Immediately after the draw for the Champions League group stage, European bookmakers adjusted their odds to win the tournament. Barcelona is in first place with 4.00 times, Real Madrid is still in second place with 6.00 times despite being in the group of death, Manchester United and Chelsea are tied for third with 6.50 times, and defending champions Inter Milan with Gao Xiaodong and Jose Mourinho are only in fifth place.

Manchester United are in a group with Valencia, Glasgow Rangers and Turkish upstart Busasburg. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was satisfied with the team's draw for such a signing, "Seeing Real Madrid, AC Milan and Ajax in a group, we really can't complain about anything, because it is indeed a good signing for us. You'll always see a lot of away from home with long journeys, but this time, we only need to go to Turkey for a longer away road. ”

United are also grouped with Scotland's Glasgow Rangers, who played for the club as a player, losing their place in the main team at the end of the first season due to his wife Kessie being a Catholic, and being relegated to the reserve team in the third season. After taking charge of Aberdeen, he won three Scottish Leagues, four Scottish Cups, one League Cup and one European Cup Winners' Cup, breaking Glasgow Rangers' dominance of Scottish football in one fell swoop.

Current Rangers boss Smith is a former assistant coach at Alex Ferguson, saying: "Rangers are a tough opponent to be reckoned with, they play tough, I've spoken to Smith on the phone and he told me he needed some tickets to Old Trafford and he couldn't wait for us to play. ”

Speaking to another strong opponent, Valencia, Ferguson said: "Valencia were very good last season, we played them four times, one win and three draws, which will give us more confidence. ”

In addition to Rangers and Valencia, Manchester United also have Busasburg as an opponent, and Ferguson also spoke about the team's situation, "Busassburg were the Turkish Super League champions last season, and their away game is a test, we need to travel a long way, there are new recruits in the Champions League, that's the charm of this competition, we want to be able to secure qualification as soon as possible. ”

Gao Xiaodong, who won two awards of the year, also talked about the draw.

'Our signings are okay, although Valencia and Rangers have the quality to threaten us, but this is the Champions League, there are nine former Champions League winners, and most of the others are champions and runners-up in the major leagues, so you can't be too greedy. I think the most important thing for us is to win the group so that we can have a good schedule. ”

Regarding the original head coach Mourinho's team and his old club Inter Milan, Gao Xiaodong also made a simple comment.

"There is not much difference in the quality of Real Madrid's group, but for Real Madrid, it is not a group of death, they will definitely qualify. ”

'Inter Milan have to watch out for Tottenham, they have the quality to cause problems for Inter despite playing in the Champions League for the first time in 50 years. However, there is no suspense for Inter Milan to qualify. ”

Gao Xiaodong also looked forward to his goals for the new season, saying that he hopes he can win the Champions League again and win the top scorer.

Manchester United thought it was a good signing, as did Valencia, who are 11th-placed odds to win the title.

Speaking to reporters after the draw, the 39-year-old Valencia manager Unai Emery said: "It's a good signing, Manchester United is a great opponent, it's a manager's dream to play Sir Alex Ferguson, Rangers and Busasburg are both champions, and it's going to be exciting to be in a group with them, but I'm sure we have the ability to get out of Group C, preferably top of the group, and if we want to get there, we can't lose against Manchester United." ”

In the eyes of the media, the situation in Group C is very clear, Manchester United and Valencia qualified, Glasgow Rangers and Busasburg are not enough to threaten the Red Devils and the Bats, the only suspense is whether Valencia can upset and steal the top spot in the group.

The Champions League group stage will start in mid-September, and after the draw ceremony, the big names in European football will immediately turn around, and the top 32 will go back to prepare for the upcoming league games.

Manchester United's opponent in the third round of the Premier League is West Ham United, who have lost two in a row and have a poor defense.

Such an opponent certainly can't get United up their spirits, and for Ferguson, it's a good opportunity to rotate and hone the squad.

This season, Manchester United has to play on the four fronts of the league, the Champions League, the FA Cup and the League Cup, and the competition in the Premier League is particularly fierce, and there is not enough personnel reserves, and it is very difficult to blossom in all directions.

To the excitement of United fans, midfielder Hargreaves and versatile midfielder Anderson were both present on the training ground.

Hargreaves, who poached £17 million from Bayern Munich, has barely seen on the pitch since September '08, and although he had a brief 30-second appearance at the end of last season, it was familiar at best. In fact, towards the end of last season, the 29-year-old midfielder once began to train with the first team, but unfortunately during this summer's pre-season training, Hargreaves' knee injury recurred, and was sent back to Colorado by manager Alex Ferguson to be "overhauled" by Richard Sterman, an expert in Colorado.

Midfielder Anderson is young and has recovered much better than Hargreaves, but after nearly half a year of illness, it is doubtful that Anderson will be able to recover as soon as possible and adapt to the rhythm of the league. Although Anderson's desire to fight and fighting spirit are high, Ferguson said that the Brazilian player's recent situation is still not optimistic, and he will have to decide whether to send him on the pitch according to Anderson's training status.

On Saturday, Chelsea won six Premier League games in a row after two straight wins without conceding a goal, and Chelsea won again with a tally of 12 goals, beating Stoke City 2-0 and Didier Drogba sealed the score from the penalty spot to lead the scorers with four goals.

Liverpool finally got off to the ground after a heavy defeat to Manchester City, beating West Brom 1-0 to start their recovery.

Arsenal won 2-1 away at Blackburn Rovers in the last round, two points behind Chelsea.

The invincible Chelsea did not put pressure on United boss Alex Ferguson, who has been in charge of the Premier League for 24 years and has his own rhythm and still rotated against West Ham United to allow players who did not play in the previous game to find their form.

O'Shea started in place of right-back Rafael, Ryan Giggs rotated Nani, Park Ji-sung replaced Valencia, Fletcher replaced Paul Scholes and Wayne Rooney replaced Hernandez.

Compared with the last round away to Fulham, Ferguson changed five starters in this round, and Gao Xiaodong served as the attacking core for the first time.

CCTV on-site commentator He Hui praised Ferguson's arrangement, "Although Scholes performed well, he is 35 years old, Manchester United needs to adapt to the days when the ginger head is not there, the Axe Gang is poor in strength and poor condition, at this time, you need to exercise Xiaodong's ability to lead the team alone, and you can also find the problem early, and when you enter the Champions League knockout round in the future, there is no time to exercise and adjust." ”

Due to Gao Xiaodong's eye-catching performance in the previous two league games and one Community Shield, Manchester United fans are obviously also looking forward to Gao Xiaodong as the frontcourt single core, and when Gao Xiaodong played, the Old Trafford stands were full of voices chanting the name "Gao Xiaodong".

Gao Xiaodong was also full of ambition, while walking, he applauded and thanked the fans, he didn't want Rooney's shoelaces to open in front of him, he was tying his shoes, Gao Xiaodong bumped into it, and almost fell on his heels, which made the fans laugh.