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When the boss Marchena heard Iroh say that he wanted to draw Manchester United, he subconsciously pounced and covered Iro's mouth, and said with a Chinese proverb he learned from Navarro: "Tong Yan Wu Ji Tong Yan Wu Ji!" ”

Iroh listened to this Chinese proverb coming out of Marchena's mouth, and it really had a different taste.

Compared to Marchena's subconscious movements, people like Aimar, Albiol and others all looked at Airo with sideways eyes and did not make actual movements, but ...... But their hearts are praying: Don't draw us!

Why pray when Iello wants to draw Manchester United?

It can be traced back to the fact that Iello was too accurate in predicting the outcome of the match, and more importantly, before the draw-off draw for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, he accidentally 'said' Spain's opponent was Slovakia.

And in the later draw ceremony, Spain really drew Slovakia.

As a result, Iroh's mouth has always been a scruple for his teammates.

But sometimes that's it, good spirits don't work bad.

When the draw guest Fachetti pulled out one of the four remaining red balls from the red box, the players who were watching the draw under the leadership of assistant coach Paul became nervous.

At this moment, Iro, who was covered by Marchena's mouth, was also thinking in his heart: Could it really be that we are playing Manchester United?

Because according to Elo's memory, Manchester United should not have qualified this season, but in the end they did, so ...... Will God hand over Manchester United to Valencia for 'retribution'?

Although Iroh has always been an atheist, he ...... How to explain this crossing ten years ago?

With nervousness, he looked at Fachetti on the large LCD screen.

Half a second later, Facchetti flipped over the red ball with a smile and said, "Valencia!" ”

"it!!"

"This crow's mouth!!"

“oh-my-god！ It's really Manchester United......"

……

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After seeing the draw results, the players of Valencia, who watched the draw ceremony for the 1/8 finals of this season's Champions League together, all of them subconsciously howled except for Aillo.

Back to the scene.

When Manchester United drew Valencia, Sir Alex Ferguson had an intriguing smile on his face, and that smile also murdered a lot of 'flywheels'.

Compared to Ferguson's smile, Flores's expression was much lower.

And his expression is not much also Chairman Soler.

Soler sighed deeply, his ideal opponent was Eindhoven who had not yet been drawn!

How would they feel if they knew that their opponent was 'cursed' by Iroh?

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"! It's Valencia, really? ”

After seeing that Manchester United drew Valencia, C. Ronaldo, who watched the draw ceremony, immediately high-fived Rooney in celebration.

"Hahaha...... Be sure to give Ai Ge a little color next year and see!! ”

The little fat man Rooney clenched his fists excitedly and said.

"yes, yes......"

C. Luo nodded repeatedly.

As everyone knows, when the two of them were high-five excitedly, his teammates subconsciously left them for nearly half a meter, as if to express: fuss!

Eindhoven drew Lyon

Inter Milan drew Liverpool

Ajax drew Villarreal

After the draw ceremony was over, the on-site emcee announced the time of this season's Champions League 1/8 finals: the first leg will be held on February 21/22 next year, and the second leg will be held on March 7/8 next year.

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After the end of the match, the presidents, CEOs, and head coaches of each club who came to the venue to participate in the draw ceremony were surrounded by reporters from their respective opponents.

One of the most eye-catching was the draw between Barcelona and Chelsea, who played inextricably last season.

Therefore, the number of journalists surrounding Laporta, Rijkaard and Kenyon and Mourinho is the largest.

The next day, the headlines of Europe's mainstream media were: What a coincidence! Anglo-Spanish War!!

The picture next to it is a short version of Chelsea and Barcelona, Valencia and Manchester United, and Real Madrid and Arsenal.

"Draw Chelsea again!" "Daily Sport" exclaimed, although Barcelona talked about the possibility of playing against Chelsea before the draw, but when the results really came out, the Catalan media was still more or less emotional, "Barcelona has 6 possible opponents, but in the end it was drawn to Chelsea, whether luck is good or bad has been seen." ”

"As" newspaper believes that Barcelona vs. Chelsea is another contest between Rijkaard's overall art and Mourinho's machine system, "If you have any doubts about this concept, the two most stable teams in Europe, Barcelona and Chelsea, will demonstrate to you at one time, this game is a five-star match in the 1/8 finals, and it will be a revenge for Barcelona, because they can't forget that they were unfairly eliminated by Chelsea last season......"

“…… They were better than Abu's mercenary cousin last season but were ruthlessly eliminated, but the fans should be ready to enjoy the game anyway, Jose Mourinho is crazier than ever, Frank Lampard will have his cannon ready and Ronaldinho will be offering us new magic tricks. ”

Subsequently, "Marca" talked about Valencia meeting the Red Devils Manchester United, "After Barcelona drew Chelsea and Real Madrid drew Arsenal, Valencia also drew Manchester United from England, and the wins and losses of these three games can directly see who belongs to the first European league in the future!" Valencia and Manchester United have met six times in the three major cups so far, with one win, four draws and one defeat, but they have scored three goals and conceded five, including two at home and one ......"

“…… However, Valencia's results in the league this season are much better than Manchester United's results in the league, this season's Manchester United is still in the process of replacing the old and the new, Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, who are not yet 20 years old, are growing, and Valencia seems to be much ahead in the effectiveness of developing young players, and Ai is in good form, and the Champions League 1/8 final at the Theater of Dreams may not get off to a good start. ”

Finally, when it comes to the match between Real Madrid and Arsenal, for Real Madrid fans, this is undoubtedly a signing, Wenger's Arsenal has always been a four-player in the Premier League, but the results in the Champions League are not particularly ideal, and the best result so far is still the quarterfinals, that is, it is not at the same level as Real Madrid, which has nine Champions League trophies, so it is generally believed that Real Madrid should not be a problem.

But as everyone knows, from 04-05, Real Madrid was burdened with the title of Champions League 16 Lang until Mourinho took office.

Iroh handed the newspaper back to David Villa and said, "David, don't worry...... With me, the goal is guaranteed! Hahaha......"

Of course, it is always the infinite middle finger that responds to him.

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When Flores returned to his office at the Valencia training base, he wrote the name of a team in his notebook: Manchester United!

What a tough opponent!

After watching it for a while, I really can't think of any good way, he has not started the experience of the Champions League knockout stage in his coaching career, and even this season's Champions League group stage is the first time in his life, let alone the Champions League knockout round?

I opened the "Valencia Sports Newspaper" sent over today, and the headline of the newspaper: There is him! Why fear the Red Devils?

Seeing this, Flores's spirit was refreshed, and he subconsciously murmured: "Yes, we have him!" Afraid of what? ”

In the following content, Valencia Sport detailed all of Elloh's numbers for the season, including the number of breakthroughs, success rate, goals and assists, a series of counts, and finally came to a conclusion, "The stronger the opponent, the better the performance!" ”

The text reads, "When I was sorting out Ai's number jù, I found a very interesting thing, that is...... He's played great against strong opponents! Putting aside the hat-tricks at the Bernabeu and the Bernabeu last season, this season we have scored hat-tricks at the Camp Nou and the Bernabeu and at the Meazza Stadium, which means ...... The stronger the opponent, the better his play! ”

“…… So what reason do we have to fear the Red Devils? Don't forget... Manchester United's golden 92 class is almost over, Paul Scholes, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ryan Giggs are all entering the late stages of their careers, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney, who are about the same age as Ai, are still growing, and they are more like a catch-up than our 'prince'. ”

After reading the whole report, Flores read the high-selling newspapers in Spain, such as "Marca", "As", and "World Sport", before starting the day with satisfaction.

Compared to the knockout rounds of the Champions League, which only started in February next year, the trip to the Basque Country two days later to challenge Alaves made him more focused.

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Alaves have been promoted this season and have played well in La Liga so far, with the most surprising being their 0-0 draw at home to defending champions Barcelona in the first round.

But it wasn't the team's highlight, the team's peak was in the 99-00 season, when they finished sixth in La Liga and could play in the 00-01 UEFA Cup, and then they got out of control, they came out of the group stage and finally reached the final of the UEFA Cup that season, but unfortunately lost to the Reds Liverpool in the final, so they also missed out on the best result in the team's history.

Valencia didn't have a hard time, leading 2-0 at the end of the first half, and David Villa scored twice in the second half to score his second hat-trick of the season.

Of course, it is worth mentioning that Ailo showed his personal selflessness in this game, scoring a goal and providing two assists.

His selflessness in this match also made a perfect assessment of the "Taidu" point of view mentioned by the "As" newspaper before this game.

But after this match, it wasn't the perfect review for Iroh, because he received a more perfect message.

In other words, his efforts this year have been recognized!

That's ...... It only started to emerge in 2003...... European Golden Boy Award!

And he is the winner of this year's European Golden Boy Award!

ps: Remember the 1/4 finals of the national football team at half past six!