Chapter 984： Champions League without underdogs

Judging by Southampton's standards, Manchester City's draw is not bad.

Blue Moon draws Simeone's Atletico Madrid, Serie A's Roma, and Monchengladbach.

As the so-called good things are in doubles, they have just made up the four major European leagues and can form a table to play mahjong.

The biggest problem for Manchester City is that the team's hard power is not strong enough.

Relying on the accumulation of the past few years, Manchester City finally entered the second tier of the team steadily, but the result of the draw has never been better, and basically they must be against the strong team.

Simeone's Atletico Madrid is considered the most difficult team in Europe in the past few years. Everyone has a headache.

From the perspective of hard power, the Bedsheets Corps steadily possesses the level of the quarter-finals. If they play well, it will not be a problem to enter the quarter-finals. Even if they play at a super level and win a championship, it is not completely out of play.

What Manchester City is most afraid of is this kind of tenacious team, especially like Atletico Madrid, whose strength is not weaker than that of Manchester City, and the team's integrity is so strong, who knows who it is.

If only one team of Atletico Madrid was drawn, that would be better, but unfortunately, the team in the third gear drew Roma, and the team in the fourth gear drew Monchengladbach.

You know, although Roma is below Inter Milan and Juventus in Serie A, they are not afraid of European teams in terms of combat effectiveness. The ones who can truly crush the Red Wolves safely are the four giants of Samana. Up.

As for Monchengladbach, the combat effectiveness is not strong, and he is a novice, relatively speaking, it is better.

But the problem is that the Bundesliga teams will explode anytime and anywhere. God knows whether Monchengladbach will also come out like this?

Therefore, as soon as the draw result came out, Mubarak suddenly began to sing.

He seemed to be crying out of his depression with sad songs, why is it always me who is unlucky every time?

Not to mention, it's fate!

Barcelona's draw was so good, it was almost a pass, winning Zenit St. Petersburg, Galatasaray and Malmo.

Real Madrid's luck also broke the table, drawing Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv and Dynamo Zagreb.

Judging from the draw, the Western Super League duo can be said to have safely entered the knockout round of the 16th.

Even at their level, if they didn't get the first place in the group, they would be embarrassed to qualify.

Ajax's fate is also very sad, winning Manchester United, CSKA Moscow and Hamburg.

Yang Huan was also very helpless about this, and he was fighting with the same class, who would be better able to advance?

Judging from the card, Manchester United's advancement can be said to be a nine-tenth, with one spot left, and Hamburg has the best hope, but Ajax and CSKA Moscow are not without opportunities.

Bayern Munich is now UEFA's gold medalist, specializing in local tyrants and evil gentry, and specifically targeting the Premier League.

It was not Arsenal or Manchester City before, but this season is a brand new big tyrant, Tottenham Hotspur.

The other two teams are Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympiacos.

From the perspective of the four teams in this group, Bayern Munich and Tottenham are the most likely to advance.

Inter Milan's lottery luck was not ideal. They won Valencia, Lyon and Anderlecht respectively. It was another gang fight. Yang Huan was also very helpless.

There are more teams in my home, so I will inevitably have to meet in the European arena, anyway, just play, rely on strength to speak.

As soon as the results of the draw were released, the scene was full of joy and sorrow.

Southampton is powerful, and whoever touches is unlucky, so no matter who the Saints are drawn, they basically have the same attitude, but Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Wolfsburg are really crying. The expression.

"Master Huan, judging from the results of this draw, 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 and is responsible for managing the company. Whether the team can qualify from the group is also related to the income of each team.

Yang Huan nodded, "It's not surprising that many teams have increased their investment. The Saints team has no problem with qualifying. Ajax and Hamburg, when they encounter Manchester United and CSKA, it is good to have a spending line. "

"Benfica is also likely to qualify. As long as Atletico Madrid and Monaco play normally, there is no problem, but 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.

Both teams have undergone a certain reorganization of the lineup during the summer of this year. Although the overall strength has improved, it is difficult to say whether there will be problems in the European arena.

In the Champions League, the tactics are more targeted and the requirements for the overall strength of the team are also higher.

Even on-the-spot play, multi-line combat, if one is not handled well, it may collapse.

"There are no underdogs in the Champions League!" Peter Kenyon sighed.

UEFA’s reforms have 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 fierce.

From the perspective of the fans, 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 to play well, to what extent you can play, and to concentrate on running the league 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 certainly a bonus issue, but the key is to grasp the league.

As long as they can safely participate in the Champions League every season, the team's income will be guaranteed, and it will be eliminated in this big wave, and maintain the status of the European first-line team.

The most competitive teams in Yang Huan's hands are actually Southampton and Atletico Madrid.

"By the way, Athens Aek seems to be back in the First Division, right?" Yang Huan asked concerned.

This Greek team was downgraded before, but after being acquired by Yang Huan, it took more than a year to finally return to the First Division.

"Yes, this summer, we have imported a lot of players, there is definitely no problem in relegation."

Yang Huan nodded, "Pay attention, our goal is not to relegation, but to qualify for the Champions League."

It's like the Greek League where the Athens Aek is located, regardless of the current economic downturn in Greece, or even bankruptcy, but in the prize pool of the Champions League, Greece's bonus is as high as 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 the Athens aek rise, defeating Olympiacos, and successfully qualifying for the European war, this has become the top priority for the Athens aek.

"I understand, Master Huan!" Peter Kenyon nodded and agreed, "I will let them draw up plans as soon as possible, and continue to increase their investment in Athens Aek this season, and strive to return to the Champions League as soon as possible."

"Well, in addition, Basel and Vienna, Austria have to further increase investment."

Both teams were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers this season. Among them, it was Tottenham Hotspur who eliminated Basel.

Yang Huan almost cried miserably.

Nimei, who didn't know which **** pulled out the lottery, let Tottenham Hotspur go to Basel. If I knew, I would have to beat him into a pig.

While Young Master Huan was secretly gnashing his teeth, on Grimalti’s stage, UEFA President Platini suddenly sneezed. Although he reacted quickly and wanted to cover the microphone, there was no time. ?

This big sneeze was transmitted to the audience through the microphone.

Suddenly, the audience burst into laughter, this UEFA president is too funny!

But everyone also feels that it is estimated that this has something to do with the pressure he has been in recently.

Everyone knows that he is facing a FIFA suspension.

Instead, standing next to him, UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino, seemed very high-spirited.

Now, he should be considered a candidate for the president of FIFA, which UEFA is vigorously promoting.

"Ok, the draw is over. Now we start to enter the final link, which is the award ceremony of the best player of the European season!" Gianni Infantino introduced on the stage with a smile.

"About a month ago, we announced the top three best players voted by 54 journalists. They are Suarez, who played for Southampton. They used to play for Real Madrid. They are now playing for Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo, who played for Tottenham Hotspur, and Messi, who played for Barcelona and now plays for Southampton."

Following Infantino’s announcement, the three players’ avatars appeared on the big screen behind him.

There was a burst of warm applause.

The match 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 with performance, then Hazard and Sanchez are not inferior to them at all.

Unfortunately, the latter two players are slightly inferior in terms of influence.

Even Suarez, who reached the top three, is not as good as the two.

If nothing else, this will also be a game between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

"Now, let's look at the fourth to tenth ranking!"

With the finger of Infantino, the points and rankings of the remaining seven players were displayed on the big screen.

Following the trio are goalkeeper Neuer, Hazard, Tony Cross, Sanchez, Tevez, Neymar and Isco.

In the ten-man roster, there are a total of five players from Southampton, Suarez, Neuer, Hazard, Tony Cross and Sanchez. If you add the newly transferred Messi, a total of six players will be selected. .

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 only has Cristiano Ronaldo selected, and Atletico Madrid has Tevez and Isco selected. The strength of La Liga is also evident.

On the contrary, Bayern Munich, the Champions League runner-up, did not even have a finalist, which is somewhat suspicious.

But this is not surprising Bayern Munich pays attention to the team. When Ribery and Robben were old, there was really no top-notch player in the team, Thomas Mu Le is not the type of player that awards like.

Lewandowski is good, but this time he didn't enter the top ten. No one knows where he is.

With the announcement of the single list, there was also an uproar in the venue.

Because in this ten-man list, the Premier League now occupies seven of them, and the remaining three are in La Liga, namely Barcelona's Neymar, and Atletico Madrid's Tevez and Isco.

But the most embarrassing thing should be Real Madrid. After selling Cristiano Ronaldo, there is not even one person on the list of Galaxy Battleships, which also makes Florentino's face dull.

That is to say, in 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 became tense and intense.

Obviously, the final award is about to be revealed.