Before the draw officially began, the host first reviewed some of the highlights of last season's Champions League, after the show, the host invited the defending champion Barcelona captain Puyol to take the championship trophy to the stage, after a brief conversation, the host invited the first lottery guest: Figo, who will draw the first team, and then the 2011-12 Champions League ambassador Breitner, the star of German football, who will draw the group group. Then there is the often filmed UEFA bald secretary general Gianni Infantino, who introduces the draw rules and the situation of the round of 32.

Manchester United were the first to be drawn in Group C, Porto was drawn in Group G, Real Madrid was drawn in Group D, Chelsea was drawn in Group E, Bayern was drawn in Group A, Inter Milan was drawn in Group B, Barcelona was drawn in Group H, and Arsenal was left in the first pot.

The second tier of teams was drawn by English football legend Bobby Charlton, Bobby Charlton was the first to draw Lyon in a group with Real Madrid, and among the other teams on the spot, Benfica and Manchester United were in a group, Marseille and Arsenal were in a group, and Milan and Barcelona were in a group.

The teams in the third tier were drawn by Gullit, and Manchester City, the most watched team in the third pot, were directly placed in Group A and Ligue 1 champions Lille were drawn in the Inter group because Manchester City were drawn lower and had to avoid the other three Premier League teams.

Pot 4 was drawn by Mateus, with Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund attracting the most attention in Pot 4, and Borussia Dort being the last to be drawn and placed in Group F, which included Arsenal and Marseille.

The draw for the group stage of the 2011/2012 Champions League season has come to an end, and the eight groups are:

Group A: Bayern, Villarreal, Manchester City, Napoli;

Group B: Inter Moscow, CSKA Moscow, Liltrabzonspor Sport;

Group C: Manchester United, Benfica, Basel, Galaradi;

Group D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb;

Group E: Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusengenke;

Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Olympia, Kos, Dortmund;

Group G: Porto Shakhtar Donetsk Zenit Apol;

Group H: Barcelona, Milan, Borisov, Pulzen

After the group stage results came out, it was really a few happy and a few sad, some people laughed and some scolded in the hall, some sighed and some complained, all kinds of noise abounded, and at the end of the moment, the hall was even lively like a vegetable market. Unless it is a super giant, the situation of each team in the group has a great impact on their Champions League prospects, even giants such as Real Madrid and Barcelona, the group stage grouping has a great impact on their season, if they are in a group with a weaker opponent, it will be relatively easy for them to get the first place in the group, so that they can also establish the advantage of qualifying earlier, and they can keep more energy in the league, strive for a good start in the league, and lay a good foundation for the whole season.

The host also knew that such a situation would occur, and after about a minute or two, the scene gradually quieted down, and the lottery results had come out.

Now, there's the most important award to be awarded, which is last season's UEFA Champions League Player of the Year award.

The candidates are Real Barcelona's Spanish star Andres Iniesta Manchester City's Chinese star Yang Fan and Barcelona's Argentine star Lionel Messi.

Yang Fan's advantage lies in his personal performance, and his number of goals in the Champions League is his biggest asset.

On Barcelona's side, Messi and Andres Iniesta's biggest advantage is that they were the biggest contributors to Barcelona's Champions League title in the 2010/2011 season.

To put it bluntly, this is a duel between individual performance and collective glory, of course, when it comes to individual strength, Iniesta and Messi are not bad, especially the latter, the Argentine is the three major football stars of the time along with the Portuguese and the Chinese.

The last to receive this award was Barcelona midfielder Andres Iniesta, who won the last Champions League.

When the host read out the name of the winner - Iniesta, the camera footage on the scene gave a close-up of Yang Fan, Iniesta and Messi in a timely manner.

Yang Fan's face was calm, Messi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, while Iniesta was relieved. Iniesta knows how difficult it is to snatch the best player in UEFA from the combined strangulation of Yang Fan and Messi.

UEFA President Michel Platini personally took the stage to present the award to Iniesta. The audience applauded, and in the applause, the Champions League group stage draw ceremony and award ceremony were all over. In the following season, thirty-two teams will fight for a new throne.

After the results of the Champions League group stage draw came out, the media also reported and analyzed the results of the group draw for the first time.

Britain and Germany, which fought each other in both world wars, are traditional rivals in Europe, and this confrontation has even continued from the political level to football, and the Anglo-German war will always be a classic on the green field. In this season's Champions League group stage, all three teams in the Bundesliga were blocked by the Premier League powerhouses in the group, and the British and German PK will become a topic throughout the group.

Although England are inferior to Germany at national team level, with a 4-1 injury added to last year's World Cup in South Africa, England have beaten German teams in the history of the Champions League. In the distant term, England have won almost twice as many trophies as the Germans (11), more recently, Premier League teams have played in six of the last seven Champions League finals, and in 2008 there was a civil war between Manchester United and Chelsea, while Bayern Munich was the only Bundesliga side to go to the end in 2010 and eventually lose to Inter Milan.

In the Champions League group stage in recent years, Premier League teams and Bundesliga teams have not met very often, but when they do, it is always difficult for Bundesliga teams to please. Manchester United overwhelmed Wolfsburg, Chelsea bullied Bremen and Schalke, Arsenal stepped on Hamburg, and Schalke, the dark horse of last season's Bundesliga, was easily beaten by Manchester United in the semi-finals, and was humiliated by the opponent's second team in the second leg.

Such a large-scale direct dialogue between the English and German teams in the group stage this season is quite rare in the Champions League in the new century, and the results of the grouping, at least on paper, are once again more than lucky for the Bundesliga teams.

Bayern Munich, the most comprehensive team in Europe, is the only seeded team in the Bundesliga, but they have met the third-tier team Manchester City that they don't want to touch, although the latter is a small character in the Champions League, but it has the strength that is not inferior to any giants, and it is surrounded by Manchester City Villarreal and Napoli, and the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich cannot be careless.

Last season's Bundesliga champions Dortmund played good attacking football, but in terms of style of play, they are not Arsenal's most feared opponents, Dortmund have a lot of hope of qualifying from the group, but the lack of experience may make them suffer, after all, the gap of 8 years without the main match is not easy to fill.

As for Bayer Leverkusen's ability to make it out of the group, they have a slim chance of capsitizing Chelsea. Although there is a collective battle between England and Germany in the Champions League this season, in terms of strength, just like the past seven seasons, it is not difficult for Premier League teams to reach the round of 16 in the group stage, while Bundesliga teams may have to struggle, including the leader Bayern.

The match in Group A where Manchester City is located is recognized as the group of death, Bayern Munich is the Bundesliga hegemon, and the opponents in the same group include Serie A powerhouse Napoli La Liga's Villarreal and Premier League upstart Manchester City. This group also happens to be a collection of teams from the four major leagues.

Although only Manchester City was the champion of last season, the four teams in this group are all very good, and they happen to be represented by one representative from each of the four major leagues, with Bayern Villarreal, Manchester City, and Napoli forming a group of death in the truest sense of the word.

Bayern Munich is the host of this Champions League final and is also a traditional giant. The death of this group is that the strength of the four teams is unusually close, Manchester City can be called the biggest variable in this group, due to the absence of European competition in recent years, only returned to the Champions League last season, so, Manchester City's points in the Champions League are relatively low, so Manchester City was only listed as the third pot before the game, no matter which group he draws, it will inevitably cause blood. With Yang Fan as a superstar, Manchester City once again invested heavily in talented stars such as Aguero Nasri this season, and in terms of the number of stars, even Barcelona Real Madrid is not inferior. If you have to find out the biggest flaw of Manchester City, it is that Manchester City's European experience is still relatively lacking, and how to deal with the two-front battle is a problem, and Manchester City did not coordinate well in this area last season.

Napoli are back in the Champions League after many years, and experience is the biggest shortcoming, but with their performance in Serie A last season, no one dares to ignore the quality of Cavani.

La Liga giants Villarreal are not good either, having played in the Champions League several times in recent years and reached the last four of the Champions League in 2005-06. Speaking of which, when it comes to Champions League experience, Villarreal is even better than Manchester City.

What makes the Germans haunted is that Bayern, as the host of this Champions League final, did not receive any care in the draw. Instead, the Bundesliga boss drew the worst draw. Bayern will be in the same group as Villarreal, Manchester City, and Napoli in this group stage. Manchester City are the strongest in Pot 3, Napoli are second best in Pot 4 and Villarreal are also Champions League regulars, and this group is full of thorns.

This death draw also put an end to Bayern's good group draw in recent years.

Several opponents are quite new to Bayern, with Manchester City and Bayern Munich having never played each other on the European stage, and similarly, Villarreal and Bayern Munich are meeting for the first time. On the contrary, Napoli and Bayern have intersected, but it is also quite long, in the 1988-89 season, it will still be the era of Maradona's optimism, Napoli eliminated Bayern 2-0 at home, 2-2 away, interestingly, Bayern's coach that season happened to be Heynckes.

Although it is only the second time in 42 years that they have played in the Champions League, and although they are only in Pot 3, Manchester City's call to win the title is no less than that of the seeded Bayern Munich in the same group. Manchester City already have Yang Fan, which is already terrifying, and they have also added stars such as Clich Aguero and Nasri in the new season, and the team's offensive and defensive strength has been further strengthened. To some extent, Manchester City, with a strong bench, are the No1 in this group, and they have the top three stars in Europe. If they play properly, they will have no problem qualifying, Mancini's Champions League goals will never be satisfied with qualifying from the group, and the match against Bayern Munich will be a litmus test for Manchester City.

Group A is already recognized as the group of death, and it should be Villarreal who feels the most helpless about it. They are in the middle of the second pot and if they can draw two mediocre third and fourth clubs, then they will not have a problem qualifying. But now tragedy has struck, and thanks to the addition of Napoli and Manchester City, Villarreal's status in Pot 2 is meaningless at all, with Napoli being a team of the same grade as them, and Manchester City in Europe behind Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Manchester United. Bayern Munich and Manchester City are clearly favoured to qualify, but Napoli and Villarreal are not without chances, and a match between the two teams could be the key to qualifying from the group. The two sides met in the Europa League last-32 knockout rounds last season, when Villarreal eliminated Napoli 0-0 away and Napoli 2-1 at home.

Germany's "Kicker" predicts that the final trend of this group is likely to be four teams entangled, and the final gap will be a millimeter. Overall, Bayern and Manchester City are slightly stronger than Villarreal and Napoli, but it does not mean that the two sides are evenly matched. Bayern have been playing in the Champions League for many years and have a wealth of experience, which is perhaps their biggest advantage in qualifying from the group. Manchester City and Napoli are both back in the Champions League after many years and are interested in playing their own way. In a game like the Champions League, Manchester City's Yang Fan, Aguero and Dzeko can change the game at any moment. Napoli and Villarreal may end up fighting for the Europa League, but their style of play will not allow Bayern Munich and Manchester City to qualify easily.

The Serie A Blues were widely expected to have been drawn in the Italian media, with boss Mazzarzari admitting that his side were out of luck: "Obviously, we were unlucky because we were placed in one of the toughest groups, but at the same time, it was fascinating. It's a tough game but it's a reward to play against these teams and we earned that opportunity after a fantastic season. ”

'We will face Bayern, the best team in Germany, Manchester City are the best team in England at the moment, in my opinion, they have made a big investment in the transfer market and Villarreal is also a top team in La Liga. ”

Napoli's Champions League group stage opener was away to Manchester City, and their head coach Mazzari said, "Our first game against champions like Balotelli, Aguero and Dzeko will be a huge challenge, not to mention that they have superstars like Yang Fan. For us, the Champions League is a springboard for us to mature, it doesn't mean we've been beaten before the game even starts. In every game, we have to fight hard, we don't have to think about the fame and strength of the other party, we will give it our all, and then we will see how it ends. ”

Boss De Laurentiis is also looking forward to playing against these strong players, "It's a prestigious signing, we will play six dream games against three intimidating teams. We already met Villarreal in the Europa League last season and I'd love to see a Champions League worthy of the name, but hopefully in two or three years we'll be regulars. ”

The movie mogul admits he likes Villarreal's Italian striker Rossi, who Napoli failed to buy this summer, but De Laurentiis is making a comeback: "I've been following Rossi, I like him very much, he's a fantastic guy and actually he was born in the United States that makes him different from other Italian players. I will continue to negotiate the acquisition of Rossi next year and I would love to bring him to Naples. ”

After the draw results came out, Bayern also expressed their views from the management to the coaches and players.

Coach Heynckes is cautious and optimistic: "It's the toughest of all the groups, I know Villarreal and Napoli very well, they are the best in Europe, Manchester City needless to say, we all know his quality. In one of the most difficult groups like this, we have to be very focused in every game because every game is very important. Bayern have only played Napoli in three of their group, and were knocked out of the 1988-89 League Cup semi-finals 4-2. Coincidentally, the Bayern coach at the time was Heynckes.

President Rummenigge found it an interesting group: "The best teams in Europe are all here, the games are going to be of high quality, and Bayern's goal is to stand out. "It's an amazing group, the top league teams meet. I'm looking forward to it, it's the Champions League. Captain Lahm is optimistic about Bayern's prospects, "I am very confident that as long as we focus and the fans support, we will definitely reach the goal and qualify from the group." ”

Compared to Bayern, Dortmund's signing looks good. Because of their strength in Tier 2 and their status in Tier 4, even if they draw a group like Arsenal, Marseille and Olympiacos, it is a good sign. Sporting director Watzke said: "We are happy with the result, Arsenal are certainly favourites in the group and the other three teams have the same chance of qualifying. ”

Bayer Leverkusen are also back in the Champions League after six years, this time in a group with Chelsea, Valencia and Genke, with boss Dutt saying: "It's not an easy group, it's going to be a nice trip but it's a tough game. Chelsea and Valencia are well-known throughout Europe and stand out. Genk and we met in the pre-season warm-up game. Chairman Holzhojze also stressed that the grouping is interesting and the game is difficult to play, but the team has the opportunity to continue to go further.

The major Spanish media have commented, and the newspapers of Madrid and Catalonia agree that Real Madrid and Barcelona will qualify from the group without worry, Real Madrid will meet Lyon again, and Ibrahimovic's return to Camp Nou is also expected. In addition, Valencia's signing is also good, only Villarreal is caught in the heavily surrounded group of death.

Real Madrid in Group D will face Lyon (who beat their opponents last season to reach the last eight), Ajax (Ramos and Alonso were suspended for deliberately shuffling their cards when Real Madrid visited Amsterdam last season) and Dinamo Zagreb. For Barcelona, Ibrahimovic will revisit Pep Guardiola. Villarreal have dropped into the Group of Death, with Valencia also facing Chelsea, who have just bought Juan Mata.

Real Madrid and Barcelona were lucky in the draw, but Valencia's situation was a bit more complicated, with Villarreal in the group of death. Real Madrid met Lyon again after last season, and similarly, the Galaxy were in a group with Ajax in last season's Champions League. Barcelona will be fighting to defend their title, as they meet Milan, the strongest of the teams in Pot 2, and Ibrahimovic's return to Camp Nou will be the biggest attraction. However, the other two opponents in their group are weak and the Red and Blue have little problem qualifying.

Pep Guardiola's team's biggest opponent is Serie A champions AC Milan with Ibrahimovic, along with Borisov and Pulzen, but the teams from the Czech Republic and Belarus do not pose much of a threat. Barcelona will travel to the Bernabeu to play the Spanish derby two weeks after the fifth round of the group stage, and Barcelona must try to secure qualification at the end of the fifth round of the group stage, otherwise they will be distracted by the subsequent defeat of Real Madrid.

Le Monde Sport: Barcelona will face AC Milan, Borisov and Pulzen. The defending champions had a relatively easy group stage. In the 5th round, Barcelona's away challenge to AC Milan will become a key battle for Group H qualification, and this game will have a greater impact on the qualification of the two heroes than Barcelona's home match against AC Milan in the first round. In addition, Real Madrid also drew a draw, and Valencia faced Chelsea, Bayer Leverkusen and Genke, and are expected to qualify. However, Villarreal is caught in the death group surrounded by Bayern, Manchester City and Napoli.

Reuters focused on last season's Champions League runners-up, and they reported with the title "Old rivals Barcelona and Milan are in the same group", "Barcelona and Milan, the old rivals, have been drawn to the same group, and Barcelona will start defending their title at home against Milan; ”

AFP headlined "Barcelona face Milan, Manchester United take on Portugal challenge", the article states that "defending champions Barcelona draw seven-time Champions League winners AC Milan, while three-time champions Manchester United face Benfica, who won the Champions League Holy Grail twice in the 60s." ”

The Associated Press reported under the headline "Barcelona meet AC Milan in the Champions League", "Barcelona will start defending their title this season with a home game against Milan, two traditional giants in the same group as two Eastern European teams, which many people did not expect." Last season's Champions League runners-up, Manchester United, also look to have been drawn in an easy group, alongside Benfica Basel and Outrugalladi. ”

The Italian newspaper "Milan Sport" headlined "Champions League: Milan meets Messi, Napoli meets Yang Fan", and the article pointed out that "the presence of 2002 Champions League winner Luis Figo, the official ambassador of Inter, at the draw ceremony clearly brought good luck to Inter, and Gasperini's side will face CSKA Moscow Lille and Turkish side Trabzonspor in the field." Milan will have a worrying start as their first game away to defending champions Barcelona, but then Milan can laugh as their next opponents are Borisov and Pulzen. Relatively speaking, Napoli will have a lot of trouble in their group, with Mazzari's side facing Bayern Muni's Villarreal and Mancini's Manchester City. ”

"Roma Sport" reported under the headline "Milan and Barcelona meet, Napoli is in the group of death", "Napoli are placed in the group of death, and Inter and Milan's opponents are easy to deal with." Mazzari's side will meet Bayern Rosi's Villarreal and Manchester City with Jan, Balotelli and Sergio Aguero in Group A. Milan are in the same group as defending champions Barcelona, but Borisov and Pulzen will struggle to threaten them. Inter were also lucky, with their opponents being CSKA Moscow, Lille and Turkish side Trabzonspor side. ”

The headline in Torino Sport is "Milan v Barcelona, Inter Milan OK, Manchester City Bayern make Napoli tremble." "Serie A champions Milan will face reigning Champions League champions Barcelona and Ibrahimovic will face their former clubs, while Napoli will face a tough challenge against Bayern Villarreal and Manchester City, with two Italian talents, Rossi and Balotelli, visiting the Sao Paulo Stadium." Of course, there is also the most terrifying Yang Fan!"

German mainstream media outlet The Kicker reported that "Dortmund are in a worrying group where they face Arsenal, Marseille and Olympiacos, and they are somewhat relieved to avoid stronger opponents, Bayern Munich are in a group with Manchester City, Napoli and Villarreal, and the strongest opponents should be Manchester City, who have just brought in Sergio Aguero and Nasri, and Bayer Leverkusen are in an not easy group where they will face Chelsea, Valencia and Genke." Juan Mata, who has just joined Chelsea from Valencia, will face his old boss in a group that is the relative underdog. ”

According to Bild, "Bayern will face tough opponents: Villarreal, Manchester City and Napoli, Borussia Dortmund will also be strong opponents, with Arsenal bearing the brunt of the attack, Marseille and Olympiacos, and Bayer Leverkusen will be in a tougher position as they will face Chelsea, Valencia and Genke." ”

On the English media front, The Daily Telegraph Although Bayern Munich and Villarreal had to qualify for the Champions League group stage, both teams have a wealth of European experience, and in terms of experience, they are far superior to Manchester City, a new Champions League team, Napoli finished third in Serie A last season, and Aguero should have a special feeling against Napoli, because his father-in-law Maradona was a favorite of Napoli fans, and the newspaper finally pointed out that Manchester City's most important weapon to rely on is their captain Yang Fan.

The "Daily Mail" believes that last season's Champions League runner-up Manchester United is much better luck than the city rivals, the Red Devils will face Portugal's Benfica, Switzerland's Basel and Romania's Galadi in Group C, except for Benfica's slightly stronger, the other two opponents are not strong, the Red Devils should be able to easily advance to the round of 16, I believe Ferguson will be satisfied with the draw result.

The Sunday Mail believes that Villas-Boas's Chelsea has drawn new signing Juan Mata's old club Valencia, Bundesliga's Bayer Leverkusen and Belgium's Genke, the Blues' signing luck is also good, Chelsea and Valencia are stronger in this group, the Blues should not be a problem, I believe Chelsea owner Abou will once again hope to win the Champions League.

The Guardian said that Arsenal successfully qualified for the Champions League group stage after a thrilling elimination of Udinese, as a seeded team, the Gunners were placed in Group H, with opponents including Marseille Olympiacos and new Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal's three opponents have a certain strength, and it is not easy for the Gunners, who have lost Fabregas and Nasri, to successfully qualify.

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