Chapter 169 The goal is far greater than Paris
Arsenal defeated Sunderland 4-1 at home, and this result was not beyond people's expectations. After all, they have not lost in the game against the Black Cats this season.
Therefore, although Liu Feng was interviewed again as MVP after the game, the media, who had long been exhausted from approving this man to become an MVP, did not report on this game in large quantities. They all focused on competing for the top four in the league.
In fact, to be more precise, it is the competition for the second to fourth place in the league, because Arsenal, which has always been a rare defeat, has already led the second place Chelsea with too many points. No matter how you look at it, it is no longer the same as them.
As for the Arsenal players, they naturally got another day of vacation after winning a victory. Everyone went home and had their own entertainment. Except for some young players who took the initiative to accept interviews to expand their popularity, everyone lived a very comfortable life.
And after a day of comfort, the highly anticipated draw ceremony of the Champions League quarter-finals is finally coming.
In the Champions League, where the team is getting stronger and stronger, there are now eight leaders in major leagues left, and they are about to continue to fight to decide the semi-finals of this season.
On the night of the draw ceremony, the coaches of several giants appeared at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Liu Feng and Wenger, Ronaldo and Ancelotti, Messi and Martino, these are the three most popular stars and their coaches in the world today.
Interestingly, among these three combinations, people can clearly see the weakness of Barcelona's head coach. After Guardiola left, Barcelona obviously did not find a suitable successor in the universe. This season, Martino's leadership can only be said to be barely qualified.
In addition to them, Guardiola, who now coaches Bayern, is accompanied by Ribery, Dortmund's crazy coach Klopp and Reus around him are also sitting in a corner of the lottery venue with eyeing them.
Because there are fewer and fewer teams participating, the lottery ceremony has become more deserted. In addition to the representatives of these teams, there are more journalists and media who are broadcasting the ceremony.
The host didn't have too many ink records, and soon announced the official start of the lottery ceremony. The people who hosted the lottery were UEFA President Infantino and the invited Real Madrid legend Figo. The two stood in front of the stage with a smile and began to draw one name after another.
"Then, the opponent in the first match is Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid."
A civil war in La Liga was drawn, which is obviously not something La Liga fans want to see. After all, they have three teams that have reached the quarterfinals this season. The ideal state is that all three teams advance to the semi-finals.
Unfortunately, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have to have a team that has stopped in the quarterfinals.
The reporters in the audience were talking and La Liga fans sighed, and the second opponent on the stage was quickly drawn out.
Manchester United was the first to be drawn this time. Manchester United, who was in an oscillating period after Ferguson left, performed well in the Champions League.
Moyes led the team to successfully reach the quarterfinals with an ugly but pragmatic score, but unfortunately, their opponent this time was Bayern, the overlord of the Bundesliga.
Bayern Munich, the ever-winning favorite team in the Premier League, has always been a super strong team, which has made this team have the most outstanding German players. Whether Manchester United can be lucky enough to go further in the Champions League depends on the showdown between them.
Wenger and Liu Feng, who were sitting off the court, looked at each other after watching the two opponents being drawn out. There were only three teams left that the team might draw next. They couldn't help but look at the seats of Dortmund, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
"Okay, the team that played the third match has appeared, Real Madrid vs. Dortmund!"
The two old Arsenal opponents of the Galaxy and the Hornets did not meet them again. After their duel was confirmed, the Arsenal opponent was determined by this. It was not someone else, but Paris Saint-Germain, who was rising to sign stars around the world as a rich man.
Wenger and Liu Feng looked at Paris' seats. Now Paris Grande coach Blanco and the team's star Ibrahimovic also looked here. The four of them looked at each other with smiles and nodded.
Wenger and Blanco smiled politely, while Liu Feng and Ibrahimovic were the joy of reunion of old friends and the bitterness of being enemies. As two top stars who were once called Serie A's best goals, their relationship is indeed more inclined toward friends.
Soon after the host announced the end of the meeting, Liu Feng walked to Ibrahimovic and started chatting with him. The two talked about the past and talked about some trivial matters on weekdays.
In fact, Liu Feng was very surprised at the transfer of Ibrahimovic leaving Milan to Paris Saint-Germain. After all, he knew very well that Ibrahimovic had a great impression of Milan. It can only be said that Milan's economic situation is really not good, so he had the operation of having his sister-in-law Ibrahimovic packed and sold it.
"I'm looking forward to fighting you, Feng, I almost forgot how long we haven't played as opponents."
"Haha, indeed, the opportunity is here now, right?"
"That's right."
When two men stand together, they will definitely not be able to avoid competing with each other. They finally patted each other on the shoulders and then returned to their coach. The private relationship is a private relationship, and it is another matter on the court. The two of them can still understand this.
When a number of team representatives left the UEFA headquarters, reports on the quarter showdown this season quickly spread in the world football world. People were discussing the heavy game in this showdown, and then a strange scene was discovered.
It seems that the strength of both sides is somewhat different in the quarter-finals. Barcelona, which steadily beat Atletico Madrid in the league, has a much stronger overall strength than Real Madrid, and Bayern who is playing in the turbulent period of Manchester United, which seems to be just one step away from advancing.
In this way, Arsenal's game against Paris Saint-Germain is more worth watching. After all, anyone can see that Paris Saint-Germain's desire to win the championship is unprecedentedly strong. With Ibrahimovic, Cavani, Verati and his sister-in-law, they are completely competitive enough.
Therefore, everyone began to discuss whether it was Paris's ability to make money or Arsenal's defending champion's strength, and both sides had their own opinions, and overall, the main conclusion was that the Gunners had a greater advantage.
But this is the Champions League knockout stage, no one knows what will happen in the future, right?
Chapter completed!