Ball King Pioneer

Chapter 314 The UEFA Champions League 18 draw when Mars hits the earth
Chapter 313 The UEFA Champions League 1/8 draw when Mars hits the earth
Christmas is approaching, and the mainstream leagues in European football are about to usher in the long-awaited winter break for players, and being a Premier League player is hard work because they don't have a winter break.

The annual Christmas schedule is the most tense moment for all Premier League clubs. They are trying to grab points as much as possible. The dense schedule makes the giants dare not relax at all.

This year's Christmas schedule, the most relaxed Premier League giants are Manchester United.Because of the record-breaking 14-game winning streak, Manchester United had a record of 16 wins and 15 draw in the first 1 rounds. In the standings, if Chelsea had not played well this season, Manchester United would have secured the half-time championship ahead of schedule.

However, this half-time championship did not make Manchester United fans wait too long. On December 12th, the 15th round of the Premier League, Manchester United was at Old Trafford. With the goals of Lin Yi in the 17th minute and Hernandez in the 38th minute of the second half, the Red Devils defeated the black cat Sunderland 49:2.

Chelsea, with a dense schedule, was not so lucky. They were upset by Norwich in an away game.

After 17 rounds, Manchester United led Chelsea by 9 points in the standings and topped the standings. In this way, Manchester United won the half-time championship two ahead of schedule.

After the game, Manchester United coach Ferguson said in an interview with Sky TV that the biggest advantage of this season is that Manchester United's good rotation keeps the players healthy, and the biggest advantage is not having large-scale injuries.From this point of view alone, Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal have suffered a lot, especially Chelsea. They have lost two consecutive rounds, which is related to the varying degrees of injuries of half of their main teams.

On December 12th, in the lounge of the Carrington training base, the Manchester United generals stared at the TV screen intently.

What was shown on TV was the draw ceremony for the 1/8 finals of this season's UEFA Champions League. The guest invited by UEFA for this draw ceremony was AC Milan's pass team captain Paolo Maldini.

Before the draw ceremony, the beauty host Moranova made a simple interview with Maldini.

"Hello, Captain!"

"Hello there!"

"Are there any predictions for today's draw?"

"Yes, I had predicted before, I was very much looking forward to sending Barcelona to Old Trafford, but then they told me no, they are the first in the group, so..."

After finishing speaking, Maldini shrugged his shoulders. His rare little humor immediately made the tense conference hall laugh, especially the club representatives of Manchester United and Barcelona.

"Maybe we will change this rule in the future. For AC Milan, do you have any predictions?"

"Well, AC Milan didn't have the best performance in the group stage this season, but fortunately we are here today. All 16 teams that are here today are great, each of them has done a good job, and it can be said that no team is weak.

Facing the first place in the 8 groups, AC Milan will have a difficult game no matter who they play against. Of course, AC Milan's teammates will also be extremely difficult, because we have the genes of the Champions League in our blood! "

Maldini's answer was neither humble nor overbearing. He not only respected the 8 No. [-] teams and acknowledged their strength, but he also said that AC Milan is absolutely unwilling to meet any No. [-].

This textbook-like answer received applause from everyone present, and they were also thinking in their hearts, if AC Milan was really drawn, would it be luck or misfortune? The result was very bad, and no one wanted to draw them.

The draw officially began, and the first of the eight groups appeared on the left side of the big screen behind Maldini.In a transparent glass jar, there are hollow balls representing the second place in the eight groups. After Maldini stirred a few times, he grabbed the first ball, which will determine the opponent of Paris Saint-Germain, who is the first in Group A.Unscrew the ball, and the note says Valencia.Both parties are very satisfied with this result!
On the big screen behind him, the team name and logo of Valencia appeared immediately behind Paris.

For the second ball, Maldini drew Galatasaray. When the open note was displayed in front of the camera, although the representatives of the Schalke 04 club suppressed their expressions, it was difficult to hide their ecstatic expressions, which made the Turks very upset.

Porto was the third to be drawn. Their opponent was Malaga, the Spanish team that beat AC Milan to the top of the group. Regarding this result, the representatives of the two teams seemed very calm.

However, this result made the team representatives who did not know the result of the match nervous, and the vast majority of fans who were watching the draw were also nervous. The six teams identified so far are not considered absolute giants, which means that the next five matchups are very likely to have the result of sparks hitting the earth, and even a matchup that is not an exaggeration to call it an early final may also appear.

The first place in Group D is Borussia Dortmund. This team has shown extremely strong combat effectiveness in the past few seasons. It is the kind of powerful team capable of hitting the championship.Many people shouted in their hearts to draw out the strong team and make a sudden move, but Maldini let them down again.Shakhtar Donetsk, the team that won the top 16 tickets at the last moment by virtue of goal difference, can basically be determined to be abused by the Hornets.

AC Milan, Real Madrid and Tottenham have not yet come out of the three most powerful groups, and the remaining groups are Bayern Munich, Barcelona, ​​Juventus and Manchester United.

If you want to say that the most difficult player now must be the Celtics of the Soviet Super League. No matter who they draw, they have a low winning rate, and they must be a piece of meat in the eyes of everyone at this time.

The fifth ball, this time Maldini drew that piece of meat. The appearance of the Celtics made the Juventus executives clenched their fists and celebrated. It is estimated that they are also very afraid of encountering a team like Real Madrid.

Now it's lively. Except for Tottenham, the remaining 6 teams are all teams that have won the Champions League, and Tottenham's strength in the past two years is also very strong. In terms of strength alone, they can pose a threat to any team.

At this time, there is a special problem. Two of the remaining six teams are from La Liga, because UEFA has a special principle in the UEFA Champions League group stage and the 1/8 finals, the principle of avoiding teams in the same league, that is to say, if the sixth ball is not drawn by Real Madrid, then the seventh and eighth balls will be meaningless, because Real Madrid will directly face Manchester United, the first in Group H.

In the same way, if the sixth draw is AC Milan, then Manchester United will also play against Real Madrid, because Tottenham is also a Premier League team, and they and Manchester United will automatically avoid it.

In other words, Manchester United will face Real Madrid with a 67% probability.

Exciting, really exciting, the atmosphere in Carrington is particularly dignified, everyone is waiting until Maldini unscrews the sixth ball, they are not afraid of any opponent, but against teams like AC Milan and Real Madrid, although the difficulty of advancing will be greatly increased, the experience will also be unforgettable for a lifetime.

By this time, the representatives of the remaining 6 teams were all frowning. This was the worst result. Maldini had exhausted the relatively weaker teams in front.

So people's eyes are on the sixth ball, Tottenham!Maldini sent them to the Allianz Arena in Munich.If anyone is satisfied, it is estimated that Bayern will have some. Although Tottenham is also very strong, it is better than Real Madrid and AC Milan in any way.

Soon, Barcelona and Manchester United also appeared behind their respective opponents.Although the result has been released, Maldini still unscrewed the last two balls to show the result, which is also to show that there is no shady scene.

The camera panned across the faces of the representatives of the remaining four giants, all of them looked sad, and no one wanted this result. However, the overall situation has been decided, and they can only respect the arrangement of the goddess of fate.

All the results came out, some were happy and some were sad, and Maldini was obviously very dissatisfied. He brought AC Milan the most terrifying opponent.

At the Carrington training base, Ferguson sat in his office and cursed. This was the worst possible result. Although Manchester United this season was extremely strong, he understood his opponent. Mourinho is the best defensive coach in football today.

Real Madrid also has a trident. Their combination of Ronaldo, Benzema and Kaka is more famous and worth than Manchester United's trident.Moreover, Real Madrid's goal in Mourinho's third year is the long-lost Champions League. After two seasons of training, Real Madrid is no longer the 2th in the Champions League.

Without a doubt, this was the worst decision ever made.

However, in today's world football, when it comes to defense, although Manchester United does not use iron barrels, both individual defense and overall defense can be regarded as top-notch.As for the offense, hehe, Ferguson really didn't think that any team could beat them, even Barcelona Ferguson dared to play against each other.

Manchester United doesn't want to touch Real Madrid, so why doesn't Real Madrid not want to draw Manchester United!In the last season, then bid farewell to your coaching career with madness!
At this moment Ferguson is full of pride, he seems to have returned to the season full of memories in 1998-1999!
If Ferguson's excitement is a person's loneliness, then the lounge is a carnival of a group of people.The stars of Manchester United slapped the table excitedly and shouted "Bernaeu, Bernabeu, we are going to Bernabeu!"

Manchester United is in surprisingly good form this season, and there should be no big problem in winning the Premier League.Although the club has not announced the goal of this season, the players regard the Champions League as the first goal of this season, and everyone wants to use this club's highest honor to bid farewell to Ferguson.

Now Manchester United's opponent in the 1/8 finals turned out to be Real Madrid, how can this not make them excited.Get rid of Real Madrid, and then win the final championship in one breath, almost everyone thinks so.That's why they are so excited!
On December 12, Manchester United challenged Swansea in an away game. Although Rooney took a break in this game, Manchester United's attack power remained undiminished.Welbeck first received a cross from Lin Yi and scored. Before the end of the first half, Swansea used a penalty kick to get back a goal.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester United completely monopolized possession of the ball. At the peak, Manchester United's possession rate reached 79%.In the 63rd minute of the second half, Van Persie's counter-robber shot in the front field again exceeded the score.Before the end of the game, Lin Yi received a pass from Valencia and scored a long shot. He gave the goal to Zhao Liying in the stands.

3:1, Manchester United won again in the last game before Christmas.It may be too excited, or it may be that Ferguson was a bit of a loser in the previous interview. The price of Manchester United's victory in this game is a bit high.

In the first half, Nani collided with the opponent's goalkeeper and was injured. The initial diagnosis was a slight fracture of his left arm.In this case, Nani should miss about 4 to 6 weeks of the game.

Misfortunes never come singly, Manchester United lost another award in the second half!Ferdinand tore his heel muscle when defending a low-altitude ball that was not difficult. He is a recurrence of an old injury. This time he wants to recover at least 8 weeks.

Although he won the game, Ferguson's face was like the snow outside the car window. The price of the three points was too high. Two absolute main players, although Manchester United has players of the same level who can replace them.

There is a famous theory in psychology called "pessimistic prolongation theory". Scientists have done experiments, cutting down a tree in the forest, the closer the trees are to the tree, the more disordered the electromagnetic waves will be, and their growth will be significantly reduced.

Ferguson was afraid that Nani and Ferdinand would become felled trees. After all, the chance of injury is too strong. It would be the saddest thing to be dragged down by injury in such a good situation.

Therefore, while Ferguson asked the physical coach and the team medical team to pay close attention to the health of the players, he also strengthened his determination to play rotation.And the winter transfer window is about to open, and it's time for Manchester United to make up.

After the away game at Swansea, Manchester United returned to Manchester overnight in the snow, because the next night will be Manchester United's Christmas dinner.

Because there is no winter break in the Premier League, in order to appease the players, and of course it is also an important team building work, every club will have a team dinner before Christmas.

You can bring your family members to the Christmas dinner, so this time Zhao Liying also specially rushed from China to the UK to accompany Lin Yi to spend Christmas and New Year's Day.

December 12th is the traditional Christmas Eve in the West. Although Lin Yi, who has already spent two Christmas Eves in the UK, knows that foreigners don’t like eating apples for safety, he still posted a lot of apple photos on Weibo early in the morning to send blessings to fans.

It was also on this day that UEFA and France Football announced the final winners of the FIFA Ballon d'Or. The final winner was Barcelona's Messi, Ronaldo second, and Iniesta No.3.

As soon as the news came out, Messi fans all over the world were boiling, and the media from Catalonia and Argentina ushered in a new round of carnival.They claim it's God's Christmas gift to all Messi loving fans!
　I am not a fan of Juventus and Buffon, but it is not easy to call for Buffon. It is really not easy. He has been in the goalkeeper position for so many years in a club and has maintained a high level.Ask for monthly tickets and recommended tickets, thank you!
　　
　
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