Chapter 662
Chapter 662 The Spectacular Knockout Draw
Then the UEFA Champions League group stage came to an end, and the draw for the knockout stage followed. This can also be said to be the most anticipated event after the UEFA Champions League group stage.
There are all kinds of grievances and topics in the draw of the Champions League knockout round, and UEFA has worked hard to make the knockout round have enough hot spots and highlights, even without face.
No, when the results of the draw for the first team came out, the Inter Milan and Manchester United fans were already scolding, but the neutral fans were already getting excited.
When Mourinho was still in the Premier League, the Chelsea he led could be said to be Manchester United's biggest enemy. The duel between Mourinho and Ferguson was the most interesting game in the Premier League.
After leaving Chelsea, the madman rested for almost a season, and only came back this summer. Then the madman went to Serie A. With the madman, the Serie A suddenly became more popular. However, the Premier League is not bad at present. Li Yi replaced the madman and became the "new darling" of the English media.
But now, the English media missed the Madmen very much, because Mourinho had faced them head-on at the time, winning and losing each other, but since Li Yi's arrival, the media really hadn't taken advantage of them.
But at the moment in Italy, Mourinho had already had a great time fighting with the Italian media, and even the Italian fans had almost forgotten about Li Yi.
Of course, it has nothing to do with Li Yi now, the battle between Ferguson and Mourinho will follow, and the duel between these two will definitely not disappoint.
However, the duel between the Premier League and Serie A was just the beginning. Then, Arsenal drew Roma, another Serie A team, and Chelsea returned to the Champions League Juventus.
Although Scolari's team performed well in the league, they only finished second in the group in the Champions League, and Juventus, who returned to the Champions League, beat Real Madrid to win the group first.
Fortunately, the last team in Serie A did not appear. Fiorentina finished third in the group and could only participate in the UEFA Cup. Otherwise, the Premier League and Serie A might go head-to-head.
"The confrontation between the old and the new leagues" Regarding the absoluteness of these three games, the media crowned the confrontation between the old and the new in the world's No. [-] league and the current world's No. [-] league.
Since the telephone gate, the degeneration of Serie A has become more and more obvious, but even so, Serie A was once the world's number one league, and there are still three thousand nails left in the so-called ship rot.
The Premier League has faintly become a new small World Cup. Chelsea has rapidly risen to become the fourth strongest in the Premier League due to the Russian oligarchs. The rapid rise of Leeds United in the past two years has shown the birth of the fifth strongest in the Premier League.
And the result of the draw for the fifth strongest team in the Premier League made the media and fans even more excited, including fans of Leeds United, because Leeds United's opponent was Real Madrid.
"Damn" But Real Madrid has already started cursing UEFA. What is the current situation of Real Madrid?The management has been completely chaotic, and various scandals have begun to break out. Calderon has obviously been unable to suppress the Real Madrid management. There are many factions and conflicts within the team.
Moreover, the new head coach can't suppress these Real Madrid players at all. It is said that the new head coach chosen by the management has also been criticized by fans and the media, because they actually invited Juan Delamos, who was fired by Tottenham.
"A head coach who can't do well at Tottenham still count on him to save Real Madrid?" Although Juan Delamos is Spanish, the Spanish media didn't give him any face.
It is precisely because of Calderon's decision that the chairman of Real Madrid is living in dire straits, because the arrival of Juan Delamos has not changed much for Real Madrid.
In fact, Real Madrid fans have been calling on the management to invite Li Yi back, but this is ultimately just wishful thinking of the fans, because it is impossible for Li Yi to return to Madrid.
No, Li Yi still returned to Madrid, but he returned to Madrid with a completely different identity, as the head coach of Leeds United, and returned to Madrid as the opponent of Real Madrid.
"For the sake of a gimmick, for the point of view, UEFA is really" Seeing such a result, Li Yi, one of the protagonists, was a little unhappy.
Indeed, Real Madrid's locker room problems have become more serious this season, and their state is also very problematic, but even so, Real Madrid's strength is still not to be underestimated. A bad Leeds United may really capsize in the gutter.
Leeds United did not win the first place in the group to match Real Madrid. Li Yi wanted to take advantage of the first place in the group to draw a weaker opponent. In the end, he met the most difficult bone.
But no matter how difficult the bone is, it will have to wait until February next year, so now Leeds United needs to focus on the league first, because Leeds United will face another difficult bone in the No. 17 round of the league, Liverpool.
As for the remaining draws for the Champions League, Leeds United obviously don't care anymore. Lyon will face Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon will face Bayern Munich, Villarreal will draw Panathinaikos, and Atletico Madrid will draw Porto.
This is a battle for first and second place in the league. At present, after the sixteenth round, Liverpool is 8 points behind Leeds United. If Liverpool loses this game, the point difference will widen to 11 points. This point difference can almost declare that Liverpool can no longer threaten Leeds United.
On the contrary, if Liverpool can finally defeat Leeds United, the point difference between the two sides will be reduced to 5 points, which will also make the next championship more suspenseful.
Therefore, in this upcoming duel, almost the whole of England is on the opposite side of Leeds United and supports Liverpool, because only when Liverpool defeats Leeds United, other teams have hope. Of course, this "hope of other teams" only refers to the top teams in the standings.
As for the rest of the players, it's not right to just watch the fun. They are envious and jealous of Leeds United. After all, everyone used to be at the same level. As a result, you quietly climbed up and even stood at the top of the league.
Many media put the word "revenge" on this duel. Liverpool was kicked out of the top four by Leeds United last season, which also caused Liverpool a very serious loss.
Therefore, whether it is the Liverpool management, the Liverpool coach and players, or even the fans, they all hope to win against Leeds United to prove themselves again and get back everything they lost last season.
Among them, it is related to Liverpool itself, and it is also related to the entire league. If Leeds United's winning streak is not stopped, this season's Premier League may lose suspense many rounds in advance.
Chelsea's decline has become somewhat obvious. Scolari has already started to attack Chelsea. Recently, Chelsea not only has some chaos on the court, but also signs of chaos in the locker room.
As for Manchester United and Arsenal, Manchester United lost too many points in front of them. Arsenal lost more points than Manchester United, so the most stable performance in the league is Liverpool, but Liverpool's stability is in exchange for the Champions League.
(End of this chapter)