130. Away against Manchester United
At this time, Rui 61 Costa was about to draw the opponent of the Liverpool team, and the Liverpool fans in front of the TV were extremely nervous.
Qiu Ze, who was watching the draw with his team-mates, was also very nervous, praying that they would not touch Chelsea so that they could have a top-four finish for the Premier League. Of course, the Liverpudlians are most interested in drawing Porto.
Rui 61 Costa immediately picked the ball, unscrewed it, and showed the folded white slip of paper to Zhan - Chelsea.
Suddenly, Benitez and Scolari's faces turned pale, and the result made them feel the urge to kill. Damn, how can it be such a coincidence. This was last season's UEFA Champions League semi-final, when Liverpool really beat Chelsea to reach the final in Zuihou.
Benitez and Scolala both feel that there is a cat in this, and it is a big cat greasy, which makes them very unhappy, and the Liverpool fans and Chelsea fans in front of the TV are even more unhappy, this is definitely a UEFA conspiracy, this is definitely a dark box operation.
However, Rui 61 Costa ignored it, and he immediately pulled out the opponent of the Red Devils Manchester United - Porto. Then the remaining Barcelona opponents do not need to be drawn, their opponents are automatically generated, that is, Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga.
For this draw, Barcelona and Bayern Munich are also very dissatisfied, there is definitely a cat in it, and the fans of the two teams are very unhappy. However, this is the truth, and they have no other way but to accept it.
The draw for the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League has been decided, with Villarreal taking on Arsenal, Manchester United taking on Porto, Liverpool taking on Chelsea and Barcelona taking on Bayern Munich.
After the results of this draw, European bookmakers have opened new markets, and the famous European bookmaker BWIN has also announced the odds to advance for four games, Manchester United and Barcelona are overwhelming, and Porto and Bayern have little hope.
This is because Liverpool's opponent is Chelsea, and BWIN believes that the difference in strength between the two teams is not particularly large, and it is possible for both teams to advance, so it is not as easy to guess as Manchester United and Barcelona, however, they are slightly more optimistic about Liverpool.
They are priced at 1.20 to 1 for Manchester United to advance, while Porto are as high as 1 to 4, Barcelona are 1.35 to 1 and Bayern are 2.95.
Then Arsenal also had the upper hand over the submarines, with them offering Arsenal 1.6 to 1 and 2.2 for the submarines. Liverpool are 1.8 to 1 and Chelsea are 1.9 to 1.
BWIN also offered odds on whether a Premier League team can meet in the final, with the final between Premier League teams at 2.55 to 1 and Premier League teams not meeting at 1.45 to 1. In addition, teams from the Premier League are priced at 1.40 to win the title, La Liga teams are priced at 3.5 to 1 to win the tournament, and teams from other countries are priced at 10 to 10 to win the title.
From the odds offered by these bookmakers in Europe, it is not difficult to see the difficulty of each of these four games, to be honest, this Liverpool vs Chelsea game should be the most difficult, because the strength of the two teams is relatively close, this is a strong matchup against anyone who is likely to advance, the most difficult to predict.
The next day, England's "Mirror" made an analysis of the draw for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, and their headline was: "The Red Blues are in a quarter of the game, and the Red Devils are the best sellers." ”
The Mirror in England wrote in the article:
Yesterday, the draw for this season's UEFA Champions League quarter-finals was officially held in Nyon, Switzerland, where Premier League teams have four places. However, after the draw ceremony, the fate of the top four in the Premier League was different, which was really a sad and joyful day.
1. The red and blue armies reunited.
No one expected that Rui 61 Costa's opponent would be last season's opponent in the semi-finals of the Reds, also from the Premier League's Blues.
It is believed that this is the last thing Champions League champion coach Rafael Benitez wants to see as they meet the Blues Chelsea once again.
In the Champions League, the red and blue have been a close rival, having met in the semi-finals three times over the past four seasons. This time, the duel between the two armies was brought forward to the quarterfinals.
Last season, Liverpool beat Chelsea in the semi-finals to reach the final and win the UEFA Champions League. I think Chelsea people will not be able to let go of it, and this time the two teams meet again, and Chelsea will certainly not let last season's tragedy happen again.
After a sluggish start to the season, Scolari is finding his rhythm and Chelsea are on a hot streak and are steadily moving towards the league title, which has been difficult for Chelsea to deal with.
It is believed that the in-form Chelsea and Liverpool match will be a do-or-die match, with the winner of both teams facing the winners of Barcelona and Bayern Munich in the semi-finals, the two opponents with the most goals in the quarter-finals, also drawn together.
Second, the Red Devils Gunners draw the upper lottery.
The clash between Barcelona and Bayern Munich has also indirectly completed the other two teams in the Premier League - last season's Champions League runners-up Manchester United and Gunners Arsenal, both teams have drawn relatively weak teams.
Manchester United certainly don't want to let last season's tragedy happen again. Their goal this season is to get back what was rightfully theirs last season. This time, they were lucky, as their opponents, Porto, were significantly lower in terms of quality.
Jose Mourinho's Porto reached the top of Europe in 2004, knocking out Manchester United on their way to qualification. However, this time they meet again, the situation of the two teams is no longer the same, Manchester United is in full swing at this time, and there should be no suspense for revenge.
Arsenal's opponents, Villarreal, are the only team to have not played a final in the quarter-finals. The Gunners have no hope of playing in the domestic league this season, and the Champions League has undoubtedly become their next priority. Arsène 61 Arsène Wenger will certainly not pass up such a godsend, and they will definitely go all out to win the UEFA Champions League this season.
The quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League are played on 7/8 and 14/15 April; The two legs of the semi-finals will be played on 28/29 April and 5/6 May. The final takes place on May 27 at 20:45 CET at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.
England's "Mirror" is right, Manchester United and the sought-after signing is really the best signing, the two weakest teams in the quarter-finals were drawn by them, their luck is really too rebellious.
And Liverpool and Chelsea don't have such a chance, Liverpool actually wants to fight Chelsea, which makes Benitez very unhappy, in the Champions League, they Liverpool has never been easy, which makes Benitez feel a little complaining.
However, there is no way to do this, since Chelsea has been drawn, then Liverpool will prepare well after that, and don't drop the chain on Chelsea. In the recent league games, Liverpool and Chelsea have both dominated the game, and this is the only advantage in Liverpool's mind right now.
Liverpool don't have that much to prepare for the Champions League clash with Chelsea at the moment, and now they have the next league game ahead of them, when they travel to the Red Devils at the weekend.
This is a good opportunity for Liverpool to push Manchester United out of the top of the table once again and return to the top of the league. Because after this game, Liverpool will play a league game, and that is because Liverpool went to Asia to participate in the Shijie Club Cup title.
Liverpool's opponent in the make-up match is Hull City, in fact, the postponement of this game to the present is a very good thing for Liverpool. Because, in the first half of the season, Hull City's performance was very impressive, once ranked in the top four of the league and qualified for the Champions League, at that time, Hull City was not an easy team to deal with.
However, Hull City is not a big club and they did well in the first half of the season, but in the second half of the season they were not good, they were weak. There were injuries to the team, and there was not enough depth on the bench that led to their eventual performance.
Hull City's results are not as impressive as they were in the first half of the season, and their strength is not as good as before. So, at this time it was obviously a lot easier to play against Hull City than against Hull City in the first half of the season, and that was Liverpool's luck.
However, Liverpool have a very important game ahead of this make-up game, and that is the battle against Manchester United at the top of the table.
In fact, in the second leg against Real Madrid, Liverpool did not reserve strength for this game, so in this game, Liverpool is not particularly dominant. Of course, Manchester United also made a big splash in the Champions League in midweek, so the basic conditions for the two teams to play against each other are basically the same at this time.
After waiting for Benitez to return from Nyon, Switzerland, the next day, Benitez took the Liverpool team to Manchester, where they went to the top of the table against Manchester United.
Liverpool still take this game very seriously, Benitter Ste wanted to go to Manchester a day early, he wanted the Liverpool players to adjust well, and not be affected by the rush on the day of the game.
Manchester United, for their part, are also very serious about this game, having managed to overtake Liverpool and climb to the top of the Premier League, and they certainly don't want to lose to their opponents so easily and change the top spot to their opponents.
In the pre-match training, Manchester United manager Alex 61 Ferguson repeatedly stressed the importance of this game, must not give Liverpool a chance, this game, they Manchester United must win, must win.
Manchester United's players also took the game very seriously, training meticulously and not wanting to lose to Liverpool. In particular, the Portuguese star Cristiano 61 Ronaldo in Manchester United's squad, he very much does not want to lose to Liverpool and lose to Qiu Ze.
Since losing the European Footballer of the Year and Shijie Footballer, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo has been waiting for such an opportunity, waiting for the opportunity to prove that he is better than Qiu Ze's guy, and now the opportunity has come, he must teach Qiu Ze a good lesson and let him know how powerful Cristiano 61 Ronaldo is.