Chapter 083: The top 16 are each happy and sorrowful

Stuttgart came to Barcelona and will start at Camp Nou in the second leg of the 09-10 Champions League 1/8 finals is almost a suspenseless game, and the score of 3:1 in the first leg of Barcelona even made today less competitive.

It is not uncommon for world football to turn around, and Barcelona is not a steel team that cannot be overturned, they have also had troubles, but they are not as conspicuous as AC Milan. But Camp Nou refused a big comeback, and the home here is steel. And Stuttgart is not a macho man who can tear steel bars by hand, and there are some things that are beyond their ability.

But Pep Guardiola did not carelessly, and this season's transfer investment of more than 200 million allowed Barcelona to aim for the championship, and the runner-up was a complete failure, which put a lot of pressure on Guardiola. Except for the two injuries of Sergio Busquets and Abidal, Guardiola only took turns to rest Xavi, and in fact, Xavi was also a little disadvantaged.

Alves' return has brought Puyol back to partner Pique in the middle, while Zhuo Yang has replaced Xavi in the midfield and is assisted by Toure and Xiaobai. Ibrahimovic sat on the bench in front of him, and Messi fired three arrows at the same time as Thierry Henry and Pedro.

Stuttgart has hardly changed the line-up compared to three weeks ago, and it doesn't matter if there are actually changes, so let's not talk about it.

A brief ceremony was held before the game at Camp Nou, where the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) appointed Messi as the international ambassador of the United Nations Children's Charities Foundation. The official letter of appointment was issued a few days ago, and today it is only a public ceremony.

As an old international ambassador, Zhuo Yang also performed his duties on the spot, mainly to set off and build momentum.

The appointment of ambassadors is very deliberate, especially for the interests of children, and in the event of a scandal that disrupts the image of the image without rigorous vetting, it will be a serious blow to the cause. Therefore, UNICEF's ambassadors are not very common, especially at the international level, and international ambassadors in the football world are becoming more and more rare.

Zhuo Yang was able to become an international ambassador back then, Raio made a great effort, and the fat man used almost all his connections. Of course, Zhuo Yang's identity also takes a big advantage, because in China and even in Asia, a professional player at his level is unique, China is the world's most populous country, Asia brings together more than 60% of the world's population, and football is the world's number one sport, UNICEF needs such an ambassador.

And Zhuo Yangyang's positive image is also very dominant, especially the high-quality piano adds a lot of points to him, which finally got his wish, which is very lucky.

Messi won the title of international ambassador this time, and Zhuo Yang has contributed a lot to it, after all, he has dealt with many high-level executives of UNICEF for so many years, and he is relatively familiar.

In October last year, Messi's personal children's charity fund was established, and Zhuo Yang supported 1 million donations. In January, Zhuo Yang and Messi co-financed the establishment of a dedicated children's hospital in Barcelona's Valld'Hebron hospital. Valdehibron is a public hospital, and the good deeds of Zhuo Yang and Messi will benefit countless ordinary children in Barcelona and throughout Catalonia.

But it was Joan Laporta who played the biggest role in Messi's role as a charity ambassador.

Laporta used his connections to actively promote the matter, and even the first proposal for this matter came from him. It was during Laporta's tenure that the UNICEF logo was printed on the front of the Barcelona shirt, and it is still there today, and UNICEF misses him very much. Therefore, Messi's ambassador is easier to come than Zhuo Yang.

Messi has an opinion about Laporta, and the whole world knows that the reason is that Laporta drove away Ronaldo and Rijkaard. But Laporta didn't pay much attention to it, standing in different positions and heights, and naturally having different visions. Messi can only think about his own personal feelings and football pleasures, but Laporta cannot, he has to focus on the development strategy from the management and competitive performance of the entire club.

It can also be said that Laporta is not as knowledgeable as Messi. In his opinion, Messi is a discouraged child.

As everyone agrees, Barcelona played smoothly, but the score of 5-0 was still somewhat unexpected.

In the 12th minute, Zhuo Yang counterattacked and made a direct pass, and Messi took the ball on the right side and cut into the top of the penalty area and then shot with his left foot.

In the 19th minute, Alves crossed 45° from the right, and Zhuo Yang's header from the left side of the small penalty area broke Lehmann's vitality and also broke the goal.

In the 21st minute, Messi picked up a pass in the middle, and the anti-offside position on the left side of the Toure penalty area attracted Lehmann to attack and then crossed the middle with his left foot, and Pedro outflanked the ball in the middle and sent the ball into the empty goal.

With a 3-0 lead in the first half, the game was a complete formality.

In the 59th minute of the second half, Pedro counterattacked and passed back on the right side, Zhuo Yang passed the ball with his heel in front of the penalty area, and after Messi controlled the ball at the top of the penalty area and turned around, he scored twice with a low shot with his left foot.

After that, Zhuo Yang, Henry, and Xiaobai were replaced one after another, and Ibrahimovic, Bojan, and Mi Lito came on the field to test the waters. In the 88th minute, Bojan scored a goal to break his five-month goal drought, and Barcelona 5-0.

Barcelona proudly entered the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup with an aggregate score of 8:1, and such a brilliant performance must have become the biggest favorite to win the championship this season. The family was happy and the family was sad, but the rival Real Madrid still could not escape the fate of the 'Champions League Sixteen', and the new Galaxy battleship fell again in 1/8.

Real Madrid drew 1-1 with Lyon at the Bernabeu thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's goal, and the 1-2 scoreline ended their dream of winning their tenth Champions League at home. The venue for this year's Champions League final is the Bernabeu, and perhaps Barcelona are more eager to reach the top there than Real Madrid.

AC Milan was defeated by Old Trafford, with a score of 0:4 like a bayonet to kill the Milanese in blood, 2:7, which was a rare two-legged rout in Milan's history. Xiao Luo, Xiao Bei, Duck, Sleeping Skin, and Jiu Ye, none of them could complete the rescue, and Zhuo Yang didn't even dare to call them.

In a battle between the six musketeers brothers, the second brother defeated Scar 2-1 and 1-0 home and away, Mourinho led his Inter Milan to the death of his old club Chelsea, and Carlo Ancelotti and AC Milan may miss each other.

Piggy and his Bayern eliminated Fiorentina 4-4 on away goals, while Madiburg gave way to Sevilla 2-3 on aggregate.

In the quarterfinals, only one seed remains in Serie A and Bundesliga, with England, Spain and France accounting for two each. This year is the beginning of UEFA President Michel Platini's drastic reform of the Champions League, many minor league teams entered, but from the round of 16, the Champions Cup has returned to its original order, and the minor leagues have fallen one after another, and there has been a feat of Hungarian champion Debrecen losing six games in a row and conceding 19 goals.

Khedira is a big heart, and he can also be cheeky. Despite losing 0:5 and losing his pants, he still came to the party as promised, and Zhuo Yang really introduced him and Pique to each other.

Naturally, there were also friends from their respective teams, Khedira called out to Teresch, Del Pierre and others. It was already very late at the end of the game, and everyone didn't go too far, just the usual kind of party to connect with feelings, there was excitement, but there was no lively ** activity in the future.

Although Khedira is a happy prodigal son, quite like the second brother back then, he knows that Boss Zhuo is very strict in these aspects, and he used to be just pretending when he was single, but now he is even more rejected. So everyone didn't embarrass Zhuo Yang, and to be honest, no one dared to embarrass him, and after a lot of fun, it dispersed.

Seeing off Khedira and the others, as soon as Zhuo Yang came to the parking lot, Pique quickly chased after him.

"Zhuo Yang, wait a minute, I have something to look for you."

Zhuo Yang looked at him, then at Messi, and asked Pique: "What's the matter?" Is it important? ”

"Well, it's important."

"Zhuo Yang, Xiaojie, then I'll go first." Don't gossip about private matters, this is Messi's cultivation. "If you two are going to do something bad, don't let the media catch you~"

"Fuck off!"

Watching Messi drive away first, Zhuo Yang asked Pique: "What's the matter?" Can't you talk about it tomorrow if it's such a serious book? ”

"Let's go, Zhuo Yang, I'll invite you to drink two drinks in a quiet place, and you have to talk slowly."