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The restructuring of the Champions Cup has been going on slowly, and there will be new initiatives almost every year, but the reform is relatively small and there are no major changes, but last year, the Champions Cup abolished the second round of the group round-robin and adopted a two-legged knockout format, which is a good thing, but it has been snubbed by countless giant teams. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Why?

The reason is very simple, the giants have been upset in the group stage!

However, this season, the giants have qualified, and it is only then that the praise of the new format has generally sounded in Europe.

The two-legged knockout rounds are played four games less than the group round-robin stage, and don't underestimate these four games, which are enough to bring down a team in February, when the weather is cold and the players are physically exhausted.

With Vivian? Fu's sudden death, the world football began a round of deep reflection, have launched a series of measures to reduce the burden of players, UEFA is in this trend, the Champions League restructured, the introduction of knockout rounds.

Last year it was left out in the cold, but this year it has been praised by countless big teams because they finally enjoy the benefits of the new format!

The top two teams in the eight Champions League groups are Monaco and Chelsea in Group A; Real Madrid and Bayer Leverkusen in Group B; Group C: Juventus and Bayern Munich; Lyon and Manchester United in Group D; Arsenal and PSV Eindhoven in Group E; AC Milan and Barcelona in Group F; Inter Milan and Werder Bremen in Group G; Red rebels and Porto in Group H.

According to the principle of drawing lots for the round of 16 knockout rounds, the first group meets the second group of other groups, and the teams of the same country avoid it, which makes the draw very clear.

Excluding the second-placed Premier League teams in the group, Chelsea and Manchester United, the Red Rebels will face only Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona and Werder Bremen.

For the Red Rebels, it may not be easy to meet anyone, but as the top of the group, the Red Rebels can play away first and then at home, and have the advantage of the schedule, which makes Mourinho more psychologically confident.

In an interview with the media the day before the game, Mourinho said that he was not worried about which team he would meet, whether it was Bayern Munich or Barcelona, it would not be a problem, because the headache will always be the opponent of the Red Rebels.

"Barcelona is the strongest team in football today? Oh maybe, they do play well, it's beautiful, but I don't think they're that strong, but if you think Barcelona are the best team, then I want to play against Barca, and I want to play against the best team because that will allow me and my players to prove that we are better than them! ”

For Barcelona, Mourinho always has an indescribable complex emotion in his heart, and he is always eager to prove his football philosophy from Barcelona, even after leaving Barcelona, his football philosophy has changed dramatically.

Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini gloated, "Barcelona met the rebels, oh, it was terrible, but as a fan, I'd love to see such a showdown!" ”

As the top of the group, no one wants to touch Barcelona.

Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson, who has been in poor form lately, joked: "I have a hunch that I have never met AC Milan in an international tournament in my coaching career, and this time, I feel a connection that is pulling us together." ”

If, after the results of the draw came out, someone looked back at the quotes of these people, they would be full of surprise and doubt, oh my God, are these managers prophets?

Actually, no, the changes in the draw for the knockout rounds are not too surprising, take the Red Rebels, for example.

It's okay to touch Bayer Leverkusen, Werder Bremen and Bayern Munich, but there is no grudge between these three German teams and the Red Rebels, and the former two obviously do not have the same strength as the Red Rebels, even Bayern may not be the opponents of the Red Rebels with Bayern's recent situation.

Eindhoven has a deep grudge with the Red Rebels, Arneson was once slapped by the Red Rebels and hid from seeing people, but now they have gone to the Premier League and become the general manager of Manchester City, helping the Abu Dhabi consortium to run the giant team.

Without Arneson's point of view, coupled with the fact that PSV Eindhoven is too weak and the game lacks suspense, from a business point of view, choosing PSV is undoubtedly the worst of many options.

So who is the best opponent of the Red Rebels?

Naturally, Barcelona is the most popular in football today!

Although Deco failed to transfer to Barcelona as he did in his previous life, Iniesta's rise and maturity made Barcelona play what is known as the most technical football, and it is also known as the best team in Europe, and is named the dream team.

What about the Red Rebels? The combination of skill and strength, as well as forward-thinking tactical concepts, have made the Red Rebels unbeaten so far this season, and are known as the most troublesome team in Europe today, as well as one of the strongest teams, and they also beat Barcelona in the UEFA Cup last year.

In this year's European Footballer of the Year selection, Beckham defeated Ronaldinho and won the new European Footballer of the Year award, which has just passed, and many Barcelona fans still have grievances in their hearts.

The rivalry between two of Europe's most popular teams, the confrontation between two of the world's best players, is enough to convince people that the Red Rebels meeting Barcelona is a definite match.

In fact, after the draw results came out, the Red Rebels did meet Barcelona, and Ferguson also met AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen met Juventus, PSV Eindhoven met Monaco, Bayern Munich met Arsenal, Real Madrid met Werder Bremen, Chelsea met Lyon, and Inter Milan met Porto.

After the draw was announced, Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini was so happy that he was able to draw against Porto, who was almost hailed as the weakest team in the round of 16.

After the draw results, the schedule of the two legs of the knockout rounds was also arranged, the first leg was scheduled for February 22/23, and the second leg was scheduled for March 8/9, in which Inter Milan and AC Milan shared a stadium, and both were group winners, but UEFA clearly stipulated that the same stadium could not host European matches for two consecutive days, so Inter Milan's match will be postponed to March 15.

…………………… Knowing the opponents in the knockout round, Boyas immediately asked the scouting department to start collecting and sorting out all the information related to Barcelona this season, including Barcelona's technical and tactical analysis, the injury situation of the players, and their schedule during the knockout round.

At the same time, in order to be able to know the situation of Barcelona for the first time, in addition to going to Spain in person to watch all the next games of Barcelona up close, Boas will also send Spanish scouts to pay close attention to Barcelona's every move.

Although there are still two months to go before the knockout round, the Red Rebels have been paying close attention to all potential opponents before the season, and now they have drawn Barcelona and immediately sorted out all the relevant information about this team and sent it to the coaching staff.

In terms of intelligence, the Red Rebels dare not say how strong they are, but they are definitely the most important club in Europe, and the scouting department spends a lot of money on it every year, but the gains are also considerable, and the Red Rebels can always find some useful information in the intelligence.

In addition to Barcelona's intelligence, the Red Rebels are also keeping a close eye on their opponents in the next round, Liverpool, despite playing at home, Liverpool's strength should not be underestimated, and this is a game related to the morale of the winter break, which cannot be missed.

In the intense preparations, Xiao Yu, Mourinho and Beckham, Kaka, Xiao Xiaoluo and other players who have been shortlisted for the World Footballer of the Year list had to take time to fly to Zurich, Switzerland, to attend the annual FIFA awards ceremony held here.

…………………… This year's awards ceremony also has a theme, that is, "the combination of football and opera", which seems to be very insignificant, but it is linked to opera in all aspects of the celebration, and the awards party is also arranged in the Zurich Opera House.

As one of the most high-profile teams in football today, the Red Rebels have undoubtedly received the most attention, especially David Beckham, who won this year's European Footballer of the Year, and attracted the cheers of countless waiting fans outside the opera house.

The FIFA annual awards ceremony, also known as the Oscars of football, will be broadcast live in more than 130 countries around the world, and two new awards will be added, namely "Indoor Football Player of the Year" and "Esports Footballer of the Year".

These all confirm FIFA's intention to make the award ceremony a sensational business show around the world, and the people who can receive invitations are undoubtedly powerful people, including Barcelona's Laporta, coach Rijkaard, they are all here to support Ronaldinho, and Real Madrid's Florentino and his party also accompanied Juninho Jr. to the scene.

Seeing Xiao Yu and his party walk in from a distance, little Juninho confessed to the person in front of him and greeted him.

"Hello, Mr. Xiao Yu!" Juninho Jr. said with a grateful smile.

"Hello, Ribeiro!" Xiao Yu is also happy for little Juninho, even now, there are still many Red Rebels fans who miss this low-key former captain, sometimes Xiao Yu also feels that the world is unpredictable, if Little Juninho does not join Real Madrid, maybe there will be no him and the Red Rebels today.

"We're rivals tonight!" Xiao Yu smiled and pointed to Beckham, who was surrounded by people not far away, and smiled.

Juninho Jr. looked at the heartthrob with some envy, handsome, stardom, and just won the European Footballer of the Year, Beckham is arguably the most successful footballer of the year, and he is also the highest-paid star in sports today.

"No matter what, I'll never be your enemy, you know that!" Juninho Jr. said solemnly.

Xiao Yu laughed, little Juninho just doesn't like to joke very much, but he is definitely a person who cares about it.

At this time, Florentino also got rid of the pesterer next to him and walked over, and Juninho Jr. knew that they had something to talk about, so he nodded and said hello to Florentino, and walked over to the side and chatted with Mourinho and Kaka.

Florentino's social circle is undoubtedly very extensive, but Xiao Yu is not far behind, the two get together, and people constantly greet them, forcing them to calm down and talk about something, so they can only hide in the distance.

Xiao Yu always felt that Lafayette's eyes always swept over Kaka and Xiao Xiaoluo ambiguously, and he probably felt a little bad in his heart.

Sure enough, the first sentence of this chubby Lafayette made Xiao Yu want to throw him over the shoulder.

"Hehe, Xiao Yu, put Kaka and Cristiano? Ronaldo sold it to us, right? "Lafayette has a negotiable expression, as long as you are willing to sell.

What a shameless fat man!

Xiao Yu laughed and scolded indignantly in his heart!

(To be continued)