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Since 1955, when the Frenchman Gabriel Arnold advocated the establishment of a fixed competition between European clubs - the European Club Cup, the European Club Cup began with the 05-06 season, the UEFA Champions League has experienced exactly 50 years of history, in these 50 years, the Champions League has started from scratch, from the cup to the league, the name has changed, the competition system has been repeatedly adjusted, and has undergone many changes. But one thing remains the same – it is a match that symbolizes the highest honour between European football clubs.

There may be fans who often argue about which country has the highest level of local league and which national league is the first league in Europe. But when it comes to the club's highest honours, no one will question the authority of the Champions Cup.

In previous years, even in football, there was even such a saying: the World Cup is not as spectatory, standard, and authoritative as the Champions League. There is also an extreme statement, hoping that the World Cup will be canceled and it will be enough to watch the Champions League.

Of course, this is ridiculous and no one takes it seriously.

However, this shows the position of the Champions League.

For local football clubs now, participating in the Champions League is not just about honors, it is more about a club's budget for the new season. A large amount of ticket revenue, TV dividends and bonuses for each game have made many clubs to break into the Champions Cup as the highest goal, and many small teams in small leagues can reap countless money as long as they can enter the Champions League once, and it can even be said that if a team in deep financial crisis breaks into the Champions Cup, then it is likely to bring the team back to life. It's the power of money, it's the power of the Champions League.

This is still very attractive to the current Forest team.

Evan Dogetty is not Abramovich, he can't invest money in the club indefinitely, he can't afford to let the club lose 100 million pounds a year and still win the championship, and live a good life.

Participation in the Champions League is a very beneficial supplement to the finances of the Forest team. Forest will have more money to invest in the transfer market, into the club's day-to-day operations and facilities.

In Allen's budget report to Evondi, it was pointed out that as long as the team can reach the main match of the Champions League every season, then the club's financial situation will continue to improve, and there is no need to rely on Evondi's personal investment, and the club will be self-sufficient and profitable.

There are two keys to the Champions League division, one is to establish the seeding team and ensure that the strong teams do not meet too soon. Another point is that many people know it but it is inconvenient to openly control the lottery.

Is the draw fair? Not necessarily, the lottery is also artificially controlled by local factors. This was first proposed out of "political considerations" to avoid certain politically tense national teams from happening to be grouped. For example, the Soviet Union and Albania, Greece and Turkey. Later, the political influence gradually subsided, and artificial control became the main means of ensuring box office and broadcast revenue.

Done absolutely does not believe that it is a "coincidence" that Chelsea and Barcelona have met together for three consecutive years, everyone likes to see the artistic football representative of Barcelona, and the upstart Chelsea in the limelight, and then the draw results also satisfied everyone's wish, of course, this draw is not a group stage draw. Rather, it was the second draw after entering the knockout stage, which drew Barcelona and Chelsea together for two consecutive years, and the third time it directly put the two rival teams in the same group.

This is the situation that Donn remembers. Last season, in the Champions League, Chelsea eliminated Barcelona over two legs in the quarter-finals. These two teams have a feud with each other. He doesn't remember the draw for the group stage of this season's Champions Cup, so he can only sit here and wait for the results to be made.

The Champions League group stage is divided into eight groups, known by the letters a, b, c, d, e, F, g, and h, and each group has a seeded team. UEFA divides the 32 teams into four tiers, deciding which teams will be seeded in each group, and then four teams from each group will be drawn in each tier.

Group A seeded team is Serie A "Old Lady" Juventus.

Group B is seeded against La Liga giants Barcelona.

The seeded team in Group C is England's Gunners Arsenal.

Group D seeded ball pair for from La Liga. The most numerous "Galaxy Battleship" Real Madrid.

Group E seeded Italian giants; The seeded team in Group F is England's "Red Devils" Manchester United.

The seeded team in Group G is Liverpool, a traditional powerhouse in England.

The seeded team in Group H is from Milan, Italy.

After the eight seeded teams in the group have been determined, the other teams will be drawn.

As the balls were removed from the glass jar and opened, notes with the club's name written on them were displayed in front of the TV camera. Then it will be transmitted to the big screen on the spot. There were constant voices of exclamation, joy, and grumbling.

Fate fiddled with the ball in the box with both hands, and also played with the mood of all the coaches present.

Forest team has broken into the Champions League again since it was twenty-four years. No matter how brilliant they were twenty-four years ago, now they can only be counted as a fourth-tier team, and they will be drawn last.

Jose Mourinho's Chelsea were placed in the second tier, and when the person in charge of drawing the group opened the G field, the second person pulled out a note with the word "Chelsea" written on it, and there was a widespread commotion.

In the Champions League last season, it was Liverpool who eliminated Chelsea in the semi-finals to reach the final and create that classic comeback. I didn't expect the two enemies to meet again today. Some people whistle and gloat, and some people watch the show with cold eyes. Mourinho has a straight face and is expressionless. Benitez frowned.

Who can believe that the UEFA draw was made without human manipulation?

At least now Mourinho and Benitez don't believe it.

Don thought of what Jose Mourinho had said to him earlier: "It's too small for a team from the same country to meet in a group."

It's a comedy. He laughed along with the others.

But Don's laughter didn't last long, and soon he frowned.

The draw for the fourth pot team begins. The first letter to be taken out is the "d", which unlucky guy will be in the same group as Real Madrid, Benfica, and Lille, and become the target of their grabs?

The second person took a small ball from the box, opened it, took out the folded note, glanced at it, flipped it over and showed it to the audience, and at the same time reported the name of the team:

"Nottingham Forest."