Chapter 590: Champions League opponent

When the stadium is boiling, when the spotlight flashes, everyone is shouting the same person's name, everyone is excited because of you and cheering because of you, the eyes of the whole world are gathered on you, you hold your hands high and pierce into the sky.

Glory is your name.

Pride is your capital.

To be honest is your personality.

You are in the sky, your magic sword is in your hand, you are in power, you are the focus of the whole world, you are their hero!

The hero turned around, and the mountains yelled and the sea!

At this moment, no one can match you, who is as noble as a prince!

Surrounded by the gunmen, Chu Jiang put his hands beside his ears and listened to the cheers from the fans.

From 0:1 to 2:1, the Gunners only took 4 minutes. The final reversal gave the fans infinite passion. In the stands, they jumped and shouted, venting their happiness to the fullest.

And their happiness is also Chu Jiang's happiness.

What does football do? Isn’t it just to give people passion and happiness?

Leaving the fans, whether Chu Jiang or Van Persie, they are nothing. The joy that can make the fans come from the heart is the meaning of the existence of professional players.

The greatest praise for Chu Jiang is to please them and get their praise!

The moment the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, the Magpies looked at the dazzling score on the scoreboard and all lowered their heads.

Once upon a time, they were so close to victory.

However, everything changed drastically after a few minutes.

Once upon a time, they had so many opportunities to lock in the victory.

However, a man named Chu Jiang took the backbone of the gunman, blocked all the opponent's attacks, allowed the gunman to be in danger and not die, and was reborn after hardships!

He stood there, although he was just a man, but he was like an insurmountable mountain, standing in front of the Gunners' gate, making the magpies' forwards feel desperate.

If it weren't for him, Newcastle United would have won the game long ago.

However, it was precisely because of him that Newcastle United was killed at the last moment!

In front of this talented player, the magpies had nothing to say, they could only lower their heads and accept such a bitter victory.

"This result is not fair to our players... I think if a team wins, it should be us, because we are leading 87 minutes and performing better than Arsenal. I thought we could at least get a draw, but who knew, in the end, this result was... "

After the game, in an interview with Sky Sports reporters, Newcastle United head coach Alan Padu said sadly, looking like an angry young wife.

Obviously, he was not convinced of the defeat in this game.

"If we replace the opponent's goalkeeper, or give us a goalkeeper like this, we can win the game. We can defend and score goals, and such a goalkeeper is speechless!"

Alan Padu complained in the face of the local Newcastle reporter.

Losing was beyond his expectations; losing to a goalkeeper and being defeated by a goalkeeper was even more unacceptable.

However, no matter whether he felt uncomfortable or not, whether he accepted it or not, Chu Jiang killed them.

With a hard-won victory, the Gunners have won 12 Premier League games this season.

The match against the Magpies happened to be their last match in 2012 and was also the 20th round of the Premier League.

After this game, the Premier League has been halfway through this season.

In the 20 rounds of the league, Arsenal won 12 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses, with just 40 points. Among all 20 Premier League teams, they rank fourth.

Compared with the record of the same period last year, the Gunners lost two fewer games, 4 more points, and their league rankings also rose by one.

Currently, the top team is still Manchester United.

In the just-concluded league round, Manchester United was unexpectedly tied by West Bromwich, and the gap between them and Arsenal narrowed from 10 points to 8 points.

However, despite this, the Red Devils still had a record of 15 wins, 3 draws, 2 losses and 48 points, ranking first in the league standings.

After the Red Devils, the teams ranked second and third in the standings are "Blue Moon" Manchester City, and "Blue Army" Chelsea.

Through the victory against the Magpie, the Gunners established their fourth position in the league.

Next, their goal is to catch up with Chelsea, surpass Manchester City, and chase Manchester United.

There are 18 games left in the league, and Arsenal is still 8 points away from the top, so they have not lost hope of winning the championship.

After the match with the Magpies, Wenger took his senior disciple Van Persie and the team Ceo Gazidis to the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland to participate in the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals group draw ceremony.

Before the lottery ceremony began, UEFA announced the results of the last Champions League best player as usual and presented awards to those stars.

There is no doubt that Chelsea, Bayern Munich, who won the first and second place, is the biggest winner in this selection.

As for Arsenal, it was just a so-called play. Sitting off the stage, Wenger and Van Persie both provided backgrounds for the winning players and served as audiences.

This feeling is not very good.

After the award ceremony, UEFA President Platini walked to the front stage.

The group lottery ceremony officially began.

First of all, the team Pratini draws is the Donetsk Miners from Ukraine.

Among the quarterfinals, the Donetsk Miners is the second place in the weakest group except Montpellier, and is also a hot spot in the eyes of the first teams in each group.

Which group will UEFA give this "hot cake" to?

Seeing Platini's smile, Wenger knew that this "hot cake" must have nothing to do with them. Therefore, the professor had no expression on his face.

Also expressionless were Ferguson, Heinx, Mancini and others.

Among the coaches, only the head coach Tito Biranova from Barcelona smiled relaxedly, as if he knew the result to be announced.

In the camera-focused shot, Platini smiled and pulled out the knockout opponent of the Donetsk Miners.

Sure enough, Barcelona!

Platini's draw was not beyond the expectations of every coach present.

The Champions League draws are the same every year, and the coaches know it well and have long been used to it.

Next, Montpellier draws Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain vs. Valencia, which is common sense.

After arranging the appropriate opponents of Barcelona and Ligue 1 teams, the draw ceremony for this Champions League officially began.

Next, Platini drew Anzhi and then drew Manchester City.

Manchester City collided with Anzhi, which was a collision between the two bank teams. Theoretically, both financial and strength, Manchester Bank should be stronger.

Soon, the first unlucky giant team appeared.

Real Madrid meets the "Blue Army" Chelsea!

Seeing this draw, Real Madrid coach Mourinho and Chelsea coach Di Matteo were both stunned for a moment, and then whispered in a low voice.

If there is any team that Mourinho is the least willing to face among the top 16 teams, it must be Chelsea.

Before the lottery ceremony, the Magic Birds told the reporter of Marca that for his Real Madrid, it doesn't matter which team he draws in group draws, as long as he doesn't play Chelsea. Because Chelsea used to be his team, he doesn't want to fight with his old friends.

However, UEFA still did not get Mourinho's wish.

In the first round of the knockout round, the Galaxy Battleship met the Blues on a narrow road.

The three strongest groups are second, Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea are already "famous flowers with their masters", and only AC Milan is still admiring themselves and waiting to be in the boudoir.

AC Milan's head coach Allegri still looked embarrassed, and Galliani's expression was not good-looking either.

The reason is very simple, because the opponents that can be regarded as soft persimmons are no longer there.

Next, AC Milan's opponents must be selected from Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Arsenal, three teams that won the first place in the group stage.

Since AC Milan was separated from Bayern Munich in the group stage, the possibility of their encounter with the Southern Star must be ruled out.

The remaining two opponents, whether they are Arsenal or Manchester United, are not easy to deal with.

Therefore, AC Milan people are not very happy.

Similarly, Wenger's expression was very serious.

In the next round of knockout matches, Arsenal may encounter only three opponents, Ajax, AC Milan and Schalke 04.

Among them, Schalke 04 is an opponent in the group stage and will not meet in the first round of the knockout round.

That is, the probability of Arsenal meeting Ajax and AC Milan is 50%.

Could it be Ajax?

If it was Ajax, the difficulty of the knockout round would definitely be lower. But...

Wenger glanced.

So far, there is no head coach who has been appointed by La Lang. In addition to his old enemy Ferguson, Heinx also has...

Damn, with Bayern here, can Ajax get Arsenal's turn?

Sure enough, in the next round of lottery draw, Platini divided Ajax and the Southern Star together.

There is no suspense about the remaining draws.

At this point, the situation of the Champions League quarterfinals has been fully revealed.

Barcelona plays against Donetsk miners, Benfica plays against Montpellier, Valencia plays against Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City plays against Anzhi, Real Madrid plays against Chelsea, Manchester United plays against Schalke 04, and Bayern Munich plays against Ajax.

And the knockout opponent of the Arsenal is AC Milan!

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Bow to thank Damin 2004, Qingfeng thoughts, rather decadent, linlei886, black household = wandering, posuide∮ and monthly tickets for students who consumed 300 yuan in monthly bills!

ps: I would like to explain it in an oversight. The Champions League group draw ceremony and the list of candidates for World Football Federation Mr. were announced. They all happened before Christmas. Because I was determined to speed up the pace of the game, I forgot those things, which made me embarrassed. I had no choice but to move all those things to the back and don't worry about them =,=#

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