Chapter 208: Anyone can be touched in the knockout round
It's over!
By the time the referee blew the final whistle, the Magpies had collapsed to the ground.
Even though the draw with Arsenal at Highbury was a very good result, they were beaten by a last-minute equaliser in stoppage time after leading the whole game, and no one could accept such a gap.
The Arsenal players, on the other hand, celebrated the draw with impunity.
In fact, the draw is not worth celebrating, but for Arsenal, who are behind the whole game, to be able to magically equalize is still a victory, a spiritual victory.
The whole of Highbury was boiling over a draw, which was incredible.
At the post-match press conference, Newcastle coach Souness spoke in a tone full of regret and regret, the three points in his hand were gone, he couldn't accept it more than anyone, you know, at the moment when Barbayaro scored an own goal, he was about to have a heart attack.
'We had a really good first half, we took advantage of Arsenal's weakness and scored two goals, but Arsenal's second-half adjustments allowed them to regain the initiative!'
'We could have kept the score and won at Highbury, but unfortunately we only got one point, even though it was a good result, but it was only a minute away from winning, which is really hard to accept!"
"The blame can't be placed on Babayaro, he's done everything he can, and in the end it's also to intercept Quaresma's attack, it's unfair to accuse him!"
"Facing Arsenal in the first round of the league, Quaresma is the key to Arsenal's victory, and in this game, Quaresma once again brought the victory to Arsenal, and his performance is infinitely close to a superstar!"
"If it wasn't Quaresma, I think we could have beaten Arsenal, it's just a pity that it was Arsenal who got Quaresma this summer!"
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Souness is indeed sorry that Newcastle also made an offer to Porto, and they can afford the transfer fee of 1,500 euros, but Quaresma did not fancy them.
Arsene Wenger's speech was modest, praising the performance of the whole team, but after all, Arsenal only got a draw, and judging by the result alone, it was not worth celebrating.
The media reporters didn't really care about winning or losing the game, what they really cared about was Quaresma's magical breakthrough and Barbayaro's magical own goal.
From the media's point of view, how to surprise people's eyes, they have to write, and now, this game is interesting.
"An incredible breakthrough, Highbury performs a Portuguese miracle again!"
"Oolong wins, Babayaro helps Arsenal undefeated!"
"Portuguese genius shines, flick the tail of the ox and add croquettes, technology poverty alleviation Arsenal!"
"No one can stop it, Quaresma's breakthrough is eligible to apply for the World Intangible Cultural Heritage!"
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The media hype made the fans also relish, watching the video of Quaresma's continuous breakthrough in the penalty area over and over again, but every time they could not help but let out an exclamation.
It's too strong!
Many fans have openly declared that Quaresma's dribbling is the number one in the world, or at least the number one in the active game, and that the combination of man and ball and small skills completely overrides all of them.
Although this statement is not shared by everyone, it is undeniable that Quaresma's breakthrough is indeed powerful, and it is not something that you can deny with your eyes open and talking nonsense.
So even if Arsenal didn't win the game, a wave of praise for Quaresma still came, or rather, it never stopped.
Quaresma For such public opinion, if you want to say that there is no wave in your heart, it must be false, who doesn't like others to praise themselves?
It's just that after experiencing the era of the big bang of public opinion in his previous life, Quaresma knows very well that this is really just a pediatric, if such a little wind and waves can affect your emotions, then what qualifications do you have to expect a higher scenery?
So, it's time to train and train, it's time to practice and practice, and it's really time to have fun for a while when you're bored!
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December 16 is a big day, and tonight UEFA will hold a draw for the Champions League last-16 knockout round at their headquarters in Nyon.
The players did not go home after training, but stayed at the training base to watch the live broadcast of the draw ceremony together in the evening, and everyone wanted to know who Arsenal's opponents were for the first time!
"Who do you say, our opponent will be?"
"It doesn't matter who it is, will we be afraid?"
"Isn't it a question of whether you are afraid or not, don't you care about the strength of your opponent?"
"Apart from Real Madrid and Bayern, who has the qualifications to wrestle with us?"
'Chelsea are second in the group, too!'
"You're not stupid, how could we possibly run into Chelsea?"
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The draw ceremony was about to begin, and everyone was a little uncontrollably nervous and whispering to each other.
Quaresma can't really remember who Arsenal are against, but as others have just said, Arsenal will not be afraid of who they will meet.
The principle of the round of 16 is to avoid the same group of the same country, so that Chelsea and Ajax are eliminated from the second place in the eight groups, and the remaining six teams are the opponents that Arsenal may face.
Among the six teams, there are the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid, the Bundesliga team Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga powerhouse Bremen, the Eredivisie giants PSV Eindhoven, the Portuguese Super League team Benfica, and the Scottish team Glasgow Rangers, among them, only Real Madrid and Bayern are the top teams.
In fact, Real Madrid's squad is seriously aging, and the Galaxy Battleship has reached the time when it is about to disintegrate, the league was suppressed by Barcelona with Ronaldo, and in the Champions League group stage, it was beaten by the French hegemon Lyon without temper, and it has long been lost the invincible trend of a few seasons ago.
The Bundesliga is weak in this era, and Bayern's strength can hardly be called the first class in Europe, even if the tenacious willpower of the German tank cannot be underestimated, but when it comes to strength, Arsenal will not be afraid.
As for the other four teams, if Arsenal bumps into them, they may cause a little trouble for Arsenal, but the chances of an upset are not too great.
Touch anyone!
Anyway, if you can't touch Barcelona, it doesn't matter who else is!
In fact, Quaresma also doesn't want Arsenal to touch Barcelona early, and if they want to take revenge on someone, they must first lift him up to the sky, and then kick him down at the top, so that the damage is the greatest.
If they meet Barcelona early and eliminate them, the Catalans will be very sad, but they will recover in a few days.
But if Barcelona is allowed to defeat all the giants all the way to the final, and then beat them hard to steal their championship, I am afraid that the whole of Catalonia will be in mourning and will not recover for half a year.