Chapter 984: There are no weak teams in the Champions League
If you look at it by Southampton's standards, Manchester City's draw result is not bad.
The Blue Moon draw is Simeone's Atletico Madrid, Serie A's Roma, and Borussia Mönchengladbach.
As the so-called good things come in pairs, it just happens to be enough for the four major European leagues, and you can play mahjong around a table.
City's biggest problem is that the team is not strong enough.
Relying on the accumulation of the past few years, Manchester City has finally entered the second pot of the team steadily, but the draw results have never been better, and they are basically bound to meet strong teams.
Simeone's Atletico Madrid is the most difficult team in Europe in the past few years, and anyone who touches it has a headache.
If you want to look at hard power, the Sheets Army has the level of the top eight, if you play well, it will not be a problem to enter the top four, and even if you play at a super level and win a championship or something, it is not completely useless.
What Manchester City is most afraid of is this kind of tenacious team, especially like Atletico Madrid, whose strength is not weaker than Manchester City, and the team as a whole is so strong, who really knows who touches it.
If only one Atletico Madrid was drawn, it would be a little better, but on the contrary, the team in Pot 3 drew Roma, and the team in Pot 4 drew Borussia Mönchengladbach.
You must know that although Roma is below Inter Milan and Juventus in Serie A, in terms of combat effectiveness, it is not afraid of European teams at all, and it is Samanan that can really crush the Red Wolves safely.
As for Borussia Mönchengladbach, his combat effectiveness is not strong, and he is a novice, relatively speaking, it is easier to handle it.
But the problem is that the Bundesliga team will explode anytime and anywhere, and God knows if Borussia Mönchengladbach will come out like this?
So, as soon as the results of the draw came out, Mubarak's face suddenly began to sing.
He seems to be crying about his depression with a sad singing voice, why is it always me who is unlucky every time?
Not to mention, it's a fate!
Barcelona's draw was ridiculously good, coming close to guaranteeing Zenit St. Petersburg, Galatasaray and Malmö.
Real Madrid's luck was similarly high, with draws against Benfica, Dynamo Kyiv and Zagre? Dinamo.
Judging from the draw, the two heroes of the Western Super League can be said to have entered the top 16 knockout rounds safely.
Even, with their level, if they don't win the first place in the group, they will be embarrassed to qualify.
Ajax also had a tragic fate, drawing Manchester United, CSKA Moscow and Hamburg.
Yang Huan is also quite helpless about this, who is more able to advance?
On the cards, Manchester United are guaranteed to advance, with one spot remaining, with Hamburg hoping the most, but Ajax and CSKA Moscow are not without chances.
Bayern Munich is now UEFA's gold medal hitter, specializing in local tyrants and gentry, and specifically targeting the Premier League.
Before it was either Arsenal or Manchester City, this season it is a new big tycoon, Tottenham Hotspur.
The other two teams are Shakhtar Donetsk and Olympiacos.
Looking at the four teams in this group, Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur have the best chance of qualifying.
Inter Milan's draw luck was not ideal, Valencia, Lyon and Anderlecht were drawn respectively, and it was another time to play with the same goal, and Yang Huan was also very helpless about it.
There are many teams in their own country, so it is inevitable that they will meet in the European arena, anyway, just fight, and rely on strength to speak.
As soon as the lottery results came out, the scene could be described as a few joys and a few sorrows.
Southampton is strong, and whoever touches it is unlucky, so no matter who the Saints draw, they basically have the same attitude, but Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Wolfsburg really have a crying expression.
"Young Master Huan, judging from the results of this draw, the situation of our team this year is not optimistic."
Peter Kenyon, who was sitting next to Yang Huan, said with a frown.
He is the CEO of Miracle Football Group and is responsible for managing the company, and whether a team makes it out of the group is also a matter of how much money each team earns.
Yang Huan nodded, "It's not surprising, many teams have increased their investment, the Saints have no big problem qualifying from the group, Ajax and Hamburg, met Manchester United and CSKA, it would be good to have a line." ”
"Benfica is also likely to qualify, Atletico Madrid and Monaco will be fine as long as they play normally, but Inter Milan and Anderlecht are also quite worrying."
The problem for Inter Milan and Hamburg now is not the overall quality of the team, but the experience of European competition.
Both teams have undergone a certain reorganization of their squads in the summer of this year, and although the overall strength has improved, it is difficult to say whether there will be problems in the European arena.
Playing in the Champions League, the tactics are more targeted, and the requirements for the overall strength of the team are also higher.
Even, playing on the spot, fighting on multiple fronts, and if one is not handled well, it may collapse.
"There are no weak teams in the Champions League!" Peter Kenyon sighed.
UEFA reforms have undoubtedly increased the competition for the group stage, and with the rise of Tottenham Hotspur, Valencia and other capital-acquired teams, the competition for the Champions League will become more and more fierce.
From the fans' point of view, of course, the more intense, the better.
But for team operators, fierceness is a risk.
Yang Huan smiled slightly and said: "It's okay, you tell them to play hard, play as much as you can, and concentrate on running the league well, which is the key!" ”
'Well, understand, none of our teams have set targets in the Champions League this season. Peter Kenyon said.
For teams including Inter Milan, Hamburg, Benfica, Anderlecht and Monaco, the Champions League is a plus, but the key is to get the league right.
As long as you can 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 its status as a first-class team in Europe.
Yang Huan's most competitive teams in his hands are actually Southampton and Atletico Madrid.
"By the way, Athens AEK seems to be back in the First Division, right?" Yang Huan asked with concern.
This Greek team was relegated before, but after being acquired by Yang Huan, it took more than a year to finally return to the first division.
"Yes, we imported a lot of players this summer, so there will be no problem with relegation."
Yang Huan nodded, "It should be noted that our goal is not to be relegated, but to qualify for the Champions League." ”
It's like the Greek league where Athens AEK is located, don't look at the current Greek economy is sluggish, or even bankrupt, but in the prize pool of the Champions League, Greece's prize money is as high as more than 10 million euros, and there is usually only one team.
In other words, the team that represents Greece in the Champions League will be able to enjoy this huge bonus income exclusively.
Therefore, quickly helping Athens AEK rise, defeating Olympiacos, and successfully qualifying for the European competition has become the top priority of running Athens AEK.
"I understand, Young Master Huan!" Peter Kenyon nodded in agreement, "I will ask them to draw up a plan as soon as possible, continue to invest in AEK Athens this season, and strive to return to the Champions League as soon as possible." ”
"Well, in addition, Basel and Vienna, Austria need to invest further."
Both teams have been knocked out of Champions League qualifiers this season, with Tottenham Hotspur beating Basel out of Basel.
Yang Huan was almost crying.
Nimei, I don't know which bastard drew the lot, and let Tottenham Hotspur touch Basel, if I had known, I would have to beat him to a pig's head.
Just when Young Master Huan was secretly gritting his teeth in his heart, on the stage of the Grimaldi ********, UEFA President Platini suddenly sneezed, although he reacted quickly and wanted to cover the microphone, but where was the time?
The sneeze was sent through the microphone to the audience.
Suddenly, the audience burst into laughter, this UEFA president is too funny!
However, everyone also thinks that this is probably related to the pressure he has been under recently.
Everyone knows that he is facing a ban from FIFA.
Instead, standing next to him, UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino, looked in high spirits.
Now, he should be considered a candidate for the FIFA presidency that UEFA is promoting.
"Okay, the draw is over, let's move on to the final part, which is the award ceremony for the best player of the season in Europe!" Gianni Infantino introduced with a smile on stage.
"About a month ago, we announced the top three players selected by a vote of 54 journalists: Suarez at Southampton, Cristiano Ronaldo with Real Madrid and now Tottenham Hotspur, and Lionel Messi with Barcelona and now Southampton.
With Infantino's announcement, the avatars of three players appeared one by one on the big screen behind him.
The scene immediately burst into warm applause.
The rivalry between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo is not surprising at all, as the two have almost monopolized all the honours in European football over the past few years.
If you really want to talk about performance, then Hazard and Sanchez are not inferior to them at all.
But unfortunately, the latter two players are slightly inferior to the two in terms of influence.
Even Suarez, who finished in the top three, was not as good as the two.
Barring any surprises, it will also be a rivalry between Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Now, let's look at the rankings from fourth to tenth!"
With the finger of Infantino's hand, the points and rankings of the remaining seven players were displayed on the big screen.
The trio is followed by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Eden Hazard, Toni Kroos, Sanchez, Carlos Tevez, Neymar and Isco.
In the ten-man roster, Southampton have a total of five players selected, Suarez, Neuer, Hazard, Toni Kroos and Sanchez, and if you add the newly transferred Messi, a total of six players have been gathered.
From this we can see the strength of the saints.
Of course, all this is also thanks to the Saints' successful defense of the Champions League and Premier League last season.
Barcelona has Neymar and Messi selected, Real Madrid only Cristiano Ronaldo has Cristiano Ronaldo selected, and Atletico Madrid has Tevez and Isco selected, and the strength of La Liga can also be seen.
On the contrary, Bayern Munich, the runner-up of the Champions League, did not even have a shortlist, which is somewhat suspicious.
However, it is not surprising that Bayern Munich is all about teams, and when Ribery and Robben are getting old, there is really not a single top-notch player in the team's frontcourt, and Thomas Muller is not the type of player that awards like.
Lewandowski is good, but this time he didn't enter the top 10 either, and no one knows exactly how many they ranked.
As soon as the list was announced, 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 Carlos Tevez and Isco.
But the most embarrassing thing should be Real Madrid, after selling Cristiano Ronaldo, the Galaxy Battleship is not even a single person in this list, which somewhat makes Florentino blush.
That is, in the uproar of everyone in the audience, Infantino on the stage invited three players to enter the second round of competition.
The live music also started to get tense and intense.
Obviously, the final award is about to be revealed.