I Am Really the Savior of the Red Devils

Although a series of records were terminated, Ye Su's heart was relieved: Finally, he no longer had to think about when the team would lose!

Ye Su even noticed that the status of some Manchester United players had changed a lot after Manchester United lost.

Perhaps, these people felt the same way as Ye Su.

After the team lost, I finally didn't have to think about the winning streak anymore, and I could finally face everything with a normal heart.

Because there is still a full week before the team's next game, Ye Su decided to let the players go out to relax in the middle of this week.

Of course, in order to prevent the players' minds from really getting wild because of the holiday, he took the team's collective activities, led by the team's assistant coach team, to Cyprus on the Mediterranean coast for a four-day vacation.

The place of vacation is Limassol, Cyprus, where Manchester United visited a year ago, a small seaport town with beautiful scenery but quiet.

Yesu himself was unable to go to Cyprus with the team to enjoy the warm sunshine and beautiful scenery, because he had to go to Switzerland to participate in the UEFA Champions League knockout draw.

And after the UEFA Champions League knockout draw, Ye Su had to go to France to take a New Year's promotional photo for Dior Menswear, which he endorsed.

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At 7:00 p.m. Beijing time on Sunday, noon Central European time, the UEFA Champions League quarter-final draw ceremony was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

As the head coach of Manchester United, Ye Su attended the draw ceremony on behalf of Manchester United.

According to UEFA's rules, the 8 top teams in the group will become the seed teams in the 1/8 finals, while the other 8 second-place teams will become another pot, and the 8 top teams in the group will play against each other. The 8 second-placed teams in the group.

In addition, there are two avoidance principles for the top 16 matches. One is that teams in the same group will not meet in the group stage, and the other is that teams in the same league association will not meet.

The 8 first-seeded teams in the group will gain the advantage of first away and then home in the 1/8 finals.

The eight seeded teams that won the first place in the group stage in the group stage: Real Madrid, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Zenit St. Petersburg.

Unseeded teams in the 1/8 finals: Paris Saint-Germain, Wolfsburg, Benfica, Juventus, Roma, Arsenal, Dynamo Kyiv and Gent.

According to the principle of avoidance in the round of 16, Manchester United will firstly not meet their opponent Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage again in the quarter-finals. Secondly, Manchester United will avoid the second place in the group from the Premier League Arsenal.

In this case, Manchester United's opponents will be produced among the six teams of Roma, Gent, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Wolfsburg and Benfica.

Among these six teams, Juventus was the runner-up of the UEFA Champions League last season, and Paris Saint-Germain has stars such as Ibrahimovic and Di Maria. These two teams are actually the strength of the seeded teams.

The other four teams, Roma, Ghent, Wolfsburg and Benfica, obviously these four teams are relatively weak. If Manchester United were to choose, they would definitely be willing to choose one of these four teams. a certain branch.

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The two lucky draw guests are the legendary captains of the two Milan teams: Paolo Maldini and Javier Zanetti.

Maldini first drew out the seed team Bayern Munich,

Then Zanetti pulled out of Ghent.

There was a lot of noise at the scene. In the camera, Bayern Munich boss Hoeness showed a smile. Ghent can be said to be the weakest among the second place in the eight groups. This is definitely the best result. .

Maldini drew the seed team Atletico Madrid, and Zanetti followed up with the signed ball, which was unfolded for the audience to see: Wolfsburg.

The scene was noisy again, and the two consecutive matches were strong and weak. If it was a coincidence, it would be too hard to believe.

Ye Su shook his head secretly. He didn't expect that two of the four weakest teams would be taken away as soon as they came up.

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Maldini took out a signed ball, unfolded it, and the camera zoomed in: Chelsea! Afterwards, Zanetti took out the signed ball, opened it, glanced at it, and the legendary captain of Inter Milan seemed a little surprised, and then unfolded: Paris Saint-Germain!

Chelsea vs Paris Saint-Germain.

The result of the third match that was drawn was finally a strong dialogue that fans and the media were looking forward to.

Now, although there are still five second-placed teams left in the group, in fact, under the principle of avoidance, only three teams, Juventus, Roma, and Benfica, may become Manchester United's opponents.

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Maldini: "Zenit St. Petersburg!"

The camera was shown to Zanetti, the legendary captain of Inter Milan reached out to touch the signed ball, took out a signed ball, twisted it away for a look, and then opened it and said: "Benfica!"

It's a coincidence that Zenit St. Petersburg, the weakest seed team, drew Benfica, the weakest second in the remaining group.

"This is intentional!"

Everyone is talking about it. This is obviously in line with UEFA's urgency. Every year, there will be this kind of "underdog" confrontation with balanced strength, which can ensure that one team from the non-big five leagues can enter the quarter-finals , to highlight the "results" of UEFA's support for small and medium leagues.

Now under such circumstances, Manchester United has only two options, either to meet Roma or to meet Juventus, anyway, it is about to collide with a Serie A team.

Subsequently, Maldini and Zanetti jointly drew Dynamo Kiev to Manchester City, and Blue Moon can be said to have drawn a good lottery.

Maldini: "Barcelona!"

Zanetti: "Arsenal!"

The camera immediately showed the representatives of Barcelona and Arsenal. The former smiled, while the latter smiled wryly.

Arsenal, who were slaughtered by Bayern Munich 5:1 in the group stage, met the even more brutal Barcelona in the first round of the knockout round.

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Now, the only seeded teams are Real Madrid and Manchester United, and the unseeded teams are only Roma and Juventus.

From the perspective of strength, it is best for Manchester United to meet Roma. Compared with Manchester United, Roma's strength is indeed much inferior.

Of course, Real Madrid definitely wants to draw Roma. Juventus was the runner-up of the UEFA Champions League last season. No one wants to meet Juventus so early.

Maldini: "Real Madrid!"

The camera has been following Zanetti.

Zanetti took out the signed ball, twisted the signed ball, looked at the note, and showed an inexplicable smile: "Roma!"

Real Madrid vs Roma!

In this case, there is only one group of teams left, and the result can be known without drawing lots: Manchester United vs Juventus!