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Chapter 156 Lottery: Enemy's Road is Narrow

After Schalke beat Porto to advance to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Bayern played on the second day without any suspense.In the first round, they beat Sporting Lisbon 5:0 away. Even if the Bayern stars are playing casually at home, the cost is enough.

But no one expected that Bayern played a high score at home that stunned the whole of Europe.

In the first half, Bayern was full of firepower. Podolski scored twice in the 7th minute and No. 304 minutes. After 5 minutes, Schweinsteiger extended the advantage to 3:0, and then Sporting Lisbon's Mu Tinho finally pulled back a goal for the visiting team in No.40 two minutes, but before the end of the first half, Schweinsteiger received a cross from Lyle and also scored twice with a left-footed push.

At the end of the first half, Bayern led Sporting Lisbon 4:1, and the total score has reached 9:1.

But this is not over yet!
In the second half, Klinsmann replaced supernova Thomas Müller.Not long after playing, he won his first goal in the Champions League. In addition, Van Bommel and Podolski scored two more goals. Podolski staged the first hat-trick of his Champions League career.

最终比分定格在7:1，拜仁总比分12:1淘汰里斯本竞技。刷新了欧冠淘汰赛历史的最大分差。值得一提的是上次最大分差也和德甲球队有关，只不过他们是被屠杀的对象——2004-05赛季欧冠八分之一决赛，不莱梅两回合总比分2:10惨败里昂。

Therefore, after the game, the German media joked that Bayern was still strong, breaking the record of shame into a record of glory.

At the same time, what makes the German media more gratified than the double victory is that after reaching the quarter-finals, it is finally no longer Bayern who shoulders the honor of the Bundesliga alone.

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All the quarter-finals were produced. On the evening of the next day, BJ time, UEFA held a quarter-final draw at the headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. UEFA Secretary-General David Taylor presided over the draw. The guests invited to the draw were this season Bruno Conte, manager of Roma, where the Champions League final was held.

This season's Champions League quarter-finals are completely dominated by the Premier League, Bundesliga and La Liga.The Premier League is Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, and the Bundesliga is Bayern and Schalke. It is worth noting that the two teams in La Liga are not Barcelona and Real Madrid. Villarreal took over the position of Real Madrid.

The Champions League quarter-finals draw is far more interesting than the sixteenth draw, because there is no principle of evasion, which means that all the strong dialogues that fans want to see may appear.For top giants like Manchester United and Barcelona, ​​their Champions League season really starts at this time.

The German media are very concerned about the signing of Schalke 04. Bayern, who are completely focused on the Champions League, have confidence no matter who they meet.But it's different for Schalke 04.After all, their strength is still one tier behind the top level in Europe, and relatively better signing luck will make them more likely to go further.

The Chinese media and fans pay more attention.A number of media, including CCTV, have analyzed the other seven opponents. The top lottery is naturally Villarreal, and the lottery includes Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Bayern. With the strength of Schalke can fight.And if they unfortunately draw Manchester United or Barcelona, ​​the two favorites to win the championship, Schalke may be asking for more blessings.

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According to the process, the upper half will be drawn first, and Bruno Conte will draw the defending champion Manchester United directly. CCTV commentator He Wei smiled: "The king came out first, and it was (climax) (tide) as soon as he came up!"

The old fans who had watched too much of the lottery ceremony were tense, their hands holding their rice bowls stopped, and they stared at the TV screen.

This rhythm, the premonition is very bad!
One of the strongest teams will come out first, and then there may be a relatively weaker team...

Can't you really carry it like that?
Everyone is watching Bruno Conte take out a small white ball from the cylinder and hand it to David Taylor. The Red Devils fans in China are doing a difficult ideological struggle: if Schalke 04 is really drawn , for Manchester United's defending cause, of course it is a good signing, but they still have the status of Chinese fans, and they don't want Zhou Tiancheng to encounter Manchester United too early, otherwise he may not be able to see his wonderful performance in the Champions League after two games .

However, as the strips of paper twisted into balls unfolded, David Taylor shouted "Chelsea" loudly, and the entanglements of the Chinese fans were swept away, replaced by excited smiles watching the show.

He Wei suddenly raised his voice twice: "Ah! This year's quarter-finals will be a big show, and Manchester United will meet Chelsea. The Premier League civil war! Last season's Champions League final was staged ahead of schedule! Let's see if Dutch coach Guus Hiddink can lead his team to complete revenge."

But to be honest, when the two teams meet again, Chelsea's chances are even smaller.In less than a year, two coaches have been replaced.After losing the Champions League final last year, Chelsea's executives fired Israeli Avram Grant and World Cup champion coach "Big Phil" Scolari took over. However, Chelsea finished the first half and only ranked fourth, far worse than last season.Scolari also handed over the coaching position. After a short transition, he finally chose the Dutchman Guus Hiddink with a very rich coaching experience. Like Bayern, they have little hope of winning the league title and hope to have the last laugh in the Champions League.

But after all, Hiddink has not taken over for a long time, and it may be difficult to take advantage of the wily Ferguson.

The foes of Manchester United and Chelsea were settled, and another top-half clash followed, with Bruno Conte drawing out Liverpool, yet another Premier League side.

Immediately after Liverpool's opponent, Conte pulled out Schalke 04!

Although there were not many people at the scene, there was still a lot of discussion.

He Wei said loudly at the first moment: "Schalke came out, and it really won the lottery as we predicted! And Liverpool is the most ideal opponent in the lottery. Schalke 04 achieved a double play in the group match, and has experience and lessons. However, it is a good sign.”

And many Chinese fans have expressed their views on the Internet.

"UEFA is too scheming. It is obviously to increase publicity that it arranges this kind of drama where friends meet."

"I don't agree with He Wei's point of view. It would be dangerous to meet Liverpool again. The strength itself is higher than Schalke, and Schalke itself has no cards. The group stage has already revealed everything. Both sides have bright cards and can only fight hard. Strength, it's not that I don't hope Zhou Tiancheng will be good, but to be honest, it really hangs."

"Let's be content. You're lucky if you didn't meet Manchester United or Barcelona. This signing is fine. Liverpool's knockout background is better than Schalke's, but it's not impossible to fight."

"Wait and wait for my big brother to kill Liverpool four times!"

For Chinese fans, Schalke's opponent is announced, and the biggest suspense of the draw is gone.

The next draw for the second half is Arsenal VS Villarreal and Barcelona VS Bayern.

Barcelona and Bayern also often meet in the semi-finals of the Champions League, and they have rivals for each other.

The entire quarter-final matchup was a scene of enemies meeting each other.

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