According to UEFA's bracket rules, Barcelona is currently the highest-ranked team in the European rankings, followed by Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United, with the Premier League's four giants all in the top five. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

From this point, it is not difficult to see the strength of the Premier League today.

Chelsea, in particular, although Alpine is not cold to Roman Abramovich, the Russian's big investment has indeed ensured the Blues' competitiveness in the European arena.

The remaining three teams are Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Lyon.

The team with the highest European points in the Bundesliga is Bayern Munich, second in Pot 2, behind Real Madrid.

These two teams are also the last teams that all Pot 1 teams are willing to bump into, and whoever touches them is unlucky, especially Bayern Munich.

Gao Han is famous, and everyone is praying to the gods and Buddha to avoid this killing god.

But it was the awards that took the lead.

Although Barcelona finally won the Champions League last season, the performance of many players in the team was not satisfactory, especially goalkeeper Valdés, whose inconsistent performance made it difficult for him to win the award.

The goalkeeper of the year was Atletico Madrid's Peter Cech.

The Czech goalkeeper has been impressed by his performances in the Sheets Army, and he has been so perfect that he has few flaws.

Over the years, Gao Han has brought out a lot of goalkeepers, with Edwin van der Sar, Cesar and Manuel Neuer all shortlisted for the best goalkeeper of the year, but there is no doubt that Cech has proved his quality with a consistent and consistently high level of performance.

The Czech goalkeeper won the best goalkeeper for two consecutive seasons, giving him the ability to compete with Casillas and even Buffon.

Due to his international training camp, Petr Cech was unable to attend the event and Atletico Madrid general manager Paulo Futtre received the trophy in his place.

After awarding the best goalkeeper, the seeded teams in Pot 1 were grouped, which also didn't make much sense.

The second award to be revealed is Best Defender, and the competition for this award is fierce.

Barcelona's Puyol, Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand, Bayern Munich's Lucio and Chelsea's John Terry were among the top contenders, but it was Puyol who came out on top.

Regarding the attribution of this award, Gao Han has some objections.

In terms of honors, Puyol deserves his name, but if you look at the overall consistent performance, Terry is the better one.

In terms of the perception of the fans, Lucio is certainly even better because he was a surprise last season and he was the defender who scored the most goals in European football last season.

As for Rio Ferdinand, he was affected by the inconsistency of his team-mate Pepe, but United's ability to reach the Champions League final is in itself a testament to his performance.

It should be said that the four shortlists are almost the same in terms of strength and performance, and it is understandable to give it to no one or not.

It's just that the best awards tend to favor the Champions League winners.

Bayern Munich often suffers more in this kind of award, because it attaches more importance to the Champions League.

After the award of the best defender, the award ceremony began to enter the most suspenseful part, the draw for the second gear.

Puyol, who won the best defender, was a guest in the lottery, and when asked by the host, although the Barcelona captain smiled and said that he didn't mind drawing any team, when the host asked about Bayern Munich, he still admitted that Barcelona was not sure enough to win.

"To be honest, I didn't like Gao Han for many years before that, because he and his Atletico Madrid left a terrible shadow on me shortly after I entered the first team, and this memory has been spurring and encouraging me all these years. ”

'But then, as I gained experience and I had some really good team-mates around me, including Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Deco, Pique and Messi, all of whom had played under Alpine, I could clearly see that they were different from the rest of the players. ”

"It's an interesting difference, but it's impossible to say exactly what it feels like. ”

When Puyol said this, he also seemed to realize that he had said a little too much, and smiled awkwardly.

"Actually, I mean, I don't mind drawing Bayern Munich, it's not a question of winning or losing, but I think that Gao Han and his team are like a mirror, through him, you can see yourself more clearly and improve yourself. ”

Puyol's reply, which was neither humble nor arrogant, immediately won him a round of applause.

Regardless of whether this is his sincere words or not, I am afraid that many people present are secretly reflecting in their hearts, is it a bit of a suspicion of cowardice before they were worried about winning Bayern Munich?

As if Puyol's courage brought him good luck, Barcelona did not draw Bayern Munich, Roma or Juventus, but drew Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League, and his luck was obviously good.

Chelsea drew Roma, Inter Milan drew Werder Bremen and Liverpool drew PSV Eindhoven......

After four rounds of draws, there are four good teams left with Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Porto and Juventus, while this second-tier team will face Manchester United, Lyon, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid.

It is clear that the faces of the representatives of these four seeded teams are not good-looking, because of bad luck.

After Juventus experienced relegation, its strength has indeed weakened a lot, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and the Serie A team is notoriously difficult, as for Porto in the Portuguese Super League, it has been stable in the top 16 or even the top 8 over the years, which should not be underestimated.

Real Madrid is in the round of 16 every year, but its strength is also good, and Bayern Munich is a nightmare that all teams can't avoid.

The atmosphere in the Grimaldi Convention Center suddenly became extremely tense, and the scene was so quiet that only the sound of breathing remained.

"Real Madrid!" was an exclamation as Puyol called out the name vigorously.

Manchester United's chief executive, David Gill, immediately closed his eyes with a relieved expression.

Obviously, for Manchester United, as long as it is not Bayern Munich, it will be a pretty good choice.

But the atmosphere was even more tense because there were only three seeded teams left.

Lyon, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid, who will be the real unlucky guys?

Everyone in the scene was tugging at their hearts and waited anxiously, watching as Puyol put his hand into the tank again and took out a small ball, and this time the team drawn out would be Lyon's opponent in Group F.

The live broadcast camera is also very spoofed, and the big screen shows the expressions of the representatives of the three teams of Lyon, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid at the same time, it is obvious that Lyon team president Aulas is praying to God with his eyes closed, while Arsenal and Atletico Madrid are looking forward to opening Bayern Munich.

For Lyon, the group top has an advantage in the round of 16 knockout stage and can also ensure that the team reaches the quarter-finals, which can generate more than 10 million euros for the team, which cannot be ignored by Aulas.

On the stage, Puyol grabbed the ball, broke it, took out a note from it, looked at it, laughed, showed the note to the guests in the audience, and shouted loudly: "Bayern Munich!"

For a while, the audience was in an uproar.

Lyon's chairman Olas was all Spartan, but everyone else around him was excited, especially Atletico Madrid's Paul Futra, who had completely let go of his heart.

He now finally understands why the cold is so awe-inspiring and awe-inspiring.

Who wants to meet his team?

The biggest suspense was drawn, and the other draws were no longer in suspense.

Arsenal drew Porto in Pot 2 and Atletico Madrid drew Juventus, both of whom had good luck against the hapless Lyons.

As for Bayern Munich, the seeded team is Lyon, the third pot is Steaua Bucharest, the fourth pot is Fiorentina from Serie A, and the purple lilies are also the strongest team in the fourth pot.

The remaining three awards went to Barcelona's midfielder Xavi, but the best striker and best player went to Inter Milan's Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

One of the important reasons is that the Portuguese have scored a lot of goals in the past season, helping Inter Milan not only win the league title, but also win the European Golden Boot, and also perform quite eye-catching in the Champions League.

It should be said that these three awards are well deserved.

After the results of the draw were released, Aulas's whole face became extremely ugly.

What is the Group of Death?

This is the Death Gang!

Before the game was played, I knew that there was no hope of winning the group, and what was worse was that it was difficult to even guarantee the second place.

Isn't this the Group of Death?

In fact, everyone's impression of Group F is also the group of death.

First of all, three of the four teams are teams from the five major leagues, Bayern Munich is superior but is ranked in the second pot, needless to say, Lyon is the French team leader, the strength is good, Fiorentina's performance in Serie A is also obvious to all, as for the Bucharest Star, it is the old fritter of the Champions League for many years.

Such a group stage combination is indeed fearful, and no one dares to be careless.

However, Liverpool's group should not be underestimated, with PSV Eindhoven in the second, Marseille in the third, and Villarreal in the fourth, all of which are also superior teams, which can be called another group of death.

As is customary, after the draw is over, the delegates will be interviewed by media reporters, and Gao Han is no exception.

Regarding the results of the draw, Gao Han said that he was very satisfied.

'In fact, whoever is drawn, I'm happy because to be back in the Champions League is something to be happy for us. ”

'Of course, the group we are in is really challenging and the competition is fierce, but this is the Champions League, the most challenging competition in professional football today, and we will deal with it and enjoy the joy of professional football. ”

In contrast to the calm and calm of head coach Gao Han, Lahm gave an interview to the media for the first time as the captain of Bayern Munich, and he said that the team has the determination to overcome any difficulties when returning to the Champions League after a one-year absence.

"It's not easy, but we have to take on the challenge, but I don't think it's a group of death, it's going to be difficult, but it's definitely not a tragedy. ”

Lahm also said in an interview with the media, "The team wants to be a powerhouse in European football again, even a hegemon, and that requires us not to be afraid of any opponent." ”

At the end of the interview, Lahm also said that head coach Gao Han's rich experience in leading the team will also help the team overcome the difficulties encountered in the Champions League.

'He's an amazing manager and we all believe that under his leadership we can go on a winning streak. ”

In addition to captain Lahm, general manager Hoeness, who represented Bayern Munich in the draw ceremony, also said that returning to the Champions League only to be placed in a relatively difficult group is not a bad thing for Bayern Munich.

"It's good for us to re-understand ourselves more clearly. ”

At the same time, Hoeness also said that it is very exciting to play against a strong team, and Bayern Munich is confident that they will accept such a challenge and emerge from the group stage.

And both the media and the fans are full of confidence in Bayern Munich's promotion.

However, for Gao Han, this is already a matter of the future.

What is really in front of him is the UEFA Super Cup game against Barcelona tomorrow night.

This is undoubtedly a precursor to the Champions League group stage.