Chapter 133: Champions League round of 16

Although the Champions League has become the highest level football competition in the world, it is also the highest honor in the field of clubs.
But the World Cup still has a very important and special place in the minds of professional players.
Participating in the World Cup still has a fatal attraction for players whose clubs have been soft-touched.
For Maxi Carey, the chance to participate in the World Cup means more - although he is the first person under the "Four Kings", it is somewhat unbelievable that the Dutch football superstar has never Really participated in a World Cup match.
Yes, it sounds unbelievable, but it's true.
Last year's World Cup in the United States and Canada would have been Maxi Carey's first World Cup stage, but he was injured before the World Cup.
Before that, when Maxi Carey was 27 and 23 years old in two World Cups, the Dutch national team was unfortunately not able to reach the finals...
In the World Cup four years earlier, the Dutch national team reached the finals, but the 19-year-old Maxi Carey has shown amazing talent, but he was not selected for the national team.
In this way, the greatest talent in Dutch football in the past two decades has not even played a World Cup game for a minute.
It sounds incredible, but it actually happened.
Not participating in the World Cup has also become a thorn in Maxi Carey's heart.
For Jim Castian, he really had no choice but to move this killer out.
After working together for many years, he certainly knows what Carey values ​​most.
"According to what he said, can I participate in the World Cup?" Carey asked rhetorically.
"I don't know, but at least it will reduce your risk of injury. As long as you can stay healthy, you may not have the possibility of participating in the World Cup..." Castian didn't say anything.
Because of this, he really can't make a ticket.
Can participate in the World Cup, physical condition is only one of the factors.
There is also the player's own state, the technical and tactical style of the Dutch national team coach, and even his personal preferences... can determine the final candidates.
At his peak, Maxi Carey was the absolute main force and core of the Dutch national team, and even became the captain of the team.
But after two major injuries, it's hard to say whether Kyrie can still enter the scope of the national team's investigation.
Carey fell silent again, as if considering what the agent said.
At this time, the car also drove to the San Antonio Clinic, which is responsible for the medical examination of the Madrid Pirates players.
"Let's do a medical examination first, and then wait for the results of the medical examination to come out." Castian parked the car and turned around and said to Carey, who was sitting in the back seat.
"good."
Carey agreed to get down, pushed open the door and got out of the car, where the doctors and nurses had already greeted him.
A medical examination related to the future of his career is about to begin.
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As soon as Hu Lai arrived in the locker room, he saw that there were more people in the locker room today.
Maxi Carey is greeting his teammates one by one.
He has passed the medical examination and officially began his recovery training.
Although it is still very early to set foot on the court, at least it shows that he has the hope of returning to the court in the future, instead of just sitting in the stand box applauding his teammates and acting as an atmosphere group.
Seeing Maxi Carey looking back at him, Hu Lai greeted him, "Is your injury healed?"
"It's not complete yet, but it's time to resume training," Carey replied.
Hu Lai smiled and said, "Congratulations then!"
"thanks."
The two greeted indifferently, Hu Lai returned to his position, and Carey continued to greet other teammates.
After the actual training began, Maxi Carey was not seen. He has a separate training plan and does not practice with the team, but is led by a special person for recovery training.
The next Champions League final group match against Ruhrlein has nothing to do with him either.
The Champions League group stage has been played for five rounds, and the Madrid Pirates currently have 13 points, four wins and one draw, ranking first in the group.
Ranked second is Ruhrlein, they currently have eight points, and they also qualified ahead of time.
Therefore, in the final group match, it has nothing to do with the qualifying situation or the ranking of the first or second place in the group.
Whether it is the Madrid Pirates or the Ruhrlein, they will be very relaxed in the face of this game.
The focus of this group's final group stage is on Leeds City and Kiev.
Leeds are currently third with four points, while Kiev is fourth with just one.
The last round of the two teams was a direct dialogue, but if Kiev can beat Leeds City away, then with the same points and Leeds City, their mutual win-lose relationship is dominant, and they can squeeze out Leeds City and end the group. The third position is qualified to participate in the Europa League knockout stage.
And Leeds City has lost the Champions League knockout situation, keeping the Europa League has become their only goal.
Leeds City are yet to win a game in the Champions League this season, and their four points came from four draws. The first draw was a 0:0 draw away from Kiev, and the two home and away games against Ruhrlein, Leeds City all got a draw, and the third draw was the fourth round, which is the last round, away 1:1 Draw against the Pirates of Madrid.
That game Leeds City team was very crazy, want to beat the Madrid Pirates away. Because only by winning this game, they will have a chance to continue to compete for the Champions League knockout qualification.
But on the one hand is the strength gap, on the other hand is the away game.
Although Hulai did not continue his excellent form of scoring in four consecutive Champions League games, the Madrid Pirates are also difficult to challenge for this Leeds City team.
To be able to get a point in the end is already a mercy for the Madrid Pirates.
Participating in the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, but failing to break out of the group stage for two consecutive seasons, also shows the strength of Leeds City today.
After losing the leading scorer, that's actually a very reasonable result.
But Leeds fans will still be disappointed and regretful. They will think that if Hu Lai hadn't left the team, with his current form, would we have reached the Champions League knockout stage this season?
Unfortunately, the reality is not if.
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In the final round of the Champions League group stage, Leeds City finally broke out.
They beat Kiev 4-1 at their home.
Kamara and Laski each scored twice.
Leeds have secured their place in the Europa League knockout stages thanks to their two-man performances and goals.
And in the Madrid Pirates' away game against Ruhrlein, this time Ruhrlein's young high center Janus Edman finally scored in the game.
With this goal, he is eligible to go to Hu Lai to exchange jerseys.
Hu Lai also scored in the game, but failed to continue to score twice.
But his goals are still important.
Because his goal was the second goal of the match for the Pirates of Madrid, which helped the Pirates of Madrid equalize.
In the end, the Madrid Pirates drew with Ruhrlein 2:2 away.
Ended the 2027-2028 Champions League group stage with an unbeaten score of 14 points with four wins and two draws.
They also qualified with nine points from Ruhrlein.
The final points of Leeds City is seven points, which is two points less than Ruhrlein, but they can only participate in the Europa League.
It can also be seen from this point difference that if Leeds City can defeat Kiev in the first round of the Champions League group stage, maybe it is not Ruhrlein who will qualify with the Madrid Pirates, but Leeds City.
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With the end of the Champions League group stage in the second half, all sixteen teams participating in the Champions League knockout rounds this season have also been released.
The Ligue 1 defending champion Lyon Lions, the seeded team in Group A, were eliminated, and the final group qualifying was the Premier League's Tramede and La Liga's Valendia.
The qualifying situation of Group B is very simple and clear. The top giants of their respective countries, the Turin Bulls and the King of Madrid, have joined hands to qualify, but their rankings have changed slightly. Seed team Turin Bulls only got the second place, the first group belongs to the King of Madrid.
This season, the King of Madrid's performance in the league is a little bit stretched, but in the Champions League, he has made great progress all the way.
Five wins and one draw accumulated 16 points and advanced to the top 16 as an undefeated.
Eighteen goals were scored and only two were conceded.
Meli also scored five goals in the group stage and added two assists.
Whether in the league or in the Champions League, he surpassed the original team's ace scorer Cerrados and became the top scorer in the King of Madrid.
The first place in Group C was won by the seeded team Manchester Athletic, and Alvara, where Xia Xiaoyu was located, finally won the second place in the group by beating Roma City by virtue of the win-loss relationship.
It is hoped that Alvara's qualifying will allow Xia Xiaoyu to have more games to play. If he fights on multiple fronts, Alvara will have to rotate more, so that substitute players like Xia Xiaoyu can get more appearances.
There is no doubt that the first place in Group D belongs to the Bundesliga hegemons Blue and White Munich. After Mark Becker moved from Ruhrlein to Blue and White Munich, just like Hu Lai’s transfer to the Madrid Pirates, there was no adaptation period at all, and it was seamless. He scored six goals in the Champions League group stage, ranking second in the Champions League scorer list after Hu Lai.
The original second-tier team Bay Lighthouse was eliminated, and they were replaced by third-tier Eredivisie giants Rotterdam Elite.
The first place in Group E was won by the second-tier team Stein Park Rangers. The original seeded team, and Athletic Amsterdam, where Chen Xingyi was at the same time, won the second place in the group.
The seeded team in Group F, the Portuguese, failed to qualify for the knockout round. The first in the group was the Serie A giant Insubre from Milan, Italy, and the second place was a big upset. After qualifying in the group, the second qualifying spot fell to Sporting Bordeaux, the fourth-ranked team in the group.
This season's Champions League final will be held in London, England. At the beginning of the season, London Bridge, who shouted to win the championship in London, failed to even qualify for the group stage.
There is not much to say in Group G. The Madrid Pirates group is the first, and the Ruhrlein group is second. Leeds City have gone to participate in the Europa League, but this time they want to rely on winning the Europa League to win the Champions League qualification for next season. I am afraid that the way to save the country through the curve is probably not going to work...
The first place in Group H belongs to the seeded team Catalan United, and the second place is Paris Herger.
Of the sixteen teams in total, the four La Liga teams have all qualified for the group stage and can be said to be the biggest winners.
In the Premier League, three teams have advanced to the knockout stages and are still very competitive.
Of the three remaining teams in the five major leagues, there are two in the Bundesliga, two in Serie A, and two in Ligue 1. Very balanced.
The Eredivisie is the best performer in the minor leagues, with two teams advancing.
A Portuguese Super League.
This is the league distribution of the Champions League round of 16.
After the round of 16 was released, UEFA conducted the draw for the quarter-finals.
According to the rules that the first and second teams in the same group and the same football association cannot meet in the first knockout round, and the first and second teams in each group must cross-play.
The final results of the quarter-finals are as follows:
D2 Rotterdam Elite (Education) - B2 King of Madrid (La Liga)
G2 Ruhr Rhein (Bundesliga) - E1 Stein Park Rangers (Premier League)
F2 Sporting Bordeaux (Ligue 1) - C1 Athletic Manchester (Premier League)
H2 Paris Herger (Ligue 1) - D1 Blue and White Munich (Bundesliga)
A2 Valentia (La Liga) - F1 Insubre (Serie A)
C2 Alvara (Portuguese Super League) - A1 Tramed (Premier League)
E2 Athletic Amsterdam (Eduardo) - G1 Madrid Pirates (La Liga)
B2 Turin Bulls (Serie A)-H1 Catalan United (La Liga)
The result of the draw has different interpretations in the eyes of the media and fans of various teams. Some people think that the King of Madrid and Manchester Athletic were recommended by UEFA, while the fans of Torino Bulls and Catalan United feel To the malice of UEFA.
Only the Chinese fans feel that they have become the biggest winners.
Because in the 1/8 finals of the 16 games, there are actually four "China Derbys"!
This is to let Chinese fans watch it once and for all!
(End of this chapter)
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