Chapter 1037: Opponent From Italy

The draw for the Champions League quarter-finals has been settled, and some are happy and some are sad.

Perhaps the most troubled of all people right now is Guardiola.

When the lot was drawn, the last thing he wanted to meet was his old club Barcelona. You know, Barcelona is the glorious place of Guardiola's football career and the top of his coaching career. He doesn't want to be a rival with Barcelona.

In addition to Barcelona, ​​Guardiola may be least willing to encounter Manchester United.

Last season, Manchester City competed with Manchester United on four fronts for the championship. They were defeated on all four fronts. Facing the young Kim Tiger, Guardiola was completely defeated. Therefore, in Guardiola's mind, he is even a little afraid of Manchester United and is unwilling to meet Manchester United too early.

Therefore, when the lot was drawn, Guardiola secretly prayed in his heart, hoping to avoid these two teams.

The final draw proved that Guardiola's prayers still worked. Manchester City did not play against Barcelona and Manchester United in the end, but they were drawn against another opponent that Guardiola did not want to face - Bayern Munich!

When the Bundesliga hegemon was selected, Guardiola regretted it.

When I prayed just now, I should have added Bayern too...

For Bayern Munich, Guardiola has very complicated feelings.

Before he joined Bayern, Heynckes returned to lead Bayern, which had just won the Triple Crown. This made Guardiola, who took over as Bayern coach, very uncomfortable.

Before Bayern won the Triple Crown, as long as Guardiola won the Champions League, he would be king at Bayern and achieve dominance. But Heynckes won the Triple Crown, so even if Guardiola won the Champions League, he would only be tied with Heynckes. If he did not win the Champions League, his coaching at Bayern would have failed. . Many people think so.

Under this pressure, Guardiola still failed to win the Champions League title at Bayern, and finally left Bayern with some regret.

Before Guardiola left Bayern, he and Bayern also had some unpleasantness. Because Guardiola announced in advance that he would go to Manchester City next season before the end of the season, this made Bayern very unhappy. They believed that Guardiola's behavior was very unprofessional and did not respect Bayern enough.

With this emotion, Manchester City was drawn with Bayern in the Champions League quarter-finals last season. After two games of duel, Manchester City defeated Bayern strongly and finally reached the Champions League final.

Perhaps since then, Bayern fans' sentiment towards Guardiola has hit rock bottom, almost to zero.

Unexpectedly, a year later, the two teams will meet again. What kind of sparks will burst out between the two sides this time? The majority of fans will wait and see.

In addition to Bayern vs. Manchester City, there was also another draw result where the enemies were narrow.

The down-and-out Cosmos team Barcelona met their old enemy Chelsea.

These two teams have a long history and their feud has long been forged.

The famous Stamford Bridge tragedy has become a classic story in the history of the Champions League. Ballack and Drogba's roar at the referee after the game has become the deepest memory of that game in many people's minds.

Times have changed, and many of the players who participated in that game have retired. The coaches of the two teams at the time are now coaching at Manchester City and Real Madrid respectively. It seems that the hatred between Barcelona and Chelsea is not as strong as in the past.

But in the hearts of fans of both teams, especially Chelsea fans, their hatred and anger have not subsided. Every time the two teams meet, there will be fierce sparks, and I believe this time will be no exception.

In addition to historical grudges, both teams have an extremely strong desire for the Champions League. Chelsea and Barcelona are in somewhat similar situations this season. They had a bad start in the league and lost a good situation. Their subsequent results were unstable and they lost the possibility of competing for the championship early. Moreover, they were eliminated from the domestic cup competition and lost another way to prove themselves.

What is currently in front of the two teams is:

There is only one Champions League title left to fight for. Now Conte's coaching position is in jeopardy, and Valverde has been repeatedly criticized by the media and fans. If the two of them want to achieve decent results this season, the only way is to win the Champions League. Therefore, both teams are fighting against the odds this time. Whichever team stops in the Champions League, the coach of that team may not be guaranteed his position. With the incomparable desire for the Champions League championship and the pursuit of glory, the two teams will usher in a battle of life and death!

The luckiest player in this draw is Real Madrid.

They drew Ajax, which is recognized as the weakest team in the quarterfinals.

Although the Ajax youth team performed very well in this year's Champions League, they qualified strongly in the group of death, and then staged a huge reversal in the quarter-finals, defeated CSKA Moscow and broke into the quarter-finals of the Champions League. . But after the draw results came out, almost no one thought they could defeat Real Madrid and put on a good show of young warriors breaking out of the encirclement.

In the two rounds against Real Madrid, how much trouble Ajax's young people can cause to Real Madrid is a question that everyone is very concerned about.

Everyone thought that Real Madrid was very lucky and got the top lottery, but Mourinho seemed a little disappointed when being interviewed by reporters.

"If I had to choose, I would rather meet Manchester United or Barcelona, ​​or it would be better to meet Manchester City and Bayern, so that we can play more happily."

The Portuguese is still so proud, but looking at Real Madrid's results this season, he does have something to be proud of.

After the Champions League quarter-finals drew three groups of opponents, the remaining two teams were naturally grouped together.

The remaining two teams are Manchester United and Juventus.

When Jin Taige saw the result of the lottery, he immediately became happy.

"Juventus has been lucky this season. They have been taken care of by the referees since the group stage; in the quarter-finals just past, they benefited from misjudgments one after another and were lucky enough to eliminate Liverpool. However, their luck That's the end. Now they've drawn Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, which means they only have two games left in the Champions League this season."

Ferran felt very regretful: "If Juventus hadn't relied on referees to profit, then I should be facing Liverpool now. If so, in these two games, we would have beaten Liverpool six times in a single season! It's great to think about it! Juventus ruined our chance to beat Liverpool six times, we must pin them to the ground and rub them!"