Chapter 853 We Don’t Care Who Our Opponent Is

"When I texted Terry yesterday, I told him that one side will always be disappointed in today's game, but this is life. I will not say that Inter Milan who wins will always be better than Chelsea, but China Milan did play well in this game. Better."

By beating Chelsea twice in two rounds, Inter Milan has let the world see clearly their strength and potential.

Maybe Inter Milan will create another six crowns?

"Which do I want more, the Champions League or Serie A? I have to say, I think we can get to the end on all three fronts!" The head coach of Inter Milan was overjoyed after eliminating Chelsea, and once again issued a message to win three games this season. The words of a crowned king. Very passionate, very ambitious, and most importantly, really hopeful!

Compared with last year, Inter Milan is stronger. Why can't the stronger Inter Milan stay at the top for another year?

Even Barcelona at its peak could not defeat the Blues twice at home and away. Last season, Barcelona was almost as perfect as it was called, but it could only rely on a controversial penalty to narrowly eliminate Chelsea. This year Chelsea's strength is even higher, but Mourinho and his team won so convincingly that the strength of the Serie A king is obvious to all. There is no doubt that the Champions League is still the most challenging and difficult competition in Europe today, because there are too many super strong teams eyeing it, but there is no doubt that Inter Milan is now the king of kings.

However, Mourinho quickly poured cold water on him: "But it would be dangerous if we played like we did tonight. We shouldn't let our opponents score a goal so easily. If we conceded a goal in the final, it would be quite serious." Fatal. The team won too many honors last year and lacked enough motivation this season, and that’s what I’m worried about.”

Dong Fangzhuo later expressed a similar view: "Why can't we set the goal higher, such as defending the title, or even three consecutive championships. I know that no team has done it since the Champions League was restructured, but records are broken. International Milan needs to defend its title and continue to be at the top."

"scare! Defending the title is just a dream. ", Spain's "World Sports News" reported Dong Fangzhuo's words, "No matter what happens this year, it will be Barcelona's turn!"

"Sometimes, winning the Champions League requires luck. At least you have to encounter some weaker teams before the final, such as Inter Milan last year." Barcelona star Stoikov said sourly, "If Inter Milan and Barcelona had changed before last year's final, Position, they might not make it to the finals.”

When Stojkov went to Nyon, Switzerland to represent Barcelona in the eight-to-four draw, he made no secret of his disdain for Inter Milan. In their view, it was luck that influenced the results of last year's Champions League.

"If you go head-to-head with strong teams and end up falling to a cheap team, that's normal because all your energy has been exhausted before that."

fart!

Figo is the representative of Inter Milan's draw. Although he was born in Barcelona, ​​he is not interested in Stojkov's statement.

"Some people have healed their scars and forgotten the pain. Why didn't they talk about winning against Inter Milan during the championship group stage this season? They missed such a good opportunity. Do they want to preserve their strength until the finals? That was intentional. We lost 1:3 at home, a gift specially given to us? Let’s see who can go further.”

Although the two people were just fighting words, the smell of gunpowder was quite strong.

In the world, the top eight teams in this session are full of excitement, because almost all their old opponents are here.

The 1/8 finals have just ended this week, and all the top 8 have been produced, namely: Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Inter Milan, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Bordeaux and CSKA Moscow. 8 powerful European teams compete against each other.

The draw was hosted by UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino, with Butragueno, finals ambassador and Real Madrid Public Relations Manager, as a guest. The draw will be a mixed draw of 8 teams. Teams from the same country will not avoid it, nor will teams that have met in the group stage.

This year's lottery is much more dangerous.

Because the probability of passing a civil war is very high, such as Arsenal VS Manchester United, Barcelona VS Real Madrid, or Lyon VS Bordeaux.

The first one to be drawn was France's Bordeaux. They were tragically drawn against Real Madrid. After the latter had just defeated Lyon, their nemesis for many years, they met another Ligue 1 team and were almost sent to the semi-finals.

Such luck, no one else, it was exactly as expected before the game. Stojkov rolled his eyes and firmly believed in his heart that Real Madrid was being taken care of again. Otherwise, how could they meet Bordeaux, the weakest team in the quarterfinals?

Then the 1999 Champions League rivalry reappeared, Bayern Munich VS Manchester United.

Many people still don't understand why Moyes is so tough and led Manchester United to the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Although the league results are really not good and they are competing for the top four, the Champions League results are not bad. Last year was also stumbling. Reaching the quarter-finals, perhaps it is because of this that Moyes can always sit firmly on the Diaoyutai!

Anyway, Manchester United fans don't understand. Except that the boss is satisfied, they are not satisfied at all.

The third group matchup is Barcelona VS Arsenal.

call,

After all, it’s not Inter Milan. Although there was no emotion or anger on Berbatov's face, he breathed a long sigh of relief in his heart.

Although he said it was awesome, in his heart, no one in Barcelona wanted to meet Inter Milan. Would rather touch Real Madrid than Inter Milan.

Everyone knows the reason for this.

Naturally, Inter Milan got a good draw, CSKA Moscow, what a comfortable draw...

This season's Champions League quarter-finals will be contested in the first round on March 31 and April 1, and in the second round on April 7 and 8. The winning team will advance to the top four. The two legs of the semi-finals are on April 21st/22nd and 28th/29th.

The final will be held on May 23 at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of Real Madrid.

The specific matchups in the quarter-finals are as follows (the team ranked first will play at home first):

Real Madrid vs Bordeaux

Bayern Munich VS Manchester United

Arsenal vs Barcelona

Inter Milan VS CSKA Moscow

The specific matchups in the semi-finals are as follows (the team ranked first will play at home first):

Bayern Munich-Manchester United winner VS Inter Milan-CSKA Moscow winner

Real Madrid-Bordeaux winner VS Arsenal-Barcelona winner

Figo later said in an interview:

"Some people said last year that we got a good draw, but when we reached the final we played Barcelona. If we want to win the championship, we will eventually encounter the strongest opponent. Inter Milan's goal is very clear. We ultimately want to go to the Bernabeu. .”

"So, we don't care who the opponent is."