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As soon as the group stage came out, there was a lot of discussion in France.

Among the three teams representing France in the Champions League, the best group is naturally Lyon, which is itself a second-tier team.They are divided into groups, and the four teams in the group are Bayern, Anderlecht, and Celtic.

The first team in this team group is Bayern Munich, relatively speaking, it is the weakest team in the first team.Although Bayern has high points, because the points in the European War are counted for five years, their points in this year still include the runner-up in 99 and the Champions League champion in 01. More points were earned a few years ago.However, Bayern has undergone a major change in the past two years, and judging from their performance in the past two years, it is not certain who will win when they meet Lyon, and the record of Ligue [-] and Bundesliga this year has always been comparable , facing them, Leon is not afraid.And the other two teams in this group probably don't have the strength to compete with the top two teams. It is very difficult for upsets to happen, and Lyon should still be safe to qualify.

And Marseille in Group F will be a little more depressed.There are La Liga champions Real Madrid and Portuguese Super League champions Porto in their group. Marseille is itself a third-tier team. It is difficult to win against these two teams.The only advantage is that the last team, Partizan Belgrade, has the lowest points in the European War among the 32 teams.But even so, it is relatively rare for a group of four teams to be all traditional European powerhouses.The media have predicted that because the Eastern European teams have declined, the Belgrade Partizan may not be very strong. If there is no accident, Marseille can already start preparing for the Europa League.

As for Monaco in the group, luck is hard to say good or bad.In the group, although Deportivo of the first tier team and Eindhoven of the second tier team are the lowest points among the first and second tier teams, their strength is not the worst.The strength of Super Depor in the first team is definitely the top five. Although it is not as famous as Bayern and Arsenal, it has more highlight moments in the European war. [

But in comparison, this is indeed a very good grouping: Although Deportivo have performed well in the Champions League in recent years, they have repeatedly defeated Juventus, Manchester United and other powerful players, but when they played against Ligue 01 teams, they performed well. But it's never been good. In the group stage of the 02-02 season, they were both tied by Lille at home and away. In the group stage of the 03-3 season, they were cut down by Lens 1:[-]. Against them, Monaco will not completely lose the opportunity.

And Eindhoven was the champion team of the Eredivisie last season, and their performance was quite good. This season, they also won the Dutch Super Cup.But like Monaco, they are also a rising team. Although they have more experience in the Champions League, they are not much better. It is not impossible to beat Eindhoven and grab the right to qualify.

And even if it fails, there should be Europa League to play.The third team in this group is Athens ek.No.2 in the Greek League last season.Relatively speaking, they are still better.What's more, ek Athens has not won any of the [-] European games in the past three years. It can be called a model of soy sauce in European games. What is more important is the addition of the league and the background of playing in the Champions League for many years.At this time, the Greek League is the sixth league in Europe, and the points in the European War are even higher than the Portuguese Super League and the Eredivisie. Their European Cup a year later is not all luck. The vigorous development of their own league is also an important reason. ——Moreover, there is also Zicos who joined from Athens ek in the Monaco lineup. They know them well enough, and it should be impossible to lose to Athens ek.

"The group draw is still beneficial to us," Didier Deschamps, who returned to the team, told the players this idea, "Of course it is not particularly beneficial, but if the team in the first tier draws Bayern Munich, the second tier will win the ball. If the team draws Inter Milan, the only way to do it is to cheat... We have a chance, that's enough. But whether you can turn the chance into a real victory, it's up to you."

Bayern Munich is going downhill, and it is no news that Inter Milan changes players every year. In Deschamps' view, drawing them is considered a top draw.Deportivo and Eindhoven, although not completely without chance, are not very good either.After all, Monaco has too little European experience.

But at this point, Deschamps patted his head again, "Oh, yes, it's not just your business. Soon, we will welcome a new player. Morientes has finally joined Monaco on loan."

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In the summer of 2003, before the transfer period closed, Morientes was finally able to leave Real Madrid and join Monaco.

This is not the first time he has been mentioned leaving Real Madrid.Florentino had always wanted to sell him.But it is not very appropriate to say that this is to eliminate dissidents. In fact, in the era of the previous Real Madrid chairman Sanz, Sanz also wanted to sell him.His appearance is not good-looking, and he lives a low-key life, and he is not liked by the media. His state is somewhat ups and downs, coupled with many injuries, his status in Real Madrid has never been the level that the team symbolizes.

At the beginning, he relied on scoring goals to justify himself, but later, the attitude of the media and Real Madrid towards him was really bad. Even after he broke the single-game scoring record in La Liga, he scored five goals in one game. When the ball is played, some reporters will ask him face to face, 'If Portillo replaces you in the starting lineup, will the goal be more beautiful than yours? ' Such bastard questions come.

Although he helped Real Madrid win three championships and scored a lot of goals, he was never welcomed by Real Madrid.After all, Real Madrid's No. 9 belongs to Stefano, Sandiana, Hugo Sanchez, and Morientes pales in comparison to them.

Since Ronaldo joined last year, his transfer has been regarded as a major event by Real Madrid. In 2002, Real Madrid wanted to sell him to Barcelona, ​​which was struggling in the league. In order to get him to agree to transfer to their arch-enemy, Florentino also specially talked to him, explaining to him the relationship behind Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​each other There is no estrangement, and the La Liga brotherhood is like a family... If it weren't for Hierro, Raul and Guti's third-generation captains jointly forced the palace and strongly demanded to keep Morientes, he is now a Barcelona player.

And this summer, his transfer has been in constant negotiation.Because there were few opportunities last year, he was excluded from the Spanish national team.This kind of encounter was somewhat unacceptable to him, and he also began to think about playing football elsewhere to fight for a ticket for the 2004 European Cup.And another thing this summer has accelerated this process: his agent Carvajal is also Casillas's economy, Casillas asked Real Madrid for a high salary, but was rejected, for Carvajal Putting pressure on, Real Madrid stated that anyone can take Morientes away for as long as 1000 million euros.

In order to let him go, Real Madrid also mobilized the Spanish media, accusing Real Madrid of the emergence of a "local gang" that excludes foreign players. big cancer.

There is no place to stay here, but a place to stay.Tottenham, Inter Milan and Schalke 04 are all thinking about introducing him this summer.But firstly, his salary is a bit high, and secondly, in order to return to the national team, he is also more picky about his playing environment. As a result, he was not able to sign a contract until the end of the transfer period.Schalke 04 negotiated with him until August 28, but they still failed to persuade him to cut his salary to join, and finally had to break down.In anger, Real Madrid simply agreed to Monaco's rent first and buy later, and loaned him to Monaco for free, and also paid [-]% of his salary, and did not even sign an avoidance clause-Real Madrid didn't realize it at all. , What a laughing stock and disaster this will be.

And Monaco, which has successfully strengthened its striker, finally completed the improvement of the lineup at this time.

Although Deschamps said that Morientes would not participate in the team's training until September, after the draw ended, Morientes went to Monaco for the match on August [-].He also specially watched Monaco's game against Metz in the stands.

It's just that this game is really lackluster.Against the relegation team Metz, Deschamps did not let the team use too much force.There are too many games this season, they need to learn how to distribute their energy.In the game, the starting center was Adebayor, a player from Metz. He also scored the only goal for the Monaco team, which allowed the Monaco team to successfully score three points again with a score of 1:0.

After the game, Morientes visited Monaco's locker room directly.Surprisingly, Real Madrid captain Raul accompanied him to Monaco. [

"I don't know, we bought Raul too?" Deschamps couldn't help teasing when he saw Raul, "Buy one get one free is indeed a good deal..."

"I also want to join Monaco, but not this time. I just sent Moro over." Raul said with a smile.

"Then I may have to say, Moro, your driver played football well." Giuly also stepped forward and greeted Raul, "I really didn't expect you to come to see him off."

Although many people say that Morientes and Raul are the best friends, but on the football field, there are all kinds of scenes, and no one knows what their relationship is like.But now, as the captain of Real Madrid, Raul was able to send Morientes, who left the team, all the way from Madrid to Monaco. This friendship is really moving.

It seems that it is not impossible to cut the salary for each other for the couple tattoos.Jiuli thought about it, and looked at the ankles of the two people, trying to see if there were really legendary tattoos of flowers and buds.

"His driver is not only good at playing football. If he is bullied here, you will find that his driver is also good at fighting." Raul patted Jiuli and greeted the others one by one, " This old friend of mine is too simple, honest, and clumsy. When you get here, you have to take care of him. Believe me, he is a good striker. As long as you treat him well, he can bring you progress ball and championship."

"League champion, or Champions League champion?" Giuly joked.

Raul thought for a while, "It's best for you to win it all. We Real Madrid will have a lot of opportunities to win it in the future, but this season, if Morrow can prove himself, it will be much better than us winning the championship."

"Raul!" Morientes interrupted him, "Don't talk nonsense, you are the captain of Real Madrid. How could Real Madrid not win the championship?"

Deschamps looked at the two of them, and secretly smiled: Raul is indeed a very good man, in the Monaco team, he can please everyone with just a few words.Talking is never tiring, what's the big deal about supporting the other team to win the championship in front of other teams?

And Morientes is really a bit clumsy... He is the one who is going to be transferred, why is he talking good things for Real Madrid instead, isn't he afraid of offending his new teammates?

"I just said, this guy is an idiot, isn't he? Is it possible for ordinary people to be able to piss off the entire new team with a single sentence? If you take this guy seriously, you Can you hurry up?"

Raul's ridicule made Morientes blush, but the Monaco players all laughed. A few words of Raul's ridicule really made their anger disappear.

"Okay, I won't say much, you guys get to know this guy yourself." Before leaving, Raul hugged Morientes again, "Brother, I won't be by your side in the future, so be careful in everything. The players here are all good, you will not suffer. Play well, play well, let the whole of Europe see, my brother Morientes is the best striker in Europe, and he is definitely qualified to play the main force in any team! I am in Madrid, waiting for you to come back, and we will create another glory for Madrid together!"