Chapter 297 Golden Globe Awards Top Three

At 7 o'clock that evening, the draw ceremony for the 2017-2018 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon. Compared with the group draw, the knockout draw is much faster.

There are only two avoidance rules for the knockout draw. The first is that two teams in the same group will not meet in the quarter-finals, and the second is that teams under the same football association will not meet in the quarter-finals.

The draw ceremony was hosted by UEFA competition director Marchetti, and former Liverpool star Xabi Alonso served as the guest of the draw.

The first group runner-up drawn was Juventus, the runner-up of the Champions League last season. This draw immediately made the guests on the scene gasp, and even a large number of fans in front of the TV felt terrified.

Juventus is in the same group with Barcelona in the group. There is no Serie A team that won the first place in the group, which means that five Premier League teams, Besiktas and Paris Saint-Germain may draw the old lady Juventus.

Obviously, among all the group leaders, only Besiktas from the Turkish Super League is the weakest, and it is also the group leader that all the group runners-up hope to draw.

Juventus wants to go further, and drawing Besiktas is the most ideal opponent. After all, the top five teams in the Premier League and Paris Saint-Germain are difficult to deal with, especially Manchester City and Liverpool, who are in good form.

However, Juventus did not draw Besiktas, Manchester City or Liverpool, and their opponent was Tottenham Hotspur.

The officials representing Tottenham and Juventus officials all looked depressed, but it was good news for other teams that have not been drawn.

The second group runner-up drawn was Basel, which can be said to be a weak team that can be slaughtered at will. Of course, this is for those giant teams.

Manchester City became the lucky one, and they became Basel's opponent in the 1/8 finals.

Li Qing, who was watching the live broadcast of the draw in front of the TV, followed the home team Liverpool, which became the third group leader to be drawn, and their opponent was Porto, the only seedling from the Portuguese Super League.

Sevilla drew Manchester United, and CEO Woodward, who attended on behalf of Manchester United, had a clear smile on his face.

The results of the four quarter-final draws have been settled, and the remaining eight teams all feel nervous to varying degrees. The remaining second-placed teams are super strong teams such as Real Madrid and Bayern.

The most ideal group first Besiktas is like the most delicious food, and everyone wants to eat it.

The fifth group second drawn is the defending champion Real Madrid. Suddenly, the entire draw site became nervous, especially the senior executives of Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea.

Barcelona, ​​the first-placed team in the group that was not drawn, could not draw Real Madrid, which means that Real Madrid's potential opponents are only Paris Saint-Germain, Chelsea and Besiktas.

Real Madrid is not afraid of any team, but does not want to meet a strong team too early, so the most ideal opponent is Besiktas.

The senior executives of Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea are praying, hoping that God will send Besiktas to Real Madrid.

However, prayer is often useless. What is to come will always come. Paris Saint-Germain is very unfortunate to become the opponent of the defending champion Real Madrid in the 1/8 finals.

There is no doubt that the 1/8 finals between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain is more interesting than the 1/8 finals between Juventus and Tottenham!

The strongest second-placed Real Madrid was drawn out, and the remaining six teams basically had the worst plan.

Shakhtar Donetsk drew Barcelona, ​​Roma drew Chelsea, and Bayern and Besiktas, who were not drawn, automatically became the opponents in the 1/8 finals.

The results of the eight 1/8 finals were drawn, and UEFA officially announced the schedule for the draw of the knockout stage. The first leg of the 1/8 finals will be held on February 13/14 and February 20/21 next year, the second leg will be held on March 6/7 and March 13/14, and the quarter-final draw will be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon on March 16.

The first and second legs of the quarter-finals will be played on April 3/4 and April 10/11 respectively. The draw for the semi-finals will be held at the UEFA headquarters on April 13. The first leg of the semi-finals will be held on April 24/25, the second leg will be held on May 1/2, and the final will be held at the Olympic National Stadium in Kyiv on May 26.

Liverpool's first leg of the quarter-finals will be played at 8:45 pm on February 14, local time in Europe, against Porto, and the second leg will be on March 7.

There are still two months before the start of the Champions League knockout stage, and the opponent's strength is limited. Liverpool coach Klopp's attention is first on the domestic league, that is, the upcoming Merseyside derby.

The focus of the mainstream European media is temporarily on the just-concluded Champions League quarter-final draw and the Europa League quarter-final draw, but just one day later, the focus of the world's football media and sports media is on the headquarters of France Football in Paris, France.

The 2017 European Ballon d'Or is different from the past. It is the first time to set up an award ceremony, and the location chosen is the landmark Eiffel Tower, also known as the Eiffel Tower.

Ronaldo, who led Real Madrid to win the league and Champions League titles in the 2016-2017 season, is the first choice for the European Ballon d'Or. He even reversed Messi in terms of goals and won the European Golden Boot. Judging from the professionalism of the European Ballon d'Or, it is basically close. The focus of the media is who can get the second and third place.

Compared with the previous 30-person list to select 3 final candidates through preliminary selection, this year a list of 30 people will be directly handed over to professional journalists for voting.

Although the final three candidates for this year's European Ballon d'Or were not selected by France Football, France Football magazine announced the three most popular players on its official website, INS, Twitter and other official accounts.

Cristiano Ronaldo, who is most likely to be elected as the European Ballon d'Or, is naturally one of the three most popular players. The other player announced is not surprising, Messi, one of the two heroes of football.

As for the last player with the most popular voice, it is reasonable, but also a little unexpected.

Because... the one who was selected is Li Qing, who just emerged at the beginning of this year!

It is reasonable because Li Qing helped Liverpool reverse Chelsea and win the first Premier League championship in the team's history in the second half of the 2016-2017 season. In addition, there are FA Cup and World Youth Championship.

In the beginning of the 2017-2018 season, Liverpool continued to perform well. In addition to maintaining the first place in the Premier League, Liverpool also advanced to the top 16 of the Champions League with six consecutive group wins, and broke the Champions League group stage goal record created by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 2015-2016 season.

In the 14th round of the Premier League this season, he scored an amazing 34 goals, catching up with the Premier League single-season goal record set by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer in the 1990s.

The biggest difference between the European Golden Ball Award and the FIFA World Player of the Year is that the honor created by "France Football" is for professional journalists. Li Qing's continuous outstanding performance is something that professional journalists will not ignore.

What is unexpected is that Li Qing is too young. He has only been popular for less than a year. It's like he just created a new account and reached the maximum level within a few days. It's somewhat unrealistic.