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Chapter 176 Five years of waiting!

After Manchester United defeated Sevilla 5-0 at home, they advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League this season with a total score of 7:3, and did not fail as soon as they entered the first round of the knockout round.

But...a team has failed!

And not a minority!

After two rounds of competition between Barcelona and Roma, they were eliminated by Roma with a total score of 2:3!

At the same time, Real Madrid, as the defending Champions League champion, also had problems in their confrontation with Juventus. They tied 3:3 with the "Old Woman" in the first leg. Zidane originally thought that he would lead the team to Turin and would play a match with Juventus. After all, with Real Madrid's attack power, if they scored, the "Old Woman" would be very passive.

No way... Juventus really defended his life at home, and finally got out 0:0, and then eliminated the defending champion with a away goal!

The four La Liga teams lost three in the first round of the Champions League knockout round, including Real Madrid and Barcelona's two giants. Atletico Madrid is the only one left. This really makes the Spanish media, who had previously ridiculed the Premier League team and were eliminated in the group stage, and their faces were beaten red, swollen, and painful!

Of course, it was not only Barcelona who failed in the first round of the Champions League knockout stage. Real Madrid and the powerful Bayern Munich, in the two rounds of the match against Monaco, the away game in the first leg was 3:2, and just lost one goal. However, Bayern, who returned to the Allianz Arena, actually tied with Monaco 1:1, and was eventually eliminated with a total score of 3:4.

This result caused an uproar in the German media. It would be fine if Dortmund lost to Atletico Madrid, after all, Atletico Madrid's strength is there, but Bayern lost to Monaco... This is really a bit embarrassing!

In this way, this year's Champions League quarter-finals will be Manchester United, Manchester City, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Roma, Monaco, Paris Saint-Germain, and Porto. The next quarter-final matchup situation will be waiting for the draw.

On March 17, the sixth round of the FA Cup started, Manchester United faced Huddersfield at home. With Yang Xiaozhuang's hat-trick, Martial, Rashford and Pogba's goals, Manchester United easily won a big victory at Old Trafford Stadium.

In the next two weeks, it was the international match day again, and the draw of the Champions League quarterfinals against the lottery also took advantage of this space. The final result... Manchester United drew the lottery.

Among the Champions League quarterfinals this season, the strongest teams are hard to define. Manchester United, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, and Juventus have very small strength gaps. If they really encounter each other, it is normal for whoever wins and who loses.

But if the team with the weakest strength... it must be Porto from the Portuguese Super League!

Even Mourinho was interviewed by reporters after knowing the draw results, he said confidently: "If you only talk about hard strength, Porto is indeed not as good as Manchester United. Moreover, the level of the Portuguese Premier League and the level of the English Premier League is still very obvious. The players can show their state and have different abilities, but this does not mean that we will definitely win the game. After all, I led Porto to create miracles back then. Porto is a team that is good at creating miracles, and we must take this opponent seriously."

Porto's current coach Sergio Concesan was also extremely low-key and humble when facing Mourinho: "Jose is a magical and experienced coach. Even today, I still miss the magical season. He led us to create miracles and we became European champions! In a sense, he was the mentor who led me to the top of the player era, and he led our players to see the beautiful scenery on the top of the mountain! But since we met this time, the team and I will do our best to fight Manchester United, which is also a respect for Jose! As the head coach and the head coach of the previous team, it was a magical experience!"

In addition to the highlights of the match between Manchester United and Porto, the civil war between Juventus and Roma is also quite attractive. The confrontation between Atletico Madrid and Monaco is also unpredictable. Of course, it is the most concerned by fans and the most "gold content", which comes from the contest between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City.

In today's European football, the richest and most willing teams are definitely not Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Chelsea, and people in Europe who care about football know that the most popular teams burn money are Manchester United and Paris Saint-Germain.

Other giant teams, Chelsea, which spends money very fiercely, do not rely entirely on their boss' blood transfusions. Their commercial development level is very high. Only Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain, if these two clubs leave their boss' blood transfusions, will never be able to have money to form their current super luxury star lineup.

Among them, the current first-team lineup of Paris Saint-Germain is more than 600 million in pounds, while Manchester City's lineup value exceeds 700 million!

Two such teams met together in the Champions League... There are so many highlights!

However, after the final result comes out, many people may not consider which of them is stronger, but will only say which of these two companies will spend more money!

In short, it was the result of the Champions League quarterfinal draw "arranged" by UEFA, which once again made them the final and biggest winner!

The showdown between the quarterfinals of the Champions League has not yet begun, and it will even take more than half a month to go on, but it has successfully attracted the attention of fans around the world. Whether you want to watch a showdown, a match between rich teams, a civil war in Italy, or a master-apprenticeship between Mourinho and Concesan, anyway... there is everything!

Who else wouldn't pay attention to such a Champions League?

Two weeks passed in a flash. At the end of March, Manchester United, which reunited after international matches, welcomed their 31st round of the Premier League at home... Brighton!

For Manchester United, as long as they win this game, no matter what the results of other teams play, they will win the Premier League championship this season seven rounds ahead of schedule.

On the day of the game, even though it was about to be held at 17:30 pm, countless Manchester United fans had already arrived outside the Old Trafford Stadium early in the morning. Today's game is just the match point for Manchester United players this season, but for the supporters of the "Red Devils"... Since "Sir" left, they have not had a chance to hold a large celebration for a long time!

Yes, there is no chance!

But this time...the opportunity is here!
Chapter completed!
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