Chapter 129: After the Champions League

By the end of the game, Old Trafford was a sea of joy, with United fans waving towels and flags in their hands, and the whole Old Trafford was in a state of revelry.

The live broadcast was yelling: "Champions League quarterfinals!! We're back!!! ”

The fans responded to him with wave after wave of cheers.

Manchester United's players are also very excited, after all, it was still last season, Manchester United were still struggling with the Europa League, and now they have reached the last eight of the Champions League!!

Just go one step further and it's the Champions League semi-finals!!

Li Qingshan and others rushed into the court from the bench, and the cameras at the scene firmly locked on his figure.

"Manchester United's most important player this season!! The plastic surgery with Li Qingshan as the core has worked very effectively, and Li Qingshan's attacking ability is the key to Manchester United's current development. Andy Gray was sitting in the commentary seat at the moment, and he said with emotion.

Speaking of which, the quarter-finals of the Champions League are by no means unfamiliar to Manchester United, but after Moyes's season, Manchester United seemed to be like Liverpool back then, with a gradual tendency to sink.

Even last season, when Louis van Gaal suffered back-to-back defeats at Manchester United, he defended himself by saying: "Manchester United fans have to get used to not having a title. ”

As soon as this sentence came out, of course, Manchester United fans were very dissatisfied. But to some extent, in the Premier League with such fierce competition, Manchester United's great era of winning 13 Premier League titles in 20 years like the Ferguson era is probably really gone.

And when Li Qingshan came to Old Trafford, Manchester United this season immediately rode in the standings, and there is no doubt that Li Qingshan is the biggest hero of Manchester United this season!

Li Qingshan came to the sidelines, raised his hands and thanked the fans for cheering.

"Lee! Plum!! Plum!!! ”

The cheers at Old Trafford gradually turned into a neat shout. The fans stood up from their seats and shouted Li Qingshan's name.

Li Qingshan took off his shirt and threw it into the stands, and the jersey fell into the hands of a lucky fan, and the surrounding fans looked at this lucky guy with envious eyes.

Li Qingshan opened his arms and squinted his eyes to enjoy the shouts of the fans.

The rest of the United players stood behind him, like ministers to the king.

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"The Red Devils are in the quarterfinals!!"

The Manchester Evening News, published the next day, had such a headline on its front page.

Manchester United's run into the quarter-finals of the Champions League has not been a big news worth talking about in the past. It's gratifying to be in the quarter-finals, but it's not that far.

For Manchester United fans, Manchester United's return to the quarter-finals of the Champions League is a ritual that means that United did not sink with Ferguson's retirement.

The Champions League will be a stage for Manchester United to regain its glory! To be able to achieve excellent results in the Champions League is what makes their resurgence convincing.

This is a team with a championship heart!

Of course, in addition to Manchester United, another Manchester side also reached the quarter-finals.

Manchester City eliminated Dynamo Kyiv to reach the quarter-finals. Manchester City beat Dynamo Kyiv 3-1 away in the first leg, and after returning to home, Manchester City and Dynamo Kyiv played 0-0 to advance 3-1 on aggregate.

The other two Premier League teams, Arsenal and Chelsea, were eliminated.

Arsenal met Barcelona in the round of 16 and were unsurprisingly eliminated in the face of their long-time sufferers. They lost 2-0 to Barcelona in the first leg and then lost 3-1 on the road to be knocked out of the tournament 5-1 on aggregate.

The two legs of Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain were inseparable, Chelsea lost 1-2 to Paris Saint-Germain in both legs, although both legs were lost, but Chelsea were scored in the last minute in both legs, and luck was not on Chelsea's side.

In addition to Manchester's two teams, the other teams in the quarter-finals include Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in La Liga, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue 1 and Benfica in the Portuguese Super League.

Among the quarter-finals of the Champions League, La Liga occupies three places, two seats in the Premier League, and one place each in the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Portuguese Super League, which seems to explain the strength of the top teams in each league over the years. In addition to the two super giants of Barcelona and Real Madrid in La Liga, Atletico Madrid has also risen strongly in recent years, especially in the Champions League, Atletico Madrid has reached the final for two consecutive years and has won a Champions League trophy.

As a result, La Liga's performance in the Champions League has been quite strong in recent years, while the Premier League and Serie A, which have been very strong in the Champions League in previous years, seem to have become competitive in the Champions League.

The worst is of course Serie A, as one of the five major leagues, Serie A, this season has no team to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League, which is really embarrassing. The mini-World Cup of that year has fallen to this point. The development of Jinyuan football and the decline of Italy's economic situation have inevitably led to a decline in Serie A, which is in such an environment.

The Premier League has two teams in the quarterfinals this season, which is not bad in terms of the number of teams, but some German media sarcastically said that both teams in the Premier League were "drawn by draw to reach the quarterfinals". The implication of this is that both Manchester United and Manchester City have drawn a team with a fish belly to reach the quarterfinals, and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga eliminated Juventus to reach the quarterfinals.

In Europe, there is also competition between the five major leagues, and at present, in the European standings, La Liga has a considerable advantage, and the Premier League and Bundesliga rankings in second and third place are quite close, and if the Premier League does not give a little strength in the Champions League in these two or three seasons, it is not surprising that it is surpassed by the Bundesliga.

The Champions League draw is still in 10 days' time, before Manchester United host Arsenal.

In the last leg against Arsenal, Manchester United almost suffered an away defeat by Arsenal, and if it weren't for Li Qingshan's outstanding performance to help the team complete the comeback, Arsenal would have become the first team to beat Manchester United this season.

Fortunately, in the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals against Gent, Manchester United's consumption was not large, and several attackers in the front field were rested to varying degrees, while Arsenal was defeated 3-1 by Barcelona away from home, and the whole Arsenal team had just returned to England from Barcelona, and the whole team was much more tired than Manchester United.