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Real Madrid out! Borussia Dortmund qualify!

Since the 95-96 season, Real Madrid, who have entered the knockout stage of the Champions League for seven consecutive seasons, suffered Waterloo in this group stage, with two wins, three draws and one loss and nine points in six rounds, while above them are Dortmund with three wins, two draws and one loss with 11 points, and AC Milan with 4 wins, 2 losses and 12 points!

Borussia Dortmund entered the knockout stage of the Champions Cup for the first time since the 97-98 season!

In the eyes of some, it seems that this should be a reincarnation, meaning that one myth begins to slide and another begins to rise!

But in the eyes of most people, it's nothing more than one point - Dortmund has Dick, so they did this, and Real Madrid will have this situation because they have met Dick!

"Leading a not-so-strong Dortmund team into the knockout rounds, Dick has already shown what he can do! Now there are eight teams that will participate in the knockout rounds: Atletico Madrid and Valencia from La Liga, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan from Serie A, Borussia Dortmund from the Bundesliga, Ajax from the Eredivisie and Manchester United from the Premier League! This year's Champions Cup quarterfinals can be described as full of gold, although Real Madrid was planted in a group of death in the group stage, but it cannot erase the gold content of this quarter-final! Now that the draw for the quarter-finals is about to take place at the UEFA base camp in Lausanne, Switzerland, what will the final confrontation look like this season? Let's wait and see! ”

After qualifying away from home, Dick did not return to Dortmund with his team, but flew alone to Switzerland for the draw for the quarter-finals. [No pop-ups. 】

There are only seven managers who are qualified to go with him - AC Milan's Carlo Ancelotti, Juventus' Lippi, Inter Milan's Cooper, Atletico Madrid's Aragonés, Valencia's Benitez, Manchester United's Alex Ferguson, Ajax's Koeman!

These people are undoubtedly the elite of European football now, there are three generations of old, middle and young, and basically they are equivalent to the representatives of European football in these decades.

Three Serie A teams reached the quarterfinals, allowing Serie A to wash away the decline of previous years, and for Serie A teams, what they don't want is to kill each other in the quarterfinals......

Dick didn't really care about the result of the draw, no matter what team he encountered, it would be a tough battle, is there any doubt about that? Dortmund is the second in the group, then it will definitely meet the first place in the other three groups, the first place in the other three groups is Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Manchester United, no matter who they meet, they are not easy opponents to deal with, and Dortmund is still home and away, so at this time, Dick seems very calm.

The coach on the scene is a sparse Lala eight people, Dick and Aragonés said hello, but there is no communication with Benitez, he has no friendship with Benitez, but the relationship with Aragonés is okay, as for the others, Ferguson has a friendship with him, Dick hugged the old man, and jokingly said: "Sir, I heard that you are retiring, is it true?" ”

Ferguson pressed his chest and laughed, "Not now...... The surgery was a success, a pacemaker was installed, and I was able to work in the instructor position for a few years! ”

"I think so, too." Dick touched his chin and then said to Ferguson very seriously: "Jazz, I can tell you for sure that you can coach for at least ten years...... At that time, you will be the greatest manager in Manchester United's history, and there will be no one like you. ”

"Is that so?" Ferguson laughed: "Then I must hold on to it until ten years later!" ”

After a few words of greeting, Dick and Aragonés sat together, Aragonés congratulated Dick on leading the team to eliminate Real Madrid, and Dick also sincerely congratulated Aragonés, who was able to be in a group with Inter Milan, Newcastle and Bayer Leverkusen, and came up with a wave of three consecutive wins to lay the foundation for qualifying from the group, and Aragonés's work is indeed a great contribution.

"It was a mistake to let Thuram go." Dick said a little unceremoniously: "Marchena is also doing well, but a central defender like Thuram can be used in any team for three or four years, even if Juventus spends 20 million euros, it can't be easily let go." ”

Aragonés shrugged his shoulders: "What can I do?" Don't forget, I don't have transfer powers. ”

Dick laughed, "Dude, there's a chance to go to a better club." ”

"Are you shaking our morale?" Aragonés laughed too.

Dick laughed, at this time the lottery ceremony had already begun......

Unlike the previous draw ceremony, which is more complicated, this draw is very simple - because there will be a draw in the semi-finals, and now it is determined, only the quarter-final bracket table, so the current Champions Cup draw or something is really troublesome, UEFA has decided to cancel the second phase of the group stage next year, and the knockout stage will be restructured immediately after the group stage, after all, although the two group stages have created more economic income for the club, it has put huge pressure on the whole club. With this change, the Champions League will have to play four fewer games, and the team will be much easier.

The first team to be drawn is the second-place team that qualified, Dortmund, Inter Milan, Ajax, and Juventus.

Then it was Ajax's opponents who met Borussia Dortmund's top team AC Milan, and the next one to be drawn was Borussia Dortmund's opponents.

Platini took out a small paper ball, looked at it, and said calmly: "Atletico Madrid." ”

The audience was in an uproar, Dick shook his head, and then held out his hand to Aragonés: "Happy cooperation." Aragonés shook hands with him with a wry smile - to say that among the second place, the last thing Aragonés wants to meet may be Dortmund, although they may be worse than Inter Milan and Juventus in terms of strength, but Dick can be said to be the most familiar with the head coach of Atletico Madrid, even Aragonés may not be familiar with him, plus the admiration of the Atletico Madrid players, when they meet the team led by Dick, maybe they will be softer first!

After this draw ceremony, Dick's Dortmund was in the limelight again, and the confrontation between them and Atletico Madrid became the biggest news and the most watched game in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.

The scene where Dick shook hands with a wry-smiling Aragonés was captured by a journalist, and the photo later sold for a good price, because it was thought to be the best indication of the mood of both parties.

Dick met Atletico Madrid, it must be very helpless, Dortmund fans will not feel very good, after all, Atletico Madrid is the defending champion, the results in the group stage are very good, and Aragonés's wry smile can also represent the mentality of the entire Atletico Madrid, the last thing they want to meet is the team led by Dick, even if Dortmund may be worse than them in terms of overall strength, what is worse is that they can't completely shake off the past and boo the team led by Dick, because they are facing a team that has just eliminated Real Madrid, The team that made them feel extremely happy was still the team led by Dick!

The words of an Atletico Madrid fan in an interview are typical: "I have mixed feelings right now. I know it's professional football, and I know Dick is our enemy now, but I can't hate him. Maybe we'll boo him in the game, but no matter what, we'll still like him. You know, he led us to the Champions League, which brought about one of the most glorious scenes in the club's history, and it was not because he betrayed himself and wanted to leave, but for some other reason...... After leaving Atletico Madrid, he did not dig into the corner of Atletico Madrid, and eliminated Real Madrid...... What I'm trying to say now is, Dirk, no matter what the outcome of these two games is, we don't have any grudges against you. ”

There are quite a lot of such words in the mouths of Atletico Madrid fans, even those Atletico Madrid fans who have opposed Dick because of Kiko have remained silent, on the contrary, Dick has not expressed any opinion on the upcoming face against Atletico Madrid - his news silence at this time can be understood, and the reporters know in their hearts that when Atletico Madrid comes to Westpha-Lun in two weeks' time, Dick will break the silence.

The home game against Atletico Madrid will be on April 9, that is, 20 days later, during which Dortmund will play two league games, including a FIFA match day, and then, the Champions League will be at its best!

"In these two league rounds, we have to do our best...... The fixtures are going to get tighter and tighter, and sometimes there may be some mistakes, so at least we can't allow Bayern to narrow the lead before the Champions League knockout stage begins. The twenty-ninth round was when we played Bayern, according to the schedule, before the second leg of the knockout round...... It's not very good for us, so we can't relax, you know? ”

Dick knows that before the knockout round begins, it is the only time for Dortmund to breathe a sigh of relief, although there is a FIFA match day, but now there are not many international players in Dortmund, nothing more than Olich, Frijns, Warnes, Metzeld, Kyle, Lehmann, Rosicky, everyone else can get enough rest, now he doesn't plan to use any more rotations, at most to let young players like Rosicky who are not particularly physical rest and let them play their best in the Champions Cup.

On 22 March, Borussia Dortmund took on Bielefeld away.

Dick rotated Rosicky and Okocha in this game, and it was a very tough game, Bielefeld are now in the middle of the table, but they are not very far from the relegation zone, so they will not give up at home, not to mention their physical advantage.

It was almost a close contest, Dortmund did not have much of the upper hand on the field, this time Rivaldo showed his value, he helped Dortmund win the game with a wonderful long-range shot from outside the box in the second half, when the final whistle ended, Dick breathed a sigh of relief, Bayern also showed decline, but they still beat Rostock 1-0, continue to chase behind them with a two-point disadvantage, after 26 rounds, Dortmund points are 64 points, while Bayern has 62 points, and Stuttgart, who is temporarily in third place, has only 46 points, which is completely impossible to pose any threat to the top two, and their opponents are only each other.