Three Hundred and Eighty Sixth Group of Super Death

When UEFA Secretary-General David Taylor selected Zenit St. Petersburg from the third team, not only the entire venue, but even Gao Shen and others in front of the TV felt short of breath.

This is the third tier of the team, second only to Ligue 1 Marseille in terms of points in the European competition. It is strong and was the champion of the UEFA Europa League last season. The team has the Russian star Arshavin who has become popular this summer.

It can be said that Zenit St. Petersburg is the most powerful team in the third tier, not losing to the second tier, or even the first tier. In addition to the expedition to Russia, it is also a devil to draw this opponent.

Gao Shen, Zidane, Carlo and others all looked at each other in blank dismay, unavoidably a little anxious.

Of course they hope that this team can be drawn into the group where Inter Milan, AC Milan and Roma are, but they also know in their hearts that there are some things that cannot be avoided.

So what if you avoid Zenit St. Petersburg?

In the third tier of teams, there is also Ligue 1 Marseille, which once won the Champions League, and Bordeaux, which ranked second in Ligue 1 last season. third gear.

There are no underdogs in the Champions League, this is really not just a simple talk.

...

After David Taylor drew Zenit St. Petersburg, as the venue for the UEFA Champions League final this season, the representative of Rome's Olympic Stadium and Rome's technical director Bruno Conte conducted a group draw.

After removing Lyon's group, in the remaining seven groups, Conte kept stirring.

In the past few years, the draw of the UEFA Champions League has been criticized. Many people think that there is something tricky about it, so UEFA is also trying every means to prove its innocence. For example, when the draw is made, the live broadcast camera will be aligned Conte's hand.

I saw Conte grab one of the seven small balls, unscrew it, take out the note inside, glance at it, turn it over, and there is an English letter in Yahei font on it: h.

There was clearly a commotion in the venue.

Gao Shen directly covered his mouth and let out a magical laugh.

Because, Group H now has two teams, namely Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

Now comes another Zenit St. Petersburg.

As the two most prominent giants in the history of the Champions League, Real Madrid and Bayern are not as good as they were back then, and Bayern has been reduced to the second-tier team, but the lean camel is bigger than the horse, and the background of these two teams is still there.

Zenit St. Petersburg was the champion of the Europa League last season, and its strength is beyond doubt.

"Group of Death!" Zidane smiled wryly.

This group is truly terrifying.

Especially considering the schedule.

As the third team, the schedule of the group stage is host-host-host-host-host.

In other words, the other three teams' expedition to Russia should be in October and November. At this time, the temperature in the European continent is not too low, but in St. Petersburg, Russia, it is already zero degrees, or even below zero. .

This will be a huge challenge for any team.

But the away game itself is also the most suspenseful feature of the Champions League.

...

The lottery continues, and after the teams in the third tier have been drawn one after another, there is still a group that is quite scary.

That is Liverpool.

The second tier is PSV Eindhoven, and the third tier draws Marseille. This is also a strong team that has won the Champions League, and its strength is not bad.

However, there are no Serie A teams in these two groups, and Naples may encounter them.

Although it is said to be one of five choices, in fact, whether it is the Liverpool group or the Real Madrid group, they are all super dead groups, and they are very passive no matter how they are selected.

unless,

Naples is very lucky.

But no matter how good it is, it still has to fight against the strong teams in the first and second tiers.

"To be honest, I've never signed a lottery as a person, I never bought a lottery, because I never won if I bought it."

When Gao Shen said this, he showed a look of helplessness.

"So, I will draw a group that is difficult for you to accept later, don't blame me."

Carlo, Zidane and others all smiled, but they were also a little helpless.

This is the tragedy of a team like Naples.

No matter how you draw it, it is actually the group of death.

At best, if you are lucky, you can draw a team of death, and if you are unlucky, you can get a team of super death. What can you do?

...

The lottery ceremony was paused for a moment, and the awards ceremony began.

The narrator also took the opportunity to introduce the current situation.

Among the eight groups, Group H is undoubtedly the darkest. Real Madrid, Bayern and Zenit meet, no matter how you look at it, it is the group of death.

"From 2002 to 2003, Bayern Munich also participated in the UEFA Champions League as the second team. After the Champions League was restructured, the most terrifying death group in history. The first team was AC Milan, and the third team was French Lens. Pot four is La Liga Deportivo."

"As a result, Ancelotti's AC Milan successfully broke through and finally won the championship. Super Depor also performed well and won the second place in the group. It is worth mentioning that Deportivo lost 4-0 at home this season. Given to AC Milan, this is the miracle of the 2003-2004 season, when they fell behind 1-4 away and then reversed Milan 4-0 at home."

"As for Bayern, in the end it was the bottom of the group and only scored two points, starting the journey of sinking the Bundesliga hegemony."

After winning the Champions League in 2001, Bayern really went from bad to worse, and they have never been able to regain the momentum of the European overlord of the year.

But in the past two years, Bayern has been ambitious and has successively introduced stars such as Franck Ribery and Luca Toni, and their strength is gradually rising. Come explode.

This is actually the cleverness of Bayern's management.

For example, Inter Milan, Moratti's strategy is to burn money and bring in more stars.

But the consequence of this is that Inter Milan has never really realized independent management. Once they leave the big benefactor, their business will go from bad to worse.

But Bayern can be said to be a classic case of European team management.

Since winning the Champions League in 2001, the Bundesliga has been in trouble, and the German youth training has broken down.

At this time, there are two roads before Bayern, or they are like Inter Milan, Real Madrid or Chelsea and other teams, desperately investing and burning money, and Bayern's financial resources can actually afford it.

Or choose not to get grades, get up, and develop wretchedly.

It can be clearly seen that Bayern Munich has chosen Gou, and it has been going on for several years.

In 2007, Bayern seized an opportunity and signed Ribery with a very cost-effective transfer fee.

At the same time, after years of hard work, the German youth training has begun to enter the harvest period, talents continue to emerge, and the Bundesliga management has also improved significantly compared to that period at the beginning of the century.

Therefore, as the leader of German football and the Bundesliga, Bayern executives realized that the time had come, and after signing Ribery, they decisively chose to forge ahead, which led to the huge signings this summer.

Facts have proved how wise Bayern's shrewdness is.

After a few years of struggling, when the outbreak came, Bayern not only had the support of the entire German football world, but also had the Bundesliga as the rear, and even had strong financial resources, enough to rival any giant in Europe.

The current Franck Ribery and the next Robben were all introduced in a very cost-effective way, but they established Bayern's glorious peak in the past ten years, and even created Bayern's continuous glory since then, ranking among the ranks of Samaranchi.

The Big Three of Bayern have also relied on such operations to successfully rank among the strongest management teams in Europe and even the world.

...

There were many thoughts in Gao Shen's mind, but after the awards ceremony ended, the lottery ceremony continued.

When it comes to the fourth tier team, it is closely related to Naples.

It can be clearly felt that, including Zidane and Carlo, everyone's hearts are also tugged.

Although, everyone knew early on that it would definitely be the group of death, but after all, they were still looking forward to unexpected surprises.

This is human nature.

Of course Gao Shen is no exception, but he takes it lightly.

He never liked to entrust his own destiny and future to such illusory luck or other things. He liked to control his own initiative.

If he was really lucky and got a good lottery, then he wouldn't be overly happy.

If the luck is normal and you get the death group, or even the h group if you are unlucky, then Gao Shen has nothing to say.

Isn't it Real Madrid, Bayern and Zenit?

hit him!

Who is afraid of whom?

But sometimes fate really likes to play tricks on people.

The first to be drawn was Atletico Madrid, and this hapless sheet army was drawn to the Liverpool group.

Liverpool, Eindhoven, Marseille and Atletico Madrid, a proper group of death.

Shakhtar Donetsk to Barcelona, ​​Dynamo Kyiv to Arsenal...

When David Taylor finally pulled out the small ball with the Napoli name on it, there was a restlessness in the audience again.

The staff immediately took out the small balls in the glass jar prepared for Bruno Conte, and there were only two left.

Avoiding the same country is either Real Madrid, Bayern, Zenit, or Manchester United, Villarreal and Celtic.

Bruno Conte seemed to realize that this was the most suspenseful draw tonight.

Because everyone knows that drawing Naples is definitely a nightmare, because this defending Serie A champion is really strong.

Although there were only two, Bruno Conte still pretended to stir it up, but everyone could see that he had already chosen one of them.

After taking it out, unscrewing it, and taking out the note, the face of Roman Technical Director obviously changed.

Then, I saw Bruno Conte flipping the note with a wry smile, and there was a Yahei English letter on it.

h! ! ! !

"Fuck!" Zidane jumped up directly.

Carlo and the members of the coaching staff were also excited.

Although the Manchester United group is also very strong, at least the Celtics are easier to deal with.

But Group H is different. Two wealthy teams, plus a Europa League champion, this is definitely the scariest super death group in the history of the Champions League.

I don't know why, after pulling it out, Gao Shen became calm instead.

Signing luck is still bad, but he's used to it.

More importantly, after the results of the draw came out, he had already started thinking about how to defeat Real Madrid, Bayern and Zenit in the group stage and successfully advance to the knockout round.