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In Xiao Yu's previous life, Liverpool won the Champions League by beating AC Milan in the Champions League final in the 04/05 season, but finished 5th in the league and finally got a UEFA charter, starting from the preliminary round, which made England finally have 5 teams participating in the Champions Cup. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

But after Xiao Yu's arrival, history was changed.

Benitez got Aimar during the winter break, and he performed solidly in the second half of the season, surpassing Everton, although he could not finally reverse Manchester United and qualify for the Champions League, but they could not get the privilege of winning the League Cup, and they could only participate in the new season of the League Cup, as well as Manchester City, who performed well in the second half of the season.

Defending champions Red Rebels, Premier League champions Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United represented England in the Champions League last season, with Manchester United having to start in the preliminary rounds and successfully beat their opponents to reach the group stage.

Although Manchester United struggled to reach the group stage and the Red Rebels went straight to the group stage, Manchester United had an advantage over the Red Rebels when the group stage was drawn, and they were seeded in Pot 1.

The Red Rebels defended the UEFA Cup, won one European Cup, and have scored 90.163 points in the Champions League over the past five years, but still lost to Arsenal, the lowest of the first-seeded teams, with 93.864 points.

The gap in European points has forced the Red Rebels to be relegated to Pot 2, which is also a headache for many teams, because with the principle of avoiding the league, Manchester United and Arsenal in Pot 1 will not meet the Red Rebels, but the other teams are in danger.

It can be said that in these seasons of the Red Rebels' fame, whoever touches it is unlucky!

The eight teams in Pot 1 are Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Arsenal, which are also the eight teams with the highest number of Champions League titles this season.

The eight teams in Pot 2 are Porto, Red Rebels, PSV Eindhoven, Lyon, Panathinaiquez, Chelsea, Villarreal and Ajax, with Chelsea and Red Rebels being the biggest headaches, two English teams that are notoriously difficult to play against.

In the third pot are Bruce, Anderlecht, Olympiacos, Schalke 04, Sparta Prague, Lille, Rangers and Werder Bremen; Pot 4 is Benfica, Rosenborg, Real Betis, Udinese, Fenerbahce, Rapid Wien, Thun and Bratislava.

As the defending champions, the Red Rebels also attach great importance to this season's Champions League group stage draw, the team happened to be in Monaco to prepare for the European Super Cup, general manager Walsh personally rushed to the casino Monte Carlo to participate in the draw ceremony, and Xiao Yu and others followed the draw through television.

The first team to be seeded in Group A was Bayern Munich, a Bundesliga side that had a good run in the Champions League last season and has been strong this season despite the removal of Ballack, Law and Frijns.

The seeded teams from several other groups have also been drawn one after another, with Arsenal in Group B, Barcelona in Group C, Manchester United in Group D, AC Milan in Group E, Real Madrid in Group F, Juventus in Group G, and Inter Milan in Group H.

It can be said that the draw of the first few seeded teams of the draw ceremony is not important, the key is the draw of the next three gears, after all, this is how the group of death is often produced.

After completing the draw of the first seeded team, the next draw is the second pot, which can be said to be the most eye-catching grade, especially the draw of several heavyweight teams, which is even more eye-catching.

The first team to draw was the second pot team in Group A, and it was Greece's Panathinaiques that was drawn out, which immediately made Bayern's general manager Hoeness breathe a big sigh of relief, and they met the team that can be said to be the weakest team in the second group, no wonder Hoeness smiled.

Then up in Group B, Arsenal were also lucky, avoiding the Red Rebels and Chelsea, and they drew Ajax from the Netherlands, a team that was not as good as it used to be last season after Ibrahimovic, Van der Vaart and Sneijder.

When preparing to draw out the opponent of Barcelona in Group C, Xiao Yu had a very strong premonition.

"How do I think we're going to meet Barcelona this time?" Xiao Yu also felt incredible about his hunch, he couldn't find the reason at all, in short, he had a hunch.

"It can't be such a coincidence, can it?" Mourinho said with a smile.

Mourinho was not at all lucky to beat Barcelona last season, but no one wants to face such a strong opponent in the group stage.

According to the rules of winning the Champions League provided by the media before, when encountering a weaker team in the group stage, they slowly adjusted their state, ran in their style of play, and then made another effort in the knockout round, and then reached the final with a stable defense and won the championship in one fell swoop.

Who knows, when the hands of the lottery are opened, it is really a red rebel!

"Oh my God, this must be a conspiracy!" Kassel exclaimed.

Xiao Yu shook his head with a smile when he saw Kassel's gaffe, feeling that this assistant coach was really like some netizen fans Xiao Yu saw on the Internet in his previous life, always seeing the draw as a conspiracy.

For example, the teams in Pot 2 drew Panathinaix and Ajax, plus the same country to avoid the Red Rebels and Chelsea to avoid Manchester United, Villarreal to avoid Barcelona and Real Madrid, and there are only a few teams left to choose from?

Xiao Yu's hunch was accurate, because after Panathinaiques and Ajax came out, he felt that Barcelona should meet an English team, either Chelsea or the Red Rebels, choose one of the two, each has a 50% chance, and it is understandable that the Red Rebels were drawn in the end.

Manchester United drew Villarreal in Group D, AC Milan drew PSV Eindhoven in Group E, Lyon in Group F, Chelsea in Group G and Porto in Group H.

After drawing the team in Pot 2, start drawing Pot 3.

Bayern in Group A was lucky again, drawing Brugh, and Arsenal in Group B drew Sparta Prague, but after two consecutive good draws, when it was the turn of Group C, Barcelona and Red Rebels welcomed the Bundesliga powerhouse Werder Bremen, and this team can even be said to be the strongest team in Pot 3.

They were followed by Lille in Group D, Schalke 04 in Group E, Olympiacos in Group F, Anderlecht in Group G, and Rangers in Group H.

Judging from the distribution of the top three brackets so far, the Red Rebels and Chelsea are already doomed to ups and downs, and no matter what team is in the next fourth pot, they will definitely have to go through a bloody storm in the group stage first.

And after a round of draws, the team grouping in Pot 4 also appeared.

Group A is the Vienna Rapids, Bayern have undoubtedly had the last laugh, their group can even be said to be the weakest group, Bayern will not have much difficulty qualifying, unless the Bundesliga giants themselves have a seizure, otherwise, they have already booked a knockout spot.

Group B Arsenal drew Thun, the strength of this group is not strong, Arsenal is not difficult to qualify, the other team that appears is likely to be the Netherlands' Ajax, although the strength of this team has declined sharply, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, how can it not be out of the line.

Group C is drawn from Udinese in Serie A, which is also the most interesting group of all the groups, the strongest team, anyone can be upset, no one dares to say that it will appear, and at a glance, it is not difficult to find that the teams in the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and Serie A are all together, which is really not doubtful.

Group D is Benfica, and the group is no weak, with Manchester United having the most likely to qualify, while the other three teams from Europe's second divisions will be competing for another qualifying spot.

Group E is Fenerbahce, and there should not be much suspense for AC Milan to qualify.

Group F is Rosenborg, and as long as there are no accidents, Real Madrid and Lyon will qualify together.

Group G is Real Betis, another highly competitive group among many groups, and Betga has repeatedly claimed that Juventus cannot afford to be careless, otherwise they may stop in the group stage because the opponents in the same group are very strong.

Group H is Bratislava, with Inter Milan booking a spot and the other likely between Porto and Rangers.

After completing the draw, looking at the 8 groups, the Red Rebels are the strongest in Group C, which can be said to be a veritable group of death in this Champions Cup, whether it is Barcelona or the Red Rebels, they dare not say that they can take advantage of Werder Bremen and Udinese.

After the draw is over, it is natural that the bigwigs of each team will be interviewed by the media to talk about their views on the lottery results.

Walsh frowned the whole time, he felt that the Red Rebels had drawn a bad draw, and he even wanted to complain that it was UEFA's intention to suppress the Red Rebels.

But he quickly remembered what Xiao Yu had said to him before he came.

"If you draw a very bad draw, then you have to think more about last season's Champions League group stage, we took a big advantage at the time, luck can't always follow our team, on the football field, in the end, you still have to rely on strength to speak, so even if you draw the group of death, don't be sad, that will make people think that we are afraid of the Red Rebels!"

Thinking of this, Walsh suddenly burst into a fighting spirit and ambition from the bottom of his heart, and the muscles on his originally stiff face immediately became relaxed, revealing a smile that seemed to everyone to be full of confidence.

"Hello, Mr. Walsh, what do the Red Rebels think about drawing the Death Unit?" As soon as Walsh left his seat, he was greeted by a reporter.

Although the football world is a seniority field, with the arrogance of the Red Rebels, with the laying of Xiao Yu's network of European football relations, and Walsh's position as vice president of the FA, he is still very respected from the grassroots.

"The Death Group?" Walsh had an expression that I didn't quite agree with, "I don't think so, the teams in other groups are also very strong, no matter who the opponent is drawn, we will pay attention to it, and the team that can enter the Champions League group stage will definitely not be weak!" ”

The reporter smiled awkwardly and added: "Then do you think the Red Rebels will be able to qualify smoothly?" ”

"It's a difficult question to answer, and I never give a hypothetical answer, but I know very well that no one wants to touch us, and if you ask me, how do I feel when the results of the draw come out? Then I can answer you, I think, our opponent is too unlucky! ”

Walsh's words surprised the reporter, this good old man who originally seemed to be amiable would say such a high-spirited speech, which suddenly made people quite impressive.

........................ "Oh my God, Andy, your words are so manly, you finally have your head up, your chest up, your belly down, and you live like a man!" "Mark? David praised with exaggeration.

After Walsh returned to the hotel where the team was stationed, Xiao Yu and a group of others gathered in his room for the first time.

"I've always been a man, okay?" Walsh whined and pushed Mark away? David.

The crowd burst into laughter.

"I know, it's just that although you are a man in body, your soul is like a girl, but from this trip to Monte Carlo, I completely overturned my impression of you, Andy? Walsh, gentlemen! "Mark? David is very good at making jokes.

After everyone teased for a while, they gradually shifted the topic to the results of this lottery.

"Frankly speaking, Xiao Yu, aren't you worried about the result of the lottery at all?" Walsh looked at Xiao Yu and Mourinho and asked with a smile.

Xiao Yu shrugged his shoulders and left the question to Mourinho to answer.

The Portuguese madman smiled arrogantly, "Sooner or later, you will meet Barcelona, since you are going to meet, it will be the same sooner or later!" ”

Even if this guy is in private, he will have a cool expression from time to time, but everyone can see that after drawing Barcelona, although he said that it didn't matter, but in fact he still attached great importance to it, and the scouting department has begun to collect all the news and data analysis related to Barcelona.

After the next game against Birmingham, the players will have to play for the national team, but Mourinho will definitely have to work overtime and he will certainly not allow his trip to Camp Nou to fail miserably.

"Jose is right, instead of worrying about what kind of lottery we will draw and what kind of opponent we will meet, it is better to be ourselves, as long as our strength is strong enough, then we will only worry about our enemies!"

Xiao Yu's words were echoed by everyone present, over the years, the Red Rebels have never compared themselves to others, only doing what they feel they should do, so in the case of Manchester City and Chelsea's big recruitment, the club still wisely chooses to reuse its own players.

Before the Red Rebels wanted to bring in a right wing-back, some fans once suggested that Sevilla's Ramos, the introduction of this La Liga hopeful star can greatly improve the strength of the Red Rebels, and the blockbuster transfer can also boost the prestige of the Red Rebels, but Mourinho and the Ministry of Commerce negotiated, and finally chose Daniel? Alves.

This is also the transfer strategy that the Red Rebels have always had, don't choose the expensive one, only choose the right one!

(To be continued)