Chapter Seventy-Three: The Round of 16 Draw

"Rest well and eat more nutritious stuff when you get home. You know? You're too skinny! In front of the hospital bed, after communicating with the doctor, Flikz finally agreed to Tang Wu's request to go home to recuperate.

Feliquez is a team doctor for the Blues, a goalkeeper to be precise.

He wears a pair of gold-wire glasses with no degree all the year round, and Tang Wu saw him wearing a tuxedo at the last banquet, exactly like the English gentleman in the cartoon, even his stubborn character!

Even if the position of the goalkeeper's chest was thickened, Tang Wu felt that he had recovered almost the same in the past few days, but Felikz didn't listen at all, he only believed in the data of the doctor and the machine.

"Yes! I'll have a good rest! Be sure to eat fat! The wooden plank on Tang Wu's chest has been removed, and now he can take care of himself when he gets up and goes to the toilet.

"YES, MR. TOM, I'LL CALL YOU AN AMBULANCE NOW." After getting Filikz's signature, the chief physician nodded at Tang Wu and the others.

"Mr. Felikz, I'm at work injury, right?" Tang Wu asked suddenly.

"That's right, the club will cover 100% of the cost of treatment for you with an injury of your magnitude! This is clearly stated in the contract. ”

"That's good." Tang Wu blinked, "I mean, does the cost of this ambulance also count?" ”

Felikz glanced at Tang Wu, as if he was despising the fact that this young man, who had a Bimawen before joining the team, cared about this money.

"I'll go downstairs and hand it in now!" After Filikz finished speaking, he left the ward without looking back.

Tang Wu was once again left alone in the ward.

Tang Wu put his hands behind the pillow and let out a sigh: "I hope the old man (Lapinli) will not "get married" in this month!" ”

The main striker may be robbed of his place after a month's rest, let alone the goalkeeper!

Just when Tang Wu wanted to be engrossed, there was a "bang", and the door was opened from the outside to the inside again.

Filikz stuck his head in through the crack in the door, looked at the position of Tang Wu's hands, nodded and said to himself, "It's okay..."

"Hey, Mr. Philiks, what the hell is going on?" Tang Wu was taken aback, and his rapid breathing made his chest ache slightly.

"TOM, THERE'S ONE MORE THING I FORGOT TO WARN YOU ABOUT." Flikz lifted the gold-wire frame on the bridge of his nose, "You'd better stay away from the opposite sex this month." ”

"No, Mr. Filiks, I don't understand what you're talking about!" Tang Wu shook his head and said.

"Two can't, not one!" "And even your own hands have to be taken care of, and I know that six fingers are much more pleasant than five!" ”

"Hey, Nangong and I are just ordinary friends, we're just friends! Ahem, ahem..."After Tang Wu yelled, he couldn't stop coughing.

"Young people, you must pay attention to your body." With that, Philikz retracted his head through the crack in the door.

"Fack!" Tang Wu's angry scolding came from the room.

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On 10 December, due to a terrorist bombing in Istanbul, Besiktas's home match against Chelsea was rescheduled to Schalke 04.

Due to the large number of Turkish immigrants in Germany, the Schalke Stadium, which can accommodate more than 50,000 people, is full.

With Desailly's compromise, Ranieri also began to give the former captain a chance, and began to rest again.

This time he fielded a 361 and didn't field a left-footed player in midfield.

However, it was such a "second-tier team" that scored a goal each by Hasselbaink and Bridge before the end of the game to win the top of Group G with a score of 2-0.

Speaking after the game, Latney said he would be back with the Blues in five months' time if he could! (The Schalke Stadium is the venue for this season's Champions League final)

On the other hand, even with Chelsea's "help", the Blue Eagles still did not grasp their own destiny. Lost 1-0 away to Sparta Prague and went out miserably as bottom of the group.

Elsewhere in the Premier League, Manchester United, like Chelsea, need just one point to top the group. But even so, the Red Devils did not give up their low-hanging fruit victory, also finishing the final group game with a score of 2-0.

The Gunners, on the other hand, were even more magical, as Arsenal finished bottom of the group with just one point from three games after losing 2-1 to Dynamo Kyiv on 21 October.

When almost everyone thought they had one foot in hell, a miracle happened! The Gunners embarked on a three-game winning streak to finish top of the group.

At the same time, after losing 5-1 to the Gunners, Inter was equalized by a goal scored by Dynamo Kyiv in the penultimate minute of the last crucial game. In the end, the two teams had no choice but to go out hand in hand.

At this point, Xiying has been out of the line in full attendance, and Italy and Germany have suffered setbacks. Ligue 1, which is widely considered to be out of the top flight, has not been so happy for a long time, having topped two groups.

Seven teams from the three second divisions of Greece, the Netherlands and Scotland were wiped out, with three teams from the Czech Republic, Russia and Portugal taking their place.

On December 12, adhering to the guidelines of "teams belonging to the same football association cannot meet", "teams in the same group stage cannot meet", "teams with the same ranking in the group stage cannot meet", and "the second-ranked team in the group stage will play at home first", the draw ceremony for the round of 16 was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

In the end, Real Madrid of La Liga drew the biggest "gift package", Bayern, who ranked second in the group stage, was drawn away by the La Liga giants, and the other representatives who won the group were all relieved.

Speaking of Real Madrid and Bayern, the two teams are old enemies.

The teams met in the group stage and semi-finals in the 99-00 season, plus the semi-finals in the 00-01 season and the quarter-finals in the 01-02 season, and the two teams will be on the verge of "Mars Hitting Earth" again on February 24/25 next year.

The other groupings are Porto v Manchester United, Real Sociedad v Lyon, Celta Vigo v Arsenal, Lokomotiv Moscow v Monaco, Deportivo La Coruna v Juventus, Sparta Prague v AC Milan, Stuttgart v Chelsea.

For this result, Chelsea's interim chief executive Paul. Smith commented on the form of the draw: "It's a winning team, but considering Stuttgart were beaten 2-0 by Manchester United at Old Trafford on Tuesday, I think we can take them too! ”

"Of course we have to study the game carefully and learn what we need from it. The Champions League is an inherently intricate competition, and it will be a challenging one. ”

And on the Stuttgart side, even their captain Thomas. Wayne also pointed out that the team is indeed at a disadvantage,

'For us, Chelsea are favourites. It's a difficult road ahead but it's the fourth time we've faced an English side in recent times, so it's our turn to take our chances. ”

"As for the strength... After all, they've signed so many players, they've spent so many pounds, and we're still a very young team. The only good thing is that their starting goalkeeper could miss this game..."