Good sign?

What is the definition of a good signing, there are many masters in the round of 16, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Barcelona, Chelsea, Lazio, Marseille, Fiorentina, etc., are not good stubble.

However, the opponent in the first stage will definitely not be encountered, and in the second stage of the group stage, the team of the same country avoided and avoided a certain risk, but in fact, it was useless.

Four seeded teams have already come out, namely Real Madrid, Manchester United, Barcelona and Chelsea. They will be seeded in four groups.

"Hey, Rudy,"

"Congratulations on advancing to the second stage,"

The old coach Heathfield still took the initiative to come over and greet Worrall, and then sat down next to him. In the first phase of the draw, the two people also sat together, and it was the same today.

It's just that the promotion process is a world of difference, Bayer Leverkusen is almost smooth, while Bayern Munich is thrilling in the final round.

"Otmar, congratulations too." In front of the old coach, Worrall is not complacent, this achievement is not enough to show off, unless he wins the Champions Cup, otherwise there is nothing to be ashamed of.

"Hope for good luck?" Heathfield wasn't embarrassed either.

"It looks like we're all in the second gear, and it's a bit dangerous."

Worrall shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "It's almost the same everywhere, it's all a strong team." ”

Although his mouth said so, Worrall didn't think so in his heart, and kept praying.

As the crowd grew, the white-haired UEFA president Lennart Johansson walked into the venue, followed by Italian legend Bergomi.

When Bergomi saw Fiorentina coach Trapattoni, he immediately sent a thick hug and then shook Eriksen's hand. He is here today as a guest of the draw, and his hands will decide the fate of 16 teams.

With everyone seated, the draw ceremony officially began.

First of all, there are four seeded teams, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Barcelona are indeed seeded.

while Porto, Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern and Lazio are listed in Pot 2.

The third pot is Hertha Berlin, Fiorentina, Valencia and Marseille.

Pot 4 is Feyenoord, Rosenborg, Sparta Prague and Bordeaux.

Bergomi drew Barcelona from Group A, Manchester United from Group B, Real Madrid in Group C and Chelsea in Group D. Two La Liga teams, two Premier League teams, Serie A for the first time without a seeded team.

The seeded team came out, and the head coaches of these four teams were the most calm, because they were seeded teams, so they naturally took the lead.

Apart from them, the rest of the managers pulled their necks, with Worrall pulling the longest.

The first draw was Porto, who made it to Group A.

Immediately after that, Bayer Leverkusen's name appeared, falling directly into Manchester United's Group B, leaving no suspense left for Worrall, as in the first stage.

Depend on!

This time, it's so big that your big mouth is talking nonsense at the press conference? Say anything except for the Champions League champion, other teams have met it, and the result has worked! Really drew Manchester United......

Worrall didn't expect to have a crow's beak.

Don't know who the other two teams are? His heart continued to beat the drums.

But when he heard Leverkusen's name, Ferguson, who was not far away, immediately laughed, and the smile was meaningful, and his red face was full of joy. I don't know if he really wants to run into Bayer Leverkusen or what, but I'm very happy anyway.

Bayern Munich were drawn into Group C with Real Madrid! Heathfield's face flashed inadvertently, and he was still reluctant to draw Real Madrid.

Lazio are in Chelsea's Group D.

Then there's the third gear.

Hertha Berlin was drawn first and then thrown into Group A. Barcelona coach Louis van Gaal is very calm, neither Porto nor Hertha Berlin pose a threat, Barcelona can definitely have a place in the quarterfinals!

Worrall craned his neck again and poked his head forward, curious to see who his second opponent was.

As a result, Bergomi smiled and looked at Trapatdoni, is it another Serie A powerhouse, Fiorentina?!

depend on

It's really fun this time.

Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen and Fiorentina, there are only two places to qualify! If there is another awesome, won't it become a group of death?

Heathfield glanced at Worrall sympathetically, and although he didn't say anything in his mouth, the meaning was already obvious.

It's so hard!

Marseille then fell to Bayern Munich in Group D, while Valencia were in Group D.

It's very even, and the teams in the top three divisions are evenly distributed.

It depends on which group Feyenoord and Bordeaux fall into in the fourth division.

As a result, Bordeaux fell to Group B, while Feyenoord fell to Group D, with the relatively weak Sparta Prague in Group A and Rosenborg in Group C.

Group B and D are formed as a real group of death, none of which are soft persimmons, although the group is different, but the strength should not be underestimated.

Shouldn't I come to the lottery next time? Worrall wondered if he was bringing bad luck on him, otherwise he would have been in a group with three perverted teams.

Premier League Manchester United, Serie A Fiorentina, French Bordeaux, which one is easy to bite?

Heathfield next to him smiled happily, in stark contrast to the expression on his face, although Bayern drew Real Madrid, but the other two opponents were relatively easy, naturally, Heathfield thought that it was a good draw, although Marseille's strength is good, but this group should be Bayern and Real Madrid smiling proudly.

The draw is over.

Group A: Barcelona, Porto, Hertha, Berlin, Prague, Sparta

Group B: Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen, Fiorentina, Bordeaux

Group C: Real Madrid, Bayern, Marseille Rosenborg

Group D: Chelsea, Lazio, Valencia, Feyenoord

"Rudy, come on,"

"We'll see you in the knockout rounds."

Heathfield is still full of confidence, and although he lingered in the first stage, he never doubted Bayern Munich's quality.

"Uh,"

Worrall didn't dare to answer, but was stunned for a moment, and then smiled awkwardly. If you can't make it to the knockout round, it's sad.

As soon as he walked out of the door, Worrall saw Ferguson shaking hands with legendary Italian coach Trapattoni. He wanted to walk over with his head down, but Trapattoni saw him and beckoned.

"Rudy."

Worrall had no choice but to walk over to the front, in front of these famous marshals, he was still a junior, and he was always a little unnatural.

"Hello handsome,"

"Hello sir,"

It is said that Ferguson will be knighted by the Queen in December this year, so Worrall simply called Ferguson a knight.

Ferguson was really happy, and then he praised Worrall.

"We played well yesterday, and your team is quite strong."

"Luck is just luck." Worrall humbled.

"Luck can't win at Lazio's home turf, right, Giovanni?" He turned to Trapattoni and asked.

Trapattoni's Fiorentina lost away to Lazio this season, and he was unlucky to win the game, and the big-name Fiorentina did not lose to Lazio at all.

"yes, it's not luck, Rudy is trying to put smoke bombs on us, we're in a group and we're destined to be eliminated." Trapattoni didn't take Bordeaux into account at all, believing that the two places would be between Manchester United, Bayer Leverkusen and Fiorentina......

"We'll see you in the arena, then?" Ferguson laughed, then patted Worrall on the shoulder.

"The Chinese are good."

"You're happy."

"Hey, hey." Worrall smirked, and when Ferguson left, his body shuddered.

What do you mean?

Is this the idea to beat Zheng Zhi?

If you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves.

Zheng Zhihao is sure, but it is another thing to say it from the mouth of a manager, not to mention that there have been media reports before that Manchester United is very interested in Zheng Zhi, but Ferguson has never admitted it himself.

All right

Don't think about it, at least Zheng Zhi also said that he will not leave until he gets a major honor for Bayer Leverkusen, which is the biggest reassurance.

What is a major honor?

Of course, the German Cup does not count, but the Bundesliga and Champions Cup winners or the UEFA Cup winners do.

The most promising thing at the moment is the Bundesliga title!

Thinking of this, Worrall collected his mood and prepared to return to Germany.

And in China, Barak watched the live broadcast of the draw together at Zheng Zhi's home.

"Manchester United,"

"Florence,"

"Bordeaux,"

"Oh my God, what kind of team is this, Bayern Munich's fate is so good, if you switch places with them, how good would it be?"

Ballack babbled, and then despised Bayern Munich, "Bayern can't do it this season, they can't go far, they were almost eliminated in the first stage, and in the second stage, I think they are also very likely to be eliminated, only we Germans are optimistic about them, I don't think they have any future." ”

"Not necessarily, these traditional giants will only know after playing the Champions Cup, and they will only know after six rounds of group play." Zheng Zhi shook his head, "Not to mention our group, a proper group of death, just finished playing Lazio, and touched Florence, Florence is no worse than Lazio." ”

'When I was in Eintracht Frankfurt at the beginning of the year, I played against them once, and the team was completely on the back, it was a friendly game, and if it was a regular game, I guess we would have lost to them by four goals.

The impression of the beginning of the year is still vivid, Zheng Zhi is full of jealousy of Florence.

"You also know that it is Eintracht Frankfurt, now it is Leverkusen, how much stronger is Leverkusen than Frankfurt?"

"Not necessarily, when I was in Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen couldn't win."

"Ha, haha, man, aren't you with me now? The two of us, plus Emerson, we can solve any problem. Barak patted his chest.

"I hope so." Zheng Zhi is still very low-key.

Ballack put his arm around his shoulder, "We can imagine what it would be like if we lifted the Big Ears Cup next May. ”

"I don't dare to think about it for the time being, even if it's a fantasy, haha!"

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Florence, Italy.

Rui Costa also sat in front of the TV and watched the live broadcast.

"It's time to come or it's coming, haha,"

"This time it's an official showdown."

When Fiorentina's name fell into Group B, Rui Costa immediately thought of Zheng Zhi. He's about to fight Zheng Zhi in an official match. Although the media believes that Zheng Zhi has not reached the level of Rui Costa, Rui Costa himself does not think so, he thinks that Zheng Zhi and him are at the same level!

His dream is to go to AC Milan, and he doesn't want to be a stumbling block for him because of Zheng Zhi's sudden killing. Therefore, only by beating Zheng Zhi and Bayer Leverkusen can he get Galliani to pay for him to AC Milan......

After the draw came out, the European sports media began to report like crazy again.

The mood on the Italian side is more pessimistic.

"Roma Sport" believes that Fiorentina has drawn the next sign - even Lazio lost to Bayer Leverkusen, can Fiorentina fight a bloody way? As the defending champions, Manchester United's quality is unquestionable, and Bayer Leverkusen are Fiorentina's biggest rivals, but Fiorentina may not be able to do better than Lazio.

On the German side, "Kicker" thinks - as long as they can show the level of victory over Lazio, what about Champions League champions Manchester United? Although Bayern Munich has a better grouping, the level of Bayern Munich this season has dropped a lot compared to last season. The most exciting thing is still Bayer Leverkusen, if they can break out of Group B, they will have another experience, and Worrall's side will have a good chance of performing a dark horse miracle!

Dark horse?

Yes, despite the strength of Leverkusen, in the Champions Cup, they can still only be regarded as dark horses, no background, no history, what are not dark horses?

England's The Times analysed Group B – Group B is a veritable group of death, with any team having a chance of qualifying, but United have qualities that no other team has, and they are always able to turn the game around in the toughest of situations, and on that point, United can certainly secure a place in the group. As for the other spot? Bayer Leverkusen and Fiorentina should be five to five, and Bordeaux is relatively weak.

The Manchester Evening News quoted Alex Ferguson as saying that it was a crazy group, but Manchester United would definitely advance!

After winning the Champions Cup, Ferguson is also full of pride, what is his goal and Manchester United's goal? Of course, to reach the Champions Cup final again and defend the title! If you want to be the greatest team in Europe, you have to win the Champions League, and the more the better.

At this time, Ferguson was still very young, and he had two goals, one was to lead Manchester United to win the top flight title over Liverpool, and the other was to make Manchester United dominate Europe again......

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Although the weekend will be challenged by promoted league side Ulme, Bayer Leverkusen fans are still on their minds for the Champions League.

Many fans have already bought tickets to Old Trafford and although the Champions League will not be re-ignited until next week, they can't wait. In the first game, I went away to challenge the Champions League champion Manchester United, and I was too enthusiastic.

Then they pointed fingers at Worrall's appointment, "Will we have to play the German Cup next week?" ”

"Why don't you just continue to play with the second-tier team? The German Cup isn't interesting, is it? ”

Look at it, the vision has become higher. Where did former Bayer Leverkusen fans think that?

Looking at the entire history of Bayer Leverkusen, there are not many championships, winning the UEFA Cup in 1988 and the German Cup in 1993, there are only two in total.

Now the fans are not interested in the German Cup, they only look at the Bundesliga and the Champions League?

Well, people have pursuits......

Worrall is also thinking about this problem, there is no problem playing Urme at home in the league, and there is no problem with the German Cup, the key is whether the German Cup will continue to fight?

After the German Cup, we have to play Freiburg and then go to Old Trafford to challenge Manchester United, the competition is very tight, but if you play with the main team, fitness is a problem.

Abandon the German Cup? I can't bear it.

So in the end, he decided to play with half main force and half substitute.

On Saturday afternoon, Ballack, Novotny, Lucio, Kirsten, Ze Roberto, Beinrich and Matisek were all substitutes.

Zheng Zhi took half of the main team and half of the substitutes to face the promoted club Urme at home.

There was no danger in the game, and he won the opponent 2:0, took all three points, and continued to be at the top of the standings.

After winning in the league, he made another big rotation in the German Cup in midweek, this time Zheng Zhi, Emerson, Gresco and Kovac were given the opportunity to rest, and Bayer Leverkusen, with Ballack at the core, also beat their opponents 2-0.

Perfect.

Quite a perfect rotation strategy.

The Bayer Leverkusen players have been well rested this week, and the players' fitness has been well adjusted and reserved.

Another weekend away to Freiburg, this time Worrall was a little more cautious.

Only Ballack sat on the bench, Zheng Zhi and Emerson played together, but Freiburg still had no resistance and Bayer Leverkusen won 3-1.

The league continues to soar and does not give any chance to the pursuers behind them.

"It's terrible,"

"Worrall has built this team so perfectly."

Far away in Manchester, after watching the video, Ferguson was really full of praise for Worrall and Bayer Leverkusen.

'Zheng Zhi, Ballack, Emerson, Ze Roberto, Lucio, Gresco, these players are quite good.

"We're going to have the toughest game at home."

Ferguson said to himself, he had watched all of Leverkusen's games this season from start to finish, and finally came to this conclusion.

As the saying goes, arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and Ferguson will not be careless. In his heart, Bayer Leverkusen is a more powerful existence than Florence.

"Do you want to play with dim sum eyes?"

At this time, his gaze stayed on Zheng Zhi.

"Do I want to make some noise and say that I want to buy Zheng Zhi? Give a direct quote to Leverkusen? ”

Ferguson rolled his eyes, his expression becoming a little embarrassed......

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