Chapter 371: Got the No. 10 jersey for the national team and was promoted to vice-captain of the national team

After the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, the top eight places for this season's UEFA Champions League were announced.

La Liga became the biggest winner, with three teams advancing, namely Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

The Premier League is slightly worse than last year, with only Manchester City of the three teams that advanced to the last 16 making it to the quarterfinals.

The situation in Ligue 1 is similar. Paris Saint-Germain became the only team left after eliminating Chelsea.

In Serie A, the Old Lady finally showed some strength and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals after a 5:1 victory over Dortmund.

Ever since Dortmund was hollowed out by Bayern, its competitiveness has plummeted, and only Bayern successfully advanced to the Bundesliga this year.

With the addition of Porto from the Portuguese Super League, this year's Champions League structure is that the four major leagues are besieging La Liga.

I have to say that the La Liga has been really strong in recent seasons.

If Manchester City had not eliminated Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in succession last year, the Champions League final might have turned into a La Liga civil war.

According to the Champions League draw rules, there will be no avoidance principle in the draw for the quarter-finals. Teams from the same league and teams from the same group previously may meet each other.

Atletico Madrid had bad luck as they were drawn out first, and their opponent was their city rivals Real Madrid.

Seeing this result, Real Madrid coach Ancelotti and Atletico Madrid coach Simeone both looked tense.

The two teams have played against each other many times in the league, and they know each other well and both know that the other side is not easy to play against.

If possible, they would rather change their opponent than face each other, because neither side is sure of victory in this civil war in Madrid.

The first thing that came out of the quarter-final draw was a city derby, which made the audience very excited and wanted to see if there would be any more exciting matchups next.

Soon, Barcelona was drawn out of the card pool by the lottery guest.

Seeing the name of Barcelona, ​​the coaches of the other five teams present couldn't help but change color.

This year's Barcelona is much stronger than last year! In the second year of Neymar's joining the team, he has fully integrated into the team and his performance is getting better and better.

After Suarez returned from suspension, he became the sharpest spear in Barcelona's frontcourt.

He, Messi and Neymar form the MSN combination, which is invincible in La Liga and the Champions League.

If anyone encounters such a Barcelona in the Champions League, how to limit MSN's attack will probably become their biggest headache!

After the camera scanned the five coaches, it finally gave a close-up of Manchester City coach Guardiola.

Before the draw ceremony, Barcelona fans made a strong statement, hoping to draw Manchester City in the quarter-finals so that they could avenge last year's defeat.

If Barcelona and Manchester City are really drawn together, it will be the first time Guardiola returns to Camp Nou in three years.

But this time, he stepped into the Nou Camp as an opponent.

This close-up shot of the live director made many people think that Barcelona would draw Manchester City. However, surprisingly, the team drawn by the guest from the pool was not Manchester City, but another team controlled by a wealthy man in the Middle East - Paris Saint-Germain!

The camera turned to the coaches of the two teams. Barcelona head coach Enrique smiled after seeing the draw result, and seemed to think it was a good draw.

But Paris Saint-Germain head coach Blanc looked bitter. Obviously, he did not want to draw Barcelona, ​​the favorite to win the championship.

After Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain were paired up, Manchester City was quickly drawn out.

There are three teams left in the card pool now. Except for Bayern Munich, the remaining two teams are not strong.

Considering Heynckes' previous statement and Bayern fans' criticism of Guardiola.

The outside world believes that UEFA, which always likes to arrange scripts, will definitely arrange these two teams together for the sake of topics and traffic.

However, everyone guessed wrong again! UEFA actually had some integrity this time, and the opponent drawn was not Bayern, but the old lady Juventus.

This result made the coaches of Juventus and Porto look bitter:

Damn it, why don't you two, the favorites to win the championship, have a grudge match? Why do you have to stagger the two teams? If you do this, our two teams will probably become cannon fodder!

In the end, the quarterfinals matchups were as follows:

Manchester City vs Juventus Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain

Bayern VS Porto.

The expected peak showdown did not occur, and the four favorites to win the championship all have a great chance of advancing to the semi-finals.

This year’s quarterfinals may not be the most exciting, but the semifinals will undoubtedly be very exciting!

According to the schedule, the quarter-finals of this season's Champions League will start on April 14, which is about half a month from now.

"Damn it! Where's the promised showdown? Why is it gone?"

"That's right. Manchester City vs. Real Madrid, Manchester City vs. Barcelona, ​​Manchester City vs. Bayern. If you just arrange any of these matches, wouldn't it be a hot topic? UEFA really doesn't know how to deal with things!"

Fans were quite critical of the draw result, feeling that it lacked any highlights.

"Could it be that they manipulated the draw too harshly in previous years and were questioned by the outside world, so they dare not do so this year?"

"Haha, UEFA still cares about the outside world's doubts? You think too highly of them!"

Some people tried to make amends for UEFA, but were ridiculed by everyone. UEFA's reputation has long been ruined.

"But it's good this way. At least the further you watch, the more exciting the game will be!"

"Indeed, I am already looking forward to the grand occasions of Real Madrid vs. Barcelona and Manchester City vs. Bayern in the semi-finals!"

"Haha, do you look down on Juventus, Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain so much? What if they fail?"

"Serie A is in decline, and the Old Lady's lineup doesn't seem very strong. When they meet Manchester City, it's probably 30-70, Manchester City 70-80, Old Lady 30-15!"

"It makes sense. I think it's even 80-20!"

"It's hard to predict the match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Any result is possible. However, judging from the schedule, Real Madrid has the advantage, so I think the odds should be 60-40, Real Madrid 6, Atletico Madrid 4!"

"What about Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona?"

"It's also 60-40, right? Paris Saint-Germain's lineup looks pretty strong, but I don't know how they will perform on the field!"

"Paris Saint-Germain's defensive line is extremely luxurious, worth more than 100 million. Maybe they can freeze MSN's attack!"

"As for the match between Bayern and Porto, haha, I don't think it's necessary to guess, just 100, Porto will win if they don't concede 10 goals in two rounds!"

"Is it really that exaggerated? Is Bayern's offensive firepower stronger than Manchester City's?"

"Just go watch a few Bundesliga games and you'll know!"

"Heynckes' Bayern is really scary!"

"You don't have to watch the Bundesliga, just look at the result of the last round when Bayern eliminated Shakhtar Donetsk!"

Some people actually went to see it and were shocked after watching it.

Bayern won both home and away games and kept a clean sheet. In addition, they scored a total of 12 goals.

They beat the opponent 7:0 at home and 5:0 away.

The poor miners were beaten so badly that they almost lost their way and could hardly play football.

"Manchester City has great luck in signing players!"

Within Manchester City, after watching the draw, the players all thought that it was a good draw.

Juventus is a strong team, but not a top team.

Moreover, the schedule of playing away games first and then at home is also favorable to Manchester City, so the players are very optimistic about advancing to the semi-finals.

"We still can't be careless. The Old Lady still has a very deep foundation. Even after the huge blow of the Calciopoli scandal, they were able to rise again. In recent seasons, they have started to dominate the Serie A championship again and have now won three consecutive titles."

In the past few seasons, while Juventus has dominated the league, its performance in the Champions League has also gradually improved.

Their advancement to the quarterfinals is proof of this! Facing such a team on the rise, even if Manchester City is stronger on paper, we should not take it lightly.

If they are eliminated unexpectedly, it will be fun!

And unlike last year, Manchester City is ahead in the league and has a huge lead, so they can focus on the Champions League.

But this year, they are still lagging behind in the standings, and in this case, they will inevitably be distracted by the league.

On the other hand, their rivals, Juventus, have a huge lead in Serie A, while Chelsea have already been eliminated.

One of them can concentrate on playing in the Champions League, and the other can concentrate on chasing the championship.

The situation for Manchester City does not seem as optimistic as they imagined.

Guardiola obviously understands Manchester City's situation, so he has developed a stable scoring strategy in the league.

There are still nine league games left and they are only one point behind Chelsea.

Whenever Chelsea makes a mistake, Manchester City's chance comes.

But there is a prerequisite, that is, Manchester City itself cannot make mistakes!

If they lose again, they will most likely miss out on the championship.

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In the 30th round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced West Bromwich Albion at home.

The game lost its suspense just 2 minutes into the game.

The opponent's defender tripped Lin Quan in the penalty area and the referee gave him a red card.

Lin Quan made the free throw in one fell swoop.

West Bromwich, who was one man down, played extremely passively throughout the game. Under Manchester City's fierce attack, they surrendered before even halftime.

David Silva, De Bruyne, Fernando and others scored goals one after another.

At the end of the first half, the score was 4:0.

In the second half, Lin Quan and other main players clocked out in the second half and were all placed on the bench.

With the outcome of the game already decided, Guardiola began to prepare for the Champions League and the following league.

After easily getting three points, Manchester City temporarily topped the list.

If Chelsea fails to win in another match later, the top spot will change hands.

Under this tremendous pressure, Chelsea players played very nervously.

Although they took the lead just 2 minutes into the game.

But the opponent then fought back and scored two goals in the 26th and 28th minutes, which almost made Chelsea fans' hearts stop.

Diego Costa stood up at the critical moment, and his goal in the first half stoppage time stabilized the morale of the team.

Chelsea attacked for a long time in the second half and finally reversed the score in the 77th minute, winning the victory with great difficulty.

Manchester City players also paid close attention to this game, and many of them watched the live broadcast on TV at home.

They were a little disappointed to see Chelsea win in the end.

"Chelsea is so lucky!"

“They’re lucky too!”

"Their luck can't always be this good!"

"That's right, we just need to do our job and wait for them to make mistakes!"

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After the 30th round of the league is over, there will be a FIFA international match day before the next round of the league.

On March 28, Spain will face the challenge of the Ukrainian national team at home.

This is a European Cup qualifier.

Because the opponent this time is relatively strong, it is Spain's main competitor in the group.

In order to ensure that they can defeat their opponents and take the top spot in the group, Bosque called together main players such as Lin Quan.

Compared with last year's World Cup lineup, there have been some changes in the Spanish team's lineup.

Xabi Alonso, Xavi, Xavi Martinez and others were not included in the national team's roster.

Marc Bartra, Asenjo, Bertner, Juanmi and Vitolo were selected for the Spanish national team for the first time.

In addition, Morata, Isco and others who had been selected before are also in the team.

Apparently, Bosque has already started looking for the next generation of the Spanish national team.

These players who were recruited into the team for the first time were almost all born in the 1990s, and the youngest was only 21 years old, still very young.

However, the young player in the Spanish team is an old player - Lin Quan, who just turned 19.

"Boss, you finally showed up. I thought you weren't coming!"

As soon as Lin Quan entered the training base, he was caught by a tall and strong guy.

You don't need to look at the other person's face, just by listening to the voice you know it must be Morata.

It would be fine if he appeared alone, but the key is that he was surrounded by a group of young players.

"What are you still standing there for? Come and pay your respects to our boss! He's our boss!"

"Boss!"

Led by Isco, the five new players shouted in unison.

The noise they made attracted the attention of the players who were training on the training ground, who were all curious about what was happening here.

"Hey, Boss, we're leading this team pretty well, aren't we?"

Morata didn't seem to notice Lin Quan's embarrassment. He stretched out his arm and put it on Lin Quan's shoulder, showing off proudly.

Behind the two of them, several new recruits followed them like little brothers and walked towards the training ground.

Seeing the inquiring looks from the old team members, Lin Quan felt his cheeks getting hot and he wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

This is so embarrassing! Morata, just wait for me!

When the Champions League starts next month, I will beat the shit out of you and say you have done it cleanly!

Just when Lin Quan was feeling extremely embarrassed, Bosque appeared.

"Lin, from now on, you are the vice-captain of the team. Also, your jersey number has been changed to 10, remember not to wear it wrong!"

Huh? Hearing Bosque's words, Lin Quan was stunned.

Isn't number 10 Xiaofa's number? He turned his head and looked at Xiaofa. The other party seemed to know his doubts and smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

Seeing the other party's reaction, Lin Quan understood.

This should be the number 10 that Fabregas gave up voluntarily!

After all, the moment Bosque promoted him to vice-captain, his position in the Spanish team was established.

Since Bosque is going to make him the core of the next generation of the Spanish national team, the No. 10 jersey, which symbolizes the core of the team, will naturally be given to him.

(End of this chapter)