Chapter 162: It's the Chinese Derby Again
After all the Champions League quarter-finals have been completed, all eight teams have reached the quarter-finals. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
They are Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in Germany, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in La Liga, Juventus and Galatasaray in Serie A, and Porto in the Portuguese Super League.
Two Bundesliga teams, three La Liga teams, one each in Serie A, Turkish Super League and Portuguese Super League.
The Premier League has been wiped out.
Think about a few years ago, the Premier League was still the absolute powerhouse in the Champions League, and once set a record of three Premier League teams reaching the last four of the Champions League for three consecutive years.
Some people once joked that the Champions League had even become the English FA Cup.
Later, with the containment of the Premier League after Platini came to power, the momentum of the Premier League gradually waned.
There are only two Premier League teams in the round of 16 this season – Arsenal and Manchester United.
Manchester United met Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, which was also a point of media hype in Spain and England at the time, with Cristiano Ronaldo finally meeting his former club in the Champions League after leaving Manchester United.
Manchester United and Real Madrid are two teams that have special meaning to him, and it is Manchester United who have made him who he is, turning him from a star of hope to a world superstar. Alex Ferguson was like his father and helped Cristiano Ronaldo a lot, so Manchester United is a club that has a special meaning in the hearts of the Portuguese.
But at the same time, Real Madrid is the team that Cristiano Ronaldo dreams of playing, and when he was at Manchester United, he said more than once that he wanted to join Real Madrid, because it was his dream and the team his mother wanted him to join.
At present, in terms of team honors, he has not succeeded at Manchester United at Real Madrid, but in terms of personal influence, joining Real Madrid has really turned Cristiano Ronaldo into the world's top player, who can be compared to Messi.
Real Madrid and Manchester United played 1-1 at home to Manchester United, and the result was in United's favor, but all eyes were on Cristiano Ronaldo, because the Portuguese scored a very beautiful header, when he jumped up, his foot was on Patrice Evra's waist, and under Evra's background, Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to be flying in the air. This goal became the talk of the town after the game.
There was a lot of discussion about how good Cristiano Ronaldo's jumping ability is and how strong his ability to stay in the air is.
It seems that no one cares whether Manchester United can knock out Real Madrid when they return to their home stadium.
In the second leg, United lost 2-1 to Real Madrid at their home stadium, with all three goals scored by Real Madrid players - Sergio Ramos scored an own goal to give United the lead. Luka Modric then equalised and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winner.
He didn't celebrate after the goal and made an apologetic gesture.
This stems from his affection for Manchester United, and his move has been supported by Manchester United fans.
Although Manchester United were eliminated from the competition, the game itself did not smell too much gunpowder, and the two sides were quite friendly. Real Madrid and Manchester United have also worked together many times in their history, and the official relationship between the clubs is quite good.
Another Premier League representative Arsenal was eliminated by Bayern Munich, and lost 1:3 at home to Bayern Munich in the first meeting, which foreshadowed their defeat. Although they performed very well in the second leg, beating Bayern Munich 2-0 away, they were still out of the tournament with a grudge of low away goals.
In this way, there is no Premier League team in the Champions League.
The other two Premier League teams were knocked out of the group stage, with Manchester City being the most disappointing performer, who were drawn to the Group of Death as last season's Premier League champions, finishing bottom of the table. Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk in the group stage have the same ten points, and the relationship between wins and losses is the same, both are one win and one loss, and then compare the total score of 4:4 when comparing the match, and then compare the number of away goals in the game, Donetsk defeated one of Chelsea's away goals with two away goals, and finally beat Chelsea and won the second place in the group, while Chelsea can only play the Europa League very aggrieved.
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The Premier League's strength is gone, La Liga is getting stronger and stronger, and has repeatedly achieved great results in Europe, in the UEFA points coefficient rankings, the Premier League once dominated the table from the 2007-2008 season with their monopoly performance in the Champions League, but now their lead is getting smaller and smaller, and La Liga supporters have come to think that La Liga is the first league in Europe.
Premier League supporters are certainly not convinced, as the Premier League is more competitive. La Liga has been monopolized by Real Madrid and Barcelona all year round, how can such a league be better than the Premier League?
But whether Premier League supporters admit it or not, on the Champions League stage, the glory days of the Premier League have come to an end.
Three La Liga teams have reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season and are aggressive.
After all the Champions League quarter-finals have been announced, UEFA has conducted a quarter-final draw, which will also determine the semi-final matchups.
The result of this draw is very important, and from the result of this draw you can predict the next trend of the big team.
There are no more recognized fish belly teams in the quarterfinals, but there are still strong and weak strengths.
Moreover, the quarterfinals will no longer avoid any teams in the same national league, and there is no restriction that the first group can only meet the second place in the group, so it is easier to have strong dialogues.
Therefore, no one wants to meet the strongest team in advance, and everyone wants to meet the relatively weak team.
Galatasaray and Porto, for example, are the teams that everyone wants to meet.
At the same time, there are two Chinese players in the quarterfinals, and their fate also affects the hearts of domestic media and fans.
So even though the quarterfinals draw ceremony took place in the early hours of Beijing time, there were still a large number of fans waiting in front of the TV or computer to watch the live broadcast of the draw ceremony.
Unlike the group draw that needs to be awarded, the draw ceremony for the quarterfinals is carried out quickly, and there are no other gimmicks, let alone a theatrical performance.
Anyway, everyone doesn't care about any theatrical performances at this time, just like knowing the result quickly.
So in half an hour, the lottery ceremony was over.
The final result is that the two teams of Bayern Munich and Juventus meet in the quarter-finals, with Bayern Munich playing home and away.
Barcelona have once again drawn a good draw, they and Porto have been drawn together, and they have the advantage of the schedule.
Another La Liga team, Real Madrid, has also drawn a good opponent, they will face Galatasaray, the two top two in the Spanish Super League have drawn a good opponent, and there is basically no suspense about advancing to the semi-finals.
The winner between Barcelona and Porto will meet the winner between Bayern Munich and Juventus in the semi-finals.
And the winner between Real Madrid and Galatasaray will be ...... The winner between Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid met in the semi-finals.
Yes, this time, the Chinese derby in the Champions League will continue. Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid were split into rivals, with Atletico Madrid leading home and away.
Once again, the teams of the two Chinese players were grouped together.
This time, the Chinese fans were a little unhappy - they hoped that Sun Pan and Zhou Yi would meet again in the semi-finals or even the final, but they would not have thought that the two teams would meet in the quarter-finals.
Whether Sun Pan or Zhou Yi are eliminated, everyone will feel that it is a pity.
It's hard to say who I hope will win.
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While the lottery ceremony was going on, Zhou Yi and his partners were also in the group while watching the live broadcast and discussing.
When Barcelona met Porto and Real Madrid met Galatasaray, Sun Pan shouted that there was a shady scene, and UEFA wanted to escort the top two in the Spanish Super League to the semifinals.
As a dual player of Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, Sun Pan has a hundred reasons to dislike Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and his conspiracy theory is also in line with his position.
And when Dortmund and Atletico Madrid were grouped together, Sun Pan said: "Damn!"
Yang Muge: "......"
Guo Nu: "Poof!"
He Ying: "This is really ......"
Zhou Yi: "What do you rely on? Are you so afraid of meeting me?"
Sun Pan: "Get out!" I hope you can go further, but now it's impossible!"
"Hehe, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. It's hard to say who can't go further!" Zhou Yi sneered.
"It's started!" Guo Nu was also excited, "The game hasn't started yet, and the war of words between the two sides has begun!"
"Don't worry, Zhou Yi, I definitely won't let you score a goal in the game!" Sun Pan said.
"Stupid, I'm a midfielder, it's not my responsibility to score goals!"
"Then don't let you score a single goal!"
"You mean we can score two goals, three goals?"
“......”
"Haha!" He Ying, who was eliminated by Sun Pan, couldn't help but laugh when he saw Sun Pan choked on Zhou Yi and couldn't speak.
Guo Nu shouted without worrying about the excitement: "Damn, I'm not the one who stirs trouble, Sun Pan." But I can't bear it!"
However, Sun Pan didn't say anything, and Zhou Yi didn't continue to chase after the victory, which made the remaining three people very puzzled.
"I'll go, Sun Pan really endured it?" Guo Nu was surprised.
"Zhou Yi didn't continue to pursue the victory?" Yang Muge couldn't figure it out.
After a long while, after no one spoke in the group, Sun Pancai suddenly jumped up: "Damn, Zhou Yi, you wait for me, and when the game comes, I will let you know that every word I say is not a joke!"
"Sun Pan, have you dropped the line?" asked Guo angrily.
"No, I just received a few phone calls, and they were all Chinese reporters who came to interview me. Sun Pan replied.
"Hey, I've got several, too. Zhou Yi was also bubbling.
Only then did everyone know that the two of them were silent before, and it turned out that they went to be interviewed......
It's normal to think about it, the meeting of these two people is definitely big news for Chinese fans and the media, and there will definitely be reporters to interview them about their feelings.
"Then what do you say?" Yang Muge asked curiously.
Of course, I said what I just said to Zhou Yi again. ”
"What a coincidence, so do I!"
"......" Yang Muge was speechless. (To be continued.) )