Chapter 609
Chapter 609
Every time this kind of lottery ceremony comes, the respective fans are both looking forward to and afraid of being hurt. They look forward to a good draw for their team and not too strong opponents, and they are afraid that their team will be targeted by the shameless guys from UEFA.
You must know that UEFA has no shame at all for the sake of gimmicks and highlights. For them, the most important thing is that the game is exciting, but this is equally important for most fans.
The strongest matchup in the round of 16 knockout draw is undoubtedly the match between Chelsea and Bayern Munich, especially Li Feng, who remembers very clearly that the two teams came to the end in the original history.
Moreover, this UEFA Champions League final is still held at the Allianz Arena. As the home court of Bayern Munich, there is no doubt that it has special significance for the Bundesliga hegemony. Everyone seems to win the championship at their own doorstep.
In the 09-10 season, Real Madrid shouted the slogan of winning the tenth Champions League at the Bernabeu, but unfortunately, Real Madrid finally fell at the feet of Lyon, while Bayern Munich stepped on Lyon's body to the Bernabeu, competing with Inter Milan for the honor of the Triple Crown.
That UEFA Champions League was also the most exciting final since Liverpool played in Istanbul in the 04-05 season. Inter Milan took a 2-0 lead with a goal from Milito. Then Li Feng tied the score with an upside-down golden hook and a free kick to bring the game back to the starting point.
However, Zanetti staged a lore at the last moment, and Inter Milan became the final winner, standing on the top of Europe in the name of the Triple Crown.
Although Bayern Munich is not as arrogant as Real Madrid this season, in Bayern Munich's heart, it must be a lie to say that they don't expect it, but now they need to get past Chelsea first.
However, it is not without good news for Bayern Munich at present. I heard that the Chelsea boss is looking for a head coach all over the world. One can imagine the life of Villas-Boas at Chelsea at the moment.
If you want to talk about the highlights, it should be Manchester City vs. Basel. In the past few decades, Manchester United has always been higher than Manchester City. Manchester United fans have always looked down on Manchester City fans. Apart from the Manchester derby, there is no comparison between the two.
But in this situation, a huge change happened this summer. In the transfer market, the Manchester City duo chased Li Feng at the same time, which surprised everyone.
Li Feng chose Manchester City instead of the high-ranking Manchester United. In the subsequent league matches, Manchester City made great strides all the way, while Manchester United suffered bumps and bumps. The Manchester derby was even slaughtered by Manchester City.
The league is a protracted game, so although Manchester United fans are sad, they have not lost confidence. After all, Manchester United's comeback has not been unheard of in the Premier League. Ferguson has already proved it with facts.
But the Champions League at this moment makes Manchester United a little unacceptable. You know, they were runners-up last season, but this season they didn't even appear in the group stage.
What makes Manchester United even more unacceptable is that Manchester United's group opponents are not strong. Compared with Manchester City's super death group, Group C can be said to be the group where Manchester United will appear.
When the results of the round of 16 knockout draw came out, Manchester United fans even scolded UEFA for being shameless. This was obviously digging them out of the grave and flogging their corpses.
Of course, Manchester United fans at this moment would not have thought that when Manchester United was drawn to Group C when the group was drawn, they and Manchester City were drawn to Group A gloating.
This moment is the best explanation of what Feng Shui turns. In the next few days, Manchester City fans will be quite elated, even walking with wind.
Of course, gaining power for a while does not mean that they will always be strong in the future, but Manchester City fans who have been bullied for decades can't control that much.
As for the fans of Manchester United, at this moment, they can only silently pray that Basel will be stronger, and then give them a surprise and kill Manchester City, so that Manchester United can also mock back.
On the other hand, Manchester United fans are also constantly comforting themselves in their hearts, so that Manchester United can focus more on the league. Obviously, for Manchester United fans who are used to the Champions League, the UEFA Cup is not very attractive in their eyes.
There is also a contest between Arsenal and AC Milan. This is a war between the Premier League and Serie A. The two teams played against each other in 08. Arsenal is known as the killer of Serie A teams. Arsenal has eliminated Serie A teams seven times before.
And AC Milan was restrained by the Premier League. Only at the beginning of the 07-08 season, AC Milan was eliminated by the Premier League team in a row, but the good news for AC Milan is that the only two knockout goals of the head striker Ibrahimovic were against Arsenal.
And Arsenal happens to be Manchester City's next opponent in the league. In the No. 16 round of the league, Manchester City will sit at home and welcome Arsenal's challenge.
With the end of the UEFA Champions League draw, everyone turned their attention to the league again. The highlight of the No. 16 round of the Premier League is undoubtedly the match between Manchester City and Arsenal.
In the last round of the league, Manchester City scored three points with Li Feng's lore at the last moment, so the points with Manchester United were brought back to 7 winds.
However, in the past five rounds of the league, Manchester City, Manchester United and Arsenal have a very interesting phenomenon. The records of the three teams in the five rounds of the league are exactly the same.
They were four wins and one tie, and all the draws were in the No.13 round. Manchester City and Liverpool scored 1:1, Manchester United and Newcastle United also scored 1:1, and Arsenal and Fulham still scored 1:1.
There is no doubt that the championship competition this season is still between Manchester and London. The Manchester City duo occupy the top two in the league standings, and the next three to five are all London teams.
The third is Tottenham Hotspur with 34 points, the fourth is Chelsea, which just lost to Manchester City in the last round, with 31 points, and Arsenal is fifth with 29 points. After Arsenal are Liverpool and Newcastle United with 26 points. These seven teams form the first group.
This round of the league is also a battle between the two best-performing players in the Premier League this season. Van Persie scored 15 goals in [-] league rounds, ranking second in the scorer list with an average of one goal per game.
This kind of data was enough for Van Persie to top the scorer list in the past, but due to his bad luck, he met Li Feng, who was in better form and seized the opportunity abnormally. In the 18th round of the league, Li Feng scored [-] goals and firmly suppressed Arsenal's thigh.
However, the gap between three goals is actually not much, so Van Persie can still compete with Li Feng in the scorer list, but don't forget that Li Feng is not a striker, he is a midfielder.
(End of this chapter)