Young Football Player

Dundee United defeated Motherwell 3-2 at home and advanced to the semi-finals of the Scottish FA Cup this season.

In the other three quarter-finals at the same time, only the Celtics beat Inverness 2:1 in an away game was decided, and the other two games failed to draw a winner.

Bridgen City drew 2:2 at home with St. Johnstone, and St. Mirren drew 1:1 with Aberdeen at home. Both games still require replays.

Bridgen City and St. Mirren are considered to be the weakest two teams in the quarterfinals. Unexpectedly, they both got a draw at home and were not directly eliminated.

Since there are still two semi-final places that have not been determined, the FA Cup semi-final draw will have to wait.

Soon the middle of the week was the European match day again. After the Glasgow Rangers completed the task of overtaking the Swiss League in the European war, they seemed to be directly discouraged. They returned home and lost 0:1 to PSV Eindhoven and were eliminated. Europa League this season.

The Rangers really had a good time in the game. They just finished the overtake task, and they were immediately out of the game, and then returned to the country to continue shopping with the Celtics in the league and the League Cup.

Celtic and Rangers joined hands to reach the Carabao Cup final of the season and soon they will be duel at Hampden Park.

Since the Rangers just overtook and were out, that is to say, in terms of points in the European war, the Scottish League has a very slight advantage over the Swiss League.

Then next season, the ranking competition between the two leagues will definitely continue, and the European teams in the two leagues will need to work hard next season.

It is also the European match day in the middle of this week, and this season's Champions League round of 16 knockout matches are all over.

In the top sixteen of this season's Champions League, the matchup between Bayern and Inter Milan is undoubtedly the one that has attracted the most attention.

These two teams were last season's Champions League champion and runner-up respectively. They met in the top 16 of this season, so they are naturally topical.

The process of the match between the two teams is indeed very topical. After losing 0:1 at home to Bayern, Inter Milan actually went to the away game to beat Bayern 3:2, and eliminated the opponent by relying on away goals.

This is the second time in the history of the UEFA Champions League knockout round that a first-leg loss at home was followed by an away comeback in the second round.

The last one to do this was Ajax. In the semi-finals of the 95/96 UEFA Champions League, they unexpectedly lost 0:1 at home to the Greek team Panathinaikos in the first leg. In the second leg, they went to an away game 3: 0 defeated the opponent and successfully advanced to the final.

In fact, the probability of losing at home in the first round and wanting to comeback away in the second round is really very low, even lower than the probability of winning three goals at home in the first round and going to an away game in the second round.

Scottish fans still pay more attention to the Premier League. This season, the four Premier League teams have all entered the Champions League knockout round. Among them, Manchester United and Chelsea have drawn weaker opponents and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals. Tottenham have drawn Serie A giants AC Milan. , also upset the opponent and advanced.

Among the four teams in the Premier League, only Arsenal were eliminated in the round of 16. They were eliminated by La Liga giants Barcelona.

The game between Arsenal and Barcelona was also a lot of topics. Arsenal beat Barcelona 2:1 at home in the first round and took the lead, but they encountered a magical game in the away game in the second round.

First of all, Arsenal had zero shots in the Nou Camp in that game. As a matchup between giants, it was really embarrassing to have zero shots in the game.

Secondly, Arsenal, who had zero shots in the game, also scored a goal, which was an own goal scored by Busquets on the Barcelona side.

Third, Arsenal's top card Van Persie was sent off with a red card in the away game because of a shot.

Not long after the start of the second half, Van Persie was shown a yellow card by the referee because the referee whistled for offside and completed the shot. Since he had already received a yellow card in the first half, he was sent off with two yellow cards.

To be honest, the referee’s penalty is obviously too heavy. If Van Persie went to shoot after seven or eight seconds after the whistle was blown, the game stopped, you can think that he was provoking the authority of the referee. It’s okay to give him a yellow card, but the referee just rang After a second of the whistle, he went to shoot, and he got a yellow card.

Even Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola admitted after the game that the penalty was too heavy.

Of course, if the referee insists that Van Persie is provocative, there is nothing to say. Who made him kick a foot after the whistle was blown.

In general, Arsenal are very unconvinced by the loss, even if they are not as good as Barcelona in terms of overall strength.

The elimination of the top 16 this time is also the first time Arsenal have been eliminated from the top 16 of the Champions League in the last four seasons.

It is worth mentioning that this season, Real Madrid finally broke through the top 16 of the Champions League, ending the embarrassing title of Sixteenth Lang in the Champions League for six consecutive years.

Uh, a team was eliminated in the top 16 for the first time in four years, and a team broke through the top 16 for the first time in seven years. There seems to be some faint connection between them...

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Old John has been having a great time in retirement lately.

As Lee's popularity has risen, his Twitter followers have also increased day by day. Although they are mainly Dundee United fans or fans who follow Lee Chenglong, this still makes Old John very happy.

Every time Li Chenglong has a good performance, Old John will brag about it on Twitter, and soon some people will come to echo him and praise Li Chenglong.

In this way, Old John is already well-known in the Scottish football world, and many people know that he is the grandfather of the rising star Bruce Lee.

Recently, Old John was invited by Scottish TV to do a talk show, of course he was asked to talk about some topics about Jackie Lee.

So on the show, Old John broke the news about Li Chenglong's childhood deeds.

"Bruce did grow up in China, but he has a very obvious football gene."

"Almost no one in China plays football, but Bruce started playing football at a very young age."

"He was an Arsenal fan, you don't know how much he liked Arsenal when he was a kid."

"The first jersey he bought in the UK was from Arsenal. The advert on his chest was the classic set of O2 jerseys, which he still collects today."

"At that time, almost his whole body was from Arsenal. The jersey he wore was from Arsenal, the hat he was wearing was from Arsenal, the schoolbag he was carrying was also from Arsenal, and even the sheets he slept on were all with the Arsenal team logo. .”

"In 2006, I watched the Champions League final with Bruce. You all know that Arsenal lost the final. Bruce cried miserably. When he went to school the next day, he even got into a fight with his classmates. Because his classmate is a Tottenham fan, he laughed at Arsenal for losing the final. At that time, Bruce beat the opponent into panda eyes, and Kate lost a lot of money."

"So it wouldn't surprise me at all if Bruce went to Arsenal one day."

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Although Old John has a big mouth, he still knows the importance of people.

Before going for an interview, he specifically told Li Chenglong about it.

Li Chenglong has no objection either, because Old John is talking about the deeds of "predecessor Li Chenglong", and he has nothing to say about his privacy. Talking more about such insignificant things can be more down-to-earth, so that fans who follow him can understand him better.

In fact, as far as Li Chenglong himself is concerned, he doesn't have any favorite team, so he doesn't have to play in any team in the future.

In the future, which team is more suitable and can be more conducive to the development of your career, then which team to play for, it's as simple as that.

Old John had a talk on TV, and then crowned Jackie Chan as a loyal Arsenal fan. Although Scottish TV had little influence, the news spread to England.

The young player that Manchester United is looking at is actually a diehard fan of Arsenal, and the English media have material that is full of newspaper corners.