With the end of the last two quarter-finals of the Champions League in the early morning of March 18, Beijing time, Simeone's Atletico Madrid failed to turn over at Stamford Bridge Stadium as desired, and Lazio came to the Allianz Stadium only to go through the scene. This season's Champions League quarter-final list has all been released, the Eight Teams occupy half of the Premier League, the "new and old champions" Liverpool and Manchester City plus the "pattern" Chelsea; the Bundesliga double Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are close behind; the remaining three Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Porto are the cards of their respective leagues.
It is worth mentioning that the Serie A team was completely destroyed, for the first time in the past five seasons, no team appeared in the top eight of the Champions League, this season four teams in Serie A launched an attack on the Champions League, Inter fell in the group stage, the other three teams that entered the top sixteen were all invincible, Lazio and Atalanta can be said to be the reason for strength, Juventus fell in their hands, and the defending champion of Serie A was upset.
Coming to Beijing time at exactly 7:00 p.m. on March 19, the draw for the champions league quarterfinals was held in Nyon, Switzerland, and the difference from the past is that this time the draw has no seeded teams, and there is no principle of avoidance from the same country, group and region, that is, the three musketeers of the Premier League are very likely to "kill each other" in the quarter-final showdown, which is undoubtedly not a good thing for the three teams of the Premier League that occupy half of the country.
The result of the draw is shown in the figure, with the first and third groups of four teams in the top half and the other two groups in the bottom half. It can be seen from the two sides that last season's Champions League final was staged again, and the same three years ago the title battle also appeared in the quarter-final showdown, and the match between Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund was seen as a "test" for Guardiola against Haaland. It can be said that Chelsea drew the top eight, it is known that Porto as a whole is the weakest of the eight teams, and Tuchel is expected to further refresh his own record in the Blues in the Champions League.
Blue Moon vs Bumblebee – a showdown between "spear" and "shield"
For Haaland, the new generation of the ninth supernova, Guardiola has been coveted for a long time, although it is uncertain whether the Blue Moon in the summer window this year can bring this Norwegian striker to Manchester, but there is no doubt that as the popular fried chicken in today's football, Haaland is a great shock to the opponent's backline as long as he wears it.
Compared to the other two top eight Premier League teams, Manchester City have never reached the top of the Champions League since their founding, the Blues have defeated Bayern under Robert Di Matteo to win the Champions League once, and the Reds have won a total of six trophies. This season is the season for Guardiola to have the most chance of lifting the Big Ears Cup, only Manchester City is far ahead of the table in the top five leagues, while Manchester City's defense this season is not leaky, the average number of goals conceded this season is only 0.7 goals per game, only Paris grand and Lille, who is currently in Ligue 1, have conceded fewer goals, but considering the league difference between Ligue 1 and the Premier League, there is no doubt that Manchester City's data is more golden, and Manchester City is also the team with the most clean sheets in the Champions League this season (5 times).
With the weekend's league success, the magic man Buou has increased the number of league goals this season to 21, looking at the five major leagues only Levan (35 goals) and Cristiano Ronaldo (23 goals) performed better than Haaland, but C Ronaldo scored five penalties, and Haaland only has one, if you only talk about sports goals, Haaland is second only to Levan. At the same time, Haaland dominated the Champions League top scorers list this season with 10 goals, four goals ahead of second place Giroud, and the noteworthy Levan scored exactly half of Haaland's goals.
This season is already the fifth year that Guardiola has come to Manchester City, where the Spanish coach led the Blue Moon to win a total of eight championship trophies, two league titles, three League Cups, two community shields, one FA Cup, just the Big Ears Cup without the Champions League, every season Guardiola's Manchester City is the biggest favorite to win the title, but the previous three seasons Manchester City fell in the quarter-finals. This season's new Manchester City is making a comeback, breaking through fate is in this battle, after all, it is still difficult for Dort to become a roadblock for both attack and defense.
The battle between the King of the South and the Great Paris- the "Two Greats" will be injured
Last season's Champions League final was still fresh in the picture, with Koeman's header to kill the old master, Frick's Galactic Battleship lifted the Big Ears Cup, and what was unexpected was that this season's champions and runners-up were linked again. Even after losing to The South in the Champions League final last season, Paris is still slightly better than 5 wins and 4 losses in the past hand record, and the biggest change in PSG is that the head coach is changed from Uncle Tu to Uncle Bo.
Although this battle is Mbappe's revenge battle, it is still difficult for Paris to come to Allianz as a guest. The French guy can indeed be invincible in Ligue 1 and is currently a strong leader in the top scorer list, but he is still a little naïve compared to the swordless Levan. In the league that just ended last weekend, when Nanda wang was sent off with a red card early, the Polish shenfeng still scored a hat-trick in 22 minutes, while increasing the number of goals scored in all competitions this season to 42 goals, and 35 goals in 25 league rounds, only 5 goals away from the 40 goals of Gad Muller, who is known as the goal machine, is just 5 goals away from the 40 goals in a single season, which is just around the corner for Levan.
Fortunately, bayern backline is not "stable" this season, only two clean sheets have been completed in the Champions League, and the total number of goals conceded by the South King at the league level (35 goals) has surpassed that of last season (32 goals), and the last eight rounds of the Bundesliga are still left, which means that unless Bayern has kept a clean sheet in the last eight matches, this number will only increase. After all, compared to last season's Champions League's "special" victory in the knockout rounds, the fault tolerance rate has also been improved after the resumption of home and away system this season.
Porto vs Chelsea – Tuchel's "sweetness"
Since Tuchel arrived at Stamford Bridge on 26 January, Chelsea have not only made great strides in the Premier League, but also gained a lot in the Champions League, with the sixteen-to-eight showdown to knock down atletico the best performance in La Liga so far. I thought I would face a stronger opponent in the eight-in-four showdown, but I didn't expect that "happiness" would be so sudden, and the Blues would face Porto, who won the championship and was at the bottom of the quarterfinals.
However, Tuchel is not taken lightly, the German coach said: "I am very happy that my team avoids my compatriots in the same league, the Champions League is like this, I like to play against teams in different leagues, the two legs away from home may give my team a little advantage." Tuchel added: "We will face this strong opponent with respect, but we will focus on reaching the final four, we are confident enough." After all, Porto is the defending champions of the Portuguese Premier League this season, and even though it is difficult to compete for the title this season, the group stage home draw with Manchester City and the elimination of the defending serie a champion Juventus in the round of sixteen are enough to prove the strength of this Portuguese Super League giant.
Light opponents are a big taboo on the field, and referring to to totol spurs in the Europa League not long ago and Manchester City last season, are blood lessons. Tuchel's attitude is very clear, will not because of the overall strength of a weaker team and despise the opponent, on the contrary will become more important, after all, the German coach led the greater Paris group stage last season to beat Real Madrid with a record of 5 wins and 1 draw to beat Real Madrid to qualify for the first place, and finally rushed to the final, coming to Chelsea is also to give the Blues a new life, Tuchel's coaching ability is beyond doubt.
Real Madrid vs Liverpool – a feud between red and white
It was these two teams in the Champions League final of the 17-18 season, and the Reds of Uncle Scum failed to prevent Real Madrid from defending their title at the Kiev Olympic Stadium, making Real Madrid the team that won the honor again after bayern's three-game winning streak in 1973-1976. However, Liverpool still lost many regrets in that game, when the Premier League Golden Boot winner Salah was replaced due to injury after only thirty minutes of playing, and Karius, who made two fatal mistakes, directly ruined the Reds' great advantage. The two Champions League overlords of 18 and 19 meet again, and various "grievances" are self-evident.
Former Real Madrid superstar Roberto Carlos said in a recent interview: "I'm sure Salah doesn't dare to go near the water. "When he met Ramos again, Salah did not know what it was like, after all, it was this Real Madrid captain who "sent" the Egyptians to the battlefield, and Salah's injury also affected his performance in the national team, although he scored all the goals of the team, but the Egyptian national team in the 18th World Cup was defeated in three games. Although Liverpool said that the league was not happy this season, it was extremely strong in the Champions League, not only advancing to the top of the group, but also beating the Bundesliga powerhouse Leipzig twice in the case of the outside world's unfavorable quarterfinals.
Real Madrid was tragically killed by Ukrainian overlord Donetsk miners in the group stage, and the Belgian star Hazard, who had high hopes from the club, has been suffering from injuries, and the front line can only rely on the veteran Benzema, fortunately, the Frenchman is still in shape, and this season has helped Zidane to alleviate the embarrassing situation of the team many times. Liverpool are much inferior in terms of the completeness of the squad alone, after all, the center-back line is a hidden danger, and since the 2009 Champions League quarter-final double kills Against Real Madrid, the Reds have not yet defeated the opponent, and whether the Reds can change their fate is the biggest attraction.