Chapter 025 Good sign Chapter 3 Thank you for torturing each other to the end
The UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony is also the award ceremony for last season's UEFA Champions League awards.
Last season's UEFA Champions League champion was the Premier League giants Liverpool.
In Istanbul, Liverpool scored three goals in a row after falling behind by three goals, and finally defeated the unbalanced Serie A giant AC Milan in a penalty shootout. This is the most famous 'Miracle in Istanbul' in the history of football!
Chelsea goalkeeper Marek Cech was named the best goalkeeper last season.
In addition, Terry was the best defender, Kaka was elected the best midfielder, the best forward belonged to Ronaldinho, and the most valuable player of the year was Gerrard.
UEFA also announced the best lineup for last season's UEFA Champions League.
Chelsea captain Terry, AC Milan captain Maldini, Barcelona captain Puyol and AC Milan's Brazilian star Cafu entered the ranks of defenders in last season's UEFA Champions League best team.
In the midfield, AC Milan's Brazilian golden boy Kaka, Liverpool captain Gerrard, Liverpool's Spanish player Luis Garcia and Barcelona's Brazilian star Ronaldinho are the best midfielder lineup.
On the forward line, Barcelona's Cameroon star Eto'o and AC Milan's Ukrainian star Shevchenko entered the best forward lineup.
This is very interesting. At the awards ceremony, Ronaldinho won the award for the best forward, but in the best team selected by UEFA, Ronaldinho's position was fixed.
In midfield...
Champions Liverpool only had two players, Gerrard and Luis Garcia, in the best eleven of that season. This also shows how crazy Liverpool's performance in the final was, with one game deciding the world.
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After the award ceremony is the drawing ceremony.
The teams participating in the draw include 16 teams that directly entered the group stage and 16 teams that were shortlisted through the qualifiers (including defending champion Liverpool). According to UEFA's club points system, Liverpool and the top 7 points are ranked as seeds.
team, and the other 24 teams are divided into 3 levels. During the draw, 1 team is drawn from each level to form a group, a total of 8 groups, provided that the teams in the same league are in different groups.
Group A includes Bayern Munich, Juventus, Club Brugge and Rapid Vienna. Bayern Munich and Juventus were also placed in the same group last season. At that time, Juventus defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 at home and away.
Group B includes Arsenal, Ajax, Sparta Prague and Thun. Group C includes Barcelona, ​​Panathinaikos, Werder Bremen and Udinese, of which Barcelona was in the same group as Werder Bremen last season.
.At that time, Barcelona won 2-0 at home and was tied 1-1 away by Werder Bremen. Group D included Manchester United, Villarreal, Lille and Benfica. It is worth noting that Forlan, the top scorer in La Liga last season
Will face the old master.
Group E includes AC Milan, PSV, Schalke 04 and Fenerbahce. Group F includes Real Madrid, Lyon, Olympiacos and Rosenborg. Group G includes Liverpool, Chelsea, Anderlecht and Sporting Gijon.
.Liverpool and Chelsea met in the Champions League semi-finals last season, and Liverpool won 1-0 in both rounds. Last season, the two teams met a total of 5 times, so they know each other quite well.
Inter Milan was assigned to Group H. It was assigned to a group with Scottish Premier League giants Glasgow Rangers, Portuguese Premier League giants Porto, and Slovak League champion team Artmedia.
This is a good grouping for Inter Milan.
There are no giant teams from the five major leagues in this group in the traditional sense.
Both Li Ang and Facchetti feel that this is a good pick. They are the strongest in this group, and Inter Milan's first place in the group is basically stable.
Rangers and Porto will compete for second place in the group.
As for the Slovak league champion Artmedia, they are considered to be weak, not even a spoiler.
When seeing the draw results, Inter Milan President Facchetti showed a relaxed smile on his face.
Li Ang was also relieved. He didn't encounter a strong team in the group stage and was not assigned to the death group. This was bad luck.
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Compared to Inter Milan, Li Ang's former club Sporting Gijon had bad luck, it could even be said to be very bad.
Sporting Gijon is placed in Group G. In the same group are the defending Premier League champions, Mourinho's Chelsea, and the defending UEFA Champions League champions Liverpool (although Liverpool won the European Champions League last season, they are in
The Premier League did not reach the top four. Originally, according to the rules, they were not qualified for the UEFA Champions League this season. However, it was unbelievable to say that the defending champion could not enter the Champions League. Therefore, UEFA made an exception for Liverpool. They
were allowed to participate in the UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds. In the end, Liverpool successfully advanced to the main draw through the qualifying rounds. However, because they did not enter the Champions League through the 'regular way', they did not occupy the Champions League quota in the Premier League. Therefore, in the group draw, Liverpool belonged to
There is no avoidance principle for domestic leagues in participating as a "wild card". Therefore, being placed in the same group with Chelsea in the same league does not violate the rules).
This group also includes Belgian giants Anderlecht.
Sporting Gijon, which suffered from severe blood loss, was placed in this group, which can be called a group of death in the true sense.
Li Ang caught a glimpse of Sporting Gijon owner Manuel Arango's expression stiffening, while head coach Antic smiled bitterly. Obviously, they were also aware of the difficulties of this group.
For Li Ang's Inter Milan, the most powerful threat to them in this group is the Portuguese Super League giant Porto.
However, although Porto won the UEFA Champions League in 2004 under the leadership of Mourinho, after reaching the top of Europe, that Porto team became a supermarket, lost many stars, and is now not as strong as before.
Inter Milan and Porto met in the 1/8 finals of last year's Champions League. At that time, Inter Milan won 4-2 at home and away. Therefore, Porto poses a certain threat to Inter Milan, but as long as Li Ang's team performs at a high level, there is still no need
Worrying about something. Of course, he himself is confident, but I am afraid the media will have different views on what Inter Milan will be like after the big change.
Rangers may have the ability to disrupt the situation, but in Li Ang's view, unless Inter Milan makes mistakes themselves, Rangers will not pose any threat to Inter Milan.
As for Artmedia, this is the first time Li Ang has heard of this team. If I remember correctly, this should be the first and last time this team has entered the Champions League in these years.
Well, because he had never heard of this team since then.
The Slovak League champion poses no threat to his Inter Milan.
Therefore, Li Ang is very satisfied with the result of the draw, it is a good draw!
PS: The third update, thank you for torturing each other till the end of time.
It's 3:40 in the middle of the night. I'm so tired. I'm hot and tired. I can't use the air conditioner. I get a headache when it's turned on. It's hot when it's not. What a damn weather.
