Real Madrid said they wanted to meet Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final, but in fact they wished that their rivals would be out of the tournament before them, so that they could use better Champions League results to cover up the embarrassment of being suppressed by their opponents in league results.

However, heaven allowed the city rivals to meet in the quarterfinals.

For Ancelotti, who is currently experiencing a crisis of confidence, he is even a little afraid of meeting the opponent of Atletico Madrid, after all, since the Italian coach took charge of Real Madrid, not only has he never defeated his rival in the same city, but even to the embarrassing point of "hard to find a draw".

Not only that, with the addition of Mandzukic, the increasing versatility of Griezmann, the maturation of academy gems Saul and Koke, and the rapid ascension of goalkeeper Oblak, the overall strength of Atletico Madrid has been further improved compared to last season.

Real Madrid FC brought in two strong reinforcements, J. Rodriguez and Toni Kroos last summer, and their performances in the new season are also impressive. J Rodriguez, in particular, has contributed 12 goals and 13 assists to the team in all competitions that have ended. However, although the performance of Real Madrid's two strong reinforcements is good, there is still a big gap compared with Mandzukic and Oblak.

In all competitions that have ended, Mandzukic has scored 21 goals and provided five assists for the team; Oblak, who has been the starting goalkeeper since the third round of the league and the first "Madrid derby" of the season, has kept 25 clean sheets in 31 games he has played (18 in the league and 7 in the Champions League), and has conceded only 10 goals.

When Thibaut Courtois confirmed to return to Chelsea last summer in the second half of last season, many Atletico Madrid fans worried that it would be difficult to find a qualified successor to the Belgian goalkeeper, but the little-known Oblak not only quickly dispelled the doubts of Atletico Madrid fans, but also proved to the world with his brilliant performances that he was better than the money-conscious Belgian internationals, as evidenced by the average goal conceded rate of less than 0.3 per game.

Facing Atletico Madrid, who dominate all of Europe at both ends of the pitch, Ancelotti is really hard to find a good way to break the enemy.

Just when Ancelotti was struggling to find a way to break the enemy, the club's top management pressed a heavy bundle of straw for his already faltering "camel".

Dissatisfied with Carlo Ancelotti's coaching achievements, club president Florentino wanted to sweep him away, only to be opposed by other club leaders because of the need to pay a large amount of liquidated damages.

The "Madrid Derby" was staged again in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which undoubtedly gave Florentino a good opportunity to catch up with the famous Italian coach.

So, after learning the results of the draw, Florentino immediately issued a death order to the Italians that "they must reach the Champions League semi-finals, otherwise they will leave me immediately".

Although there is still nearly a month to go before the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals, Ancelotti, who was forcibly "made a military order", has already planned for this game in advance.

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Compared to the tense atmosphere of Real Madrid, the atmosphere on Atletico Madrid's side is much more relaxed.

Ahead of the draw for the last eight of the Champions League, Diego Simeone's most wanted opponents were Monaco, Porto and Barcelona.

It's easy to understand if they want to meet Monaco and Porto, after all, they are the weakest of the Champions League quarterfinals on paper; It would be a revenge to meet Barcelona, who are the only team to have beaten themselves since the start of the season.

However, although the draw result is not what Atletico Madrid wants to see the most, it is also a good result to be able to meet the sworn rivals in the same city early. After all, for Simeone, who has won eight consecutive Madrid derbies (4 league games, 3 Copa del Rey games, 1 Champions League final), beating his local rivals is almost a kind of inertia.

So, when asked by a reporter at the pre-match press conference for the 28th round of La Liga, "what do you think of the draw for the Champions League quarterfinals", Simeone replied: "I am very happy with this result because I can already start preparing for the Champions League semi-finals." ”

Immediately afterwards, a pro-Real Madrid journalist retorted: "Mr. Simeone, your answer is a bit too arrogant, isn't it?" ”

Simeone shrugged his shoulders disapprovingly and said, "If you think I'm arrogant, then please take a look at the last two seasons where we've played them." ”

"Real Madrid's derby results in the last two seasons are really not ideal." After a pause, the journalist continued: "However, that doesn't mean your team will still win the next match, and don't forget that football is one of the most uncertain of all sports." ”

"That's right, you have a point." Simeone nodded and said: "However, as long as the wind is blowing, I am confident enough to lead the team to the last four of the Champions League." ”

Hearing this, the reporter said disdainfully: "Your evaluation of that Chinese kid is too high." ”

"Haha, I have a high opinion of the wind? Would you still think that if I told you that he scored 10 goals in seven 'Madrid derbys' and also provided five assists for the team? ”

After a pause, Simeone continued: "Even if our opponents in the Champions League quarter-finals were to be other teams, they would not be our opponents. Why do I say that? Because in the last two years we have won all the club competitions and we have never lost a game whenever the wind has played. ”

As soon as Simeone's words ended, some reporters from the pro-Atletico Madrid media gave him enthusiastic applause and cheers.

Some pro-Barcelona and Real Madrid media reporters are full of disdain, in their opinion, Simeone's remarks are not only very arrogant, but also praise the wind from the "football desert" country so high, which makes them extremely unhappy.

Are Simeone's remarks really arrogant? This may be true in the eyes of his opponents, but in the past two seasons he has led Atletico Madrid to all the titles he can win, the Argentine does have the capital to be arrogant.

Not only that, Atletico Madrid also used continuous excellent results to fuel Simeone's "arrogance".

In the 28th round of the league on March 21, Atletico Madrid still easily defeated Getafe with a score of 3-0 at their home stadium when the four main players of Feng Quan, Griezmann, Gabi and Godin did not appear.

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