Chapter 984: The Champions League Has No Underdogs
City's draw wasn't bad by Southampton's standards.
Blue Moon drew Simeone's Atletico Madrid, Serie A's Roma, and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
As the so-called good things come in pairs, the four major European leagues have just gathered together, and they can form a table to play mahjong.
Manchester City's biggest problem is that the team's hard power is not strong enough.
Relying on the accumulation of the past few years, Manchester City has finally entered the second tier of teams steadily, but the result of the draw has never been better. Basically, they will definitely meet a strong team.
Simeone's Atlético de Madrid has been regarded as the most difficult team in Europe in the past few years, and anyone who touches it will have a headache.
From the perspective of hard power, the Sheets are firmly at the top eight level. If they perform well, they will not have a problem entering the top four. Even if they perform at a super level and win a championship, it is not completely impossible.
What Manchester City is most afraid of is this kind of tenacious team, especially like Atletico Madrid. Its own strength is not weaker than Manchester City, and the team's integrity is so strong. Whoever touches it will know.
If only Atletico Madrid were drawn, that would be a bit better, but unfortunately, the team in the third tier drew Roma, and the team in the fourth tier drew Borussia Mönchengladbach.
You must know that although Roma is inferior to Inter Milan and Juventus in Serie A, they are not afraid of European teams at all in terms of combat effectiveness. The four giants of Samanan who can really safely crush the Red Wolves up.
As for Borussia Mönchengladbach, the fighting power is not strong, and he is a novice, relatively speaking, it is easier to handle.
But the problem is that the Bundesliga teams will explode anytime and anywhere. God knows if Borussia Mönchengladbach will do the same?
Therefore, as soon as the lottery results came out, Mubarak immediately began to sing.
He seems to be crying out his depression with a sad singing voice, why is it always me who is unlucky every time?
Not to mention, what a fate!
Barcelona's draw was ridiculously good, close to a walk, with Zenit St Petersburg, Galatasaray and Malmo in the draw.
Real Madrid's luck was also off the charts, drawing Benfica, Dynamo Kiev and Dinamo Zagreb.
Judging by the lottery,
The Western Super League duo can be said to have safely entered the knockout round of the top 16.
Even, with their level, if they don't take the first place in the group, they will be embarrassed to qualify.
The fate of Ajax is also quite sad, drawing Manchester United, CSKA Moscow and Hamburg.
Yang Huan is also quite helpless about this, the same family fights each other, who is more able to advance?
Judging from the cards, Manchester United's promotion can be said to be a sure thing, with one spot left, Hamburg hopes the most, but Ajax and CSKA Moscow are not without opportunities.
Bayern Munich can now be described as UEFA's gold medalist, specializing in fighting local tyrants and evil gentry, and specifically targeting the Premier League.
It was either Arsenal or Manchester City before, and this season it is a new big local tycoon, Tottenham Hotspur.
The other two teams are Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympiacos.
Judging from the four teams in this group, Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur are the most likely to advance.
Inter Milan's luck in the draw was also not ideal. Valencia, Lyon and Anderlecht were drawn respectively, and it was another fight with the same team. Yang Huan was also very helpless about this.
There are more teams in their own country, so it is inevitable that they will meet in the European arena. Anyway, let's play, and rely on strength to speak.
As soon as the results of the lottery came out, the scene was full of joy and sorrow.
Southampton is strong, and whoever touches it will be unlucky, so no matter who is drawn, the Saints basically have the same attitude. On the contrary, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Wolfsburg are really going to cry expression.
"Master Huan, judging from the results of this lottery, the situation of our team this year is not optimistic."
Peter Kenyon, who was sitting beside Yang Huan, frowned and said.
He is the CEO of Miracle Football Group, responsible for managing the company, and whether the team can qualify from the group stage is also related to the income of each team.
Yang Huan nodded, "It's not surprising. Many teams have increased their investment. The Saints group is not a big problem. Ajax and Hamburg have encountered Manchester United and CSKA. It is good to have a qualifying line. "
"Benfica is also very likely to qualify. As long as Atletico Madrid and Monaco play normally, there is no problem. However, Inter Milan and Anderlecht are also quite worrying."
The current problem for Inter Milan and Hamburg is not the overall strength of the team, but the experience of the European war.
These two teams have undergone a certain reorganization of the lineup in the summer of this year. Although the overall strength has improved, it is hard to say whether there will be problems in the European arena.
Playing in the Champions League, the tactics are more targeted, and the requirements for the overall strength of the team are also higher.
Even, impromptu play, multi-line combat, if one is not handled well, it may collapse.
"There are no underdogs in the Champions League!" Peter Kenyon sighed.
The reform of UEFA has undoubtedly increased the competition in the group stage. Coupled with the rise of teams acquired by capital such as Tottenham Hotspur and Valencia, the competition in the Champions League will become more and more intense.
From the fans' point of view, of course, the more intense the better.
But for team managers, fierceness represents risk.
Yang Huan smiled slightly and said: "It's okay, you tell them, play hard, play as far as you can, and concentrate on managing the league well is the key!"
"Well, understand, our team this season has not set goals in the Champions League." Peter Kenyon said.
For teams including Inter Milan, Hamburg, Benfica, Anderlecht and Monaco, the Champions League is of course an extra point, but the key is to do a good job in the league.
As long as they can safely participate in the UEFA Champions League every season, the team's income will be guaranteed, and they will be eliminated in this wave of waves, maintaining their status as a first-tier European team.
Yang Huan's most competitive teams are actually Southampton and Atletico Madrid.
"By the way, Aek Athens seems to have returned to the First Division, right?" Yang Huan asked concerned.
This Greek team was relegated before, but after being bought by Yang Huan, it took more than a year to finally return to the first division.
"Yeah, this summer, we have imported a lot of players, and there will definitely be no problem with relegation."
Yang Huan nodded, "Be careful, our goal is not to relegation, but to qualify for the Champions League."
It's like the Greek league where Aek Athens is located. Don't look at the current economic downturn in Greece, or even bankruptcy, but in the Champions League prize pool, Greece's prize money is as high as more than 10 million euros, and there is usually only one team.
In other words, the team representing Greece in the Champions League can enjoy this generous bonus income exclusively.
Therefore, quickly helping Athens Aek to rise, defeating Olympiacos, and successfully qualifying for the European war has become the top priority of running Athens Aek.
"I understand, Master Huan!" Peter Kenyon nodded and agreed, "I will let them draw up a plan as soon as possible, continue to increase investment in Aek Athens this season, and strive to return to the Champions League as soon as possible."
"Well, in addition, Basel and Vienna, Austria will further increase investment."
These two teams have been eliminated in the Champions League qualifiers this season. Among them, it was Tottenham that eliminated Basel.
Yang Huan was almost crying.
Nimei, I don't know which bastard drew the lottery, and let Tottenham Hotspur touch Basel. If I know, I will beat him into a pig's head.
Just as Master Huan was gnashing his teeth in his heart, on the stage of Grimalti, UEFA President Michel Platini suddenly sneezed. Although he reacted quickly, he wanted to To cover the microphone, how can there be time?
In this way, the big sneeze spread to the audience through the microphone.
Immediately, the audience burst into laughter, this UEFA president is too funny!
However, everyone also felt that it probably had something to do with the pressure he was under recently.
Everyone knows that he faces a ban from FIFA.
Instead, standing next to him, UEFA Secretary-General Gianni Infantino looked very high-spirited.
Today, he should be regarded as the candidate for the FIFA president that UEFA is vigorously promoting.
"Okay, the draw is over, let's move on to the last part, which is the award ceremony for the best player of the season in Europe!" Gianni Infantino introduced with a smile on the stage.
"About a month ago, we announced the top three players who were voted by fifty-four journalists. They were Suarez who played for Southampton, who used to play for Real Madrid and now plays for Cristiano Ronaldo at Tottenham Hotspur and Messi at Southampton who was at Barcelona."
Following Infantino's announcement, the heads of three players appeared one by one on the big screen behind him.
There was a burst of warm applause at the scene.
The rivalry between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is not surprising at all, because the two of them have almost monopolized all the honors of European football in the past few years.
If you really want to speak in terms of performance, Hazard and Sanchez are not inferior to them at all.
But unfortunately, the latter two players are slightly inferior to the two in terms of influence.
Even Suarez, who made it into the top three, is not as good as the two.
If nothing else, this will also be a contest between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Now, let's look at the rankings from fourth to tenth!"
With Infantino's finger, the points and rankings of the remaining seven players were displayed on the big screen.
The trio are followed by goalkeeper Neuer, Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos, Sanchez, Tevez, Neymar and Isco.
In the ten-man list, Southampton has a total of five players selected from Suarez, Neuer, Hazard, Toni Kroos and Sanchez. If the newly transferred Messi is added, a total of six players have been gathered. .
From this point, we can see how powerful the saints are.
Of course, all this is also attributed to the Saints successfully defending the Champions League and the Premier League last season.
Barcelona has Neymar and Messi selected, Real Madrid has only Cristiano Ronaldo selected, and Atletico Madrid has Tevez and Isco selected, and the strength of La Liga can also be seen.
On the contrary, Bayern Munich, the runner-up of the Champions League, did not even have a single finalist, which is somewhat suspicious.
But this is not surprising. Bayern Munich pays attention to the team. When Ribery and Arjen Robben were old, there was really no outstanding player among the frontcourt players in the team. Thomas Muller is not that kind of award. The type of player you like.
Lewandowski is good, but this time he did not enter the top ten, and no one knows exactly where he ranks.
Following the announcement of the list, there was an uproar in the venue.
Because in this list of ten players, the Premier League now occupies seven of them, and the remaining three are in La Liga, namely Barcelona's Neymar, Atletico Madrid's Tevez and Isco.
But the most embarrassing one should be Real Madrid. After selling Cristiano Ronaldo, there is not even one Galacticos in this list, which somewhat makes Florentino feel ashamed.
That is, amid the uproar of everyone in the audience, Infantino on the stage invited three players who were shortlisted for the second round.
The live music also started to get tense and intense.
Obviously, the final award is about to be revealed.