After the Champions League quarter-finals are announced, what everyone is most concerned about is the quarter-final matchup.
In the current knockout stage of the Champions League, lots are drawn every time to determine the matchup.
Even if you reach the semi-finals, you still have to draw lots to decide your opponent.
This approach increases uncertainty and enhances the suspense of the event, making it more eye-catching.
Of course, "conspiracy theorists" believe that this increases the opportunity for UEFA to intervene in the matchups in each knockout stage.
But in fact, there are only so many teams that can reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Unless there is a sudden dark horse, they will be familiar faces almost every year.
If you draw them back and forth, the chance of encountering them is relatively high.
These teams will always accumulate some grudges in many years of Champions League collisions.
So every time we meet, there is something to talk about.
They were not drawn together simply for the convenience of publicity stunts.
It is true that there are only so many materials, and no matter how innovative you are, it is difficult to come up with any new tricks.
Take a look at the Champions League quarter-finals this time. Which one is not a battle-hardened powerhouse?
Which one should not be in the top eight?
It's normal for anyone to meet someone, and it's normal for someone not to meet someone.
It's really just an encounter, no other gimmicks.
For example, isn't it normal for the Madrid Pirates and the Madrid Kings to run into each other? This is definitely not a draw result that UEFA can create in order to hype up the competitive relationship between Julay and Melli.
Otherwise, Kings of Madrid and Catalonia cannot be drawn together, otherwise it will be deliberately creating a "national derby" in the Champions League. But in fact, these two teams met in the quarter-finals last season.
In the same way, considering the recent "small grudge" between Julay and Catalan United, if Madrid Pirates and Catalan United are together, it will definitely be UEFA deliberately manipulating the draw results.
If Catalonia and Manchester United meet, the media can hype up the feud between Kabangka and Manchester United.
Tramed and Manchester United cannot be grouped together because that is the "Manchester Derby" in the Champions League.
Tramed cannot yet play against Stan Park Rangers, which is the "English Derby" in the Champions League.
It seems that only the Ruhr Rhine and Amsterdam Athletic are "purely natural" and "without artificial interference" if they are together.
But sometimes the "reasonable choice" that avoids all "deliberate choices" may be the "most deliberate and unreasonable choice"
Chinese fans actually don't care about this. As usual, they started to struggle before the quarter-final draw - do they want Chinese players to meet in the quarter-finals, or do they not want to meet.
The reason for hoping to meet is that it can ensure that at least one person can enter the semi-finals of the Champions League.
If you don’t want to meet, you think that based on the performance of Chinese players in the Champions League this season, maybe they can reach the semi-finals of the Champions League without meeting?
Wouldn't it be possible for three Chinese players to reach the semi-finals in the Champions League?
For this reason, Chinese football fans have transformed themselves into probabilists and started to arrange and analyze various possibilities.
Then after the official UEFA draw results came out, some people were happy and some were worried.
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Group 1 Champions League quarter-final matchup:
Defending champions Madrid Pirates take on Manchester United.
This is a new matchup in the Champions League quarter-finals in recent years.
But the media still have gimmicks to speculate on, because when Hulay was in Leeds City, he and Manchester United were rivals for the championship. At the same time, they can also bring Kabangka in and follow suit - because Hulay
The only victory against Manchester United was without Kabangka.
If Hulay can lead the Madrid Pirates to eliminate Manchester United this time, then the media can take the opportunity to run against Manchester United and say, "Sure enough, you can't beat Hulay without Kabangka!"
Of course, Manchester United also has something to say: "Catal United has Kabangca, but it is unlikely that they will be able to beat Hulay!"
In short, this kind of thing that the media likes to speculate on is that "the public is right when the public is right and the mother-in-law is right when the mother-in-law is right".
It is done because it is difficult to reach consensus. As long as there are differences, there will be quarrels. When there are quarrels, there will be traffic and popularity.
The media relies on traffic and popularity to survive.
Picking up trouble is their innate skill.
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The second group is against Ruhr Rhein and Kings Madrid.
Ruerrhein is enjoying great momentum this season. Their center Janus Edman is becoming more and more physically mature. The 20-year-old has been making a killing in both the Bundesliga and the Champions League this season.
The reason why Ruhr Rhein was able to eliminate last season's Premier League champion London Bridge in the Champions League quarter-finals was because Edman's hat trick at home in the second round helped Ruhr Rhein defeat London Bridge 3:1.
Ruhrlein, which is gaining momentum, meets the Kings of Madrid, who are in ups and downs. This game is also worth watching.
After the impact of Hulay in the past two seasons, Melly's dominance is not as convincing as before.
Moreover, Edman has always been the target that the Madrid King is trying to introduce. I don’t know if this confrontation will allow the Madrid King to continue to seduce him to come to Madrid.
Especially this season's failure in the league has deepened many people's worries about the offensive firepower of the Kings of Madrid. Everyone can see that Melli alone may not be able to carry the behemoth of the Kings.
And Edelman was simply born for kings.
If he can join the team, he can add a ball-holding point in the frontcourt, reduce the pressure on Melli, and provide support to Melli.
In addition, looking at Melli's assists this season, I believe that if Edman comes, he will score many more goals.
It can be said to be a "win-win".
Therefore, this confrontation may become a "battle of inspection" for the Kings of Madrid.
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The third group matchup is Catalan United and Stan Park Rangers.
When Kabangka was still playing football at Manchester United, he often played against Stan Park Rangers.
They are direct competitors in the Premier League, fighting hard for the league title every season.
But this matchup actually has the least gimmicks.
In the fourth group, Tramed played against Atlético Amsterdam, and the Chinese Derby was staged again in the Champions League!
And this is the first time that Chen Xingyi and Luo Kai, the wings of the Chinese national team, have met in the Champions League!
Chinese media celebrates the New Year!
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"That's great. At least one person is guaranteed to advance to the semi-finals of the Champions League!"
After seeing the result of the draw, many fans on the Internet in China cheered for the result.
Hu Lai and his group were also cheering.
"Great! You can ask Luo Kai about gossip in person!" Chen Xingyi posted a cheering emoji in the group.
Hu Lai: "Good guy, so the secret to your performance is gossip?"
Chen Xingyi retorted: "What gossip? It's curiosity! Curiosity is the driving force for human progress - haven't you heard this sentence?"
"Didn't Qingqing explain everything clearly to you before? Do you have anything else to ask?" Wang Guangwei felt strange.
In front of Hu Lai, Chen Xingyi couldn't say, "Of course I asked him if he found Li Qingqing's best friend because he hasn't forgotten Li Qingqing yet?"
He could only prevaricate: "What I heard before was what the female client said. This time I want to ask the male client. Only by understanding it from multiple angles can we restore all the details of this matter more comprehensively."
Wang Guangwei: "You are here to judge the case!"
Chen Xingyi: "No, aren't you curious about Luo Kai's mental journey? Why did he suddenly get involved with Lilith?"
Zhang Qinghuan made a pensive expression: "Indeed. I think it's enough to surprise me that Luo Kai has a girlfriend. I didn't expect that his girlfriend is a foreign girl. I didn't expect that the one who has the most fun is watching
The most infatuated person ever”
Seeing that Brother Huan agreed with him, Chen Xingyi quickly said, "Really? So I wanted to ask Luo Kai how he completed this psychological change."
Zhang Qinghuan said: "But there is one thing to say, little Xingxing, you are really mean. Aren't you afraid of irritating Luo Kai?"
Are you ready to explode?"
Chen Xingyi thought carefully: "So I plan to ask after two rounds."
Hu Lai said: "It's inappropriate."
"What's wrong?"
"I'll ask you after two rounds of the game. If you lose, Xiao Xingxing, will you still be in the mood to care about gossip?"
"Uh" Chen Xingyi was stunned for a moment, but he didn't realize the problem.
Next to him, Wang Guangwei felt that Hu Lai was still making fun of Chen Xingyi, so he shouted: "Hu Lai, how do you know that Little Xingxing will lose? You are cursing him! Little Xingxing, I am not a troublemaker, but this matter
If it were me, I definitely wouldn’t be able to bear it!”
Hu Lai was not afraid of Wang Guangwei's provocation at all: "Haha. Even if Little Xingxing wins, do you think that with Luo Kai's gloomy character and being eliminated, he will still be willing to deal with Little Xingxing who is so gossipy? Little
If you ask about gossip, wouldn't you be pointing the finger at the muzzle?"
Now Wang Guangwei was speechless.
Because Hu Lai is right!
Others also said: "Hu Lai is right!"
Chen Xingyi was unwilling to give in: "If we co-author it, I can't ask at all?"
Hu Lai made plans for him: "Not really. You can ask before the game, little star.
Chen Xingyi: "Hey! Who said before that they were afraid of stimulating Luo Kai's semen? Oh, it's Brother Huan. Brother Huan is sorry, I didn't say you are a ***!"
Wang Guangwei: "Little Xingxing, it would be better if you didn't say this last sentence."
Zhang Qinghuan: "Chen Xingyi, what the hell are you?"
Hu Lai: "Little Star, if I were you, I would suddenly ask Luo Kai when shaking hands before the game. Then don't wait for his answer, just run away after asking. Don't communicate with him again until the end of the game. I guarantee that I can
It made him feel uneasy throughout the whole game, like a lump in his throat."
Xia Xiaoyu: "."
Morikawa Junpei: "High, really high!"
Zhang Qinghuan: "Hu Lai, you are so mean!"
Wang Guangwei: "Master, this is a master."
Chen Xingyi: "*** you are awesome!"
Hu Lai held his mobile phone and smiled like a master.
Li Qingqing, who was watching the entire group chat, couldn't help but complain: "You guys are so boring!"