At 19 o'clock in the evening of December 10, Beijing time, the draw ceremony for the 2010-2011 Champions League knockout round was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Before the draw ceremony began, the major coaches were naturally the subjects of reporters' interviews.

Mourinho's side have been favourites to win the Champions League in recent years, and this year is no different. Jose Mourinho made a name for himself after winning the Champions League in Porto, then Chelsea, Inter Milan and this year at Real Madrid.

And Real Madrid, who have just beaten Barcelona, is naturally an opponent that all teams do not want to face.

Having finished second in the group stage, Arsenal are likely to face a strong opponent in the quarter-finals, and even meet Barcelona, who knocked them out last season. Gunners manager Arsene Wenger was very calm about this, Wenger said: "Barcelona are undoubtedly one of the favourites to win the Champions League at the moment, we will be brave against any team, even if they draw Barcelona, we will not be afraid. ”

"But I don't want to touch Real Madrid even more, because if I run into them, it might mean death."

"If we have to face Barcelona or Real Madrid, it will be another face to Messi and Chinese Dong, which is too bad and I really don't want that to happen at all."

Pep Guardiola, who was disappointed in the national derby just now, will certainly not meet Mourinho in the elimination, so he said very calmly that he does not want to meet the Ligue 1 team as soon as possible: "In the Champions League we don't want to meet the French team, they are very strong and have a lot of football resources, I don't want to meet them." Marseille, for example, are very, very strong, physically like beasts of prey, and they can put a lot of pressure on their opponents. Overall, their physical and tactical abilities are outstanding. ”

'I don't particularly care who we draw, we have to prepare well for whoever it is, and it's actually very difficult for the Serie A team to deal with.

Because Inter Milan coach Rafael Benitez was leading the team to the Club World Cup final, he could not be present in person, and the draw ceremony was attended by Inter Milan director Blanca.

As the defending champions, Serie A giants Inter Milan have been in a bad form recently, not only are they 13 points behind the leader AC Milan in the league, but the Champions League is only the second point in the group, and they may encounter Schalke 04, Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Valencia, except for Schalke 04, which has no Champions League background, the other teams are not what the Nerazzurri want to meet in advance, but this also gives them the determination to break the boat, Inter technical director Blanca named Barcelona: "Met Barcelona in the knockout round? Why not, it will certainly be a very challenging game. It's better than meeting Real Madrid! I think as long as you don't draw Real Madrid, it's a good draw! ”

"We all think, don't draw Real Madrid. The other teams are good signings. I think in Europe, Real Madrid is hard to beat other teams, and then Barcelona, but Barcelona is not in a good situation at the moment. Inter are part of a huge group and we think we can play against any team, but that doesn't mean we can beat them, it depends on a lot of details. ”

In previous years, everyone was afraid of drawing Barcelona, but this year everyone is worried about drawing Real Madrid.

After losing to Inter Milan in the semi-finals of last season's Champions League, Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich vowed to make a comeback, and despite their current poor results in the league, they are in a strong position in the Champions League, especially with ace Arjen Robben about to return from injury, and coach Heynckes is full of confidence about the future: "2010 was a good year, we won the double. Now that Robben has returned, Schweinsteiger has signed a new contract. It's a merry Christmas and we can be optimistic about the future. I think everybody myths Barcelona and Real Madrid, playing against Barcelona, we have at least a 50% win rate, playing against Real Madrid is a lot more difficult, but there is also a 40% win rate, and football games are never decided by the winning percentage. ”

Mourinho also struggled to speak.

After leading Inter Milan to a six-time title last season, Jose Mourinho opted to move to La Liga giants Real Madrid, where his mission at the Santiago Bernabeu was not only to upend Barca's dominance in the league, but also to lead the Foresters to the Champions League title.

"We're going to fight to the end in every event, we're ready and we're going to go into the knockout rounds with the best form and the most focus."

According to the rules, Real Madrid could face opponents such as Arsenal, Inter Milan, Roma and Lyon in the quarter-finals, and he said in a low-key manner: "No matter which team you face, the game will be very difficult. But we are not afraid of any opponent, let's see what happens. ”

Mourinho, who has won three Champions Leagues, does not dare to speak big in front of the media, and it is really not easy to win the Champions League.

In the end, the old coach Alex Ferguson appeared, and Ferguson's words were the most representative.

"Every coach dreams of winning the Champions League, but the Champions League is the hardest to win, I'd rather trade five league titles for a Champions League trophy! No, maybe ten! ”

Swapping ten league titles for a Champions League title makes one imagine how hungry Ferguson is for the Champions League.

Ferguson had that hope, but he left Manchester United prematurely, otherwise he would have created a myth with two key players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo......

And now, Mourinho is the happiest manager in the world.

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In the round of 16 of this Champions Cup, the Premier League has occupied 4 seats for the fourth time in the past 5 seasons, 3 seats each in La Liga and Serie A, 2 seats each in the Bundesliga and Ligue 1, and the remaining 2 seats belong to the Russian and Danish leagues. The eight teams that won the group are Tottenham Hotspur, Schalke, Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Valencia; The eight teams that finished second in the group are Inter Milan, Lyon, Shakhtar Donznek, Copenhagen, Roma, Marseille, AC Milan and Arsenal. Among them are seven former champions, nine of whom reached the round of 16 last season and three of whom reached the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time (Tottenham, Copenhagen, Shakhtar Donetsk).

The 16 teams are drawn according to the following principle: the first team in the group plays the second place in the other group, but the same FA team must avoid it. The second-placed team in the group stage plays home first.

It's the same for everyone, even Barcelona is not afraid of us, can we be afraid of other teams? Jose Mourinho sat firmly on the Diaoyutai with a relaxed expression, while the managers of the other teams looked solemn.

I don't know when, Ferguson sat next to Mourinho, and he also seemed very quiet.

"You're not afraid of meeting Real Madrid?"

"Huh?"

"It's all the first in the group, how can I meet it, but I hope it's the last to meet it." Ferguson was happy, "When the time comes, I will plot against Ronaldo and Dong." ”

Mourinho also smiled.

UEFA Secretary-General Gianni Infantino presided over the draw ceremony, and former Milan captain Maldini appeared as a guest of honour.

Maldini was immediately stunned when he drew his first team.

"AC Milan."

"vs Tottenham."

Massimiliano Allegri, Milan's new manager, immediately put a big smile on his face.

Luckily, he got a rookie egg, and of course he was happy.

"I'm lucky, I drew a good lot." Maldini, who was still very handsome, smiled and continued to draw lots.

"Valencia vs Roma."

It was Valencia's turn for the manager to laugh, and Roma was still very good to gnaw.

"Schalke vs Shakhtar." The head coaches of both teams laughed happily because everyone thought that the other team was soft persimmons and easy to pinch. It doesn't get any better than this.

After that, Maldini's expression froze, and then said: "Inter fans must not hate me, your signing is not good......"

"Bayern vs Inter"

Those Inter fans who watched the live broadcast in front of the TV immediately exploded.

"Fack!"

"Shady! Why did Inter draw Bayern and Milan draw Tottenham? The grades of these two teams are too different, Maldini's luck, do you say we don't hate you? It's a must! ”

"Chelsea vs Copenhagen."

The Chelsea fans cheered in front of the TV, it was not easy, Chelsea drew a good draw for the first time in the knockout rounds.

At this time, Ferguson's heart was much more settled. Because Manchester United's opponents are only Lyon and Marseille next, Manchester United cannot meet Arsenal.

Neither of these opponents is too difficult to deal with.

But Arsene Wenger's face was very ugly.

I'm going to fuck you, don't you need to be so cheating?

The remaining two opponents are not Real Madrid and Barcelona, choose 1 of 2! There is simply no choice.

Just now, TMD shouldn't have talked nonsense in front of the media and lost his character......

"Real Madrid vs Lyon."

Real Madrid's name finally appeared, and the finale also appeared early.

Manchester United and Arsenal have no choice. It can only be Barcelona VS Arsenal; Manchester United vs Marseille.

"Hehe, this lottery is okay." Ferguson was smiling happily and he was happy to see Arsene Wenger jumping up and down.

"It's okay, Real Madrid's signing is also good." Jose Mourinho nodded happily as well, and he glanced at Arsene Wenger with the same meaning.

The fate of people is different......

Exactly like last season, Arsenal drew Barcelona again, you must know that Arsenal was bloodied by Barcelona last season, and Messi even staged a senior in the game......

At this point, the draw for the Champions League round of 16 knockout round is over, and some people are happy and some are crying.

At this time, the Club World Cup final was also played, and Benitez knew the draw before the game started, and his face was so bad that he couldn't see where it went, as if he had already lost the final......