Chapter 221 Super Death Group

On August 24, in the third round of the Bundesliga, Schalke went away to challenge Hannover 96.

The absence of Huntelaar and Draxler one after another still has a big impact on the team. Schalke fell behind by one goal in the first half of the away game.

However, in the second half, Lee Chenglong scored a long shot to equalize the score, and then made a red card for the opposing midfielder Justi.

Finally, in the 85th minute, Adam Szaloy scored a penalty kick for the team in the penalty area by dribbling. Lee Chenglong made the penalty and beat Hannover 96.

Jackie Lee scored twice, and Schalke beat Hannover 2:1 away to stop the decline.

As for Bayern, Dortmund and Leverkusen, these three teams also won one after another, and no one fell behind.

After this round of competition, the next step is the second round of the Champions League play-offs.

Dundee United drew 1:1 with Leverkusen in Germany in the first round. They returned to Scotland but failed to go further. Dundee United lost 2:3 at home to Leverkusen and were eliminated from the Champions League. Can only fall to participate in the Europa League.

Failure to qualify for the Champions League for two consecutive seasons was a big blow to Dundee United.

Li Chenglong even received a call from Vardy. This guy seemed a little discouraged, and he already planned to leave Scotland and play in the Premier League.

The UEFA Champions League play-offs this season are not too popular. Among the more concerned teams, in addition to Bayer Leverkusen eliminating Dundee United, Arsenal eliminated Fenerbahce from the Turkish Super League to advance, and AC Milan eliminated the Eredivisie. Eindhoven advanced.

There is also a group of internal duels in the five major leagues. La Liga Real Sociedad double-killed Ligue 1 Lyon 2:0 at home and away, which is a bit cold. There should be little difference in strength between the two teams, but Lyon has more experience in European wars, but was unexpectedly double-killed by the Royal Underworld.

Leverkusen passed the Champions League play-offs, so there will be four German teams in this season's Champions League.

The last time four German teams entered the Champions League, it was 12 years ago in the 01/02 season.

It is worth mentioning that the four German teams that participated in the UEFA Champions League 12 years ago happened to be the four teams of Bayern, Schalke, Dortmund, and Leverkusen this year, and Bayern also happened to be the Champions League team at that time. The defending champions of the Bundesliga.

"Sports Pictures" also joked about it: "Leverkusen is going to reach the Champions League final again."

Because 12 years ago, Leverkusen defeated Liverpool and Manchester United and other strong teams in the Champions League that season and reached the final. Unfortunately, they were defeated by Zidane's Tianwai Feixian and became the famous king of Sanya.

Spain's "Marca" also responded: "Then Real Madrid will win the Champions League again."

Because that year happened to be the last time Real Madrid won the Champions League.

Leverkusen passed the Champions League qualifying round, but on the Europa League qualifying side, Hamburg was eliminated by the Croatian team Rijeka and has missed the main match.

In other words, only six teams from the Bundesliga are playing in Europe this season.

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The UEFA Champions League qualifying round is over, and the next step is the draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

Of course, before the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, there will be a UEFA Super Cup, with Champions League champions Bayern facing Europa League champions Chelsea.

This Super Cup is still full of highlights. A year ago, the two teams Bayern and Chelsea were still in the Champions League final, but a year later they switched to the European Super Cup to compete for the championship.

And this is another Guam battle between Guardiola and Mourinho. Both of them have left La Liga, and there will still be such unexpected encounters.

In the Eden player in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, Bayern played very tenaciously, equalized twice when they fell behind twice, and finally defeated Chelsea with a penalty shootout to win the UEFA Super Cup.

Of course, there were all kinds of controversies in the game. For example, Mourinho's team was once again sent off with a red card and could only play 10 against 11. This is the third time Mourinho played 10 against 11 in the European war. For Guardiola, Mourinho will naturally have to talk about people after the game.

one way or another,

Bayern won the UEFA Super Cup, which is Guardiola's first championship after joining Bayern, and it is also the first time a Bundesliga team has won the UEFA Super Cup.

A total of three teams in the Bundesliga have won the Champions League seven times, but for various reasons, they have never won the UEFA Super Cup. This is actually the first time for a Bundesliga team.

The European Super Cup is over, and soon the UEFA Champions League group stage draw will be held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

At this time, the entire Schalke team was also watching the draw ceremony in Gelsenkirchen.

"Bruce, do you think we will be drawn into a death group?" Navas seemed a little nervous to participate in the Champions League for the first time.

"Don't be crowed, we are a team in the second tier, and the probability of encountering the death group is very small."

Li Chenglong is right. Schalke 04, as the team in the second tier, is indeed not very likely to be assigned to a death group.

Schalke is going to be assigned to the death group, that is to draw a strong enemy in the third and fourth tiers of the team.

Among the teams in the third tier, that is, Manchester City, Leverkusen and Marseille have some strengths, and Schalke and Leverkusen still have the same league avoidance principle.

Among the teams in the fourth tier, only Naples and Real Sociedad are more difficult to deal with.

In short, Schalke should not be so memorized.

But soon, when the results of the lottery came out one after another, everyone stared at Navas.

Because Schalke was indeed drawn into a death group, or a super death group.

"It's really none of my business, I'm just asking casually." Navas quickly waved his hand to explain.

"Remember that when the lottery is drawn next time, don't open your mouth again, you crow mouth." Li Chenglong also excused himself for his younger brother.

"Okay, okay, next time I will definitely not talk."

The draw for the UEFA Champions League is over, and this year's European Player of the Year awards will follow.

There is no doubt that Ribery beat Ronaldo and Messi to win the award.

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The results of the draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage came out. Except for Schalke 04, the four Bundesliga teams all got good draws.

Bayern and Russian Super League CSKA Moscow, Premier League Manchester City, and Czech League Pilsen won a group. There is no problem in qualifying for this group. The only thing Bayern needs to be careful is not to be robbed of the group by Manchester City.

Dortmund and Chelsea in the Premier League, Basel in the Swiss League, and Star Bucharest in the Romanian League are also in the same group. However, if the Hornets want to take the first place in the group, they may need to wrestle with Chelsea.

Leverkusen is in a group with Premier League Manchester United, Ukrainian Shakhtar Donetsk, and La Liga Real Sociedad. Although this group is not stable, Shakhtar Donetsk is already the weakest team in the second tier , Real Sociedad is seriously lacking in European war experience, Leverkusen is definitely the most likely team in this group except Manchester United.

As for Schalke 04, they were assigned to a group with Premier League Arsenal, Ligue 1 Marseille, and Serie A Naples.

This group is the only death group in the Champions League group stage this season, and it is quite dead.

Needless to say, Arsenal can reach the knockout rounds of the Champions League every year, although their competitiveness has declined. This is a kind of strength.

Next, Schalke is the Bundesliga runner-up, Marseille is the Ligue 1 runner-up, and Naples is the Serie A runner-up.

In such a group, no one is sure to qualify, and no one is sure to be eliminated.

No matter what the result is, it is not surprising.