No. [369] round: The Champions League knockout round is in the draw
After the victory over Everton, Arsenal now has 34 points, they have the same points as Tottenham Hotspur, both are 34 points, however, Arsenal team has a better goal difference than Tottenham Hotspur, so at this time, Arsenal team surpassed Tottenham Hotspur and ranked third in the Premier League, Arsenal team went further.
At the top of the table is Manchester City, who now have 38 points, while Manchester United are second in the league with 36 points, just two points away from Manchester City.
Chelsea, on the other hand, are now on 31 points and sit fifth behind Tottenham Hotspur.
Arsenal's recent form has been really good, and they have been on a thriving run and are now in the top three of the Premier League, which has shocked everyone.
The state of the Arsenal team is simply too good, too good to be frightening, the Manchester United team and the Manchester City team in front of them have felt a very huge pressure, no one thought that the Arsenal team would still have such a strong force after losing Cesc Fabregas and Nasri.
However, many people still see the reinforcements of the Arsenal team this season, the strength of Vidal and JD An is actually very good, and now they are getting more and more adapted to the Premier League.
Manchester United and Manchester City are more cautious and they don't want to lose to Arsenal.
After this round of matches, Arsène Wenger flew straight to Nyon, the headquarters of UEFA in Switzerland, where he was on his way to the draw for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League.
At this time, the group stage of this season's UEFA Champions League has been completed, and the teams that have advanced to the round of 16 have been fully produced, the two teams that have advanced to the first group are Bayern Munich and Napoli, the two teams that have qualified from the second group are Inter Milan and CSKA Moscow, the two teams that have qualified from the third group are Benfica and Basel, the two teams that have qualified from the fourth group are Real Madrid and Lyon, and the two teams that have appeared in the fifth group are Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen. Arsenal and Marseille will advance from Group 6, Atletico Greeks and Zenit St. Petersburg will be the two teams from Group 7, and Barcelona and AC Milan will be the two teams from Group 8.
The teams that qualified as group winners were Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Benfica, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal, Atletico Greece and Barcelona.
The teams that finished second in the group were Napoli, CSKA Moscow, Basel, Lyon, Bayer Leverkusen, Marseille, Zenit St. Petersburg and AC Milan.
Among the teams that advanced to the round of 16 this time, La Liga, Bundesliga, English Premier League, French Ligue 1, and Russian Premier League all have two teams to advance to the round of 16, while Serie A is a sudden emergence, this time they have three teams to advance to the round of 16, and the rest are Switzerland, Cyprus, and Portugal.
Italy have had a good season, with three teams progressing to the round of 16.
The Premier League, which has been very good before, did fall in the sand this season, with only two teams progressing to the round of 16 this season: Chelsea and Arsenal. Manchester City and Manchester United, on the other hand, have fallen apart.
Manchester City were placed in the first group, a veritable group of death, with Inter Milan, Napoli and Villarreal. All three teams are very strong, Inter Milan are probably a little stronger and more experienced, so they finished top of the group.
And Villarreal, who is also quite good, became a point-giving boy in this group, did not win a game, and was eliminated early.
The second place in this group is Manchester City and Napoli are competing, the strength of both teams is good, but Manchester City should be slightly stronger, but the final qualification is Napoli, Manchester City themselves did not seize the opportunity, in the end, Napoli beat Manchester City by one point to advance to the round of 16, Manchester City was helplessly eliminated.
The strength of Manchester United's group is actually not strong, their opponents in this group are Benfica, Basel and Trabzonspor Sporting, these three teams are not strong, should not pose any threat to Manchester United, after the group draw came out, almost everyone thought that Manchester United was one of the best groups to play.
However, Manchester United died by themselves, and their results in this group were very bad, and they only finished third, losing the chance to advance.
In this way, only two teams in the Premier League have advanced to the round of 16 this season, which makes all Premier League Mi very uncomfortable and unhappy.
Some say that the main thing for the Manchester duo is to focus on the league, and that the Manchester duo are aiming for the league title this season, not the Champions League, and they are too league-oriented to ignore the Champions League.
Anyway, this season the Premier League has lost its dominance in the Champions League.
Arsène Wenger is not concerned about that at the moment, and all his attention is now on the draw for the upcoming UEFA Champions League round of 16.
The rules of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw are as follows: generally the first team in the group against the second team in the group. But there are rules that the first and second teams in the same group will not meet, and there are teams in the same league that cannot meet.
After this rule, the scope of the draw has actually narrowed down a lot, and almost some teams have already guessed who their opponents will be.
Arsenal are okay because both teams in the Premier League are top of their group, so they don't have to think about avoiding the same league, they just need to avoid Marseille.
Arsène Wenger rested for a day before heading straight to the draw for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League the next day.
The draw was still chaired by UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino, who stood on the podium to deliver a speech at the draw ceremony, saying: "This is a wonderful UEFA Champions League, in the group stage, everyone gave a lot of wonderful games for this tournament, and I would like to thank you all here. ”
Infantino continued: "Now that the group stage of the UEFA Champions League has come to an end and the teams that have advanced to the round of 16 have been selected, let's take a look at the highlights of each team in the group stage. ”
The journey and highlights of each team's promotion to the round of 16 immediately appeared on the big screen at the scene, and the order in which the sixteen teams appeared was also in the order of the group, and the coaches on the scene watched it very seriously and very clearly.
It's a good opportunity to get to know the other teams in the group, and they won't miss it. Of course, the teams that are the first in the group try to pay attention to the tables of the second teams in the group, and the teams that are second in the group should pay attention to the tables of the first teams in the group.
Arsène Wenger has focused on the teams that could be second in the group as his next opponents.
There are still a few very good teams in the group, the strongest of which is Italy's AC Milan, and Arsène Wenger naturally does not want to face the Rossoneri, who will hope that Arsenal will meet some simple opponents in the knockout round of 16.
Soon, the promotion of the sixteen teams was soon over, and the next step was to hold the draw ceremony, at this time, everyone was still quite nervous.
UEFA's Director of Competitions, Marchetti, gave an introduction to the rules of the draw, and then West German champion Paul Breitner took to the stage, who was the guest of honour at the draw ceremony.
At this time, the secretary general of UEFA immediately announced the start of the draw ceremony, and everyone in the room watched with bated breath.
The first to be drawn was the most controversial team of Lyon, whose performance in the final round of the group stage was questioned, and everyone was staring at Paul Breitner to see who Lyon's opponent was.
Because the Ligue 1 teams are all second in the group, Lyon does not shy away from any other team except Real Madrid. Of course, at this time, Lyon naturally hope to draw the weakest team in the group, Atletico Greeks from Cyprus.
Atlético Greeks are indeed the weakest team, and whoever can draw them will almost have one and a half feet in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.
Greeks Athletic! Sure enough, Paul Breitner drew against Atlético Greeks, and Lyon's dream came true when they drew the weakest team.
Suddenly, all the media reporters on the scene gasped, UEFA did too explicitly. It seems that they can't wait to send Lyon to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, but can you be a little more secretive about Platini?
Many people think that this is a conspiracy, this is a dark operation, and UEFA is simply too partial to the teams in Ligue 1.
The Lyonnais were so excited at this time that they had been drawn and they had almost one foot in the quarter-finals of the Champions League.
And the head coach of the other teams that finished second in the group turned dark all of a sudden, and a wave of anger rose in their hearts, Nima UEFA can you do a little bit at the level? It's rubbish.
Arsène Wenger also shook his head, which was too blatant. Dongfang Chen in front of the TV also shook his head for a while, this is indeed a bit too much.
At this time, everyone's attention is on another Ligue 1 team, and they want to see who Marseille is against. Will the Marseille team be taken care of?
The second to be drawn out was Napoli from Serie A, who wanted to avoid Inter Milan. Paul Breitner drew Chelsea, from Chelsea in the Premier League. This should be a revenge battle in the Premier League, after all, Napoli squeezed out Premier League side Manchester City.
The third team to be drawn is also the team AC Milan in Serie A, and the Rossoneri want to avoid Inter Milan and Barcelona, so they have very few opponents to choose from, and they are basically determined.
At this time, Arsène Wenger's face was already blue, and sure enough, the team drawn by Paul Breitner was Arsenal, and Arsenal was going to face the Rossoneri, this signing was definitely the worst, no wonder Arsène Wenger's face was so ugly.
Dongfang Chen's face in front of the TV is also not good-looking, if it is against the Rossoneri, the Arsenal team will be distracted, and the results in the league will be affected.