The strongest blade in football

Chapter 59 New Nickname

For Standard Liege, staying to play in the Europa League can only be regarded as a satisfactory result, mainly because the progress of the game satisfied the fans.

Fighting tenaciously to the last moment, a miracle equalized the score. This kind of desperate plot is definitely worth the fare.

Standard Liege also became the last team to enter the Europa League. After the winter break, they will enter the knockout round of 32.

In addition to them, the five major league teams Juventus, Wolfsburg, Marseille, Atletico Madrid and Liverpool will also participate in the subsequent Europa League matches.

If nothing else, Wang Nuo is expected to show his face in the European arena.

The last three standard Liege games have one win and two draws, which can be regarded as a small halt to the decline of the previous period, and the overall direction of the media has also changed accordingly.

"The magical goalkeeper saves Liege, the Red Army catches the last train of the Europa League"

"The devil's schedule is coming to an end, can Standard Liege escape unscathed?" "

"The Romanian may be close to renewing his contract and keep the coach until 2011"

The Standard Liege team only rested for one day, and started tactical training for the next opponent on the morning of the 11th.

The team's next opponent is Roeselare, the third-to-last team in the standings.

If Liege can take all three points from them, they can return to fourth place in the standings before Christmas and close the gap with the top few.

In order to catch up in the play-offs and strive for the opportunity to participate in the Champions League.

Yes, that's right, there are play-offs in the League One.

Many people think that the rules of the League One can be called the most complicated and abnormal among European countries.

Even some Belgians who don't watch football often can hardly explain their league rules.

First of all, in order to ensure the number of league games, some small European leagues will set up play-offs after the regular season. This is understandable, but the play-offs of the League One are not ordinary.

The play-offs of League One are divided into three parts.

After the 16 teams in the regular season have completed [-] rounds of home and away games——

The 1st to 6th places will participate in the "championship play-off".

The 7th to 14th places will participate in the "Europa League Qualifying Playoff".

The 15th place and the 2nd-4th place in the second team will play a playoff to compete for a place in the first game next season.

The 1st place in B is directly promoted, and the 16th place in A is directly relegated.

The regular season points of all teams in the "championship play-offs" are first divided by 2 (0.5 points after division is counted as 1 point), and then 6 teams will play a double round-robin game of home and away.

The player with the highest total points is the league champion, and the top two teams qualify for the Champions League.

3rd place qualified for the Europa League.

The 8 teams in the "Europa League Qualifying Playoffs" cleared their points in the regular season, and then divided into two groups for a single round-robin match.

The top two in the group enter the knockout round, and the final winner will compete with the fourth place in the "championship play-off" (if they win the Belgian Cup, it will be postponed to No.4) to compete for the last Europa League qualification.

This is the play-off rules of League One, which is complicated, cumbersome, and full of uncertainty.

For example, in theory, the third-to-last team in League One also has the opportunity to participate in the Europa League.

What Standard Liege has to do is to score as many points as possible in the regular season, guarantee to enter the "championship play-offs" and compete for the qualification for the Champions League next season.

Boloni clearly told Wang Nuo in the training on the morning of the 11th that he will still be a substitute in the next game and will have about 20 to 30 minutes of playing time.

He could replace Jovanovic, or Camargo, depending on the situation.

An important reason for not being able to start is tactical coordination. Wang Nuo's time in the first team is too short, and he and his teammates need more time to find a tacit understanding.

The tactical plan designed by Boloni is much more complicated than that of the youth team.

Even he himself joked, "It's enough to get you an honors degree in geometry when you fully understand my arrangement."

Wang Nuo is now basically the fourth choice on the forward line, and when he improves his header, he will be included in the center system.

Wang Nuo absorbs nutrients like a sponge every day and keeps improving. He is not satisfied with being a substitute, and he is not satisfied with only signing autographs for young fans.

The drunken satisfaction of being promoted to the first team has completely faded.

The advice after the Benteke Cup always flashed in his mind, and the questions of the little guys in the stands lingered around him from time to time.

"Are you going to be a star?"

Wang Nuo is not hypocritical, nor is he a hypocritical person. He admits that he is happy to be supported by fans and stars, so why not go further?

Try to be a star!
On December 12, the smoke of the Dufrasen Champions League group stage has not yet cleared, and the No.12 round of the league ushered in.

Before the start of the game, Witsel and Wang Nuo made a bet that whoever would score the next goal in the league first, the loser would have to complete the unknown challenge arranged by the opponent.

The Belgian international with a new hairstyle has played well and has scored 7 goals in two consecutive seasons, which is quite efficient for a midfielder.

Wang Nuo agreed to him, because Wang Nuo also felt good.

After the last cup game, he had already rested for eight full days, and he had endless energy.

Roeselare is the team that has conceded the most goals in the league so far. Wang Nuo feels that coming off the bench is enough for him to try.

Standard Liege took the lead early in the game and Jovanovic, the guy who tricked Wang Nuo, took the lead with a stab shot through Roeselare's goal.

At the start of the second half, defender Felipe made it 2-0 with another header from a corner.

Then the two sides kicked back and forth for a while, neither of them posed any threat, and the scene was messy and boring.

Wang Nuo was warming up with his teammates on the sidelines. He anxiously waited for the opportunity to play. He knew that coach Boloni would not hide and defend. No one could resist the temptation of a big home victory.

Sure enough, in the 70th minute of the game, the coach made two substitution adjustments at once.

Jovanovic and Camargo were replaced by Wang Nuo, and the No. 16 young player Gosibi who was criticized by the media after the [-]th league round.

Those media always like to point and point, and Wang Nuo knows that Gosibi's strength is not bad.

He was not allowed to play in the Bologna Cup just to keep him out of the limelight, otherwise the pressure on the 19-year-old would be too great.

Of course, this black guy is indeed a bit withdrawn.

It is said that his previous status in the Mimosa team in Côte d'Ivoire was the same as that of Messi in the Nou Camp. It has been almost a year since he came to Standard Liege and he still hasn't adjusted his mentality.

Wang Nuo didn't give Yovanovich a high-five, they ignored each other and just passed by like that.

Wang Nuo came off the bench in Dufrasen for the second time. Compared with his debut, the situation has been a little different.

At the moment when he entered the stage, Wang Nuo vaguely heard someone shouting from the stands, "Come on, Asian Dance King, one more entry!"

Wang Nuo thought he was hallucinating.

What a weird nickname, he thought.

Then several shouts like this sounded from other positions in the stands.

Wang Nuo is sure that there is a word called asiatique.

That's right, the Asian King of Dance!

And there is no doubt about who this nickname refers to. He is the only Asian on the court.

Well, Wang Nuo can probably understand the meaning of his new nickname. It seems that the audience likes his fancy tricks on the court.

The love of fans can give people the most strength, like a ray of light hitting the body.

The corners of Wang Nuo's mouth in the broadcast camera gradually raised.

(End of this chapter)