Killing God when encountering God, killing Buddha when encountering Buddha, this is called domineering. When you meet the mountains and worship the mountains, you meet the temples and burn incense, which is called prudence.

In football, what kind of strength determines what kind of attitude. FC Barcelona, who have been touted as the Cosmos team, undoubtedly belong to the former, as there are only two types of opponents to beat and easy to beat, and there are no teams to fear them, and for Manchester City, they are clearly not there for Barcelona even though they have just eliminated AC Milan.

It's just that Lin Sen doesn't think that his team belongs to the latter who needs to look at other people's faces.

Due to Manchester City's "chaotic entry", Linsen's memory of this season's Champions League has long been shattered, only knowing that the final meeting is Manchester United and Barcelona, and then Barcelona won the championship, as for the previous semi-finals and even the final, he has long been unable to find the slightest memory, of course, only the two sides of the final, as long as the draw is out at that time, Linsen can roughly make a judgment.

To put it simply, if Manchester United and Barcelona are the two sides in the final, then most of the other teams who will meet them in the draw will be unlucky except for the "outlier" Manchester City.

It is worth mentioning that unlike the draw rules of the Champions League a few years later in Lin Sen's memory, the current Champions League will introduce the concept of the upper and lower halves after the quarterfinals, that is, this draw will be the last draw, and after the draw, each advancing team will actually have a clear idea of which opponents they may encounter in the next game.

As for how to partition, there are no rules at all, it is completely scrambling and then looking at each other's faces. Therefore, in extreme cases, it is not impossible for all the strong teams to be in one and a half zones, and of course, UEFA will not "sit idly by" such a situation.

On 14 March, Manchester City had a cup tie. In the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, the opponent is Reading, Manchester City, who is playing at home, won 1-0 with Richards' goal and became the last team to advance to the semi-finals.

However, Lin Sen has not yet had the heart to think about Manchester United. Not only because the FA Cup match against Manchester United will be after the next round of the Champions League, but also because Manchester City have a strong opponent at the moment. Linson doesn't know who City's quarter-final opponents will be, but the game against Chelsea is looming.

When you focus too much on your goals, it's often when you start to make mistakes, which is completely different from long-term thinking and short-term worry. For the current Manchester City, it is obvious that they are focused on their next game and play every game in a down-to-earth manner. It's not a wrong choice.

Madrid, Spain, 17 March.

Jose Mourinho and his assistant Moraes watched the draw for the Champions League quarter-finals from his office.

Coming to Spain from Italy with the aura of a triple crown. Like the arrival of Chelsea from Porto, this is undoubtedly a new step for Mourinho, but at the same time, it is an unprecedented challenge. Jose Mourinho is full of pride. But that doesn't mean he's always invincible. Mourinho's first exam of the season was the most humiliating of his coaching career, losing 5-0 to Barcelona.

Mourinho had to lower his profile after the game. But everyone knows that he will never admit defeat, and now, Real Madrid is only two points away from Barcelona in the league, and will also meet Barcelona in the final of the Copa del Rey, plus the embarrassment of the Champions League 16 Lang in last season's Champions League sufferer Lyon, if it weren't for that defeat, Mourinho's first season in Real Madrid, although it can't be considered perfect, but at least it's not bad.

It's just that, as at Inter Milan, Mourinho knows very well what Florentino wants, and everyone knows that Mourinho's main task is to lead Real Madrid to end Barcelona's rule, but how? Not only the Copa del Rey, not only the league, the Champions League is the most important yardstick.

On the TV screen, the draw was once again presided over by UEFA's bald secretary-general, Gianni Infantino, who, after a short speech, began to introduce the status of the quarter-finals, while at the same time the screen began to show highlights from past Champions League matches...... Moraes and Mourinho, who had been chatting before, began to fall silent and turned their eyes to the screen.

The champion is never necessarily the best team in the table, which has been proven by previous Champions Leagues, and Mourinho, who pursues a consequentialist approach, knows this, so what highlights are for the fans, not for the coach. As Mourinho's number one match analyst, Moraes already has a preliminary understanding of the seven teams that have qualified, and of course, a further analysis will have to wait for the next draw.

The first matchup that was drawn was the civil war that was bound to make the English media complain, Manchester United vs. Chelsea, followed by Inter Milan vs. Schalke 04, and then, when Barcelona's name was drawn, everyone's hearts couldn't help but shrink, of course, some because of excitement, some because of worry.

Moraes didn't know how Mourinho was feeling, but his own breath had stalled.

The matchup in the first half of the season, although Mourinho said that the fiasco was not difficult to digest, but the blow to Mourinho was huge, and the psychological advantage was Mourinho's magic weapon to win, but that fiasco just crushed this, confidence is such a thing, it is easy to destroy, but it is very difficult to establish. Of course, this is not to say that Mourinho has been afraid of Barcelona since then.

It's just that now is really not the best time to touch Barcelona.

Shakhtar Donetsk!

When the name of the Ukrainian team was matched to Barcelona, many people breathed a sigh of relief, and some people inevitably couldn't help but complain: Barcelona, luck is really good as always......

Moraes was also relieved, but when he turned his eyes and was about to talk to Mourinho, he found that Mourinho's expression was a little strange, and then he immediately came back to his senses, four duels, three have been drawn, so it means that Real Madrid's opponent can only be the remaining Manchester City.

Manchester City, Linson.

Moraes naturally knows that Mourinho and Linsen have a certain relationship, not only do the two have the same agent, but also the two often text each other during important matches. It's just that this relationship has been affected a little in the summer because of David Silva's relationship, and as for now, Moraes doesn't know. It's just clear that relationships are not the avoidance principle of football.

Without waiting for Moraes to figure out Mourinho's thoughts, the two semi-final matchups followed, with the winner of Inter Milan vs Schalke vs Chelsea vs Manchester United in the top half and the winner of Barcelona vs Shakhtar vs Real Madrid vs Manchester City in the bottom half.

Well, this level still has to be crossed after all.

"I finally ran into him." After the draw, Mourinho turned his head and said with a smile.

Finally?

Moraes was slightly stunned.

According to the results of the draw, Real Madrid will be the first to meet Manchester City, and then it may be Barcelona, obviously Barcelona is not suitable for the word "finally", then, what Mourinho said, naturally can only be Linsen.

"It's not a bad outcome." Moraes also smiled, "Although we have met Barcelona a little more this season. ”

"No, Moraes." Mourinho shook his head, "You underestimate Lin too much, he will be a very difficult opponent, and your task will be heavy." ”

Moraes was a little surprised.

You know, there are not many opponents who can make Mourinho a difficult opponent in Moraes's impression, Guardiola is one, Ferguson is one, and Benitez is one of them, and now, Linsen is actually at the same level as them?

However, accidents are accidents, Moraes did not question Mourinho, and he could have verified Mourinho's words himself.

Because he is the team's analyst, now that the opponent has been determined, his work will be carried out in detail, and he will soon find out why Manchester City can make Mourinho pay so much attention -

Moraes called Real Madrid's signing not a bad result, but for Manchester City, it was not the same as against AC Milan, it was a real signing.

First against Real Madrid, then nine times out of ten against Barcelona.

At present, the best team and the best team in the whole of Europe are in front of Manchester City, even "whether poor or rich", the "Manchester Evening News" reporter Wayne Clarke, who is not reluctant to follow Manchester City, can't come up with some optimistic reasons to tell Manchester City fans: Manchester City still has a play.

Because even Manchester City fans feel that this is simply UEFA's "murder" of Manchester City.

Look at the top half, Inter Milan, Schalke 04, Manchester United, Chelsea...... Of the four teams, Manchester City has met three, and they are the three strongest, and Manchester City's record with them is not bad, to put it mildly, if they are in the top half, although Manchester City cannot say that it will definitely enter the final, but at least the possibility will be much higher than now.

As for this draw, Linson, who is preparing for the league game against Chelsea, only said that he was happy to see Mourinho when he faced the media, and never followed.

Of course, this is not that Lin Sen is really calm or indifferent, but the big war is imminent, as the head coach, he needs to set an example to let his team focus on the present, Real Madrid is the tiger in the back mountain, but now, standing in front of Manchester City is a hungry wolf, you can't forget the hungry wolf in front of you because you are afraid of the tiger.

Unfortunately, Linson's "calm" did not make the team calm down, and at Stamford Bridge, Linsen, who was unbeaten against Carlo Ancelotti, finally allowed the Italians to pull one back this time.

Zero to two.

Manchester City lost away to Chelsea. (To be continued......)