(Note: From this chapter onwards, the Champions League schedule, groupings, opponents, and scores in future stories will be quite different from the real-world Champions League.) Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info I've made a lot of changes to make it easier for the main characters in the story to grow in the professional arena. This is just an imaginary story, and friends who have seen it don't need to be serious. ）

On 19 September, the first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage kicked off, with four groups of 16 teams starting the day. Zhang Shujie's Bayern were placed in Group F, along with Valencia, Lille and Borisov, but the match in this group will not be played until the 20th. Also competing on the 20th were Group E, Group G and Group H.

This year's Champions Cup will have several Chinese players able to participate, Bayern Munich's Zhang Shujie, Juventus's Li Mu, Ajax's Yan Tao, Benfica's Zhao Wenkang, Manchester City's Ma Junqiang, these players will appear in the Champions Cup. However, Celtic's Liang Xiran and Galatasaray's Tang Ling are not yet sure if they will be able to play in the Champions League, after all, both have played very little in the league.

As for Chen Zihua, Xu Ziyi and Huang Yu, there is no way to participate in the Champions Cup this year, but Huang Yu's Brugge has qualified for the League Cup, and it only depends on whether he has a chance to play.

Among these Chinese players who can definitely represent the team, Zhang Shujie is considered to be the most likely to enter the knockout round, because several teams in the same group as Bayern have no ability to compete with the Bundesliga giants, so they can only compete for group two and strive to qualify hand in hand with Bayern.

The biggest suspense is Group D, the strongest team in this group is the La Liga giants Real Madrid, all walks of life agree that Ronaldo has enough ability to lead Real Madrid to the round of 16, but the remaining three teams should not be underestimated, they are last season's Premier League champion Manchester City, last season's Serie A champion Juventus and last season's Eredivisie champion Ajax, and Real Madrid was also last season's La Liga champion.

In this way, the four teams in Group D are all winners of their respective leagues, of course, it is not for this reason that attracts the most attention of the Chinese media and Chinese fans, in this group, in addition to Real Madrid, the other three teams have Chinese players, and they are all the main players of the team!

Li Mu, Yan Tao, and Ma Junqiang, the three of them will inevitably have any two of them talking directly on the court in each round of Group D. They will also be fighting for a place for their respective teams. Overall, Juventus are most likely to reach the round of 16 alongside Real Madrid.

In addition, there is another point that is also worth everyone's attention, Li Mu, who is in the same position as C. Luo, will indirectly compete with him, and Yan Tao and Ma Junqiang will meet C. Luo directly, which are also very much expected by fans.

Zhao Wenkang's Benfica and Barcelona, Celtic, and Spartak Moscow are in Group G, and there is no suspense for Barcelona to qualify, and Zhao Wenkang must help the team to win the second place in the group. There is actually a Chinese derby in this group, but Liang Xiran's chances of playing for Celtic are very slim.

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After the training, Zhang Shujie returned home early. Now he lives in a villa on the outskirts of Munich, where he lives alone, and when there is no one at home for competitions and training, he asks someone to clean it. He came back so early for one purpose: to watch the Champions Cup.

With the first four groups already in contention between the first round of the group stage, Zhang Shujie only watched the Group D game, and he wanted to know how a few of his old friends performed in the Champions League.

He turned on the TV, fortunately, the game had just begun, played less than ten minutes, the score was still 0:0, Juventus played away from home, but the strength was stronger than Ajax, so the outside world was more optimistic about them. Zhang Shujie was looking for Li Mu and Yan Tao, and a minute later, he saw Yan Tao put down Marchisio's cross to Li Mu.

Six minutes later, it was Marchisio again, who made a one-two combination with Vucinic, who had retreated, and then crossed Li Mu diagonally, Li Mu won the ball and cut past Ajax defender Moisander, and finally fired a shot from a tight angle that was tipped over the crossbar by goalkeeper Vermeer.

Zhang Shujie found that the positions of Li Mu and Yan Tao in this game did not directly correspond, Li Mu was ambushed behind Vucinic to play shadow striker, Yan Tao was playing right back, and the two were still at a certain distance, but according to Li Mu's ability to move around and Yan Tao's ability to assist, the two must have a chance to face each other.

Juventus' corner kick was headed out by Yan Tao, and Ajax took advantage of this to launch a wave of counter-attacks, but it was defused by the Bianconeri's strong backline, and even Buffon did not have time to appear in the camera.

After that, the game was deadlocked, and the two sides did not attack much, but Li Mu's excellent individual skills made it very difficult for Ajax's players to defend him, and had to use some small actions to stop him, if it weren't for the more relaxed scale of the referee on duty, Ajax would have at least two yellow cards.

Twenty-five minutes on, neither side has scored, Juventus have four shots on goal and Ajax have only two. It is clear that the Serie A champions have the upper hand.

"It's a bit dull. Zhang Shujie muttered softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Mu take the ball, and the person standing in front of him was Yan Tao. The duel between the two also made Zhang Shujie instantly energetic, and he wanted to see if Yan Tao could prevent this player, who was called "the best player in Serie A" by the media.

Li Mu controlled the ball carefully, and Yan Tao kept a very appropriate distance from him, not close or far. The two are very familiar with each other, Li Mu is thinking about how to get past Yan Tao, and Yan Tao is thinking about blocking Li Mu.

In front of the TV, Zhang Shujie saw Li Mu's right foot dialing the ball outward, Yan Tao moved slightly, not much, probably afraid that he would throw out the "ox tail". Sure enough, Li Mu twisted his ankle and pulled the ball to the other side, and Yan Tao hurriedly moved to intercept it. But Li Mu gently pushed with his left foot, and the ball leaked between Yan Tao's legs.

Yan Tao seemed to be stunned for a moment, and Li Mu immediately bypassed him and went around behind him to control the ball again. Fortunately, Yan Tao's second reaction was very fast, and he turned around and grabbed it after being passed, but Li Mu had already passed the ball.

Vucinic headed in and the ball went over the crossbar.

Zhang Shujie sat on the sofa, shook his head with a smile, the first time the two of them made a move, Yan Tao was defeated.

There weren't too many highlights in the subsequent game time, and Ajax focused on defense, mainly staring at Li Mu. In the 40th minute, the referee finally took out the first yellow card, and Paulsen pulled Li Mu in front of the penalty area, and was fortunate to be the first person to receive a yellow card in the game.

Juventus didn't get the free-kick from Andrea Pirlo, but Li Mu, who fired too high and flew over the crossbar into the stands.

The first half of the game ended 0:0, and it was slightly dull in attack, and only Li Mu performed well. Zhang Shujie was thinking that if Ajax didn't restrain him in the second half, they would probably concede the goal.

There was a fifteen-minute break in the middle of the game, and Zhang Shujie decided to take a shower first. In order to come back to watch the game, he went home without showering at the training ground after training.

After washing, he saw that the players of both sides were already standing on the court, and the second half was about to begin. He controlled the time quite accurately.

At this time, the mobile phone rang, he picked it up and saw that it was the captain of the team, Ram, calling, and he pressed it: "Hey." ”

"Hey Zhang, are you free?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"I'm on the street with Thomas [Mueller] and we want to buy something, do you want to come? or do you need to buy something? We can bring it for you. ”

Zhang Shujie's heart warmed when he heard this, although he hadn't known them for a long time, the captain was still very friendly to him. I had heard that Ram was a good person, but now that I have personally contacted him, I have found that this is indeed the case.

"No need for the captain, I'm watching the Champions Cup right now. ”

"Championship Cup?"

"The match between Juventus and Ajax. ”

"Oh? I'm still interested in my old club. Ram said jokingly.

Zhang Shujie smiled and said: "No, the main thing is that I have two friends in these two teams, they are teammates of my national team, and they are also my friends when I was a student." ”

"I see, okay, I won't bother you, you can watch the game, bye-bye. ”

"Okay. Bye. ”

Zhang Shujie hung up the phone.

When the eyes returned to the field, it was Ajax attacking, Yan Tao had already assisted to the front, he ran half the field with the ball on the right side, forced past Chiellini with speed, and then crossed the bottom, Borrigot jumped up and smashed his forehead, Buffon slapped the ball with one hand, and Barzagli kicked the ball outside the penalty area.

It was Ajax's most threatening attack so far, Yan Tao's pass was accurate, Boligott's header was of good quality, but fortunately Juventus' goalkeeper was Buffon, and if it were a different person, he might not be able to save the ball.

Zhang Shujie secretly applauded Yan Tao, most of Ajax's attacks were launched from the right side, which has a lot to do with Yan Tao, he is only twenty-one years old, very young, Ajax needs to develop him well.

Just four minutes after the attack, Juventus returned the favor. The Bianconeri returned to the Champions League this year, how could the attacking players led by Li Mu allow Ajax to be so "reckless"? And the key figure in this wave of Juventus' offensive is Li Mu.

Pirlo made a long pass in the backfield, Li Mu unloaded the ball, Yan Tao leaned in, hugged him tightly, and squeezed him to the side with his body. Of course, Li Mu knew how strong Yan Tao's body was, so he didn't fight him, and used methods to skillfully avoid his edge.

Step on the ball with the sole of your foot, turn around and change your foot to pull the ball back, and then push it to the side, these actions are very simple, but Li Mu did it very quickly, and it was very smooth, without the slightest drag, all the actions were done in one go, almost in the blink of an eyelid, he had already completed.

Normally, it's hard for defenders to guard against him. Because of this situation, if the defender kicks, he is likely to kick down Li Mu and get a yellow card for himself;

But Yan Tao is different, he boldly stretched out a kick, he did not follow his own temperament, but he was sure enough. Sure enough, his toes touched the ball and changed the direction of the ball, and Li Mu couldn't pass him. But Yan Tao didn't completely break the ball, but just stopped Li Mu's idea of passing people with the ball.

Seeing that the ball was broken, Li Mu was also a little surprised, he immediately turned around and regained control of the ball, and Yan Tao forced it again.

Zhang Shujie nodded approvingly: "Yes, Yan Tao, this kid has caused a lot of pressure on papaya." ”

Li Mu dribbled the ball horizontally, and Yan Tao followed the horizontal movement, maintaining the center of gravity of his body to prevent him from suddenly changing direction. De Jong, who returned to the defense, went to help Yan Tao, but he didn't know whether he hit Li Mu intentionally or unintentionally, causing him to stumble a little and almost fall to the ground.

The referee didn't blow the whistle, and Li Mu also knew that he couldn't bring it anymore, otherwise Yan Tao took the opportunity to force it, and few people in that kid's body dared to come with him. So Li Mu knocked the ball to Vidal, and stumbled to stand on his feet and ran to the front.

Vidal picked it lightly, the ball crossed Yan Tao and De Jong, and flew towards Li Mu, Yan Tao couldn't catch up in the pursuit, Moisander volunteered to intercept Li Mu. But Li Mu didn't give him a chance at all, and didn't even wait for the ball to land, he raised his left foot on the line of the big penalty area and volleyed vigorously, and the ball hung an outer arc and drilled into the upper left corner of the goal.

Juventus 1:0 Ajax!

Li Mu is celebrating, Juventus is celebrating, and the fans who came with the team are also celebrating. Zhang Shujie sat alone in the living room applauding his friend, perhaps for Juventus, this goal was just for the team to take the lead, but for a Chinese player, this is the first time a Chinese has scored in the Champions League, which is definitely a historic moment.

Zhang Shujie smiled and said secretly: I didn't expect Papaya to score on the stage of the Champions Cup before me.

It was the sixty-second minute of the game and Juventus took the lead. Ajax then gradually put their forces into attack, but unfortunately they were unable to break down the Juventus door at the stadium of the new Alp.

Yan Tao worked very hard, not only did he pass the ball to his teammates in the box many times, but he also tried to shoot himself, but he was blocked by Buffon's hands.

1:0 was also the final result. Juventus returned to the Champions Cup after two years and won a victory, which is gratifying. After the game, Li Mu and Yan Tao exchanged jerseys, although Ajax did not win the game, Yan Tao was very keen that he could face Li Mu, which could be seen from his action of patting Li Mu's head.

Zhang Shujie smiled and turned off the TV. Another Manchester City and Real Madrid match will start a little later, but Zhang Shujie should not be able to see it, because Zhang Shujie participated in the team's training at the same time and could not cheer Ma Junqiang on.

Anyway, as Ma Junqiang's old friend, when he learned that Dashuai was about to face C. Luo, he still had to pray for his friend not to be shot into a hornet's nest by C. Luo.