There is a dream called football

Chapter 279 The Ideal Result

The draw ceremony began, and a bald head walked onto the stage. He is the current UEFA Secretary-General and later FIFA President-Infantino.

He presides over the Champions League draw every year, not only because of his high position, but more importantly, like Blatter, he is also a language genius.

The first is a review of last season, a 2-minute short film about the review of last season, some happy and some sad.

The on-site camera also paid attention to capturing everyone's eyes and faces. Among them, the most contrasting one was AC Milan's coach Ancelotti, and the other was of course Liverpool's Benitez.

For Benitez, watching this game a hundred times is not boring, but for Ancelotti, this kind of thing really doesn't want to watch it again.

But the camera still stayed on Ancelotti's face for a long time, which made him very embarrassed.

"These bastard reporters!"

But Ancelotti also had to pretend he wasn't angry at all, smiling for the camera.

Ancelotti applauded at the end of the clip.

As the film fell, the lights went up and Gerrard appeared on stage with the Champions League trophy in his hand.

Infantino took the trophy and joked: "It seems that you are not willing to part with it."

"Of course I don't want to."

"Haha."

After this link is over, the new season will really start. Infantino will first introduce the guests of the lottery, because next year's final will be in France, so according to the usual practice, the guests of the lottery must be French.

And this time UEFA invited the two French champions in 1998-Blanco and Petit, and the other is Ian Rush, the top scorer in Liverpool history.

After Infantino briefly introduced the rules, the draw officially began.

The first is the classification of the seeded teams. The 8 seeded teams are in their positions and are divided into 8 groups.

Arsenal, as the seeded team, were placed in Group B.

There is no suspense in this link, and it ends quickly, and then the second tier of teams, which is also a link that can easily create a death group.

Blanc draws a small ball and he will decide who is in Group A with Bayern Munich.

"Juventus." Blanco laughed.

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene. This is the first climax of the day. At least Group A will definitely see a strong dialogue. The two rounds between Bayern Munich and Juventus will be a highlight.

Soon it was Arsenal's turn in Group B. Pettit held a ball in his hand. This ball will determine who Arsenal's second opponent is, and this is also the second-tier team. Not surprisingly, it should be Arsenal's strongest opponent in the group stage.

"Ajax."

When the camera was shown on Wenger's face, he obviously smiled, because Ajax is not strong, and of course it is more difficult to deal with, but in general, this is a good sign.

Because Liverpool are wild cards, they are not considered a Premier League team, and they were drawn into Group G, a group with Chelsea.

So after two rounds, Bayern Munich and Juventus in Group A, Liverpool and Chelsea in Group G feel like a group of death.

Infantino joked.

"The next step is to see if there will be a death group in Group A."

It’s not a big deal to watch the excitement. The third tier of teams is relatively strong, and they can draw in Group A with only France’s Lille, Portugal’s Benfica, Fenerbahce, Real Betis and other teams.

However, in the end, Group A did not become the group of death, and the next team was Bruges in Belgium.

Belgium's strong team, but it is considered a very average team in Europe, the soy sauce team in the Champions League every year.

What Wenger and Li Qiao are most concerned about is the B rent they are in. The third tier team is very important, because most of the third tier strong teams are still there.

Sparta Prague.

from the Czech Republic.

At this point, Wenger has completely laughed out loud. Ajax and Sparta Prague are both relatively easy opponents. Wenger no longer cares about the fourth-tier team. Any team is fine. The strength is relatively poor.

In the end, Arsenal's last opponent was Thun, from Switzerland.

Thun, Sparta Prague, Ajax.

This is a group that is considered to be the least difficult, and the media predicts that Arsenal will qualify first in the group.

But someone was angry, and he was furious, and that was Chelsea's Mourinho.

Group G not only came in Liverpool, but also Real Betis, Standard Liege.

Liverpool came in through the back door, and it wouldn't hurt the interests of others, but this time it's different. The wild card team doesn't need to avoid the same group, so they are drawn with Chelsea, which is tantamount to a disadvantage for Chelsea.

"I think UEFA either don't let Liverpool play, or treat it as a Premier League team instead of what it is now, which ends up creating a weird situation where two English teams are drawn together in the group stage."

"Jose, are you afraid of Liverpool?"

"Hehe, I'm not afraid of anyone, I hope UEFA's mind will be clearer."

Mourinho's anger is easy to understand. After all, it hurt his interests. You must know that last season Chelsea met Liverpool in the semi-finals. Mourinho is not stupid. He knows that Liverpool is difficult to play. He doesn't want to meet such an opponent in the group stage.

But there is no way, a done deal, no matter how much Mourinho complains, he must accept the dilemma of being in the same group as Liverpool.

As for Liverpool, of course Benitez has nothing to say. After all, they are a wild card team. Thank God for being able to participate. It was impossible to participate.

"Will it be difficult to draw Chelsea in the group stage?"

Benitez smiled slightly, "I have nothing to complain about, I think it's nothing, I accept it."

As for Professor Wenger, all he has to do is pretend to be aggressive, and just act good if he gets a cheap one. After all, Arsenal really won this time.

"I think Ajax is very strong, and the Czech team has always been difficult to play."

"But we think Arsenal's top spot in the group is a sure thing."

"Haha, I'm not that optimistic. I think we still need to wait. You won't know who is the number one in Group B until before Christmas."

*****
Monaco at night is very charming. It is a city full of luxury and luxury. There are many super first-class hotels and casinos, but Li Qiao and his party don't have time to stay here. They want to go back to London at night.

Li Qiao glanced at the scenery outside the window, it was really beautiful, and I heard that many celebrities would hold their weddings in Monaco.

"Is it possible for me to marry Lorinda here in the future?"

Thinking of this, Li Qiao smiled in his heart, and what sounded in his mind was the theme song of the Champions League.

champion.

champion.

He glanced at Henry, the Frenchman was so tired that he fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)