Chapter 844: Super Death Group
"Kazan Ruby!"
When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer flipped the note in his hand and shouted out the name of the team, the crowd was in an uproar again.
The vast majority of people were clearly relieved, especially Barcelona, and even Pep Guardiola, who was sitting next to Gao Han, secretly clenched his fists, apparently very relieved that Manchester City were not drawn in the group stage.
And when Guardiola calmed down, he turned his head to look at Gao Han and grinned: "I very much want to play a few more games with you, but it's better not to be in the group stage, let's see you in the Champions League final!"
Gao Han smiled, "Let's wait until you reach the finals." β
"You too. "Pep Guardiola refuses to take the slightest loss.
"Hey, hey, don't think the Champions League is your home if we don't exist, you can get into the final if you want to, you think we're all soft persimmons?" asked Ferguson next to him with an unhappy expression.
Gao Han and Guardiola looked at each other and smiled, and replied almost in unison: "The defeated generals have no right to speak." β
Everyone around him burst into laughter, and Ferguson himself couldn't help but laugh.
"You don't have to play in the Champions League in the future, you just drink at home, and you just divide it. Ferguson muttered.
Everyone couldn't help but think it was funny, but it was true.
The Champions League is indeed very interesting today, Pep Guardiola's team has been one of the strongest teams in Europe since winning the treble in 08, and it is very consistent, and the quality is significantly higher than other teams in Europe.
Gao Han is more alternative, he has brought out Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich three top teams, during his tenure, these three teams can be described as God blocking God, Buddha blocking Buddha, especially Bayern Munich, even Pep Guardiola's Barcelona have to be ashamed.
However, after Gao Han's departure, some players were lost, resulting in Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich, although they are still at the level of the Champions League semi-finals, but their results have begun to fluctuate, and they are not as strong as they were during Gao Han's coaching.
On the contrary, it was Gao Han, who quickly brought the team to the ranks of the top European teams after taking charge of Manchester City.
It can be said that in the past few years, as long as Gao Han is there, there is nothing to do with other teams in the Champions League, and in the past three years, if Gao Han has not appeared in the Champions League, the championship belongs to Guardiola.
Interestingly, United have lost a few times in the Champions League final, which is why there is a conversation between the three of them.
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On the stage, after the four teams were drawn, there are still four groups left, with Chelsea and Arsenal both avoiding Manchester City, with Bayern Munich and AC Milan really likely to meet Manchester City.
Therefore, after Barcelona drew the Kazan ruby, AC Milan's general manager Galliani looked extremely depressed, and even covered his face, a little unbearable to look at it, he knows very well the current strength of AC Milan, if it is only in a group with Real Madrid, there is still hope for the group to advance.
But if there is one more Manchester City, it will really be ......
The remaining four teams in Pot 4 are Manchester City in the Premier League, Ε½ilina in Slovakia, Partizan Belgrade in Serbia and Cluj in Romania, with Manchester City being the most feared.
Whoever draws Manchester City between Bayern Munich and AC Milan is basically the group of death.
drew a good draw for Barcelona, and Messi's mood was relaxed, and the whole person relaxed.
Once again, Messi reached into the glass jar, and Messi obviously only stirred it a few times, because there were only four small balls inside.
Messi grabbed a small ball and stuffed it into the hands of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer next to him.
After the Manchester United legend took the ball, he showed it to everyone in the audience, broke it in half with a smile, and took out the note.
At this moment, everyone in the audience held their breath, because they all knew that as long as Bayern Munich did not draw Manchester City, then the remaining three small balls would be meaningless, because Manchester City would automatically be placed in the AC Milan group.
Therefore, not only Bayern Munich's Hoeness is nervous, AC Milan's Galliani is obviously more nervous, but the representatives of Roma and Real Madrid are also worried and look very worried.
The entire Grimaldi Convention Center was filled with a tense atmosphere, every minute and every second of time passed extremely slowly, extremely tormented, and every movement and expression of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer on the stage seemed to be magnified and slowed down.
This atmosphere made Gao Han himself a little nervous, but more curious.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pulled the note, and after seeing it clearly, his face changed, and he quickly flipped the note over, and the camera of the live TV broadcast quickly pointed at the note, and came to a large close-up.
"Cluj!" Solskjaer shouted.
The audience exclaimed, followed by a round of applause.
Tonight's biggest suspense is finally revealed!
On the big screen behind them, Bayern Munich and Roma, AC Milan and Real Madrid, were two completely different reactions between the two different groups, the former being ecstatic and the latter extremely disappointed.
Group of Death!
Absolute Group of Death!
AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax are all strong teams that have won the Champions League, and it is surprising that they have been drawn into the same group, but what I didn't expect is that the team in Pot 4 has also drawn a Manchester City, which is terrifying.
This will definitely become the front page headline of all the media around the world tomorrow, and even the news of the lottery will definitely be hyped up again.
But if you analyze it carefully, there is really no way.
Three of the eight seeded teams are in the Premier League, and the remaining five teams will be in the group of death unless Manchester City are drawn from Barcelona's group.
Among the teams that are also in the third pot, Ajax is not necessarily stronger than Schalke 04, Basel and Spartak Moscow, but Manchester City in the fourth pot is too terrifying.
After pulling out the biggest suspense, the rest is not much to pay attention to.
Even the finale, when Messi received the Player of the Year trophy from Platini, failed to attract attention.
All eyes are drawn to the group of death in this Champions League.
AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax and Manchester City, this group is sure to be the most interesting focus of the Champions League group stage, especially the alpine Manchester City.
According to the Champions League group stage schedule, Manchester City will face AC Milan away in the first round, Real Madrid at home in the second round, and then two consecutive home and away games against Ajax, and then at home against AC Milan and away against Real Madrid.
The twelve matches in this group are all full of highlights.
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Sure enough, as Gao Han and others expected, as soon as the draw results of the Champions League group stage were released, they immediately detonated the media in the audience.
Super Group of Death!
That's what all the media have to say about Manchester City, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax coming together in the same group.
In this group, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Ajax are the teams with the most titles in the history of the Champions League, but now they are meeting in a narrow way, which is already quite terrifying in itself, but I didn't expect to draw the horror big demon Manchester City in the fourth pot.
Last season, AC Milan also met Real Madrid in the group stage, when the contest between the two teams was AC Milan with one win and one draw, but in the group standings, Real Madrid qualified first in the group, and AC Milan also reached the last moment to firmly press Marseille and qualify as the second in the group.
For this, AC Milan also needs to thank Real Madrid, because if it weren't for Real Madrid's last-minute defeat of Marseille at the last minute despite the first place in the group, and finally defeated the Ligue 1 powerhouse 3-1, the second place would have been Marseille.
But this situation is completely different this season, Real Madrid are now better than last season, and Ajax in third pot of the group is only stronger than Marseille last season, but in this group, the real despair is the horror of Manchester City.
Gao Han's team has a stellar record, having stunned the whole European football world by winning the Premier League title last season, but the Premier League up-and-coming champions are in the draw as a Pot 4 team, which has made all teams feel intimidated.
In fact, the debate over whether to reform the seeding has long been debated in European football, especially after Manchester City reached the Champions League with the league title.
Everyone can see that the cold team is fully equipped with the strength of the top teams in Europe, but such a team is placed in the fourth pot, which is simply unreasonable, they should be seeded, so many people have proposed that the champion of the four major leagues should be seeded to avoid Manchester City from happening again.
But regardless of whether UEFA decides to reform or not, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax and Manchester City are in the same group this season, which can be called the group of death, which will be a test for any team in the group, especially those aiming to qualify from the group, and must play every game.
Compared with the super group of death, Barcelona's draw luck was off the charts, drawing the three weakest opponents, and there was basically no suspense in qualifying for the first place in the group.
And there is also no suspense Prandelli's Inter Milan, Simeone's Atletico Madrid, Klinsmann's Bayern Munich and Scolari's Chelsea, these four teams are in a group that does not have too strong opponents, and there is no big problem in qualifying.
As for Manchester United and Arsenal, compared to AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax, the draw was indeed good, but the group was not without opponents, so they also need to be careful.
Suffice it to say that, apart from Manchester City, none of the other three Premier League teams have any reason to be unhappy with the draw.
Ferguson even said in a routine interview with the media after the draw ceremony that it was a good draw.
"My first reaction when I heard the draw was that we only had to go to Turkey as far as we could, and I think it's an ideal draw because for us there are still challenges and we have to be good enough if we want to finish top of the group. β
"Yes, compared to other teams, we were lucky and satisfied. β
As for the draw results, General Manager Paul Futtrey, who participated on behalf of Manchester City, also gave an interview to the media, saying that the draw results were within his tolerance.
"Before I left for Monaco, I said to Gao Han, I said, who do you think we had better draw?"
Gao Han looked at me with a very strange look and asked me, is there a difference?"
'Yes, we haven't played in the Champions League for decades, we're in Pot 4 and for us, it doesn't matter who we draw, we don't have a pick. β
"The only option we had was to beat all the opponents in the group stage. β
But what is surprising is that this time Gao Han did not follow everyone out of the venue to be interviewed by the media.
Because UEFA President Michel Platini approached him as soon as he finished the medal ceremony.
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