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After the Champions League quarter-final draw, Chelsea firmly ranked second in the odds to win, second only to defending champion Barcelona.

After the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals, Chelsea trailed 1:2 away, but the winning odds remained unchanged. Most people are still not optimistic about Inter Milan's promotion.

After Manchester United swept a Milan with the Champions League gene 7:2 into the quarter-finals, more fans looked down on Inter Milan.

However, in the second round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Inter Milan's shocking 5-goal bloodbath at Stamford Bridge, with a total score of 7:1, swept Chelsea to advance to the quarter-finals.

At this time, I don't know how many people have been hit in the face, or how many understand the ball to break his glasses.

After the game, the major bookmakers immediately adjusted their winning odds. The defending champion Barcelona topped the list with 1.15. Manchester United rose to second and Chelsea also climbed rapidly. Now it is the third most popular, but the odds are higher than Barcelona. After nearly doubling, Arsenal and Bayern are behind Inter Milan.

After the game, the English media were stunned by Inter Milan. The Times called the game the "Stamford Bridge Massacre"; The Daily Mail believed that Chelsea had suffered a 45-year curse; The newspaper said that this mysterious magic from the East ruled the game, and Xiao Donggao is simply the devil.

The Italian media cheered, thanking Inter Milan for being bloodbathed by Manchester United in Milan, the Juventus team failed to qualify, and Florence saved the dignity for Italian football when they called out injustice.

"Gazzetta dello Sport" said: "Sometimes you want to ask why in the past few years, Inter Milan, which has been heavily built in various positions, has repeatedly defeated in the Champions League. Today, you will be even more surprised. Why is Inter Milan, the most popular in years, so powerful? At this time, you need to see who is sitting on the coaching bench."

"Gazzetta dello Sport" highly praises Mourinho, and "Roma Sport" counts the credit to Gao Xiaodong, "This Inter Milan may not be better than the Inter Milan last season. The coach is still Mourinho. , The opponents are the best teams in the Premier League, why are the results so different? I think Gao Xiaodong may be the best answer."

"Torino Sport" was unhappy with Mourinho and Gao Xiaodong. They attributed Inter Milan's super victory to Ancelotti's stupidity and Chelsea's bad luck. "There is no doubt that Mourinho and Gao Xiaodong were in the victory. However, I have to say that luck and Ancelotti’s tactics are completely eaten and suppressed by Mourinho are more important factors. If Gao Xiaodong did not have a magical performance in the goalkeeper position in the first round, Inter Milan may It died in the first round. If Chelsea didn't have so many chances to break the goal in the second round, Inter Milan won't even be able to win a five-goal victory. Even a small victory would be difficult."

In Spain and Germany, Mourinho's Inter Milan is regarded by the media as the biggest enemy of Barcelona and Bayern to win the championship, even more terrifying than Manchester United, mainly because Mourinho is better at playing the Champions League knockouts than Ferguson.

For fans and Inter Milan players, the significance of this game is far greater than re-promoting to the Champions League quarter-finals after 4 years.

Before Inter Milan was unable to beat the Premier League team in the knockouts for 45 years, he was guilty of playing in the Champions League knockouts and almost had a psychological barrier.

After the elimination of Chelsea, Inter Milan threw the British-phobia into the Atlantic in one fell swoop, and at the same time gained confidence, fighting spirit and resilience.

It can be said that after defeating Chelsea, Inter Milan is no longer afraid of any team except Barcelona. In the next quarter-finals and semi-finals, as long as they don't encounter Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan is not afraid of anyone.

If the final match with Barcelona is true, then with Mourinho's on-the-spot commanding ability, Inter Milan and Barcelona are also 50-50.

Of course, regardless of whether they are confident or not, Inter Milan still does not want to encounter strong opponents in the quarterfinals. After all, after fighting the strong opponents twice, even with injuries and stops, even if they reach the finals, it is estimated that there is no way to play all the main players Up.

The draw time for the top 8 of the Champions League is very close to the end of the top 16 match. At noon the next day, the draw ceremony was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The quarter-finals are drawn again. There will be no seeded teams in the draw. There will be four teams in zone a and zone b. Random selection is adopted, and the same country and the same group do not evade.

The draw decides the home and away games. The first draw will be played at home and the second draw will be played away. Two rounds will be played to determine the semifinals.

Each of the two teams in zone a and zone b will then eliminate the two teams that are determined to enter the finals at home and away.

In this draw, Inter Milan's luck was much better than that of the top 16 draw, but there is no sign of the draw, at best it can be called the winning.

In the quarterfinals, Inter Milan's opponent is CSKA Moscow in the Russian Premier League. The other groups are against Lyon vs Bordeaux; Bayern Munich vs Manchester United; Arsenal vs Barcelona.

CSKA Moscow eliminated Sevilla in La Liga and reached the top 8. They won and tied in two rounds and defeated Sevilla with one goal. In the group stage, CSKA Moscow tied for the group's first Manchester United. One loss, obviously they have a certain strength, but this strength is certainly not comparable to Inter Milan, who eliminated Chelsea.

In other words, Inter Milan got a good sign in the quarter-finals, and his hopes of qualifying to the semi-finals are very, very great.

But the reason why Inter Milan’s signing is not very good is that Inter Milan and Barcelona are divided into a half area. That is to say, after Inter Milan reaches the semi-finals, he is likely to encounter Barcelona and Arsenal. Winner.

Obviously, as a representative of artistic football, Barcelona's strength is stronger than Arsenal, and the possibility of promotion is also stronger than Arsenal.

Among the eight opponents, Inter Milan is most afraid of Barcelona. The result of this draw greatly increased the difficulty for Inter Milan to advance to the final.

After the draw, Inter Milan coach Mourinho said: "We must now consider the game against CSKA Moscow. There is no team that has reached the top 8 to play well. As I have always said, to win the Champions League. You have to beat every team, even the strongest team. The two games in the semi-finals are like the finals. Inter Milan can only concentrate on how to win, regardless of whether the opponent is Arsenal or Barcelona. This is the spirit we must have. It is very important to advance from the round of 16 knockout rounds, because Inter Milan has shown their personality and strength through those two games. But once again show our ability, reaching the semi-finals will be even more important. Our previous visit to Barcelona proved the wrong way to play at the Nou Camp. We must learn from that lesson. Next time we will definitely go there to play against them in a different way."

Moratti said: "We didn't want to draw Chelsea before, and we want to play against a team that is easier to deal with, but this is not our decision. I think Inter Milan can beat any team now. I am against the team. Full of confidence, I think we can win the Champions League this season."

Obviously, after the old enemy Chelsea was eliminated by Inter Milan, Barcelona no longer have an opponent to fear. After the draw, Barcelona coach Guardiola said, “We don’t care who the opponent is. We are the favorites to win the championship, and we are the defending champions. , Only the opponent wants to avoid us, now our goal is to reach the finals and complete the defense!.)