Chapter 124: Head! Pleasure gives birth to sadness!
On March 16, the second batch of four qualifying teams for the Champions League quarter-finals was also born.
Total score:
Chelsea 1-4 Barcelona
Bayern Munich 8-1 Besiktas
Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Roma (Roma won on away goals)
Sevilla 2-1 CSKA Moscow
There is nothing to say about Bayern Munich's promotion. Besiktas was praised by the media as the promotion draw after the draw was announced at that time. Whoever wins will advance.
The showdown between Chelsea and Barcelona is also predicted by the outside world.
Chelsea conceded the goal in the second minute of the opening game at Camp Nou. Chelsea had to tighten up and force Chelsea to press forward more.
As you can imagine, after Messi scored the second goal, Chelsea completely failed and was eliminated by 3 goals.
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At 3 pm on March 17, Liverpool faced Watford, their opponent in the 31st round of the Premier League, at Anfield.
Although the outside world believed that Liverpool had only a theoretical possibility of winning the championship, Klopp still did not give up.
Mo Yang, Salah and others did not give up.
The result was a 5-0 win for Liverpool over Watford at Anfield.
In this game, Mo Yang scored twice and had an assist, but the best player in the game was not him, but Ibrahimovic, who scored his first hat trick after coming to Liverpool.
After the game, the entire Liverpool team hurried back to Melwood. From the players to the coaching staff, they rushed to the entertainment room to watch the Champions League quarter-final draw ceremony held in Nyon, Switzerland at 7 p.m.
Robertson first occupied a position next to Mo Yang. When Salah looked like he was about to eat him, he asked with a smile: "Yang, who do you want us to draw?"
Mo Yang, who was looking at Ranieri and Shevchenko on the screen, withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then said: "Roma or Seville!"
Mo Yang, who picked the two weakest teams, surprised Henderson and others on the sidelines.
Since losing to Real Madrid in the European Super Cup at the beginning of the season, they have heard Mo Yang mention Real Madrid more than once in private. He hoped to win Real Madrid in the last draw, but unexpectedly, Mo Yang did not want to meet Real Madrid this time.
It’s not like Mo Yang’s style either.
In fact, it's not that Mo Yang doesn't hope, but he wants to meet Real Madrid again in the final.
Eliminating Real Madrid was far less fulfilling than defeating them in the final.
And Mo Yang is also tired. Last season, Liverpool did not experience the cruel intensity of the Champions League knockout rounds.
Now Mo Yang has tasted it. Even though the first round against Porto looked like an easy big score, it was really very tiring.
This kind of fatigue does not come from the competitive level of a single game, but from the physical and mental fatigue caused by the team fighting on multiple fronts and not getting enough rest. Mo Yang even felt war-weary from time to time during this period.
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Moreover, now that the Premier League has reached the final rounds, once it encounters teams that are struggling on the edge of relegation, it will almost always be a fierce battle.
Especially this season, the points difference between the teams near the relegation zone is extremely similar, causing these teams to collectively fight to the death with the teams in the middle and upper reaches.
So he doesn't want to encounter these strong teams now, which will greatly consume his physical fitness and energy, because he still wants to work hard in the league.
The media said that Manchester City can win all the next eight league rounds, but Mo Yang doesn't think so.
Because Manchester City still has Manchester United to play, and Tottenham, who have been eliminated and have to fight for the fourth place in the next step, have to play.
Putting aside Tottenham, Mo Yang feels that if Manchester City encounters Manchester United, which was at its peak in the last game, there is a high probability that it will fail.
The match against Manchester United a week ago made Mo Yang clearly feel a different Manchester United.
For the first time in the game, he had the illusion that it was impossible to score Manchester United's goal.
With everyone in Liverpool talking, the drawing ceremony officially began.
On the TV screen, Ranieri raised his hand to signal Shevchenko to start drawing lots.
Who will be drawn out first?
At this moment, the whole world is paying attention!
"Real Madrid!" Shevchenko said, showing the tag in his hand to the camera.
"NO! NoNo!"
"It must not be us!" Mane, who was next to Mo Yang, crossed himself on his chest and began to pray.
Klopp's hands on his thighs unconsciously clenched into fists.
To be honest, he definitely does not want to meet Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Juventus right now. This is definitely the next draw among the next draws.
Even if he could win, he would probably still be half disabled.
Among these seven teams, Klopp believes that Roma, Sevilla and Manchester City are the top picks.
Rome is recognized as the weakest in terms of apparent strength. There is nothing to say about this.
He is also familiar with Seville and went out with the same group.
Manchester City is an old rival. Although it will take some effort to fight, he is confident that he can win it.
At the same time, Manchester City, under the leadership of Guardiola, gathered in the multimedia entertainment room to watch the draw ceremony.
Guardiola's Adam's apple twitched when he saw Shevchenko grabbing a signature ball for the second time on the screen.
"MAY FC!"
Seeing Shevchenko pronounce the words he least wanted to hear, Guardiola had the urge to chop the guy with a knife. What a bad hand.
At this moment, Guardiola only felt a numbness on his bald head.
When he thought of the man from Real Madrid, he felt his scalp go cold.
De Bruyne and the others on the side also looked annoyed!
Unfortunately, they won a lottery! They were so depressed that they wanted to vomit blood.
"Ha ha ha ha……"
At the same time, in the Liverpool entertainment room, Klopp burst into laughter when he saw this scene, and his hearty laughter was full of schadenfreude.
"Head! There is an idiom in China called extreme joy that brings sorrow!" Mo Yang's silly comment came to Klopp's ear.
"Watt?" Klopp's black question mark face.
"Liverpool!"
At this moment, Liverpool was pulled out, and the entertainment room filled with laughter suddenly became quiet, except for the sound of heavy breathing one after another.
"JUVENTUS FOOTBALL CLUB!"
“holy shit!!”
“damn it!!!”
Seeing Shevchenko changing hands and withdrawing Juventus, Klopp, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze and cursed.
Now!
He understands what it means to be extremely happy and sad!
Behind Klopp, Moyang, Salah, Henderson, Mane, Ibrahimovic and others collectively covered their faces.
Ibrahimovic shook his head and smiled bitterly. He can be said to know Juventus best among all the players in Liverpool.
That's a giant turtle with the speed and powerful attack power of a cheetah!
"Yang! It's all your fault, your curse has come true! Don't run away!"
Klopp was so angry that he took out his anger on Mo Yang, who was so scared that Mo Yang turned around and ran out.
Can this meow blame me?
The dull and angry people in the recreation room were amused again by the funny pair of master and apprentice Klopp and Moyang.
"Head! Hit hard!"
"As long as it can't be damaged! You don't have to hold back!"
"Ha ha……"
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"Hahahahahaha..."
For Manchester City, it was Guardiola's turn to laugh like crazy.
If he were to choose an opponent among these seven teams that he least wanted to encounter, it would definitely be Juventus.
Guardiola was also gloating about his misfortune. He originally thought that his luck was bad enough, but he didn't expect that there would be someone even worse.
After a while, the draws were all over.
Champions League quarter draw results:
Manchester City vs Real Madrid
Liverpool VS Juventus
Barcelona vs Roma
Sevilla vs Bayern Munich
In the eyes of the media, compared with Manchester City and Liverpool, Barcelona and Bayern can really be regarded as promotions.