Green Dragon

Chapter 64 Champions League Death Group
Volume Two.Do not use Qianlong

68. Champions League Group of Death

Monaco, Monte Carlo.

Van Basten was walking towards the venue with Blind Sr.

As celebrities in Dutch football, the two of them also have a considerable status in the entire European football. Along the way, representatives of many clubs, active players, and major media will come together to congratulate them.

"Haha, Marco, are you here too?"

A fat, white man patted Van Basten's waist affectionately: "Congratulations on your successful promotion."

Van Basten responded to the fat man's kindness with a smile: "Carlo, you seem to have gained a lot of weight."

This is Chelsea's new coach Carlo Ancelotti, who spent some glorious years with Van Basten in AC Milan, and then led Milan to two Champions League trophies as the head coach. He just switched to the Premier League giants this summer and is ready to help Club owner Roman Abramovich has realized a long-held dream of the Champions League.

"Where am I getting fat?" Ancelotti looked at his soft belly. "As revenge, I hope Platini will draw Ajax and Chelsea in the same group."

Van Basten's face suddenly darkened...
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2009 has entered the initial stage of the era of Melo Duorenzhuan, but in the selection of various awards, we can still faintly see the shadow of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending.Although Barcelona won the UEFA Champions League last season, it was not enough to reach the peak as it was a few years later. His competitors, especially the Premier League powerhouses headed by Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal, still maintain his status. a huge threat.

Before the draw, UEFA President Michel Platini handed out several important awards from last season:

Maldini, the legendary Milan captain who has just retired, won the UEFA President's Special Award.

The best goalkeeper was taken away by Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar.

The best defender was won by Chelsea captain John Terry.

The best midfielder belongs to Xavi, Barcelona's real brain and commander.

The best striker and best player belong to Messi without a doubt.

In fact, at this time, everyone thought that the football world might have entered a situation where Kaka, Ronaldo, and Messi were fighting for hegemony. The shy and shy little Argentine flea was able to firmly wear the crown of "World Football No.1" on his head.

In the applause of the audience, Platini especially encouraged Messi, and the French's love for the little fleas was beyond words.

After that, it was time to enter the group stage draw ceremony.

The 32 teams are divided into four grades according to their performance in the past five years. In recent years, the four giants of the Premier League with exceptionally strong performances in European competitions are all listed as seed teams, while there are many other leagues, such as Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Juventus. Tus can only be placed in the second tier. As for Ajax, who has missed the Champions League for three years, it is a fluke to be able to rank in the third tier.

Sure enough, before the lottery was half drawn, multiple death groups had already been born.

Bayern Munich and Juventus collided directly.

AC Milan and Real Madrid met on a narrow road. Kaka, who had just switched from Milan to Real Madrid, was about to face his old club immediately.

Barcelona and Inter Milan met unexpectedly. Mourinho and Guardiola, old classmates and old enemies, have aroused strong media and fans' attention. This group is undoubtedly the most interesting group.

Although Ancelotti joked that he wanted to teach Van Basten to learn how to be a man, his Chelsea did not meet Ajax. Athletics has been assigned to a group. Although such a group is not highly competitive, it is easy to capsize if one is not careful.

As for Van Basten, his complexion has not looked good since the lottery began.

When the final result came out, he was speechless.

The No. [-] giant in the Premier League in Europe, winner of five Champions League trophies, last season's league runner-up, Red Army Liverpool!

Ligue [-] giants, the Gerland Lions and Lyon who have completed seven consecutive championships in the league!
And the Hungarian team Debrecen...

For Liverpool coach Benitez, he will definitely not think that this grouping will have any difficulties for the team's promotion. The club manager Pross who attended the ceremony with him even did not hide his smile in front of the camera, and said: Said bluntly and publicly: "We are very happy with the result of this grouping. This is a top pick! We are now waiting for the game to start!"

But for Van Basten, this is an out-and-out group of death!
But this time, even if Ajax can't get out of the group, he won't be as anxious and embarrassed as before.

After all, the strength of Liverpool and Lyon is obviously higher than that of Ajax. I have brought the team into the Champions League, which is equivalent to earning more than 2000 million euros for the club, which greatly eased the financial pressure of the club. Done, no matter what happens next, no matter whether it is the chairman John Jack or the board of directors who only talk about kung fu, there is no reason to whisper in their ears, unless the six rounds of group matches are lost too much. ugly.

Yes, even the proud white swans were already prepared to fail after the results of the group draw.

His goal has been placed in the third position in the group.
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After learning the result of the lottery, Long Shute's mood was also very complicated.

The first European club he contacted was of course Everton. He received a three-month introductory training at Everton, but what really impressed him was the "Toffees" rival in the same city, Liverpool.

That Merseyside derby gave him the first real taste of the excitement of a football game. The atmosphere at Anfield is still fresh in his memory. Just close his eyes slightly and recall the scene of the day, "You will never Walking Alone" seems to be lingering in my ears.

In 2005, Liverpool was the hottest team in Europe. Whether it was the team, players, or the stadium, it seemed that they were shrouded in the light of miracles. They created the most miraculous Champions League final in football history. The whole world heard their unwillingness to sink.

Their head coach Benitez is undoubtedly lucky. He reached the peak of his career in the first season of coaching the team and won countless trophies that the head coach can only dream of.But after that, his luck seemed to disappear after that game. No matter how he bought signings and adjusted his tactics, Liverpool never won any trophies except for a lackluster FA Cup.

This Liverpool team has obviously entered a period of decline long ago. Even though they only won the league runner-up last season, it is more like a flashback before their complete decline.

Compared with Liverpool, Lyon may be more dreadful. After the end of the seven consecutive league championships, their main core Benzema switched to Real Madrid, but this does not mean that the team lacks ambition. They will always spend a lot of money in the summer. More than 7200 million euros were used to introduce reinforcements, and they are one of the top five money-burning professionals in Europe. Such a style is doomed that they will not be satisfied with a six-day tour of the group stage.

As for the other team, the Hungarian league champion Debrecen... Anyway, Long Shute didn't find any information on Google.

So he turned on the game console, wanting to find out the glorious history of this club.

The line "System update" on the screen finally disappeared, replaced by "The system is installing updates, please do not turn off the power".

Looking at the slowly changing percentage number on the screen, he suddenly felt that it is better not to place too much hope on the weakest system in history...

(End of this chapter)