Chapter 154: The Draw for the Quarterfinals

On the bus back from the Etihad Stadium, Carlo Ancelotti announced that he was giving the team a day off.

The Manchester United players found a place to celebrate their Manchester derby victory as the next day was a holiday and the players stayed up until just over 1 a.m. before going home.

The next day, the sun had already shone on the bed through the wind-blown swaying curtains, and Li Qingshan woke up from his sleep.

Even if he fell asleep a little more, Li Qingshan still sweated like rain in the world of football training camp.

Throwing the sheets and sweat-soaked pajamas into the washing machine, Li Qingshan went to bed again, and after about ten seconds, he jumped up again, changed into a pair and went out for a morning run.

Li Qingshan's life is still very regular, and he is always reluctant to easily break the habits he has developed.

The day off was a rare relaxation, Li Qingshan, who came back from the morning run, did not continue to go to the court, he stayed in the house, watched a movie for a while, listened to nursery rhymes for a while, and refused Pogba's invitation to go to a nightclub in the afternoon.

At 5 o'clock this afternoon, it is the time for the draw for the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and the Champions League round of 16 matches are all over, and only one team in the Premier League this season has reached the quarterfinals.

The draw for the quarter-finals is no longer restrictive, and the eight teams that have reached the quarter-finals include Manchester United in the English Premier League, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Monaco in Ligue 1 and Juventus in Serie A.

The picture before the draw ceremony Li Qingshan spent all his time in the fugue, the analysis of the guests, the opinions of experts, these are all nonsense in Li Qingshan's opinion, even if a game is analyzed, in the end, the players still have to play.

When it was time to draw lots, Li Qingshan became serious.

To Li Qingshan's surprise, the first one to be drawn out was Manchester United.

It's time to play at home first....

Home first, then away, it doesn't seem to be a very good schedule.

Soon, Manchester United's opponents were also drawn.

Juventus!

Li Qingshan nodded slightly, there are no more fish belly teams in the quarterfinals, even Monaco, which is recognized as the weakest, has a pretty good lineup.

After seeing Manchester United's opponent being drawn, Li Qingshan lost interest in the confrontation of other opponents, and he turned off the TV.....

However, while he was lying on the sofa and scrolling through the news, Li Qingshan still saw the final result.

Manchester United against Juventus.

Monaco vs. Barcelona.

Real Madrid drew their local rivals Atletico Madrid.

Borussia Dortmund drew Bayern Munich.

Two domestic battles with the same side, the Premier League top and Serie A top matchup, the French team Monaco drew the Cosmos team Barcelona...

After the results of this draw came out, the media on the German side were first dissatisfied, because Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund both looked like they were hoping to reach the semi-finals, and they hoped to stage a German civil war in the Champions League final like in 2013.

On the Spanish side, the media in Madrid are also very dissatisfied with this draw, Real Madrid's mouthpiece "As" spit out bitterness, thinking that this draw is too bad for Real Madrid, on the other hand, on the side of Barcelona, Monaco, the weakest quarter-finalist, was met by Barcelona....

The media in England are not dissatisfied with the results of this draw, the English people originally did not attach too much importance to the Champions League, and the arrogant Englishmen always thought that their own one-third of an acre of land was the best, and the British Empire, which was known as the sun never set, sat on the world's most extensive colonies, and in the end they were not stubbornly guarding the British Isles....

Manchester United's players did not react much to the draw result, Juventus is an excellent team, their fighting power cannot be underestimated, but it is limited to this, which team in the quarter-finals is easy to mess with?

Speaking to the media at the training base, Li Qingshan said: "Juventus is a strong opponent, but our goal is still the championship. ”

For Pogba, there may be something else special about this opponent, as he is famous at Juventus: "It's a difficult moment against Juventus, but I'm a professional and that's what a professional player has to deal with, and when I score against Juventus, I don't celebrate. ”

"Paul said he wouldn't celebrate when he scored?" In Turin, Leonardo Bonucci faces a reporter's microphone. 'Then he's going to be disappointed and I'm not going to let him have that kind of trouble because he can't score goals against our defence.'

"Then is Juventus prepared to defend Li Qingshan?" The reporter asked.

"Let's take a look at this again." Bonucci's face was full of confidence.

After the results of the draw came out, the two sides naturally did not show weakness verbally.

However, the Champions League quarter-finals will not start until April, so the Champions League fixtures are not on United's schedule for the time being.

Following the Manchester derby, Manchester United travel to Chelsea in the FA Cup quarter-finals this weekend.

This match can almost be seen as a rehearsal for the championship battle!

This is a game that neither side wants to show weakness, because not only is the opponent a direct opponent in the league title, but it is also a match that is about reaching the FA Cup semi-finals!

"Even though we just played a game on Thursday, we definitely won't send a reserve team to play this game!!" Carlo Ancelotti said as he faced the reporter's microphone.

Chelsea have no European commitments, while Manchester United have played one more game than Chelsea because of the Carabao Cup final, which has been postponed to midweek.

With just three days between the two games, Chelsea are at ease and Manchester United's players are not always able to recover.

During the two days of training before the game, Di Maria was injured, and it was a strain without confrontation.

Ancelotti shook his head helplessly, the continuous high-intensity games are very intense for the physical consumption of the players.

Although Ancelotti did not show weakness in front of the media, it seems that it is really necessary to make a little rotation in this game.

Speaking at his pre-match press conference, Carlo Ancelotti said: "We only have three days to prepare and we have to travel away from home, so it's really difficult to deal with it, and despite Di Maria's injury, we have enough personnel on the bench. We're not going to play with a second team, Manchester United won't do that, we're FA Cup winners. ”

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte was also low-key: "It looks like we're in good shape for this game, but it's going to be a tough game for sure, Manchester United have the best squad in the Premier League, they have a lot of great stars and a lot of experience! ”