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Chapter 970 Could it be that the godfather has taken a fancy to Manchester City?
After winning the championship, the young couple couldn't even say goodbye face-to-face. After the championship celebration, Manchester City returned to the hotel to clean up and immediately got on the bus and boarded the plane back to Manchester.

As for the celebration, we can only go back to Manchester. Manchester City's schedule is too tight. On the 19th, there will be a make-up match in the League Cup, and then the league, and the busiest period of the Premier League.

As for Yuner and Jin Chengen, they stayed in Japan for an extra night. After all, they are not Li Feng and Manchester City, so there is no need to be so anxious.

It was night in Asia when I boarded the plane, and it was night in Europe when the plane landed at Manchester Airport, but even so, there were still many Manchester City fans who came to pick up the plane.

After killing another hour or so, Li Feng finally returned home. Naturally, it was Sylvia who came to pick him up, but Twilight Girl was with Sylvia at the moment.

Li Feng also didn't expect that he had just separated from Yun'er, and was thrown dog food by others just after returning home. During this week, Twilight Girl came to Manchester specially to live a two-person world with Sylvia.

Li Feng expressed that he was very hurt. In order to eat less dog food, he immediately went upstairs to his room to take a shower and sleep. Of course, before going to bed, he still told his girlfriend "men" far away in Asia that he was safe.

On the plane, everyone tried to find something to do so as not to sleep, otherwise it would be night when we returned to Manchester, which would be too bad for adjusting jet lag.

You must know that it was the early morning of the 19th when Manchester City returned to Manchester, and the quarter-finals of the League Cup were on the afternoon of NO.

Fortunately, the opponent is not an unfamiliar team, and the venue is not unfamiliar. It does not need to spend time getting to know the opponent like the Club World Cup.

Even the training on the 18th is just some simple recovery training, but the players are just looking for their feelings.

As for the League Cup, Van Basten did not choose the main force. After all, the main force had just played a Club World Cup final and traveled long distances back to Manchester.

Moreover, the cup has always been a substitute, even the quarter-finals are no exception, unless it is the final, otherwise Van Basten will definitely not play the main force.

Even if it is a semi-main player, the final victory of this game is Manchester City, and it is still a big victory, 4:1. This is the final score of this game.

The semi-finals of the League Cup are two rounds, and Manchester City's luck is simply against the sky. The opponent in the semi-finals is actually a second team, Bradford.

The other two teams are Chelsea and Swansea. Mancini staged a shocking escape in Chelsea. In the No.16 round, Chelsea finally ended their invincibility and defeated Sunderland 3:1, winning the first victory in nearly eight rounds.

You know, before the game, the media had already vowed that this game would be Mancini's life-and-death battle, and the patience of the Russian oligarchs had reached its limit.

But a victory allowed Mancini to survive. Although the No.17 round did not continue to win, a draw is still acceptable.

As for Manchester City's No.17 league round, it was postponed to January, and the opponent is Newcastle United, which has been in poor form recently.

In the case of one round less, Manchester United finally narrowed the 12-point gap to nine points. In the No.17 league round, Manchester United also scored a 3:1, and the opponent happened to be Sunderland.

The league semi-final match is also in January, so there is no rush now. Next, what Manchester City cares about is the draw for the Champions League knockout round a day later.

At noon on the 20th, all the players of Manchester City's first team gathered together, standing in front of the TV series, the Champions League round of 16 knockout match, still with the familiar bald heads.

According to the rules of the UEFA Champions League, eight group winners will face eight group second teams. As for the two teams in the same group in the group stage, they will not meet in the round of 16. Of course, the team first in the group has always had a small advantage, that is, first away and then home.

In fact, Infantino talks about the same thing every year, introducing the rules of the game and the final venue. Today, for the Premier League, the final venue can be said to be the home court, Wembley Stadium in London.

However, there is one more rule in this top 16 knockout match, that is, the top 16 will join the same league avoidance rule, that is to say, in the top 16 matchup, there will be no two teams from the same league.

After introducing the rules of the competition, the screen began to show the highlights of the group stage, as well as the information of their opponents in the top sixteen.

After the end, the draw for the round of 16 officially began, and according to the tradition of the draw ceremony, celebrities must be indispensable. The first match of the round of 16 will appear soon, Schalke 04 against Galatasaray

Manchester City made their debut in the second strong draw. Today, luck seems to be with Manchester City all the time, because Manchester City's opponents in the round of 16 are not strong. They did not draw a super giant like Real Madrid, but the almost bottom team in the round of 16, from the Celtics of the Scottish League.

But this is only on the surface. You must know that in the group stage, the Celtics defeated the mighty Barcelona. Of course, when it comes to defeating Barcelona, ​​we have to mention Manchester City's performance last season.

In the UEFA Champions League last season, Manchester City stepped on the corpse of Barcelona to enter the final and finally won the championship. Moreover, in the next Ballon d'Or selection, for now, Li Feng is also climbing up on Messi's side.

"Oh oh oh~~~" Manchester City players couldn't help cheering when they saw the result.

"Could it be because we just won the Club World Cup and helped UEFA earn enough face, so the knockout round of [-] gave us an easier opponent?" Li Feng guessed maliciously.

Facts have proved that Manchester City is indeed lucky, because the next 16 matches, there is a crazy strong dialogue, Arsenal against Bayern Munich, Juventus against Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan against Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Manchester United compete for the place in the quarter-finals.

When Manchester City saw the result of the draw, they were completely stunned. Could it be that Platini's next favorite target has become their Manchester City?

What followed was schadenfreude, which is also human nature. After all, these teams are definitely the biggest obstacle on Manchester City's road to the championship.

The last four teams are Paris Saint-Germain against Valencia, Porto against Malaga, which is also the most unspectacular round of 16.

(End of this chapter)