Originally, after this game, the top 32 of this season's Champions League should have been produced. However, the game between AEK Athens and Sevilla was postponed. The reason for the postponement was the unexpected death of Sevilla star Puerta.
.The game will be postponed for one week.
Therefore, the UEFA Champions League has only produced the top 31 players this season. However, the UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony cannot be postponed. Therefore, this UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony has a rare participation of 33 head coaches. Seve
The head coaches of Leah and AEK Athens will participate in the draw ceremony.
Although there were games on the weekend, the four head coaches from the Premier League dropped what they were doing and went to Monte Carlo, Monaco to attend the draw ceremony for the Champions League group stage.
Monte Carlo is a major international gambling city. Every year, a large number of gamblers flock to Monte Carlo to pursue money, fame, fortune and beautiful women...
However, Qiu Ze did not have such an opportunity. Now they all stay in Liverpool, under the leadership of the assistant coach, preparing for the upcoming league. Of course, on the day of the Champions League group draw, they all stayed at home and paid attention.
This season's Champions League group draw ceremony.
At this time, Fernando Torres was sitting in Qiu Ze's room, watching the draw ceremony of this season's Champions League group with Qiu Ze. After moving from Qiu Ze, this guy often went to Qiu Ze's house and visited frequently.
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"Hey! Chris! Who do you think we will draw?" Fernando Torres asked while sipping the beer in his hand.
"It doesn't matter who it is, as long as we do our best, I believe that no one can stop us!" Qiu Ze said in an awesome voice.
"Are you so confident?" Fernando Torres turned his head and asked Qiu Ze.
"Of course! If we don't have confidence in ourselves, then do we still have to play this game?" Qiu Ze did not look at Fernando Torres, but stared at the TV screen. He was looking forward to the draw ceremony.
After the top 31 of the Champions League was produced this season, UEFA divided these teams into four levels.
Pot 1: AC Milan (Italy), Barcelona (Spain), Liverpool (England), Inter Milan (Italy), Arsenal (England), Real Madrid (Spain), Chelsea (England), Manchester United (England)
Second pot: Valencia (Spain), Lyon (France), Porto (Portugal), Sevilla (Spain)/AEK Athens (Greece), PSV (Netherlands), Roma (Italy), Benfica (
The Premier League teams have performed very well in the recent Champions League. All four of their teams have entered the first tier. This is really an amazing result. Among them, Chelsea has entered the first tier for the first time.
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This made the English media really happy. They were very excited. This time they finally vented their anger in front of their colleagues in other countries. The English media finally felt proud and proud.
The behavior of the English media made other media very unhappy. These guys from England were really too arrogant, a group of country boys who had never seen the world. Reporters from other national teams did not think sourly.
The Champions League draw ceremony was held at the Monte Carlo Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. The host of the draw ceremony was Pinto.
Before the draw ceremony began, Pinto explained the results of the match between Sevilla and AEK Athens. The current team classification is based on UEFA's default of Sevilla leading AEK Athens 2-0 in the first round.
ongoing.
If Sevilla defeats AEK Athens with the final total score, Sevilla will be a second-tier team. If Serbia loses to AEK Athens, then AEK Athens will automatically become a third-tier team, while Celtic
People are promoted to the second level team.
In other words, after the draw is over, if AEK Athens wins, then their group will swap places with Celtic, that's it.
Then, the host Pinto asked the UEFA president to deliver a speech. After the UEFA president's speech, UEFA secretary-general David Taylor took the stage and asked all participants to observe a moment of silence for Sevilla's superstar Puel.
Then, the host called out the guest of the draw, the former Soviet legendary goalkeeper Dasayev, and then the host announced the best goalkeeper in the UEFA Champions League last season. The winner was the Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech from Chelsea in the Premier League.
The scene immediately burst into loud applause. In the applause, Peter Cech took the trophy and certificate of honor from Dasayev's hands.
Next comes the most tense moment. The first round of the Champions League group draw is about to begin. The guest of the draw is Dasayev. He will first draw out all the teams in the first tier. The anger on the scene suddenly reached the extreme.
UEFA divided the 32 teams into four tiers and adopted the principle of "avoiding teams from the same league" to draw lots. The 32 teams will be divided into eight groups to start the group stage competition.
In fact, the first round of drawing is not too stressful, because this round of drawing is just sorting, not very nervous, so everyone is relatively normal.
The first-tier teams were drawn into each group first. Defending champion AC Milan was first drawn into Group D. Gunners Arsenal, who have entered the Champions League for ten consecutive seasons, entered Group H. Red Devils Manchester United was drawn into Group F. 2006 champion Barcelona entered
Group E; La Liga giants Real Madrid are divided into Group C, last season's Serie A champion Inter Milan enters Group G, the 2005 champion, Qiu Ze's Liverpool, enters Group A, and Chelsea, which became the seeded team for the first time, is placed in Group D.
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Next is the tense moment. First, Pinto announced the winner of last season's Champions League Best Defender. He is AC Milan veteran Maldini. It is really not easy for Maldini to win this award at such an old age.
, there was a very warm round of applause.
The next tense moment came. There were many capable teams in the second tier. The head coaches of the first tier teams and the second tier team coaches became nervous, while watching the live broadcast with Qiu Ze at home.
Fernando Torres was very nervous.
First of all, the first team to be drawn out was the recent Champions League dark horse team PSV. They were drawn into Group G where Inter Milan is located. Suddenly, the face of Eindhoven's head coach became solemn, because they were about to face Inter Milan.
Milan is such a giant. But the head coach of Inter Milan seems to have a relaxed expression. It seems that they think this is a good signing.
La Liga powerhouse Valencia was drawn out second, and the Bats were placed in Group B with last season's quarter-final opponent Chelsea. Neither Chelsea's head coach nor Valencia's head coach looked very good. They thought this was
UEFA did this on purpose. It was just to add another highlight to the Champions League group stage. They were all very unhappy.
The Bundesliga team Werder Bremen was the third one to be drawn out. They were fighting with Real Madrid in Group C. The head coach of Werder Bremen looked very serious, while the head coach of Real Madrid was very relaxed. This is very important for them.
Not bad for that.
The winner of Sevilla and AEK Athens enters Group H, and Arsenal is the seeded team in this group. Wenger is quite satisfied with this and did not express anything.
Lyon and Barcelona are in Group E, and Benfica and AC Milan will compete in Group D. Roma was drawn second to last and entered Group F, where Manchester United is located. Porto, the last second-tier team, entered Group A.
, will start a fierce battle with Liverpool.
Porto, this is a very strong team, but Liverpool did not react at all, as if they could accept this result. But Qiu Ze smiled a little, he did not expect that he would compete with the Portuguese team so quickly
Fight.
In this way, the second-tier teams were drawn, and the tension and anger at the scene became even stronger. However, at this time, Pinto used the award to relieve the tension and anger at the scene. The winner of the best midfielder in the Champions League last season was from AC Milan.
Seedorf.
After Seedorf received the award, he was nervous again, because the third tier team was about to be drawn. There were many capable teams in the third tier, and all the head coaches at the scene became nervous.
Bundesliga team Schalke 04 was the first to be drawn out, and they entered Group B where Chelsea and Valencia were. At this time, the faces of the coaches of Chelsea and Valencia were ashen. This UEFA was too bad. They
I want to make their group into a death group, damn it.
The Scottish Premier League team Celtic was drawn out for the second time, and they entered Group D where AC Milan and Benfica were. After last season, Celtic and Benfica met again in a small match, and the two head coaches had some expressions.
Strange.
Serie A powerhouse Lazio was subsequently drawn out, and they entered Group C with Real Madrid and Werder Bremen. This opponent was not to be booed, and the coaches of Real Madrid and Werder Bremen frowned.
The fourth one to be drawn was Sporting Lisbon. Group F, where Manchester United and Roma were located, became their foothold. Manchester United fans were very disappointed. In fact, they preferred Benfica to enter this group. They wanted revenge. Unfortunately,
It's impossible for them now.
CSKA Moscow enters Group G, along with Inter Milan and PSV Eindhoven. Bundesliga champion Stuttgart enters Group E, and their opponents include Barcelona and Lyon. Steaua Bucharest enters Group H, and Arsenal is the seed of this group.
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Of course, the last remaining team is Marseille. Qiu Ze and others know their opponents. So far, Liverpool's draw is considered a good one. Their opponents are not particularly strong. Liverpool is lucky.
Then Pinto began to award the award for the best forward in the Champions League last season, and the winner was AC Milan star Kaká. Then the fourth-tier teams were drawn. There were no strong teams in the fourth-tier teams. At this time, like
In fact, teams like Liverpool don’t pay much attention to them. For them, everyone is the same.
Olympiacos was drawn first, and they entered Group C where Real Madrid was. Rangers were drawn second, and they entered Group E of Barcelona. Dynamo Kiev entered Group F, where Manchester United and Roma were, and Besiktas entered Liverpool.
In Group A. Rosenborg was divided into Group B with Chelsea and Valencia. Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine entered Group D with defending champion AC Milan. Slavia Prague, which eliminated Ajax, entered Group H.
, Arsenal is the seed team in this group. Turkey's Fenerbahce enters Group G, and Serie A giant Inter Milan is the seed team in this group.
Therefore, the final lottery results are generated, and the lottery results are as follows:
Group A: Liverpool, Porto, Marseille, Besiktas
Group B: Chelsea, Valencia, Schalke 04, Rosenborg
Group C: Real Madrid, Werder Bremen, Lazio, Olympiacos
Group D: AC Milan, Benfica, Celtic, Shakhtar Donetsk
Group E: Barcelona, Lyon, Stuttgart, Rangers
Group F: Manchester United, Roma, Sporting Lisbon, Dynamo Kiev
Group G: Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow, Fenerbahce
Group H: Arsenal, Sevilla/AEK Athens, Steaua Bucharest, Slavia Prague