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After qualifying for the UEFA Champions League, the group stage draw for the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League will take place a day after Benfica and Rapid Vienna in Monaco.

The head coaches who have entered the top 32 of the UEFA Champions League will all attend the draw ceremony. Benfica's head coach Santos is obviously no exception. Although the Portuguese Super League is about to start, he has to go to Monaco. I have to go too.

Qiu Ze didn't go, and none of the players in the Benfica team went with them, because they had to prepare for the Portuguese Super League two days later, and the Portuguese Super League will start in two days.However, they all watched the entire draw on television.

Benfica's draw is not bad. Benfica was drawn into Group F. Their opponents in the same group include the Red Devils Manchester United from the Premier League, the Celtics from the Scottish Premier League, and Copenhagen from Denmark.

The strongest team in this group is undoubtedly the Red Devils Manchester United. Their strength is obviously much higher than the other three teams. They are the biggest favorites for the top spot in the group.Then there are the Celtics and Benfica, and Copenhagen's strength is even slightly weaker.

Therefore, in this group, what Benfica is fighting for is No.2, and their most direct opponent is the Celtics.Of course, they also have to guard against Copenhagen reaping the benefits.

It is difficult to get out of this group.But Benfica still has a great chance.Moreover, compared to the other two teams in the Portuguese Super League, Benfica's grouping is considered the best.

The group that Porto was assigned to in the Portuguese Super League last season was very, very tragic.Their opponents in the same group are Arsenal from the Premier League, Moscow Central Army from Russia and Hamburg from the Bundesliga.

The strength of each opponent in this group is not weak. It is definitely very difficult for Porto to qualify. After the first group came out, most of the media were not optimistic about Porto.

And Sporting Lisbon, who is second in the league, is even more sad, almost announcing that their group has been eliminated.Because they are in the same group as Inter Milan from Serie A, Bayern Munich from Bundesliga and Spartak Moscow from Russia.

The big favorites in this group are undoubtedly the two giants Inter Milan and Bayern Munich. Sporting Lisbon wants to qualify.

So, Benfica is the luckiest team in the Portuguese Super League. They are very likely to stand out from the group and compete in the top sixteen.

Other groups are grouped like this: The four teams in Group A are Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Werder Bremen and Sofia Levski. The four teams in Group C are Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Bordeaux and Galatasaray. The four teams in Group D are Valencia, Roma, Olympiacos and Shakhtar Donetsk. The four teams in Group E are Real Madrid, Lyon, Steaua Bucharest and Dynamo Kiev. Group H is AC Milan, Lille, Aek Athens and Anderlecht.

One of the more interesting ones is the pair of enemies Barcelona and Chelsea. Since 2004, these two pairs of enemies can always meet in the UEFA Champions League. Is this a gimmick created by UEFA?

What's more interesting is that in last season's UEFA Champions League, Benfica was in the same group as Manchester United, and the reason why Manchester United was disgraced as the last place in the group was because Benfica was in the same group. In the final round of the group stage, they beat Manchester United [-]-[-].

At that time, the situation of Benfica and their group was very complicated. In the final round, everyone had the possibility of appearing in the group. Villarreal ranked first in the group with seven points, and Lille and Manchester United ranked first with six points. However, Lille is superior to Manchester United in terms of victory and defeat. Lille is second, Manchester United is third, and Benfica is at the end of the group with five points.

In the last round, Villarreal challenged Lille at home, and Benfica challenged Manchester United at home.Villarreal beat Lille by one goal and won the first place in the group.Benfica beat Manchester United two-to-one and finished second in the group.However, Lille is better than Manchester United because of the relationship between victory and defeat, ranking third, and Manchester United is at the bottom of the group, and they did not even qualify for the Europa League.

Manchester United's humiliating exit made Manchester United fans hate Benfica.Benfica and Manchester United met again this season. It is the moment of Manchester United's revenge. Manchester United fans seem to be eager to see the team play against Benfica.

For such a draw, the people of Benfica want to say that there must be something tricky in it, and there is a lot of trickery.The Portuguese media have revealed that the draw is a secret operation by UEFA.Almost every year after the draw ceremony, the media will frantically disclose UEFA's secret operation. UEFA doesn't care about it at all. As for whether there is a secret operation, only they know.

The Benfica players are quite satisfied with this draw, because their draw is much better than Porto and Sporting Lisbon. They don't need to worry about so much. What they have to do now is to prepare well and play well.

At this moment, the Benfica players don't have so much energy to think about this. They all put their energy into the league, because the Portuguese Super League has already opened.

Benfica will face Belenises in the first round of the league. In this game, Qiu Ze did not start, but Qiu Ze came off the bench and also sent two assists. In the end, Benfica got off to a good start in the league and won [-]-[-] Under Belenises, temporarily ranked first in the league standings.

However, in the second round of the league, Benfica encountered Waterloo, because they had to prepare for the UEFA Champions League in the middle of the week, and their opponent Guimares was not very strong. Therefore, Santos ranked first in this game. A lineup of half main force and half substitute was formed, and Qiu Ze sat on the bench.

Guimares gave Benfica two sap shots as soon as he came up. The opponent took a two-goal lead in only 10 minutes of the first half, which shocked the Benfica people.By the time they reacted, it was already too late.At the beginning of the second half, Guimarez scored another goal and beat Benfica [-]-[-].

Benfica lost this game without even wearing pants. Qiu Ze was replaced in the second half of the game, but after only 2 minutes on the field, Qiu Ze was injured in a fight. This is the first time in Qiu Ze's career. Injured once.

However, Qiu Ze's injury is not very serious, but Qiu Ze will not be able to play in the UEFA Champions League in the middle of next week.This made Santos very angry, and at the same time very depressed. Originally, he was staying for the Champions League.I didn't expect that I didn't even retain this strength after losing the game. It was a sad day.

Losing this game, Benfica spontaneously was pried off from the top position of the league table. Porto temporarily topped the league table, Navarre ranked second, Sporting Lisbon ranked third, and Braga ranked fourth. These four teams are The only team that is currently undefeated.

After the end of this round of the league, the UEFA Champions League group stage officially started. Benfica played away against Copenhagen in Denmark in the first round.Well, the weather in Denmark is the biggest enemy of the Benfica people. In the away game, Benfica hoped to use a victory to start Benfica's Champions League match today, but in the end, they did not get what they wanted.

In the end, Benfica drew [-]-[-] with Copenhagen in the away game, and both sides scored one point.This result is not satisfactory for Benfica.For the team that is determined to qualify from the group, he must take all three points from the weakest opponent in the group, but the Benfica people failed to do so, which undoubtedly cast a shadow over Benfica's group qualifying situation.

In another game in this round of the group, the Red Devils Manchester United narrowly beat the Celtics [-]-[-] at home and scored three points.It was very difficult for Red Manchester United to win this game, and it was still at their home court. Manchester United's strength is not bad.

What does this mean?This shows that the Celtics are a very strong team. It is still very difficult for Benfica to beat them to qualify.The Benfica people began to worry, whether they have the ability to qualify from this group?

Only time will give them an answer.At the end of the Champions League game, the Benfica people immediately returned to the league. They will play against the national team at home in the league. In this game, Qiu Ze did not appear in Benfica's 18-man roster.

Benfica's coach Santos did not take the risk of letting Qiu Ze play. Qiu Ze is still a very important player for their Benfica.A healthy Qiu Zeke is much more important than a victory. Santos doesn't want to lose the big because of small things.

At home, Benfica beat the national team with one goal. It was Benfica's winger star Simao who scored the goal. His continuous breakthroughs on the wing broke through the opponent's defense, then cut inside and made a sudden cross.But Nuno Gomez, who followed up in the middle, didn't touch the football, but Miccoli, who hit the back, slammed the football and shot the football to the far end.

Miccoli failed to score, however, as the ball hit the far post and bounced off Simão, who cut inside.Simao didn't stop the ball, and directly pushed the goal to succeed. Before the goalkeeper of the national team had time to get up, the football flew into the goal behind him, one to zero.

Benfei scored a small victory over his opponent, and his ranking rose to No.2 in the league. The first place was the winning Porto team.Poland and Russia, as shown in the picture, have been really strong in recent years, and their progress has been very obvious. They seem to have become the top three giants in Portugal.

After a two-game break, Benfica finally returned to Benfica's 18-man roster.But in the fourth round of the league, Santos did not put Qiu Ze in the starting list, and Qiu Ze sat on the bench.

I don't know, is Santos afraid of Qiu Ze's state after the injury?Or are you preparing for the UEFA Champions League in the middle of next week?

The UEFA Champions League in the middle of next week is very important for Benfica. They will challenge their enemy Red Devils Manchester United at their home court. Benfica does not want to give up this game. Lay the groundwork.

Santos wants to stay strong for the Champions League. It is also said that Benfica’s opponent Ferreira is not a weak team. After the first three rounds, they now have six points, just like Benfica’s points. There are few wins and they are behind Benfica.

It may be difficult for Benfica to win this game, because Benfica has stayed strong, and this game is still Ferreira's home court.Ferreira also knows that Benfica will be tired for next week's UEFA Champions League, and they don't want to let go of this opportunity to score points. They are here to win this game.

Ferreira was extremely eye-catching in the cheers of the fans, which made Benfica's head coach Santos very nervous. Finally, in the first half of the game No.20 two minutes, Ferreira scored a goal. ahead of Benfica.