Chapter 113: The Next Champions League Opponent
In the end, Lyon won the game in a narrow 1-0 win at home to Shakhtar Donetsk, with substitute Malblanco netting from a corner.
Therefore, Lyon advanced to the knockout stage of the Champions League with 5 wins and 1 loss and 15 points.
But only second in the group.
On the other hand, Real Madrid beat Malmo 8-0 at the Bernabeu, tying the biggest single score after the Champions League restructuring.
Speaking of which, the last time the Champions League played an 8:0 score, it was still Benitez's guy.
In the group stage of the Champions League in the 07/08 season, Liverpool led by Benitez bottomed out in an unfavorable qualifying situation and beat Besiktas 8-0 at home.
Now in charge of Real Madrid, Master Pei has made another game to replicate the score.
In general, Lyon and Real Madrid are both 5 wins and 1 loss with 15 points, Real Madrid won the first place in the group with a goal difference, Lyon only finished second in the group, Shakhtar Donetsk went to the Europa League knockout round with the third place in the group, and Malmo finished at the bottom of the group and went out completely.
This season's Champions League group stage has all ended, and most of the group qualifying results are expected.
However, there were also two surprises, both from the Premier League.
First up is Group F Arsenal, who lost to Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos in the first two rounds of the group stage, and it looks like qualification is in serious doubt.
Fortunately, they played Bayern in two consecutive legs, and they managed to grab three points.
Coupled with the same wins in the last two rounds, Arsenal finally chased down nine points with Olympiacos, and then advanced with a thrilling advantage of the win-loss relationship.
This was originally a group of Arsenal and Bayern who easily qualified, and was turned into a large-scale suspense film by the Gunners.
However, Arsenal managed to qualify despite the thrill, and the other Premier League giants were not so lucky.
Manchester United is in Group B, and the other three teams are Wolfsburg, PSV Eindhoven, and CSKA Moscow.
It was also a group that was considered to be an easy one, with no pressure on United to qualify.
Unexpectedly, the final result was that Wolfsburg was first in the group, PSV Eindhoven was second in the group, and Manchester United was squeezed into the third place in the group and could only fall to participate in the Europa League.
Last season's Liverpool and this season's Manchester United have had Premier League teams upset in the Champions League group stage for two consecutive seasons.
In addition, in Group E, Barcelona won the first place in the group steadily, but the other two teams, Roma and Bayer Leverkusen, were inseparable.
In the end, both teams had 1 win, 3 draws, 2 losses, and 6 points, and Roma advanced by virtue of the advantage of winning and losing.
Just six points to qualify for the knockout rounds, which equalled the lowest number of points in Champions League history.
In the 13/14 season, Zenit St. Petersburg of the Russian Premier League also managed to qualify for the knockout stage with only six points.
This season's Champions League round of 16 teams have all been produced, and the distribution of places is relatively even.
There are three teams each in La Liga and the Premier League, and two teams each in the Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1.
The remaining four non-top five league teams are Benfica in the Portuguese Super League, Zenit St. Petersburg in the Russian Premier League, Dynamo Kiev in the Ukrainian Super League, and PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.
In terms of player performance, Ronaldo can be regarded as a standout.
Although he did not score in the two legs against Lyon, he scored a lot against the other two teams, scoring a total of 11 goals, setting a new all-time Champions League group stage goal record.
In fact, Ronaldo himself holds the historical record, scoring nine goals in the group stage in the 13/14 season, but he was equalled by Shakhtar Donetsk's Luis Adriano last season, so he has set a new record this season.
In addition to Ronaldo, the next is Lewandowski with 7 goals, Djuba with 6 goals, Muller, Suarez, Giroud and others with 5 goals.
Zhang Chaoqiang scored three goals in the group stage and temporarily tied for tenth place in the Champions League scorer list.
Of the three opponents in the group stage, Zhang Chaoqiang scored one goal against each opponent, but it was limited to one goal.
However, he scored five assists against Malmo in two legs, and Zhang Chaoqiang temporarily ranked first on the assist list.
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The Champions League group stage is over, and soon it will be UEFA's turn to draw the lot.
Lyon, as the second in the group, can only draw the group first of the other groups.
In addition, as a team in the same league, Grand Paris must also automatically avoid the top 16.
So after avoiding Real Madrid and Grand Paris, there are only six potential opponents left for Lyon, namely La Liga Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Premier League Manchester City, Chelsea, Bundesliga Bayern and Wolfsburg.
Of the six opponents, only Wolfsburg looked slightly easier to deal with.
It was amazing to beat Manchester United in the group stage, but overall, Wolfsburg was not considered to be very strong.
The stars of the house have been sold to Manchester City, how strong can they be?
So Lyon fans are praying for a draw in the round of 16 against Wolfsburg.
Finally, at the UEFA draw ceremony, the results of the round of 16 matchups came out one by one.
Wolfsburg vs. Zenit, Real Madrid vs. Roma, Barcelona vs. Arsenal, Bayern vs. Juventus, Atletico Madrid vs. PSV Eindhoven, Grand Paris vs. Benfica, Manchester City vs. Dynamo Kiev.
As for Lyon, it was against Chelsea, naturally.
Zhang Chaoqiang's next Champions League opponent, reigning Premier League champions Chelsea.
Chinese fans are also very interested in the draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League, and as soon as the results came out, they began to discuss.
'It's not a good signing to draw Chelsea.
"That's right, Brother Qiangzi may be going to stop in the top sixteen."
"If only I had won Wolfsburg."
"It should be said that it is good to win the first place in the group, and if the group is first qualified, it is easy to draw a simple group second."
"It's a pity that I didn't fight Real Madrid."
"What are you disappointed about? With Lyon's strength, he couldn't compete with Real Madrid, but the two-legged draw gave everyone hope, but in the end, he didn't fight, which is not normal. ”
"Indeed, when the Champions League group stage draw first came out, everyone's expectation was that Lyon would finish second in the group."
"What's more, Chelsea has not been very peaceful this season, and Lyon may not have no chances."
"Hazard is the eighth place in the Ballon d'Or, and Brother Qiangzi is the nineteenth place in the Ballon d'Or, and the two just bumped into each other."
"It doesn't matter if Lyon can get by, I just hope that Brother Qiangzi can score."
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At the training ground in Lyon, the whole team is urgently preparing for the game.
The last 16 of the Champions League will not start until February next year, and now it is Ligue 1 that is being prepared.
Lyon will go away to challenge Grand Paris, and according to the French media, if Lyon loses to Paris, then the suspense of this season's Ligue 1 title is not great.
This is a slight exaggeration, but it is not unfounded.
With an away defeat to Grand Paris, Lyon will be six points behind.
Last season, Lyon led Paris by six points at the halfway point, and in the end they were chased to win the title by only one point.
If you're six points down at halfway through this season, you really don't have much of a chance.
During the training, Zhang Chaoqiang received two more messages one after another.
[Your physical development makes you grow taller, height +1CM]
[You strengthen your body through personal training, speed +1]
The height has risen to 1.79 meters, and I don't know if it can rise a little more, becoming 1.8 meters.
After all, he was twenty years old.
The speed increased from 84 to 85 points.