golden ball prince

Chapter 71 UEFA Champions League Draw Ceremony
One day later, at the International Convention and Exhibition Center in Monaco, the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League group stage for the 2011-12 season was also officially held. As a team representative, Leonardo attended the draw ceremony as the sports director.

Before the official start of the draw, the host first reviewed some wonderful scenes of the UEFA Champions League last season, especially the shots of the stars of their respective teams appearing in the video one by one. After the video ended, under the introduction of the host on the scene, as the champion of the UEFA Champions League last season, Barcelona captain Carles Puyol took the stage with the championship trophy. After a brief exchange with the captain of the defending champion, the draw ceremony officially began.

The draw for the first club team was the first to be drawn, and the first draw guest was Luis Figo. The Portuguese superstar would draw the eight seeded teams from the first draw, and then the second draw guest, the image ambassador of the UEFA Champions League in the new season.

Under the operation of Figo and Breitner, Manchester United was the first to be drawn into Group C, Porto was drawn into Group G, Real Madrid was drawn into Group D, Chelsea was drawn into Group E, Bayern was drawn into Group A, Inter Milan was drawn into Group B, Barcelona was drawn into Group H, and in the end, only Arsenal was left in the first tier, and they automatically entered the last group.

After the draw for the first team was completed, UEFA Secretary-General Infantino (PS: The bald man is now the president of FIFA, so I can't afford to provoke him) introduced the rules of the draw and the situation of the top 32.

Immediately afterwards was the draw ceremony for the second tier of teams. The second tier of teams was drawn by the famous English football star Bobby Charlton. Sir Bobby Charlton put his right hand into the lottery pool and shook it twice.

Paris Saint-Germain.

Facing the gazes from all around and the broadcast camera, Leonardo smiled politely.

Then came the grouping. As the first team drawn out of the second tier, Paris Saint-Germain entered Group D under the watchful eyes of the audience.

The sports director of Paris Saint-Germain gave another polite smile, he is in the same group as Real Madrid, what Leonardo feels in his mind, then we can only wait for others to guess.

"Oh! I'm going, I'm going to meet Real Madrid, my little heart, I almost can't stand it."

Morris, who watched the draw on TV, was speechless at Sir Bobby Charlton's luck.

"I'm looking forward to it."

Wang Zi, who was sitting on the sofa at the side of Morris, said with a smile that unlike Morris, Wang Zi wanted to play one or two official matches with these giant clubs outside Ligue [-]. After all, there was no such rare opportunity before his rebirth.

"Uh... okay."

"..."

Morris and Wang Zi turned their eyes to the screen, and the draw for the teams in the second round of the UEFA Champions League group stage was still in progress.

Among the more attention-grabbing teams, Sir Bobby Charlton drew Benfica to his old club in the player era. Manchester United and Benfica are in the same group. Among the other notable groups, Marseille and Arsenal are in a group, and AC Milan is in a group with Barcelona. The two old rivals meet again in the European competition.

After the draw for the clubs in the second tier was completed, the draw for the teams in the third tier began immediately. This time the guest of the draw was Gullit. In the hands of the Dutch superstar, last season's Ligue [-] champion Lille was drawn in the Inter Milan group. The second tier team in this group was CSKA Moscow from the Russian Super League.

Among the teams in the third tier, Manchester City received the most attention. The comprehensive strength of the "Blue Moon", which was acquired by the Middle East consortium a few years earlier than Paris Saint-Germain, can be described as a leap forward. Manchester City, which was drawn by Gullit, had to avoid the other three Premier League teams according to the UEFA Champions League draw rules, so they were directly divided into Group A in the end, in the same group as Bayern and Villarreal.

Apart from Manchester City in the third tier, the other expected lottery is Ajax. Gullit has drawn his giant club from the National League into Group D. At this time, the TV camera once again consciously took a close-up of the representatives of the three clubs in Group D. The expressions of the three people were even more surprisingly consistent.

"Wow! XXX..., group of death!"

Morris felt like crying now. How could he play like this? I thought Bobby Charlton's hands were very dark, but when he compared them with Gullit, Morris felt that the former was a lot whiter.

Now even Wang Zi felt that his club was too unlucky.

At this time, Paris Saint-Germain coach Compaure, who had the same thoughts as Wang Zi, was staying at home.

"Cough cough cough..."

Combore was recuperating at home because of a cold, otherwise he must have followed Leonardo to the draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage. Looking at the results of Gullit's draw, Combore didn't know if it was because of a cold and cough, or because he was stimulated by the Dutchman's luck in the draw.

Before the opponents in the fourth group came out, he was assigned to a group with Real Madrid and Ajax, and Combore was almost depressed. Paris Saint-Germain, which had just been acquired by the Qatari consortium, bought new players without hesitation this summer in order to achieve results earlier on all fronts. Just take the UEFA Champions League as an example.

But now looking at the two opponents of Paris Saint-Germain, Combore suddenly felt a lot of pressure.

Going back to the scene of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony, the draw for the last team will be drawn by Matthaus. In the draw of German superstars, Dortmund, the most watched Bundesliga champion, was also cheated by the legendary star of his own country after Gullit cheated Ajax. The last Dortmund who was drawn was forced to enter Group F. In this group, Dortmund’s two direct competitors are Arsenal and Marseille, and Olympus, who can disrupt the game at any time and counterattack Yakos.

Dortmund sports director Zorc, who was still watching Paris Saint-Germain's jokes just now, has become the one who can best understand Leonardo's mood.

After all the draw results are over, the 2011-12 UEFA Champions League group stage groupings are also freshly released.

Group A: Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli.

Group B: Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille, Trabzonspor.

Group C: Manchester United, Benfica, Basel, Galati Steel.

Group D: Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb.

Group E: Chelsea, Valencia, Leverkusen, Genk.

Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiacos, Borussia Dortmund.

Group G: Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit, APOEL.

Group H: Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Ballsov, Pilsen Victory.

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After the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony, L'Equipe also wrote an article analyzing the prospects of the three teams representing Ligue [-] in the European competition.

First of all is Lille, the new champion. "L'Equipe" believes that Lille can become a potential dark horse in the UEFA Champions League in the new season, and it is also a very lucky dark horse, because the overall strength of Lille's Group B is relatively weak. Lille was not much different, or even a little lower.

Although last season's Ligue [-] "Double Champion" had many main players leave in the summer, the strength of the new aid should not be underestimated. At the same time, Hazard, who is the absolute core, still sticks to the team.

Then there is Marseille, which ranked No.2 in the league last season. Seriously speaking, Marseille’s signing luck is not bad. Arsenal and Dortmund in the group are equally matched opponents. Arsenal, the first team, will definitely stage two exciting and very exciting games between the two teams. Marseille will never be at a disadvantage when facing Premier League teams.

The Greek giants are also a huge threat. The Olympiacos team headed by Ernesto Valverde (PS: What do Barcelona fans think?) has several veterans who have been all-powerful in European football, such as former Liverpool star Riera, former Athletic Bilbao veteran Jeste, former Ajax striker Pantelic, and former Juventus defender Mellberg... As the saying goes, an old man is like a treasure. From this point of view, Olympiacos has a lot of treasures.

In addition to Arsenal, Dortmund is also able to compete for a place for Marseille. Although the Bundesliga champions have sent away the main core Sahin, the strength of the team has not declined significantly.

Finally, there is Paris Saint-Germain. Paris Saint-Germain, who entered the UEFA Champions League through the play-offs, is really not optimistic. Real Madrid, led by Mourinho, who is good at European games, is moving forward steadily. There is no doubt about the strength of La Liga giants. Ajax, it will be a long journey for the three teams to go to Croatia, and the European war in the middle of the week will still start with a double match in a week, which is not a good thing for the three teams.

In the group, Paris Saint-Germain's real opponent should be Ajax. Although Ajax sold Suarez, the Eredivisie giants still won the Dutch league championship last season, and their strength is still strong. Moreover, Ajax still has a wealth of experience in European wars, which is much better than Paris Saint-Germain led by Compaore. It's just not as good as Real Madrid in terms of fame and strength.

"L'Equipe" stated at the end of the article that the three clubs representing the Ligue [-] are all likely to fight for the qualifying places in the group. As for whether they will really qualify, it depends on the three teams.

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(PS: The focus of these chapters is on the UEFA Champions League. Ligue [-] has already started. For this reason, I made some minor revisions in the first few chapters. The purpose is to match the league. I don’t plan to write about the first few rounds of the Ligue [-] in the new season, because the opponents are actually pretty average. In the next chapter, I will skip the timeline of half a month or a month.)
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