Chapter 849 Bad luck, annoying injuries

Successfully advanced to the knockout rounds of the Champions League!
This is great news for Manchester United now!
Manchester United fans are looking forward to the next draw ceremony!

With Xia Xing and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two kings of the European war, we at Manchester United will definitely create miracles again this season!
Manchester United advanced smoothly, but not all other giants did so smoothly.

AC Milan in Group B was eliminated in the group of death.

Liverpool and Atletico Madrid advanced successfully.

Dortmund, the favorite in Group C, was also squeezed out of the top two positions by Sporting CP, watching the Portuguese Super League team and Ajax join hands to qualify.

The most surprising thing is that Barcelona was also eliminated.

The team that squeezed them out was also the Portuguese team, Benfica.

As a result, except for Porto, which was in the death group of Group B, and failed to go ashore, the other two teams all advanced.

Barcelona was eliminated, but they were not alone. Sevilla, also a La Liga team, was also eliminated.

This time they were jointly eliminated by Lille and Red Bull Salzburg, making it difficult to win.

In the end, all the top 16 of the Champions League were produced!
Four teams in the Premier League: Manchester United, Manchester City, Liverpool, and Chelsea.

Three teams in La Liga: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, and Villarreal.

Two Serie A teams: Inter Milan and Juventus.

Two Ligue 1 teams: Paris and Lille.

Two Portuguese Super League teams: Benfica and Sporting CP.

Bayern in the Bundesliga, Ajax in the Eredivisie, and Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Super League, each of the three teams maintains the dignity of the league.

Finally, the quarter-final matchups were revealed!

Manchester City VS Sporting CP!
Manchester United VS Atletico Madrid!

Chelsea VS Lille!

Real Madrid VS Paris!

Benfica VS Ajax!

Liverpool VS Inter Milan!

Villarreal VS Juventus!

Bayern VS Red Bull Salzburg!

The situation of these groups is very interesting, and there are not many tit-for-tat scenes.

But if someone says this, Paris will definitely be the first to disagree.

In the past summer, Messi's move to Paris became one of the most exciting news in international football.

Unlike Ronaldo's return home, Messi was abandoned by Barcelona.

There are different opinions on the reasons, and outsiders will not comment.

In short, Messi went to Paris.

Now, Messi will meet Real Madrid again, which is very interesting.

At the draw ceremony, Ferran muttered to Solskjaer in a low voice: "If Barcelona hadn't been eliminated, based on UEFA's conduct, Paris and Barcelona would have been drawn together in all likelihood."

Solskjaer smiled: "It's really possible."

Whether Messi, who returns to the Bernabeu Stadium, can help Paris overturn the Galaxy Battleship, will be the biggest highlight of the quarter-finals.

In addition, the competition between Liverpool and Inter Milan also attracts a lot of attention.

Klopp's team is extremely looking forward to winning the Champions League this season, and the Red Army is bound to step on the corpse of Inter Milan to reach the top.

For Inter Milan, they need a championship to prove to themselves that Serie A is still the best in the five major leagues.

Compared to Liverpool, Manchester City and Chelsea are much luckier.

Manchester City was drawn by Sporting CP and Chelsea was drawn by Lille.

Both of these opponents performed very well in the group stage, but in front of the powerful Manchester City and Chelsea, no one thought they could survive.

The two Premier League teams have almost booked a place in the top eight in advance.

Also drawing non-rich opponents are Bayern and Juventus.

When the coaches of both teams saw the draw results, they instantly smiled.

Not bad, not bad.

Definitely made the cut. As for the Ajax and Benfica group, both sides felt that their opponents were weak and could be pinched.

After all the results were announced, Manchester United's opponents were naturally revealed.

Atletico Madrid.

The Manchester United coaching staff, who had been chatting and laughing just now, fell silent for a moment.

This opponent is too difficult to deal with.

Compared to many giants, Atletico Madrid is definitely a super tough guy to deal with.

Their form has been ups and downs recently, but no one knows what kind of state they will break out from.

They are a typical "willing to be killed to bring down the emperor" attitude.

Whoever you meet, you will do it to death.

Simeone's team has always adhered to the "mad dog style of play".

This is a lot of pressure for Manchester United.

Although Manchester United also defended well, they focused more on defensive skills and wide-range movement, not Atletico Madrid's desperate defense.

Especially now that Manchester United is full of injured soldiers, it is even more troublesome to encounter such an opponent.

The quarter-finals will only start on February 2022, 2, so there is still time.

Manchester United must now focus all their energy on the league.

Because their league results are simply too bad...

After a winning streak at the beginning, Manchester United maintains its top spot in the Premier League.

But then the Champions League group stage started, and the pressure on Manchester United suddenly increased.

Fighting on two fronts makes it difficult for them to take care of both ends.

Coupled with multiple players being injured one after another, Manchester United began to lose points in the league.

After defeating West Ham 2-1 in the fifth round of the Premier League, Manchester United began to encounter twists and turns.

In the sixth round of the Premier League, Manchester United faced Aston Villa at home.

In the middle of the past week, Manchester United unexpectedly lost to Young Boys of Bern. Not only was their momentum damaged, but the physical fitness of the main players was also severely reduced.

This game was a rotation, and they were in trouble against a fierce opponent.

In this game, Aston Villa deployed a 5-3-2 formation, focusing on defensive counterattacks.

In the opponent's camp, the left-back position is an old acquaintance of Manchester United.

Former vice-captain – Ashley Young.

Under the command of Ashley Young, Aston Villa defended solidly.

Faced with frequent onslaughts, many players in the midfield and backfield defended desperately, not giving any chance to the Manchester United players.

In the 79th minute of the game, Ashley Young took the ball on the left wing and suddenly accelerated and cut inside!
Shot from outside the instep of his left foot, the ball went straight to the far corner of the goal!

De Gea tried his best to save, but to no avail!
The ball hits the net!

1 is better than 0!

Aston Villa breaks the deadlock!

At Old Trafford, countless Aston Villa fans applauded, but Ashley Young did not celebrate.

He maintains the utmost respect for his former club.

At this time, Manchester United fans looked at their opponent wearing the blue No. 18 jersey, but they couldn't hate it.

After all, he was once the king of Manchester United on the left...

In the final period, Manchester United attacked with all their strength, but it was still difficult to score.

The opponent's No. 4 central defender Konsa and No. 6 defensive midfielder Douglas Lewis formed a strong defensive axis and steadily suppressed Manchester United's offense.

Before the end of the game, Ashley Young's desperate block and save in front of the goal completely blocked Xia Xing's long-range shot.

In the end, the game ended 1-0, and Manchester United regretfully suffered its first defeat of the season.

After the game, Xia Xing and Ashley Young exchanged jerseys and the two chatted for a long time on the court.

The Red Devils fans looked at the scene of the two embracing and sighed for a long time... (End of this chapter)