292: UEFA wants to send Crystal Palace into the top eight
With Crystal Palace's home draw with Dynamo Kyiv, the quarter-finals of the 2013-2014 Europa League knockout rounds are all over, and all the teams that have advanced to the top 16 of this season have been born.
Anzhi defeated Genk with a total score of 2-1 and advanced; Fiorentina defeated Esbjerg with a total score of 4-2 and advanced; Crystal Palace defeated Dynamo Kyiv with a total score of 3-1 and advanced; Benfica defeated Serbia with a total score of 4-0.
Thessaloniki advanced; Juventus defeated Trabzonspor with a total score of 4-0 and advanced; Alkmaar defeated Liberez with a total score of 2-1 and advanced; Lyon defeated Channomou with a total score of 1-0
Spurs advanced; Tottenham Hotspur defeated Dnipro with a total score of 3-2 and advanced; Porto drew with Frankfurt with a total score of 5-5 and advanced on away goals; Naples defeated Valencia with a total score of 3-1.
Advance; Basel defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv with a total score of 3-0 and advanced; Pearson defeated Shakhtar Donetsk with a total score of 3-2 and advanced; Sevilla defeated Maribor with a total score of 4-3 and advanced;
Red Bull Wolzburg defeated Ajax with a total score of 6-1 to advance, Real Betis defeated Rubin Kazan with a total score of 3-1 and advanced, and Ludogorets defeated Lazio with a total score of 4-3 to advance.
The top 16 of the 2013-2014 Europa League are Anzhi, Fiorentina, Crystal Palace, Benfica, Juventus, AZ Alkmaar, Lyon, Tottenham Hotspur, Porto, Naples, Basel, Pearson, and Sevilla.
, Red Bull Salzburg, Real Betis and Ludogorets.
Among the top 16 teams, there are 3 Italian teams, 2 Spanish teams, 2 Premier League teams, 2 Portuguese teams, and then there are one team each from France, Russia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Austria and Bulgaria.
Of course, Tong Yi doesn't care about these. What Tong Yi cares about is the subsequent draw.
By the time we get here, there is no longer a policy of avoiding the same league, so at this time, it is possible for Crystal Palace to draw Tottenham Hotspur.
Before the draw, media reporters interviewed Tong Yi, "Do you hope to draw Tottenham Hotspur from the Premier League at this time?"
Tong Yi didn't even think about it and answered directly, "To be honest, at this point, it doesn't matter whoever is drawn. It's nothing special, even if it's Tottenham Hotspur, it's nothing, anyway, it's a victory."
Belongs to our Crystal Palace."
The media reporters were all surprised. Is Tong Yi so confident?
But when you think about Crystal Palace currently ranking first in the Premier League, Tong Yi is confident and understandable.
Who would have thought that Crystal Palace, a newly promoted team, could still be at the top of the Premier League at this time. It is really amazing.
However, the Europa League and the Premier League are different.
Your Crystal Palace may not be able to advance to the next round.
Anyway, at this time, media reporters are still not optimistic about Crystal Palace, thinking that Crystal Palace will be eliminated next.
Moreover, in their opinion, Juventus from Serie A and Spain have the highest probability of winning the Europa League this season. In Sevilla, these two teams are the kings.
The other teams are in the second level.
Faced with such questions from media reporters, Tong Yi said, "Who said our Crystal Palace is not the first-class team? Our Crystal Palace is the top team in the Premier League? And I myself have won the Europa League. Is it possible?
Aren’t we at Crystal Palace the favorites to win the title?”
hiss!
The media reporters all took a breath, this guy Tong Yi really dared to say that.
However, what Tong Yi said is true!
Crystal Palace is indeed ranked first in the Premier League, and Tong Yi once won the Europa League. At that time, he led newly promoted Bundesliga team 1860 Munich to win the Europa League.
hiss!
Is this season going to happen again yesterday?
Will Tong Yi lead another newly promoted team to win the Europa League?
If this is the case, then Tong Yi can be called the Godfather of the Europa League!
To be honest, when thinking about these times, media reporters hope that Tong Yi can lead Crystal Palace to win the Europa League this season. They really want to see Tong Yi and the others create new champions and new records, and they have even done so now
There's no time to wait.
Of course, whether Crystal Palace can create history depends on who they draw next?
If in this draw, Crystal Palace draws Juventus or Sevilla, it will be over and Crystal Palace has no chance at all.
Juventus and Sevilla are not defeatable by just any team.
However, Tong Yi didn't think so, he could just draw any team.
If you really want to win the championship, you must have the ambition to defeat all opponents.
At this time, the draw ceremony for the top 16 knockout rounds of the 2013-2014 Europa League officially began, and Tong Yi attended the draw ceremony. To be honest, this process is quite long, and the organizers seem to be deliberately prolonging the draw.
Time, anyway, Tong Yi’s butt hurts from sitting.
Finally, the results of the 2013-2014 Europa League top 16 draw are released, as follows
AZ Alkmaar v Anzhi; Tottenham Hotspur v Benfica
Juventus v Fiorentina Lyon v Pearson Forest
Ludogorets v Crystal Palace; Basel v Red Bull Salzburg
Porto v Napoli; Sevilla v Real Betis
This is the result of the draw.
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Two of the games are civil wars in the same league, namely the battle between La Liga duo Sevilla and Real Betis, and the battle between Serie A duo Juventus and Fiorentina.
To be honest, these two games are really attractive.
However, media reporters from the two countries felt very speechless. If they did not meet in this round, they would both be able to successfully reach the top 8 of this season's Europa League. Now that they have met in advance, this is their league's first
What a loss.
Of course, some media reporters think that these two countries are lucky. After all, after facing off against teams in the same league, they will definitely be able to ensure that one team can advance to the Europa League quarterfinals without being completely wiped out.
However, media reporters from these two countries have no such idea, because in their view, these teams in their countries are not used to being able to defeat their opponents and advance to the next round.
Now that they meet, they will be killed.
This makes media reporters in these countries very unhappy.
Then, major media claimed that Crystal Palace really got the top lottery, and directly drew the very weak Bulgarian team Ludogorets. Isn’t this a guarantee of a berth in the top 8 of the Europa League? Is it true that UEFA is
Do you want to contribute to the myth that Tong Yi once again led the newly promoted team to win the Europa League?
These UEFA executives are so stupid!
You allowed the newly promoted team to win the Europa League twice. Is this a change of direction? The number of strong opponents in the Europa League is very low, and the quality of the competition is extremely poor? The Europa League has no gold content?
Anyway, these media reporters feel that if Crystal Palace wins the championship, it will definitely not be a good thing.
To be honest, it is inevitable for media reporters like this to think so.
Because if Crystal Palace defeats Ludogorets and advances to the next round, their opponents will be born between Basel and Red Bull Salzburg. Whoever wins will face Crystal Palace in the quarter-finals.
These two opponents are not very strong either!
Doesn’t UEFA want to send Crystal Palace directly to the semi-finals?
UEFA really worked hard to get Crystal Palace to win the championship.
Anyway, these media reporters are very dissatisfied. They all think that UEFA is trying to protect Crystal Palace.
But UEFA officials feel that they are wronged. They have never thought about it that way. And what benefits does it bring to our Europa League and UEFA to let the newly promoted team Crystal Palace win the championship?
You media reporters are just not satisfied with the draw result of your home team, so you just randomly find some reasons to criticize us. You scumbags are really hopeless.
To be honest, UEFA officials are really angry.
However, Tong Yi is really happy. This draw is indeed a very good draw for Crystal Palace, top draw!
Ludogorets' strength is indeed not that great.
However, Tong Yi will not underestimate his opponents. After all, they defeated the Lazio team from Italy 4-3 in the quarter-finals. They still have some strength!
Tong Yi does not want to become the next Lazio and become a stepping stone for Ludogorets.
Therefore, Tong Yi still attaches great importance to this team.
When being interviewed by media reporters, Tong Yi said, "Yes, this is indeed a good sign for our Crystal Palace. I am also very satisfied with it. However, the strength of our opponents is not what you imagined."
The team is so weak, we Crystal Palace must be prepared. Otherwise, we will be the next Lazio!"
At this time, the Italian reporters who were shouting loudly were speechless and looked extremely embarrassed.
Previously, they were madly criticizing UEFA for allowing Crystal Palace to face Ludogorets, who was of low strength. This was a walk-off for Crystal Palace. Now, didn’t Lazio in your league have already encountered Ludogorets? Didn’t you Lazio?
Should they be sent to the top 16? What about them?
Italian journalists are so shameless!
It's all damn Lazio's fault!
If you can't even play against such a team, what else can you do?
Tong Yi continued, "Any team that reaches the top 16 of the Europa League is not a weak team and has a chance to advance to the top 8. So we will not underestimate any opponent. No matter who we encounter, we will do our best."
Go ahead and try to win, and then directly advance to the next round!"
The media in England nodded one after another, thinking that what Tong Yi said was so good and awesome!
Tong Yi also said, "Of course, the biggest winners of the Europa League this season are Juventus and Sevilla. I strongly agree that these two teams are very strong. Even if we meet them at Crystal Palace,
It’s also difficult to resist. I won’t think about it now. Our current task is to find ways to defeat Ludogorets. We’ll talk about the rest later!”
The media in England nodded one after another and gave Tong Yi a thumbs up.
It is correct to focus on the present. Only by defeating Ludogorets will Crystal Palace have the opportunity to consider other opponents. If they lose to Ludogorets, is it useful for Crystal Palace to think so much now?
It’s of no use at all!
Crystal Palace should focus on the present and prepare well for the game against Ludogorets.
Of course, what Tong Yi has to consider now is not the game against Ludogorets, but the next Premier League game. Yes, there is still a while of Europa League games, and the next game at Crystal Palace
It is the 28th round of the Premier League. They will challenge Swansea away from home.