166. Champions League quarter-finals draw

After the win over Newcastle United, Liverpool began to prepare for the second leg of the Champions League against Inter Milan. Although they have already beaten their opponents 4-0, Liverpool did not ignore this game.

Liverpool's manager Rafael 61 Benitez still brought all the main players to Italy. However, in this game, Liverpool did not start all the main teams, Qiu Ze sat on the bench, and Liverpool today discharged a semi-main lineup.

After the start of the game, Rafael 61 Benitez found out that Inter Milan also had no intention of fighting, they seemed to have accepted their fate, and they did not fight this game. Seeing such a result, Rafael's 61 Benitez almost did not vomit blood.

I knew it was like this, and the ghost would come to Italy with all the main players. It would be nice to have these key players rest in England, which is very important for the rest of the game.

Under Inter Milan's unintentional love battle, Liverpool easily won 1-0 in this game, Qiu Ze and other main players sitting on the bench did not get the chance to play from beginning to end, and Liverpool defeated Inter Milan with an aggregate score of 5-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League.

A day later, all of the knockout stages of the Champions League round of 16 for this season were over, and all the teams that qualified for the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League were selected. This time, the Premier League emerged as the biggest winner, as it took four spots in the quarter-finals of this Champions League.

Yes! All four teams in the Premier League this season who have competed in the Champions League have advanced to the quarter-finals of Zuihou. This was a huge shock to European football, and the strength of the Premier League surprised everyone. I don't know when the Premier League suddenly burst onto the scene, which shocked everyone.

The quarter-finalists of this season's UEFA Champions League are Manchester United, Arsenal, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool from the Premier League, as well as Barcelona from La Liga. Roma from Serie A, Schalke 04 from Bundesliga, and Fenerbahce from Turkey for Zuihou.

Apart from the Premier League semi-finals, only one team in La Liga has advanced to the quarter-finals of Zuihou, and only one team from both Serie A and Bundesliga has advanced to the quarter-finals of Zuihou. The Ligue 1 team was wiped out, but the Turkish league was a dark horse.

If you just look at the Champions League matches, the Premier League has become the number one league in Europe, because it is simply shocking that they occupy four places in the last eight of the Champions League. The rise of the Premier League is now an indisputable fact.

Now the media in England are boasting that their Premier League will completely surpass the previous Serie A and La Liga to become the first league in Europe in the next two or three years.

At this time, the media of the other four major leagues in Europe's top five leagues sourly said that the English media was too shameless and boastful. The media in Italy and Spain have said that their league is the first league in Europe, and you England are still far behind!

Anyway, this issue has been very hot during this time, and you can stop lending almost everywhere.

However, none of this had anything to do with the Liverpool players, who immediately flew out of Italy and returned to England because they still have the league at the weekend, and they will play in the thirtieth round of the Premier League at the weekend, where they will play Reading at their home stadium.

Liverpool's manager Rafael 61 Benitez flew to UEFA's headquarters because he was going to participate in the draw for the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League, which is also the first draw for Zuihou in the UEFA Champions League this season.

There is no need to draw lots for the next semi-finals, because the draw ceremony in this round will determine the future matchups.

On March 14, 2008, the draw for the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League will be held at UEFA's headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, where the managers of the teams that reached the quarterfinals will attend a draw for this season's Champions League in Zuihou.

In addition to these managers and their assistants and the officials of the club, there were also very famous football personalities who came to the scene, and of course, more of course, those who worked in the media, and here was the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which was watched by all Shijie fans.

The teams that reached the quarter-finals were Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, Schalke 04 and Fenerbahce.

This draw ceremony will no longer adopt the principle of avoiding the football clubs under the Football Association, nor will it adopt the principle of avoiding the same group team, and there is no principle in this round of the draw ceremony.

The draw ceremony is divided into two halves, and the two winners of the four teams in the same semi-zone will meet directly in the semi-finals, and there is no need to draw lots again.

At this time, all English teams have the idea that they don't want to draw English teams. Before the game, the media in England even raised the speculation that if the four English teams did not meet in this round, the top four of the Premier League would all enter the last four.

Of course, this is not out of the question. However, everyone understands that such a situation is obviously unlikely, because UEFA will not allow such a situation to happen. If England's top four are all in the last four, is this Champions League still the Champions League? Isn't this an FA Cup competition for England?

At the scene of the draw, the head coaches of several teams chatted a few words one by one, and then they all devoted themselves to the draw ceremony, which is very important to them.

At this time, the players of these eight teams are watching the draw ceremony in front of the TV, and they are very nervous now. Qiu Ze was also a little nervous, he didn't know if this would be the same as the result of the lottery in the future, because there was his little butterfly here.

Soon, the football celebrities invited by UEFA came to the stage to prepare to start the draw, and at this time, all shijie calmed down and paid attention to the draw ceremony.

The order of the draw is that the first team in the top half will be drawn, then the first team in the bottom half, then the second team in the top half, and then the second team in the bottom half.

None of these four teams are rivals, and their opponents will all be produced in the remaining four teams. The draw order for the remaining four teams is the same as in the first round. That is, the first of the remaining four teams to be drawn is the opponent of the first team of the eight teams to be drawn.

When the football legend invited by UEFA began to draw lots, everyone quieted down, and their eyes were on the hands of the football legend from Bayern in the Bundesliga, he grabbed a ball from the transparent glass tank, then unscrewed the ball, took out the note inside, looked at it himself, smiled slightly, and then unfolded the note for everyone to show - Arsenal!

Arsenal became the first team in the top half, but at this time, the mystery was still unsolved, and the atmosphere was still tense.

Next, the other three teams in England will want to be drawn into the bottom half so they don't run into Arsenal.

At this time, the football legend grabbed a ball from the tank, and then opened it, and unfolded the note inside - Roma!

Roma were drawn out and they were drawn into the bottom half, but at this time, there were still no matchups, the result of this match is still a mystery, and now everyone is nervous.

Next, the third to be drawn is Fenerbahce, which is the second team in the top half of the zone, and the two teams in the top half are produced. Then there is the fourth team to be drawn - Schalke 04. So that the four teams in the upper and lower halves have been drawn, and now it's time to look at their opponents.

So far, there is still a possibility that the four Premier League teams will not meet, which has left those English journalists to press conferences.

At this time, the football legend who came to draw the draw was changed, and this is a football legend from Real Madrid. The guy calmly stepped onto the stage, then put his hand into the transparent glass jar, he grabbed a ball from it, and then unfolded it, and looked at it himself, his eyes suddenly opened, and he looked extremely surprised.

At this time, the people sitting in front of the TV and in the hall couldn't help but curse this damn Real Madrid celebrity, damn it and show it to Lao Tzu, otherwise, Lao Tzu will kill you!

Real Madrid, a football celebrity, smiled slightly, then turned the note over and put it in front of the public's eyes - Liverpool!

Arsenal vs Liverpool! The Premier League civil war was finally born, which made England's media reporters cry out badly, and the media of other national teams were pleasantly surprised, so that the Champions League semi-finals would not be occupied by all English teams.

Looking at such a matchup, the Liverpudlian couldn't help but exclaim damn it, how could they meet an English team, and it's Arsenal! Damn, that's too much luck.

Only Qiu Ze is a little relaxed, because this is the same as his later memory, Arsenal against Liverpool, it seems that his little butterfly has not stirred up too much butterfly effect.

Then, the second team drawn by this Real Madrid legend is Manchester United! Roma vs Manchester United.

Next, the third team drawn by this Real Madrid legend is - Chelsea! Fenerbahce against Chelsea!

zuihou, in fact, you don't need this guy to draw anymore, everyone knows the result of zuihou's matchup, but this guy still pretended to draw a handful, and the team he zuihou drew out was - Barcelona! Schalke 04 against Barcelona.

In that case, there is a good chance that the top half of the table will lead to a semi-final meeting between the two Premier League teams, as Chelsea are more capable than Fenerbahce. Fenerbahce is also widely regarded as the weakest opponent in the quarter-finals of this Champions League, and before the draw, everyone wanted to draw this opponent, and now Chelsea are in luck.

At this point, the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League are completely born: Arsenal vs. Liverpool, Fenerbahce vs. Chelsea, Roma vs. Manchester United, Schalke 04 vs. Barcelona.

The result was a bit difficult for Liverpool as they were against Arsenal.