309. The opponent in the round of sixteen is Barcelona
After this 5-0 victory, the entire Bayern team did not immediately disband and went home, but stayed in the locker room of the Allianz Stadium for a small stop.
Assistant coach Hermann Grande turned on the TV hanging on the wall and switched to the German sports channel.
The host is talking to several German football celebrities, and the topic they are discussing is the upcoming Champions League knockout draw this night.
“Does anyone want some pizza?”
The deputy captain Schweiingsteiger, who was nearly recovering from injury, kicked open the door and walked in with a stack of paper boxes.
"I want to eat chicken!"
Muller was the first to jump out, snatched half of the food from the pig, and then began to pick up the taste he wanted.
After all, it was a team live-in that regulated the atmosphere. The others smiled and watched him fill the pizza box and drinks all over the floor, and each selected what they like.
"Who wants to eat bananas? I have big and small, thick and thin, straight and curved..."
Alaba, known as "Black Liu Xing, Austria Zhang Yishan", held a handful of bananas and asked his teammates. This is also the most common energy-replenishing food in the locker room.
Long Shute smiled and grabbed a piece of it from his arms. He just peeled it up, but was snatched by a big hand next to him.
Ribery stuffed half of the banana into his mouth and chewed it as if no one was around. Long Shute slapped him on the back without hesitation, and the King of Allianz, who had eaten too hard, squirted it out directly...
Robben, who was sitting next to them, smiled gloomy and then tucked a thick, long, wet and slippery banana into his big mouth by Ram who came out of nowhere.
"Smack!"
A burst of footsteps suddenly rushed in with a shutter sound, which scared the players who were playing with each other.
Gomez reacted the fastest. He quickly put down the drink, picked up the gel water with his left hand and sprayed it on his head. He took out the comb with his right hand and quickly combed his hair, which was slightly scattered because of the celebration.
“Relax, relax, it’s me.”
The reporter Michelle Smith from the local TV station came in, which was equivalent to a reporter from Bayern's team. He smiled and shook the microphone in his hand, then signaled the cameraman behind him to come in and sweep the players in the locker room.
Fortunately, it's winter now, and no one will take off after the game wins, otherwise the TV audience will probably see a lot of undescribable wonderful scenes...
Of course, under normal circumstances, outsiders are not allowed to come in at the club's locker room, but today is the end of the halfway. Heinx, who is in a good mood, also gave the local TV station a considerable face, which is a reward for their strong support for the club in the past six months.
"The first half is over. Congratulations to Bayern for winning the half-time championship. What are your plans for the second half of the season?"
"Currently Mario and Long lead the league scorer list with 18 goals and 16 goals respectively. Who is more optimistic about your team to win the final Golden Boot Award?"
"Christmas is coming soon, what blessings do you have to the fans?"
"How are you going to spend Christmas?"
"Do you have a girlfriend? When are you going to get married? Do you want a child? What about the second child? Have you figured out your name?"
Smith took the videographer to interview several key players, and the questions involved all aspects.
"Who do you most want to be your opponent for the upcoming Champions League draw?"
Defender Boateng was asked this question.
He scratched his head: "I hope to draw Manchester United. They were the runner-up in the Champions League last season. They are very strong. This game must be very exciting."
After all, he just transferred from Manchester City. If his opponent was his former archenemy in the city, he would be more motivated to play.
Smith smiled awkwardly:
"Uh...Jerome, you may not have paid attention to other groups of games, Manchester United... did not qualify."
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Manchester United did not qualify, they were eliminated in a group that seemed impossible to hinder themselves!
Benfica and Basel kicked Manchester United to the UEFA Cup!
Not Barcelona, but the champion of the Swiss Premier League... Basel!
The same fate as Manchester United is the Champions League champion last season, Dutch giants Ajax and Debord's team were double-killed by Real Madrid driven by Mourinho at home and away, but in the end, they still stubbornly scored 8 points like Lyon, but they ranked third because of their slightly fewer goals, and their luck was quite bad.
Then... Ajax and Manchester United met in the Europa League knockout round, and the opponent in the Champions League final last season was going to be bayonet again, fighting to the death...
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In addition to Manchester United, Ajax's exit, there are other upsets in the Champions League group stage.
For example, Manchester City, as the new Premier League Blue Moon, was defeated by Bayern and Naples, and could only go to the Europa League with their arch-rivals in the city to experience the cruel reality.
For example, Dortmund, the Bundesliga champion is even more miserable. They have not even obtained the qualification for the Europa League, and can only leave the European arena in shame with the fourth place in the group...
For example, the Bat Legion Valencia, Portuguese giant Porto, and Ukrainian giant Donetsk miners all seemed a bit surprised, and their exit was quite unpopular in their respective groups.
The sixteen teams that broke out from the group stage were ranked as follows:
Group number one: Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Benfica, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal, Greek Athletics, Barcelona.
Group 2: Naples, CSKA Moscow, Basel, Lyon, Leverkusen, Marseille, Zenit, AC Milan.
With a familiar melody, the European Championship theme song echoed throughout the locker room, and Smith's interview work came to an end for the time being.
The players also put down their pizza, drinks, bananas and gel water, and everyone's attention was focused on the TV screen. Only Gomez watched the TV while subconsciously combing his already very neat hair.
Compared to the group stage draw ceremony, this draw seems much simpler - after all, there are only 16 teams and no additional awards need to be issued.
UEFA Secretary-General and the famous bald Infantino presided over the draw, while German legendary star Paul Breckner attended the ceremony as an award presenter.
After all, he is a German celebrity, so he gave a big gift bag to Bayern Munich in the first place.
Swiss champion...Basel!
Not Barcelona, it's Basel!
A burst of joyful laughter rang out in the Bayern locker room.
"Why isn't Barcelona? I want to fight with Messi!"
Muller pretended to be angry and kicked Ribery, then Ribery opened his sharp mouth at him. Ram, who had always appeared in the image of Muller's wet nurse, immediately made a move like lightning and stuffed a banana into Ribery's mouth.
Then Robben, who was sitting aside, covered his mouth and burst into laughter. Ram held two bananas, but couldn't find a hole to take action, and couldn't help feeling a little depressed.
The total luck of the German team is certain, and Bayern consumes too much luck.
Also from Germany, another Bundesliga team, Leverkusen, unfortunately drew Barcelona, and everyone could imagine their tragic fate afterwards...
In other matches, Chelsea met Naples, and both teams with tough blood might have a battle.
Real Madrid drew CSKA Moscow, which for Mourinho, was just a two-round formalities.
AC Milan and Arsenal meet on a narrow road, which may be the most concerned strong showdown in the top 16 matches.
Inter Milan vs. Marseille, a collision between two traditional strong teams that are also in a period of decline.
Zenit and Benfica fought each other, and they were recognized as roosters pecking each other. No one except their own fans would watch it.
Lyon, who beat Real Madrid for two consecutive years, finally changed his opponent this year, and they also drew a good lottery, the Greeks from Cyprus.
Just as this group of duels was drawn out, someone promoted conspiracy theories, such as "Pratini gave his French fellow Frenchman a big gift package", "Barcelona only has a godfather, Lyon has a real father", they all said nothing about the previous four years, the opponents Lyon encountered in the first round of the knockout round were Manchester United, Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Real Madrid...
After watching the lottery ceremony, Heinx has to speak:
"It seems we can relax a little... Hey? What's wrong with you Thomas?"
Muller covered his thighs with a painful expression on his face.
Ribery raised his hand blankly, as grievanced as a child who had done nothing wrong but was about to be criticized:
"He just kicked me, and then his thigh...it seemed to be just a strain..."
Heinx punched the locker room wall.
Chapter completed!