The most low-key superstar

Chapter 316 What can be challenged?
On August 8, Manchester United's home stadium, Old Trafford, will usher in the first home game of the season, and the opponent in this game is Arsenal, which has scored 30 goals crazy.

For Arsenal, last season's Champions League will be a painful memory. Manchester United eliminated Arsenal almost bloodlessly, leaving only humiliation at the Emirates Stadium.

Before the game, both Wenger and his players shouted with great fanfare, "Revenge!" Obviously, the three crazy victories made the young Arsenal team muster their courage.

"Young? In my opinion, youth is an advantage. Football is a sport that requires passion. Let's look at our opponent Manchester United. They don't seem to be much older than us." Wenger disdained the word youth glance.

In the face of the opponent's high-profile provocation, the Manchester United team rarely remained silent. Only Nicole said in an interview after training, "Revenge? I like words, and we will let the opponent always hold this great belief."

Just as the two sides were working hard to continue their strength for the upcoming collision, the new season of the Champions League came before people's eyes again.

At 27:18 local time on the [-]th in Monaco, the European Champions Cup group stage draw and last season's Champions Cup awards ceremony were held at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo.

Nicole, Van der Sar and Mr. Ferguson attended the draw ceremony together with David Gill. To be honest, Nicole did not expect that he would be invited to participate in the draw ceremony, and he might get some honor.

After entering the venue, Nicole found a corner and sat down on his own. As soon as he sat down, a voice came from behind,
"Why, don't you like this environment?"

Nicole was startled, to be honest, this sudden voice startled Nicole.

Looking back, it was Mourinho. Nichol was very surprised. Now the group of world-renowned coaches are greeting each other there, but this influential figure in the coaching world is lucky to sit in this dark corner by himself.

"No, it's just my first time here, and I'm a little uncomfortable."

"Unfortunately, I'm talking about your final decision." Mourinho was saying that Nicole gave up the opportunity to transfer to Inter Milan in the summer, and he did not respond to Mourinho's letter.

"Who can say for sure what will happen in the future. I am not a person who likes to wander, but to be stable. Besides, is there anything else that Italy can challenge?" Nicole said leisurely.

"..." Nicole's answer made Mourinho a little difficult to answer, especially the sentence 'Is there anything else that Italy can challenge? '

What Nicole means is that Serie A as a whole is much worse than the Premier League. Mourinho wants to stimulate his potential, but there must be opponents.

Seeing Van der Sar approaching, Mourinho didn't answer, didn't know how to answer, shook his head, turned and left.

Soon the draw ceremony began. Of course, Nicole received the most valuable and best player award in the last Champions League, while Edwin van der Sar became the best goalkeeper.

"I am grateful for football, because football has made a big difference in my life, and I also want to thank my teammates. I say, guys, I am very happy to play football with you." Nickel's acceptance speech There were bursts of applause and of course a sharp whistle. Nicole smiled. He knew which old goblin Van der Sar was. Although he was injured, it definitely did not affect his being funny on this occasion.

"Of course, I would like to thank the old goblin, Edwin. You should retire with me. In that case, you will have the opportunity to whistle every year." Nicole began to joke about Van der Sar.

"Haha..." Nicole's words made the audience burst into laughter, and they all knew what Nicole meant.

With the announcement of each award, the lottery work was also completed.

According to UEFA's club points, the defending champion Manchester United and the top seven teams are listed as seed teams (first pot), half of which are Premier League teams.This has happened for several consecutive seasons, and the Premier League has reached its peak.

Milan duo blocking La Liga top two has become the biggest attraction, Barcelona and Inter Milan are in the same group, AC Milan is in the same group as Real Madrid and Marseille, Kaka and Huntelaar, who transferred this summer, will face their former clubs.

Other teams are also divided into three tiers according to points.When drawing lots, a team is drawn from each pot to form a group, a total of eight groups, but the teams in the same league are in different groups.The Champions League final will be held at the Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain on May 5 next year.According to the schedule of the group stage, the focus of the first round is undoubtedly the double-horse match between Inter Milan and Barcelona at home, and then the highlight of the third round of the group stage must be the collision between Real Madrid and AC Milan at home.

It can be said that the Manchester United team has drawn a top lottery. In the entire group, there is really no team that can bring any trouble to Manchester United. Just look at the smiling face of Mr. Ferguson.

But Mourinho and Guardiola's faces are not so good-looking. Everyone knows that since Platini came to power, UEFA has been tricky.

When the TV camera gave Mourinho a close-up, everyone saw a face that did not change his face, and nothing could be seen from his face, no anger, no joy, in short, it was nothing like him. same relationship.

"It must be a coincidence. I hate this damn coincidence the most." But then Mourinho said this to the media.

Eight groups have been formed, and the two groups C and F have become the focus of attention, which can be regarded as achieving Platini's goal.

Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa (Israel).

Group B: Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas, Wolfsburg.

Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, Zurich.

Group D: Chelsea, Porto, Atletico Madrid, Nicosia APOEL (Cyprus).

Group E: Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrezen AVE (Hungary).

Group F: Barcelona, ​​Inter Milan, Dynamo Kiev, Rubin Kazan (Russia).

Group G: Sevilla, Rangers, Stuttgart, Urziseni (Romania).

Group H: Arsenal, Alkmaar, Olympiacos, Standard Liege (Belgium).

Judging from the results of this draw, it seems that the top four of the Premier League have all been lucky, and it is simply that UEFA recommended them to qualify for the group.

Some analysts in England put forward their own views on this result during the live broadcast, "This is completely a conspiracy against the Premier League teams, because after the group stage, these teams will not be in the sixteenth place. If the strong and the middle meet, then their opponent will probably be the Premier League team, this is UEFA's siege and suppression of the Premier League."

After the draw ceremony, several people rushed back to Manchester immediately. They needed to prepare for Arsenal's visit.

However, the media in England expressed congratulations on Nickel being elected as the best player in the UEFA Champions League. England players are too far away from these two awards."

This argument has resonated with many England fans. They also believe that Nicole's election should be inevitable, but the premise is that the performance of the England team is good enough. What is good enough? Nickle has already answered that he wants the World Cup. champion.

Amid the commotion, Arsenal quietly arrived in Manchester.

The battle between Manchester United and Arsenal is about to begin. From the perspective of transfers, Arsenal's strength has been weakened, especially the defense. Toure's departure has already appeared, but Adebayor's departure is not so terrible. , because the fourteen goals have proved that without Adebayor, Arsenal's firepower is still strong.

But there is one variable that cannot be ignored, and that is the potential of the young shooter.The group of young players in the team is undoubtedly on the rise. If two or three players have improved, the resulting synergy cannot be underestimated. This is why Wenger expressed confidence in the current lineup.

"Manchester United will be the touchstone of Arsenal's attack power! "Before the game, some media have already started hyping this topic, that is, although Arsenal scored an astonishing [-] goals, but the opponent is too weak. If you really want to know the quality of Arsenal, you need a goal like Manchester United team to check.

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To be honest, writing this kind of plot was the most troublesome for me, and it finally passed, and I changed it several times.Let's vote for encouragement.

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