The results of the just-concluded league round were enough to make Borussia Dortmund fans happy for a week—until the next round.

However, in the first post-match recovery training session, Klopp sternly warned his teammates to forget all about the recently concluded matches, both theirs and Bayern Munich's.

Because the Champions League was coming up right away.

Borussia Dortmund was going to Paris to challenge Paris Saint-Germain.

If they had drawn a team like Real Madrid or Barcelona in the quarter-finals, Klopp might not have had many ideas about the Champions League.

But they happened to draw PSG.

Of the eight teams, Paris Saint-Germain was definitely the weakest in terms of strength.

Moreover, just before this game, Bayern Munich was held to a draw by Hoffenheim in the league, and Borussia Dortmund reversed their away game against Stuttgart. The gap between the two teams was only two points.

The margin for error in the league suddenly became less tight.

It all seemed like fate, allowing Klopp to have more thoughts about the Champions League...

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The upcoming Champions League quarter-finals also attracted the attention of fans around the world.

As the highest-level and most technically demanding competition on the planet, with the highest level of participating teams, the Champions League has surpassed the World Cup in terms of pure football content and has become the number one football event in the world.

If the World Cup didn't carry more political factors, it would definitely be surpassed by the Champions League.

The Champions League quarter-finals will determine which four teams can enter the semi-finals.

After the previous eliminations, the teams that can enter the top eight are the best teams in Europe that season, and each game can be regarded as a strong dialogue.

First, on the evening of April 1st, two Champions League quarter-finals kicked off simultaneously, namely Barcelona hosting Atletico Madrid and Manchester United hosting Bayern Munich.

There were no Chinese players involved on this day, but in China, many people still stayed up late to watch the games. The fan base of European giants among Chinese fans is still quite terrifying.

Of the four teams that appeared on the first day, Atletico Madrid probably had fewer fans in China.

However, in La Liga this season, so far, the team ranked first is neither Barcelona nor Real Madrid, but Atletico Madrid.

Simeone's team currently ranks first with seventy-six points. Barcelona is close behind with seventy-five points, and Real Madrid is third with seventy-three points.

Barcelona and Atletico Madrid had previously played against each other once in the league, which was on January 11th of this year, the nineteenth round of the league. At that time, Atletico Madrid hosted Barcelona, and the two sides drew 0:0, with no goals scored.

This Champions League game is the second time the two teams have played against each other this season.

In another game, Manchester United hosted Bayern Munich.

This season is Manchester United's first season without Ferguson. After leading the team to win the Premier League title last season, the legendary Manchester United coach announced his retirement.

Manchester United entered the "post-Ferguson era."

Moyes, as Ferguson's hand-picked successor, was poached by Manchester United from Everton.

However, Moyes, who left Everton, seems not yet adapted to being the coach of a giant, and Manchester United, who lost Ferguson, is also not yet adapted to the person standing in front of the coaching bench not being Ferguson...

So far, thirty-two rounds have been played in the Premier League, and defending champion Manchester United ranks seventh in the league... They have only won sixteen of the thirty-two league games, drawn six, and lost as many as ten.

Currently with fifty-four points, they are a full seventeen points behind first-ranked Manchester City and second-ranked Liverpool, and it is basically impossible to win the league title.

Compared with their poor performance in the league, Manchester United has performed better in the Champions League. They qualified as the first in their group with an undefeated record in the group stage.

In the round of sixteen, they got a good draw and met the weak Olympiacos team. Although they lost the first leg 0:2 away, they returned to their home court in the second leg and won 3:0, advancing to the quarter-finals with a total score of 3:2.

However, everyone felt that Moyes' good luck in the Champions League would end there - in the quarter-finals, their opponent was Bayern Munich.

With Bayern Munich's form this season, the probability of them eliminating Manchester United is definitely greater than the probability of being eliminated by Manchester United.

But at this moment, Bayern Munich messed up their position in the league and were unexpectedly held to a draw by Hoffenheim, and only led Borussia Dortmund by two points in the league. This will definitely have an adverse effect on their game in the Champions League, and may become Manchester United's opportunity...

After Bayern Munich was held to a draw by Hoffenheim, British media hoped that Moyes would carefully study the recordings of the two games between Mainz and Bayern Munich, and Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich, to see how Tuchel and Gisdol dealt with Bayern Munich, learn from these two games, and find a way to deal with Bayern Munich.

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On the first day of the Champions League, the scores and results of the two games were exactly the same - Barcelona hosted Atletico Madrid, and the two teams each scored one goal, drawing 1:1. Bayern Munich also drew 1:1 with Manchester United on the road.

Both away teams got a valuable away goal, taking the initiative in the promotion situation.

Next is the match day that Chinese fans are most concerned about, with four Chinese players appearing at the same time on this day. Among them, Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain are still a Chinese derby.

"We are ready." In an interview before the game, He Ying even joked about Zhou Yi. "I heard that they now have a good opportunity in the league. As a friend, of course I want to help him. So we will eliminate Borussia Dortmund, so that Zhou Yi can devote all his energy to the league games. I have already told Zhou Yi that if they finally win the league title, they must treat me to dinner."

The Chinese reporters interviewing He Ying laughed.

So how did Zhou Yi respond to this?

"That's not right. If you sincerely think about your friends and want to help me, why not simply lose the Champions League and save us from wasting extra energy in the Champions League? If we finally win the Champions League title and the league title, I will definitely treat He Ying to dinner, and treating him to a year's worth of meals is no problem."

Zhou Yi actually wants the league title and the Champions League title?

Such great ambition?

The reporters were very shocked at first, but after thinking about it carefully, it should just be a quarrel with He Ying, and it doesn't mean that he really wants to defend the Champions League title. This season, Borussia Dortmund has to do their best to win a league title, and they have to rely on the favor of Lady Luck to defend the Champions League?

Think too much, since the Champions League was reformed, no team has ever been able to do this!

Because the game between Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain is a dialogue between three Chinese players, it is naturally more eye-catching.

At this time, how could Sun Pan let the limelight be taken away by others?

Before leaving for Madrid, he said in an interview with *Marca* that he was very familiar with Real Madrid, and the Bernabéu was like his backyard. He was confident that he could help Chelsea beat Real Madrid away.

This remark is of course very arrogant, but considering that he used to play for Atletico Madrid for two seasons, it is not surprising that he said such a thing to Real Madrid...

Chinese fans and the media also hope that Sun Pan can help Chelsea pass the Real Madrid test. They hope that Sun Pan can once again "turn the bragging he made into reality."

According to the match rules, the winner between Paris Saint-Germain and Borussia Dortmund will face the winner between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona, ​​and the winner between Real Madrid and Chelsea will face the winner between Bayern Munich and Manchester United in the semi-finals.

If you are lucky, you may be able to stage an unprecedented Chinese derby in the Champions League final!

That scene is really beautiful to think about...

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At 2:45 am Beijing time on April 3, the two games kicked off simultaneously at the Parc des Princes and the Bernabéu Stadium.

The performance of the four Chinese players on the Champions League stage has also begun!