Ointment
Whenever someone laments the disappointment of Chinese football on the Internet, another part of the population responds with a "fly in the ointment". The so-called "fly in the ointment" is that the football performance of world powers such as the United States and China is not very good. But is American football really not that good? In fact, this is a misconception of people who don't pay attention to football regularly.
The United States team, ranked 11th in the world, is worth a total of 340 million euros, which is worth more than Croatia, Switzerland, Poland, Austria and other second-rate European teams even in Europe, and has won 7 North American Gold Cup championships, which is the absolute hegemon of North America. In the World Cup, the United States won the third place in the 1930 World Cup, and they reached the round of 16 five times and the round of eight once, and they are a force to be reckoned with in world football.
Captain Pulisic
At present, the players in the U.S. team are basically from the top five European leagues, and some of the core players are extremely capable. Balogun, who plays for Monaco in Ligue 1 on the front line, scored 21 goals in the 22-23 season, ranking fourth in the Ligue 1 scorer list that season, and is currently worth 30 million euros; Christian Pulisic, who captains AC Milan, has been in impressive form for Milan this season, with an impressive double-double of 15 goals and 10 assists, and is currently valued at €40 million. The midfield is led by Juventus' McKennie, a player who has contributed 10 assists for Juventus this season and is currently valued at €28 million. At the back, Scully, who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach, is hailed as a player with the potential to become a top-three right-back in world football in the future and is currently valued at €10 million.
To sum up, the strength of American football is very strong, and it is a second-rate team in world football, and it is definitely not comparable to the national football team ranked 88th in the world.
Iceland are all amateurs
At Euro 2016, Iceland had a surprising soccer performance, beating them to reach the quarter-finals after beating England. At that time, a large number of domestic media revealed that Iceland were all amateur players, and they had their own jobs, and they all temporarily assembled to participate in the competition this time. "Their coach is a dentist, the goalkeeper is a director, and there are cooks, workers, students, etc. in the team, and it is really embarrassing for the national football team to create miracles like this." All sorts of outrageous statements flood the internet.
In fact, the players of the Icelandic team at that time were not only professional players, but most of them played in high-level European leagues, and some of the core players were stars of the Premier League team. Midfielder Sigurdsson is the team's number one star, known as the "Iceland Sniper" for his outstanding long-range shots and free-kick skills, playing for Everton in the Premier League at the time, worth 35 million euros; Striker Finboazon was the main striker of Augsburg in the Bundesliga, who was worth 15 million euros at the time; Winger Gudmundsson was playing for Burnley in the Premier League at the time, and he was worth 12 million euros at the time. Captain Gunnarsson played for Cardiff City in the Championship and was worth €8 million at the time; Veteran Gudjohnsson is a Chelsea and Barcelona legend, nicknamed the "Icelandic Devil", in addition to players from Serie A, Eredivisie and the Russian Premier League, can you believe that such a group of high-level players are said to be amateurs?
Jamie Vardy is an amateur by training
It is rumoured that Leicester City legend Jamie Vardy is an amateur player who has made it to the Premier League as an amateur through his own efforts, and won the Premier League title and the Premier League Golden Boot with the team, which is really inspirational. I have to say that Jamie Vardy is indeed a super inspirational player, but is he really an amateur?
In fact, Vardy was trained in professional youth training from a young age, staying in the Championship team Sheffield Wednesday's academy until he was 16 years old. However, because the team was not optimistic about his professional prospects, he was not offered a professional contract when his youth contract expired. As a result, Vardy had no choice but to commit to the Northern League of England (6th tier) to Stokes. The English league starts with the highest level of the Premier League, and goes down to the Championship, League One, League Two, National League, North and South League, etc., and below League Two are all amateur leagues.
After seven seasons at Stokes, in July 2010 Vardy joined the league's powerhouses Halifax for £20,000. In his debut season, Vardy scored 26 goals to help the team win the league title and achieve promotion. He was also chased by Fleetwood in the English National League (5th tier) and eventually moved to the club for £170,000. In the 2011-2012 season, Vardy scored 31 goals to help the team win the title and be promoted to League Two (4th tier), while also claiming the league's top scorer and best player.
On May 17, 2012, Leicester City in the Championship announced the signing of Jamie Vardy for a transfer fee of 1.2 million pounds, a price that also broke the record for an English amateur player, and officially made Vardy's legendary and inspirational life a transfer. Despite playing in the amateur league for a long time, Dardy has come from a professional academy background.
Cristiano Ronaldo can't pass
At present, a large number of people on the Internet evaluate Ronaldo: a shooter with excellent marksmanship, but poor breakthrough and passing ability. Is Ronaldo really not going to pass?
This is actually the evaluation of Ronaldo by young fans, and older fans know that Ronaldo, who just debuted back then, is famous for his dazzling excellence, and he is the king of the British people. I remember watching Manchester United at that time, what I was most looking forward to was watching Ronaldo's passing, his amazing bicycle pedaling, gorgeous feints, all of which made people's blood boil. However, his style of play has been criticized by the club as too flashy and of limited help to the team. So in the 2006-2007 season, Ronaldo tried to change his playing habits, becoming crisp and neat, not dragging his feet, and his goal tally soared. After transferring to Real Madrid, Ronaldo has become an out-and-out goal machine.
So to sum up, Ronaldo is not unable to pass, on the contrary, his passing and foot skills are first-class, but his super finishing ability in front of the goal allows him not to waste his physical strength on breakthroughs and passes.
Luxembourg is a super belly
Luxembourg football has always been the super-belly of Europe in many people's minds, and I remember reading a post on the Internet "The only European teams that the national football team is sure to beat are San Marino, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg", is this really the case? Is the national football team really sure to beat Luxembourg?
In fact, this is a misunderstanding, San Marino, Gibraltar, and Liechtenstein are indeed Europe's super fish belly, but Luxembourg's combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. Although Luxembourg is ranked 85th in the world, only three places higher than the national football team, they are far higher than the national football team with a total value of 35 million euros (the whole team is worth 10 million euros). The team's number one star is Mainz's central midfielder, Barreiro, a defensive midfielder who has scored four goals and one assist in 33 appearances for Mainz this season. The team's second leader is Andreas Pereira, who plays for Spartak Moscow, a midfield master who has five goals and four assists in 37 appearances for Sparta this season. The team's goalkeeper is Morris, who plays for Union Saint-Gilloise in the league, and last season Morris played bravely as a team to help Union Saint-Gilloise win the league title. In addition, there are players from Aulersen from Cologne in the Bundesliga, Sanchez from Borussia Mönchenchen in the Bundesliga, and other players who play in the five major leagues.
Barrero
In this European Championship qualifier, Luxembourg is in the same group as Portugal, Slovakia, Iceland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Liechtenstein, and they beat Bosnia and Herzegovina home and away with scores of 2-0 and 4-1; 3-1 and 1-1 unbeaten against Iceland; and drew 0-0 away to the European Cup team Slovakia, and finally won 5 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses in 10 games, beating Iceland and Bosnia and Herzegovina to finish third in the group and qualify for the play-offs. In the last World Cup qualifiers, Luxembourg beat Ireland to finish third in the group, including a 1-0 away win over Ireland.
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