"Welcome to the Europa League draw ceremony, which is taking place today for the 2009-2010 Europa League group draw!" Hall introduced earnestly.

The audience was already full of people, and the senior management and coaches of the major clubs gathered together.

Hall continued: "We now have UEFA Secretary General David Taylor and UEFA Head of Competition, Marchetti, on stage to co-chair the draw for the group stage of the Europa League. ”

Thunderous applause immediately rang out, and everyone welcomed the arrival of these two.

After the arrival of these two, they naturally made a long speech.

Hall, the host on stage, also asked the two people some questions.

Taylor said: "I think the most noteworthy thing this season is Gu Zhen from Borussia Dortmund, he is very promising to become the top scorer in this Europa League, we are very optimistic about him! ”

Last season, Gu Zhen won the best newcomer award in the Europa League, and his strength is very strong.

And Gu Zhen's limelight has been very prosperous recently, his name is very loud, and he has scored a lot of goals, so he may really become the final winner.

The stars and head coaches at the scene turned their heads to look at Gu Zhen, some of them were very surprised, they bowed slightly, and some of them were full of contempt......

Gu Zhen himself sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and did not react.

Klopp was also slightly stunned, he didn't expect Gu Zhen to be so calm, it seems that Gu Zhen has really grown a lot.

The people below all rushed to Taylor on the stage with a thunderous applause.

Taylor stretched out his hands and motioned for everyone to be quiet, and then saw that the place was given to Marchetti.

In front of so many people, Marchetti said: "It's great to see you here, and I know that you don't really want to hear anything about it now. So, I'm not going to talk so much nonsense now, the 2009-2010 Europa League group draw has officially begun! ”

The people below are very fond of Marchetti's style of acting, it really doesn't drag on at all, it's very good, it's perfect.

Everyone gave them a round of applause!

At this time, Hall invited Taylor again, and Taylor said directly: "Now let's watch the VCR and take a look at the rules of this lottery ceremony!" ”

At this time, the scene suddenly darkened, and some content was immediately played on the big screen.

At the beginning, these contents were some wonderful pictures of last season's League Cup, on which Gu Zhen's figure appeared, and Gu Zhen's performance was really amazing.

Of course, there is also the figure of the defending champion Shakhtar Donetsk.

After reviewing last season's UEFA Cup, it's time to introduce the rules for this group draw. The rule is actually quite simple, adhering to the principle of avoiding teams under the Football Association, and then dividing the 48 teams into 12 groups of four teams each.

Then there are some details that are also explained in detail, including the same points, the same goal difference, the same win-loss relationship, how to deal with these complex situations, etc.

The managers below are very, very serious and clear, and I am afraid that there are some problems.

Gu Zhenkan also saw these very carefully, and he was about to memorize them.

The main thing is the timing of the competition, with the first round of the Europa League group stage kicking off on 17 September, followed by the next five matchdays on 1 October, 22 October, 5 November, 2/3 December and 16/17 December. December 18th.

The timing is arranged like this, and if there are no other surprises, there will be no changes.

The top two teams from each group will then qualify for a total of 24 teams, before joining the eight Champions League third-place teams to form the round of 32, with the final knockout draw for these 32 teams taking place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Marchetti suddenly walked up and said: "These are the rules of the group draw for this Europa League. Next, let's take a look at the team brackets in this Europa League! ”

At this time, some of the rules of this division were introduced on the big screen at the scene, and then the team grouping for this season's Europa League was announced.

The teams in the 2009-2010 UEFA Europa League are as follows:

Pot 1 [seeded]: Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Werder Bremen (Germany), Villarreal (Spain), Roma (Italy), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Benfica (Portugal), Valencia (Spain), Panathinaikos (Greece), Ajax (Netherlands), Bucharest Stars (Romania)

Pot 2: Fenerbahce (Turkey), Basel (Switzerland), Lille (France), Celtic (Scotland), Everton (England), Club Brugge (Belgium), Heerenveen (Netherlands), Galatasaray (Turkey), Anderlecht (Belgium), Vienna (Austria), Copenhagen (Denmark), Lazio (Italy)

Pot 3: Hertha Berlin (Germany), Sparta Prague (Czech Republic), Dynamo Bucharest (Romania), AEK Athens (Greece), Slavia Prague (Czech Republic), Levski Sofia (Bulgaria), Athletic Bilbao (Spain), Partizan Belgrade (Serbia), Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel), Twente (Netherlands), Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Fulham (England)

Pot 4: CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria), Toulouse (France), Cluj (Romania), Genoa (Italy), Rapid Vienna (Austria), Timi Soara (Romania), Bart (Belarus), Atletico Nacional (Portugal), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria), Storm Graz (Austria), Ventspils (Latvia), Sharif (Moldova)

Yes, that's how the Europa League will be held this season!

Two teams in Pot 1 are from Germany, two from Spain, two from the Netherlands, two from Portugal, then Ukraine, Italy, Greece and Romania.

England is not a team, which shows that the Premier League teams in the Europa League are actually not very good, even the first tier has no penalty area, and their previous results are really too poor and too bad.

Dortmund is a team that has entered the first tier, and Klopp and others will naturally be more happy. But that means they won't draw the group of death, which is impossible.

So, Klopp is still a little worried.

Who knows, Dortmund will draw the group of death?

The duo of Marchetti and Taylor then invited Uwe Schiller, the representative of this season's Europa League final, and the midfielders of Shakhtar Donetsk Da Silva and Yasar to speak on stage, and then joined the draw ceremony.

Yes, by this time, the draw for the 2009-2010 Europa League group season has officially begun.

The eyes of everyone in the audience were focused on the stage, and they were seriously paying attention to the lottery ceremony this time, but they wanted to see what the result of this lottery would be?

At this moment, Klopp suddenly whispered in Gu Zhen's ear: "How is it?" Nervous? ”

Gu Zhen was slightly stunned, he really didn't expect Gu Zhen to ask such a question at this time, this was really unexpected.

Gu Zhen shook his head slightly and said, "I'm really not nervous about this, although I also hope to be able to draw a relaxed group." But even in the group of death, I am confident that I will reach the knockout round with my teammates, so I really don't care much about the results of this group, so where does this tension come from? ”

Pretend!

Klopp gave Gu Zhen such an evaluation in his heart, can you die if you don't pretend to die?

Gu Zhen said it a little lightly, how could he not be nervous at this time? As long as it's a person, I'm going to be nervous. And this matter is still closely related to them, Gu Zhen is just pretending to be forced. I like it, though.

Klopp smiled and turned his head to look at the stage.

At this time, the draw for this season's Europa League officially began. The first to come forward was Marchetti, who wanted to help Taylor draw all the teams in the first pot and put them in order. Then there was Schiller for the second pot, Da Silva for the third pot, and Jassal for the fourth.

So far, the draw for the first team has begun, and it is not very tense at this time, because this is just a sorting.

Therefore, the people in the audience are still a little more relaxed. The unit price is to see what the situation is in this sorting? Their eyes were on Taylor, Marchetti and others on the stage, and they were all waiting for the result, waiting for the result they wanted.

First of all, Macchetti drew Roma, and then Taylor drew the letter E, which means that Roma appeared in the E1 position, which is the seeded team in Group E.

The eyes of everyone at the scene were focused on these two people, this lottery looked very complicated, but it was actually quite fast and simple, and the speed was also very fast.

Gu Zhen stared closely, the draw for this kind of sub-team will be drawn soon.

Of course, now Gu Zhen is still waiting for the position of their own team Dortmund, they want to see what position the Dortmund team will be placed into?

And at this moment, Klopp poked his head forward. Because the name of the team written on the piece of paper pulled out by Marchetti on the stage is exactly - Dortmund!

Finally, it's Dortmund's turn, which group will Dortmund draw into?

Gu Zhen was actually looking forward to it, his eyes were staring at the stadium tightly, staring at it all the time.

And at this moment, Taylor on the stage unfolded the piece of paper in his hand, he first glanced at it himself, and then turned the piece of paper over for everyone to see, and it was written on it - C!

In other words, Borussia Dortmund were placed in Group C, and they became the seeded team in the third group.

Gu Zhen and Klopp both breathed a sigh of relief. Of course, they didn't know if their group would become the group of death, but they were still very relaxed, not as nervous as before.

Of course, in Gu He's own words, he himself is not nervous.

Then the first-grade team draw ceremony was very fast in the eyes of Gu Zhen and Klopp, almost in the blink of an eye, the results of the first-grade draw had already come out, and everyone knew it. At this time, everyone is not bad, and they are in a good mood.

Because the real grouping will have to wait a while for it to really start, they still have time to relax.

However, this time is really running out, Schiller is ready, he is eager to draw the second-tier team immediately, he wants to see how lucky he is in this draw?

Will he create two groups of death?

Schiller is looking forward to this.