No. [094] round: Champions League knockout round draw ceremony
The group stage of this season's UEFA Champions League has come to an end, and all the teams that have qualified for the round of 16 have been born. All four teams in England have qualified for the round of 16 of this season's UEFA Champions League, and all four teams are the top teams in the group.
Next up are Spain and Italy, with three teams each progressing to the round of 16 this season, who continue to put a lot of pressure on the Premier League and seem to have momentum to overtake it.
Germany and France, on the other hand, both qualified for this season's round of 16. The league that has made UEFA highly anticipated is only two teams selected, one from Ukraine and the other from Denmark.
This is the last 16 of this season's UEFA Champions League.
The next step is naturally the draw ceremony for the round of 16 knockout round of this season's UEFA Champions League, and Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger flew directly to Nyon, Switzerland, with Dongfang Chen and Cesc Fabregas, to participate in the draw for the round of 16 of this season's UEFA Champions League.
The rules of the draw for the knockout stage are as follows: the first team in the group plays the second place in the other group, but the teams from the same football association have to avoid it, that is, in this stage of the competition, teams from the same national team cannot play against each other.
However, England's goals did not take such care as they were all top of their respective groups, so they naturally did not draw a team from the same football association.
Dongchen and Cesc Fabregas followed Arsène Wenger to Nyen, Switzerland, to participate in the draw for the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Arsène Wenger was on hand with Dongchen and Cesc Fabregas when they met Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.
Arsène Wenger immediately stepped forward to greet him: "Sir Alex Ferguson, I didn't expect that we would be so close to each other and come here at the same time. ”
Alex Ferguson smiled and said, "Yes! I really didn't expect it! ”
The two bigwigs immediately stretched out their hands and shook hands with each other cordially. Although they are very difficult to deal with in the league, when they come to the European stage, they represent English football, so at this time they are on the same line.
The seats of the managers of the four Premier League teams are next to each other, and it is natural for the four to greet each other when they meet.
Of course, there were times when Arsène Wenger frowned, because Alex Ferguson was digging into his corner at this time and asking if he had any intention of selling Dongfang Chen.
At that time, Arsène Wenger was really a little shocked, he didn't expect that Alex Ferguson had not given up to Dongfang Chen until now, which shocked him.
At this time, the secretary general of UEFA, Gianni Infantino, immediately stepped onto the stage and said to the guests below: "I am very happy that all the guests have come to the draw ceremony for the knockout round of 16 of the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League, welcome everyone!" ”
Immediately there were scorching cheers and applause below, and everyone gave UEFA a lot of face.
Infantino smiled and said: "This season's UEFA Champions League group stage has come to an end, and all teams have performed very well in this UEFA Champions League group stage, making this UEFA Champions League group stage very exciting, thank you!" ”
The guests immediately responded to UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino with scorching applause.
Infantino said: "After a brutal group stage, there are a total of sixteen teams that have reached the knockout stage, and these sixteen teams are as follows. ”
Infantino read the names of all 16 teams collectively, and immediately remembered the scorching applause.
The teams that qualified for the round of 16 are Tottenham Hotspur, Schalke 04, Red Devils Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Arsenal.
The second-placed teams in the group in the round of 16 are: Inter Milan, Lyon, Valencia, Copenhagen, Roma, Marseille, AC Milan and Shakhtar Donetsk.
At this time, Infantino also said: "Here we would like to congratulate Inter Milan, the winner of the last UEFA Champions League, for winning the World Club Cup and bringing glory to our European football. ”
The guests at the scene gave another round of warm applause to the Inter Milan team.
Infantino continued: "And congratulations to the FC Copenhagen, who made it out of the group for the first time in their history and qualified for the round of 16. ”
Now, of course, there was another round of applause, and they gave the applause to the Copenhagen team.
Infantino added: "Also, Tottenham Hotspur became the first team to top their group in the Champions League for the first time after the UEFA Champions League restructuring, congratulations! ”
The guests at the scene naturally responded to Infantino with warm applause. However, all eyes are on the draw for the upcoming UEFA Champions League round of 16 knockout round.
Dongfang Chen is also very related to the result of the draw, after all, it is related to whether they can go further and further in the Champions League.
At this time, UEFA's competition president, Marchetti, took the podium and said: "The first leg of this season's UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will be played on 15/16 and 22/23 February 2011, the second leg will be played on 8/9 and 15/16 March 2011 and the final will be played at Wembley Stadium in London, England on 28 May 2011. ”
Arsène Wenger's brow furrowed as he pondered Arsenal's schedule and saw what would happen to Arsenal in the qualifying season. Will it be too full?
At this time of hunger, Marchetti continued: "Due to the heavy snowfall, the original guest of the lottery, Bobby Charlton, did not come to the scene, for which I personally express my great regret and say sorry to everyone. ”
The guests at the scene were slightly stunned, they didn't expect such a situation to occur, and none of them reacted.
At this time, Marchetti immediately announced: "The draw for the knockout round of sixteen of this season's UEFA Champions League has officially begun. ”
The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and everyone at the scene stared closely at the stage, looking forward to the lottery ceremony.
The first thing to draw is to twitch a team from the eight seven-pairs that finished second in each group, and at this time everyone in the audience is glued to the stage, and the draw ceremony has begun.
Dongfang Chen, who was sitting in the audience, stared at the stage with his eyes tight, and he was also a little nervous at this time.
At this moment, the lottery guests on the stage instantly drew one of the eight teams in second place, and he slowly twisted the ball and slowly opened the production inside - Rome!
The first team to be drawn was Roma, and the Roma manager and players immediately became nervous because the next draw was their opponents, and they were very nervous.
The quality of the Roma team is very good, and the teams that are top of the group are a little nervous at the moment. Because all the Italian teams are second in the group, the eight teams that won the group do not have to shy away and participate directly in the draw.
Arsène Wenger and Dongfang Chen are a little nervous, they don't want to draw their Arsenal team, they naturally want to draw teams like Copenhagen, after all, their strength is poor.
At this time, the lottery guests on the stage had already twitched one of the eight teams that won the group, and the atmosphere at the scene immediately became tense, and Dongfang Chen stared at the round ball in the hands of the lottery guests with blazing eyes.
At this time, the lottery guest suddenly raised his head and smiled at the audience, which made the members of the coaching staff of the Roma team feel a sudden in their hearts, is this a very bad sign?
At this time, the lottery guest immediately unscrewed the ball, and then slowly opened the piece of paper and showed it to everyone - Arsenal!
"Shet!" Looking at the name on the piece of paper, Arsène Wenger immediately burst into foul language, obviously very dissatisfied with the signing. He really didn't expect that he would be so unlucky and was pulled out of the first hand.
Dongfang Chen was also surprised, he didn't expect that they would draw the Roma team, which is really a bit back.
However, it's okay, after all, there are defending champions Inter Milan and the Rossoneri in the second group of strong teams, and the luck of being able to draw the Roma team is not particularly bad.
Next, Arsène Wenger and Dongfang Chen didn't have the heart to watch anymore, because their match has been drawn, and they are now thinking about how to play against Roma.
At this time, the face of the coaching staff of the Roma team is very unsightly, the strength of the Arsenal team is definitely one of the top eight teams in the group, and the Romans feel very pressured against the Arsenal team.
After the Roma fans in front of the TV saw the results of this draw, they were even more angry and directly blamed UEFA, claiming that the draw was shady, and UEFA was hacking their Roma team.
And the fans of the Arsenal team are naturally very dissatisfied, they also poured dirty water on UEFA, they think that this must be UEFA in the dark operation, which makes them unacceptable, and they are very angry, one by one they curse UEFA.
Soon, the knockout matches of this season's UEFA Champions League round of 16 were quiet, with Roma vs Arsenal, AC Milan vs Tottenham Hotspur, Valencia vs Schalke 04, Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich, Lyon vs Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk vs Barcelona, Marseille vs Manchester United, and FC Copenhagen vs Chelsea.