Green Journey

Chapter 423 Sign up and sign down!
On December 12th, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, near 11:19 local time in the afternoon, the draw ceremony for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, which has attracted the attention of fans all over the world, is about to begin.

In Manchester, Chu Zheng also appeared in the living room on time, turned on the BBC channel, and waited for the start of the lottery ceremony.

According to the UEFA Champions League [-]/[-] knockout draw rules, the first in the group must be the second in the group. Teams in the same group will not meet in the group stage, and teams in the same league will not fight against each other.

At 19:20 Swiss time and [-]:[-] London time, the draw officially began.

As soon as the live broadcast screen appeared, 16 teams from major European leagues were divided into two groups and listed.

Each group is named Group A:
Arsenal, Barcelona, ​​Monaco, Leicester City, Napoli, Atletico Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus.

No.2 of each group is Group B:
Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester City, Bayer Leverkusen, Porto, Benfica, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Sevilla.

Seeing these teams, Chu Zheng frowned.

According to the avoidance rules of the same league, Manchester City can avoid Arsenal and Leicester City.

Because Barcelona are also in Group C, they also have to be killed.

So there are only a few opponents that Manchester City can choose, all of which are difficult bones.

Some people may think that winning Monaco is a lottery.

But Chu Zheng doesn't think so, he knows this year's Monaco team very well.

What's more, there is a tortoise that is about to defy the sky and shock the world's attention.

In fact, from a personal level, Chu Zheng is very eager to play against these strong teams.

But from the perspective of the team, Chu Zheng didn't want to confront these strong teams at this stage. He hoped that they could go further.

But thinking of his poor defense line, Chu Zheng suddenly felt that even if Benfica, Porto, Leverkusen, Sevilla and other European second-rate teams in the top 16 ran to the opposite Group A, they would play these second-rate goals. Teams are also at risk.

To be honest, Chu Zheng is really scared by Kolarov, Stones and others now.

Every time they play a good situation in the frontcourt attacking the city, these guys can bury all these advantages for you in a blink of an eye.

It's not enough to use cheating to form the ups and downs of Stones and others.

Just like yesterday, before Leicester City scored the fourth goal, Chu Zheng dared not say the overtake score, but he still had some confidence in the equalizer.

As a result, Stones made such a move for them in a blink of an eye, which made the good situation come to an end.

Not to mention the other players, Chu Zheng was a little self-doubting at the time, and his self-confidence also collapsed.

After UEFA spokesman Pedro Pinto made some opening remarks, he quickly invited the person in charge of the draw, Giorgio Marchetti.

As soon as he saw George Marchetti, Chu Zheng was overjoyed. He raised his butt and leaned over to pick up the phone from the coffee table, and sent a text message directly.

Leicester, Ranieri also watched the draw ceremony at home.

But compared with Manchester City, Leicester City, which entered Group A, has more options.

If teams like Benfica, Sevilla, and Bayer Leverkusen are drawn, and taking into account the advantage of being the first in the group, Ranieri is confident of winning them.

Just as Ranieri was frowning and thinking, the phone on the sofa next to his thigh rang.

Ranieri picked it up and took a look.

[Sir, remember to draw a good lottery for us!I invite you to eat pizza for a year! (*^▽^*)】

Seeing Chu Zheng's text message, Ranieri looked up at Giorgio Marchetti on the TV screen again, and couldn't laugh or cry.

[Get out! 】

Ranieri typed a word phrase and sent it out.

Then the smile on his face continued.

He also wished that he was the person in charge of the lottery, Giorgio Marchetti, so that he could draw whoever he wanted.

It's a pity that although he and Giorgio Marchetti seem to be twins carved out of the same mold, they are really not related by blood.

After Chu Zheng received the reply, he patted his thigh happily.

Zhao Dudu, who was lying sideways on Chu Zheng's lap and playing with his mobile phone, saw Chu Zheng's actions and text messages, and complained helplessly, "Childish ghost!"

Not long after, George Marchetti invited the guest of the lottery, the legendary Dutch star Gullit.

Then another UEFA official came up and began to explain the rules of the draw to the camera.

After the explanation of the rules, the much-anticipated draw officially began.

Giorgio Marchetti reached out and spun the tray several times before drawing the first Group B team.

Opening the paper ticket with the Champions League logo on it, Marchetti looked down, then raised his head, raised the paper ticket in front of him, and read: "Manchester City!"

Seeing that Manchester City was drawn out first, Chu Zheng froze for a moment, suddenly feeling ominous.

"It must not be Monaco and Juventus!"

"No!" Chu Zheng stared intently at the TV while thinking about it.

In the live broadcast, Gullit has put his hand into the lottery, and Manchester City's opponents in the quarter-finals of the Champions League are about to be born.

At the same time, Guardiola, De Bruyne, Aguero, Sterling and others are all watching Gullit on TV at home.

Under the attention of all the people, Gullit twisted the ball for a long time without unscrewing it, which made Chu Zheng wish he could go up and help him.

Soon, Gullit, who looked down at the draw, straightened up and showed the drawn team to the camera.

"AS Monaco FC!"

Hearing Gullit read Monaco's name, Chu Zheng immediately covered his face, really scared of something.

Seeing Chu Zheng's depressed face, Zhao Dudu, who didn't know much about Ligue [-], sat up and asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Is this team strong?"

Chu Zheng let go of his hands that were rubbing his face vigorously, looked at Zhao Dudu, and said with a smile, "Excuse me."

Monaco and Juventus are two teams, one is strong in offense and the other is strong in defense.

But if he could choose, Chu Zheng would choose Juventus.

Chu Zheng would rather play Juventus than Monaco.

Because Monaco's attack power is very deadly.

Now Monaco has a large number of future stars such as Bakayoko, Bernardo Silva, Fabinho, Lemar who have not yet become famous, and their real combat power must not be underestimated.

Especially for Manchester City now, if they compete against Monaco in the Champions League with the defensive line of Chelsea and Leicester City, Chu Zheng feels that their tofu defense line will die miserably and may be bombarded. Slag.

At Guardiola's house, seeing that Monaco was drawn, his face changed drastically.

Compared with Monaco, his mind is exactly the same as that of Chu Zheng, and he would rather draw a veteran giant like Serie A Juventus.

From the top 16 of the Champions League, Manchester City began to collect information based on the opponents that may be drawn in the knockout round.

Last season, Juventus midfielder Pogba, striker Morata and other players left one after another.

Although Juventus' Serie A performance this season is still very good, it is still difficult to conceal the fact that the attack line is damaged and the offensive strength is not as good as before.

Although the Monaco team is mediocre in Ligue [-] and the Champions League.

But this season is different. Guardiola has watched Monaco's game video and intelligence, and the speed of the attack is simply terrifying.

Especially the counterattack speed. The speed of the French striker under 20 in the video left a very deep impression on Guardiola.

There are also other Monaco players. Judging from Guardiola's experience and vision, the upper limit of this group of young players is very high.

Therefore, this is a real youth guard. This kind of young team that has successfully blown up the youth storm is the most terrifying. They are often the dark horses in the Champions League.

After half an hour, all teams were drawn.

Manchester City VS Monaco

Real Madrid VS Naples
Benfica vs Borussia Dortmund
Bayern vs Arsenal

Porto VS Juventus
Leverkusen VS Atletico Madrid
Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona
Sevilla VS Leicester City
Facing the result of the lottery, some people were smiling, while others were full of frustration.

It is worth mentioning that Paris has drawn Barcelona again, and it is estimated that it is doomed again, and it will stop at the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

And Manchester City drew Monaco. From the outside world, this is a lottery, not a lottery as Chu Zheng thinks.

(End of this chapter)