The draw for the last 32 of the UEFA Cup took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 According to the format, the third place from the eight groups in the UEFA Champions League group stage will directly advance to the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, and then play two legs in the knockout round.

In the group stage of the League Cup, the top three teams in each group advance to the knockout stage, and the most strange thing is that the group ranking has no impact on the draw for the knockout round, so this means that although Sporting Gijón won the first place in the group, it did not help their good luck in the knockout round.

Leon's attention was first focused on the eight teams that were 'relegated' to the UEFA Cup as the third place in the group stage of the Champions League, and these teams were either the giants of the major leagues, or some of the old fritter teams of the Champions League and the League Cup, the most difficult to deal with.

The eight teams are Greece's two giants, Olympiacos and Panathinaikos, Ukraine's two giants, Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk, as well as Eredivisie giants Ajax, Russian Premier League giants CSKA Moscow, Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce, and La Liga giants Valencia.

As the defending champion of La Liga, Valencia failed to qualify from the Champions League group, which made Valencia very critical of the Spanish media.

Now, in the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, La Liga includes Valencia, who have been relegated, as well as Sevilla, Villarreal, Sporting Gijón and Athletic Bilbao, a total of five teams, and all the teams participating in the UEFA Cup have survived and reached the knockout round. It can be said that the lineup is huge.

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In the Premier League, only Newcastle and Middlesbrough have reached the knockout rounds.

In Serie A, there is only one team in Parma, and the other teams have been eliminated in the League Cup, while in Group C where Sporting Gijón is located, the seeded Serie A giants Lazio, who have three of the five teams promoted, were only eliminated in fourth place. Leon had only heard that Serie A teams were not looking down on the League Cup, and the League Cup games were always perfunctory, but now he finally saw it.

As we all know, the 90s is the era of the Serie A Small World Cup, and 10 years is a football era, Serie A may still be the winner in the 90s and the beginning of the 21st century, and there are certain advantages, but Li Ang is clear that the future of Serie A is to be surpassed by the Bundesliga. One of the most important points is that Serie A teams do not take the UEFA Cup seriously, and there is a world of difference between the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League, but the results of the club's performance in the UEFA Cup can affect the qualification of the national league in the UEFA Champions League. This way of scoring is devastating for Serie A. The long-term lack of attention to the UEFA Cup has led to the bitter result of their points being surpassed by the Bundesliga.

With the strength of Lazio, even if it is a semi-substitute lineup, as long as it is willing to take it seriously, then there is almost no problem in qualifying in the group of five into three, but Lazio is stunned that there is no group qualification, which is a direct manifestation of the Serie A team's disregard for the League Cup. They only have the Champions Cup in their eyes.

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In the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 and Stuttgart and Aachen reached the last 32 of the UEFA Cup.

In Ligue 1, AJ Auxerre, Sochaux and Lille are alive.

In this case, in the round of 32 of the UEFA Cup, there are five teams in La Liga, one team in Serie A, two teams in the Premier League, three teams in the Bundesliga, and three teams in Ligue 1, and the five major leagues occupy fourteen places.

In Leon's wishful thinking, first of all, the same team in La Liga, Sporting Gijón needs to be avoided, there is no need to worry, then, the team is better to avoid teams in Serie A, the Premier League, Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga, and it is best to meet teams like Bucharest Star, or Graz AK or Heerenveen and Basel.

In the end, after the draw results of the League Cup 1/16 finals came out, Sporting Gijón successfully avoided the other teams in the five major leagues, but drew an opponent that Li Ang did not want to meet: the Turkish Super League giants Fenerbahce!

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Fenerbahce was a 'relegated' team from the Champions League, and this team is very strong, and Leon must be vigilant, knowing that although he only finished third in the group stage of the Champions League, Fenerbahce once beat Premier League giants Manchester United 3-0 at home in the group, which shows his strength.

It can be said that even if Sporting Gijón meets Middlesbrough or Newcastle in the Premier League, or those teams in Ligue 1, or even a few teams in the Bundesliga, it is much better than meeting Fenerbahce.

"Sporting Gijón's luck is terrible. The Spanish newspaper "El País" said that it is clear that Fenerbahce was drawn, and they are not very optimistic about the prospects of Sporting Gijón in the League Cup, after all, with the current configuration of players at Sporting Gijón, it is really a little powerless to fight on the third line.

Fenerbahce's team can't be said to be very strong, but the horror of the Turkish team's home stadium has made many giants miserable. There is a joke in European football that in European football, the most difficult and unwilling teams to face are the Russian team and the Turkish team: one is so cold that you can't pee, and the other is so scared that you can't keep pee......

Leon was also a little depressed, the team drew Fenerbahce among the most difficult teams, which was really not good.

However, the League Cup quarter-finals don't start until February, and Leon is too lazy to think about this game now, with all his attention now on the 17th round of La Liga next week, the first game since his three-game ban, and Leon can't hold it anymore.

He was hungry.

His axe was hungry and thirsty.

Their opponents in this round of the league are Racing Santander, and Sporting Gijón are at home to face their opponents, and after playing against Athletic Santan, La Liga will enter a two-week winter break, and Leon and the team can finally take a breather.

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On December 22, in the final round of La Liga before the winter break, Sporting Gijón hosted Racing Santander.

The media is very interested in the return of Leon, and there are many reporters who come to this game. A number of reporters stood guard at the door of the dressing room, with the cameras pointed inside, which was specifically allowed by Sporting Gijón, and the team's general manager, Benita Arango, did everything she could to increase the team's influence and reputation. With the conditional consent of Leon and the players, they were allowed to open the dressing room for a few minutes before some important games, but the media were still not allowed to enter, and could only film what the team and players were willing to let them see at the door......