1. Paradise Football Team - Brazilian Pele (82 years old) reports for duty
The 82-year-old Brazilian champion Pele is not actually called Pele.
Pele's official name, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Edson is taken from the American inventor Thomas Edison (but his parents dropped the "i") "Pele" is a flower name given to him by his childhood playmate, who liked the player Bile at the time, but his mouth is not pronounced Pele, so it is used as his flower name by his playmate.
Pele once revealed in a reporter interview that he actually did not like this nickname in his childhood, arguing with friends at every turn, "My childhood was very happy!" My name is Edson, but my friends call me Pele, I don't like it, start arguing with them, I'm an Edison fan, what is Pele? Edison is important."
Throughout Pele's life, although his career has only played in Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos in the United States, he has never traveled to Europe, but he is the first person in history to win the World Cup three times, so he is named the king of football.
After retirement, his crow's mouth is also a legend, and all the big and small teams he favors usually end well.
Recently, he has been unwell, and there have been media reports that Pele is critically ill and about to die, but it is the Qatar World Cup, so he himself continues to maintain the morale of the Brazilian team with willpower (but Pele's crow mouth also pits the Brazilian team in the last dance at this time) 12/29, Pele's agent confirmed that the legendary ball king died in a hospital in Sao Paulo due to organ failure caused by colon cancer, and his daughter also confirmed the news.
After his death, his parent team Santos officially announced that the Pele vigil will be held at the team's home stadium next Monday, and the body will be transported from the hospital to the stadium, and the coffin will be placed in the center of the stadium.
Many current stars have tweeted their condolences for the ancient mythical beast going to heaven, among which Naymar, a Brazilian junior, wrote a text that reads: Before Pele, "10" is just a number, I have read such sentences, this sentence is beautiful, but incomplete, before Pele, football was just a sport, it was he who changed everything and turned football into art and entertainment.
He spoke up for the poor and black, and more importantly, let the world see Brazil, football and Brazil were transformed by him, and although he left, the magic remained, and Pele lived on forever.
On the bright side, Brazil's Pele and Argentina's Diego Maradona had little overlap before their deaths, and now they can finally meet, but teammates or rivals...
2. Qatar World Cup - Messi led Argentina to win the star again after 36 years, France broke the curse, and Asia and Africa rose
Every World Cup carries the story scripts of all countries. The final ending is more like the result of a united mind than the arrangement of the god of football.
Argentina have lost eight consecutive games since winning the 1986 World Cup in Mexico by champion Diego Maradona, putting Messi, who announced it as his last tournament before the tournament, under intense pressure to chase history.
In Group C, they defeated Waterloo 1-2 against Saudi Arabia, but lost to Asia, and then won the next two games to advance to the knockout rounds of the group, and defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in Australia, 2-2PK, 3-0 Croatia, and finally met the defending team France.
In the final, Messi and PSG team-mate Kylian Mbappé, Argentina and France teamed up to present a classic World Cup final. Argentina relied on Messi and Angel Di Maria to build a 2-0 first-half lead, but Kylian Mbappé tied in just two minutes on 12 yards in the 80th minute.
Messi scored again in the extended and Kylian Mbappé then tied again on 12 yards.
PK battle 2 players also scored in point 1, basically at this point the 2 people cancel each other, the rest is teammates. Emiliano Martínez once again showed his ability to save PK and lead Argentina to the final victory, picking the star again after 36 years.
In addition to lifting the Hercules Cup, Messi also won the Golden Ball Award for the best player of the tournament and was crowned the king of the ball by the monarch of the landlord country.
Messi: After 30 years, football has brought me a lot of joy and of course sadness, always had the dream of becoming a world champion and I don't want to stop trying, even though I know it may never happen.
Although France failed to defend the title, they could not break the curse of defending the title, but at least they broke the curse they made of "European countries are out of the next group after winning the World Cup".
Croatia also had a final dance, and Luka Modric won bronze with Golden Generation.
Morocco, which was suppressed by Spain and Portugal in the last group stage, won the first place in the group in Group F and pulled out both Iberian teeth, despite losing to France and Group F 2nd Croatia, and also made the best in Africa.
England's last palace army, although this edition has regressed to the top 8, but the British media, which has always been bloodthirsty, did not have much blame this time.
Brazil, the favorite for the championship, but lost to Croatia in the round of 8, and could not escape the crow mouth of the king Pele.
The Netherlands, the round of eight, but the good news is that 23-year-old Eredivisie PSV rising star Cody Gakpo became popular and was acquired by the Liverpool Lightning.
Belgium, Germany, Uruguay, Denmark, there are many good cards, but this edition did not qualify, among which the return of Danish Christian Eriksen can not help the national team continue to create good results.
Spain, who were sealed by Morocco in the round of 16, could not even score in PK.
Portugal, after Manchester United, has become another battlefield for Cristiano Ronaldo fans VS team fans, and through the group stage, beat Switzerland in the round of 16, was removed by Morocco in the round of 8, and Ronaldo, who was not in form, left the World Cup stage crying.
Australia, through the group stage was quite remarkable, and in the round of 16 stubbornly against Argentina finally ate potstickers.
Japan, South Korea, the United States, and Senegal maintained the basic set of the group stage, in which Japan defeated Germany and Spain and forced Croatia into PK.
Saudi Arabia, although the fairy tale did not play out to the end, slapped Argentina awake is a shock.
Qatar, although 3-0 points reduced to a worse landlord than South Africa in 2010, but I believe that this hosting feast will make their domestic football begin to sprout.
Ah yes, the champion of the European Cup, Italy has missed the World Cup for 2 consecutive times...
3. Real Madrid: Who needs Cristiano Ronaldo? - 35th La Liga title and 14th Champions League title in a row
Last season (2021/22), Carlo Ancelotti returned to coach Real Madrid, and although he entered a rebuild, he was still a thick deck, and coupled with Barcelona's tragic start, Atletico Madrid also had a lot of ups and downs, helping Real Madrid easily win their 35th La Liga title.
Even, it was easy to adjust to the home game against Barcelona and then was bombarded 0-4...
Together with his previous spells at AC Milan, Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, Carlo Ancelotti also set a horrific record for the first man in history to win all five major leagues: I have never won both La Liga and the Champions League (2013/14 despite winning the Champions League).
However, La Liga was overwhelmed by Barcelona and Atletico Madrid) The players combined their attitude, quality and the enthusiasm of young players to achieve this result, and we beat strong teams to achieve great results.
In the Champions League, Real Madrid are not expected to win the title, but they still show their Champions League DNA in the headwind.
Although in the case of the drawer to engage in the dragon, the opponent in the round of 16 eliminated from the soft persimmon (?) Benfica became Paris Saint-Germain, losing 1-0 away in the first leg and being the first to score at home in the second leg.
Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick in 17 minutes to knock out his opponent 3-1 (3-2 on aggregate).
In the round of eight, the defending champions League champions Chelsea, the first leg away 1-3 Karim Benzema scored another hat-trick to stabilize, but did not expect that the second leg was madly blasted 0-3 by the Blues, until the 80th minute first relied on Luka Modric to assist Rodrygo goal to tie the overall score, and Karim Benzema won the game in the extended round to overtake the opponent, 2-3 (5-4 on aggregate) and again reversed the promotion.
Facing favourites Manchester City in the last four, the two teams staged a goal battle in the first leg, Manchester City won 4-3 at home in the first leg, and Manchester City led the first goal in the second leg, but Real Madrid tied the aggregate score with Rodrygo in injury time, and Karim Benzema scored 12 yards in the extended round, 3-1 (6-5 on aggregate) and smiled again.
In the final, Vinícius Jr. scored a goal in the second half to win the four-time Champions League (previously lost in the Premier League) to win the 14th Champions League in the team's history, completing the great feat of winning the Champions League for the fifth time in eight years.
Playing well in the Champions League, scoring 15 goals in 12 games (10 in the knockout stage) helped Real Madrid return to glory Karim Benzema and win the Ballon d'Or for the first time in his career (while Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were again out of the top 10 in the round of 16)
2018/19 "Who needs Ronaldo?" Reduced to a laughing stock after being ruthlessly hunted by Ajax, Real Madrid finally returned to the peak in the post-Ronaldo era after 4 years of immersion. However, Real Madrid also know that they are now rebuilding their team and can have a double this season.
The country relies on the main competitors to blow themselves up, and the Champions League is dominated by the old manager dispatch and attack group (the two old ghosts lead the Brazilian duo Rodrygo and Vinícius Jr.), the defense line is really not strong, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is too hard.
Instead of investing in spotlight stars Kylian Mbappé and Erling Haaland, it is better to spread the high budget among the more urgently needed midfield. So this summer turned the window to continue the change, mainly signing Chelsea's main central defender Antonio Rüdiger and Monaco defensive midfielder Aurelien Tchouaméni, and thanked several Champions League heroes.
At the same time, in line with the exchange period, Real Madrid's game control is quite careful, which allows them to remain firmly in the Champions League zone in 2022/23, only below Barcelona by goals conceded. The Champions League group stage is also undoubtedly picked up in Group F 1st and round of 16... Last final opponent, Liverpool.
4. The heritage of the Champions League - AC Milan revived, Nottingham Forest returned to glory, Hamburg was the last mile
Just before and after the Champions League showdown in Paris, the play-offs that decided the last place in the upper league were in full swing. The promotion of the Championship to the play-offs is very different from the Champions League, but the gold is no less.
Whoever of the four teams can beat Wembley will be guaranteed to earn hundreds of millions of pounds next season, of which a full 3 seasons of parachutes (even the Variable Ball also comes with 2 seasons of quota) if the card is successful.
Last season's Championship was unsurprisingly promoted by Fulham and Bournemouth, but the play-offs were a big hit, with all four teams being favoured in the pre-season. The result of the play-offs was even more unexpected, with Wembley winning the last Premier League place from Nottingham Forest 1-0 to third place in Huddersfield.
Nottingham Forest, this is a very interesting existence: the 2 five-stars on the team logo represent their 2nd Champions League victory, and behind it is a mythical story of a counterattack from the old English Second Division triple jump;
However, in the case of the Premier League, they have been "away from home" for 23 years since they were relegated in the 1998/99 season, and did not return to the Premier League until the final whistle.
However, although returning home, Nottingham Forest's big reinforcements encountered a big setback in 2022/23, and temporarily fell into the relegation zone at the end of 2022, can the "king of counterattack" stage a victorious escape in 2023?
Last season for AC Milan returned to the Champions League after many years, although they fell into the bottom of Group B of the group of death, but also let them learn a lot of experience points, after returning to the country, the Italian Cup reached the last four, the key battlefield Yi A came later, with a 2-point difference over the city's archrivals Inter Milan to win the 19th title.
At the end of this season 2022, the Red and Black Devils are temporarily second in the Serie A, second only to Nappoli (who took a winter break after the Qatar World Cup this season), qualified second in Group E of the Champions League, and drew Tottenham Hotspur in the round of 16.
Last season, the Bundesliga had the most luxurious cast in history, and it was eventually promoted by Schalke 04, who were directly relegated in 2020/21, and Wenda Bremen.
Hamburg lost 0-1 away and 2-0 at home in the play-offs to Hertha Berlin, 16th place in the Bundesliga (more brutally, the opponent was the same Felix Magath, who scored the winning goal in that year's Champions League final).
In 2022/23, the Bundesliga is just halfway through the New Year's Eve (Germany will take a winter break after the Qatar World Cup this season, and the second half of the season will only start at the end of January), Hamburg is temporarily in second place and promoted to the zone. Will Hamburg have another chance to stop firing guns?
5. Ronaldo returned to Manchester United: drive high and low, short and long, and leave Europe sadly
Imagine that in the summer of 2021, Ronaldo's sensation returned to the nest, which once made Manchester United touted as a powerhouse that can return to glory with a sword to the championship, but it was expected to be completely seen before entering 2022, and was beaten by Liverpool and Manchester City at home.
Cristiano Ronaldo's goal alone last season was indeed strong, but it has clearly and irreversibly deteriorated and upset the attacking and defensive balance that the Red Devils have built up so hard. The myth that what a big scene must have an output is even more gone.
The 3-0 defeat to Tottenham may seem prestigious, but United won the battle but lost the war, as Tottenham fired Nuno Espírito Santo immediately after the game and hired Antonio Conte to coach and finally won the final Champions League ticket.
(Ole Gunnar Solskjör was dismissed after being electrocuted 4-1 away by Watford; Whether Antonio Conte would be angry if he came to Manchester United, we'll talk about it separately)
After entering 2022, Manchester United lost to Championship Meadesburg in the last 32 of the FA Cup and lost to Atletico Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League, and was finally bloodied by Brighton 4-0 away from home, missing the 2022/23 Champions League, and was almost squeezed out of the European Conference by West Ham United.
In the summer window this year, Ronaldo intends to escape Manchester United to a powerhouse that can play in the Champions League, but all the named heroes have their own reinforcement key summer vacation assignments and clear the gate.
Manchester United's pre-season training camp and friendly matches, Ronaldo missed Manchester United's training due to family factors and failed to train with the team early.
Manchester United's new manager Erik ten Hag gradually brought Manchester United up after a hellish start in the first two rounds, repeatedly putting Ronaldo on the bench to try to marginalize the unwilling legend, Ronaldo was angry and refused to come off the bench in the 2-0 home defeat against Tottenham and left early, and was banned by the team.
On the eve of the World Cup, Ronaldo accepted an exclusive interview with his friend Piers Morgan, a fan host, and expressed his dissatisfaction with Manchester United many times. This private interview also made the relationship between Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United like fire.
Manchester United were unhappy with his interview, the two sides agreed to part during the World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo returned to freedom, and Manchester United officially entered the ETH era.
In the Qatar World Cup, Cristiano Ronaldo tried to win the favor of the Champions League powerhouse with this last dance, but the performance still did not improve, and coach Fernando Santos also put it on the bench to ignite the debate.
In the end, Portugal was eliminated by Morocco 0-1 in the round of eight, Ronaldo came on as a 0-1 substitute but was unable to recover, and Cristiano Ronaldo, who walked into the players' tunnel after the game, realized that this could be his last chance at the World Cup, and broke down in the aisle and cried.
As far as Ronaldo's performance in the Qatar World Cup is concerned, those big teams that can play in the Champions League are even more unintentional. 12/31, Cristiano Ronaldo, who could not wait for the chance of the Champions League giants, sadly transferred to Riyadh Victory in Saudi Arabia (Ainas, Al Nassr)
However, in terms of the AFC Champions League, Riyadh victory will not only miss this tournament (2022), but also appear in the next tournament (2023/24). Saudi Arabia was allocated four seats, but two of them were won by last season's league champions and cups, and the other two were for this season's league champions or cups. Can Ronaldo land in the AFC Champions League, where Messi has never played?
6. Transfer drama - Hamtaro Lewandowski leads the dream cast
Although PSG easily regained the Ligue 1 title last season, it was reversed by Real Madrid in the round of 16 of the Champions League, and superstar Kylian Mbappé was infinitely close to joining Real Madrid, but in the end, this transfer that shakes the national foundation did not happen.
Kylian Mbappé temporarily gave up his dream of being an emperor and chose to renew his contract with Paris Saint-Germain for another 3 years (until 2025), and even French President Emmanuel Macron cared about it.
According to media reports, Kylian Mbappé had already negotiated an agreement with Real Madrid, but in the end, PSG offered a signing fee of 130 million euros, an annual salary of 50 million euros, 100% portrait rights, and more amazingly, he also became a director (team personnel rights, including sports directors, coaches and players have the right to stay), but these have not been officially confirmed.
Before P2022/23, PSG Ligue 1 is seven points ahead of second-placed Lens, but the Champions League Group H upset was crushed by Benfica to 2nd, and the round of 16 draw... 2019/20 final + 2020/21 semi-final opponent, Bayern Munich.
Although Manchester City once again beat Liverpool by one point last season to defend the Premier League title, the Champions League last four was reversed by Real Madrid, leaving the Blue Moon painfully determined to win Borussia Dortmund Norwegian striker Erling Haaland in the summer.
Not fit into the Premier League? Erling Haaland's performance in the first half of the season has already shown who is going to adapt to whom? However, Manchester City, who once again challenged the Premier League for three consecutive titles, ended in 2022 by seven points behind the top Arsenal.
As for the Champions League, Manchester City can be 1st in Group G, and the round of 16 draw is lucky, RB Leipzig.
In addition to Hamtaro, there is also 45 million euros below to buy Bayern Munich Polish striker Robert Lewandowski. As for other transfers that are also very large, please allow me to make space for more big events.
But in the end, there is another one, that is, the ace agent "football vampire" Mino Raiola also went to heaven to continue his superb transfer agent...
7. The men's football team in Taiwan Province is not good, but the women are lucky enough to compete - the Asian Cup in-tournament did not have the opportunity to directly enter the World Cup, and must move to the continental play-offs
The Taiwan women's football team competed to participate in the 2022 India Women's Asian Cup and performed well.
Although Group A was unsurprisingly defeated 4-0 by the champions China, they advanced to the knockout stage by defeating Iran 5-0 and the host country was crushed by Wuhan pneumonia.
In the round of 8, he and the Philippines played in the PK battle, and the 2023 Women's World Cup host country Australia also stopped in the round of 8, and Taiwan Province moved to the 3-for-1 play-off.
In the play-offs, Thailand 0-2 Vietnam, although Taiwan Province retreated to Thailand 3-0, but unfortunately lost 1-2 to Vietnam in the last game, and could only watch Vietnam get on the last train.
At the post-match press conference Echigo and the male coach, he said: "This is a regrettable result, but I believe that we have done our best, the last two games are missing the main players, but we can see the young players coming up and seizing the opportunity to grow significantly, and I hope that fans and friends will continue to support the women's national team, the opportunity to enter the World Cup is still there, and we will prepare harder, please believe that we will get tickets."
The final hope for the Taiwan Province Women's World Cup is the continental play-offs in February 2023. The first match will be played on 2/19 against South American rivals Paraguay. If they can successfully overcome the Paraguay level, they will face the victors of Panama and Papua New Guinea on 2/23.
8. Barcelona under reconstruction - seeing the improvement of reconstruction, the summer four hammers lead the stars, but they fall into the death zone, and the reconstruction is complete
Barcelona were relegated to the Europa League last season by Bayern Munich's ruthless double, and although the second half of the season improved under the proper operation of the winter turntable, they quickly recovered the Champions League place in La Liga and finished runners-up, but the last eight of the European Championship were eliminated by the kings of the year, Eintracht Frankfurt. (Do you really think that it is easier for Europa to have it?) ）
Despite financial trouble, Barcelona has relied on four levers to sell its assets this summer to raise money.
In terms of transfer fees, 153 million euros were finally spent on signings: 58 million euros to sign Leeds United Brazilian winger Raphinha, 50 million euros to sign Sevilla French defender Jules Koundé, 45 million euros to buy Bayern Munich Polish striker Robert Lewandowski.
At the same time, Barcelona also exempted some quality players: AC Milan Ivory Coast midfielder Franck Kessié, 2 Chelsea defenders (Danish centre-back Andreas Christensen, Spanish left-back Marcos Alonso) and others, and kept stars such as Ousmane Dembélé and Frenkie de Jong.
However, the team's tight finances and too ugly face in handling FDJ attracted infamy such as "Baluronna" and "Pisa".
Well, the new season begins. Barcelona, who struggled to complete the stage of rebuilding, has been on the domestic La Liga league and has been on top of the table with goals conceded and overwhelmed Real Madrid in the first half of the season, despite losing the first leg of the national derby.
However, in the Champions League, they were placed in Group C, sharing the death group with Bayern Munich, Inter Milan and Czech Pilsen Victory. Barcelona's ruthless double killing by natural enemy Southern Decepticon is only a small problem.
The worst thing was a 1-0 away defeat to Inter Milan at home to a 3-3 draw, and finally after Inter Milan captured Pilsen's victory in the fifth round, it was determined to be relegated to the Europa League for two consecutive seasons, and then the European League's round of 24 was drawn to force Manchester United.
Barcelona head coach AKA star Xavi: Thank you for the support of the fans, unfortunately we were not able to prove ourselves on the pitch, the other side is better than us, we have to face reality and forget about the Champions League. Being eliminated before kick-off really affected the team and we weren't competitive this night.
On the plus side, Barcelona is not alone, because this season's Europa is probably the most luxurious cast in history, but it also means that to win this championship, the difficulty is not lower than last season...
9. I haven't seen Frankfurt for a long time - the slimming version of the European Champions, and I have been in the Champions League for a long time
Thanks to Liverpool, who played the Istanbul night in the Premier League, the defending champions can now participate in the Champions League group stage in the first bracket as a matter of course; And from 2015/16 onwards, the defending European Champions League champions can also participate in the group stage of the Champions League as a matter of course.
Last season, due to the newly created European discussion below, the European Championship also slimmed down to become the size of 32 teams in 8 groups of the main draw. In the end, the 11th place in the Bundesliga Frankfurt won the championship by breaking through 4 consecutive levels (including the above defeat of Barcelona).
At the same time, it was also the second advance to the Champions League after 1959/60, when Eintracht Frankfurt became the backdrop for Real Madrid's fifth consecutive victory at 3-7 in the final.
In 2022/23, Eintracht Frankfurt temporarily finished fourth in the Bundesliga in the first half of the season, as many as seven points behind Bayern Munich at the top of the table. The Champions League fell to Group D, a hidden version of the death group, and eventually declared the title defense defeat in second place. However, the round of 16 was not lucky, and he was strong against Nappoli, who opened the season unbeaten for 15 consecutive days.
10. First ever UEFA champion - Roma (Jose Mourinho completes three European Grand Slams)
Last season was the first European Conference in history, and the European competition returned to the three major cups, and finally it was won by Roma 1-0 against the Eredivisie Feiyanno, but this title comes with a ticket to the group stage of the European League, which they have already won through the sixth place in the Italian First Division.
Jose Mourinho, the head coach who joined Roma last season, has previously won two Champions Leagues (Porto and Inter) and two European Champions Leagues (Porto and Manchester United), and is now the first manager in history to win three European titles, as well as the first manager in history to lead four different teams to European titles (horrifyingly, he won all five European finals).
Winning the title in the first year at Roma, Jose Mourinho said: "From the beginning we felt like we had a chance to win the European Championship, but then it gradually became difficult, Marseille and Fiyanno are good teams, but we aim to win this competition.
(For Roma, it's their Champions League competition)
(Congratulations to Carlo Ancelotti, who also managed Real Madrid, Chelsea and Serie A, for his success this season.)
After the ups and downs of his coaching career in recent years, Jose Mourinho said: "I will continue to stay in Rome, although there are some rumours, I don't want anything, I just want to stay in Rome, we need to know what the boss wants to do next season to set the course.
Roma temporarily finished 7th in the Italian League before the 2022/23 New Year, while the Europa declared their defending European Championship defeat in Group 2 in Group C, and the Europa League drew 3rd in Group E of the Champions League in the round of 24, RB Salzburg.