Since the 21st century, there has been another more unexpected double kill in European football than Kosovo s two wins over Sweden - the first kill directly forced a generation of famous coaches t

First of all, make it clear that the double play here refers to the home and away wins of the same event in the same game cycle. Such competitions include the Champions League, Europa League, and UEFA Champions League for clubs, and the European Cup qualifiers, World Cup qualifiers, and UEFA Nations League for national teams.

Double play usually occurs when a strong team beats a weak team. For example, if France plays Gibraltar, how could it not be a double defeat? The only suspense is how many goals will be scored in the two rounds. For a weak team, it would be a miracle to win against a strong team once, but a double win would be too luxurious. In recent years, there have been a lot of fish bellies in Europe, and there have indeed been many cases of upsets. For example, in the European Cup qualifiers a few years ago, Kazakhstan defeated Denmark 3:2 at home, which was shocking. But in the away game, Kazakhstan failed to continue its miracle and lost to Denmark.

In the same European Cup qualifying match, Moldova defeated Poland 3:2, which was also surprising. Moreover, Moldova was able to get 1 point from Poland in the away game, with 1 win and 1 draw, which was even more shocking.

Of course, there is something even more exciting, Azerbaijan 3:0 Sweden. Although Sweden won 5:0 in the first round, considering the strength gap between the two teams, a 0:3 in the second round could completely erase the 5:0 momentum.

In fact, Sweden's strength has been declining in recent years, and our understanding is being refreshed bit by bit. In the current European World Cup preliminaries, Sweden only scored 1 point in 4 games. The key is that they were beaten twice at home and away by Kosovo, further breaking the lower limit.

As a Yugoslav team, Kosovo still has some strength and will not be defined as a weakling. However, in European football, it can only be regarded as third-rate to fourth-rate at best. You can imagine how bad Sweden is now.

Many people say that Sweden can directly qualify for the play-offs through the UEFA Nations League results, so now it is starting to fail. But first of all, the UEFA Nations League track is not 100%, and there are still certain variables. Secondly, even if Sweden failed to qualify for the play-offs, this is not the reason why they started to fall flat halfway through the schedule. The two great strikers in the Premier League, that’s it?

It is a miracle for a weak team to win against a strong team, and it is even more of a miracle for a weak team to double defeat a strong team. Since the 21st century, there has been another double play in European football, which was even more shocking than Kosovo's two defeats against Sweden, because the strength of that team was not inferior to that of Sweden today, and the team that defeated them was regarded as a traditional European team. Moreover, after their first victory at that time, they directly forced a generation of famous coaches to resign.

This weak team also performed very well in this World Cup preliminaries and has won three consecutive victories - the Faroe Islands.

The one they killed twice was Greece.

It was the 2016 European Cup qualifiers, and Greece and the Faroe Islands were in the same group. On November 15, 2014, Greece lost 0:1 at home to the Faroe Islands. After this game, the Greek Football Association directly fired Italian tinker Ranieri. Although Ranieri is not as good as Ancelotti and Guardiola, he is definitely a world-famous coach and has coached many wealthy clubs. And his greatest achievement is, of course, the miracle of Leicester City. Coincidentally, that was his new job more than half a year after leaving get out of class in Greece.

In June 2015, Greece played against the Faroe Islands and still lost 1:2. This has nothing to do with Ranieri.

In that group, the Faroe Islands ended up third, while Greece ranked last. In the 2014 World Cup, Greece reached the top 16. Unfortunately, the golden generation that forged the Greek myth in 2004 withdrew one after another, and Greece's strength also fell into mediocrity. But it was still shocking that they were beaten twice by the Faroe Islands.