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Chapter 710 Chapter 706: Champions League first round knockout draw - Gunners vs. Barcelona!
The time has entered February, and the Champions League knockout round is about to begin.

Powerful players from all walks of life are gearing up to march towards the highest honor that symbolizes European professional football.

The draw ceremony for the top [-] of the UEFA Champions League will be held on February [-]. Which giants will meet in the first knockout round?
This is what people care about most.

At the lottery scene, the guest Gullit drew the first pair of opponents-AC Milan vs. Tottenham!

With the outbreak of the Calciopoli incident, Serie A giants Juventus is undoubtedly the most affected team, and they were directly relegated.

AC Milan is the second giant to be affected, and the core midfielder Kaka also left Real Madrid. AC Milan not only lost its competitiveness in Serie A, but also greatly affected its performance in the Champions League.

Tottenham are overshadowed by city rivals Arsenal and Chelsea, but their strength should not be underestimated.

It is still unknown who will win the duel between the two teams.

Soon, the second pair of opponents was drawn-La Liga powerhouse Valencia against Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04.

This is also a pair of teams with similar strength, and it is possible for anyone to advance between them.

The third group of opponents is Rome against Shakhtar Donetsk. From the analysis of strength, Rome has a slight advantage.

The opponents in the fourth group are Copenhagen and Chelsea. The Premier League giants clearly have the upper hand in terms of strength, and it is generally believed that they have drawn a good lottery.

The guest of the lottery was replaced by the legendary French striker Papin. The team he drew first made the audience shine-Arsenal!

Which team is the hottest in Europe this season?

Of course it is Arsenal, who created a record of 59 unbeaten Premier League games!
So, who will their opponent be?
If it is a wealthy family, which wealthy family is it?

Under the gaze of the audience, Papin drew out Arsenal's opponent.

The venue suddenly became tense, especially those rich coaches, who looked at Papan's hand nervously.

"Barcelona!"

The legendary French striker reads out the Gunners' opponents!

"boom!……"

There was a huge exclamation in the venue!
Arsenal's opponent is Barcelona? ! ! !

Wenger exhaled a long breath, his face didn't change much, Guardiola covered his mouth and looked at the name in Papin's hand in surprise.

Last season, the Gunners and Barcelona met in the quarter-finals. As a result, the Cosmos lost four goals at the Emirates Stadium, which was called the "Emirates Stadium Tragedy" by the fans!
In the second round, the two sides played against each other at Camp Nou. It was a goal battle. The two sides fought [-]-[-] and scored a total of [-] goals.

After completing the hat-trick in the first round, Chen Fan performed another hat-trick in that game, helping the Gunners escape from Camp Nou.

This is also Barcelona's worst defeat in the past ten years.

Now, the two teams actually met in the first round of the knockout round!

The reporters at the scene were shocked and speechless. That is to say, one of the two most eye-catching giants in Europe is destined to fail to enter the second round of the knockout round.

How much broadcast money will this cost UEFA?
Papin on the stage looked embarrassed. He didn't expect that the first opponents he came up to draw would be the Gunners and Barcelona.

He then drew the next set of opponents - Lyon against Real Madrid.

Mourinho was obviously relieved. After taking over Real Madrid, they were still suppressed by their old rival Barcelona in La Liga.

In the Spanish national derby in the first half of the season, Real Madrid was bloodbathed by Barcelona [-]-[-] at Camp Nou!
If Real Madrid go further than Barcelona in the Champions League, the pressure on his shoulders will be much less.

The atmosphere at the meeting became tense again, and there were three giants in the remaining two groups of opponents-Bayern, Inter Milan, and Manchester United!
Two of them are sure to meet each other head-to-head!

Papan looked at Gullit in the audience resentfully, and Gullit shrugged at him.

"Inter Milan!"

The legendary French striker drew the first team, and the atmosphere at the scene became extremely tense.

"Bayern Munich!"

As Papin read out Inter Milan's opponent, there was a huge exclamation sounded on the scene for the second time.

The defending champion Inter Milan basically maintained the winning lineup of last season. Although the team was affected to some extent with the departure of Mourinho, they still went smoothly in Serie A and the Champions League group stage.

As for the Bundesliga giants Bayern, needless to say, they have always been a strong team in Europe.

Sir Alex Ferguson obviously breathed a sigh of relief, their opponent is the Ligue [-] powerhouse Marseille.

Some were happy and some were sad. After the lottery ceremony, the coaches who participated in the abstract ceremony were surrounded by reporters.

Ferguson didn't think he had drawn a good draw, and said cautiously: "Marseille is not as weak as people think, they are a competitive team."

Many reporters believe that Ferguson's caution at this moment is to advance to the next round.

The coaches that the reporters most want to interview are, of course, the coaches of the two giants.

Facing the reporters who surrounded him, Wenger said: "Since we met Barcelona in advance, we will play these two games as finals!"

Guardiola said: "We will not think about last season's games, we will focus on the present!"

"Arsenal is really strong, but we are confident to go to the next round!"

The Barcelona coach has regained his confidence against strong teams after he washed Real Madrid with five goals at home.

The famous Spanish coach Benitez who took over the coach from Mourinho said: "It is still too early to say defending the title, but we are confident that we can defeat all opponents!"

Bayern coach Van Gaal said: "I don't need to say more about the strength of Inter Milan. Now that we have met them, we will prepare [-]% seriously."

Mourinho, who just won the Coach of the Year Award, said: "We will change the weakness in the Champions League in recent years!"

The draw for the knockout round aroused heated discussions in the media. Barcelona's mouthpiece Mundo Deportivo commented: "The match between Barcelona and the Gunners is an early final!
After the draw ceremony, the Gunners coach also agreed with this view. He said that the Gunners will play these two games as finals.

Guardiola showed his low-key character. He emphasized that he should forget the duel between the two teams last season and focus on the upcoming battle. "

The Guardian commented: "Obviously, the duel between the Gunners and Barcelona is undoubtedly the most eye-catching match in the first round of the knockout round. The two teams have shown their true colors in this season's competition.

Arsenal created a miracle-unbeaten in 59 rounds of the Premier League!
This is the longest unbeaten record in Europe's top leagues, breaking AC Milan's unbeaten record of 56 games.

As for Barcelona, ​​on November [-] last year, they beat Mourinho's Real Madrid [-]-[-] at home. That game made the Portuguese coach extremely angry and humiliated.

Messi broke out in La Liga after being frustrated with the World Cup in South Africa. In the past 21 La Liga games, he scored 24 goals and firmly occupied the top scorer list in La Liga!
In the first round of the Spanish national derby that the world is concerned about, although Messi did not score, he made two wonderful passes to help his teammates score.

In a sense, the match between the Gunners and Barcelona is the match between Chen and Messi.Although Guardiola doesn't want to talk about the two games of last season, we cannot deny that they were two classic games.

Chen was the brightest star in those two games, two hat-tricks, no one else did it except Chen!
This time, is Chen continuing his magical performance, or is it Messi's shame?
All we can do is wait for the game to come! "

(End of this chapter)