It's time for the annual Champions League group stage draw again.

Every year at the end of August, football fans from all over the world turn their attention to the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monaco.

This day, here, will determine the situation in the Champions League for the next six months, while the player of the year will be chosen.

But this year, there is not much suspense about the Player of the Year, and Andres Iniesta, who helped Spain win the European Championship and was voted the best player of the European Championship, will receive the award, which is recognized by everyone and is the unspoken rule of the tournament year.

What really piqued everyone's interest was the draw for the Champions League.

After the final round of qualifying for the Champions League, UEFA announced the latest European points of the 32 refreshed Champions League group stage teams, which were divided into four grades according to the level of points, which became the basis for the draw for the Champions League group stage.

According to the European points to classify, this rule has long been criticized, but UEFA has not yet come up with a strong reform initiative, so this year must continue to be carried out according to this rule, but everyone was surprised to find a somewhat embarrassing and helpless, but very much looking forward to something.

Manchester City, which was once led by Gao Han and won the Champions League and Grand Slam, was invincible in the Premier League last season was only in the second pot, and AC Milan from Italy was also in the second pot.

The overall decline of Serie A is the general trend, AC Milan has just broken the news, the new season season ticket sales are only 20,000, a record low, 10,000 fewer than last year, which shows that AC Milan fans do not trust the home team, hoping to urge the Rossoneri to bring in reinforcements.

But the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and no matter how good AC Milan is, it is still a traditional giant.

If the second pot team is excusable, then the Europa League champion Paris Saint-Germain is arranged in the third pot, it is absolutely unreasonable, the cold team is invincible in the Europa League and Ligue 1, invincible, two years to invest nearly 500 million euros to build a strong team, because of the European points were ranked in the third pot?

Who wants to run into PSG?

What's worse is that in addition to Paris Saint-Germain, the Serie A giants Juventus are also in the third pot, the French powerhouse Lille, the Turkish powerhouse Galatasaray, the Dutch giant Ajax, and Zenit St. Petersburg, which invested more than 100 million euros in the transfer this summer, are all in the third pot.

What's even more suffocating is that in the fourth gear, which should have been the weakest, there are still two really strong teams lurking, that is, Dortmund in the Bundesliga and Chinatown in La Liga.

Last season was the first time that Chinatown played in the Champions League, and the result was the semi-finals of the Champions League in one go, and finally lost to Bayern Munich, which caused a very interesting phenomenon, other people's European points are counted in the past five years, while Chinatown's European points are only counted for one year, and can only be ranked in the fourth pot.

The same is true for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, where Jurgen Klopp's side are also strong but are placed in Pot 4.

It is clear to everyone that this season's Champions League will become more intense than ever, with every group and every game likely to be a life-and-death battle, which not only greatly enhances the gold content and influence of the Champions League, but also makes all the participating teams tremble as if they were facing a big enemy.

The Champions League has become fierce, the influence has increased, and the benefits brought by it have naturally increased greatly.

With the end of the last three-year contract, UEFA signed a new three-year contract with sponsors and broadcasters for 2012 and 2015 starting this summer, resulting in a significant increase in revenue, as well as for the participating teams.

All 32 teams that make it to the group stage will receive a fixed appearance fee of 8.6 million euros, and this is not only the appearance fee, but also other benefits such as winning bonuses, and it is expected that the prize money for the Champions League winner this season will be close to 40 million euros, and if the broadcast share of the market revenue is included, the winning team is expected to receive at least 50 million euros.

It's like Chinatown, which played two play-offs, and the appearance fee was 2.1 million, plus the appearance fee for six games in the group stage, 10 million euros was credited to the account, which is equivalent to Griezmann's transfer fee, which is not too easy to earn.

That's why many European giants, including Arsenal, attach so much importance to the Champions League.

It is foreseeable that with the fierce competition in the Champions League, the attraction and influence will increase, the future Champions League revenue will continue to rise, and the benefits that the participating teams can share will also continue to increase.

This is the core reason why Chinatown decided to aim for the Champions League.

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The draw will continue to be presided over by Secretary-General Gianni Infantino, with customary figures from McManaman, the ambassador of the final venue, who will be in charge of drawing the categories, while former Manchester United stars Dennis Law, George Weah, Ruud Gullit and Cannavaro will be drawn in the form of former Manchester United stars.

The draw in the first gear is the least suspenseful, but from the second gear, the draw began to become nervous, and by the third gear, it can basically be said that the heart is beating faster, and there are a lot of exclamations.

I don't know if it's the good luck brought by the high cold, or if it's really as some people say, there is a shady existence in the draw, UEFA intends to let the strong teams avoid Paris Saint-Germain and try to save the wonderful games for the knockout round, so the luck of the Ligue 1 giants is so good that it is off the charts.

Drawn three opponents are not strong, Portuguese Super League Porto, Ukraine Kyiv Dynamo and Croatia Zagreb Dinamo, although these three teams are not considered weak, but compared with Paris Saint-Germain, it is really powerless to stop the French giants, Group A can almost be said to be the most disparity in strength among the eight groups.

However, Chinatown, which performed exceptionally well last season, did not have good luck in this season's draw and was drawn to Group C, where Arsenal topped the group, AC Milan in the second pot and Zenit St. Petersburg in the third.

Although there are no top teams, they are all strong.

Needless to say, Wenger's team is a stable member of the Champions League round of 16, although it has the title of the Premier League's four crazy demons, but Chinatown is still somewhat shorter in front of Arsenal, which is also fourth in the league.

AC Milan has not been doing well recently, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, the big team is the big team, at least the foundation is still there, plus the Serie A team has always been in La Liga, so Chinatown meets AC Milan, it is also a big battle.

As for the third place in the group, Zenit St. Petersburg, they are all old acquaintances, they met in the Champions League group stage last season, and the game is also inseparable, and what is more interesting is that the Brazilian center Hulk, who played for Porto last year and caused a lot of trouble for Chinatown, also switched to Zenit St. Petersburg this summer.

This is really a narrow road.

Gao Han is quite satisfied with the draw results of Chinatown's Champions League group stage this season, basically it can be said that it is decent, neither was drawn into the group of death, but it is not as lucky as last season.

The Champions League has always favored stable and mature teams, if it was Arsenal and AC Milan drawn last year, Chinatown may be more auspicious, but this year's Gunners and the Rossoneri, Gao Han feels that Chinatown may not be without the power to fight.

The first is that the overall tactical framework of China City has always been stable, and the ups and downs last season were so great, mainly because the management had some problems at the decision-making level, or it was not mature enough, which led to the team's entire central axis being evacuated at the same time, losing its pillars, and causing ups and downs and turmoil in the team's results.

But this summer, although four players were also sold, but Aubameyang left, but Griezmann was introduced, although the scoring ability has declined, but Hazard, Isco, De Bruyne and Firmino and other players have become more mature, especially after a season of Champions League tempering, the player's strength has improved significantly.

Herrera left, but the rise of players such as Isco, Koke, Verratti, and the stay of Rakitic, coupled with the improvement of Ilia Ramendi, and the addition of defensive player N'Golo Kante, the strength of Chinatown's entire midfield has not been weakened, and it can even be said that it has improved.

Relatively speaking, the least impact was the departure of the left and right full-backs, Danilo and Alex Sandro took over the main position, both of whom have been in the team for many years without any problems, while Montoya and Moreno will be a strong addition to the wings, plus the growth of Raphael Varane, De Vrij and Umtiti, the Chinatown backline is still solid.

In this case, Gao Han is convinced that Chinatown is not without the strength to compete for the right to qualify in the Champions League group stage.

Of course, there is nothing to boast about.

Last season's Champions League semi-finals were full of accidents, the group stage and the draw for the round of 16 were good, and Barcelona, who was in the same country in the quarterfinals, knew the roots, stopped in the semi-finals, lost to Bayern Munich, and Chinatown was also glorious despite defeat.

But this season is already difficult to replicate last season's success.

On the contrary, it was Paris Saint-Germain, and the draw for this group stage was indeed too lucky, Gao Han had enough certainty and confidence to qualify from the top spot in the group stage and strive for a better position for the next knockout round.

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Sure enough, as Gao Han expected.

As soon as the draw for the Champions League group stage was announced, it immediately sparked media attention and hype around the world, and conspiracy theories were rampant again, especially the rumors of UEFA favoring Paris Saint-Germain.

The reason is very simple, the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain is Gao Han, who has a lot to do with UEFA Platini, and Platini is still French, so he naturally wants to favor the French team.

What's more, many media reporters were waiting with anticrity for Paris Saint-Germain in the third pot to draw Chinatown in the fourth pot before the draw, but the two teams were not drawn together, which made them suspect that there was a shady scene.

In this regard, Chinatown technical director Cantarero said in an interview with the media that the draw result this time is quite acceptable, "We are a young team and lack experience in the Champions League, so we are happy to compete with strong teams that play different styles of football, which is a kind of exercise for us." ”

Cantarero was also asked about his predictions for this season's Champions League group stage: "We are a team in Pot 4 and we have to forget last season's results because this season is a fresh start and we have met Arsenal, AC Milan and even Zenit St. Petersburg, all of which have been famous in European football for a long time. ”

'We want to get out of the group stage, but only if we give it our all and show our best every game to be ready for the Champions League. ”

Gao Han, on the other hand, refused to answer all questions related to Chinatown, saying only that PSG was confident of coming out of the group stage, and that tomorrow's UEFA Super Cup would be a big test for PSG.

'Manchester United is the first truly top European team we've faced in the last year and we have to give it our all. ”nt

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