55. Champions League knockout draw

In this way, the group stage of this season's UEFA Champions League is officially over, and the teams that have advanced to the round of 16 have been fully selected. The two teams that will advance from Group A are Roma and Chelsea, the two teams from Group B are Panathinaikos and Inter Milan, the two teams from Group C are Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon, the two teams from Group D are Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, the two teams from Group E are Manchester United and Villarreal, the two teams from Group F are Bayern Munich and Lyon, the two teams from Group G are Porto and Arsenal, and the two teams from Group H are Juventus and Real Madrid.

The results of many of these groups are really unexpected, such as Inter Milan and Panathinaikos in the second group, and the first place in the group was not Inter Milan, but Panathinaikos, which is really surprising.

There are also Porto and Arsenal in Group G, and the Arsenal team in the quarterfinals of the last UEFA Champions League did not be able to beat Porto and only finished second in the group, which is really eye-shattering and unbelievable.

There is also a group H group of zuihou, Yumehachiro Real Madrid was pressed down by Juventus, which is really surprising. Although Juventus was and is a giant club, but since the time of the phone, Juventus has become the belly of the giants, although their squad looks good this season, but the strength is not particularly strong, they can beat Real Madrid to achieve the same name in the group is still beyond everyone's expectations.

However, although this ranking is somewhat unexpected by everyone, most of the teams in the top 16 of this competition are in people's hearts, and there are not too many surprises.

Thus, after the group stage, the eight teams that finished first were Roma, Panathinaikos, Barcelona, Liverpool, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Porto, and Juventus. They will face eight teams that finished second in the group: Chelsea, Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal, Lyon, Arsenal and Real Madrid.

After the UEFA Champions League group was concluded on the day, the draw for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League will be held the following evening. Because Liverpool still has a game at the Shijie club, the players of the Liverpool team boarded the plane one after another, and flew to Japan with Liverpool's assistant coach.

Liverpool's manager Rafael 61 Benitez flew to UEFA's headquarters with the club's CEO to participate in the draw for the last 16 of this season's UEFA Champions League.

The draw for the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League is based on the principle that the first team in the group will be the second in the group, and the teams in the same group and the same football association will avoid it. In addition, the team that finishes the group will play home first.

This year, England's semi-finals have had a very different fate, with last season's champions and runners-up Liverpool and Manchester United continuing their high standard as they finished top of their respective groups, while the other two last season's quarter-finals Arsenal and Chelsea in the semi-finals were not so lucky, finishing second in their groups.

Arsenal and Chelsea's results were somewhat unexpected, with all four teams expected to finish top of the group in the eyes of the English media, but it was a pity that Arsenal and Chelsea, both of whom failed to live up to the expectations of the English.

However, this did a good thing for Liverpool, so that they have two fewer potential opponents in the draw, because the team with the Football Association is avoided, and the team in the same group is avoided, so that Liverpool has only five candidates left, they are Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon, Villarreal, Lyon and Real Madrid.

In fact, after the first and second teams in the group, everyone expected that there would be a championship-level matchup in the round of 16 this season, because super teams such as Inter Milan and Real Madrid appeared in the second group.

The only delicate strength in the first group is Panathinaikos and Porto, and Panathinaikos and Inter Milan are in the same group to avoid, so in the round of 16, there will definitely be a direct duel between super strong teams, and a championship-level duel will be staged in advance.

Therefore, when they came to Monte Carlo, Rafael 61 Benitez was very nervous, because their potential opponents are Inter Milan and Real Madrid, two big names, and the two teams account for two-fifths of the five teams, almost to the average proportion, which is a very good chance of being drawn.

Liverpool's players were also very nervous, and they were watching the draw in front of the TV, eager to know who their opponents were. If they had to choose, they would certainly not choose Inter Milan and Real Madrid, with only Villarreal being the only one they know a little bit about the remaining three opponents, and the other two are okay, both of which are regulars in the Champions League.

But if they were to choose, they would definitely choose Villarreal, who are relatively unfamiliar with the team, as Villarreal are clearly weaker of the three teams and they are confident of beating the Yellow Submarine to reach the quarter-finals.

It's a pity that this is a draw, not letting them choose their opponents, so the Liverpool players will be very nervous.

Soon the draw for the round of 16 of this season's UEFA Champions League officially begins, and after the speeches of the host and UEFA officials, the most exciting draw ceremony will begin. However, the draw for the first round was not too tight, as it was just a ranking draw between the first-placed teams.

First of all, Juventus, the first of Group H, who were in first place, then Panathinaikos, the first team in Group B, who is considered the weakest team in the group leader, the third is Bayern Munich in Group F, the fourth is Porto in Group G, Barcelona in Group C is fifth, Liverpool is sixth in Group D, Roma is seventh in Group A, and Manchester United is eighth in Group E.

Then came the most exciting second round of the draw ceremony, which was the most exciting moment. Juventus were the first to draw their opponents, and in the second group they were, only Inter Milan came from Italy, while Real Madrid were second in the same group, so Juventus automatically avoided these two teams and then picked their opponents among the remaining six teams.

Juventus were lucky to avoid the two very strong opponents in the second place in the group, who were really lucky. However, with Chelsea and Arsenal among the remaining six teams, the Juventus manager is nervous.

Zidane, the guest of the draw, immediately took out a ball from the transparent fiberglass, and then opened it directly, and looked at it himself. After seeing the words on the note, Zidane smiled slightly, and the audience at the scene and in front of the TV was extremely nervous, and roared in their hearts: "Hurry up and flip it over and show it to my brother!" Hurry up! ”

Zidane seemed to know what his audience friends were thinking, and he immediately flipped the note over, only to see that the note said - Chelsea!

Suddenly, Juventus manager Ranieri and Chelsea manager Scolari's faces instantly collapsed, and their faces turned pale, and it was obvious that neither of them was satisfied with the result. In their hearts, they are even complaining about UEFA, shouting shady.

Damn, the first matchup draw was a pinnacle fight, and that was too lucky, Ranieri and Scolari thought. Juventus and Chelsea fans were furious, shouting shady, and journalists in Italy and England were also shocked, apparently not expecting such an outcome.

Still silent on the shock of Juventus' vs Chelsea, Zinedine Zidane began to draw a second ball. It was a draw against Panathinaikos, and by this time, the second-placed teams in the group were praying that they would be drawn by Zinedine Zidane.

There are no teams with the same Football Association as Panathinaikos, the only thing they have to avoid is Inter Milan in the same group, and the remaining six teams may be drawn, at this time, the managers of the remaining six group second teams are praying that they can be drawn by Zidane, especially Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger and Real Madrid coach Ramos.

After Zidane took out the second goal, he gave a sneak peek of himself as usual, making the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV anxious, and then he flipped the note in his hand, and suddenly everyone at the scene and in front of the TV saw that it was written - Villarreal.

Seeing this result, the managers of Panathinaikos and Villarreal had happy smiles on their faces at the same time, and this is undoubtedly their most famous signing compared to the two teams. Instead of letting them face Real Madrid, Arsenal or Liverpool, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and other strong teams, the current opponent is their best choice.

While the managers of these two teams breathed a sigh of relief, the faces of Inter Milan coach Jose 61 Mourinho, Real Madrid coach Ramos and Liverpool manager Rafael 61 Benitez were very gloomy, especially Rafael 61 Benitez.

Because Liverpool's opponents were originally only Villarreal, Lyon, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Sporting Lisbon in the second place in the group, and now after Villarreal is withdrawn, Liverpool's chances of meeting Real Madrid and Inter Milan are greatly increased.

Then it was time to draw the third goal, which was against Bayern Munich's opponents. Bayern Munich's head coach was nervous at this time,

There is also no team from the same FA in the second group, so he just needs to avoid Lyon, who are in the same group. Chelsea and Villarreal have now been eliminated from the group, leaving Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Arsenal, Sporting Lisbon and Atletico Madrid in second place.

It's also very dangerous, three out of five are very difficult to deal with, and the chances of being drawn are very high, and the head coach of Bayern Munich is very nervous. And at this time, Zidane already knew who Bayern Munich's opponent was, and Zidane immediately smiled weirdly.

Suddenly, the head coach of Bayern Munich and the players of Bayern Munich became nervous, as well as the head coach fans of Inter Milan, Arsenal and Real Madrid.

At this time, Zidane glanced at Liverpool's manager Rafael 61 Benitez meaningfully, and then flipped the note over, only to see that it was written - Sporting Lisbon!

Bayern Munich's head coach immediately breathed a sigh of relief, when he saw the weird smile on the corner of Zidane's mouth, he once thought that they Bayern Munich had been recruited and would definitely face one of the three strong teams, and now he knew that Zidane was deliberately adjusting the atmosphere.

When he learned that he avoided these three strong teams and played against a weak Sporting Lisbon, the head coach of Bayern Munich immediately turned from nervous to ecstatic.

When seeing this result, Real Madrid coach Ramos, Inter Milan coach Jose 61 Mourinho and Liverpool coach Rafael 61 Benitez, as well as the head coach of the Lyon team, suddenly stepped over.

Especially Rafael 61 Benitez, at this time he already has a very, very bad premonition, I can't say that here, Liverpool will be in big trouble.