The UEFA Champions League group stage has ended and the top 16 teams have been formed. Now everyone is most concerned about the draw results of the next UEFA Champions League top 16 teams.
During this period of time, major European media have been predicting the results of this draw, and many media have even invited many football celebrities to predict the draw of this season's UEFA Champions League knockout rounds.
Among them, Pele, the most famous former football champion in international football, said in an interview with a Spanish media: "In this Champions League, I am optimistic about Real Madrid. They will definitely win the final UEFA Champions League championship."
Speaking of the draw predictions for the next UEFA Champions League top 16, Pele said this: "I think this time the UEFA Champions League top 16 matches will definitely be very interesting. It should be Real Madrid vs. Bayern Munich and Manchester United vs.
Inter Milan, Chelsea vs. AC Milan.”
At this time, a reporter asked: "Where is Liverpool?"
Mr. Bailey thought for a while and then said: "I think Liverpool will definitely be lucky this time. Their opponents should not be strong."
Mr. Pele was actually optimistic about Liverpool and had good luck. These media reporters mourned the Liverpool team one after another, because according to past practice, if Pele promised a good player or team, it would definitely be finished.
The German media interviewed German football emperor Beckenbauer. Beckenbauer predicted this: "My luck in winning Bayern Munich will definitely not be very good this time. As for Stuttgart, I think the prospects are not good either."
Optimistic. However, I believe that the Bundesliga teams will perform well in the Champions League."
The English media interviewed former England superstar Alan Shearer, who said this: "Among the four teams in England, I think the Gunners must have better luck. Of course, my last
What I would like to see is David return to Old Trafford."
In addition to interviewing these football legends, the media also interviewed current football stars and head coaches. Italy's "Gazzetta dello Sport" interviewed England star David Baker, who is currently playing for the Rossoneri.
Ham.
David Beckham said this in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport: "Logically speaking, I hope that my team can encounter a weak team. However, now I really want to win.
Returning to Old Trafford to play, because I have never gone back to play a game in seven years since I left Old Trafford. I expected it to be Manchester United! Hahaha, if I say this, Milan fans will not
He will whip me! Hahaha..."
Yes, it has been seven years since David Beckham left Manchester United, and he has never returned to Old Trafford to play a game as a player. What if the Rossoneri really won the draw for Manchester United?
If so, this is really a nice sight to see.
"Gazzetta dello Sport" also interviewed Carlo Ancelotti, the former coach of the Rossoneri and now the head coach of the Blues Chelsea. The Chelsea coach said this: "To be honest, if you can persist until now,
They are not easy to deal with. Of course, if you ask me who is the most difficult to deal with, I think it will definitely be the Milan duo, especially Inter Milan, they are very strong."
Inter Milan's Zanetti actually had the same idea as Ancelotti. He said this in an interview with Gazzetta dello Sport: "Entering the knockout rounds, all teams are very strong. If we want
If you reach the final, you will definitely encounter these difficult teams sooner or later. But if you ask me which team I want to avoid the most, I think it should be Chelsea."
It can be seen from here that neither Inter Milan nor Chelsea want to meet each other.
At this time, England's "Mirror" interviewed Benitez, the head coach of the English team that performed the worst in the UEFA Champions League group stage.
Benitez said this when being interviewed by media reporters: "The teams that can win the first place in the UEFA Champions League group stage are very strong. No matter who we face, we only have the same strength.
One goal is to defeat the opponent."
Benitez's answer certainly did not satisfy the reporters of the "Mirror". They asked again: "If you had to name an opponent you least want to face, who would you choose? Of course.
Except for the other top three in the Premier League."
Obviously, the "Mirror" reporter did not give Benitez a chance to make jokes.
At this time, Benitez looked embarrassed, but he still thought carefully for a while, and then replied: "If I really want to say it, I think I still don't want to meet Real Madrid. Everyone knows them.
The momentum is strong, they have invested so much this summer, and they must be eager to make a difference."
Indeed, Real Madrid really spent a lot of money this summer, spending more than 90 million to introduce Cristiano Ronaldo, another 60 million to introduce Kaká, and another three to four thousand to introduce Benzema, and haha
Via Alonso and others, this summer, Real Madrid only did one thing, and that was to burn money.
The cost is so huge, if Real Madrid is not aiming for the UEFA Champions League title, who the hell would believe it?
Liverpool's head coach Benitez doesn't want to meet Real Madrid, but the team's star Qiu Ze has exactly the opposite idea. Qiu Ze said this in an interview with the Mirror: "I think
It would be best for our Liverpool team to meet Real Madrid. Although Real Madrid has burned a lot of money in the summer, if a team wants to win the championship, it can succeed by not only burning money."
Qiu Ze also said: "Now Real Madrid seems to be full of stars and has superior strength. In fact, it is a mess. As long as they encounter some difficulties, the team will collapse. Therefore, I still hope that our Liverpool team can meet Real Madrid
Team."
Liverpool captain Gerrard agreed with what Qiu Ze said in an interview with the Mirror: "I think Chris is right. Real Madrid looks strong, but in fact it is strong on the outside and weak on the inside. We are vulnerable.
I hope to be drawn against Real Madrid.”
Liverpool is treating Real Madrid as a soft persimmon. Of course, the players of Real Madrid cannot accept it. They have accepted interviews with Spanish newspaper "Marca" to fight back against Liverpool.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the biggest foreign player introduced by Real Madrid this year and currently the most valuable player in world football, accepted an interview with Marca. He said this: "If you want to ask me, Real Madrid hopes
If the opponent is drawn, I will definitely say Inter Milan, because everyone knows that Inter Milan is the strongest team in the second place in all groups. As long as we defeat them, the champion of this UEFA Champions League will be ours.
It’s in the bag.”
Cristiano Ronaldo's words did not take the Liverpool team seriously at all. The Liverpool team was directly ignored by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Real Madrid flag Raul said this when being interviewed by media reporters: "Originally we did not think of Liverpool. To be honest, the current Liverpool team is no longer the Liverpool team two seasons ago.
It can be seen from their results in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season that they are not too strong an opponent."
Raul continued: "But after hearing what the Liverpool goalkeeper said before, I hope we can draw the Liverpool team. In this case, we can use practical actions to prove to the people of Liverpool that our Real Madrid is not something that any shrimp can challenge.
.”
Raul also said: "Our goal at Real Madrid has always been Liverpool, because our goal is to win the Champions League. To be honest, we don't care who we meet now, because we only have the championship in our eyes."
Real Madrid's center back Pepe also accepted interviews with media reporters. He said this: "The strength of our team has made great progress this season. Our team itself is very confident. We
It seems that the Champions League title is beckoning to us, so we can meet anyone."
Real Madrid's players were full of confidence after this, and of course they gave people an image of arrogance, as if they didn't care about anyone, which made everyone dissatisfied with them.
Before the game, all kinds of interviews and predictions were flying all over the place. Everyone has their own opinions, so the results of these predictions are varied. Of course, after summarizing these, everyone still found one thing in common, that
It's the kind of strong showdown that everyone hopes to see here.
And the discussions during this period are much more intense than those in the same period in the past. This is mainly because there are many strong teams ranking second in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season.
Got the chance.
Now the outside media and fans are looking forward to the upcoming lottery ceremony, and they seem to be unable to wait.
At this time, Qiu Ze and Liverpool coach Benitez left Liverpool and flew to UEFA's headquarters to participate in the upcoming UEFA Champions League top 16 draw ceremony.
At this time, the head coaches and club presidents of all the major clubs flew to Nyon, Switzerland, to participate in the draw ceremony for the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Almost all of them came to Switzerland on the same day, because
Time is running out.
They all rested for a few hours in the organizer's hotel, and then began to enter the venue for the day. When Qiu Ze followed Benitez, they saw a lot of team coaches and clubs.
CEOs.
Many of them greeted Qiu Ze and Benitez, including Real Madrid head coach Pellegrini, Chelsea head coach Carlo Ancelotti and others. Especially Pellegrini.
Legrini, he even invited Qiu Ze to join Real Madrid in person.
After a brief greeting, Qiu Ze followed Benitez to where the Premier League coaches gathered and sat down. They were all waiting for the official start of the draw ceremony for the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League.