Episode [135]: Champions League Round of 16 Knockout Draw Results

At the end of the game, Leeds United beat Porto 2-0.

When this round is over, all the group matches are over, and the group stage of the UEFA Champions League this season is also over.

The current ranking of Group G is like this. Leeds United has 5 wins, 1 loss and 15 points, ranking first in the group. Ranked second in the group is the Porto team, they have three wins, one draw and two losses with 10 points. Ranked third in the group is CSKA Moscow. They have two wins, one draw and three losses and still have seven points. Hamburg, which ranks last in the group, has one win, five losses and three points.

Yes, in the final round of the game, the Hamburg team showed what they should have done, beating CSKA Moscow 3-2, which finally saved them a little bit of face.

In this group, the qualifying teams are Leeds United and Porto.

The competitions of other groups are also over, and now all the teams that have advanced to the top 16 have been born. The final situation of each group is like this.

Chelsea ranked first in Group A. They had four wins, one draw and one loss, with thirteen points. Ranked second is the defending champion Barcelona. They have three wins, two draws and one loss, with eleven points. Ranked third is Werder Bremen, they have three wins, one draw and two losses with 10 points. At the bottom of the list is Sofia Levski, who lost all six games and scored zero points.

The qualifying teams in this group are Chelsea and Barcelona.

Ranked first in Group B is Bayern Munich, who have three wins, three draws and 12 points. Ranked second is Inter Milan, with three wins, one draw and two losses with 10 points. Ranked third is Spartak Moscow, they have one win, two draws and three losses with five points. The fourth-ranked Sporting Lisbon also has one win, two draws and three losses, with five points, and is ranked last because of the relationship between victory and defeat.

The qualifying teams in this group are Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.

Ranked first in Group C is Liverpool. They have one draw and one loss in the province, with 13 points. Ranked second is Eindhoven. They have three wins, one draw and two losses, with 10 points. Ranked third is the Bordeaux team, they have two wins, one draw and three losses with seven points. The bottom of the ranking is Galatasaray. They have one win, one draw and four losses, with four points.

The qualifying teams in this group are Liverpool and PSV Eindhoven.

Ranked first in Group D is Valencia. They have four wins, one draw and one loss, with 13 points. Ranked second is the Roma team. They have three wins, one draw and two losses, with 10 points. The third place is Shakhtar Donetsk, they have one win, three draws and two losses with six points. At the bottom is Olympiacos, they have three draws, three losses and three points.

The qualifying teams in this group are Valencia and Roma.

Ranked first in Group E is Lyon, with four wins and two draws, with 14 points. Ranked second is Real Madrid, with three wins, two draws and one loss, with eleven points. The third place is Star Bucharest, they have one win, two draws and three losses with five points, and the last place is Dynamo Kiev, they have two bottles and four losses, with two points.

This group qualifying is Lyon and Real Madrid.

Ranked first in Group F is Manchester United with 12 points from four wins and two losses, followed by Celtic with nine points from three wins and three losses. Ranked third is Benfica, they have two wins, one draw and three losses, with seven points. The last place is Copenhagen. They also have two wins, one draw and three losses, with seven points, because they are ranked last because of the relationship between victory and defeat.

The qualifying teams in this group are Manchester United and Celtic.

The first place in Group H is AC Milan, they have three wins, one draw and two losses with 10 points, and the second place is Lille, they have two wins, three draws and one loss with nine points. The third place is AEK Athens, they have 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, with 8 points, and the last place is Anderlecht, they have 4 draws, 2 losses and 4 points.

The qualifying teams in this group are AC Milan and Lille.

At this point, the group stages of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League have all been completed, and all the teams that have scored 16 goals have also been produced. They are Chelsea, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Valencia, Roma, Lyon, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Celtic, Leeds United, Porto, AC Milan and Lille.

Among these sixteen teams, four are from the English Premier League, three are from La Liga, three are from Serie A, two are from French Ligue 1, one is from the Bundesliga, one is from the Scottish Premier League and one is from the Scottish Premier League. From the Eredivisie League, and one from the Portuguese Super League.

Obviously, the Premier League teams have all entered the knockout stage of the top 16, showing a very strong competitiveness. Of course, it is not obvious here. Wait until the quarterfinals and semifinals to see how powerful a league is. up.

The next thing to be done is the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League top 16 draw ceremony. After that, the UEFA Champions League will start a one-on-one knockout match, with two rounds of home and away matches.

The draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League this time is such a rule, in principle, the first in the group will play against the second in the group. However, there are two small rules in it. The first is that the first and second teams in the same group are avoided and will not be drawn; the second is that teams under the same football association are avoided and will not be selected.

In other words, in the knockout round of 16, there will be no situation where the teams that have passed the league will die.

In other words, in the knockout round of 16, Leeds United will not be able to touch Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool, and they will also not be able to touch Porto, so there are not many remaining teams.

First of all, the group results of the UEFA Champions League in the 2006-2007 season are as follows. The top ranked teams include Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Valencia, Lyon, Manchester United, Leeds United and AC Milan.

The teams ranked second are Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Roma, Real Madrid, Celtic, Porto and Lille.

The team ranked second in this group still has many, many strong teams. Look at the defending champions Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan, Roma, Real Madrid and other teams. How many strong teams are there? These are the strengths of the first in the group.

Moreover, the teams in the Premier League are all first in the group, and Leeds United will not enjoy the principle of avoiding the teams under the Football Association, because there is no Premier League team in the second group. Then after arriving at Leeds United, they only need to avoid Porto.

In other words, the second place in the remaining seven groups may be drawn by Leeds United.

This means that the chances of winning Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan, Roma and Real Madrid will be very high. The fans of Leeds United are very worried.

At this time, Leeds United fans are praying, hoping that Leeds United will not draw any of these four teams, otherwise Leeds United will bid farewell to the European champions this season. up.

If Leeds United choose to lose to Porto in the final round, the situation they face is to challenge the first team in the group. According to the two avoidance rules, Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester United and Porto will be excluded, and Leeds United will choose one of the remaining four teams from the top four teams Bayern Munich, Valencia, Lyon and AC Milan. teams.

To be honest, this looks much better than ranking first in the group.

Therefore, at that time, many Leeds United fans still hoped that Leeds United would be second in the group, so that they could avoid strong teams such as Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Roma.

However, Zhong Cheng still chose to beat the Porto team, won this game, won the first place in the group, and went to beat the strong teams such as Barcelona and Real Madrid head-on.

Thinking about it now, Zhong Cheng is really stupid, too stupid.

Zhong Cheng led his personal assistant Julia Oliveira, Brendan Rodgers and others to Nyon, Switzerland, the headquarters of UEFA, to participate in the UEFA Champions League round of 16 knockout draw this season Ritual.

This time, all the head coaches of the top sixteen teams attended the draw ceremony.

These coaches are all sitting clearly, but the coaches in the Premier League are not sitting together, but are far apart. One look at this and you can tell that the relationship between these few is not very good, otherwise they will not be separated. so far?

During the last draw for the group stage, the head coach of Manchester United, Alex Ferguson, came to sit with Zhong Cheng. The two were chatting and laughing, but now they are strangers. The relationship has really changed. It's very fast.

Sitting next to Zhong Cheng is Eindhoven's head coach Ronald Koeman.

The two had met once, and they had played against each other in the warm-up match, and they nodded and questioned. Moreover, they had a very relaxed chat. The two of them were not very familiar with each other, but they seemed to be more familiar with Alex Ferguson and the others.

And the next step is to officially start the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League knockout round this season.

At this time, the UEFA Champions League's round of 16 knockout rounds has not yet been divided into divisions. At this time, there are only eight matchup tables from A to H.

The first team to be drawn out is the Red Army Liverpool. They are in the F2 position. The first team in the group is in the 2nd position, and the second in the group is in the 1st position, because the second team in the group is to The order of the game is first the host and then the guest.

The next draw is Chelsea, their position is A2. This first round of draws is just an order for the first team in the group. Their order is from A to H. Chelsea, AC Milan, Leeds United, Manchester United, Lyon, Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Valencia .

These are small meanings, and the next is the real big meaning, and then it will be Xiao Xiao's match.

The first team to be drawn out was Eindhoven from the Eredivisie. Suddenly, except for Liverpool, which was in the same group as Eindhoven, all the first teams in the group became serious because they were not in the same group as Eindhoven. There is no need to avoid the teams under the Football Association.

Zhong Cheng first glanced at Ronald Koeman next to him, and when he looked over, Ronald Koeman happened to look over, and the eyes of the two were combined, with a bit of deep meaning in it.

At this time, the position belonging to Eindhoven was also drawn out of C1. Zhong Cheng and Ronald Koeman looked at each other and smiled wryly. I really didn't expect this result to be like this. Because the position of Leeds United is exactly C2.

In other words, at this point, the draw for Leeds United has ended, and their opponent is Eindhoven from the Eredivisie League.

After the lottery ceremony, Zhong Cheng didn't pay attention at all. Finally, Zhong Cheng passed the lottery ceremony with a relaxed expression. The final result of the match is as follows:

Porto v Chelsea, Celtic v AC Milan, PSV v Leeds, Lille v Manchester United, Roma v Lyon, Barcelona v Liverpool, Real Madrid v Bayern Munich, Inter Milan v Valencia.

This is the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League round of 16 knockout matches.