Soccer Entertainment Superstar

Chapter 673 Knockout Draw

Before the last game of the winter break, Atletico Madrid will first usher in the draw for the Champions League knockout round, which is a major event for Atletico Madrid.

The draw time was always at twelve noon, and the entire Atletico Madrid team watched the draw process in the cafeteria, including Simeone and the entire coaching staff.

They won't meet in the same group, so Lin Dong lost a relatively easy opponent. After all, Zenit St. Petersburg's performance in the group stage was really not good.

Then the group leaders will not meet in the first round. This is also to avoid premature encounters between strong teams as much as possible, but this is not guaranteed. After all, even the strongest teams sometimes have problems in their state.

For example, Juventus failed to break through the group stage, and in the eight groups, there are also opponents who are not inferior to the first place in the group, and even stronger than Atletico Madrid on the surface, such as Manchester City, Arsenal and AC Milan.

The tone of Atletico Madrid's result of this draw is very bad, because Atletico Madrid's opponent in the one-eighth knockout round is the traditional giants, AC Milan, the only seedling in Serie A.

"Damn~~~Why are we not Olympic Kos?" Seeing the draw, Cork wailed, and the faces of other Atletico Madrid players were also very ugly.

There is no doubt that Atletico Madrid got the next lottery in the first round of the knockout round. Not to mention the "underdog" like Olympic Kos in the second place, even if it is a little higher, there are also Schalke 04, Leverkusen, and Galatasaray.

The so-called "underdogs" among the so-called teams that can enter the knockout rounds are actually just talking. After the knockout rounds are drawn, you can see the expressions on the faces of the teams participating in the knockout rounds.

Barcelona, ​​for example, doesn't look very good. Although Manchester City's record in the Champions League is terrible, the team's strength is not to be underestimated. It is undoubtedly the second strongest team in the group.

Then there is Bayern Munich. The runner-up of last season's opponent in the first round of the knockout round this season is Arsenal. As a frequent visitor to the Champions League, Arsenal is also a difficult bone.

On the contrary, people who are in a good mood and have a smile on their faces are the most obvious representatives of Real Madrid and Manchester United. Real Madrid's opponent is Schalke 04.

The Germans are notoriously rational. In the entire Bundesliga, except for Bayern Munich, which will spend money on stars, other clubs will never spend a lot of money to buy players. Even Dortmund, which has risen in the past few seasons, has bought young players and cultivated them step by step.

Not to mention Manchester United. Although Manchester United's performance in the league this season is a bit horrible and they are currently only ranked in the middle, but in the Champions League, their luck is very good. The weakest Olympic Cos in the knockout round is almost guaranteed.

The remaining Paris Saint-Germain is also a good draw, drawing Leverkusen, Dortmund drew Zenit St. Petersburg, and Chelsea drew Galatasaray.

Galatasaray's strength is actually not strong. The biggest problem for the Turkish team is the home game. You must know that the Devil's home game is not just talk.

After the draw, Simeone left with the coaching staff. Although the opponents were difficult to deal with, Simeone didn't think his team would lose. The reason why Serie A declined was not because the giants were not strong enough. You know, now Ligue [-] can poach people in Serie A.

I didn't know that my opponent couldn't deal with it before, but now that I know it, I must enter the preparation stage and start collecting all the data of AC Milan this season.

After Simeone left with the coaching staff, Atletico Madrid players turned their attention to Lin Dong one after another. For Serie A and AC Milan, anyone who is familiar with Lin Dong will definitely be familiar with it.

In the 2011-12 season, Lin Dong joined Lazio despite huge controversy. At that time, who would have believed that a guy who hangs out in the entertainment industry can gain a firm foothold in Serie A, the top European league?
But soon, Lin Dong used the facts to fight back against Roma, the entire Serie A, and all the pessimists, directly swollen the faces of these people.

Because he not only gained a firm foothold in Serie A, but also stood firmer than anyone else. He scored 12 goals in 17 league games. If you count the 3 goals in the UEFA Cup, Lin Dong scored 20 goals in just half a season in Lazio.

Perfect, yes, although it was only half a season, Lin Dong's performance in Lazio was perfect. The only fly in the ointment was his conflict with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, which finally made Lin Dong only play for half a season.

It is precisely because of this nearly perfect half season that Lin Dong has gained Mourinho's attention. In the end, the crazy man overcame the crowd and brought Lin Dong to Madrid, and to the number one club in Europe, the Galacticos Real Madrid.

In Serie A, Lin Dong, in addition to leaving these 20 goals, made Lazio fans miss the accident very much, and also brought endless pain to AC Milan. Because of that conflict, Ibrahimovic, like Lin Dong, missed all the remaining games.

The absence of Ibrahimovic also directly led to the collapse of AC Milan in the second half of the season, which made Juventus cheaper in vain, and lost the league championship that season by 4 points.

After leaving Serie A, Lin Dong never played against a Serie A team again. Last season in Real Madrid, Lin Dong followed Real Madrid to the Bundesliga, the Premier League, the Eredivisie, and the Turkish Super League, but he never met a Serie A team.

That is to say, this is the first time Lin Dong has faced a Serie A team since he left Serie A, returning to Italy, and this opponent is AC Milan, Lin Dong's last opponent in Serie A.

"Won't UEFA let us draw AC Milan because of you?" Cork said, thinking the truth.

In order to let the game be seen, UEFA has reached the point of desperation. Although it will not say it on the surface, everyone knows it in their hearts.

"Eh~~~ Do you think I have such energy?" Lin Dong said a little speechlessly.

Well, although Lin Dong didn't admit it, he actually thought of this in his heart. I have to say, the more he thought about Lin Dong, the more he felt it was possible.

"Even if it's not entirely because of you, UEFA must consider your grievances with AC Milan." Turan also joined in, and the others nodded in earnest.

In fact, not only Atletico Madrid players have thought of this, but the media has already considered it, and in subsequent reports, the media has seized on this point.

After seeing these rewards, UEFA may have already hid aside and laughed, because their goal has been achieved. Although there is no shortage of explosive points in the one-eighth knockout round, they will definitely not think too much explosive points.

Even after these reports come out, AC Milan fans are sure to think back to what happened two years ago.

(End of this chapter)