitely occupy a main position. Although Pex has little experience in the national team, he is experienced and may become another main central defender.

Two experienced veterans, midfielders Dudka and Mulavski, are still indispensable main forces of the team, and the steady Polanyski will appear in the back position.

This European Cup is the second time in the history of the Polish national team to participate in the finals of the European Cup. Although it has had several quite good results in the World Cup and the Olympic Games, Poland did not open the door of the European Cup finals for the first time until the last European Cup.

In 2008, the European Cup co-hosted by Switzerland and Austria, Poland reached the finals for the first time in history, and Poland, which was in Group B with Croatia, Germany and Austria. In the final three group matches, they only got one draw and the bottom result. After the game, they returned home.

Poland, as the host country, will undoubtedly create a new history if it can qualify. It is not impossible for Poland to enter the top eight, but it is not difficult to go further.

Even if Poland can qualify in the group, it is unlikely to further enter the top four. According to the schedule, Poland's Group A team is behind the first two in Group B. Group B has the world runner-up Netherlands and the third-up Germany. Both teams are popular to win the championship, even if the two teams are slightly careless. Group B also has a team like Portugal, and it is difficult for Poland to win.

coach Smuda is very clear about the team's situation. Their goal is to strive to qualify in the group. Poland is the most realistic and clear goal. As long as the three opponents in the group stage are taken seriously, it is not impossible to reach the top eight.

In a word, if the Polish team with limited strength wants to become the dark horse of this European Cup, it needs not only to take advantage of the right time, place and people, but also some luck.

In Group A, the most powerful person to compete with Belgium for the first place in the group is the largest dark horse Russian team in Euro 2008.

Four years ago, the earth-shazen tsar revolution was still frightening. In the qualifiers, Russia squeezed out the favorite England to win the championship. In the group stage, it defeated the Nordic pirates Sweden and the defending champion Greece. In the quarter-finals, Russia entered the overtime in the face of the Dutch team, which won the death group. Two goals to advance to the top four shocked the European continent.

Although it was defeated by Spain in the semi-finals, Arshavin's name resounded in Europe. Russian football has undergone great changes in recent years and made great progress. Especially in 2008, Russia began to mobilize the strength of the whole country to develop football.

In this European Cup, Russia was lucky to be divided into the weak Group A, and Dutch coach Edvocart set the team a goal of reaching the final.

After Hiddink left office two years ago, Edvokat took over the Russian coach. The Dutch coach has traveled many countries and made extraordinary achievements in Eindhoven, Glasgow Rangers and Zenit St. Petersburg. He has also served as the head coach of the Dutch national team twice and led the team into Europe in 2004. Top four cups.

Compared with the "magic coach" Hiddink, the same experienced Edvokat has come to Russia to coach Zenit since 2006. He is more familiar with the Russian football environment. Arshavin, Anewkov and Zhiryanov are the old parts of him to lead Zenit to win the last League Cup, which helps him more It's good to control the team and the drill lineup.

In terms of players, among the 23-man list of the Russian team in this European Cup, the most eye-catching are undoubtedly the new and old generations of Russian football "Tsar" Arshavin and Zagoev.

Dutch instructor Edvokat chose the new and old combination lineup this time. Alshavin, Zhirkov and Korzakov of the mesozoic are the leaders of the team. Shemshaw and Sharonov, who participated in the 2004 European Cup, will provide valuable experience for the team, and the newcomers include Zago of the CSKA Moscow. ye fu and Kokolin of Dynamo Moscow were selected, and the age structure is very reasonable.

In the position of goalkeeper, Edvokat recruited Akinfeyev, who had just recovered from his injury, which showed his importance for the talented goalkeeper, as well as Zenit's goalkeeper Marafiev and Dina's young goalkeeper Shuning.

On the defensive line, Edvokat recruited eight players, Ignashevich, Zhilkov and Alexei. Several Central Army players such as Berezusky were selected, in addition to Zenit captain Anikov and Sharonov, who returned to the national team Kazan. The main substitute is the versatile Granat, who can play Dimitri on the left side. Konbarov and Nababukin, who was selected as Shishkin, who withdrew from stomach disease at the last moment.

In the midfield position, Zenit's players took the lead, and Tsar Arshavin, Denisov, Schrokov and Zhirianov are the backbone of the team.

"Future Tsar" Zagoyev and Lisbon Athletic winger Ismailov will assist Arshavin in charge of the team's attack. The old international Shemshov and locomotive captain Grushakov, who play a stable role in the league, are the main substitutes in the back position.

In this season's Russian Super Silver Boots, Korzakov will lead the front line of the Russian team, while others include Pavlyuchenko, who returned to the Russian Premier League, and Boglebnyak, who performed well in Fulham.

Arshavin, who became famous in the last Cup, is still the leader of the Russian team. After joining Arsenal in the winter of the 08/09 season, Arshavin firmly occupied the main position of the team. As a left wing, he has had a senior year against Liverpool. Arshavin's technology is extremely outstanding, and he can serve in multiple positions such as wing, front waist, forward and so on.

This season, due to injury and status, Arshavin gradually lost his position in Arsenal. In order to participate in the European Cup, he resolutely chose to transfer back to his old club Zenit on loan in winter, and finally helped his old club win the league championship. After experiencing England's high openings and lows, the "Tsar" re-proved himself.

Korzakov, who came from Zenit and Alshavin, has not been the first choice of the national team for a long time, and has been criticized by fans for missing good opportunities until he won the league silver boots in one fell swoop this season. At present, he has become the number one candidate for the center line of the Edvocat team.

At the age of 20, he played for the first time for the national team and became the youngest international player in Russian football history. He became the captain of the Central Army at the age of 20. His height of 186CM is not outstanding among goalkeepers, but his solid basic skills and excellent response made Akinfeyev become the successor Yasin and Dasayev. The third generation of door gods in post-Russian countries.

Of course, the young player Zagoyev, who was awarded the title of "Future Tsar" at the beginning of his debut. Although he is only 21 years old, he has become famous for a long time. In the budget match of this European Cup, he has become the best scorer of the national team.

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian football has inherited the main body of former Soviet football, but the results of the competition are not excellent. Only one of the three European Cup finals has passed the group stage.

Four years ago, the summer was also Russia's highest shining moment in the history of the European Cup. Arshavin became famous. Pavlyuchenko attacked the city. The team defeated one of the popular Dutch teams to enter the quarter-finals, and finally lost to Spain.

The Russian team has a good grouping in the European Cup. They are in Group A with Poland, one of the hosts, the Czech Republic and Belgium. In addition to the Belgian team, which is difficult to deal with, of course, it depends on whether Degan can get a chance to play in the game. However, considering the past two seasons, Degan has been in Barcelona They are all marginal figures and have not even played in a row. It is difficult to guarantee their state. Coupled with the contradiction with head coach Wilmotsi, there is really no strong team in this group. Four teams with similar strength have a chance, but from the perspective of cards, Russia is even better than the other three opponents. Therefore, Russia's goal is to compete for the first place in the group, and then replicate the magic of the last cup in the knockout competition.

The golden age of Bruckner in the Czech Republic has long gone, and the iron man Nedvid and the general Baroche have also been in history. Today's Czech team, led by the Blue Army's door god and gunner's "Mozart" Rosicki, launched an impact on the highest honor in Europe that the predecessors failed to realize their dreams.

Bruckner took over the whip of former Czech international Bilek. In his playing days, Bilek served as a midfielder and played a total of 35 for the country. In the 1990 World Cup, he was an indispensable member of the national team and served as the core of the midfield. After retiring, Bilek began to coach himself in 2001. Ya has coached many Czech teams, including Pulzen and Sparta Prague. His most brilliant achievement was to lead Sparta to the top league championship in the 0607 season and won three times in a row. Previously, he was also in charge of the Czech U19 team, and finally won the favor of the national team in 2009. Although he failed to lead the team to the World Cup, his re-up to the European Cup gave Czech football in the trough a faint hope.

In terms of the lineup, the position of goalkeeper Cech is unshakable. Although he was in a sluggish state and made many mistakes in the first half of last season, he regained his form in the second half of the season. He saved Chelsea from water and fire many times and almost helped Chelsea reach the Champions League final with his own efforts. Unfortunately, in the final, Digan, who was suddenly recovered, pierced the door twice and unfortunately lost the best opportunity to stabilize the European Cup. The substitutes will be Dropny in Hamburg and Rushtufka in Uchao Dnieper.

In terms of defense, the central defender group is composed of Cadlec and Westwalk Jr. After the famous generals, the substitutes are Hubnik and young player Susi. The left and right sides are guarded by Limbelsky and Ethiopian-descend Gersilasilas respectively. Cadlec Jr. can also play left-back. If he returns to the left side, Susi will be responsible. As the main central defender, the substitute on the right side is Rai Torral.

In terms of midfield, Rosicki is still the core of the offensive. Pilar and Rejek will be responsible for assault assistance on both sides. Behind them are the two-back combination of Pula Hill and Irateke, both of whom are both offensive and defensive. Pilarzek's teammate Pilar in Wolfsburg will become The substitute winger, the midfield substitutes are Xu Buschman and Krager, and the young player Darida is a versatile player.

In terms of strikers, veteran Barrosh and new star Peckhart will compete for a starting position. At present, Barrosh is more likely to start, with young center Netchid of the Central Army and veteran Rafata.

In the Czech team's lineup, there is no doubt that Rossiki is at the core. At his peak, Rossiki is one of the best offensive midfielders in European football. He has excellent speed and ball-dribble skills. He can often break the opponent's defense with passes, and he can also score his own goals, known as "Mozart in football. .

Although the state of conservative injury has declined in recent years, Rosicki has rejuvenated in the second spring in the second half of this season. He has performed well in many key battles such as the Champions League. In terms of the national team, he has scored 20 goals in 85 games on behalf of the Czech Republic, both of which are among the team's history.

Cech, who is also young and famous, has long been one of the best goalkeepers in European football. Like Rosiki, his performance this season is also low and high.

The downturn in the first half of the league did not defeat the confidence of the Czech goalkeeper. The repeated divine performance in the second half of the season saved Chelsea from water and fire, and almost brought the team to the Champions League with his own strength. Unfortunately, he met the sudden outbreak of Degan at the last moment. After the tragic defeat of the last European Cup, Cech is now more mature and stable than ever.

When it comes to Czech football, people will never forget the 1996 European Cup. 24-year-old Bobowski, 23-year-old Nedvid and Mitchell, and 22-year-old Berg set off a youth storm in England and established their position as the "golden generation" of Czech football. They defeated them in the group stage. Dali then eliminated Portugal and France to reach the final, and finally lost to Bierhoff's golden goal.

In 2004, eight years later, the "golden generation" brought infinite surprises to the fans in Portugal. They won three games in the group stage and beat the Netherlands and Germany to qualify. In the quarter-finals, they beat Denmark and reached the semi-finals, but Nedved left the field due to injury and was scored by Greece to win the silver goal.

The former Czechoslovakia team, the predecessor of the Czech team, has a more glorious history. They have won the third place in the European Cup twice and defeated West Germany in a penalty shootout in 1976 to win the Drone Cup. Panenka's spoon shot has become an eternal classic in the history of the European Cup.

In terms of the strength of the four teams in Group A, it is relatively average. Basically, everyone has a chance to appear, but the only thing that cannot be determined is the Belgian team. Degan and the Belgian team without Degan are completely two levels. Although people are talking about whether Degan, who has been abandoned for almost two years in Barcelona, can still As majestic and invincible as before, but people who have watched the Champions League final can feel that although they have been suppressed for two years, as long as there is a chance to play, Degan can still solve any opponent at any time and anywhere.

As long as Degan can take the lead again in Belgium, the only thing the other three teams can count on is to compete for another qualifying place.