The strongest winger

Chapter 302 Analyzing the Knockout

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When the boss Marchena heard that Ai Luo said that he wanted to draw Manchester United, he subconsciously rushed over and covered Ai Luo's mouth, and said with a Chinese proverb learned from Navarro: "Children's words are wuji!"

Ai Luo really enjoyed the Chinese proverb that came out of Marchena's mouth.

Compared with Marchena's subconscious actions, people like Aimar, Albiol and others looked at Ai Luo with sideways eyes, and did not make actual actions, but...they were praying in their hearts: Don't draw us!

Why pray when Aiello wants to draw Manchester United?

This matter can be traced back to the fact that Aiello's prediction of the outcome of the game was too accurate, and more importantly, he had accidentally "supposed" that Spain's opponent was Slovakia before the draw for the play-offs of the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

In the following draw ceremony, Spain really drew Slovakia.

Therefore, Ai Luo's mouth has always been scrupulous by his teammates.

But sometimes it is like this, good spirits do not have bad spirits.

When the lottery guest Facchetti took out one of the remaining four red balls from the red box, the players who were watching the lottery ceremony under the leadership of assistant coach Paul became nervous.

At the moment, Ai Luo, whose mouth was covered by Marchena, was also thinking in his heart: Is it true that we are playing Manchester United?

Because according to Ai Luo's memory, Manchester United should not have qualified this season, but in the end they qualified, so... Will God hand over Manchester United to Valencia in order to make "retribution"?

Although Ai Luo has always been an atheist, but... how to explain this time travel ten years ago?
Looking nervously at Facchetti on the large LCD screen.

Half a second later, Facchetti rolled over the red ball with a smile and said, "Valencia!"

"Fuck!!"

"This crow's mouth!!"

"OH-MY-GOD! It's really Manchester United..."

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After seeing the results of the draw, all the Valencia players who watched the draw ceremony for the 1/8 finals of this season's UEFA Champions League, except for Aiello, subconsciously howled.

back to the scene.

When Manchester United drew Valencia, an intriguing smile appeared on Sir Alex Ferguson's face, and this smile also murdered many 'flywheels'.

Compared to Ferguson's smile, Flores' expression was much lower.

The one who didn't express much with him was Chairman Soler.

Soler sighed deeply, his ideal opponent is Eindhoven who has not been drawn yet!
How would they feel if they knew that their opponent was "cursed" by Ai Luo?

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"Damn it! Is it really Valencia?"

Seeing that Manchester United had drawn Valencia, Ronaldo, who watched the draw ceremony, immediately gave Wayne Rooney a high-five to celebrate.

"Hahaha... I must give Brother Ai some color next year!!"

Fatty Rooney clenched his fists excitedly and said.

"Yeah yeah……"

C. Luo repeatedly nodded.

As everyone knows, when the two were clapping excitedly, his teammates subconsciously moved away from them by nearly half a meter, as if to express: What a fuss!
PSV draw Lyon

Inter Milan draw Liverpool
Ajax draw Villarreal

抽签仪式全部结束之后，现场司仪就宣布了本赛季欧冠1/8决赛的比赛时间：首回合将于明年2月21/22日举行，次回合将于明年3月7/8日举行。

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After the game ended, the presidents, CEOs, and head coaches of the clubs who came to the venue to participate in the lottery ceremony were surrounded by reporters from their respective opponents.

One of the most eye-catching is the draw between Barcelona and Chelsea, which played inextricably last season.

Therefore, the reporters surrounding Laporta, Rijkaard, Kenyon and Mourinho are the most.

The next day, the headlines in the mainstream media in Europe were: What a coincidence!English and Spanish war! !
The picture next to it is the English abbreviation of Chelsea and Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Manchester United, and Real Madrid and Arsenal.

"Chelsea was drawn again!" "Daily Sports" exclaimed. Although Barcelona talked about the possibility of playing against Chelsea before the draw, the Catalan media was still somewhat emotional when the result came out. "Barcelona had 6 possible opponents, but in the end they drew Chelsea. We have seen whether the luck is good or bad."

"Aspen" believes that Barcelona vs. Chelsea is another contest between Rijkaard's overall art and Mourinho's machine system. "If you have doubts about this concept, Barcelona and Chelsea, the two most stable teams in Europe, will demonstrate it clearly for everyone. This game is a five-star game in the 1/8 finals. For Barcelona, ​​​​it has a taste of revenge, because they can't forget being unfairly eliminated by Chelsea last season..."

"... last season they were better than Abramovich's mercenaries, but they were ruthlessly eliminated. Regardless, the fans should be prepared to enjoy the game. Mourinho is more crazy than ever. Lampard will prepare his cannons and Ronaldinho will give us new magic tricks."

Later, "Marca" talked about Valencia's encounter with the Red Devils Manchester United. "After Barcelona drew Chelsea and Real Madrid drew Arsenal, Valencia also drew Manchester United from England. The wins and losses of these three games can directly show who belongs to the future European No. [-] league! So far, Valencia and Manchester United have played against each other six times in the three major cups, with one win, four draws and one loss.

"...However, Valencia's performance in the league this season is much better than Manchester United's in the league. This season, Manchester United is still in the process of replacing the old and the new. Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, who are not yet 20 years old, are both growing up. In terms of the effectiveness of training young players, Valencia seems to be a lot ahead, and Ai is in good condition. First of all, the Champions League 1/8 finals in the Theater of Dreams may not get off to a good start."

Finally, I mentioned the match between Real Madrid and Arsenal. For Real Madrid fans, this is undoubtedly a big draw. Arsenal led by Arsene Wenger has always been fighting for the top four in the Premier League, but their results in the Champions League are not particularly ideal.

But as everyone knows, from 04 to 05, Real Madrid carried the title of Champions League Sixteen Lang until Mourinho took office.

Ai Luo handed the newspaper back to David Villa, and said at the same time: "David, don't worry...with me here, the goal is guaranteed! Hahaha..."

Of course, the answer to him is always the infinite middle finger.

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After Flores returned to the office at the Valencia training base, he scribbled the name of a team on his notebook: Manchester United!
What a tough opponent!

After watching for a while, I really can't think of any good way. He has not started the experience of the Champions League knockout in his coaching career. Even this season's Champions League group stage is the first time in his life, let alone the Champions League knockout.

He casually opened the "Valencia Sports Gazette" that was delivered today, and the headline of the newspaper: He's here!Why are you afraid of the Red Devils?

Seeing this, Flores' spirit was refreshed, and he murmured subconsciously: "Yes, we have him! What are you afraid of?"

In the following content, "Valencia Sports Daily" listed in detail all the data of Aiello this season, including the number of breakthroughs, success rate, goals and assists, a series of data, and finally came to a conclusion, "The stronger the opponent, the better the performance!"

The text reads, "When sorting out Ai's data, I found a very interesting thing, that is...he played very well against strong opponents! Putting aside the hat-tricks he performed at the Bernabeu and the Bernabeu last season, this season he performed hat-tricks at the Nou Camp, the Bernabeu, and the San Siro. That is to say...the stronger the opponent, the better his performance!"

"... For this reason, why do we have any reason to fear the Red Devils Manchester United? Don't forget... Manchester United's golden class of 92 has almost come to an end. Scholes, Solskjaer and Giggs have all entered the late stages of their careers. Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, who are similar to Ai's age, are still growing. Compared with our 'prince', they are more like a chase. Why should we be afraid?"

After reading the entire report, Flores read the newspapers with high sales volume in Spain such as "Marca", "Aspen", and "Mundo Deportivo" one after another, before starting his day's work with satisfaction.

Compared with the UEFA Champions League knockout round that will only start in February next year, he will be more focused on going to the Basque Country to challenge Alaves two days later.

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Alaves is a newly promoted team that has been promoted this season, and it has been doing well in La Liga so far. The most surprising thing is that they drew the defending champion Barcelona 0:0 at home in the first round.

But this was not the brightest time for this team. The brightest time for this team was in the 99-00 season. This year they won No.6 in La Liga, so they could participate in the UEFA Cup in the 00-01 season.

Valencia did not play hard in this game. At the end of the first half, they took a 2-0 lead. In the second half, David Villa scored two more goals and staged his second hat trick of the season.

Of course, it is worth mentioning that Ai Luo showed his selfless side in this game, with one goal and two assists.

His selflessness in this game also made a perfect criticism of the "too independent" point of view mentioned by "Aspen" before this game.

But after the game ended, it wasn't the most perfect comment for Ai Luo, because he received a more perfect news than this.

In other words --- his efforts this year have been recognized!

That is... the European Golden Boy Award that only started to rise in 2003!

And he is the winner of this year's European Golden Boy Award!

PS: Remember the quarter-finals of the national football team at 06:30!

(End of this chapter)