Chapter 149 Epoch Reincarnation Black Swan

? There is no concept of the twelve zodiac signs in 201, but this year also happens to be the ‘black swan year’ that Europeans talk about in a twelve-year cycle.

This topic goes back to 24 years ago when the Premier League was still called the English First Division, when Leeds United became the last champion, and then entered the Premier League era, which was also the era of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Denmark, which supplemented Yugoslavia, staged a fairy tale to win the championship. This was the iconic "black swan event" of that year, and the Chinese are more accustomed to calling it a dark horse.

By 2004, it was so dark that you couldn't even see your fingers.

Greek mythology won the European Cup, Mourinho's Porto snatched the Champions League, and Six Musketeers' Madibald killed many people and won the UEFA Cup as a German second-division team. Just looking at the quality, the 2004 is obviously darker than the 1992.

Twelve years have passed in the blink of an eye, 201, because this summer there is the 15th European Cup held in France, the Centennial America's Cup held in the United States, and the men's football match of the Brazilian Olympic Games.

Therefore, although it is only May, it is obvious that the top ten football news this year are basically just fill-in-the-blank questions, and several things that have already happened are enough to qualify for the list.

For example, Zhuo Yang has been resurrected from the dead, and Gianni Infantino has become the youngest FIFA president in history. These are all news that will definitely enter this year's 'Top Ten'. If there is no interference from other major news, the death of Saint Cruyff should also be considered as one.

At the end of March this year, Johan Cruyff died of lung cancer in Barcelona at the age of 68.

I was diagnosed with lung cancer in October last year and found it to be in the advanced stage. In February of this year, Cruyff's condition improved for a time. At that time, he humorously said to the outside world: I am currently 2:0 ahead of cancer.

But in the end, the disease still reversed and defeated him.

Cruyff's contribution to football and his status in football history need not be said, so his death must be a big event.

And in 201 dark horses have stood out. Leicester City, which was still in the English Championship three seasons ago, dominated the standings for a long time last season, and narrowly avoided relegation, miraculously won the Premier League title this season, even knocking out second-placed Arsenal by 10 points. point.

There is also a serious class struggle in football. The common people have always resisted tenaciously under the oppression of the wealthy families. Once a poor family successfully rebels, the whole world will cheer.

Overnight, there were many more ‘Leicester fans of thirty years’ around the world.

Leicester City has made a good start for the Black Swan Year, and everyone will continue to wait and see. However, the scenery in other leagues remains the same, and the dominance of the giants is unshakable, which further highlights the uniqueness of Leicester City.

Bayern in the German Bundesliga and Juventus in the Italian Serie A have both won their respective league championships, and their advantages are extremely obvious. The most exaggerated thing is PSG in Ligue 1. Their winning points are 31 points more than second place Lyon. This is not a team of the same dimension at all.

La Liga is still dominated by the "three top players", with the top three teams beating the fourth-placed Villarreal by more than 20 points.

Real Madrid struggled to catch up at half-way, and finally overtook Atletico Madrid by 2 points, but still fell behind Barcelona by one point and failed to complete the comeback. Barcelona retained the championship.

Zidane's Real Madrid has performed well enough in the league, especially in the last 12 rounds of games, including a victory over Barcelona in an away game, but they are still one point behind in second place.

Can you go to Benitez to reason?

After Benitez was dismissed from Real Madrid, he took over from MacLaren as the Newcastle coach in March this year. He drew 3 losses and failed to complete relegation. Next season, Benitez will follow Newcastle to the British Championship.

Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 35 goals in La Liga this season, which is basically okay. Messi has only 2 and Suarez has scored 40. He also became the European Golden Boot in the 2015-16 season.

The burning Detu did not score in the last two rounds. He ranked 11th in the La Liga scorer list with 17 goals. This is also the highest score in his career. Don't forget, he is a defensive midfielder.

Ibrahimovic with 38 and Higuain with 3 became the top scorers in their respective leagues. In comparison, Harry Kane's 25 goals made the Premier League once again overwhelmed by West Germany, Italy and France in terms of scorers.

The Premier League's single-season goal record is 34, jointly held by Shearer and Cole. This number is also the lowest among the five major leagues.

The goal records in Bundesliga, Serie A and La Liga were all set by Zhuo Yang, respectively, while the French Ligue 1 record was set by Yugoslav striker Josip Skobrar in Game 1, with 44 goals, which has been dusty for 45 years. .

Even better than Cristiano Ronaldo and Scar, they only managed a maximum of 31 goals in the Premier League that year. It can also be seen from this point that the Premier League is the most balanced overall strength among the five major leagues. Even if there is the tyranny of Ferguson and Manchester United before, which can dominate the championship, it cannot defeat other teams.

Precisely because the strength is relatively balanced, there are not many bad teams in the Premier League for shooters to brush up data. For this reason, Zhuo Yang always believed that his record in Serie A had the highest gold content. There were no underdogs in Serie A at that time.

It's different now. With the Milan duo languishing for a long time and Juventus dominating Serie A, the only thing that can cause them trouble is Naples, but it's just a little trouble.

Only the Premier League has always maintained a situation of competition among the heroes. The Premier League has the largest championship group, and fierce fighting fills every corner of the league.

Every match in the Premier League has high ratings. Unlike La Liga, except for Real Madrid, almost no one cares about the matches between other players.

Therefore, fairy tales like Leicester City's championship can almost only happen in the Premier League. You can't imagine that the Spaniard or Rayo Vallecano can break through the iron fence of the 'Western Super League' and win the La Liga championship.

In the 2011-12 season, the gangster Atletico Madrid can surpass Real Madrid and win the championship, which is already considered a dark horse.

Therefore, after Leicester City, the football world once again turned its attention to Atletico Madrid in anticipation of the dark horse. The Champions League final, Real Madrid VS Atletico Madrid, Madrid derby, is also a replay of the 13-14 season finals.

In fact, Atletico Madrid can reach the final again this year, and the gold content is higher than Real Madrid. The gang eliminated the defending champion Barcelona in the quarter-finals and defeated the previous champion Bayern in the semi-finals.

Atletico Madrid is indeed not yet a giant, but it is by no means grassroots, but they can barely be considered a dark horse in the Champions League. Because Atletico Madrid has never won the Big Ear Cup, this is only the second time they have reached the final.

In May 2014 at the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, Real Madrid No. 18 Zhuoyang scored two shots and passed the ball to lead Real Madrid to a 5:1 overtime victory over Atletico Madrid. Two years later, the head coach of 201 was changed from Ancelotti to Zidane, but it was also overtime and the same No. 18 saved Real Madrid.