Arsenal slaughtered the dragon at home, and the aggregate score was 10:2 to beat Porto and easily advanced to the final. All of Europe exclaimed that the era of gunners had arrived.

UEFA's official website commented: "Arsenal played a beautiful game and they showed the fans around the world what attacking football is. ”

Portugal's Ball newspaper said sadly: "We are not on the same level as Arsenal at all, if Porto is the best in Europe, then Arsenal is definitely super first-class." If Arsenal play at this level, the Champions League is definitely in their pocket. ”

Commenting on Porto's defeat, Portugal's El Express said: "Porto suffered the biggest defeat in European history, the team rushed to the Emirates Stadium with ambition, but in the end they came home with seven duck eggs. In the face of the Arsenal man's frenzied attack, Porto are like a bunch of puppets who do not want to resist and have no dignity. ”

Britain's "Every Post" proudly issued a warning to Europe's giants: "Be careful if you enter the quarterfinals, the gunners are coming!" ”

"The Sun" exaggeratedly said: "Xiao Li Feidao led a group of Gunners roaring, no one in the Premier League or Europe can stop their progress, their level is a grade above all teams, they are now the dream team of world football." ”

In the Champions League, Arsenal is proud, in the Premier League, Arsenal also won consecutive games, on March 14, the 30th round of the league, Arsenal defeated Hull City 3:1 away, and achieved the fifth victory since Li Huan's comeback, leading the second place Manchester United 7 points with eight rounds left in the league, and the third place Chelsea 10 points, it is only a matter of time before it is left to win the championship. The only regret for Arsenal fans is that Li Huan's league goals are still stuck at 33, which still does not surpass Shearer's record of 34 goals.

On March 18, with Barcelona beating AZ Alkmaar and Bordeaux beating Olympiacos, the quarterfinals of the Champions League were completely over, and Barcelona, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Lyon, Bordeaux and CSKA Moscow were newly released. Optimisation before the game was finally eliminated by Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan, with only two teams in the Premier League, Manchester United and Arsenal, reaching the quarter-finals.

The next day, the Champions League quarterfinals draw ceremony was held in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw took the form of 8 teams mixed draw, the same country team did not avoid, the team that met in the group stage did not avoid, who met who can be said to be pure luck.

UEFA Secretary-General Gianni Infantino presided over the event, the final ambassador, Real Madrid public relations manager Butragueno as a guest, the two of them together to draw the eight strongest teams in Europe one by one, the draw results were announced, Inter Milan drew the lot, the opponent is CSKA Moscow, the two French Ligue 1 teams Lyon and Bordeaux will have a civil war. The most notable match was the reunion of the two teams in the 1999 Champions League final, Manchester United and Bayern Munich, and the 2006 final opponents Barcelona and Arsenal.

After the news reached London, thousands of gunners took to the streets to shout for the elimination of Barcelona, the Gunners forum server was almost paralyzed, and the passionate gunners fans posted tens of thousands of challenge posts in just ten minutes, all saying that they wanted to prove who is the real art football in world football in this quarter-final.

If what Arsenal wants to destroy most in the Premier League is Manchester United, then in the world, Arsenal wants to destroy Barcelona the most.

It may be difficult for outsiders to understand why Arsenal fans have such a strong reaction, this is only Arsenal fans know best, as the representatives of the two technical football in world football, the pioneer of artistic football, Arsenal has always been in a weak position, they are regarded as pseudo-art by Barcelona fans, copycat Barcelona, the 06 Champions League final is the closest Arsenal has come to winning the Champions League, but the result was trampled on the head by Xiao Luo's Barcelona to win the championship and be crowned the second European dream team.

There has been no championship for five years, and what supports Arsenal fans and players is their art football, but Barcelona even snatched the title of art football, so you can imagine what kind of feeling Arsenal fans have about Barcelona, not to mention that Barcelona has repeatedly seduced Arsenal's captain Cesc Fabregas in the past two years.

In fact, before the draw, many Gunners players said in interviews that the team they wanted to draw the most was Barcelona.

After the draw, Barça's head of technical department, Begiristan, believes that the match between Barcelona and Arsenal will be interpreted as a great classic matchup, "We are two teams that are not conservative, we are both technical and possessive, which will ensure that the game is watched." It's a great game for sure and the best news for us is that we're going to play at home. ”

Gunners club permanent secretary David Mills was a little reluctant to meet Barcelona too early: "It will definitely be difficult to play a team with a similar style, Barcelona are one of the best teams in the world, if we can decide the opponent ourselves, he will definitely be our last choice. ”

Although Arsenal have been fighting God and killing demons this season, Professor Arsene Wenger remained cautious in an interview with Sky Sports, "It's a 50 per cent game and when you get to the quarter-finals, it's normal to meet a team like Barcelona. Barcelona are a good team and for me that's all. ”

Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola emphasized the role of Li Huan, "Li Huan is a very special player, he has brought new changes to Arsenal, we must be careful of him, otherwise we will regret it." ”

On the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the Champions League, "return" is the main theme. This season, Kaka is back at the San Siro, Samuel Eto'o is back at Camp Nou, and Ibra is back at Meazza; In the round of 16, the returning protagonists became David Beckham, who returned to Old Trafford, and Mourinho, who returned to Stamford Bridge; This time, it was the turn of Barcelona and Arsenal, Thierry Henry and Cesc Fabregas.

Faced with such a draw result, the king of Highbury at the time, the current Barcelona striker Thierry Henry, admitted in an interview that he did not like such a result, "I don't want to meet Arsenal because it feels weird, the Gunners are my favorite club, I hope to return to Arsenal at the end of my career or after retiring, not now." ”

As the protagonist of the return, Cesc Fabregas is different from Thierry Henry, who is about to retire, he is in a special situation now, so he did not speak, but the reporter interviewed Fabregas's father Francisco, Francisco said with a pun: "This will be an interesting knockout match, enough to stimulate two teams with a clear style of football to play to the fullest, and the game will become very open." Sesque back in Barcelona? You know, one day this will happen. I'm going to be very attentive to what might happen next. The day after the draw, the British and Spanish media were buzzing about Arsenal and Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern Munich.

The headline of The Sun reads: Barcelona unbeaten Gunners, Manchester United rejoice. The headline of the "Mirror" read: Barcelona has two Premier League giants Manchester United Bayern Liang Zishen. The BBC's headline: "Cesc Fabregas, Thierry Henry meet old club Man Utd must play well at home if they want to qualify" The Times headline: Gunners hungry for revenge, Manchester United hope to replicate miracle This season's Champions League final will be played at the Bernabeu Stadium, home of Barça's arch-rivals Real Madrid. Any Barça guy wants to humiliate Real Madrid by winning the title at the Bernabeu. The Catalan media newspaper Sport commented like a fantasy: "Barcelona meet the Gunners, this is the first step on the road to the Bernabeu, just pick out Arsenal." After reaching the semi-finals, whether it is against Inter Milan or CSKA Moscow, Barcelona is sure to step into the Santiago Bernabeu to win the championship, turning this holy place for Real Madridians into a painful hell for Real Madriders when they think about it. ”

Also seen as a Barcelona team newspaper, but Le Monde Sport is clearly more pragmatic, the newspaper began to analyze Arsenal's strengths and shortcomings: "The most dangerous for Arsenal is Cesc Fabregas and Li Huan, who are the biggest obstacles for Barcelona to reach the last four of the Champions League. However, Arsene Wenger's side are currently suffering from serious injuries, with Galla and Robin van Persie both on the injury list, and they even had to recall Campbell. ”

However, Spain are not all hungry for Barcelona to win, and since Real Madrid have been excluded from the Champions League quarter-finals, the number one wish of the new team is that Barcelona do not reach the Champions League final, because this will make the Madridists have to face the bloody fact of the Champions League dream eight again.

"As" newspaper believes that Barcelona, Arsenal, Inter Milan are in the bottom half of the same zone, if Arsenal can't eliminate Barcelona, Inter's likely surname is even smaller, because Inter lost to Barcelona in the group stage, but "As" newspaper firmly believes that Arsenal with Li Huan will beat Barcelona, because in the Champions League final last season, Li Huan led the second-rate Hoffenheim to defeat Barcelona.

Marca, which is regarded as the mouthpiece of Florentino, has publicly claimed that Madrid fans would rather see the English team reach the final than Barcelona to make their mark at the Bernabeu.

After the draw, reporters, coaches, players, officials had different opinions, and European bookmakers also offered the latest Champions League winning odds, although they met Barcelona, but Arsenal was still in first place, Barcelona and Manchester United were tied for second, Bayern and Inter were tied for fourth, Lyon and Bordeaux were 6-7, and CSKA was at the bottom.

The match between Arsenal and Barcelona will take place on April 1, April Fool's Day, with Arsenal playing at home before playing the second leg at Camp Nou. It's a bad schedule for Arsenal, with a capacity of nearly 100,000 people at Camp Nou, which has been a nightmare for visiting teams, but judging from the odds offered by the bookmakers, Arsenal are still the favourites, and it is clear that the bookmakers think that Arsenal are more likely to advance.

(To be continued)