At the beginning of the new year, the entire European arena finally ushered in the long-awaited offseason. Although for most teams, this offseason is only a little more than a week, it is also a rare time for rest and adjustment.

Looking back on everything he has experienced in 2018, Li Zhao found that he actually experienced a lot during this year. He moved from the South American league to the new European league, and was able to complete the transition from gradually adapting to the new European league in just one year.

It is indeed not easy to gain a foothold and then get better now. In addition to the league, he experienced the World Cup for the first time, and also successfully won the World Cup with the Portuguese national team, and during this period he met

I met certain mysterious figures. How many people in this world could have encountered such an experience?

At the last moment of the new year, Li Zhao finally received a piece of good news that was expected but somewhat belated. Fortunately, it was timely. That is, the new Football Association had approved Li Zhao’s membership.

He applied for the national team and officially restored his status as a citizen of Country C.

Although it is just a matter of restoring nationality and joining the national team of country C, it is not easy to do this. You must know that the nationality of country C is called the most difficult nationality in the world. It is not nonsense. Didn’t you see it?

Is it possible for a person as prestigious as Li Lianjie who has done some practical things to go through all kinds of troubles to get it done? And if he not only accomplished this, but also achieved certain predetermined goals, we can see how much trouble it took.

Fortunately, the current national team of country C does not have any major events worthy of using him and the good brothers around him, and there is no need to consider this issue at least until the end of this season. As for returning to the national team,

There is no point in getting involved prematurely now for a series of specific arrangements, and it is not too late to complete them in one step before they are really needed to fight.

Due to the short duration of this holiday, Li Zhao could only stay for a day or two after returning to China to complete the relevant procedures before returning. As for the Spring Festival of 2019, there was no time to come back, so he had to

I have continued to spend time abroad. Fortunately, apart from Li Zhao feeling a little uncomfortable when he first experienced this situation a long time ago, he has already become accustomed to it over the years. Moreover, after more than a year of development, Atlanta is now

The club already has a certain mass base, and there are many Chinese settlements around it, which makes the flavor of Country C in this area much richer.

It can be said that except for the slightly different environment and the absence of a few relatives and friends around, the other situations are actually not much different from those in China. As Lanzhao Group purchased the land around the club and further developed it,

Utilizing, just like what they did in Sao Paulo, Brazil, I believe there will be new changes here in the future, and the influence of Chinese culture will further expand here.

Closer to home, after summarizing Atlanta's situation in the first stage of the league, we did find that the team's strength and performance this year are even better than before. If Juventus' performance this season is master-level, then Atlanta is even better.

It is a god-level performance, and this is the reason why it can still dominate the opponent. After careful calculation, there are more discoveries, but it is Atlanta's first match against the teams ranked second to sixth.

They have actually won. As for whether they can still do so in the second half of the league, we need to wait and see.

After a short adjustment during the holiday, the team members' energy and spirit were quickly restored and their condition was maintained very well. When the new year's schedule was reopened, the entire army was already

The morale of the military is strong and ready for a new round of journey.

In the subsequent restart of the league, Atlanta continued to kill everyone and extended their second winning streak. If this momentum can be maintained, it will even surpass the twelve games at the beginning of the season.

A winning streak is not impossible.

On the other hand, Atalanta also did not fall behind in this season's Coppa Italia. Although they failed to play with the full lineup in many cases, they still easily won the first victory and defeated the second team again not long ago.

Juventus then advanced to the semi-finals. The opponents after that were all significantly weaker, so it was not difficult for Atlanta to win this year's cup again.

The Champions League round of 16 has also resumed in mid-February. Although Atlanta is considered a novice in the European competition by the outside world, their performance is not at all like what a young player should be, and in some aspects it is even worse.

Seems quite sophisticated.

Facing Porto, who was not weak in strength, in the first round, Atlanta actually showed a momentum that only a team of kings can have. In the two rounds of competition, they simply eliminated their opponent with a total score of 5-2, and this was another

It further refreshed most people's consistent understanding. The next Champions League semi-finals will not start again until April 9, but this time it is likely to be a tough battle because their opponent is Liverpool.

A very hard nut to crack.

Prior to this, Atlanta had actually maintained a complete victory in the league since the beginning of the new year. Not only did it break the previous twelve-game winning streak at the beginning of the season, but it also continued to surpass Serie A's previous high of sixteen consecutive victories.

The winning streak record was also broken. It was not until the 30th round of the league that Atalanta was tied with Inter Milan in the away game, and the end of this record was announced. At this point, the new winning streak record in Serie A was fixed.

In the 17th consecutive victory, and what a coincidence is that the Inter Milan that ended Atlanta's winning streak happened to be the creator of the previous 16-game winning streak.

However, Atlanta no longer had any regrets at this time. Even if their winning streak had just been ended, it could not affect the good mood of the players at the moment. Just because Juventus, the second best player who was chasing closely behind them, also

They also overturned in this round and were tied 1-1 by AC Milan at home. Earlier in the 28th round of the league, Juventus also experienced a defeat. This also made Atalanta finally

Being able to widen the points gap with the second place, although there is still the possibility of being overturned by the second place with not many games left in the league, but there is finally some buffer room, and it will not be just because of one game.

Any negligence will ruin its leadership position.

The next opponent in the Champions League quarter-finals, Liverpool, was supposed to be the most difficult opponent Atlanta had encountered since the start of the season. However, in the first round of the home game, they easily won 2-0. The only thing

The accident was that Dyna hit the door frame because of his eagerness to save the ball, causing a fracture of the phalanx of his little finger. He had to miss the next and possibly the next game of the Champions League. However, this incident was already overshadowed by the joy of the current victory.

diluted.

Most of the team members have begun to feel complacent because of the consecutive victories. They seem to think that all the heroes in the world are nothing more than this, and this even includes Li Zhao's little brothers. Only a few of them are.

He still remains alert in his heart.

"Brother Zhao, it seems that the so-called winning team in the Champions League is just like that. We have not easily dealt with it at home. I believe that there will not be many difficulties ahead. Maybe it will only be at the level of Real Madrid and Barcelona."

Only those who can be called opponents can be called opponents!" Although Wang Ziyi is a relatively cautious person, now he also feels a little complacent and has a faint contempt for opponents of the same level.

And his situation is relatively better among the team, at least it has not reached the level of being truly arrogant.

"Don't be careless, I always feel that the next battle at Anfield Stadium may not be easy to win! Although we have been going smoothly this season, the players have become more arrogant due to the continuous big wins.

Arrogance is definitely not a good thing if it continues like this. With less than one-third of our season left, I hope everything goes well in the final period!" Li Zhao is one of the few people who still remains sober.

, and when he discovered that his brother had this kind of thinking, he immediately felt a sense of crisis, and gave him a timely reminder.

"I know! It's true that there will be some trouble in the away game, but victory belongs to us after all! But what you just said reminded me. During this period, I have been busy preparing for war and conquering, and now I just

I noticed that most of the season passed by so unconsciously! Brother Zhao, have you ever thought about doing anything interesting after this season is over?" But Wang Ziyi didn't seem to fully convey his reminder.

After listening, it was Li Zhao's words that aroused his interest.

In this regard, Li Zhao could only smile helplessly. After all, continuing to persuade at this time may not be effective, and it may even have counterproductive results. It seems that the only time is to see each other again. And now since we are talking

Since everyone had a common interest, Li Zhao simply accompanied him and talked about everything, which was another way to kill boring time.

But the actual situation taught Atlanta's players another lesson, and they encountered real trouble when they went to the away game a week later, and the facts also confirmed that it is impossible to easily get over this hurdle without paying any price.

Unlikely.

First, the night before the game, a large group of Liverpool fans gathered outside the hotel where the Atlanta team stayed. The noise and noise lasted for almost a whole night, resulting in some players not being able to get a good rest. And more outrageous things were to come.

, when the team went to the match venue the next day, they encountered verbal harassment from opposing fans through the car windows from time to time along the way. In the end, the process from getting off the car to entering the stadium relied on the cover of the local police.

Just completed.

But do you think it’s over just like this? In fact, after the game officially started, the Atlanta players were intentionally or unintentionally violated by the opponent’s body movements on the field, and the referee’s home whistle was biased.

For Atlanta, it was a more serious injury than the previous ones combined. Although the players have long been accustomed to similar away encounters, serious situations like this are still rare and make them

Today, I was obviously at a disadvantage in the physical confrontation with the home team on the field.

It is precisely because he noticed this situation early that Atlanta coach Gasperini felt that they did not need to take risks now that they had a two-goal lead, and also informed the players to try their best to avoid physical contact with the opposing players.

Although Atlanta's players are stronger than their opponents in terms of physical fitness, this kind of obvious disadvantage is really not worth advocating, so Atlanta took the following measures throughout the first half of the game:

A shrinking defensive approach. Under the influence of this mentality, although the Atlanta team also organized a defensive counterattack, it could not change the situation much.

It's just that there are some things that you can't hide from. Since you don't want to have too much physical contact with me, then I will simply attack the enemy and save them. It depends on whether you can hide or not. And the Liverpool team has clearly seen this.

This is why I dare to post it more boldly and entangle it.

So after just half time, Atlanta had already paid the price of three yellow cards and a player being off the field due to injury, but Liverpool, who were obviously more rough in their actions and had more fouls, only got

It's just a symbolic yellow card.

However, Atlanta did a good job defensively, which also caused Liverpool to be unable to score for a long time in the first half despite being in advantage. However, with the care of the home whistle, Liverpool still managed to reach the 35th in the first half.

A controversial penalty was awarded in the minute, and Mane then took the penalty, giving the home team a 1-0 lead at the end of the first half.

During the halftime break, Li Zhao once proposed the idea of ​​changing his own tactics, but coach Gasperini believed that his side still had a slight advantage of one goal, and changing the tactics rashly at this time may face more problems.

The risk was huge, so we still chose almost the same tactics as in the first half.

But compared to the first half, Liverpool's luck was significantly better after the start of the second half. First, just two minutes after the opening, a melee broke out in front of Atlanta's goal, and Firmino was like this

In the chaos, he was lucky enough to score the ball.

Then in the 52nd minute, Liverpool once again got a set-kick opportunity near the Atlanta penalty area. Salah, the full-time kicker, shot almost close to the dead center. Berisha, who unexpectedly started the game due to an injury to Dana, could only

He expressed his helplessness about this.

In less than ten minutes, the opponent scored two more goals and tied the total score to 2-3. At this moment, Atlanta was truly in a very passive and desperate situation. At this time, the players knew

What is a slap in the face, and I also understand how wrong I was. Fortunately, the team members are only temporarily stunned, and they have not yet completely fallen into a trough. At least now it seems that they are still there.

Saved. But if you still don't deal with it properly, you will completely lose your last hope.

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PS: You should also feel that the progress has been significantly accelerated. In fact, it is indeed the case. Nowadays, many ordinary games will be skipped after writing, and only important games will be focused on writing. And after writing about this season
Chapter completed!