Legendary Godfather

Crystal Palace has actually advanced to the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League ahead of schedule, but at this time it is officially promoted to the top 16. Crystal Palace advanced as first place in the group. The points in the group are as follows

Ranked first is the Crystal Palace team, with 5 wins, 1 draw and 0 losses, with 16 points;

Ranked second is Sevilla, with 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, with 8 points;

Ranked third is Spartak Moscow, with 1 win, 2 draws and 3 losses, with 5 points;

Ranked fourth is Maribor, with 0 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, and 3 points.

You see, Spartak Moscow actually has a real hope of advancing. If they beat Crystal Palace in the final round, they would be on level points with Sevilla. In terms of the relationship between the two sides, Spartak Moscow has some advantages. So they will be the ones to advance!

Unfortunately, they failed to defeat Crystal Palace in the last round.

The strength of Crystal Palace is too strong. Spartak Moscow is prepared to fight to the death in this game and fight hard. This resulted in a void behind them, and they were easily beaten 6-0 by Crystal Palace.

There is no way, this is determined by the gap in strength between the two teams.

After the game, Crystal Palace head coach Tong Yi said, "This game is irrelevant to us, but we will still pursue victory. In any game, our primary goal is the same, which is to win. Therefore, I am very satisfied with the result of this game, and my players also performed very well, thank them!"

Crystal Palace's promotion to the last 16 of the Champions League is not news.

It makes sense!

By this time, the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League group stage matches have completely ended, and all the top 16 teams have been born. The specific promotion status is as follows

Group A will advance to Manchester United and Basel, Group B will advance to Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, Group C will advance to Roma and Chelsea, Group D will advance to Barcelona and Juventus, Group E will advance to Crystal Palace and Serbia Villa, Group F will advance to Manchester City and Shakhtar Donetsk, Group G will advance to Besiktas and Porto, Group H will advance to Tottenham Hotspur and Real Madrid.

The first place in the group is Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain, Roma, Barcelona, ​​Crystal Palace, Manchester City, Besiktas and Tottenham Hotspur; the second place in the group is Basel, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus, Sevilla, Shakhtar Donetsk, Porto and Real Madrid.

After the birth of the top 16 of the UEFA Champions League in the 2017-2018 season, media reporters and fans in England became excited. Because the five Premier League teams participating in the UEFA Champions League have all advanced to the top 16, they are the teams that have advanced the most among all leagues. This makes them very excited. They feel as if they have returned to the grandeur of the Premier League around 2008, when the Champions League was almost dominated by their Premier League teams.

Now their Premier League is the best league in the world!

Moreover, four of these five teams won the first place in the group, and only Chelsea won the second place in the group. This shows that their Premier League team is super competitive. They all feel that this season's UEFA Champions League championship still belongs to their Premier League.

If this is the case, then the three consecutive UEFA Champions League championships came from their Premier League.

Just thinking about it makes me feel very excited and excited

Excited.

This feeling is really great.

And among the top 16, the Premier League occupies 5 seats, La Liga has only 3 seats, Serie A has 2 seats, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga have 1 seat. What does this mean? Doesn’t this mean that our Premier League is invincible?

The current thinking of English fans is that the UEFA Champions League should give us more Champions League seats in the Premier League.

Only in this way can the competitiveness and influence of the UEFA Champions League be enhanced.

What level are the other leagues at? Do you dare to get the same number of Champions League places as our Premier League?

The Premier League is invincible!

Fans in England brag wildly about the Premier League.

However, you have to admit that the Premier League teams did perform better this season. Five of the five participating teams advanced. This really shows the competitiveness of the Premier League teams.

However, media reporters from other countries feel that it is too early to talk about who will win the Champions League this season. Don’t think that just because 5 of your Premier League teams have advanced to the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League, you can win the championship? impossible!

No matter how many teams in your Premier League advance to the top 16 of the Champions League, there will always be only one Champions League champion!

So, don’t think that just because you have promoted 5 teams in the Premier League, you are good. There is not even a single Premier League team that can advance to the top 8.

Don't be arrogant in the Premier League. Who will win depends on the drawing ceremony later.

Because the draw rules for the top 16 knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League are still based on the principle of avoiding teams under the same Football Association and the principle of avoiding teams in the same group, plus the principle of the first in the group versus the second in the group, that is to say, the five of you It is impossible for Premier League teams to kill each other, so it is impossible to ensure that one Premier League team advances. It is possible that all five teams will be eliminated.

So, how proud are you Premier League people now?

Don't let all the promoted teams in your Premier League be eliminated by then, you will be embarrassed by that time!

Next, let’s look at the draw!

Naturally, what Tong Yi is paying attention to now is the second team in the group. In addition to Sevilla who is in the same group and cannot be drawn, Chelsea, which is under the same Football Association, will not be drawn either. Therefore, Crystal Palace's potential opponents in the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League in the 2017-2018 season include Basel, Bayern Munich, Juventus, Shakhtar Donetsk, Porto and Real Madrid.

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To be honest, this situation does not seem optimistic!

There are so many strong teams in the second group, such as Bayern Munich, Juventus and Real Madrid.

There is a 50% chance that Crystal Palace will be drawn against any of these three teams.

This probability is actually quite high.

Tong Yi and Crystal Palace fans are actually a little worried. If Crystal Palace draws any of these three teams, it will be a bit dangerous. These teams are all very strong, and even Crystal Palace cannot guarantee that they can beat them 100%.

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Moreover, even if they can defeat them, it will require a lot of energy from the Crystal Palace people. In that case, Crystal Palace's Premier League results will be greatly compromised. At the wrong time, Manchester City would be caught up or even overtaken. In that case, it would still be a bit outweighed by the gain!

Therefore, at this time, Tong Yi and Crystal Palace fans naturally hope that Crystal Palace can draw a good lottery.

Anyone can be drawn from Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto, and these three teams are all about the same strength.

At this time, Tong Yi was interviewed by media reporters.

He said, "Of course, the last person we want to encounter is Real Madrid, and many good people hope to see us draw Real Madrid. After all, we at Crystal Palace have a very deep grudge with Real Madrid, especially In the first two seasons, it can be said that our Crystal Palace stole the Champions League title from Real Madrid. This season, they will definitely fight with us. If we meet them at this time, they will be the European champions this season. The league final has been brought forward! I don’t really want to see something like this happen, but many times UEFA’s draw likes to bring enemies together. So, it’s hard for me to guess the result of this draw!”

The media reporters nodded one after another. The problem Tong Yi was worried about was indeed possible.

After all, almost every year after the UEFA Champions League draw results come out, many people question UEFA's behind-the-scenes operations. Because they always draw teams with grievances and disputes together to forcibly increase the excitement of the game, create expectations and increase ratings.

Therefore, it is not impossible for Crystal Palace to draw Real Madrid at this time. ??

And after hearing what Tong Yi said, everyone felt that Crystal Palace's chances of winning against Real Madrid at this time were still very high. There is no way that such a result will really happen. Crystal Palace fans, you will naturally reject it.

Tong Yi also said, "Of course, I seem to hope that we can draw one of Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto. It is best to draw Basel, because they are relatively easy to deal with. In this case, we will have more energy to prepare for the league.”

But to be honest, Tong Yi felt that his luck would not be very good.

Even if Real Madrid is not drawn, it is very likely that Bayern Munich or Juventus will be drawn. These two teams are also difficult to deal with.

Therefore, at this time, the UEFA Champions League group draw really affects the hearts of many people.

At this time, Tong Yidu left London, England, and went to Nyon, Switzerland, to participate in the top 16 draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League.

To be honest, Tong Yi is really looking forward to this draw.

Tong Yi and Crystal Palace fans are hoping that they will have good luck and draw one.

When he arrived at the scene, Tong Yi naturally met Guardiola and Mourinho. Yes, these people also came to the scene to participate in the draw. They all came here after leaving their weekend league games. It can be seen that they also attach great importance to this draw.

Mourinho's first question when he saw Tong Yi was "David, after the season is over, will your club's players be replaced?"

How about Kante and Salah being packed into our Manchester United squad? We at Manchester United are willing to spend money! "

Tong Yi was speechless. Are you poaching as soon as they meet?

It’s like there’s nothing else to talk about when we meet! Is the generation gap between us really that big?

Tong Yi shook his head and said, "Mr. Mourinho, you really think too much. At present, we have no plans to sell N'Golo and Mohammed."

Mourinho and Guardiola shook their heads, and then accused, "You guys are really not honest at all. Now everyone knows that these two people will leave Crystal Palace after the end of the season, and you still want to hide it from us?" Well, who are you going to sell them to? Are you going to sell them to your senior brother?"

In recent years, there have actually been a lot of player exchanges between Crystal Palace and Liverpool.

Of course, almost all of Liverpool's signings came from Crystal Palace.

You see, Liverpool has already brought in Mendy, Laporte, Robertson, Mane and Torres from Crystal Palace, among others. This will inevitably make people wonder, are most of the players from Crystal Palace going to be sold to Liverpool?

Tong Yi smiled bitterly and said, "Let me tell you the truth. At present, we really have no plans to sell these two people. We will not consider selling them to Liverpool! Of course, if our team really wants to sell these two people, I will also inform you of the two’s plans when the time comes, and the one with the highest price will get it! It’s that simple!”

hiss!

Mourinho and Guardiola looked at each other with serious expressions. If this is the case, these teams may be bleeding a lot, and it would be great to be able to introduce one player. I am afraid no team can package these two players.

But if you think about it carefully, this is good. If they can only win one of them, both teams will have a chance. If a team can get a player, the results are good. Now the two are thinking, who should they choose between Kanter and Salah? Should we choose offense or defense?

This is a difficult choice!

Guardiola and Mourinho are both in a tangle, and they don't even care much about the draw for the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League's top 16.

At this time, the draw ceremony for the top 16 knockout rounds of the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League officially began.

Tong Yi's attention has been focused on the lottery ceremony. He is really a little nervous. He hoped that their Crystal Palace luck would not be so bad and that they would never be drawn against any of the three teams: Juventus, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.

As the lottery ceremony progressed, Tong Yi became more and more nervous. It seemed that the chances of their Crystal Palace winning these three teams were getting higher and higher. Tong Yijun couldn't believe his eyes. Is our Crystal Palace's luck really so bad? No, our Crystal Palace really won the draw against Real Madrid, right?

The final situation is to choose between Real Madrid and Porto!

This is really a thought of heaven and a thought of hell!

At this moment, the final draw results came out. The Crystal Palace people were lucky enough to win Porto instead of Real Madrid!