By this time, the top eight teams of this season's UEFA Champions League have been completely formed. They are Liverpool, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Barcelona, Bordeaux, Inter Milan and CSKA Moscow.
England still occupies the majority of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals this time. Three of their teams have advanced to the quarter-finals, which is still the best among them. This makes the media reporters and fans in England very excited. It’s very exciting.
Excited.
The English teams that advanced to the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League are Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal. This year, Chelsea failed in the last 16 knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League. They lost to Italy's Internazionale
Milan, finally, the myth of all English teams advancing to the quarterfinals of the Champions League is over.
Next, each team is from a different country, Barcelona from Spain, Bordeaux from France, Inter Milan from Italy, CSKA Moscow from Russia, and Bayern Munich from Germany. In other words, this season’s European champions
There are already six national teams in the top eight of the league. This is the first time in the eleven-year history of the Champions League.
Moreover, the allocation of quotas this time is also perfect. Not one of the five major European leagues is missing, and all teams have advanced to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League this season. It is really perfect.
The day after this ended, the head coaches of each team flew to Lausanne, Switzerland, the headquarters of UEFA, to conduct the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League.
This time Qiu Ze and others did not go to Switzerland. They stayed at Liverpool because they had a league game to be played the next day. The ones who left Liverpool for Switzerland were Liverpool's head coach Benitez and Liverpool FC.
officials, they went to participate in this lottery ceremony.
Qiu Ze and the Liverpool players sat in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast of the draw ceremony.
Now there is no evasion principle in this lottery. Any team can be drawn. This makes Qiu Ze and others very nervous.
Of course, the English media reporters are equally nervous. They actually hope that the English team will not encounter everything at this time. In this case, it is possible for the English team to enter the final four together.
Before the lottery was drawn, major media outlets reported on the lottery one after another. Special reporters even had to interview the team managers. They wanted to know what kind of lottery these people wanted to get.
Last year's UEFA Champions League champion Barcelona is the one that everyone wants to know the most, because they are still the favorite to win the UEFA Champions League this season, and they want to see which team this favorite is afraid of.
After Barcelona's UEFA Champions League round of 16 knockout, Barcelona's sports director Begstein said when being interviewed by media reporters: "If we talk about the team we least want to encounter, then I
I think it was Manchester United, our opponent in the Champions League final last year. They are a very capable team. They caused us a lot of trouble last year and we don’t want to encounter them at this time.”
When Manchester United CEO David Gill was interviewed by media reporters, he expressed the same idea: "To be honest, if I were asked to choose, I would never choose Barcelona. They are currently the favorite.
Who would want to face Barcelona at this time, hahaha!"
Although David Gill answered this question in a joking way, everyone can see that David Gill really doesn't want to face Barcelona at this time.
The German football emperor Beckenbauer had also accepted interviews with media reporters before. At this time, he said: "If I had to choose, I would rather avoid Liverpool. Liverpool is a very evil team.
Although they performed very poorly in the group stages of this season's UEFA Champions League, they are still not a team to be underestimated. Look at Real Madrid. We don't want to become the second Real Madrid. Of course, if we can,
I would rather avoid all the English teams, they are really difficult to deal with."
Inter Milan's president Moratti also accepted an interview with media reporters before the draw. He said: "Of course, if I had to choose, I would definitely choose CSKA Moscow or Bordeaux. They are very strong, but relatively
Compared to other teams, I think they are still a little weaker."
Moratti said what everyone wants to say. Indeed, among the quarter-finals of this UEFA Champions League, Bordeaux and CSKA Moscow are slightly easier to deal with. The other teams are not good opponents. Everyone hopes
These two teams can be drawn.
Former Arsenal star Pires was interviewed by media reporters. He said: "I think Arsenal is hopeful of winning the Champions League this season. I very much hope that the team can draw Bordeaux.
The most important team must avoid Barcelona, they are indeed very strong."
The American owner of the Liverpool team naturally also accepted interviews from media reporters. At this time, he was already overwhelmed by the economic crisis. He had the energy to pay attention to you. He said this: "Everyone he meets
It's possible that we won't pick our opponents, we just need to show our strength and that's it. I believe our team will bring victory."
Well, the American owner of the Liverpool team is so arrogant. He didn’t even take any of his opponents seriously. The situation exploded in an instant. There were a lot of media criticizing the American owner of the Liverpool team for being arrogant and arrogant, especially after entering the eighth round.
The media where those teams are located has become stronger, and Liverpool has instantly become a public enemy.
The American owner of the Liverpool team doesn't care about this now. After accepting the interview, he flew directly to the United States, leaving a mess for the Liverpool team. This gave Benitez a headache. What did this guy say?
, he has to say something like this, what should Benitez do?
Benitez is very upset. He has been too worried about those damn transfer rumors recently, and now something like this happens again. Benitez is really speechless, and at the same time he is more determined not to be with Liverpool anymore.
The American owner of the team made the official decision to leave Liverpool after the end of this season.
When Benitez was waiting for him to go to Lausanne, Switzerland, the head coaches of the top eight teams in Europe did not give Benitez a good look. Who told Liverpool not to take them seriously? There were even some
Many club managers use words to stimulate the Liverpool team. For example, Alex Ferguson, the manager of Manchester United, asked in front of everyone how much Chris was worth and if he could sell it to us, Manchester United.
On the spot, these guys asked themselves how much these stars cost. Their attitude of not giving up until they bought out your Liverpool team made Benitez very angry. Damn guys, they must have thought about it a long time ago.
Benitez was so angry that he had to deal with his brother like this.
Qiu Ze and others did not know that their head coach had received a cordial reception in Lausanne. At this time, he was worried about the drawing ceremony for the quarter-finals of the European Championship. In fact, they also had several teams in mind.
Don't want to encounter it.
For example, Qiu Ze doesn't want to meet Inter Milan. The current Inter Milan team looks like a champion. This opponent is very strong. He is not willing to meet such an opponent at this time.
Soon, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League is about to begin. There are no evasion rules in this draw. Any two teams have the possibility of running into each other. And this draw is based on divisions. This is also
The last draw for the UEFA Champions League this season has been held, and after this draw there will be no more draws.
This draw is divided into upper and lower halves, and the opponents in the next round will be the winners of the teams in the same half. In other words, this draw will actually determine the opponents of the respective teams in the semi-finals, so,
Now everyone is very concerned about it.
Soon, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League officially began. UEFA President Platini made a speech, and then the draw began directly.
The first team to be drawn was the first team in the top half. At this time, everyone was still quite nervous, but Qiu Ze and others were not nervous at all. They did not think that they could be drawn with this move. They could
Not so lucky.
But what Qiu Ze and others did not expect was that the first team to be drawn out was their Liverpool team. Liverpool became the first team in the top half, which also meant that they had to play home games first and finally away games.
Contest.
Next is the first team in the second half, Inter Milan is drawn. Seeing this, Qiu Ze breathed a sigh of relief. Now they will not collide with Inter Milan. If they want to meet Inter Milan, they will have to wait.
It's time for the finals.
Next is the second team in the top half. Qiu Ze and others immediately paid attention. This is likely to be their opponent in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. They are all looking forward to it. Who is this? Bayern
Munich!
Bayern Munich's strength is also very good. This team deserves attention. Next is the second team in the bottom half, and the one drawn is Arsenal.
Next is the most nervous moment, because the draws begin. The first draw is the opponent of Liverpool, the first team in the top half. At this time, the media in England are all trying to make sure not to win.
Manchester United.
Qiu Ze and others are also looking forward to it. At this time, their opponent in the quarterfinals appeared. Bordeaux from the French Ligue 1. This is a good draw, a good draw. Liverpool fans are very excited.
Excited, extremely excited.
The next step is to draw the opponent of the first team in the lower half. The first team in the lower half is Inter Milan, and their opponent is CSKA Moscow. Inter Milan is so lucky that they actually draw
Winning the opponent that everyone wants to draw.
The next step is to rush to the opponent of the second team in the upper half. If this opponent is drawn, the opponent of the second team in the lower half will automatically be generated. Now there are still Manchester United and Barcelona.
Didn't win.
At this time, the English media reporters certainly hope that Arsenal will not draw Manchester United, but Arsenal would actually rather draw Manchester United than Barcelona.
At this time, Bayern Munich's opponents were drawn out. They were Manchester United from England. Then Arsenal's opponent was naturally Barcelona. The English media was excited. None of the three teams in England faced each other.
In other words, there is a chance that all of them will enter the final four.
By this time, the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League have come out. The top half is Liverpool vs. Bordeaux, Bayern Munich vs. Manchester United; the bottom half is Inter Milan vs. CSKA Moscow, and Arsenal vs. Barcelona.
Liverpool are very satisfied with this result. Although Bordeaux performed very well in the group stage and became the team with the highest points in the group stage. They even defeated Bayern Munich and Juventus. However, they
The opponents they faced in the top 16 were not strong, they just defeated Olympiacos 3-1.
Bordeaux should advance to the quarter-finals. They are much better than Olympiacos, but Liverpool people think that Bordeaux is not their opponent. They have watched Bordeaux's previous games. Although they have the strength, it is not easy for them to defeat Liverpool.
possible.
The English media also think so. They believe that Liverpool is the English team with the best lottery draw, and they should be the team that can guarantee promotion to the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League. Manchester United and Arsenal are a bit uncertain.