After the first round of the Bundesliga, Hamburg won a lot of praise.

The reason for this is, of course, because Pan Yi's team won a strong match against Schalke 04, and it was also an away game.

Judging from the content of the game, Hamburg even crushed Schalke, making it a one-sided situation.

In the three games at the beginning of this season, the Super Cup against Bayern Munich, the German Cup against Karlsruhe, and the league against Schalke 04, they corresponded to a strong team, a weak team and a sub-strong team. Hamburg performed well in all of them.

Out of a stable state and consistent performance.

This also made the local media in Hamburg extremely excited, saying that they had seen a strong team that is truly maturing.

And that's not all the surprises Pan Yi brought.

A week later, in the second round of the Bundesliga, Pan Yi led Hamburg to a 5-1 victory over Hoffenheim at home!

In the following third round, Hamburg defeated newly-promoted Hertha Berlin with a goal away from home, winning three consecutive Bundesliga starts!

In these two games, Pan Yi also used two different starting lineups.

Taking the midfield trio as an example, the combination of Casemiro + Paulinho + De Bruyne was used when playing Hoffenheim, while the combination of Kante + Makoto Hasebe + was used when playing Hertha Berlin.

De Bruyne.

This shows that Hamburg's current lineup is enough for Pan Yi to use different strategies when facing different opponents.

Obviously, this strategy has also paid off, allowing Hamburg to achieve an impressive record of three consecutive victories.

Although after three rounds, there were five teams that had also won three consecutive games, Hamburg still occupied the top spot with a 7 goal difference advantage.

The other teams that achieved complete victories are Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Mainz, and finally, of course, Bayern Munich.

Bayern Munich also defeated strong opponents repeatedly in the first three rounds, defeating Monchengladbach 3:1, Eintracht Frankfurt 1:0, and Nuremberg 2:0.

In comparison, Dortmund's opponents are slightly weaker. They defeated Augsburg 4:0, Eintracht Braunschweig 2:1, and Werder Bremen 1:0.

And judging from the scene, Dortmund is not as dominant as Hamburg and Bayern.

Therefore, even though everyone has won three consecutive games, many media are still more optimistic about Hamburg and Bayern. Many people believe that this year's Bundesliga champion will be produced by these two teams.

However, some people also raised objections.

Because in September, the Champions League group stage of the new season will also begin.

Next, Hamburg will face three-front battles in the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League, including national team match days interspersed.

Due to the excellent performance of Hamburg players in the past year or two, the number of international players in the team is also increasing.

How to deal with the pressure of such a third-line or even fourth-line battle, Pan Yi will obviously face more tests.

Unlike Hamburg, Bayern, as a wealthy club, obviously has more adequate personnel reserves, and since they have been under such pressure for many years, they will obviously be able to handle it more easily.

"At the beginning of last season, Hamburg was also affected by the national team match days, which led to a wave of slumps in the league."

"At that time, they were only fighting on a single front. Now Hamburg has to face the test of various fronts attacking at the same time. Can Pan Yi cope with it?"

"What kind of opponent will Hamburg get in the Champions League draw ceremony in a few days?"

"If they suffer a setback in the Champions League because they encounter strong opponents, you can imagine that they will not be in a good state after dragging their exhausted bodies back to the Bundesliga..."

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In fact, it is almost certain that Hamburg will encounter a strong opponent in the Champions League group stage.

That's because the last time Hamburg participated in the Champions League group stage was in the 2006-07 season.

At that time, in a group composed of Arsenal, Porto, and CSKA Moscow, Hamburg actually lost all six games and won...how many European points?

It seems that you can get 4 points by entering the group stage, but this is meaningless because it is too many years ago.

In short, this year they can finally return to the Champions League, and their European points will definitely be ranked at the bottom, which is the fourth level.

Those ranked in the first tier are all traditional European powers such as Bayern, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Real Madrid, and Manchester United that have achieved outstanding results in recent years, while those ranked in the second tier include Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, and Juventus.

Strong team.

Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen of the Bundesliga stay in the third tier with the upstart Premier League Manchester City, Eredivisie giants Ajax and other teams. In fact, they should not be underestimated.

And when it comes to the fourth gear, it's basically all rotten fish and shrimps, such as Copenhagen, Anderlecht, Victory Plzen, Celtic, Austria Vienna...except Hamburg.

Although it is true that Hamburg cannot catch these rotten fish and shrimps, but the teams ranked in the top three tiers do not want to be ranked in the same group as the Bundesliga runner-up.

The team that defeated Bayern Munich 4:1 is really scary, isn't it?

Therefore, the media had already created a good momentum before the draw, that is, whichever group Hamburg stays in, that group has a great probability of becoming the death group!

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On August 28, the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony for the 2013-2014 season was held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Pan Yi brought assistant coach Inzaghi to participate.

Mainly because in his previous life, Pan Yi had been watching the bald man presiding over the lottery ceremony in front of the TV screen, and he was quite curious.

There are various conspiracy theories about the lottery, whether the lottery ball is hot or cold, and there was also a lottery accident and a re-draw. This also gave Pan Yi the idea to come to the scene to observe.

After all, he is also a manager and coach. If he doesn't come, we will have to ask Chairman Yakhov to come.

However, he still didn't have the opportunity to touch the lottery ball with the team's name on it to see if he could feel the temperature.

Because they were arranged to sit in the seats under the stage as soon as the game started, how could they have the chance to go up on stage and touch the ball?

"Who do you want to touch?" Inzaghi, who was sitting next to him, suddenly asked.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, if you want to win the championship, any team must win." Pan Yi replied.

Inzaghi almost jumped out of his seat: "You really want to win the Champions League!"

Wanting to win the Champions League, this was the first time Pan Yi said it, so it was also the first time Inzaghi heard it.

What Pan Yi said before is usually to win the Bundesliga championship and then strive to go further in the Champions League.

Inzaghi really didn't expect that Pan Yi, a new Champions League team like them, would really have such "unreasonable thoughts"?

After all, the Champions League is not as good as the Bundesliga. There are many teams as capable as Bayern!

"We got it in Milan, can't we get it in Hamburg?" Pan Yi chuckled and looked towards the stands.

In the stands at this time, the European Player of the Year award was being awarded.

French star Ribery, who ultimately led Bayern to the Triple Crown and won the title of Bundesliga MVP, was elected with 36 votes.

The peerless duo ranked second and third respectively, with Messi having 14 votes and Ronaldo only having 3 votes.

This trophy was handed to Franck Ribery personally by the then UEFA president and French football legend Platini.

Then came Ribery's acceptance speech, and then the top three took a group photo - of course, due to Ronaldo's absence, there were only Ribery and Messi in this session.

When he heard Pan Yi's words, Inzaghi swallowed his saliva.

Indeed, who said this is impossible?

In Pan Yi's eyes, it seems that nothing is impossible!

Just say that when the two were in Milan together, who would have been optimistic about the young team at that time? But in the end, didn't they overturn many strong teams and win the championship?!

so……

"I still have teams I don't want to run into." Pan Yi suddenly laughed again.

"Which ones are they? Milan?" Inzaghi also smiled.

Pan Yi really doesn't want to meet Milan.

After all, he is his old club, and he is an old club with feelings.

Now that they are in bad condition, I would feel unbearable if I stabbed them several times.

"In addition to Milan, there are also Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal..."

"Is it because they are very strong and difficult to deal with?"

Pan Yi smiled and said: "No. It's because we have played against them when we were in Milan. I am a person who likes the new and hates the old. I don't like to play against the same opponents all the time."

Inzaghi almost laughed out loud.

Feeling: You led the team to participate in the Champions League group stage draw just to find fresh opponents?

"But it may be difficult to realize your wish." Inzaghi shook his head, "They are all in the first bracket. We will definitely not be able to draw Bayern from the same country, so the chance of drawing them will greatly increase."

"Then let's see how lucky we are." Pan Yi looked at the stage again, "If we draw Porto, wouldn't it be even more wonderful?"

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While the two were talking, UEFA staff had already placed the draw ball on the table, and UEFA official Federico Marchetti had also stood in front of the rostrum with draw guests Luis Figo and Michael Owen.

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Marchetti began to introduce the rules of this draw to the representatives of each team present. It was nothing more than classification of grades, avoidance of fellow players, order of draws, and so on.

At this time, Pan Yi was also thinking in his mind.

To be honest, he really wants to lead Hamburg to make a difference in the Champions League, and winning the Champions League is also his biggest goal.

Although you do have to defeat all your opponents in the process of winning the championship, if the journey can be easier at the beginning, why not?
To be continued...