Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 166 Champions League Draw
After the away game against Girona, after returning to Madrid the next day, Simeone was invited by the club executives to the office for tea.

Although the league has just started, normally the error tolerance rate should be relatively large, but for Atletico Madrid, there is not much room for them to make mistakes in La Liga.Because their goal is to compete for the championship and pull out teeth from the mouth of Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Those two are super giants. What is the probability that they will not be able to take all three points when facing a team like Girona?

Unlike the pattern of the Premier League, the pattern of La Liga is relatively clear.Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid have been among the top three in the league for a long time, and they can be regarded as the first group.The second group, represented by Sevilla, can perform well in the Europa League, and occasionally can cause a little trouble for the three teams of the first group.In addition, teams such as Malaga and Villarreal performed well every year and bad year after year, and they were not stable.The rest are only some small teams that are struggling to survive in the cracks.

If Barcelona and Real Madrid do not experience phenomenal weakness at the same time, Atletico Madrid will have to double-kill their opponents in all four games of direct dialogue this season to have a chance to stand up again.And the premise is that they don't make mistakes like this one again.

Therefore, the result of the draw is not bad if you look at it alone. If you analyze the overall situation of the championship throughout the season, Atletico Madrid has actually fallen behind by one position.

In the face of doubts from the media, Atletico Madrid Chairman Cerezo is still full of confidence on the surface: "It's just the first game. I believe the head coach will make the team the best. Our goal will not change. The winner is the one who laughs last!"

Although the media believed that Cerezo was speaking hard and lacked confidence, after this tough statement, the momentum of media hype was suppressed.But it doesn't mean that the club can really see the team's performance.Simeone was interviewed the next day to show the dissatisfaction of Atletico Madrid's top management.

In the next two days of training, the changes Simeone tried were obvious.Due to Griezmann's red card suspension, he will definitely miss the next game.Simeone tried to put Wen Zhihao on the main side of the team's training.Naturally, this change did not hide from the sharp eyes of the Chinese media, so the speculation that Wen Zhihao will make his La Liga debut in the second round of the league has become a hot topic among domestic fans.

Facing the interviews from his hometown media, Wen Zhihao appeared calm and full of confidence: "I have been making preparations to play, but as the saying goes, it is never too late for a good meal, and patience is also a virtue."

With Wen Zhihao's attitude, both the media and the fans seem more confident. Unless Simeone is determined not to see Wen Zhihao, there is no reason to put such a player on the bench. What's more, Atletico Madrid's price for Wen Zhihao is not small. Not giving him a chance to play is not a good deal for Atletico Madrid.

The Chinese media's debate over Wen Zhihao's debut continued until the middle of the second week. As the draw date for the new season's Champions League approached, the focus of attention was on the Champions League.

The UEFA Champions League has a large number of fans in China, and the attention is not weaker than that of the World Cup. Moreover, the UEFA Champions League is not like the World Cup, which only happens once every four years, so it can better meet the needs of fans to appreciate high-level games.

This year's Champions League groupings are getting more attention than most years in the past.When UEFA announced the ranking of the top 32, mainstream European media such as L'Equipe, Bild, and Marca exclaimed that this may be the year with the most death groups.

Why do you see it?

Even Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, who are famous in Europe, are only second-tier teams!It can be seen how terrifying this year's Champions League grouping will be.

Barcelona and Paris are the second gear?Who is the first gear?
The first file is a real champion file!

Defending champions Real Madrid, Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, Premier League champions Chelsea, Serie A champions Juventus, Portuguese Super League champions Benfica, French champions Monaco, Ukrainian Super League champions Shakhtar Donetsk.The league championship is just a ticket for a team.

Because of Wen Zhihao, Chinese fans pay a lot of attention to Atletico Madrid.Atletico Madrid has successfully entered the second tier by virtue of its impressive record of at least the semi-finals of the Champions League for two consecutive years.This gear is completely in line with the strength of Atletico Madrid, and it is also the most favorable position.Although the name of the first gear is very bluffing, at least half of the teams, Atletico Madrid play without pressure.Among them, like Shakhtar Donetsk and Benfica, I am afraid that it is not only Atletico Madrid, but the second-tier teams such as Barcelona, ​​Paris and Manchester City are eager to be drawn into a group. In terms of hard power, these giants are two unsuspecting games against each other.

In the third gear, only Roma, Naples and Tottenham Hotspur can put pressure on Atletico Madrid. As for the fourth gear, Atletico Madrid does not need to consider it at all in theory.Although there will be unpopular factors, it is only a small probability event. Can teams like Maribor and APOEL stop Atletico Madrid?Those who say this will probably be sprayed with saliva by most experts and experts.Please don't insult our profession!
The old Italian international, "Wolf King" Totti and Shevchenko, the image ambassador of Kiev in the final, will be the guests of the draw. The hand of God of the two superstars will decide the fate of 32 teams.Atletico Madrid President Cerezo attended the opening ceremony.

The lottery ceremony was indeed a crazy rhythm, which can be seen from the waves of exclamations on the scene, and the joyful and sad faces of representatives of various clubs.

The grouping situation this year can roughly be summed up in one sentence: the gods fight, and the little ghosts suffer.

In Group B, Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain will definitely win the top spot in the group, and Anderlecht and Celtic will be the targets of the massacre of the two teams.

In Group D, Juventus and Barcelona faced each other, and the officials of Olympiacos and Sporting Lisbon could only lament their fate.

Group E is relatively flat, Liverpool and Sevilla are slightly stronger, but Spartak Moscow and Maribor also have a glimmer of life, which is relatively lucky.

Group F Manchester City and Serie A new season leader Naples are more dominant, and Shakhtar Donetsk and Feyenoord can't make any big waves.

Group G Monaco, Porto, Besiktas and Leipzig have no absolute advantage among each other. After losing Mbappe and Bakayoko this summer, the strength of the Ligue [-] champions has also declined significantly.

In Group H, Cyprus champion APOEL probably wants to cry.Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur are fighting for the two qualifying places. As for them, pray that there will not be too many tragedies...

Wait, what about Atletico Madrid?

Atletico Madrid was drawn into Group C by Shevchenko, and the situation is very similar to Group H.The opponents in the same group are Chelsea, Roma and Azerbaijani team Karabakh.The first two will be Atletico Madrid's rivals, and Karabakh will undoubtedly become the point boy of the three teams.

In addition, Wen Zhihao's old club, Vitesse, who participated in the Champions League for the first time as the Eredivisie champion, fell into Group A.The opponents in the same group are Benfica, Manchester United and Basel. For Waiters, who lost a lot of blood after the end of last season, the significance of the Champions League is only to participate.

Wen Zhihao learned about the grouping situation from the domestic website at night.He first felt that this was a lottery. Although Chelsea and Roma were strong, he felt that compared with Atletico Madrid, these two opponents were not that strong.

(End of this chapter)