Chapter 172: Drawing of lots

Aston Villa's relegation came as no surprise, causing quite a stir in English football.

However, the wave did not have much of an impact, at least not on Manchester United. Although Manchester United gave Aston Villa the final blow, it was only the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Aston Villa's relegation was ultimately caused by their poor record this season, and they definitely did not blame Manchester United.

After the relegation, Aston Villa was busy cutting staff and the owners were busy reassuring the fans and finding a new manager who could lead the team back to the Premier League.

Manchester United, who managed to get three points, are one step closer to the Premier League title - Leicester City and West Ham United drew 2-2 in this round of the league, which further widened the gap between the two sides.

Now Manchester United's lead over Leicester City has reached 12 points, and with five games left in the league, Manchester United only need four points to ensure 100% of the league title!

And in the next 34th round of the league, Manchester United will play Crystal Palace at home, and Leicester City will play Swansea at home, if Manchester United wins this round, and Leicester City has any mistakes, Manchester United will win the league title four rounds in advance!

'Winning the title is of course our goal and all we need to do now is to get enough points to win the title.' Carlo Ancelotti said in an interview.

Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri is also in a good mood, and although Leicester City have little hope of winning the league, it is enough to take the relegation team to second place in the league and almost certainly qualify for the Champions League at the end of the season.

At least now in the Premier League Coach of the Season selection, Ranieri has almost no suspense, and with this season's results, he deserves to be voted the best coach over Carlo Ancelotti.

"It's a bit of a pretension to talk about relegation now, yes, we thought about winning the title at one point, but looking at the gap between us and Manchester United now, the title is basically unlikely, and our next goal is to keep second place and then qualify for next season's Champions League." Ranieri said lightly in an interview.

'Of course, we also have a goal of beating Manchester United at Old Trafford, and although we have no hope of winning the title, we don't want to be a stepping stone to the title.

What Ranieri is talking about is that in the 36th round of the league, Manchester United will play Leicester City at home, if Manchester United beat Crystal Palace, and Leicester City also beat their own opponents, the 36th round of the league will undoubtedly be the focus of the championship.

As long as Manchester United pick up points in this game, Manchester United will step on Leicester City to win the title.

Not to mention Leicester City, which has always been ranked second in the league, even if it is any other team, it does not want to be used as a stepping stone for opponents to win the championship.

Ranieri's remarks did not attract much attention from Manchester United, as the news pages in Manchester at the moment were attracted by the draw for the Champions League semi-final.

With both Manchester teams reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League, there is a good chance that the two teams will have a local derby in the Champions League.

'If we could, of course we would have liked to be against Manchester City, and of course not because of quality, because in my opinion, the four teams in the semi-finals are all in between. If we draw Manchester City, at least we will save ourselves the fatigue of traveling. Facing the cameras of the media, Ancelotti said with a smile.

"If I had to choose, it would be a really difficult choice, whether it was Bayern Munich or Atletico Madrid, they were quite difficult opponents." In an interview, Rooney said.

"Manchester City, I want to draw Manchester City!" Facing the reporter's microphone, Li Qingshan replied very straightforwardly.

"Why is that? Is it because Manchester City are weaker? ”

Li Qingshan shook his head: "Where can the strength of the team that can reach the semi-finals of the Champions League be weak, our goal is to win the Champions League, no matter what opponent we don't care too much." And the reason why I want to draw Manchester City is simply because they're so close, and it's really unpleasant to have to fly around in a week. ”

Manchester United's players looked easy against the semi-finals, and the mighty Real Madrid were eliminated by them, and the remaining opponents will not be stronger than Real Madrid.

Manchester City, on the other hand, felt Manchester United's contempt for them.

Manchester City made it to the last four of the Champions League in history, their best result in the Champions League. However, Manuel Pellegrini, who led Manchester City to history, will have to roll up and leave next season, and the better he does this season, the more pressure will be on Pep Guardiola to take over the team.

"There is not much difference in the strength of the teams in the Champions League semi-finals, and from the perspective of the schedule, of course, we prefer to draw Manchester United, relatively speaking, we will know Manchester United better." Pellegrini said with a blank face in an interview.

Other Manchester City players have also expressed their expectations for the possible Manchester derby in the Champions League semi-finals.

'It's definitely a very challenging thing to beat this Manchester United team right now, but I'm going to give it a try. After all, we were very close to that goal this season. Tintin de Bruyne said.

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany also said in an interview with the media: "Reaching the Champions League semi-finals has made history for the team, but we will not stop there, and the goal of reaching the semi-finals is the same, to win the Champions League. For this goal, it is the same for any opponent you meet! ”

A Champions League draw has put the two teams in Manchester in battle, and even fans on both sides seem to have the atmosphere before the derby.

However, when the draw results came out, the two teams in Manchester were not drawn together.

Manchester City drew Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich.

Interestingly, Pep Guardiola, the current head coach of Bayern Munich, is the head coach of Manchester City next season.

Such a relationship is really easy to get around if you don't take it carefully and repeatedly, but the most embarrassing estimate is Guardiola.

Led Bayern Munich to eliminate Manchester City, adding to the blockage before the new club took office.

But what if they are eliminated by Manchester City?

It is estimated that Guardiola will be sprayed by Bayern fans.

Is it to release water in order to curry favor with the new owner?

The other matchup is Manchester United vs. Atletico Madrid.

There was no Guardiola-style embarrassment in this game, and the media in Madrid were hyped about Li Qingshan's return to Calderón. But he came as an opponent......