"Welcome to the draw scene of the quarterfinals of the 2002-2003 season! This draw ceremony was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland... Compared with the previous Champions League, the quarterfinals of this Champions League are very valuable. Seven of the eight teams are traditional giants from G14, and the only non-G14 team is Mallorca from La Liga. This team has performed extremely well in the past few seasons. They lost to Manchester United in the quarterfinals last season. Although they lost to Manchester United, they have lost, but this year their results have not declined. The terrifying record of 12 consecutive wins in the group stage surprised everyone. It is indeed surprising that they can achieve such results in the same group with Inter Milan, Leverkusen and Newcastle. The La Liga team has inherited the previous seasons.

The tradition of outstanding performance is that three teams reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League, and Serie A has also changed the weakness in the Champions League in the previous seasons. Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan also entered the quarterfinals. This is the first time in the history of the Champions League, three Serie A teams have entered the quarterfinals... The Bundesliga teams were wiped out, Bayern even failed to enter the second stage of the Champions League, and Leverkusen also suffered a humiliating six-game losing streak in the second stage of the group stage. The other two quarterfinals are Manchester United from the Premier League and Ajax from the Dutch Eredivisie. Among the entire quarterfinals of the eight teams, only Mallorca and Valencia have not won the Champions League. At the same time, the draw of the quarterfinals of this season will be the first time that the teams in the quarterfinals of the season will not avoid the principle of fighting in the quarterfinals of the same league, which means that in the quarterfinals of the same league teams, the situation of fighting against each other in the league is also very likely to occur..."

"If I can make the decision, I wouldn't want to meet the La Liga team in the quarterfinals." Jose smiled and said to the assistant coaches around him: "I finally entered the Champions League, of course I hope to fight with teams in other leagues! There are opportunities in the league when playing against teams in the same league."

The assistant coaches nodded at the same time, and everyone thought so.

"Ajax, Real Madrid, Juventus." Natal muttered. These three teams are three of the four second-place teams. Mallorca will definitely not meet with Inter Milan again. As the team that qualifies for the first place, they will only meet one of these three teams.

"It's boring to play with Real Madrid. Juventus is more difficult to deal with, so it's more appropriate to deal with Ajax." Natal thought in his mind and said it unconsciously.

His words caused a big discussion among the assistant coaches. Jose smiled slightly. Ajax is easy to deal with? What a joke, this year's Ajax can be regarded as the last group of powerful teams with geniuses. After that, Ajax will no longer be as glorious as the European arsenal. Romanian national Lobant, Ajax's youngest foreign captain in Ajax's history, Maxville, Brazil's left-wing angel Maxville, Swedish god Taibrahimovic, Scorpion king Van der Fate, Belgian shooter Songk - and there is also an 18-year-old genius Sneid in their youth team...

In Jose's view, the vigorous Ajax is difficult to deal with for Mallorca. What makes Mallorca outstanding is that it has a group of outstanding young players, and Ajax also has such young players. Mallorca's unique vitality also has Ajax. Even if you can win, it will not be easy in the end.

On the contrary, facing Real Madrid and Juventus, it may be better, at least the players will not relax their vigilance.

While they were chatting, the lottery ceremony had already begun.

The current lottery ceremony will not invite the team's head coach to the scene, so Jose can only watch TV, but Jose doesn't care about this. He would rather watch TV at home. At least before he became famous all over the world, he would not be overwhelmed by the light of other famous coaches at the lottery ceremony.

The first thing that was drawn was the second in four groups - Real Madrid and Juventus were divided into the first half, while Ajax and Inter Milan were divided into the second half.

Then the draw of lots started was the first in four groups.

This is the most critical moment. All those who are concerned about the lottery ceremony held their breath and waited for the moment when the results came out.

"Okay, the first thing you draw will be Real Madrid's opponent... Let me take a look..." Former superstar and current UEFA executive member Platini smiled and reached into the glass cylinder.

"Don't be us, don't be us." Natal muttered, one reason is that he is unwilling to play with Real Madrid again - if he plays too much in a season, no matter how good the opponent is, he will be bored. Secondly, if he is drawn out in this game, if Mallorca can enter the semi-finals, he will be unfavorable in the semi-finals matchup. If he wants a good schedule, then the best position will naturally be the second and fourth games, so that he can play to the finals first and then the home - as long as they can play.

Platini pulled out the note, opened it and smiled: "Manchester United."

A slight laughter was heard on the scene. Manchester United and Real Madrid, Manchester United and Bayern, Bayern and Real Madrid - these three teams are old enemies in the Champions League in recent years. Almost every year, these three teams have experienced the experience of fighting each other. Bayern is gone this year. UEFA really draws Real Madrid and Manchester United together...

"Then our opponents are either Juventus or Ajax." Jose said with a smile. Mallorca cannot fight with Inter Milan again. The remaining opponents are these two. Valencia is the first in the group and will not meet Mallorca. Now he has not met Real Madrid, at least he will not encounter a derby in the same league at this time.

"Juventus is stronger, but if you win with them, you can go first and then go first. Ajax is a little weaker, but if you win, the schedule will be unfavorable. Alas, it is really hard to choose." Natal frowned and said.

"Premium, Antonio, I dare not say that the lottery draw is all fake, but there are many tricks... They can draw whatever they want, and we can play the next game." Jose said with a smile.

"Yes, Antonio, I'm nervous when you talk." Ngonga also laughed, his words aroused a burst of laughter from the assistant coaches.

Natal smiled embarrassedly. Although he had experienced a draw in the Champions League knockout stage last season, he was still very nervous. To put it bluntly, he was just an ordinary assistant coach before. Jose used him just because he did a good job in meticulous work. Although he could not be alone, he was quite suitable as an assistant. Although Jose is also an expert in training players, he could not concentrate on training players as a head coach. Studying opponents to formulate tactics is his main job. He stood by and watched during training just to observe the players' status. The details of the training were arranged by the general manager Natal, and then let other assistant coaches do more detailed things. These trivial matters are not big, but they are very energetic. Being able to have a meticulous assistant coach is a very worry-free thing for all head coaches.

"Next, will Juventus' opponent be drawn, will it compete with AC Milan in the same league? Or will it face one of the two La Liga teams?" The host said in a tone that he wanted to reveal the mystery of the century.

The person in charge of the lottery this time was replaced by the former German superstar, nicknamed Football Emperor Beckenbauer, but the smile on Becken's face was a bit bitter. The Bayern Munich club he served in didn't even make the second stage of the Champions League group stage this time, and the Bundesliga team also lost all the way. Seeing that the position in the third league began to lose its security, there were only three places to participate in the Champions League. It was no wonder that the Football Emperor's face was not good-looking.

There are three notes in the glass jar, which read the team names of Mallorca, Valencia and AC Milan. Whoever you draw will be Juventus' opponent in the quarterfinals.

"Juventus' opponent is..." Beckenbauer glanced at it, and then smiled the same way: "Real Mallorca."

"Mallorca, who won twelve consecutive victories in the group stage, met Juventus! They once doubled Inter Milan from Serie A in two rounds in the second stage of the group stage, and this time they met Juventus in the knockout stage! This is the second time in Mallorca has participated in the knockout stage of the Champions League. The last time was last year. As a result, they were eliminated by Manchester United, who has more experience because they scored few goals away. This time their luck does not seem to be very good... As the defending champion, Juventus is in a very good state this season and is about to be able to compare with the peak period when he reached the finals of the Champions League for three consecutive years at the end of the last century! With Juventus, who has the strongest defense in the world, can Mallorca's offense tear apart their defense?"

The following lottery ceremony was still played on the TV, but Jose and his team were no longer on this.

"Are you going to Italy again? Well, this season seems to be a fate with a Serie A team. We haven't met a Serie A team once last season."

Jose was not as serious as others thought, but instead smiled relaxedly.

"Juventus is not easy to play, but our schedule is favorable, so we can play the final game at our home court," Natal said.

"That's right, we haven't lost at home after Jose took office, and we have also won a row in the Champions League! What is Juventus? They only scored seven points in the second stage of the group stage, just like Basel and La Coruna's points! If they were not relying on the mutual victory and loss relationship, they wouldn't be able to qualify from this group!" Ngongga said.

"Look at what they played in the second stage of the group stage, and were double-killed by Manchester United! They also lost 0-3 at home! We scored four goals at home last year!"

The assistant coaches discussed it one after another, but Jose did not participate in the discussion, but stood up and opened the curtains.

It was pitch black outside the window, and it was night now, but the stars shone so beautifully on the entire night sky.

Taking a deep breath, Jose turned to face the assistant coaches and then laughed.

"Okay, guys, now, the time for the final battle has come... Next we are going to set off to Turin to prepare for this game... This is the situation we are facing now. The Champions League knockout round, facing Juventus, a strong team that has entered the Champions League final six times; in the league, we are now seven points behind Real Madrid. Now we have reached the most dangerous time, we have to get serious... From today on, to the end of the season, there are more than two months left (the last round of La Liga this season is June 23). Let us show our best form in the next two months and see what kind of results we can achieve at the end of this season!"

The assistant coaches looked at their heads and were as Satos said. Now Mallorca has reached the most dangerous moment, but Jose has not weakened his confidence at all. He exudes a strong fighting spirit all over his body, and there is only one message that is to defeat all the next opponents and strive for a brilliant result!
Chapter completed!