Restricted Superstar

Chapter 316: Champions League round of 16 and matchups (make up one more)

In the last twenty minutes, Arsenal could not find a way to break Porto's goal and had to accept the 0:3 defeat in the away game.

At the end of the game, Gao Xiaodong was interviewed by reporters surrounded by Hulk and Fernando.

Without waiting for reporters to ask questions, Gao Xiaodong stretched out three fingers and said to the reporter: "I am very happy. We lost Arsenal 2:4 in the first round. This time we beat them a 3:0, which is a tie. Up."

Hulk said arrogantly: "What's the gunner? We still win."

Fernando clenched his fist in excitement and said to the camera: "This is the Dragon Stadium, and we are the masters here."

"Grab the grass, grab my lines." Gao Xiaodong pushed the two of them. "Go, this is me for an interview, so don't steal the spotlight."

"Good team mate." Fernando and Hulk smiled and ran to celebrate with their teammates.

After Fernando and Hulk left, Gao Xiaodong patiently answered a few questions from reporters. Finally, when the reporter asked him about his goals for this season, Gao Xiaodong said: "I don’t care about personal goals. If possible, I hope to be able to Get the best player and top scorer in the Portuguese Super League, the goal of the team, the goal of the team, I hope Porto can win the league and cup doubles this season, and at the same time go a little further in the Champions League, the quarterfinals. , It’s best to be the semi-finals, but the difficulty of the semi-finals seems a bit big.

After Gao Xiaodong turned back to the locker room, the reporters were all talking about it, thinking that this kid really dared to think about it. He simply didn’t know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and the quarterfinals were fine. Porto got the first place in the group, and there is still hope to enter the quarterfinals Yes, but the semi-finals are what a second-rate team like Porto can think of? It can be said that in the Champions League, the semi-finals are prepared for the top five leagues, and other teams don't even think about it.

Back in the locker room, Gao Xiaodong happened to meet Wenger, remembering the last time the professor took the initiative to talk to himself, Gao Xiaodong greeted the professor in English, "Hello, professor, this time we won."

Wenger was in a mixed mood. He was defeated 3:0 by Porto and lost the group first. The player he valued passed and shot. Is there anything more annoying than this?

The professor is of course very self-cultivating. He smiled and said: "Congratulations, I hope we all go further."

Fortunately, Gao Xiaodong understood this sentence. He happily said: "It would be even better if we could meet in the quarterfinals."

what? Is this treating us like fish belly? Wenger was very angry and said, "I hope it can be as you wish. I hope you can go further. Goodbye."

Wenger returned to the visiting team's locker room with a calm face.

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After the end of the eight games on the second match day of the Champions League group stage, all the UEFA Champions League group matches have been completed, and the 16 places for the UEFA Champions League knockout stage have also been settled.

Manchester United, Porto, Lexos, Panathinaikos, Lyon, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea, Juventus, Arsenal, Roma, Juventus, Villarreal, 16 teams The team became the last lucky one.

There are no upsets in the group stage this season. All the giants have successfully advanced. If there are upsets, Panathinaikos, Porto defeated Inter Milan and Arsenal became the group first and won in the knockout draw. Certain advantages.

Although Panathinaikos and Porto counterattacked to grab the first place in the group, they can't be regarded as a dark horse. There is only one dark horse this season, and that is Lexos. As a member of the Champions League for the first time, in the face of absenteeism and strong competition from Basel, Lexus just grabbed a spot. For a rookie team, this is by no means an easy task.

After the game, the UEFA Champions League game has also become the hottest topic in major sports newspapers.

In the top 16 of the Champions League, the Premier League still occupies 4 places, 4 in La Liga, 3 in Serie A, 2 in the Portuguese Super League, 1 in the Bundesliga, 1 in the Ligue 1 and 1 in the Greek League.

The Portuguese Premier League's record this season surprised the media all over the world. No one would have thought that the Portuguese Premier League could surpass the Bundesliga and get two qualifying places.

The German "Bild" believes that there is a lack of upsets and dark horses this season. If you really want to find dark horses, Porto and Rexos of the Portuguese Super League are definitely the first choices.

"Daily Mail" is optimistic that Porto will become a dark horse. It believes that Porto’s group includes last season’s quarter-final Fenerbahçe, Champions League regulars Dynamo Kyiv, and Premier League giants Arsenal. In this case, Porto can beat Porto. Arsenal won first place in the group, luckier, it is not impossible to reach the semi-finals.

"Milan Sport" is optimistic about the Greek power Panathinaikos as the dark horse, thinking that they can beat Inter Milan to get the first place in the group, their strength should not be underestimated, and may be expected to enter the Champions League quarter-finals.

Two days later, the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

In accordance with the regulations of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw, the team that won the first place in the eight groups will become the "seed team", and then use the computer to avoid "the same football association team does not meet" and "group stage in the same group. After the principle of "the teams do not meet", the opponents in the eighth-finals are drawn out one by one.

As the final of the UEFA Champions League this season will be held in Rome, Conte, the former Italian international and the technical director of the Roma Club, became the guest of the draw. Under the auspices of UEFA Secretary-General Taylor, Conte in the first half of the draw even drew out the relatively ordinary teams of the top 16 in succession, and therefore gave birth to such as Villarreal vs Panathinaikos, Ma Competition vs. Porto, Bayern vs. Lexos, such a flat game. And Barcelona, ​​which was originally in a dangerous situation, was lucky enough to be drawn to Lyon by Conte among the four teams that may encounter Chelsea, Arsenal, Inter Milan and Lyon, which is considered super lucky.

The dullness of the first half of the draw was destined to be extremely exciting in the second half. Subsequently, Manchester United vs. Inter Milan broke out for the first time on the scene. The defending champion and the strong Serie A leaders were brought together, and then Real Madrid vs Liverpool gave two teams. The giants with 9 and 5 Champions League trophies have met in advance. Conte then sent Chelsea and Arsenal to the two veteran Serie A powerhouses Juventus and Roma, respectively, and further contributed to the brutal matchup in the eighth-finals.

After the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw was over, the entire football world was in an uproar, because there were too many strong dialogues in the quarter-finals, which means that many of the favorites will be blocked from the top eight.

After the lottery ceremony, many well-known international betting companies issued the latest Champions League odds. Barcelona is the first favorite to win the championship at 1: 5.25. The teams ranked 2nd to 10th are Manchester United, Chelsea, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal, Juventus and Roma, while Porto is only ranked 13th, and Lexos is at the bottom. It's better to play football and say that there are not many days left in this month. Brothers have monthly votes. You can only vote for two in 24 hours. Don't waste it.

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