Chapter Thirty-Nine: Not Bad

To say that this lottery ceremony is relatively formal, each team is replaced by a table tennis ball, randomly drawn, which team is drawn is which team, and each time after entering the follow-up round-robin, continue to draw lots, which also avoids other situations, until entering the semi-finals, it is no longer necessary to continue the draw.

All the players of the team are also watching the result of this draw, and they all hope that they will not face a tough opponent in their first game, especially in the same league, but the rules of the game are not to avoid the principle, which means that any team can run into it.

The final result is in:

AC Milan vs Liverpool

Arsenal against Juventus

Manchester United vs Porto

Chelsea v Borussia Dortmund

Marseille against Real Madrid

Barcelona against Valencia

Schalke 04 against Lyon

Paris Saint-Germain vs. Bayern Munich

That's all for the matchups, and the next stage will continue with the draw to decide the matchups.

The race only started in February, which means there is still a month to prepare, which is not bad.

AC Milan's signing is okay, because Liverpool is one of the Premier League giants with inferior results, compared to several other giants, and it can still be ranked behind Arsenal and Manchester United, and now they can only be relegated to fourth place with Chelsea.

Compared with the matchup table, there is basically no form of strong dialogue, all of them are a slightly stronger team against a weaker team, and the most worth watching is in addition to AC Milan's game, as well as Juventus vs. Arsenal.

To say that both teams are giants in their respective leagues, they can be regarded as the best teams, and the team has stars in various positions, and the strength is relatively close, so this game is a bit interesting.

The Champions League is still a long way off, and now it's all about the league.

AC Milan's next league opponent is their first opponent, Lazio.

The game has all been played and now it is the second stage of the league, the second half of the season.

In the first half of the season, AC Milan remained unbeaten and secured the top two spots in the table with Juventus, only to be second due to poor goal difference.

Juventus, on the other hand, are not taking advantage of the situation, and they will also face multi-front battles, and there are injuries on all fronts.

On the other hand, on the AC Milan side, because Milanello's maintenance staff is more professional, so the number of injuries is relatively small, and now only a few veterans such as Costacuta and others have some minor injuries, while the others are relatively healthy.

This also ensures the integrity of the AC Milan team, and everyone can play in the best condition, and Ancelotti is also very happy.

After all, the league is a long-term process, and short-term explosiveness is not as good as long-term endurance.

In this game, Ancelotti continued to send his effective formation, he did not use the formation he had practiced before, but also to seek stability, after all, there is a Coppa Italia in midweek, and now the cup has entered the competition for the semi-finals, and the winning team can enter the semi-finals, and their opponent is Fiorentina, who is known as the purple lily.

The game was also a little bit reserved for the midweek cup tie, with Shevchenko and Rui Costa remaining on the bench, Maldini also not playing at the back, and Serginho replacing him.

The game began quickly, with the AC Milan midfielder taking control of the ball and Andrea Pirlo still passing in midfield.

Since the beginning of this season, the player with the most passes in the AC Milan team is Andrea Pirlo, his passing this season can be said to be very sharp, constantly organizing the AC Milan team's attack, coupled with the cooperation of Rui Costa in the forward position, it can be said that the central axis depends on the two of them.

In this game, Kaka replaced Rui Costa, and he was characterized by a dribbling type, constantly tearing apart the opponent's defence by dribbling and then supporting the forwards.

Pirlo passes the ball to Serginho.

Serginho is the team's substitute player, a fringe player, the left side can be all-in, but his offensive ability is obviously stronger than the defensive ability, so the defense on the left side is more worrying, this game, Ancelotti also let Gattuso come directly from the right side to the left side to support here.

At this time, the two fullbacks are assist-type, so the two wings play very well, and there are opportunities like Inzaghi in the middle The main striker is there, and Kaka can also assist in the attack on both sides, it can be said that this game fully played the advantages of the two wings together, and played the game heartily, plus the Lazio team is relatively weak, and the side defense is not good, so the weak defense is covered up.

In the blink of an eye, Serginho went down to the bottom line, crossed directly, and Inzaghi, who was outflanked in the middle, scored with a header, 1:0, and AC Milan quickly took the lead in the game.

For such a goal, Inzaghi will not miss it.

Not long after the goal, AC Milan launched another attack, they were still on the left wing, Serginho and Kaka cooperated with each other, and finally passed the ball to Kaka's feet, Kaka cut inside with the ball, and cooperated with Zhang Qing.

With the passage of time, Zhang Qing and Kaka gradually integrated into the team, and they were also very handy in cooperation, coupled with the cooperation of other players, the team's combat effectiveness was rapidly strengthened.

After Zhang Qing received the ball, he passed the ball back to Pirlo, who received the ball at the edge of the penalty area.

Andrea Pirlo delivered a through ball that he sent straight to Inzaghi inside the box.

Inzaghi flicked the ball and left it in the middle for Kaka.

At this time, Kaka made a very penetrating pass and passed directly to Zhang Qing's feet.

Zhang Qing only had one defender in front of him, he made a feint to the left, then quickly pulled the ball with his left foot, pulled the ball to his right foot, and then the whole person's center of gravity moved, and the right foot lightly took it, and the ball came directly to his right foot, and passed the opponent's defender.

At this time, it was already a single knife, Zhang Qing shot low and broke the goal directly.

Although the goalkeeper reacted, he had no choice but to be too close, the angle of the ball was too tricky, the speed was too fast, and he didn't defend it, so he let the opponent score a goal.

2:0, AC Milan once again extended the score.

This is also Zhang Qing's ninth goal this season, in just half a season, he has scored nine goals, and this is his first season, you must know that Shevchenko has only scored 10, Inzaghi only has 6 goals.

The rest of the game became unsuspenseful, and finally the Lazio player scored a goal, and the score became 2:1, ending the whole game.