Chapter 612

After the draw in the eighth final of the Champions League, Chelsea are second only to defending champion Barcelona.

After the first leg of the Champions League eighth final, Chelsea are 2-1 behind, but the odds remain unchanged. Most people are still not optimistic about Inter's promotion.

With Manchester United's 7-2 sweep of AC Milan, which has the gene of the Champions League, into the final eight, there are more fans who look down on Inter.

However, in the second leg of the eighth final of the Champions League, inter beat Stamford Bridge with a shocking five goals and beat Chelsea 7-1 to advance to the final eight.

This, do not know how many people hit the face, do not know how many understand the ball emperor fell broken glasses.

After the game, the major gambling companies immediately adjusted the odds, defending champion Barcelona to 1-3. Manchester United rose to the top of the table at 15, and inter also rose rapidly. Now it is the third most popular, but the odds are nearly double higher than Barcelona. Behind Inter are Arsenal and Bayern.

After the match, the English media were stunned by Inter Milan. The times called the match "the Stamford Bridge Massacre"; the daily mail thought that Chelsea had suffered the curse of 45 years; the sun said that the mysterious magic from the East ruled the game, and Donggao was the devil.

The Italian media cheered, thanking Inter Milan for being beaten by Manchester United in Milan, the failure of the Juve group and Fiorentina for saving the dignity of Italian football.

La Gazzetta dello Sport said: "sometimes, you would like to ask why Inter, which has been built with a lot of money in every position in the past few years, have been defeated repeatedly in the Champions League. Today, you will be more surprised why Inter, the most populist team in many years, is so powerful. At this time, you need to see who is sitting in the coach's seat

"La Gazzetta dello Sport" highly praised Jose, while "La Gazzetta dello Sport" calculated the credit to Gao Xiaodong, "this inter may not be better than last season's Inter, coach or Jose, opponents are the strongest team in the Premier League, why the results are very different? I think Gao Xiaodong may be the best answer

"Torino sports" are not happy with both Jose and Gao Xiaodong. They attribute the super victory of Inter Milan to Ancelotti's stupidity and bad luck of Chelsea. "There is no doubt about the role of Jose and Gao Xiaodong in the victory, but we have to say that luck and Ancelotti's tactics are completely understood and suppressed by Jose is the more important factor. If the second is the best way to win, it will be better If Gao Xiaodong didn't perform miraculously in the goalkeeper position in the first leg, Inter Milan may die in the first leg. If Chelsea can't break the goal in the second leg, it's difficult for Inter to win even a small goal, let alone five goals

In Spain and Germany, Inter Milan are regarded by the media as the biggest enemy of Barcelona and Bayern, even worse than Manchester United, mainly because he is better at playing the Champions League knockout than Ferguson.

For the fans and inter players, the significance of this game is far greater than the promotion to the last eight of the Champions League four years later.

Before that, inter couldn't beat the Premier League team in the knockout match for 45 years. They felt guilty in the Champions League knockout match and almost had psychological obstacles.

After the elimination of Chelsea, Inter Milan lost their fear of England to the Atlantic Ocean, and gained confidence, fighting spirit and toughness.

It can be said that after the defeat of Chelsea, inter are no longer afraid of any team except Barcelona. In the next eight and four games, as long as they don't meet Barcelona, inter are not afraid of anyone.

If it is true to meet Barcelona in the final, then with the on-the-spot commanding ability of Jose, inter and Barcelona will also open five to five.

Of course, no matter whether they have confidence or not, inter still don't want to meet a strong opponent in the last eight games. After all, after two matches with a strong opponent, even if they are in the final, they will not be able to play all the main players.

The draw time of the last 8 champions league matches is very close to the end of the last 16 matches. At noon the next day, the draw ceremony was held at UEFA headquarters in neon, Switzerland.

The final eight is to draw lots again. There are no seed teams in the draw, and there are four teams in each of the A and B zones. Random sampling method was adopted, and the same group in the same country was not avoided.

Draw lots to decide the home and away games. Those who draw first will play at home, and those who draw later will play away. Two rounds will decide the final four.

The two teams in a and B will be eliminated at home and away to decide which team will enter the final.

In this draw, Inter's luck is much better than the last 16 draw, but it can not be said to be the winner at most.

In the final eight, Inter's opponent is CSKA Moscow of the Russian premier league. The other groups are Lyon vs Bordeaux; Bayern Munich vs Manchester United; Arsenal vs Barcelona.

CSKA Moscow is the top eight who eliminated Sevilla from La Liga. They won and drew in two rounds and beat Sevilla by one goal. In the group stage, CSKA Moscow drew and lost against Manchester United. Obviously, they have certain strength, but this strength can't be compared with Inter Milan who eliminated Chelsea.That is to say, Inter have drawn a good signing in the last eight, and he has a great hope to be promoted to the last four.

But the reason why Inter's signing is not very good is that Inter and Barcelona are divided into one and a half areas. That is to say, after inter reach the final four, he is likely to meet the winners of Barcelona and Arsenal.

Obviously, as the representative of art football, Barcelona's strength is stronger than that of Arsenal, and the possibility of promotion is also stronger than that of Arsenal.

What Inter are afraid of most among the eight opponents is Barcelona. Such a draw result greatly increases the difficulty for Inter to reach the final.

After the draw, inter coach Jose Mourinho said: "now we have to think about the match with CSKA Moscow. No team in the top 8 can play well. As I always said, to win the Champions League, you have to beat every team, even the strongest team has to win. The two semi-final games are like the final. Inter can only concentrate on how to win, whether it's against Arsenal or Barcelona. This is the spirit we must have. It's very important to advance from the last 16 because inter showed their personality and strength through those two games. But to show our ability again, it will be more important to get to the semi-final. Our previous experience in Barcelona has proved the wrong way to play at the Nou Camp. We have to learn that lesson. Next time we will definitely go there in a different way to play against them

Moratti said: "we didn't want to draw Chelsea before. We wanted to play against a team that is easier to deal with, but it's not up to us. I think Inter can beat any team now. I have confidence in the team and I think we can win the Champions League this season

Obviously, after the old enemy Chelsea was eliminated by Inter Milan, Barcelona have no fear of opponents. After the draw, Barcelona coach Guardiola said, "we don't care who the opponents are. We are the favourites to win the championship. We are the defending champions. Only the opponents want to avoid us. Now our goal is to reach the final and finish defending the championship!"