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After the match against Brescia, Inter Milan gave the players a holiday. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

But Mourinho hasn't taken a holiday yet, because he needs to attend the draw for UEFA's knockout rounds!

Back in the middle of last week, the group stage of the UEFA Champions League was all over. Of the 32 teams, 8 have said goodbye to the European competition, 8 teams have transferred to the UEFA Cup to continue their journey to the European competition, and the remaining 16 teams have entered the knockout stage and continue to fight for the highest honor of European clubs!

Compared with last season's UEFA Champions League, the dark horses have come out in a blowout, and the teams in the top 16 this season or the mainstream league occupy the absolute initiative!

Among them, the top four teams of the Premier League, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea, have all entered the round of 16, making the Premier League the strongest league in the round of 16 of the Champions League!

The second is Serie A, except for the Roma team that performed poorly this season and was eliminated, the traditional three teams of Serie A, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus all qualified as the top of the group!

Surprisingly, the Bundesliga also had three teams ashore this time. In addition to Bundesliga hegemons Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen and Bremen also reached the round of 16. Among them, Bayer Leverkusen squeezed the Galaxy Battleship Real Madrid to the second place in the group!

However, the La Liga teams that have enjoyed the Champions League in previous seasons are a little lonely this time, and only Barcelona and Real Madrid have successfully qualified.

In Ligue 1, league leaders Lyon and Monaco, who reached the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, also successfully qualified.

In this way, the top five leagues occupy 14 places in the round of 16.

The remaining two spots are occupied by PSV Eindhoven from the Eredivisie and last season's Champions League runners-up Porto.

It can be said that this year's Champions League has successfully returned to the mainstream.

As early as after the list of the top 16 was released, the media had already begun to predict and analyze some of the strong dialogues that might occur in the top 16.

Among these sixteen teams, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Barcelona all fell to second place in the group, which also laid a good foundation for several strong conversations in the round of 16!

In the draw for the round of 16, teams from the same league can avoid it, and then the teams in the same group can also avoid it, so there will be no civil war in the Premier League.

For Inter Milan from Serie A, since the three teams in Serie A are all top of the group, the principle of avoiding the league basically has nothing to do with them.

In other words, in the second of the eight groups, except for Bremen in the same group, Inter Milan is likely to meet!

Before the draw, the media analyzed that the Inter Milan team will most likely draw Chen Xi's old club Liverpool at this draw ceremony according to the UEFA lottery habit of creating topics!

In this way, the attention of the quarter-finals of the Champions League will definitely be significantly increased by a few notches!

For most neutral fans, it's natural that they want a lot of strong conversations in the knockout rounds!

Even, there are people on the Internet who have summarized the most anticipated matchup situation for fans.

The clash between Inter Milan and Liverpool is something that fans are looking forward to: Chelsea against Barcelona, Arsenal against Bayern Munich, AC Milan against Manchester United, Juventus against Real Madrid. As for the other four teams, they are four relatively weak teams, with Bremen, PSV Eindhoven, Lyon and Monaco letting them go to fight in pairs!

Such a duel obviously looks very perfect, and once it really becomes a reality, it will inevitably become a classic in the Champions League!

With this mentality, many fans waited in front of the TV to follow the draw ceremony!

Compared with the group stage draw ceremony, which is clearly defined, the draw ceremony for the knockout stage is obviously a little more exciting.

The first group to be drawn out is a traditional European giant, he is AC Milan from Serie A!

At this time, AC Milan fans are holding their breath and waiting for their opponents.

The team that was pulled out of the second goal in the group by UEFA officials really made the AC Milan people gasp!

Because this is one of the strongest teams in the second group, the Red Devils Manchester United!

Some fans who have followed the prediction post on the Internet are a little surprised, because the matchup between AC Milan and Manchester United is exactly what was predicted!

The first draw created a climax on the scene, and the expressions on the faces of the representatives of AC Milan and Manchester United became unnatural!

It seems that they don't want the climax to end like this, and the second group to be drawn out is the first team!

Chelsea have shown their dominance in both the league and the Champions League this season, and they are among the best in terms of odds offered by major bookmakers!

When their opponents were drawn, the scene of the draw ceremony erupted into an uproar again.

Because, Chelsea's opponent is La Liga giants Barcelona!

This group of duels actually coincided with the duel that fans were most looking forward to before!

Many neutral fans were excited, because if there were so many strong matchups, then the quarterfinals of the Champions League would definitely be much better!

It didn't take long for Inter Milan to become the third team to be drawn from the group!

At this time, the broadcast footage of the draw ceremony swept the faces of Mourinho and Liverpool coach Benitez. Because according to the confrontation that fans are most looking forward to, Liverpool is the opponent of the Inter Milan team!

Liverpool's Spanish coach is obviously a little nervous, after all, no one wants to run into a team that has gone crazy this season!

At the same time, the camera swept over the other giants who were second in the group, and their expressions were not relaxed.

However, in the end, the team drawn by UEFA officials was not the legendary Liverpool.

However, this team is also the old club of an important figure in the Inter Milan team, just like Liverpool!

This "lucky one" is none other than Mourinho and Carvalho's old club, last season's Champions League runner-up team Porto!

When the results were revealed, the TV screen showed the bitter face of Porto coach Oseiro Cosiro.

Due to Porto's inconsistent performance this season, Cosiro is already the team's third manager this season, and after drawing Inter Milan, he seems to feel that the time for him to leave class is not far off!

Benitez, meanwhile, breathed a sigh of relief!

Compared with the Inter Milan team, what he is really afraid of is Chen Xi who he is most familiar with!

Yes, among the coaches of the sixteen teams in the knockout round, he should be the most familiar with Chen Xi, but it is precisely because of familiarity that he is afraid, because he can't find a way to restrain Chen Xi at all!

When he got to his old club, Mourinho's face looked calm, as if everything had nothing to do with him!

Although this is also destined to be a game full of topics, it is not technically a strong conversation, after all, last season's Champions League runner-up Porto has been almost divided this season. Their performances before this season have also proved that their strength has indeed dropped a lot.

After Inter Milan, it was Lyon who were drawn against Bremen, who were also unconventional giants.

After that, Monaco drew PSV Eindhoven!

These two matchups are basically in line with the expectations of fans, and this also marks that there are at least two more matchups between traditional European giants in the future!

Because among the remaining six teams, only Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga is not considered a top giant!

As a result, Bayer Leverkusen drew the defending champion Liverpool!

At this moment, a faint smile appeared on Benitez's face, obviously, in his opinion, this is a sign!

At the same time, the fans at the draw ceremony and in front of the TV broke out in surprise.

The reason is simple, the remaining four teams are Juventus, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Arsenal.

Since Juventus and Bayern are in the same group in the group stage, the two teams avoid each other, so the draw for the last two rounds is no longer meaningful.

In this case, Juventus will meet Real Madrid, while Bayern will meet Arsenal!

And these two matchups are the games that fans are looking forward to before the game!

In this way, except for the meeting between Inter Milan and Liverpool, the other strong matchups have become a reality in this draw ceremony!

In the one-eighth finals, there were four direct conversations between the top giants, and this time the draw ceremony was absolutely tragic!

This means that after the quarter-finals of the Champions League, there will be at least four big names out of the tournament.

Of course, at the same time, it is a great opportunity for fans to enjoy the feast of the giants!

As soon as the results of the draw were announced, the media shouted that the duel was exciting, but they were also shocked by the cruelty of the game.

Reuters said: "Now all the fans are looking forward to these heavyweight matchups, because there is a possibility of sudden death of so many big clubs. Those who survive will inevitably go through severe tests. Every game in the future counts. ”

The German media generally believed that the German team had drawn a good draw and that they had won all three of their opponents.

However, the Premier League, which has four spots in the round of 16, faced strong opponents in successive draws. The English media believe that the situation is difficult for their own teams, with Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal facing extremely difficult challenges, while Liverpool are slightly better.

On the Italian side, while lamenting the good luck of Inter Milan, everyone is also cheering for AC Milan and Juventus, hoping that they can overcome strong opponents.

The quarter-finals will have to wait until February next year to start again. The top team in the group has the advantage of away before home.

However, there is a problem with this, and that is because AC Milan and Inter Milan share the home stadium, and both teams are top of the group. UEFA also stipulated that European matches cannot be held on the same stadium for two consecutive days, so Inter Milan's second leg of home matches will be postponed to March 15. In addition, the draw for the round of 16 does not involve the matchups after the quarterfinals, and the draw will be held again after the quarterfinals are determined.

(To be continued)