In the evening, after a whole day of training, Manchester United's Carrington base was already empty, but the lights were still on in the office of the second-floor coach.

Head coach Ferguson, two assistant coaches Mike Ferran and René Mullenstin, as well as scout Martin Ferguson, etc., were sitting around the not-so-spacious office, and a draw was being broadcast live on the TV opposite them.

The draw for the Champions League quarter-finals knockout match was held far away in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The top four of the Premier League all entered the quarterfinals without any danger, while the remaining four teams were Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Barcelona in La Liga, Villarrell and Porto in Porto in Portugal. Serie A was wiped out, and the strongest Inter Milan all failed at Manchester United.

Ferguson's team just defeated Mourinho's Inter Milan 2-0 at home. In the first four minutes, Vidic scored for Manchester United. Not long after the start of the second half, Rooney assisted Cristiano Ronaldo to win another goal.

This Champions League final will be held in Rome, Italy, but the Serie A team was wiped out, which is indeed a bit embarrassing.

Bruno Conte is the general manager of Rome, and serves as the representative of the finals as the guest of the draw.

Villarrell was the first to be drawn, and the opponent drawn by the Yellow Submarine was Arsenal from the Premier League.

Pellegrini's team once again entered the Champions League quarterfinals, and the coaching ability of Chilean engineers is admirable.

Since there is no rule to avoid the same country in the Champions League quarterfinal draw, the probability of four Premier League teams meeting is very high, and Liverpool meets Chelsea, which can be regarded as a way to avoid the embarrassing situation where four Premier League teams gather together in the Champions League semi-finals again.

Manchester United draws Porto, and Barcelona draws Bayern Munich.

In the draw in the upper and lower half, Liverpool and Chelsea, Manchester United and Porto were assigned to the upper half, Villarreal and Arsenal, Barcelona and Bayern Munich were assigned to the lower half.

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As soon as the lottery result came out, everyone in Ferguson's office took a breath.

"What bad luck did we have this season? Why did we meet Liverpool everywhere?" Martin Ferguson was a little angry, even suspected that it was not someone who was deliberately making arrangements?

It’s okay to meet in the League Cup final, but it’s a common practice to meet twice in the league. I met in the FA Cup and now I have even met the Champions League.

According to the current situation, Liverpool is likely to beat Chelsea, and there is no suspense about Manchester United's elimination of Porto. The two teams met again in the Champions League semi-finals, which was a replica of last season.

Manchester United's elimination of Liverpool last season caused great controversy, and they met again this season...

Ferguson was silent at first because he knew that it was meaningless to discuss these things.

Although rumors always spread outside after the Champions League draw every year, it was just that UEFA would arrange for whom to join, or who would destroy, but these were just the remarks of the media and fans.

As Manchester United's coach, Ferguson knows very well that there are only eight teams in the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and it is not surprising that anyone will meet. Manchester United and Liverpool are also not surprising.

The reason why Manchester United frequently encounters Liverpool this season is very simple. Both teams have performed well this season, especially Manchester United, who actively wins in the cup, which is inevitable.

"The next league game will be even more important!" Ferguson said lightly.

The other three people in the office were stunned at first, and then they immediately understood.

Who said no?

Let’s not talk about the Champions League, after all, next is the quarterfinals knockout stage. It is still unknown whether Manchester United and Liverpool can advance both. Chelsea and Porto are not fuel-efficient, and there may not be no chance of upset.

Even if we really advance together, it will be at the end of April and early May.

Even the next FA Cup semi-finals will be in the next April 19th.

But the problem is that Manchester United has played against Liverpool twice this season and lost both games.

The 29th round of the league is not just a three-pointer, but to some extent it also represents the ownership of the Premier League championship this season. Only when Manchester United wins Liverpool at home can they have hope of a comeback.

Ferguson has always been a good move to counterattack.

But if you draw at home or even lose, it will be a painful blow to Manchester United.

Not only the league, but also the FA Cup semi-finals, and the next Champions League showdown.

Although there is no connection between these games, the 29th round of the league is undoubtedly the beginning.

Having lost a away league and a neutral final, Manchester United can't lose at Old Trafford.

Not only can you not lose, but you must also win, win, and even win as beautiful as possible and win morale.

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"Guess, how will Benitez fight?" Ferguson asked tentatively.

All three of them were silent, and obviously they didn't know where to start to answer this question.

Benitez has always been good at winning surprises and using troops is very strange. Liverpool has been in a state of great success recently. Yang Yang scored another hat-trick in the second leg of Real Madrid. This time it was a real goal hat-trick.

This Chinese has been completely crazy this season and has scored nine goals in the Champions League.

I didn't play against Sunderland, but I did a good job in the FA Cup.

Mike Ferran looked around, hesitated for a moment, and said, "I paid attention to the two games between the FA Cup and Real Madrid. Yang Yang replaced one game, but only played for sixty minutes, so I guess he must still."

Seeing Ferguson nodding with approval, Mike Ferran continued: "Crouch's tactics are very effective. I guess he should continue, so the most likely tactic for Liverpool is to make the Trident."

Yang Yang on the left, Crouch on the middle, and Kuyt on the right, this is Liverpool's forward combination in the past three years. He has made great achievements for Liverpool, performed very well, and his cooperation with each other is becoming more and more tacit.

"This is a little troublesome," Ferguson said with a frown.

Although the match against Inter Milan was 2-0, it seemed to be a surprise, but in fact the game was very thrilling.

Mourinho is a very smart guy. He asked Balotelli to play the left winger position and used the speed of the Italian forward to attack O'Shea in turn. O'Shea was in a mess. If he hadn't taken the lead at the start, Manchester United would really be likely to lose the right to advance in Inter Milan.

After the game, Ferguson criticized Manchester United's leading defense, believing that it was suicide.

If Benitez asked Yang Yang to play the role of Balotelli, this would undoubtedly be possible.

And you should know that Yang Yang is not Balotelli. His ability to seize opportunities is stronger than Balotelli, faster, and he dribbles and breaks through more sharply, which will become Manchester United's nightmare.

In fact, in the League Cup final, Yang Yang always attacked the area between O'Shea and Ferdinand, and was always behind him. It is estimated that this was also a reference for Mourinho.

There are only these people in Manchester United’s defense line, and there are only those who Ferguson is trustworthy, and there is very little room for change.

According to common sense, if the defense line is not moving, the midfield can be adjusted, but the problem is that Manchester United has little room for midfield adjustment now.

Carrick has many problems. He has never been a defensive player. Organization and passing are his strengths. But now he is Manchester United's most unstoppable midfielder. Who can become his partner?

Scholes is already 34 years old. When he was against Inter Milan, Anderson was young, but he was too impatient. Moreover, he used to be a midfielder, and it was not very useful to transform into a midfielder. Fletcher is good and has better defensive skills, but Ferguson is not very at ease with his recent condition.

There was originally an Irving Hargreaves, a midfielder who Ferguson had high hopes for. But now it seems that after joining Manchester United, this player did not show his level at Bayern Munich. He originally hoped that Hargreaves's double midfielder combination would be defeated because of this.

The only thing to be thankful is that the partners of two Manchester United centrebacks Ferdinand and Vidic are as steady as ever.

If even these two central defenders collapsed, Ferguson really didn't know what Manchester United would be like.

"We don't have much time left for us. Everyone should study it carefully and practice the defensive tactics tomorrow afternoon." Ferguson said with a serious face.

This game is not only related to the next trend of the Premier League this season, but also will determine the situation in the FA Cup and even the Champions League. Manchester United will win Liverpool at home no matter what.

If you want to win Liverpool, you must freeze Yang Yang.

"You must not give him even a slight chance!" Ferguson said gritting his teeth.

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Ha Chi!

To the west of Manchester, to the Sefton Park in Liverpool, Yang Yang sneezes in his living room.

On the sofa, Su Ye, who was sitting in his arms, saw it, quickly got up, took tissue from the coffee table, handed it to Yang Yang, and asked with concern: "What's going on?"

"It's nothing. I accidentally sneeze when I want to laugh." Yang Yang smiled happily.

Is it directly related to wanting to laugh or sneeze?

Su Ye was a little confused, but Yang Yang was sometimes weird and she got used to it.

"I think you seem to be quite satisfied with the lottery result." Su Ye said.

Yang Yang smiled and said nothing. He really thought it was pretty good.

Chelsea's strong dialogue results this season are really bad. They only tied one game against the semi-finals, and the others lost.

Facing such an opponent, Liverpool is likely to advance as long as it plays steadily and does not make major mistakes.

As for Manchester United...

Yang Yang sneered, and a trace of harshness flashed across his eyes.

In the semi-finals of last season, Liverpool fell at Manchester United, and this season it just happened to give the Reds a chance to avenge their revenge.
Chapter completed!