After the quarter-finals of the Champions League, the most important concern of the Lyon team is the draw for the semi-finals.

Of the four teams in the semi-finals, Real Madrid is undoubtedly the strongest and the first favorite to win the championship.

Atletico Madrid and Manchester City are weaker, but they are also stronger than Lyon.

According to the general opinion of the European media, the four teams in the semifinals of this season's Champions League are: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, and Lyon.

As the weakest team in the final four, the other teams should want to draw Lyon.

And for Lyon, it will not be easy to draw anyone.

If I had to pick one, Manchester City could be a relatively favourable opponent.

Soon UEFA organized a semi-final draw ceremony, inviting the mayor of Milan and Inter Milan legend Stankovic, who will host this season's Champions League final, to be the guests of the draw.

There are only four teams in total, and the draw process is very fast.

Real Madrid meets Manchester City, Lyon meets Atletico Madrid.

There was no expectation that Lyon would meet Manchester City.

Chinese fans have been paying attention to the draw ceremony, and as soon as the draw results came out, everyone began to discuss enthusiastically again.

"Drawing Atletico Madrid, this result is not bad, although it is not better than drawing Manchester City, but at least it is better than drawing Real Madrid."

"Yes, although Lyon won Real Madrid in the group stage, there was only one Ronaldo left in the Real Madrid forward line at that time, but now it is the BBC and its strength has improved a lot."

"Atletico Madrid are not easy to deal with, they are currently second in La Liga, and they have just eliminated Barcelona in the Champions League, so they are quite strong."

'They also reached the Champions League final two seasons ago and are more experienced than Lyon.

"It's all in the Champions League semi-finals, do you still fantasize about having a fish belly opponent? It's not easy to beat anyone in the draw, I believe that Brother Qiangzi will be over. ”

"That's right, before the quarterfinals were drawn to Bayern, it wasn't all said that Lyon was dead, but in the end, Bayern was finished."

"There are also those who say that they can eliminate Bayern and do handstands, live broadcasts, and now they are silent."

"Believe in Brother Qiangzi, anything is possible on the court."

"But one thing to say, Atletico Madrid is really strong, I just went to the La Liga standings to look at it, and only conceded 16 goals in 32 rounds of La Liga, which is quite tough."

"Those who pay attention to La Liga know that in terms of defensive ability alone, this Atletico Madrid team is currently the strongest defense in Europe."

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The draw for the Champions League semi-finals has been announced, but Lyon still have to look at the domestic arena first.

On April 17, in the 34th round of Ligue 1, Lyon hosted Nice.

Nice have risen to the top of the pack this season and are currently fourth in Ligue 1, just one point behind third-placed Monaco, so they will be hoping to qualify for next season's Champions League.

Lyon, on the other hand, had just experienced 120 minutes of a hard-fought midweek game against Bayern, and the whole team was visibly tired.

So in the first 10 minutes of the game, Puglia successfully broke through the door of his old club and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate excitedly.

The Lyon fans booed wildly, but nothing could be done to change the situation on the pitch.

Nice took advantage of the lead and kept playing away and kept holding a one-goal lead.

Lyon couldn't score with a soft foot until the 83rd minute, when Zhang Chaoqiang found his form under the addition of [Mr. Key] and used a fast break to assist Lacazette to score, and finally equalized.

But that's not all.

Lyon drew 1-1 at home to Nice and dropped two more points.

On the other side, Paris Saint-Germain defeated Caen 6-0 at home, and once again opened up a point gap with Lyon.

Grand Paris now has 86 points, one point more than last season's final title for Lyon.

There is no doubt that this season's Grand Paris is much more fierce than last season.

At least in Ligue 1, that's it.

And Grand Paris also has a good chance to break the all-time Ligue 1 points record.

The record was held by Grand Paris themselves, who won the title in the 13/14 season with 89 points.

With 86 points left in four Ligue 1 games, it's up to them how much they can refresh their record.

Lyon have dropped back-to-back points in the last two rounds due to distraction in the Champions League, and currently have "only" 80 points.

The valley is six points behind Grand Paris and it will be difficult to catch up.

Not only the French media thinks so, but even the Lyon players think so.

So Lyon's focus next is the Champions League semi-finals.

Fight to beat Atletico and reach the final.

However, Lyon also have a chance to break the record, the highest points in the team's history.

Last season, Lyon set a team record with 85 points, and now they have every chance of breaking the record.

Win two of the last four rounds, and the record will be broken.

But the embarrassing thing is that the high score recorded in the team's history can only be a runner-up.

And it is also the runner-up with the highest score in the history of Ligue 1.

Last season, Grand Paris scored 84 points, but was suffocated by Lyon because of a one-point difference, which is the highest points runner-up in Ligue 1 history.

I didn't expect retribution to come so quickly.

The sins made last season will be repaid immediately this season.

Lyon also has to be held back by Grand Paris to be a high-scoring runner-up, and they have to break the historical record.

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After dropping points in the league one after another, Lyon officially withdrew from the Ligue 1 title race.

The team doesn't have to be half-hearted, just prepare for the Champions League with peace of mind.

However, the domestic cup competition still has to be played.

On April 20, midweek, on the day of the semi-finals of the French Cup, Lyon hosted Grand Paris.

Although it was a semi-final, Lyon still played in a semi-rotation lineup.

Zhang Chaoqiang took a direct turn to rest and accumulate physical strength for the Champions League.

Alexandre Lacazette was in the squad, but he was also on the bench.

However, Anthony López, Umtiti, Gonarons, Tolisso and others in the midfield all started.

The Lyon coaching staff is to defend well at home and try to drag it out for penalty shootouts if they can.

After all, the game is a one-game winner, and Lyon is playing at home.

If they can really eliminate Grand Paris and enter the final, the team can also have one more title to fight for.

The French Cup final will not come until after the end of Ligue 1, and there is plenty of time.

Of course, the premise of all this is on the premise of trying not to affect the Champions League semi-finals.

Lyon and Grand Paris have been fighting for revenge in succession, and this time Lyon fans have unfurled banners at home to taunt Paris.

"Welcome to Lyon, the only place in France where you can watch the Champions League semi-finals!"

As a local tyrant team, Grand Paris is the No. 1 transfer investment in Ligue 1 every year, but it falls in the quarterfinals of the Champions League every year.

And Lyon managed to do what Paris had been trying to do for four years.

Maybe it was Fournier's tactical arrangement, or maybe it was because Grand Paris was depressed by the taunting banner, but Lyon really achieved his goal.

In the first half, Lyon relied on a quick counter-attack and Tolisso assisted Cornet to score.

Although Paris equalized in the second half thanks to Ibrahimovic's goal, Lyon's overall morale has risen and the score has been held 1:1 until the end of extra time.

The two teams officially entered the penalty shootout.

Lyon have been practising penalty shoot-outs lately, and this time it happened to be used in Grand Paris.

Anthony López saved Cavani's spot-kick before Rabiot took it himself.

On Lyon's side, only the penalty kick of the scorer Cornet was not scored.

As a result, Lyon defeated Grand Paris 4-3 in the penalty shootout and successfully advanced to the final of the French Cup.

Zhang Chaoqiang has not played a French Cup this season, and he has been in the final all the way.