After Millwall eliminated Real Madrid to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the other last-16 knockout stages were also completed, with Chelsea, AC Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Bayern Munich, Valencia, Manchester United, Millwall and Sporting Lisbon.

Among the eliminated teams, three teams stand out: Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan.

The clash between Barcelona and Manchester United has attracted the attention of the world and is also the focus of the round of 16.

The clash between the two teams also evolved into a showdown of rising stars.

Manchester United's new star is C-Ronaldo, at the end of last season, C-Ronaldo almost had to leave, but fortunately, Ferguson finally retained him, and as a result, C-Ronaldo ushered in a big explosion this season, not only scoring the most goals in the team, but also ranking second in the team in assists.

As a wing-back, this kind of game statistics have gone beyond the average star, and Manchester United fans have labelled Cristiano Ronaldo as a 'future superstar'.

Barcelona's new star is Messi.

Messi is a true football genius, but the youth experience is also very bumpy, at the age of eleven, Messi was diagnosed with a lack of developmental hormones, that is, dwarfism, which will hinder his bone growth and make him unable to grow taller, and the family's financial conditions can not afford Messi's treatment.

Messi's dwarfism is not incurable, but the cost of growth hormone injections is as high as nine hundred dollars a month, and the old Newell buddy of the parent team is unwilling to pay for a child with an uncertain future.

In 2000, coach Kuka changed Messi's life, and he took a fancy to Messi, believing that he would become a real star.

Messi was taken to Barcelona and Messi moved his family to Spain.

In September 2000, Messi, who was only 13 years old and only 140 tall, went to La Masia, the Barcelona academy, for a tryout.

During the trial, Messi's performance won over the Barcelona youth team coach, and they signed a contract with Messi that would not expire until 2012.

Since then, Messi has embarked on the road of 'flying'.

FC Barcelona has made great efforts to help Messi grow, because Messi's epiphyseal line has long been closed, the club's experts have specially formulated a series of leg exercises for him to help Messi continue to grow, Messi has also continued to improve and grow in the Barcelona academy, and it only took him three years to be promoted to the first team.

Since then, Messi has been hovering between the youth team and the first team.

Messi is only 20 years old this year, and he is already the 'semi-main player' of the Barcelona first team, and many players regard Messi as the main force and the top star, because many times, he replaces Ronaldinho.

The duel between Manchester United and Barcelona is also a direct confrontation between C-Ronaldo and Messi, and many people are concerned about who is more talented between C-Ronaldo and Messi.

In the end, no one got an answer.

When referee Vandel blew the final whistle, Messi and his team-mates walked out of the pitch in solitude, and Barcelona lost to Manchester United, and they were eliminated from the Champions League.

But Messi did not lose to C-Ronaldo.

Throughout the game, Messi provided an assist to help the team score an away goal.

C-Ronaldo was closely guarded by Barcelona and did not show any performance in scoring, but his individual play put a lot of pressure on Barcelona's defense and helped his teammates attract enough defensive attention to allow Manchester United to score one more goal than Barcelona.

Reporters can only say that "C-Ronaldo is more experienced", C-Ronaldo is two years older than Messi, he played in the professional league early, and after coming to Manchester United, he directly entered the first team and became the main player, and he played longer and more games with Manchester United in the big game, Messi's advantage is more youthful, Messi's skills are amazing, and his flexibility is rarely compared with players, if he can have more game experience, maybe the result will be different.

After this game, Europe was full of voices praising Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Listening to these voices, Zhang Yang couldn't help but sigh, "Big and Xiao Luo, heartthrobs and other stars have become a thing of the past, and they have entered the era of Messi and C-Ronaldo......"

Zhang Yang thought about his players, and also felt some expectations, "Will other names be added to it in the future?" "He is still more optimistic about Braniff, Braniff has excellent dribbling ability, coupled with comprehensive quality, the strength is definitely superstar, and the extremely rich game experience on the plane, with the support of Millwall's lineup, may be better than Messi and C-Ronaldo?

In addition, the ones that attract attention are Real Madrid and Inter Milan.

Real Madrid's defeat to Millwall, there is nothing special to say, Millwall played well, and Real Madrid also made some mistakes in the game, which led to a big defeat.

The European press also only regretted and at the same time surprised Millwall's results.

Inter Milan's defeat to Sporting Lisbon was interesting, with the focus of the two teams not on pre-match.

After Inter Milan were eliminated by the determinants, their players seemed unwilling to let themselves out, and as they walked off the pitch, they clashed with the Sporting Lisbon players, which quickly turned into a group brawl.

The contradictions on the field were taken off the field.

Inter Milan's Burdisso clashed with Sporting Lisbon midfielder Nani, and Burdisso kicked Nani with a flying kick, and then a massive clash ensued.

Sporting Lisbon players rushed over and pushed Burdisso to the ground, and several Inter players tried to chase Nani, but Nani quickly ran into the tunnel.

Friction between the two sides then escalated in the tunnel as Inter Milan goalkeeper Toldo entered the Sporting Lisbon dressing room, and several other Inter players, including Portuguese star Figo, were also involved in an escalating scuffle.

It wasn't until stadium security intervened that the situation was stopped.

This incident has become the hottest news after the Champions League quarterfinals, almost all sports media in Europe and even the world are reporting, and UEFA also immediately announced that it will impose a global punishment on the players who caused the incident, which also means that Sporting Lisbon and Inter Milan will have several players who will not be able to play for the rest of the season.

It's a big deal for both teams.

Not to mention the corresponding league, Sporting Lisbon also has to participate in the Champions League, they are originally the 'fish bag' in the quarterfinals, plus several players cannot play, which is equivalent to directly announcing the defeat of the quarterfinals.

The media also commented, "The next draw will depend on which team is lucky enough to draw Sporting Lisbon." ”

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The draw for the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League will be held in Athens, Greece, and the whole ceremony will be presided over by UEFA CEO Gianni Infantino.

UEFA sent Gianni Infantino to show the importance of the Champions League quarter-final draw.

This is because of the 'farce' of the draw for the round of 16.

The hostess at the time pronounced Barcelona as Inter Milan, and public opinion immediately pointed to the inside story of UEFA, because the UEFA presidential election was imminent, and the matter finally fell through.

But nothing can be swept under the rug for a long time, and the incident has a direct impact on the prestige of former president Johansson, who was one of the candidates in the presidential race, and Platini, a former French football superstar who is one of the candidates, took the initiative to provoke the fire of the war and attacked his opponent, the current president of UEFA, Johansson, through the media.

The embarrassing time of the draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League has become Platini's trump card in his hands, and he keeps talking to the media, and said that after he is elected, he will make UEFA's affairs more transparent and will not make the public question it.

In fact, it is difficult for Platini to get the support of the top European clubs in the G14 league, and the major Western European football powers, except for France, all hope that Johansson can be re-elected, because Platini is the current representative of the reformists in European football, advocating that economic interests should give way to the development of football, hoping to support more countries where football is not very developed.

"At first Johansson praised me as a reformer, but then he changed his tune and said that in his eyes my plans were useless. But I'm still going to stand by and I'm going to take a look at everything to decide where football should go. If we don't do anything about it ourselves, at this moment, those politicians and businessmen will completely dominate the football field. ”

"I want to make it clear that even if I am elected, there will not be a revolution in European football."

In this way, Platini defeated Johansson in the election to become the new president of UEFA.

New President, New Atmosphere.

After Platini came to power, almost all the officials involved in the "Champions League round of 16 draw public opinion incident" were liquidated after the fact, and Platini needed to fulfill his campaign promises to give the outside world the impression of 'more transparency'.

The draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League this time is a good opportunity.

The draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League is a small ceremony, because the time is tight, each club only sends representatives to participate, but the draw ceremony is very transparent, and the live broadcast of the TV station also invited some local fans to witness, so that three random fans take turns on stage to check the equipment and equipment of the draw.

After everything is fine, the draw ceremony officially begins.

Everyone believed that the draw would not be a problem, because Platini had just come to power, and if he did anything in the Champions League draw that 'just happened', he would not only slap himself in the face, but his reputation would quickly fall to the bottom, and the smart Platini would not do that.

The draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League has waived the clause against FA clubs, and the teams they face in the group stage could face off again.

Under this principle, the draw became very simple, and soon the opponents were drawn --

A1: AC Milan VS Bayern Munich;

A2: Chelsea vs Valencia;

A3: PSV Eindhoven vs Millwall;

A4: Sporting Lisbon VS Manchester United.

UEFA has also confirmed the matchups for the semi-finals: A4 winner vs. A2 winner; A3 Winner VSA1 Winner.