1141 Don't Draw Real Madrid!

Gamper Sports City, Barcelona.

In the coach's office, Martino, Lula, Ruby and Baotaso and others are all watching the live TV attentively.

As in the past, the draw for the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals was hosted by UEFA Secretary-General Infantino and Competition Director Marchetti, and Luis Figo, the ambassador of the host of the final, was the guest of honor.

All eight teams that entered the quarter-finals were completely disrupted and reorganized. There was no seeding team, and teams from the same country were no longer evasive.

La Liga has a total of three teams reaching the quarter-finals, which is the number one power in the quarter-finals of the Champions League this season.

But this also means that the probability of Barcelona drawing a La Liga team is not small.

This is exactly what Martino and the Barcelona coaching staff do not want to see.

At the Calderon Stadium this season, Barcelona failed to take advantage of Atletico Madrid. Simeone is obviously familiar with Barcelona's style of play and has found a way to restrain it.

Martino knows very well that if Atletico Madrid is really drawn in the Champions League knockout round, Barcelona will be in bad luck.

As for Real Madrid...

Since Gao Shen coached Real Madrid, Barcelona has not won a game.

If Real Madrid were drawn, Barcelona's morale would have been greatly weakened before the game was played.

"Shouldn't be so unlucky?" Lula sighed with a wry smile.

Everyone also nodded.

This season, the strength of the three strong teams in La Liga is very good, and they all qualified first in the group, which shows their strength.

Among them, Atletico Madrid's strength is the most surprising.

No one expected that Atletico Madrid was so powerful.

If it really draws a La Liga team, then Barcelona's luck is indeed too bad.

The best situation is that Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid draw together, and Barcelona draws teams from other leagues, such as Naples in Serie A, or Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1. There is no problem.

Of course, if Ancelotti's Paris is really drawn, it will be troublesome for Barcelona to deal with it.

...

Martino was sitting on one of the seats. He didn't seem to pay much attention to his gaze, but in fact, he had already thought about it in his heart.

There are no underdogs in the quarterfinals.

No matter who you meet, it is very difficult to deal with. The best one to deal with is Sarri's Naples.

This team's midfield strength is not strong, for Barcelona, ​​it has a good chance.

Martino has submitted his resignation to Bartomeu face to face. He has made it clear that he will leave Barcelona after the end of this season, so this will be his last few games in charge of Barcelona.

After coming to Europe to coach, he was surprised to find that the difference between the European league and the South American league was so great that he couldn't adapt to it at all.

How can we cooperate if we can't even think of one piece of thinking? How to communicate?

The Barcelona management has obviously already thought about changing coaches, and they didn't even make a little effort to retain them, even if they just pretended not to, which made Martino very disappointed.

But at the same time, he also felt angry.

He is eager to prove himself!

The best way is to lead Barcelona to achieve better results.

In La Liga, this is basically impossible.

Real Madrid is in the dust and has the momentum to win this season's La Liga championship with a record of complete victories; the opponent in the Copa del Rey final is also Real Madrid, and Martino already feels a headache. If they still meet in the Champions League, it will be a disaster.

Thinking of this, Martino couldn't help but secretly pray in his heart: Don't draw Real Madrid, don't draw Real Madrid, don't draw Real Madrid...

...

Figo quickly took out one of the few small balls left in the glass jar. After opening it, there was a string of team names written on the note inside, which was impressively: Barcelona.

The legendary Portuguese star who had performed very well in Barcelona and was also thrown a pig's head by the Barcelona fans at Camp Nou smiled and called out the name of Barcelona, ​​while the live TV camera switched the scene to the scene, Barcelona's technical director Subisarretta.

Everyone immediately held their breath.

According to the lottery rules, the first drawn Barcelona will play at home, and then we will see who the drawn opponent is.

Real Madrid, Naples, Paris, Bayern, Manchester City...

There are still several teams that have not been drawn...

It shouldn't be so unlucky, right?

God, did you hear my prayer?

Don't draw Real Madrid!

Martino was too nervous to look at the TV screen.

Not only him, but Lula, Ruby, Baotaso and others were also nervous.

Everyone knows that the next draw will determine the fate of Barcelona this season.

Figo once again reached into the glass jar and took out a small ball after stirring it constantly.

After opening it, a note was taken out from inside the ball.

Marchetti and Figo first saw the name on the note, and both of them smiled at the same time, then flipped the note and called out the name on it.

Martino felt his heart jump out of his throat, and he didn't even watch the TV any more, just listened.

Then, he heard a name that almost blew him away.

"real Madrid!"

real Madrid!

real Madrid! ! !

Martino turned his head in disbelief, and saw that the live TV camera was right on the note in front of Marchetti and Figo, and it was the name of the Real Madrid team.

In an instant, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Murphy's Law!

Fuck Murphy's Law!

Martino only felt that his mind was buzzing, and he vaguely heard Lula, Ruby and others cursing the shady scene.

Who said no?

One draw out of five, how could it be such a coincidence that they got Real Madrid?

How likely is this?

It's just unbelievable.

If there is no shady, who would believe it?

"Figo's hands are so black!" Lula scolded angrily.

"Who says it's not? It's just for cheating your own people!" Ruby also cursed.

If the top three of La Liga are separated, they are actually very confident against teams in other leagues.

But now, Figo has drawn Real Madrid and Barcelona together, so he can only choose one of the two.

Martino only felt that his heart was trembling.

His rationality told himself that at this moment, he must not waver, and he must not show weakness, otherwise, the game would not be played.

But for some reason, his heart just couldn't help sinking, and kept getting colder.

Real Madrid is really too strong!

Gao Shen is really scary!

...

According to the rules of the UEFA Champions League this season, after the quarter-finals are over, the semi-finals will be drawn on April 11, instead of the semi-finals being drawn at the same time as before.

But none of that matters.

The assistants immediately refreshed the latest Barcelona schedule.

Everyone was surprised to find that the old enemy Real Madrid has become the biggest hurdle in front of Barcelona.

And it is a hurdle that cannot be avoided no matter what.

This weekend, March 23, Barcelona will be a guest at the Bernabeu, which is the 29th round of La Liga.

On the evening of April 1, in the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona will face Real Madrid at Camp Nou.

On the evening of April 8, Barcelona will challenge Real Madrid at the Bernabéu in the second round of the knockout round of the Champions League quarter-finals.

On the evening of April 16, at the Mestagna Stadium in Valencia, the Copa del Rey final, Barcelona played against Real Madrid.

In a short period of time, four duels and three fronts, this will undoubtedly be a key battle to determine the life and death of Barcelona.

What's more terrible is that three century derbies have been played before this season, including two Spanish Super Cups and the 10th round of La Liga. As a result, Barcelona, ​​​​without exception, all lost.

Coupled with the total defeat record of last season...

Real Madrid is definitely the number one shadow of Barcelona, ​​and Gao Shen is the succubus hovering over Barcelona.

He is like a demon, time and time again, ruthlessly tearing up Barcelona's hopes.

Now, the succubus is here again.

"We must think of a solution as soon as possible. We can't lose this weekend." Lula looked at Martino, and he also noticed that the head coach's face became ugly.

In fact, in the live broadcast of the lottery, Zubizarreta's face was not good-looking.

On the contrary, Real Madrid's representative of the draw, Jose Sanchez, looked very happy.

In this duel, Real Madrid took the psychological advantage.

"Yes, if we lose this weekend, our situation will be even more passive, and we will return to the Nou Camp..." Ruby also felt that Barcelona must do their best to retreat at the Bernabeu.

Even if you can't win, at least don't lose.

After hearing this, Martino nodded deeply, "Do you have any good suggestions?"

Lula and Ruby looked at each other, and everyone was silent.

Any good suggestions?

Can you have any good suggestions?

Both Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid this season are actually very troublesome, with no obvious weaknesses and shortcomings.

Especially Real Madrid.

"I think we still need to play more on the wing. Carvajal and Marcelo like to attack later. We need to make more use of the space behind them and catch them off guard," Ruby suggested.

This is also a suggestion that is not recommended.

The reason for saying this is because the whole world knows about this weakness, but very few people can take advantage of it.

"I am more worried about our midfielder now." Martino looked worried. "How will we withstand the impact from Real Madrid?"

This is also a very serious problem.

As we all know, Barcelona's midfield running ability is not as good as before. Although they can still control the ball, they don't have enough running to support it. Controlling the ball is like a castle in the air.

In the past few years, I don't know how many games have told Barcelona this truth.

Even last season, several losses to Real Madrid were due to a decline in running.

This is why, in Martino's proposal to Bartomeu, he strongly demanded that Barcelona must introduce a high-level midfielder with outstanding running ability to replace Harvey.

Because only in this way can Barcelona's midfielder be able to straighten up.

Both Lula and Ruby suddenly had headaches.

Facing Real Madrid, what is Barcelona's biggest bargaining chip?

Still possession.

In this battle as a guest at the Bernabeu, Barcelona must play to its own advantage, so as to have a chance to win.

Otherwise, the defense behind him will definitely be exposed again.

In fact, Martino, or rather, all Barcelona coaches have no choice.

This team has only one style of play from start to finish.

Therefore, in this battle, Barcelona has no choice, and must fight to the death with Real Madrid.

But if the original lineup and tactics are still followed, then Barcelona will have nothing to play at all.

"We have to change!" Martino said.

Surprise can win!