Chapter 743: You Have Cancer
Jamie Vardy is keeping an eye on the draw this time, although Inter are very strong and have a clear championship appearance, but you know, football is round and you never know what will happen on the pitch in the next second.
UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, representatives of various clubs and major media gathered together, although they talked and laughed, but the tension on their faces could not be concealed at all.
There is no longer the principle of avoiding the same group with the same country, and this draw will also determine the opponents and schedules of the semi-finals, which is very important.
The top three teams of the Premier League, the two teams of La Liga, and the Serie A and the German Bundesliga and the Portuguese Super League have their own representatives, which can be regarded as a season in which the top 8 have been relatively evenly distributed in recent years.
A few seasons ago, the Champions League was simply a three-person transfer of the Premier League, La Liga, and Serie A, and the other leagues were just the role of accompanying the prince to study, and it was lively at most.
Which of the top four in the Premier League does not have the quality of the Champions League quarter-finals?
Which of the top three in the north of Serie A is not strong?
In addition to the twin heroes of Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, the strength of Valencia and Villarreal is also obvious to all.
It is already very difficult for the giants of these three leagues to compete for the quarterfinals.
This season, however, has changed a little.
Juventus has not yet recovered, AC Milan has not entered the Champions League at all, and Roma has always been uncompetitive, so Inter Milan is left in the Champions League quarterfinals.
In La Liga, Real Madrid's chaotic interior has made them uncompetitive, and Valencia has gradually sunk, leaving only Barcelona and Villarreal to carry the banner of La Liga.
The Premier League is still as strong as ever, but it is a pity that Manchester United met a stronger Inter Milan and was unfortunately eliminated.
But no matter what, the gold content of the top eight is here, and no matter what the result of the draw is, there will automatically be four sets of death-like matchups.
The exciting moment finally arrived, and even Vardy, who was sitting on his couch at home watching the live broadcast, felt a little nervous, more like the tension of going to the top of the podium, which made it difficult for him to hold himself.
Elena may have seen Vardy's strange emotions and shook Vardy's hand to give Vardy more warmth, which is what she can do for Vardy silently.
In fact, Vardy feels that according to UEFA's consistent play in the Champions League, Inter are destined to face a formidable opponent.
Everyone knows that the strength of Inter is the strongest, so instead of letting Inter win the championship smoothly, then it is better to arrange the strongest opponent for Inter all the way, so that they can embark on a real king road, such a Champions League champion, the gold content is so high, it is unimaginable.
Of course, as for whether Inter can withstand this pressure, I'm afraid it's not something that UEFA needs to consider, they just need to talk about it and pay attention.
However, when the draw guests took out the Inter ball, there was an uproar at the scene, Vardy clearly saw that the draw guests had a stunned expression, and Platini also looked like a ghost?
Inter Milan actually ran into Porto, the weakest team in the quarterfinals!
I'm afraid this result is not what UEFA wants, that is, there was a mistake in the draw!
Vardy didn't know what went wrong, but an accident was an accident, otherwise Platini wouldn't have been able to control his expression.
smiled contemptuously, let you guys snort, this time it's a mess!
What's even funnier is that Vardy clearly saw a subtle movement from the draw guest, and he seemed to want to stuff Inter's ball back again as soon as possible......
Of course, it was only a slight movement, and then he reacted, showing an ugly smile, and there was no extra movement.
Vardy estimates that this guy must want to cry in his heart, and UEFA will definitely not let him be a guest in the draw in the future.
This result is really unexpected, it is already everyone's consensus that Inter Milan will meet a strong team, but I didn't expect that the opponent in the end actually became the weakest Porto, what kind of routine is this playing?
Of course, the representatives of the other respective teams were relieved, and finally did not let them meet the rising Inter, and only the representatives of Porto cried with a sad face, who had them unlucky?
Soon, the results of the draw were all announced, and the draw ceremony officially ended.
Inter Milan played Porto home and away, Villarreal met Arsenal, and the winner of the two groups will advance to the semi-finals;
The remaining two sets of matchups are Barcelona against Bayern Munich and Chelsea against Liverpool in the Premier League.
It's hard to say that there is no catty in this result, but at least every matchup is extremely golden, enough to attract the attention of fans.
Snapped and turned off the TV, Vardy and Yelena looked at each other and smiled, no matter if they met Villarreal or Arsenal in the semifinals, at least they played Porto, and Inter Milan had no problem entering the semi-finals.
The only thing to watch is whether Mourinho, who once led Porto to the Champions League, will save face for his old club and try to win as few as possible against Porto!
As for whether the lottery results are conspiracy theories, there are different opinions.
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Drawing such a relatively weak team as Porto, Inter was very happy from top to bottom, so much so that the atmosphere on the training ground was relaxed, and even Mourinho was full of smiles.
With this luck, Inter Milan has achieved two wins and one draw in the next three rounds of Serie A, continuing to remain unbeaten and still far ahead of the standings.
In other words, as long as Inter do not lose at home to Palermo in the next round of Serie A, Inter will be able to defend the Serie A title seven rounds in advance.
However, before that, Inter Milan will have to play a big game against Porto first, and try to solve the opponent at home and not leave problems for the away game.
In line with such a principle, at the Meazza Stadium, Inter Milan did their best and vowed to fight a good fight.
However, even Vardy didn't expect that Inter, who had been arrogant this season, would be caught off guard by Porto at home.
Porto's current squad is no longer the team when Mourinho won the Champions League, but what Mourinho left to this Porto team has not changed, tenacious, unyielding, and persistent.
In the first half, Porto defended stubbornly in their own half, everyone seemed to have done their best, even if the whole world was not optimistic about them, but they were still optimistic about themselves, they would never think that they came to Italy for a holiday!
Perhaps because of the relationship between the underestimating the enemy, or perhaps because the opponent's defense gave them too much pressure, Inter's onslaught in the entire first half did not result in a goal, but when the first half was near the end, Porto seized an opportunity and broke Inter's goal with a quick counterattack.
The whole world football world was shocked, and no one would have thought that Inter would actually fall behind Porto, who are far inferior to Inter at home.
When the Inter players walked off the pitch at half-time, their faces showed disbelief and even a little confusion, and they had not seen this kind of defensive intensity for a long time, so that they all felt a little overwhelmed.
Mourinho's face was ugly, he would never have imagined that Inter would fall behind at home, and the opponent behind was his old club Porto.
Inter didn't have a good first half?
Not necessarily!
Even if there are some light enemies, but the tactics that should be played have been played, and if you change to an ordinary opponent, even a strong team, you may not be able to withstand Inter's onslaught.
But the problem is that this Porto team are so tenacious, as they were in charge, that they have to hold on to the goal and wait for the opportunity to clear the clouds.
At the end of the day, Inter is a little too smooth, so smooth that they don't need to play against the wind at all?
In other words, since Vardy arrived at Inter, Inter has always maintained a posture of dominating the world at any time, usually a wave of attacks has already achieved results, where there is a chance to give the opponent the lead.
It is precisely because of this strength that once the team has a headwind, they are at a loss and don't know how to play!
Porto is different, which opponent is not better than them in the Champions League? So they can only fight to the death, and there is no other choice!
Since it is not a matter of technique and tactics, it can only be attributed to the mentality, how to adjust the team's mentality and beat Porto in the second half, this is the problem that Mourinho is thinking about now.
However, before he could enter the players' tunnel, Vardy chased after him and said something to him that made him confused-
"You've got cancer!"