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After returning from Spain, Leiden Oriental challenged his city rival West Ham United away. Glen Rhode's first season at West Ham United was excellent. However, this season, West Ham United suffered a big decline. When Leiden Oriental was making great progress in the league, they only scored fifteen points and ranked last in the league halfway through the league. However, they knew their shame and bravely took the lead in the second half of the season. After introducing Boye, they began to be fierce in the league.

Snatch points. Although Bowyer's character is bad, his personal ability is not enough. With the outstanding performance of him, Carrick, Defoe and others, West Ham United only scored fifteen points in the first nineteen rounds, but the scores they got in the next eleven rounds were as many as they had previously scored. Now, they are still ranked third from the bottom and have not left the relegation zone, but they are only two points away from Birmingham ahead. Of course, they are only one point ahead of Bolton...

This game is very important for West Ham United. Now they can't afford to lose every point. In this game, Xiao Ming unexpectedly did not let most of the main players who had been resting for a week on the court. Only half of the main players were sent to the field, Leiden East was tied 2-2 by West Ham United on the road, and West Ham United won a valuable point.

After the game, the West Ham United chairman Terry Brown in the box shook his sweat while glad. He could see that Leiden East was merciless in this game. Xiao Ming only sent half of the main players, and these main players did not fight West Ham United to the death on the court. Obviously, Leiden East did not intend to add insult to injury. With the lead in points, they still gave their opponents in the same city...

The fans of Leiden Oriental are not too satisfied with their team's failure to take advantage of the situation to make West Ham United more insulted, but they soon didn't care much. After all, Leiden Oriental's vision is now in the league championship and the Champions League. They no longer care much about West Ham United, a team that is already down.

Xiao Ming would not explain to others that Leiden East is now discussing with West Ham United to share the home court with them next season. Xiao Ming is not playing counterfeit football, but he did not send the main players to play in the game. The players on the court performed well, and West Ham United's overall strength is actually not bad at all. It can only be said that it is because they also had financial problems and the team's cohesion is not as strong as before.

Leave some room now, and it will be much easier to share the stadium with West Ham United in the future. In fact, whether West Ham United is relegated or not has nothing to do with Leiden Oriental. On the contrary, it is easier for Xiao Ming to borrow their home court after they are relegated. It is very expensive to maintain a stadium. After relegation, West Ham United may not be able to afford Upton Park Stadium. Sharing home court with Leiden Oriental can save at least one amount of maintenance costs and get some expenses for loaning the stadium, which is also quite beneficial for West Ham United.

This match was just a show of favor from Leiden Oriental. Sharing Upton Park Stadium with West Ham United is just one of Xiao Ming's plans for the next two seasons. Another plan is to use Forrest Stadium. When Brisbane Road was expanded, Leiden Oriental played for a season at Forrest Stadium, but the Forrest Stadium, which can only accommodate 20,000 people, is not suitable for use in Premier League games.

Now all residents and merchants in the east block have been moved out, and the huge demolition team has also begun to build in that block, razing the entire block to the ground and preparing for the next construction. The formal construction will have to wait until the end of this season.

The construction permit and construction blueprint district council has been approved, and it has agreed to incorporate the two roads between Brisbane Road and the east block into the new "Leedon East City". After all, Leidon East is now an iconic club in East London. After the expansion of the stadium and the construction of a fan community in the future, it can also become one of the iconic buildings in East London.

After tied with West Ham United, Leiden East's lead narrowed to 13 points, with nine rounds left in the league, and their advantage is still huge.

After the 31st round of the league, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals of the Champions League has officially begun.

This kind of lottery ceremony does not require the head coaches of each club to attend - everyone is very busy, who has time to come to see the lottery ceremony you arranged? Who should I finish the lottery quickly and prepare for the game...

A group of coaches hid in Xiao Ming's apartment to watch the lottery ceremony. Perhaps because they were too familiar with Xiao Ming, the boss, now the members of the coaching team began to take Xiao Ming seriously - although Xiao Ming had never moved out of this apartment, it was just that he was too lazy to find a house again. Although the decoration inside the room had not changed, the content was much more - at least in this room, you can find the best cigars, the best red wine, and the latest entertainment facilities you can find in London.

McDonald likes to smoke cigars, and Wilkins likes to drink, so every time they have this opportunity, they always go to Xiao Ming's house to get cigarettes and alcohol. After all, although they have a lot of money now, some of the good things in Xiao Ming's house can only be obtained through some channels...

Xiao Ming didn't care about this because the coaches were quite eye-catching. At least, when Jessica was in London, they never came to disturb him...

"Guys, who do you think those guys from UEFA will send us to be our opponents?" Xiao Ming asked with a smile before the lottery ceremony began.

"I think Inter Milan is the most likely, followed by Real Madrid, and then Juventus." McDonald said in a smoke ring.

This sentence has been resonated with others. UEFA's knockout draw has rules. For example, if two teams outside the four major leagues enter the quarterfinals, then these two teams will most likely meet each other. This is to ensure that ordinary teams can also have their own voices besides those top giants. In addition, if they want to promote a certain team in a certain year, their opponents will be relatively weak, such as Real Madrid, which was about to celebrate the 100th anniversary last year, and at least two strong conversations should be arranged in the quarterfinals to attract attention, mainly teams with grudges and intersections before...

With this set of rules, basically, those who are interested can guess the lottery draw in the knockout stage.

Leiden Oriental is the first in the group, so the second in the group will be encountered. The teams that have just formed the same group will not be separated. Ajax directly ruled out. Among the remaining three teams, Inter Milan is undoubtedly the most suitable opponent. The reason is very simple. This season, Ronaldo has just transferred from Inter Milan to Leiden Oriental, and the aliens returned to the Meazza Stadium. This is a huge gimmick. The grudge between Inter Milan coach Cooper and Xiao Ming is also a factor they will consider. Such a game can definitely attract the attention of countless people.

As for Real Madrid, the Champions League champions in the past three seasons have been divided by Leiden Oriental and Real Madrid. The collision between these two teams is also eye-catching. What's more, Leiden Oriental and Real Madrid have also wrestled a lot in the transfer market in recent seasons, but in recent years, Leiden Oriental and Real Madrid have played a lot of games, and if they are too much, it is easy to cause aesthetic fatigue.

Because Juventus had played against Leiden Oriental in the first stage of the group stage, the chance of meeting Leiden Oriental again was not too great.

While the coaches were talking, the lottery ceremony on TV had already begun.

The first thing we draw is the first in four groups, divided into the upper and lower half areas. There is no need to draw lots for the subsequent games. The qualifying teams in the upper half areas fight each other, and the qualifying teams in the lower half areas fight, let alone the finals afterwards.

Leiden East was divided into the upper half of the zone, while Manchester United was the same as them.

"Wow, it's possible that we'll be playing against Manchester United in the Champions League for the first time!" Wilkins shouted.

"It seems that there has never been an example of Premier League teams fighting each other after the reform of the Champions League." McDonald muttered.

"There will be more and more in the future, especially from next season." Xiao Ming smiled.

The teams in the second half are AC Milan and Barcelona, ​​and the next draw is the most eye-catching.

The first one to be drawn is Leiden East’s opponent!

"juventus." Johnson showed the small ball in his hand to the camera, smiling.

McDonald choked directly into his throat with a sip of cigarette, coughing continuously, and even tears were almost coming out.

"Alvin, fortunately you didn't buy a lottery ticket, otherwise you would definitely not win anything..." Wilkins laughed from the side.

Xiao Ming smiled and patted McDonald on his back: "Don't be excited, Alvin... But has UEFA changed his sex this time? Why did Juventus separate us again? Actually, I thought it was from Inter Milan..."

The following draw went very quickly, Manchester United met Inter Milan, AC Milan met Ajax, Barcelona and Real Madrid fought a battle of the century in the Champions League quarter-finals.

"This match is very powerful, the confrontation between the Premier League and Serie A, the battle of La Liga in the century, AC Milan and Ajax, the youngest and oldest teams... And Inter Milan is in the same and half area, and this half area is too powerful. If we qualify with Manchester United, then it is the Premier League derby. If Juventus and Inter Milan qualify, then it is the Italian derby. If we qualify with Inter Milan, then it is Ronaldo's return to Meacha. Only Juventus and Manchester United have no big connection. However, in the second stage of the group stage, Juventus was defeated by Manchester United, which is also their revenge battle... These UEFA guys are really good at brains!" Xiao Ming sighed in his heart.

Looking at the coaches who were talking, Xiao Ming clapped his face: "Okay, guys, take action... Our opponent is Juventus, we are not unfamiliar with this opponent, but in the group stage of this season, Juventus did not give all his strength in two games, and we did not give all his strength. Now, it is time to fight to the death... Take action and collect information. Within three days, I require all their reference game videos and news edits this season, as well as their personnel changes and fluctuations in the last ten games, the more detailed the better! The gentlemen who are responsible for collecting information, we will also collect information from Inter Milan from now on."

The coaches were stunned, but they quickly understood what Xiao Ming meant.

In addition to winning Juventus, Leiden Oriental also has to prepare for the semi-finals. If the opponent in the semi-finals is Manchester United, then there is no need to collect too much information. After all, they are too familiar with Manchester United. The only thing they have to worry about is that they have to fight to the death in the Champions League. For Inter Milan, Leiden Oriental is still quite unfamiliar, although they have two former Inter Milan players in their team.

Now start preparing to avoid being in a hurry. Even if you can't use it, it's just a waste of time. Xiao Ming's request will still understand it. After collecting Juventus' information, go to collect Inter Milan's information.

After the Champions League draw ceremony came out, all the fans began to look forward to the start of the Champions League.

The quarterfinals of the Champions League this season are a collection of the strongest teams. In the past decade, the teams that performed the best in the European arena have all been all teams except Bayern and Dortmund in the Bundesliga. These eight teams are all teams that have won the Champions League - Real Madrid eight times, AC Milan five times, Ajax four times, Inter Milan, Leiden Oriental, Manchester United and Juventus two times, and Barcelona also once - these eight teams have won the 26 Champions League championships together, accounting for more than half of the forty-seven trophies produced so far! And they are also strong teams that have not been eliminated in the long river of history, except for Leiden Oriental, which has risen strongly in recent years...

And this draw also made people see the meaning of it.

Needless to say, the next matchup situation in the first half is, no matter who is against whom, it will be extremely exciting. In the second half, Spain's century battle is equally exciting, not to mention that there is a possibility of a contest between the two teams with the most Champions League wins by AC Milan and Real Madrid...

This is a game between the rich, this is a battle between the strong, this is a face-to-face confrontation and competition between the three major leagues.

These teams have the world's best forwards, the most talented midfielder, the most willful defender and the fastest responsive goalkeeper, Van Nie, Ronaldo, Vieri, Crespo, Trezege, Piero, Shepchenko, Inzagi, Saviola, Raul, Figo, Beckham, Nedved, Zidane, Rui Costa, Robert Carlos, Cannavaro, Nesta, Dida, Buffon, Casillas, Toldo...

These are the best stars in the world, the best players, and the most powerful players on the earth. The collision between them will surely make countless people fascinated.

Unlike the dark horses of the Mesozoic generation who were rampant in the European Champions League in the past few years, the theme of this season's Champions League is to return to tradition. In addition to the product of Leiden Oriental, the most dominant teams in major leagues have arrived.

From the end of the lottery ceremony to the start of the Champions League knockout round, there were ten days. During these ten days, eight giants had already begun to take action, collect intelligence and adjust their status. In the next round of leagues of various countries, the eight giants all sent many substitutes to replace the main players, perhaps only Leiden East is the exception...

Xiao Ming, who felt that the main players had rested enough, sent all the main players in the 32nd round of the league, and then played 90 minutes of the game in a way that allowed the main players to regain their feeling of the game. He finally tied 2-2 with Chelsea at home. In another game, Arsenal was tied 1-1 by Aston Villa away, and he failed to seize the opportunity to narrow the score. On the contrary, Manchester United swept Liverpool four-zero at home, tied Arsenal with points, and narrowed the gap between himself and Leiden East to thirteen points...

Recently, Manchester United has won five consecutive games in the league, and they still have no hope of winning the championship as they chased them all the way - 13 points in six rounds, and Leiden Oriental only wins two games in the next game, even if they lose the other four games, they will not lose the league championship. Among the six opponents behind, only Newcastle and Arsenal are stronger. If Manchester United can do this, it would be a hell.

Leiden Oriental has tied two consecutive games in the league now? What's the matter? It's personal to see that Leiden Oriental has completely trained these two league games. Through games and running, the state of the main players is slowly stimulated, and then exploded in the Champions League game. Leiden Oriental has the confidence to do this, and the advantage in points gives them this confidence.

"Manchester United is really tenacious, but fortunately, the opponents behind us are not strong - we only need two wins to ensure the championship. I don't believe that Manchester United can really catch up..." Xiao Ming thought to himself when he led the team to Italy.

If the gap is narrowed, the gap will be narrowed. Anyway, you can't catch up with this ten-point gap even if you want to.

The fans of Leiden Oriental who set out to Italy to watch the game with Leiden Oriental also thought in their hearts.

Now their minds are all focused on the Champions League game, and in fact, many other fans are the same. In the next half month, there is nothing more exciting than the eight strong dialogue elimination games. After half a month, which four lucky ones will be lucky enough to enter the semi-finals? No one can tell, and no one knows.
Chapter completed!