Chapter 199: Top Eight Rivals
With Bayern Munich being eliminated by Inter Milan, all quarter-finals of the Champions League were also born.
Because of Bayern Munich's exit, the Bundesliga representatives this season have become Dortmund and Schalke 04, and both of their teams have also entered the quarterfinals.
In addition to the two Bundesliga teams, two La Liga teams have also entered the quarterfinals, namely Real Madrid and Barcelona.
There are two teams in the Premier League, Chelsea and Manchester United, one with Inter Milan in Serie A, and one with a Donetsk Miners from Ukraine.
These eight teams have to draw lots and fight each other.
After reaching the quarterfinals, the so-called rule that teams in the same country cannot meet will be invalid.
So there is a possibility of a civil war.
And there is no saying that the group is the first and the second in the group is the second, and there is a very likely strong dialogue.
Among these eight teams, the Donesque Miners are the weakest and are what all the other seven teams want to encounter.
Anyone who meets them will be admitted to the semi-finals.
Dortmund fans couldn't help but look forward to being together with the Donetsk miners.
The draw ceremony was held in Bern, UEFA headquarters on the weekend.
What makes Dortmund fans regret is that the Donetsk miners are not separated from Dortmund, and the Ukrainian team's opponent is Barcelona...
As soon as this result came out, conspiracy theories began to spread again, and many people believed that UEFA was going to be recommended to Barcelona.
Because of the match between Barcelona and Chelsea in the Champions League last year, some people have always believed that UEFA is favorable to Barcelona. Because UEFA President Platini expressed his appreciation for Barcelona more than once, some people joked that Platini was Barcelona's "godfather".
This year's draw result seems to once again confirm UEFA's care for Barcelona...
However, for Dortmund, they don't care whether UEFA is Barcelona's godfather, because they won't meet Barcelona anyway.
Their opponent in the quarterfinals is another La Liga team...Real Madrid.
A very strong opponent who is hard to deal with.
In fact, if we talk about the historical record in the past few years, Real Madrid should not be a roadblock for Dortmund, because in the past six years, Real Madrid has been eliminated in the first round of the Champions League knockout stage, so they are also called "Champions League Sixteen" by Chinese fans, which is a satirical mockery of Real Madrid's spending so much money every year and claiming to be the Galaxy battleship, but they can't even make it to the Champions League quarter-finals and can only be the semi-finals every year.
Real Madrid's dark history seems to have started after losing to Juventus in the 2004-2005 quarter-finals. Real Madrid, which had seven superstars in Zidane, Figo, Raul, Beckham, Robert Carlos, Ronaldo and Casillas, lost to Juventus 0:2 away and was eliminated with a score of 1:2. Figo also lost a key penalty.
Since then, Real Madrid has met Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Roma, Liverpool and Lyon in the Champions League quarter-finals, all of which have been eliminated.
Based on this data, Real Madrid has had six years of experience in the Champions League quarterfinals.
But football matches are not such a simple data analysis. It doesn’t mean that the ability values of my eleven players on the court are larger than yours, so I can definitely win.
Real Madrid this season has a completely different feeling from before, because they have changed a very powerful head coach this season.
Jose Mourinho led Porto and Inter Milan to win the Champions League titles respectively.
After leading Inter Milan to the triple crown, he was dug by Real Madrid to the Bernabeu. His arrival brought fighting will to the noble team of Real Madrid. The most obvious change was that Real Madrid got rid of the shameful nickname "Champions League Sixteen". They eliminated the previous miserable Lyon in the quarterfinals, entered the quarterfinals, and became Dortmund's opponent.
Real Madrid and Dortmund were drawn together, which must be a very complicated mood for someone.
This person is Real Madrid's young midfielder Nuri Shahin.
At the beginning of this season, when he switched from Dortmund to Real Madrid, he definitely didn't expect to see his old club again so soon...
And in this case, he met his old club - after he came to Real Madrid, he did not play any game in Real Madrid. Mourinho did not trust him, especially with his defensive attitude in the game.
So Shahin is either a substitute or can't even play as a substitute.
This scene must have been something he had never expected when he left Dortmund resolutely.
He thought that Real Madrid was pursuing his enthusiasm. With his performance at Dortmund, it would be fine to go to Real Madrid to play the main player.
result……
On the other hand, after he left, Dortmund was with his midfield rival and partner with Zhou Yi.
His departure prompted Klopp to make up his mind to completely identify Zhou Yi as the core of Dortmund, and the only core.
Without Shahin, Zhou Yi will play better and better in Dortmund. This season, Dortmund can rank first in the league and lead the opponents by as many as ten, which is inseparable from Zhou Yi. In the Champions League, the importance of Zhou Yi will not be mentioned. If it weren't for Zhou Yi, Dortmund would have been so easy and simple as he is now, let alone reaching the Champions League quarter-finals.
Zhou Yi is a successful player in Dortmund, and the more you get, the better you get.
Shahin himself was almost rotting on the bench of Real Madrid. He hadn't played even a minute of games for almost three months... His last appearance was in a Cup of del Rey match on December 20 last year.
There are still no chances to play in these two Champions League quarterfinals. It is still uncertain whether they can make it to the roster...
No one knows whether Shahin has regretted his decision to leave Dortmund and join Real Madrid, because Shahin has never mentioned this in any public place.
But he must have been unhappy in Real Madrid...
He seemed to have been forgotten.
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But in fact, not everyone will forget him.
After the draw results came out, Klopp talked about Shahin: "I know Nuri's situation is not very good there. I don't want to criticize anyone, but I hope he can get more opportunities. He has the strength, but needs to play to his strength. If he can return to West**** with Real Madrid, I think every Dortmund fan will be very happy, of course I am too."
However, the reason why some people are not as good as Shahin in the past is not different.
For example, a Chinese media reporter went to ask Zhou Yi that Shahin chose to transfer to Real Madrid and looked very glorious, but now he is not doing well. He asked Zhou Yi what he thinks about this.
This is a gloating mentality, because Shahin and Zhou Yi were also a competitor to some extent.
Many people will feel happy when they see their competitors not doing well.
But Zhou Yi doesn't think so.
"Everyone has their own choice, it's nothing strange. Besides, when Nuri transferred to Real Madrid, how could he think that he would definitely be a substitute?" Zhou Yi spread his hands and shook his head. "I don't think this question is meaningless, the next one."
He just exposed this issue.
Although the reporters were unwilling to give up and wanted to continue asking, they didn't want to answer this question when they saw Zhou Yi not wanting to answer this question, because although Zhou Yi had a good relationship with the reporters, after contacting him for a long time, he would find that this young man is a very principled person. If he doesn't want to do some things, don't force him to leave. If he forces him to do it, he will turn against him every minute...
However, in private, Zhou Yi still used Shahin and Sun Pan as examples in the group, and suggested that everyone should not be superstitious about wealthy families. If you find it difficult to play in the first team, you should leave, whether it is loan or transfer. At this time, the most important thing is to play in the game stably and continuously.
Actually, this was said by He Ying.
As the most talented person among the five, He Ying's future is the most promising one. But after he accepted Lamacia's invitation, he still cannot even play the second team in Barcelona, let alone the first team.
I won’t talk about Zhou Yi anymore.
Now Sun Pan has firmly been the main goalkeeper in the first team of Offenbach's football players. Although he is a German C team, he is still a first-team game. The key is to be the main player. With his outstanding performance in this team, he has attracted the attention of some teams. Even if he returns to Chelsea, he still cannot get a labor certificate, and he doesn't have to worry about where to go.
Yang Muge is already the main player in Schalke 04's U19, starting every game. In the Bundesliga, although there is a reserve team, the reserve team of the Bundesliga team is very embarrassing. It is not the reserve team that really brings talents to the first team, but the U19 of the youth team. If you can play as the main player in the U19 and perform well, there is a high chance of being transferred to the first team for training. If you can still perform well during the first team training, you may be played in some less important games of the first team. If you have excellent performance in these games, you can stay in the first team...
Zhou Yi basically walked from Dortmund youth training camp to the first team, and Yang Muge was also walking the path he had walked.
Guo Nu's situation is also good. Zhou Yi talked about his situation when he met him in Milan last time. He is now the main player in Inter Milan's U19.
And what's the shadow?
La Macia U19 is the main force, but considering Barcelona's terrifying first-team lineup and some lessons from the past, Zhou Yi is actually not optimistic about He Ying's future in Barcelona...
When it comes to his performance in La Macia, He Ying is not as popular as Boyan and Dos Santos.
With their achievements in the youth team, it is difficult for them to play in the first team, let alone He Ying.
He Ying is a forward, but in the forward position, there is no competition at all.
The main forward combination of Barcelona's first team is very fixed, with Villa in the center, Pedro in the left, and Messi on the right.
This lineup is Barcelona's top attack combination. Even if other young forwards appear in the first team, they are just substitutes, and it is impossible to pose any threat to this lineup.
It's even harder for He Ying.
If he wants to wait for an opportunity in Barcelona, he is afraid that he will accomplish nothing until he is twenty-five years old...
Chapter completed!