When Manchester United's match against Liverpool ended, the Europa League quarter-final clash came to an end. In the end, 3 teams in La Liga advanced to the top 8, and 1 team each from the Bundesliga, English Premier League, Portuguese Super League, Ukrainian Super League, and Czech First Division advanced.

When Manchester United and Liverpool were in a fierce battle, Lazio from Serie A broke out a big upset, losing 0:3 at home to the Czech team Sparta Prague, which led to the end of the European journey of Serie A, which also made them stillborn in the plan to overtake the Premier League in the European standings.

La Liga is the deserved biggest winner, after Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid collectively reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, there are three more La Liga teams in the quarterfinals of the Europa League, namely: Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal and Sevilla, of which Sevilla has won the Europa League four times in the past 10 years, and is the first team to successfully defend the title since Real Madrid in 1986.

Thirteen hours later, at 11 a.m. GMT on March 18, UEFA held a draw ceremony at its headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, to draw the specific matches of the Champions League quarterfinals.

In the end, Real Madrid and Bayern were drawn to play against Wolfsburg and Benfica respectively, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid will stage a Spanish derby, and the two local giants Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain will stage a local tyrant battle.

In an instant, all sorts of conspiracy theories were clamoring the internet again.

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An hour later, the draw for the quarter-finals of the Europa League began. UEFA Competition Director Marchetti was in charge of the draw, and Swiss football legend Frei attended as a guest of honour.

The Europa League quarter-finals are Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Athletic Bilbao, Sevilla, Villarreal, Braga, Shakhtar Donetsk and Sparta Prague, with three teams from Spain and one each from England, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, with Sevilla being the defending champions.

There is no seeded team in this stage of the draw, and there is no principle of avoiding the same football association and the same group.

In the draw session, the two teams drawn successively played a two-legged home and away match, and the winner advanced to the semi-finals of the Europa League; It is worth mentioning that the first team to be drawn will play at home and then away, so the team drawn later has the "advantage" of away and then home.

According to the Europa League schedule, the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals will be played on April 7 and the second leg on April 14.

The draw resulted in Manchester United meeting Borussia Dortmund, Athletic Bilbao and the defending champions repeating the Spanish civil war, Athletic Bilbao meeting Czech club Sparta Prague, and Braga drawing Shakhtar Donetsk.

The result of this draw is a sign for Manchester United. Because in terms of strength, the Bundesliga giants are definitely the strongest of all opponents, at least no worse than defending champions Sevilla.

The only good news is that United have the advantage of a home-and-away fixture schedule.

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However, United have no time to sigh at their Europa League opponents, as they still have to settle the problem in front of them with 20 days to go in the Europa League quarter-finals.

Three days later, in the afternoon, they had to go to the Etihad Stadium to challenge their rivals.

At the same time, it is also a crucial battle for a Champions League spot.

With 29 rounds of matches played, Manchester City is fourth with 51 points, followed by Manchester United with 50 points.

It's a game that neither side can afford to lose.

Manchester City, who drew with Norwich City in the last round, are 15 points shy of top-of-the-table Leicester City with nine league games remaining, which could have almost declared City out of the Premier League title this season.

The next task of the Blue Moon is naturally to keep the top 4 places, and West Ham and Manchester United behind them are only 1 point behind, and this Manchester derby is the best opportunity for Manchester City to pull away from Manchester United.

And for Manchester United and Marcus Rashford, it was a game that had to be won. If they lose, they will not only be widened by their rivals, but they will also be declared to miss out on the Premier League title.

Because Leicester City, who are at the top of the table, have won the game on Saturday afternoon, they have 69 points, temporarily extending their lead to 19 points.

If Manchester United loses, then even if United win the replay against Crystal Palace, they will be 16 points behind Leicester City. With only 7 rounds left in the game, there is a theoretical possibility of a reversal.

Today's Manchester United may have given up the possibility of winning the title, but Rashford has not given up. For the ultimate task, he has to fight no matter what.

What's more, in his previous life, Rashford, who didn't get the football emperor star system, helped Manchester United win this game, and now he has got the football emperor star system and his ability has been greatly improved, there is no reason why he can't win Manchester City.

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So, before the start of this city derby, Rashford took the initiative to fight psychological warfare for the first time.

Rashford spoke to reporters as the squad was about to check into the hotel after training on Saturday afternoon.

In this interview, Marcus Rashford advises Manchester City to voluntarily abandon the derby. Because in the Champions League game in midweek, Manchester City's two major defensive stalwarts Kompany and Otamendi both left the field due to injury, and Manchester City's current patchwork back line will definitely not be able to withstand him.

Rather than fighting Manchester United in a game like this, it is better to recharge your batteries and prepare for the quarter-finals of the Champions League in two weeks' time.

A win against Paris would see Manchester City make history by reaching the last four of the Champions League. At this time, there are only three games left before finally winning the Champions League.

Rashford said: 'Haven't Manchester City always been looking to be a big club? This is undoubtedly a good opportunity, as long as they win the Champions League, they can already be called the fourth giant in England, even if they win a little less league title and the Champions League, but after all, they have it. And if you win the Champions League, you will get a Champions League seat, which is a great thing to kill two birds with one stone. ”

When Rashford's words were reported by major British media, Manchester City fans looked at Rashford's I am for your good expression and tone, and they all hated it, this kid is too bad.

However, it has to be said that Rashford's words hit the deepest G-spot in the hearts of Manchester City fans and even their owners, Middle Eastern tycoons.

Therefore, although Manchester City fans and players were scolding Rashford on the surface for a while, clamoring to teach him a lesson at the Etihad Stadium, a stinky boy who does not know the height of the sky, but in their hearts they are dreaming of winning the Champions League.