Champion’s Heart

? After all the Champions League quarter-finals ended, all eight teams that reached the quarter-finals were born.

They are Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in Germany, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in La Liga, Juventus in Serie A and Galatasaray in the Turkish Super League, and Porto in the Portuguese Super League.

Two Bundesliga teams, three La Liga teams, one each from Serie A, Turkish Super League and Portuguese Super League.

The Premier League has been wiped out.

Think about it a few years ago, the Premier League was still an absolutely dominant force in the Champions League. It once set a record of three Premier League teams reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League for three consecutive years.

Someone once joked that the Champions League has even become the FA Cup.

Later, with the containment of the Premier League after Platini came to power, the momentum of the Premier League gradually weakened.

There are only two Premier League teams in the last 16 this season - Arsenal and Manchester United.

Manchester United met Real Madrid in the quarter-finals. At that time, this was also a point of speculation in the Spanish and English media. After Cristiano Ronaldo left Manchester United, he finally met his old club in the Champions League.

Both teams, Manchester United and Real Madrid, have special meaning to him. It was Manchester United that made him what he was, turning him from a star of hope into a world superstar. Ferguson was like his father and helped Cristiano Ronaldo a lot, so the club Manchester United has extraordinary significance in the hearts of the Portuguese.

But at the same time, Real Madrid is the team that Cristiano Ronaldo dreams of playing for. When he was at Manchester United, he said more than once that he wanted to join Real Madrid, because that was his dream and the team that his mother wanted him to join. Team.

At present, in terms of team honors, he has not succeeded in Real Madrid and Manchester United, but in terms of personal influence, joining Real Madrid has really made Cristiano Ronaldo the world's top player, able to compete with Messi. Comparable to the West.

In the home game against Manchester United, Real Madrid and Manchester United tied 1:1. The result was in favor of Manchester United, but everyone's focus was on Cristiano Ronaldo because the Portuguese scored a very beautiful goal. Heading the ball, when he jumped up, his feet reached Evra's waist. With Evra as a backdrop, Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to be flying in the air. This goal became a hot topic after the game.

Everyone talks about how outstanding Cristiano Ronaldo's jumping ability is and how strong his ability to stay in the air is.

It seems that no one cares whether Manchester United can eliminate Real Madrid when they return to their home court.

In the second round, Manchester United lost 1:2 to Real Madrid at their home court. All three goals were scored by Real Madrid players - Ramos scored an own goal to help Manchester United take the lead. Modric then equalized and Cristiano Ronaldo scored the winning goal.

After scoring the goal, he did not celebrate and even made an apology gesture.

This stems from his feelings for Manchester United, and his action has also been supported by Manchester United fans.

Although Manchester United was eliminated, the game itself was not too tense and both sides were quite friendly. Real Madrid and Manchester United have cooperated many times in history, and the official relationship between the clubs is pretty good.

Another Premier League team, Arsenal, was eliminated by Bayern Munich. They lost 1:3 at home in the first game, which foreshadowed their defeat. Although they performed very well in the second round and defeated Bayern Munich 2:0 away from home, they were still eliminated with a low number of away goals.

In this way, there is no trace of the Premier League team in the Champions League.

The other two Premier League teams were eliminated in the group stage. The most disappointing performance was Manchester City. As the Premier League champion last season, they were assigned to the group of death and ended up ranking last. Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk are on the same ten points in the group stage, and the results are the same, with one win and one loss. When comparing the total score in the match, the total score is 4:4, and then comparing the away goals in the match. In the end, Donetsk defeated Chelsea with two away goals and one away goal, and finally defeated Chelsea and won the second place in the group, while Chelsea could only play in the Europa League very aggrievedly.

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The strength of the Premier League has gone forever, while La Liga has become even stronger, achieving great results in European competitions. In the UEFA points coefficient rankings, the Premier League once relied on their monopoly performance in the Champions League from the 2007-2008 season. occupy the top spot, but now their lead is getting smaller and La Liga supporters already consider La Liga to be the number one league in Europe.

Premier League supporters are definitely unconvinced because the competition in the Premier League is more intense. La Liga has been monopolized by the two Western Super League powers Real Madrid and Barcelona all year round. How can such a league be better than the Premier League?

But whether Premier League supporters admit it or not, on the Champions League stage, the glorious days of the Premier League have come to an end.

This season, three La Liga teams have reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which is impressive.

After all the top eight teams of the Champions League were announced, UEFA conducted a quarter-final draw, and the result of this draw will also determine the semi-final matchup.

The result of this draw is very important. From this draw result, the next trend of the wealthy team can be predicted to some extent.

There are no longer recognized weak teams in the quarterfinals, but there are still strong and weak teams.

Moreover, the quarter-finals will no longer avoid teams from the same country league, and there is no restriction that the first place in the group can only meet the second place in the group, making it easier for strong dialogue to occur.

Therefore, no one wants to meet the strongest team in advance, and everyone wants to meet a relatively weak team.

For example, Galatasaray and Porto are the teams that everyone hopes to meet.

At the same time, there are two Chinese players in the quarterfinals, and their fate also affects the hearts of domestic media and fans.

Therefore, even though the quarter-finals draw ceremony was held in the early morning of Beijing time, there were still a large number of fans waiting in front of TVs or computers to watch the live broadcast of the draw ceremony.

Unlike the group drawings that require awards, the quarter-final drawing ceremony went very quickly and there were no other gimmicks, let alone artistic performances.

Anyway, everyone doesn't care about any artistic performances at this time, they just want to know the results quickly.

So the lottery ceremony ended in half an hour.

The final result is that the two teams Bayern Munich and Juventus meet in the quarter-finals. Bayern Munich will play home and then away.

And Barcelona once again got a good draw. They were placed together with Porto, and they played away before home, and they also had an advantage in the schedule.

Another La Liga team, Real Madrid, has also drawn a good opponent. They will face Galatasaray. Both the top two teams in the Spanish Super League have drawn good opponents. There is basically no suspense about advancing to the semi-finals.

The winner between Barcelona and Porto will meet the winner between Bayern Munich and Juventus in the semi-finals.

The winner between Real Madrid and Galatasaray will meet...the winner between Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid in the semi-finals.

Yes, this time, the Champions League China Derby will continue. Dortmund and Atletico Madrid were divided into opponents, with Atletico Madrid playing home first and then away.

The teams of the two Chinese players were once again grouped together.

This time, the Chinese fans were a little unhappy - they hoped that Sun Pan and Zhou Yi could meet again in the semi-finals or even the final, but they never expected that the two teams would meet in the quarter-finals.

Whether Sun Pan or Zhou Yi is eliminated, everyone will feel it is a pity.

It’s hard to say who I hope will win.

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While the lottery ceremony was going on, Zhou Yi and his friends were also discussing in the group while watching the live broadcast.

When Barcelona met Porto and Real Madrid met Galatasaray, Sun Pan shouted that there was something shady and UEFA wanted to send the top two teams of the Spanish Super League to the semi-finals.

As a dual player of Chelsea and Atletico Madrid, Sun Pan has a hundred reasons to dislike Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. His conspiracy theory is in line with his position.

When Dortmund and Atletico Madrid were placed together, Sun Pan said: Fuck!

Yang Muge: ...

Guo Nu: Pfft!

He Ying: This is really...

Zhou Yi: Panpan, what do you rely on? Are you so afraid of meeting me?

Sun Pan: Get out! I hope you can go further, but it's impossible now!

Haha, you can eat randomly, but you can't talk nonsense. It's hard to say who can't go further! Zhou Yi retorted.

It's started, it's started! Guo Nu was also very excited, The game hasn't even started yet, but the war of words between the two sides has already begun!

Don't worry, Zhou Yi, I will definitely not let you score a goal in the game! Sun Pan said.

Idiot, I'm a midfielder, it's not my responsibility to score goals!

Then I won't let you score a goal!

You mean we can just score two or three goals?

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Haha! He Ying, who was eliminated by Sun Pan, couldn't help laughing when he saw Sun Pan choked by Zhou Yi and couldn't speak.

Guo Nu, on the other hand, was watching the excitement and shouted without hesitation: Damn it, I'm not a troublemaker, Sun Pan. But I definitely can't bear this!

However, Sun Pan did not say a word, and Zhou Yi did not continue to pursue the victory, which made the remaining three people very confused.

I'll go, Sun Pan really endured it? Guo Nu was surprised.

Zhou Yi didn't continue to pursue the victory? Yang Muge also couldn't understand.

After a while, after no one spoke in the group, Sun Pan suddenly jumped up: Fuck, Zhou Yi, just wait for me. When the game comes, I will let you know that everything I say is not a joke. of!

Sun Pan, are you offline? Guo asked angrily.

No, I just received a few calls, all from Chinese reporters calling to interview me. Sun Pan replied.

Hey, what a coincidence, I also received several. Zhou Yi also bubbled.

Only then did everyone realize that the two people who had been silent before turned out to be interviewed...

It's normal to think about it. If these two people meet, it will definitely be big news for Chinese fans and the media. There will definitely be reporters to interview them about their feelings.

Then what did you say? Yang Muge asked curiously.

Of course I repeated what I just said to Zhou Yi.

What a coincidence? Me too!

... Yang Muge was speechless. (To be continued.)