85. Trip to Switzerland
At the start of the new year, UEFA held a draw for the knockout rounds of the Champions League in Nyon, Switzerland. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The ceremony was of course much simpler than the group stage draw, with only CEO David Gill representing the club.
The teams that advance to the round of 16 are divided into two brackets based on their group standings, and then go head-to-head.
The first gear is: Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke 04, Malaga (Spain), Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Manchester United.
Pot 2 is: Porto (Portugal), Arsenal, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur, Valencia (Spain), Celtic (Scotland), Galatasaray (Turkey).
The result of this draw looks almost blameless, because Real Madrid and Barcelona, which were previously considered "professional teams" and "godfather teams", have all met opponents who are not weak.
Real Madrid met Schalke 04, the third place in the Bundesliga, and the German team has always had an advantage against the Spanish team, not to mention that Mourinho has caused a lot of big news this season, and Real Madrid's form is also worrying - putting captain Casillas into the cold, arguing with many players in the team, and then telling the media that there are ghosts in the club and that someone wants to get rid of him......
Barcelona met Serie A runners-up AC Milan, and although Milan who left Ibrahimovic is not at their peak now, they are not a weak team to give away points anyway.
The Grand Paris, who had just bought Ibrahimovic, met Valencia, a traditional powerhouse in La Liga, but in today's football world, the weight of the Ligue 1 title is not necessarily comparable to Spain's third place.
Defending champions Borussia Dortmund meet Bale's Tottenham side in what promises to be a battle of speed and excitement.
Bundesliga team leader Bayern Munich and Arsenal have a strong conversation.
Juventus, the Serie A champion and "old woman" who is recovering, has drawn a good draw: Celtic, the champion of the Soviet Super League.
The two obviously weaker teams, Malaga and Galatasaray, hid in the corner and snickered, and the rookies pecked each other at each other, and it is estimated that no TV station in other countries will broadcast them.
So, Manchester United were drawn to win the Portuguese Premiership...... 2004 Champions League winner, Porto.
In addition to attending the draw ceremony, David Gill received a letter of appointment from the FA upon his return, and he was officially inaugurated as the FA's vice-president, the second highest in the FA's top echelons......
The current president of the FA is David Bernstein, the former president of Manchester City FC, and his term is only six months long.
In his short two-year tenure, the Blue Moon won the first league title in years, a coincidence that has led conspirators to write millions of words of fiction and story......
Gill's election sparked displeasure with Chelsea manager and former Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez, who he felt was unfair to the other 19 Premier League clubs, but he was interviewed by the club's hierarchy after only two days of shouting, and then he kept his mouth shut.
And David Bernstein's successor is Greg, who once served as Manchester United's chief information officer and is now the president of the BBC? , he'll be in office this summer.
In other news, two of the candidates for the presidency of the Premier League are from Manchester United, including David Gill......
Everything seems to indicate that the time is not far off for Manchester United to dominate the Premier League.
'I've heard someone say that Manchester United's No.7 is no longer magical?'
BBC TV commentator John Jampioni commented on the FA Cup match on 5 January: "Maybe in the eyes of those people, five goals in every game to qualify for the Ballon d'Or? ”
His partner Jim Beglin said: "I have to admit that the Chinese is the best player in the Premier League, he is a level above all other stars. Take a look at today's game, where he led a group of Academy players with an average age of less than 20 to a 5-1 slaughter of the all-purpose Newcastle United...... As a former Liverpool player, I really don't want to see such a superstar as our opponent. ”
"Don't do that, Jim," James Pioni reassured the Reds, "to be honest, seeing the Ballon d'Or for three years in a row has nothing to do with a pound in the Premier League, and I don't think the British Isles audience even wants to watch this boring awards show anymore, but this year is certainly different, and I bet the broadcasters will definitely make a lot more this year than they have ever done in any previous year." ”
"Of course," Begelin shrugged, "Gudqin debuted in the Bundesliga and now dominates the Premier League, and there is a superpower with a population of 1.3 billion behind him, how can such ratings be low?" I've heard that many Chinese companies are throwing millions of dollars to compete for an ad spot...... Pound sterling. ”
"That's crazy......"
Here's a review of the FA Cup third round on 5 January.
As the oldest football competition in the world, the FA Cup is contested by more than 600 professional, semi-professional and amateur clubs, and those amateur teams start the lengthy qualifying round, the first round, the second round in August '12, and only after half a season, when Premier League teams like Manchester United join the team.
The FA Cup has always been valued by all clubs, and at one point it was considered more important than the league title. But with the rise of the Champions League, the FA Cup has gradually become a chicken rib competition for the big clubs to train their young players - after all, the prize money for the winner of this competition is only a measly £1 million, which is not enough to pay Qin Goodall a month's salary...... Winning the league and qualifying for the Champions League, on the other hand, can bring more money to the club.
The two-goal and one-pass Qin Goode led the Red Youth Army to return to his hometown with Newcastle, and then he took his little girlfriend on a flight to Zurich.
As the largest city in Switzerland, Zurich is not only an important economic, financial and cultural center in Western Europe, in addition to more than 100 world-renowned banks choosing to set up their global headquarters and European headquarters here, it is also the world's most livable city selected by the United Nations.
Like many European cities, Zurich, known as the "Garden City on the Lake", is a city that combines the Middle Ages with modernity, with many churches, minarets, castles and fountains from the Middle Ages that have survived to this day. The famous Lake Zurich is like a crescent moon leaning on the southeast end of the city, more than 40 kilometers long, the blue sky reflects the turquoise water, the white sails sway the clouds on the lake, the valleys on the outskirts are green and grassy, the trees are verdant, and the city is full of well-manicured gardens, flowers and green grass and unique buildings.
Since they came to Zurich, of course, Qin Goodall and Ether could not just attend an award ceremony, they climbed to the top of Utrey Hill to overlook the scenery of the city, listened to the bells in St. Peter's Basilica, skied on the frozen lake outside St. Moritz, enjoyed the tranquility of horse-drawn sleigh with steaming milk tea, visited the largest Chinese garden overseas, and walked slowly in Augustine Lane, feeling the touch of romance......
Finally, on Bahnhofstrasse, famous for its luxury...... Buy, buy, buy!
"Ah, baby, it only took you half a day to cost me a week's salary, plus the appearance fee and goal bonus." At the end of the payment, Qin Gude quipped.
Furs, necklaces, rings, purses, watches, perfumes, underwear......
Lübeck's little girl even bought a bikini worth several thousand euros in the snowy winter, and her reason was that she had recently developed again!
16 year old girl...... It's normal to get a little developed!
Of course, the little girl didn't lose the money alone, because the biggest expense was the dress she suggested Qin Goode customize, because the little girl found that the suit that her boyfriend wore when he received the best player in Europe half a year ago was a little too tight......
That's right, at the age of 21 years and 4 months, Qin Goode has grown a centimeter taller, and the muscles in his body have become more and more evident in the past six months of training - he has to rely on these muscles to fight against the vicious defenders of the Premier League......
Then Ether used his private money to give her boyfriend a watch that looked much more expensive than the bikini: "It's got the latest technology in it, you can't take it off." ”
Miss Lübeck looked serious.
Then Qin Goode used his tongue to pry open her lips and teeth.
Ether soon made a nasal "Whoosh" sound. (To be continued.) )