Chapter 222 Unfavorable Years

The draw of the Champions League group has also triggered various discussions in the European media.

The theme of this year's Champions League group stage is the Premier League vs. Bundesliga.

Bayern meets Manchester City, Schalke meets Arsenal, Dortmund meets Chelsea, Leverkusen meets Manchester United, isn't this the Premier League vs Bundesliga?

And because the three Bundesliga teams reached the semi-finals of the Champions League together last season, the Premier League was eliminated in the top 16 of the Champions League.

As long as the Bundesliga teams perform better in Europe this season, they have every chance to overtake the Premier League in the European rankings and become the second league.

So UEFA specially organized this theme group match between the Premier League and the Bundesliga to celebrate, which is very appropriate.

The death group of Schalke and Arsenal, Marseille, and Naples has also received a lot of attention.

According to the European media, although this group is not the highest in history in terms of death rate, it is the most average death group.

The four teams are the kind of teams that are strong enough to reach the knockout rounds, and it is not said who can be clearly superior to whom.

It is often this kind of death group with average strength that will score some very dead points.

And as far as the teams in the group are concerned, this group is also very topical.

First of all, Jackie Lee has met Arsenal in the UEFA Champions League group stage for two consecutive years. As a standard Arsenal fan player, meeting Arsenal for two consecutive years is indeed a topic.

Secondly, Naples and Arsenal are also very stalking. Some time ago, the two teams were still fighting for Higuain who left Real Madrid, and finally there was the famous suspenseful incident in the Arsenal locker room.

At that time, the entire English media reported that Higuain had already appeared in the Arsenal dressing room and had undergone a medical examination in London.

Then a few days later, Naples announced that Higuain had officially joined, which was a deadly laugh.

The whole world wants to know how Higuain traveled directly from the Arsenal dressing room to Naples.

Why did she disappear inexplicably on the way to the medical examination?

Why is the strongest person always in the team?

Why does the mysterious zipper fail frequently?

The trophy warehouse was ransacked?

Why is the high-quality captain unsalable in the store?

Curse? conspiracy? Or something else?

Please watch the special program of this issue of "Into Science" "Revealing the Secret of the European Giant Mac——"Asina"

Well, anyway, there are endless stories about Arsenal.

Now, Higuain has just traveled to Naples not long ago, and he met Arsenal when he turned around, which is really a coincidence.

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Schalke drew a super death group, and the atmosphere of the whole club was not very good.

At present, the team is still drawn to the death group in the Champions League when two important players, Huntelaar and Draxler, are injured. It can indeed be said that it is a bit unfavorable.

So after the team's training session, Li Chenglong stood up to cheer for the team.

"Although we have drawn a group of death, that is not necessarily a bad thing."

"If you can get out of the death group, it will really prove the strength of a team, and it will also allow the team to exercise mentally."

"Last season, the Dortmund gang, they also entered the final in one breath after encountering the death group in the group stage and breaking through the siege."

"So, the group of death is not necessarily a bad thing, and everyone can rest assured that I am here for everything..."

"Ahem~~" Li Chenglong was talking loudly when suddenly there was a coughing sound coming from behind him.

Looking back, it turned out that head coach Hub Stevens had arrived.

"Bruce, don't you know? You can't play in the first group match." The Dutch coach said.

"What? Wait, what does this mean?"

"You received a red card in the last Champions League game last season and you will be suspended."

"That was last season. Isn't it automatically cleared after the season?"

"Yellow cards will be cleared automatically.

But if there is a red card, it will still be suspended in the first European game of the new season. "

Now Li Chenglong was stunned. He really didn't expect that the red card from last season would be brought to this season.

At that time, in the away game against Bayern, the team was beaten helplessly. Li Chenglong was really upset, so he automatically applied for a red card and took a rest.

He never expected that the red card from last season would be brought to this season.

And if Schalke is divided into a simple group this season, and Lee Chenglong can't play a game, it basically doesn't matter.

But now it is a super death group, and if Lee Chenglong can't play a game, it may directly lead to the team's inability to qualify from the group.

"In the first game of the group stage, we are going away to play Naples..."

Stevens' words were obviously lacking in spirit, and maybe he didn't have much confidence in that game.

Key players injured, core suspended, group of death.

It's really unlucky to meet all these things together.

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The time has entered September, and the summer transfer deadline for European football in 2013 has also arrived.

This year's transfer deadline, there are many big deals.

First of all, the negotiations between Real Madrid and Tottenham have finally come to an end. Real Madrid introduced Gareth Bale, a popular fried chicken in the Premier League, at a high price of 91 million euros.

Real Madrid announced that it was 91 million euros, but the media did not believe this figure, and the real transfer fee must be higher.

According to the media, the transfer fee is likely to be in the hundreds of millions, but in order to take care of the face of the head star Ronaldo, it is announced that 91 million is less than the 94 million that Ronaldo was originally introduced.

Bell's transfer is almost announcing that the transfer of European football has entered the era of 100 million yuan.

There are also very important buzzer transfers in the Premier League. First, Manchester United introduced Fellaini at the buzzer, and then this year's Premier League standard king-Arsenal spent a huge sum of 50 million euros to introduce Ozil from Real Madrid.

It is indeed beyond the expectations of many people that Arsenal spent such a large price to introduce players.

You must know that 50 million euros is already the highest transfer fee in the Premier League except for Chelsea's introduction of Torres.

The English tabloids also reported heavily on this big deal, and it was still related to Jackie Lee.

At the earliest time, Wenger wanted to spend 60 million yuan to recruit Jackie Lee, but was rejected by Arsenal's top management, because at that time Arsenal had a more affordable target, Higuain.

Due to Real Madrid's personnel changes, Higuain's future in Real Madrid has become very unclear, and the smoker has made up his mind to leave Real Madrid.

Under such circumstances, Higuain's transfer fee is indeed not too high, only about 30 million, which is only half of that of Lee Jackie Chan. This is the high-quality signing that Arsenal's top management wants.

At the very beginning, Higuain really wanted to join Arsenal. After all, he was a giant with a lot of attention. That's why there were many news that Higuain had confirmed his transfer to Arsenal in various European media at that time.

However, in the transfer negotiations between Arsenal and Real Madrid, because the price of several million euros could not be reached, the deal has not been finalized.

At this time, Cavani was sold at a high price of 64 million, and Naples, who had money in his pocket, came out and snatched Higuain quickly.

Now Arsenal was dumbfounded, Higuain went to Naples, Lee Jackie also renewed his contract with Schalke 04, and the liquidated damages rose to 80 million.

After that, Arsenal drew a super death group in the Champions League, which made Wenger repeatedly ask the team to make important signings, so there was this deal of buying 272 for 50 million yuan.

Real Madrid did plan to sell Ozil long ago, because they spent nearly 200 million euros to buy him this summer. Of course, they have to sell two players to balance their finances.

But Ozil does not lack high-quality players for his next home. Bayern, Manchester United, Manchester City, Paris, etc. are all very interested in Ozil. Arsenal will of course spend a lot of money if they want to snatch him.