Chapter 316: Champions League Round of 16 and Matchups (Supplement 1)

In the last 20 minutes, Arsenal could not find a way to break the Porto goal and had to accept a 3-0 defeat away from home. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

At the end of the game, Gao Xiaodong was interviewed by reporters surrounded by Hulk and Fernando.

Without waiting for the reporter to ask questions, Gao Xiaodong stretched out three fingers and said to the reporter: "I'm very happy, we lost Arsenal 2:4 in the first leg, and this time we won them 3:0, which is a draw." ”

Hulk said a little arrogantly: "What's wrong with the gunners? ”

Fernando clenched his fists excitedly and said to the camera: "This is the Dragon Stadium, we are the masters here." ”

"Hold the grass, grab my lines. Gao Xiaodong pushed the two of them, "Go, this is my interview, don't steal the show." ”

"Okay teammate. Fernando and Hulk laughed and ran to celebrate with their teammates.

After Fernando and Hulk left, Gao Xiaodong patiently answered a few questions from reporters, and finally when the reporter asked him about his goals for this season, Gao Xiaodong said: "I don't care about personal goals, if possible, I hope to be able to get the best player and top scorer in the Portuguese Super League, the team's goals, the team's goals, I hope Porto can win the league and cup doubles this season, and at the same time go a little further in the Champions League, the quarterfinals, preferably the semi-finals, but the difficulty of the semi-finals seems to be a bit big." ”

After Gao Xiaodong finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the locker room, but the reporters were all talking about it, thinking that this kid really dared to think about it, he just didn't know how thick the sky was, and the quarterfinals were forgotten, Porto won the first place in the group, and there was still hope of entering the quarterfinals, but the semifinals were what a second-rate team like Porto could think of? It can be said that in the Champions League, the semifinals were prepared for several giants in the five major leagues, and other teams didn't even think about it.

Back in the locker room, Gao Xiaodong happened to meet Wenger, remembering that the professor took the initiative to talk to him last time, Gao Xiaodong greeted the professor in English, "Hello, professor, this time we won." ”

Arsene Wenger had mixed feelings, being beaten 3-0 by Porto and losing the top spot in the group, and what could be more frustrating than the player he valued as one pass and one shot?

The professor, of course, was very self-contained, and he smiled, "Congratulations, I hope we all go further." ”

Fortunately, Gao Xiaodong understood this, and he said happily: "It would be better if we could meet in the quarterfinals." ”

What? Is this treating us like fish belly? Wenger was very angry and said: "I hope it will be as you wish, I hope you can go further, goodbye." ”

Arsene Wenger returned to the visiting dressing room with a calm face.

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After eight matches on matchday 2 of the Champions League group stage, all the Champions League group stages have been completed, and the 16 places in the knockout stages of the Champions League have also been decided.

Manchester United, Porto, Rexos, Panathinaikos, Lyon, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea, Juventus, Arsenal, Roma, Juventus and Villarreal are the last lucky ones.

There have been no upsets in the group stage this season, with all the big clubs successfully qualifying, and if there is one upset, it is Panathinaikos and Porto who beat Inter Milan and Arsenal to top the group and gain a certain advantage in the knockout draw.

Although Panathinaikos and Porto counterattacked to grab the top spot in the group, they are not worthy of the word dark horse, and there is only one dark horse this season, that is Rexos. As a first-time participant in the Champions League, in the face of absenteeism and strong competition from Basel, Rexos managed to grab a place to play, which is by no means an easy task for a rookie team.

After the game, the Champions League match also became the hottest topic in major sports newspapers.

In the round of 16 of the Champions League, the Premier League still occupies 4 places, 4 in La Liga, 3 in Serie A, 2 in the Portuguese Super League, 1 in the Bundesliga, 1 in Ligue 1 and 1 in the Greek League.

The Portuguese Super League's record this season surprised the media around the world, and no one could have imagined that the Portuguese Super League would be able to surpass the Bundesliga and get two qualifying places.

The German newspaper "Bild" believes that this season lacks underdogs, but also lacks dark horses, if you really want to find dark horses, Porto and Rexos in the Portuguese Super League are definitely the first choice.

"Daily Mail" is optimistic about Porto as a dark horse, believing that Porto's group has Fenerbahce in the quarterfinals last season, Champions League regulars Dynamo Kiev, and Premier League giants Arsenal.

"Milan Sports" is optimistic about the Greek powerhouse Panathinaikos as a dark horse, believing that they can beat Inter Milan to win the first place in the group, and their strength should not be underestimated, and they may be expected to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

Two days later, the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

According to the rules of the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the teams that won the first place in the eight groups will become the "seeded teams", and then the opponents of the quarter-finals will be drawn one by one after circumventing the principles of "the same FA team does not meet" and "the same group team does not meet in the group stage" through the computer.

With this season's Champions League final set to be played in Rome, former Italy international and the club's technical director, Antonio Conte, was the guest of honour in the draw. Under the auspices of UEFA Secretary-General Taylor, Conte drew relatively average teams in the round of 16 in the first half of the draw, which led to the birth of bland matches such as Villarreal vs Panathinaikos, Atletico Madrid vs Porto, and Bayern vs Rexos. And Barcelona, which was originally in a dangerous situation, was lucky to be drawn by Conte to the relatively weakest Lyon among the four teams that may encounter Chelsea, Arsenal, Inter and Lyon, which can be called super lucky.

The first half of the draw was destined to be extremely exciting, and then the first climax of Manchester United vs Inter Milan broke out on the scene, with the defending champions and strong Serie A leaders being brought together, followed by Real Madrid vs Liverpool to meet the two giants with nine and five Champions League trophies respectively. Conte then sent Chelsea and Arsenal to Juventus and Roma respectively, adding to the brutal quarter-final clash of Serie A giants.

After the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals, the whole football world was in an uproar, because there were too many conversations between the quarter-finals, which meant that many of the favourites would be blocked out of the quarter-finals.

After the draw ceremony, many internationally renowned bookmakers offered the latest Champions League winning odds, Barcelona 1:5. 25 are the favourites, with Manchester United, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal, Juventus and Roma ranked 2nd to 10th, while Porto are only 13th and Rexos are at the bottom.