Chapter 361 Champions League Draw
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For Manchester City and Wan Sheng, this draw is different from last year.
Last year, Manchester City squeezed into the Champions League for the first time, and it was not favored by the media. During the draw ceremony, Wansheng only went with the club chairman Wadder, and the others had no chance at all.
It's different now.
In the UEFA Champions League last season, Morris performed very well and was nominated for the best midfielder, so Wansheng took Morris with him. In addition, the assistant of the club chairman Thaksin Shinal was compared with the general manager. -The Knicks, come with me too.
Compared with other giant clubs, with a lineup of several players plus the chairman and coach at every turn, Manchester City's quartet is a little bit pitiful, but at least there are players, coaches and managers, which is much better than last year when only the chairman and head coach were available.
In addition, Manchester City is also listed in the ranks of the most promising teams to win the championship by the media of various countries.
This can be seen from the bookmakers' odds.
In the latest UEFA Champions League winning odds released by William Hill in August, Barcelona dominated the table at 6.5, followed by Chelsea at 7.0, followed by Manchester United at 8.0 and Milan duo at 9.0. The second qualifying match between Asia and AEK Athens was postponed (Sevilla won 2-0 at home in the first leg), so the odds opened 33 teams, and AEK Athens, who was behind in the qualifying round, was named at odds of 501 last in the column.
Manchester City's winning odds are only slightly lower than the Milan duo at 9.5, which also shows that Manchester City has become a capable team to win the championship in the hearts of European media and fans.
But Wansheng doesn't care about that.
The odds of the bookmaker and whether the media is optimistic or not can not affect the team. What directly affects the team is the lottery itself. Wan Sheng is very dissatisfied with Manchester City being placed in the second tier.
When he came to the gate of the draw and there were many reporters surrounding the interview, Wansheng expressed his dissatisfaction, "There are four teams in the Premier League participating in the Champions League, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool. They are all in the first grade. We're in the second tier. I don't understand why UEFA has five-year points as a tier, it's very unreasonable."
"Isn't it strange that Manchester United and Chelsea have never beaten us in the past two seasons, but they are the so-called 'seeds' and we are the second tier 'underdog'? "
"I don't care what UEFA points are, I only know. My team, Manchester City. Very strong, we should be the seeded team!"
Wan Sheng said very seriously.
The surrounding media suddenly felt that it was worthwhile to come to interview. This young Chinese always has big news around him. He just came to the lottery venue and started to criticize the UEFA system before he entered the door. It is estimated that he can do this kind of thing. .
Wan Sheng ignored the media's thoughts, he just said what was in his heart.
Importantly, this is directly related to the team's grouping in the Champions League.
This year's UEFA Champions League. The teams in the first tier are: AC Milan, Barcelona, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United and Lyon.
According to the principle of "same league team avoidance" in the group draw, the group that Manchester City is in. There will almost certainly be AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Lyon, one of five teams.
None of these five teams are easy to deal with.
If there are teams such as Stuttgart, Sporting Lisbon and Lazio in the third tier, Manchester City is almost certainly in the group of death.
No manager wants his team to be in the group of death. It's not just a question of qualifying, it means the schedule will be tough.
Wansheng is the same.
This season, the team has a complete lineup, and he is ready to fight on multiple fronts. He will no longer easily give up domestic cups, and strive to win more championships. In this way, leagues, domestic cups, and European competitions must all be taken into consideration. Playing in a group also means that the pressure on the team will increase a lot.
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Soon the lottery began.
Before the start, the host Pinto suggested that everyone observe a moment of silence for the deceased players, "The draw and the award ceremony are about to start. Before we start, please let us observe a moment of silence for the Sevilla player Puerta who just passed away. ."
Just a few days ago, in the 30th minute of the battle between Sevilla and Getafe, an astonishing scene happened: Sevilla's left-back Puerta was chasing the opponent's right-back's bottom cross. Under his persecution, the opposing player's cross came out of the bottom line.
Just when everyone turned around and waited for the restart, Puerta, who had already run to the bottom line, suddenly fell to the ground.
When the teammates rushed to Puerta's side, they saw a scene like a horror movie: Puerta was digging his throat desperately with his fingers, as if something was blocking it, and at the same time His body was shaking violently, and his expression was extremely painful.
Puerta's closest teammate at the time, Sevilla defender Dragutinovic, immediately realized the seriousness of the situation and put his hand into Puerta's mouth very experienced to prevent losing The conscious Puerta appeared to swallow his tongue and suffocate, and pressed Puerta's **** to help him pace his heartbeat.
After some emergency rescue, Puerta returned to the lounge accompanied by the team doctor after regaining consciousness. But bad news soon came. Puerta fell into a coma again in the locker room, and the team doctor immediately injected a cardiotonic to temporarily save his life from respiratory failure. Puerta was then taken to the hospital.
On the night of the game, Puerta was taken to the Virgen-del-Rocio University Hospital in Seville and immediately entered the intensive care unit, where electrodes were attached for monitoring and a ventilator was put on to help him breathe. .
In the following two days, many media revealed that Puerta's condition had begun to stabilize and he was basically out of danger, but in fact, the medical team responsible for the treatment said that Puerta's condition was still very serious, and he was even in the hospital. There were two dangerous situations where breathing and heartbeat stopped. Fortunately, it was rescued in time.
On the afternoon of August 28, Spanish time. Antonio Puerta died in hospital at the age of 22.
And his wife's due date is estimated to be September 20, but Puerta can no longer wait for the moment when the child is born. The last words of his life were, "If I die, please scatter my ashes on the Pesjuan Stadium."
This sentence touched many fans.
So host Pinto suggested that everyone observe a moment of silence for the death of Antonio Puerta. It is understandable. His sudden death is indeed a sad news on the football field.
At Pinto's suggestion, everyone at the scene stood up and observed a minute's silence for Puerta.
After that, the drawing ceremony officially began.
The host announced the best goalkeeper award at the beginning. Chelsea goalkeeper Cech was the winner of the best goalkeeper honor. Then, according to the normal flow, Cech and the former Soviet Union legendary goalkeeper Dasayev became the guests of the draw for the first-class team. lottery.
This is the format of the lottery.
While announcing last season's awards. Divide the teams into groups. The lottery ceremony and the award ceremony were interspersed together, so that the fans who came to the lottery ceremony and watched the ceremony were dizzying.
However, for the 'big men' of the teams participating in the draw ceremony, the brilliance is not important. What matters is the matters related to their own team. Wansheng only cares about the grouping of Manchester City, and maybe there are others. That was the reveal of the 'best midfielder'.
But as expected, Morris was nominated for the 'Best Midfielder'. This honor still belongs to AC Milan's Kaka, not only the "best midfielder", but also several other honors are basically swept by AC Milan.
This is related to AC Milan's championship results last season, and their performance is indeed worthy of a few 'best'.
AC Milan won the championship last season, no one expected, although they are one of the most promising teams to win the championship, but at the end of the 2005-2006 season, a match-fixing scandal broke out in Serie A, first Juventus was suspected of manipulating the results of the season. , and then AC Milan was also involved. Vice-Chairmen Galliani and Meiani were accused of violating Article 1 of unfair competition and Article 6 of sports fraud. After the trial of the Italian sports court in Rome, the club retained the next season's Serie A and qualifying for the Champions League, but deducted 8 points in the new season, deducted 30 points in the 2005-06 season, deprived of a home qualification, and fined 100,000 euros.
Personally, Vice-President Galliani will not be involved in football-related affairs for 9 months, and club official Meiani will not be involved in football-related affairs for 2.5 years.
Despite being seriously affected by the incident, AC Milan went all the way in the UEFA Champions League last season and won the seventh Champions League trophy in the club's history.
In the 2006-2007 season, under the leadership of the club's chairman Berlusconi and under the "diligence" of the club's vice-chairman Galliani, the team has been aging due to the aging staff structure and a serious lack of strong reserves. This situation has been Up to now, there are only 11 fixed people on each front, and it was impossible to support it for a while.
But it was these 11 people who played the most magnificent 4 games in the UEFA Champions League that season, starting from the second round of the quarter-finals, won the UEFA Champions League, and this month with the UEFA Cup champion Sevi Leah won 3:1 in the game and won the European Super Cup.
The Champions League last season belonged to AC Milan, so AC Milan won several more honors, and everyone recognized it.
Wansheng is the same.
It is almost certain that Kaka will take the 'best midfielder'. Morris' performance is good, but the reason for his support is more because he has performed better than Gerrard and Lampard in the past two seasons. To be outstanding, he also occupies the main position in the England team, so many people voted for him.
But in the Champions League last season, Manchester City lost to AC Milan and only reached the quarter-finals. They also have the best player 'Kaka', as a 'best player', a member of the championship team, Kaka. Naturally take away the 'best midfielder'.
Wansheng's eyes on AC Milan's acceptance of the award are also different from others.
He was recalling vague memories of his previous life.
It seems... this is AC Milan's last brilliance?
If the memory is not wrong, after 2007, due to the lineup, strength and system and other reasons, the Italian team began to sink, that is, in 2010, Inter Milan had an erection, and other times they would not be able to see their finals. figure.
It is difficult for the most powerful Milan duo to perform well in the Champions League, let alone other Italian teams.
After that, Premier League teams will frequently appear on the screen. Manchester United and Chelsea are the most representative teams, but no matter how strong they are, they cannot match Barcelona in Spain, which is the team that truly 'rules the world'. In addition, in 11 Years later, Real Madrid will also gradually recover, and only the German team will be able to compete with the above-mentioned teams, or to make a mess of the water with outstanding performance.
If you have yourself in this life, you will also miss Italian football. It is estimated that AC Milan's performance will not be affected by a good effect, and if it is affected, it will only be worse.
Therefore, Wan Sheng only sneered at the corners of his mouth.
Wansheng will not pity AC Milan, because AC Milan is his opponent. AC Milan eliminated Manchester City last season. At that time, Manchester City suffered an injury crisis and several main players were unable to play.
But for whatever reason, losing is losing.
In this season, Wansheng really hopes that the team will meet AC Milan in the quarter-finals or the quarter-finals, so that the team, or him, can complete their revenge.
Wan Sheng's heart has risen to the flames!
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Manchester City ended up in Group E.
In Group E, in addition to Manchester City, there are seeded Lyon, Bundesliga's Stuttgart and Scotland's Glasgow Rangers.
Manchester City are placed in the second tier, which is almost the best group.
Stuttgart and Glasgow Rangers are hardly a threat to Manchester City's qualifying situation. As a seeded team, Lyon has the same strength, and there is not much pressure to be assigned to this group.
After seeing the result of the lottery, general managers Bi-Knicks and Sinar both showed relaxed smiles, and Wan Sheng also laughed.
"It's a good sign," he said.
The other three, including Maurice, also nodded, and Sinar couldn't help but said, "This time, we'll have no problem qualifying."
Immediately, Wan Sheng, Morris and Bi-Knicks all looked at him.
Sinar felt a little inexplicable, he didn't know what he said wrong.
Wan Sheng smiled slightly.
Morris stood by and didn't explain anything, and Bea Knicks said, "Cinaar, you have to believe in Wansheng, believe in the team, in fact, no matter which group we are divided into, what team is in the group, We are the most promising candidates!"
"Huh?" Sinal was a little stunned.
Wan Sheng ignored him and walked away, followed by Bi-Nix and Maurice. Sinar stood in place for a moment, and quickly followed with two steps.
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