Football: The strongest center in history

Chapter 521: The King of London, Crystal Palace

After this round of league play, the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League also began.

Ronaldo watched the draw with Mata, Ashley Young and Valencia at Mata’s luxury villa.

The first team to be drawn by Gianni Gianni was Manchester City, after which Figo drew them to Barca.

Immediately after, Infantino drew Olympiacos.

“That’s good.” Valencia shouted.

Several people nodded, this is the team that gave away people’s heads.

Then, they saw Figo draw Atletico Madrid, Atletico Madrid vs Olympiacos, and in the camera, Atletico Madrid coach Simeone had a satisfied smile on his lips.

After several draws, the only remaining group runners were AC Milan, Galatasaray and Zenit St. Petersburg.

Immediately, Gianni Infantino drew AC Milan, the second most prestigious and powerful team in the eight groups.

“It won’t be drawn for us.” Ashley Young said suddenly.

Then, he was in the spotlight, because the team Figo then drew was Manchester United: Manchester United vs AC Milan!

There was an exclamation as last season’s Champions League runners-up faced veteran giants AC Milan who had reached the top of Europe seven times, which was definitely a notable matchup.

‘Manchester United and AC Milan meet and it’s a real top matchup.

He Wei, who was drawn live by CCTV, shouted, his voice slightly excited, with a mocking tone, “Manchester United has Mata and Ronaldo, AC Milan has Kaka and Balotelli, which is a very good match.” ”

Subsequently, the remaining two matchups were also revealed, with Galatasaray being drawn to Chelsea;

Zenit St. Petersburg against Bayern Munich.

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Speaking of Zenit St. Petersburg, who reached the last sixteen, at this moment, I believe that Arsenal fans will find it very difficult to accept.

Zenit is a well-deserved “local tyrant” team in the Russian Premier League in the past two years, and they have spent 60 or 70 million euros to buy Brazilian striker Hulk and Belgian midfielder Witsel. However, the team’s performance in the group stage of this year’s Champions League is sorry for its status as a “local tycoon”.

In the first five rounds of the group stage, Zenit won only one game, and although it was temporarily second in the group, it only had a measly 6 points. In the early hours of yesterday morning, they faced their final opponent in the group stage, Vienna from Austria. Facing Vienna, who are unknown in world football, Zenit scored first with Hulk’s assist, but was then reversed by four goals in a row. With such a poor record, such a low point level, Zenit would not have received sympathy from anyone if they were out.

However, in another match in the group, group leaders Atletico Madrid beat Porto 2-0, which made the group a dramatic scene – Zenit actually advanced to the knockout stage as the second place in the group. Zenit set a record as a result, becoming the first team to qualify for the knockout stages with just six points in the group stage since the Champions League was restructured.

Zenit St. Petersburg, who scored six points, reached the last sixteen, while Arsenal, who were in the group of death, scored nine points, but were sadly out of the game because they missed two goals.

So, it’s really important to be able to qualify from the group and draw lots to group…

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In addition, after the draw ceremony for the last 16 of the Champions League, UEFA also conducted a draw for the last 32 of the Europa League, with Arsenal, who were relegated from the Champions League to the Europa League, drawing Juventus, the reigning Serie A champions who were also relegated from the Champions League.

Some media also had to lament that Arsenal’s luck was really bad.

However, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said he was optimistic that Arsenal would cross Juventus and advance to the last 16.

Wenger’s attitude has also been supported by some media, their reason is that they are also relegated from the Champions League to the Europa League, but Arsenal has more face than Juventus, Arsenal has three wins and nine points of relegation, and Juventus? Look at Juventus’ Group B, where the second advance is to Turkish Premier League side Galatasaray. How did the Turks get to the cut? The team ended up with 7 points and a goal difference of 6. However, this did not prevent them from advancing to the knockout stages while sending Juventus out.

Therefore, Arsenal’s confidence is still there.

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On 13 February 2014, in the twenty-seventh round of the Premier League, Manchester United played London side Crystal Palace.

The team at Crystal Palace is not a Premier League team, but they do have a well-known nickname…. King of London!!

Yes, this season in the civil war of the London team, Crystal Palace has a strong record!

Chelsea, Tottenham, Arsenal, all lost at home to Crystal Palace!

As a promoted polo team, this team’s home results are quite amazing!

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Crystal Palace Club was founded in 1905 and celebrated its centenary in the 2005-06 season. The home stadium is Selhurst Park.

In their early years, Crystal Palace only competed in the lower leagues, and only in 1969 were they promoted to the then top league, League One. Over the next four decades, Crystal Palace rose and fell in all levels of the English league, and was promoted to the top flight (the old League One and the Premier League) many times, but only failed to relegate to the second division in the last four seasons in the top flight, and was hailed as a “lift” team.

In the 2009-10 season, Crystal Palace, then playing in the Championship, was taken over due to financial problems, deducted ten points, and finished fourth from the bottom, retaining only a place in the Championship. However, in the 2012-13 season, Crystal Palace finished fifth in the Championship and could participate in the promotion play-offs, and the final victory was promoted to the Premier League.

Crystal Palace are also the only team currently in the Premier League to have a cheerleading squad.

Some local media cheered for Crystal Palace, believing that Crystal Palace’s home stadium, Selhurst Park Stadium, is the cemetery of strong teams, even Manchester United, in this stadium can not get cheap!

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The reason why Crystal Palace suddenly have the confidence to wrestle with Manchester United is not only because Crystal Palace have had a good result this season, but also because Manchester United suffered another injury attack before this game.

Manchester United’s midfield core Mata was injured in training and has been determined to be unavailable for this game, and it is not optimistic to estimate that it may take a month or two to recuperate.

Before that, Vidic , Evra and Nani were injured one after another and could not play.

Juan Mata’s injury will certainly have a big impact on Manchester United.

Juan Mata is behind Ronaldo, both the space to organize with the ball and the ability to shoot forward!

Matagaronado’s combination is a guarantee for Manchester United to score goals and keep going.