Glory Greenery

Chapter 578 The Champions League Conspiracy Theory

Arsenal faced Manchester City, which was in a rotation formation, and was tied by Manchester City with a two-goal lead.

Although Manchester City failed to complete the reversal in the end, the game was still a wonderful game, and it was worth talking about for a while.

In this game, Yang Mo's performance of passing and shooting was still Manchester City's thigh.

Of course, Rodwell, who missed a key penalty at the last minute, will inevitably be criticized.

Even though Yang Mo and Pellegrini spoke for Rodwell after the game, for the media and fans, they don't care about Rodwell's feelings. They only care about Manchester City's results and the topicality of the news .

Therefore, the lore that Rodwell failed to score with that kick made him the sinner of Manchester City in this game.

In the face of the fans' criticism and the media's insults, Rodwell can only help him very little, and he can only adjust his state by himself.

This is the price of joining a strong team. While getting a lot of attention, you have to adapt to the side effects of attention.

Any little thing, under such attention, will be maximized.

Before success, this is what all professional players must face, and Yang Mo came here in the same way.

In the year when Bayern failed, the criticism he received was far more terrifying than that of Rodwell. Not everyone can get out of the gap from the peak to the bottom.

But no matter how the outside world commented on this game, the 16 rounds of the Premier League ended like this.

The top two in the standings are tied, so that the ranking and gap between the two teams have not changed, but it is very good news for other teams catching up with the two teams.

Liverpool and Chelsea defeated their opponents one after another, with a collective record of 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses.

虽说这战绩距离曼城的13胜3平还差一些距离，但距离阿森纳的11胜3平2负已经不远，让两队看到了超越阿森纳的机会。

In the tense month of December, the traditional strong teams in the Premier League were all vying for points, but one fell behind again.

Needless to say, Manchester United, officially succeeded by David Moyes.

After being tied at home by Aston Villa, Manchester United only won 16 games in 6 league rounds, and was directly overtaken by Annampton, falling to ninth place in the standings.

To describe it, if the attack on Rodwell is like rain, then the attack on David Moyes in the UK at this time is equivalent to standing directly in the waterfall.

Leading Manchester United, which was second in the league last season, started with such a mid-lower team's results, even Ferguson did not dare to speak to this successor anymore.

The fans are completely disappointed with Moyes' coaching ability.

But speaking of it, this scene is quite familiar. When Ferguson accepted Manchester United, he was also questioned, and fans also put up slogans in the stands.

"Three years of constant excuses, the fourth year is still crap, get the hell out of here, Fergie!"

But the problem is that the fans at least gave Ferguson time. After all, Manchester United at that time was not the Red Devils it is today.

But now, thanks to Ferguson's success, the fans have been adopted.

Everyone is used to the success of the Red Devils. It is estimated that Moyes will not even have time to adapt to the performance of leading the team.

That is to say, Manchester United's current record in the Champions League is not bad, and they will qualify first in Group A, otherwise Moyes will really be dismissed during the winter break.

Speaking of the Champions League, after the end of the league match between Manchester City and Arsenal on December 12, the draw for the Champions League 14 matches finally came.

On December 12, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw for the round of 17 officially began.

There is no need to elaborate on the lottery rules and process, and the lottery will start directly.

Sixteen qualifying teams, the top eight teams in the group are Manchester United, Real Madrid, Manchester City, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Borussia Dortmund, and Atletico Madrid.

The eight teams that qualify second in the group are Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica, Schalke 04, Arsenal, Zenit St. Petersburg, and AC Milan.

In No.2, Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal, and AC Milan are all hard nuts to crack. Naturally, all the top teams are unwilling to encounter them.

Fortunately, there is the principle of avoiding the same group and the same league, and neither Paris Saint-Germain nor Arsenal and Manchester City will encounter it.

The only thing left is AC Milan.

When the lottery was drawn, Manchester City had already arrived in Morocco the day before, and the whole team was watching the round of 16 draw in the hotel.

Seeing that the draw started, Aguero took out the cross from his clothes and began to pray to God, "It must not be AC ​​Milan, I hate Italian defense the most!"

After Aguero finished speaking, Ibrahimovic also expressed his opinion, "It's better not Zenit St. Petersburg, I hate Russian winter even more."

However, the opponents drawn in the first group of draws made Manchester City howl.

Manchester City met their last opponent, AC Milan.

"Three strong teams got rid of two, and the only one was still drawn by us. There is definitely something inside."

Seeing the result, Aguero immediately stood up and yelled loudly.

In fact, it is not to blame Aguero. Manchester City drew AC Milan in the round of 16. Everyone in Manchester City is quite depressed.

And since Manchester City defended the Champions League title, there have been gossips that UEFA does not want to see a team with three consecutive Champions League appearances and intends to target Manchester City.

Let's not talk about AC Milan being drawn this time. In the latest knockout draw rules announced by UEFA, the semi-finals will no longer be decided by the upper and lower halves, but will be drawn separately.

This point has been interpreted by some media with a conspiracy theory attitude as a reform aimed at Manchester City.

Because in last season's Champions League semi-finals, Manchester City's opponent was Porto, while Bayern's opponent was Barcelona.

Some media feel that it was because Manchester City won Porto too easily, and Bayern wasted too much energy against Barcelona, ​​which led to their inability to defeat Manchester City in the final.

Seriously, when Yang Mo saw this speculation, he really wanted to say something. Bayern swept Barcelona with seven goals. It seems easier than they won Porto, isn't it?
Of course, this is just conspiracy theory speculation. Every year, the media inevitably make such speculation about UEFA.

But no matter what the media thinks, the encounter between Manchester City and AC Milan in the quarter-finals is already doomed. How to deal with this powerful enemy is a headache for the Manchester City coaching staff.

But fortunately, in the Audi Cup at the beginning of the season, Manchester City and AC Milan played against each other once, which can be regarded as experience, so there is no need to worry too much.

After the first group of draws ended, the remaining groups of duels were drawn out one after another.

Benfica vs Manchester United
Paris Saint-Germain vs Atletico Madrid
Leverkusen vs Barcelona
Galatasaray vs Chelsea

Schalke VS Real Madrid
Zenit VS Dortmund
Arsenal VS Bayern
In addition to Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain and Atletico Madrid, as well as Arsenal's match against Bayern, are also the highlight of the quarter-finals.

Especially Arsenal's match against Bayern was no worse than Manchester City's match against AC Milan.

(End of this chapter)