300 kilometers! In less than two hours of watching the Champions League, the Asian team won four rounds in a row and entered the main game

Powerful Celtics.

180 minutes in two rounds, plus 30 minutes of overtime, a total of 210 minutes, neither side could score any goals and could only enter a cruel penalty. After Maeda Daran missed a penalty, Keirat defeated the Celtics and entered the Champions League for the first time. It’s really hard to say that players from Asia missed the penalty and helped the Asian team advance.

Kelat was founded in 1954 and has won four domestic league championships and ten cup championships. Statistics show that the total value of this team is only about 20 million, making it a typical representative of European small and medium-sized teams. Arsavevin from Arsenal joined Kyrat at the end of his career. In a recent recent photo, can you recognize who is the super forward who once faced Liverpool and scored four goals in a single game?

Keilat Club is located in Almaty, Kazakhstan, the closest place to us, with a straight line distance of about 300 kilometers. Judging from the flight information, direct flights from Urumqi can be reached in less than two hours. If you meet Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​or one of the six Premier League teams, it will be really a blessing for fans in the Northwest. You can finish breakfast in the morning and rush to the venue to watch the top European events, and even have the chance to see the top European giants.

Of course, some fans may have questions, why can Asian teams participate in the Champions League, or even our closest neighbors? The answer to this question is very simple. Football events are not absolutely related to geographical location. For example, Australia, located in Oceania, can participate in the Asian Cup and why can participate in the World Cup Asian qualifiers. The reason is the same.

Since you have chosen the European arena, it is obviously more difficult to participate in the competition than to stay in Asia. In fact, this is not the first time that a Kazakh team has participated in the Champions League. Astana was in the same group stage as Atletico Madrid and Benfica in the Champions League group stage 10 years ago. With the distant home advantage, he drew all three group stages, but none of them lost. Although he missed the opportunity to qualify, it was finally a rare experience.

In recent years, since domestic league champion teams have to participate in multiple rounds of qualifying matches to advance to the Champions League, Astana has never participated in the Champions League again and can only see them in the UEFA Cup or the UEFA Federation for a long time. In the Europa League group round-robin last season, Astana won the first game and then did not win, including Chelsea, who lost to the final championship at home, and was unable to advance to the knockout stage.

In fact, not only the club, but also the national team once brought surprises. Taking the previous European Cup qualifiers as an example, the top two in the group can directly participate in the main competition. Before the last round, Kazakhstan was only 1 point behind Slovenia, which ranked second in points, and the two teams met directly in the final round. In the last round of the game, Kazakhstan once stubbornly equalized the score. Unfortunately, he was scored by his opponent in the last few minutes, losing the opportunity to advance directly to the top two in the group. He eventually lost to Greece in the play-offs and missed the European Cup.

It has to be said that although it is difficult for Asian teams to enter the main stage of top competitions when participating in European competitions, even if they participate in secondary cups such as the Europa League, it will still be of great help to improve their overall strength. If the club's performance improves, the national team will be improved. I believe that one day in the future, our neighbors will have the opportunity to participate in the European Cup or even the World Cup.

After Keilat entered the Champions League, it means that the away trips of many European teams will become very difficult. I don’t know which four teams are going to our closest neighbors to participate in the Champions League?

source:7m.cn livescore 2 in 1