On September 2, in the fourth round of the league, Mainz sat at home to face the strong rival Stuttgart, this stop, Stuttgart, the chicken thief, guessed that Mainz would start all, so he sent a semi-main lineup to deal with things, and the result was not very surprising. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Wang Zhen made his debut this season, scored a goal, and Adrian Mutu made an own goal, which missed the first goal of the season, Mainz 2:0 Stuttgart.

Inexplicably, Mainz, who has not yet taken it seriously, has nine points in four rounds and ranks second in the league.

The first place in the league is Bayern Munich, after the introduction of Ribery and Klose, Otmar Heathfeld, who came to fight the fire, did his best, beating Rostock, Werder Bremen, Hannover 96, and drawing with Hamburg, with ten points, ranking first in the league.

In this regard, the media was full of sorrow: "After a season in ********, Bayern introduced eight people to regain competitiveness, this season, other teams compete for the third place, I only hope that Mainz and Bayern have a smooth road to the Champions League and Europa League, and strive for more Champions League points." "Bayern was bad last season, and the Champions League didn't have Bayern's business.

Wang Zhen, who can't remember what will happen at these times, can't even remember who took over Bayern after Otmar Heathfield stepped down, but he knows that Bayern's current newly formed squad wants to compete with Mainz in the first season.

Football is always changing, you can change the style a few times a week, it's all about what's important.

Next, the Bundesliga media focused on the Champions League draw.

On September 5, the draw for the Champions League group stage officially began.

The first step is to determine the seeding team.

The eight seeded teams were the first to come out, Liverpool, the No. 1 seed in Group A, won the Champions League, and Liverpool, who has performed well in the Champions League for several consecutive years, even if the league has a bloody collapse, Liverpool, the final team of last season, can also afford this seed.

Group B seed, Chelsea. As soon as this signing came out, the remaining managers who could not be selected were silently thinking about not touching Chelsea, everyone knows that Chelsea cannot be contested.

Group C seed, Platini laughed, then showed the ball, Real Madrid. Real Madrid was very strong in the group stage, although they did not necessarily play well in the back, but a qualifying place was occupied, which is a big deal.

Group D seeds, AC Milan, hard stubble, defending champions, not to mess with.

Group E seed, Barcelona! The perverted Barcelona Dream II team has finally declined, but the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and there are five consecutive signatures in front of it, which is worrying.

Group F seeds, Manchester, don't mess with Manchester United, Real Madrid double stars Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney have entered maturity respectively, and it is not wrong to say that they are superstars.

Group G Inter Milan, Group H Arsenal, in contrast, these two groups are slightly better, soft persimmons, although not much softer.

The people in Mainz, who were watching the live broadcast, also felt that this year's eight group seeds, from A to H, were just like the ranking of the actual strength of each team.

Although Liverpool is rotten, once it plays in the Champions League, it must be taken out separately, and it is no problem to be ranked first, and then Chelsea, Real Madrid, AC, Barcelona, Manchester United, Inter, Arsenal, you know, in terms of the odds of winning the championship, the seven teams are also ranked like this.

The results of the second round came out quite quickly, and there was nothing to sell, because the whole world knows that the hard ideas are in the third round.

Group A Porto! Group B Schalke 04, Group C Werder Bremen, Group D Celtic. After this signing, the second soft persimmon group debuted, even if AC must take a position, but the former overlord Celtic has not been very good in recent years, especially this year.

Group E Lyon, Group F Roma, Group G PSV Eindhoven, Group H Sevilla.

As soon as the third round of the draw came, the ratings immediately climaxed.

Group A Marseille! The calf, the constitutive type of death. The group of death does not mean that this group is all strong, but that the strength of this group is average, and anyone has a possibility of qualifying, Liverpool, Porto, Marseille, the strength is too similar.

Group B Valencia, as soon as the draw came out, Schalke 04 should be smiling secretly, Valencia has no way to compete with Schalke. But when you think about it, it's also terrifying, because Chelsea has a chance of forming a sweep, and when the time comes, just put one or two games, in case Uncle Bird is unhappy with Schalke, the probability of being killed is not small.

Group C Lazio! There was another burst of restlessness, this time, even the draw site had a loud inhalation sound, Real Madrid, Bremen, Lazio met, I'm afraid there will be fun to watch, not necessarily not flesh and blood.

Group D Benfica! Originally, the soft persimmon group was formed, and now Benfica, it will become a group of death, Benfica and Celtic will have a competition, not to mention that there are strong teams in the fourth echelon, and if one is unlucky, the defending champion may capsize.

After drawing four groups, everyone in Mainz is still a little nervous, after all, Mainz's points must be in the third gear, and they haven't come out yet.

As a result, Group E, Mainz!

As soon as this result came out, the people of Mainz were first incredulous, and then ecstatic.

Mainz and Barcelona, who have only been in Europe for one season, have basically formed a mortal feud.

First of all, in the UEFA Super Cup, Mainz defeated Barcelona, and then Barcelona eliminated Mainz, a chance to take revenge!

With the addition of Leon, the situation in this group is simply simple, and the remaining eight leaders in the last gear can only pray to God in their hearts to tell their grandmother and pray not to enter this group.

The gods fought, and the shrimp suffered.

It's true that Barcelona has already burped, but a new golden squad is taking shape, and La Masia's youth elite is springing up, no weaker than Mainz two years ago.

Mainz, on the other hand, is the strongest team in the second and third places and even in addition to the seeded teams.

These two teams have to fight, if one is not good and there is a draw, they must steal points from the other teams, plus Lyon is not a soft persimmon, the fourth team to enter this group, has not yet started the Champions League journey, has become cannon fodder.

Group F, Sporting Lisbon, Group G, CSKA Moscow, Group H, Slavia Prague.

In the end, Group A, Liverpool, Porto, Marseille, Sig Betas. Group B: Chelsea, Schalke 04, Valencia, Rozenberg. Group C, Real Madrid, Werder Bremen, Lazio, Olympiades. Group D, AC Milan, Celtic, Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk. Group E: Barcelona, Lyon, Mainz, Glasgow Rangers. Group F, Manchester, Roma, Sporting Lisbon, Dynamo Kyiv. Group G, Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Fenerbahce, PSV Eindhoven. Group H, Arsenal, Sevilla, Slavia Prague, Bucharest Stars.

When this draw came out, the whole world was stunned.

The Frankfurter Zeitung was the first to comment: "This is the first Champions League independently led by UEFA President Platini after taking over, and the draw has created a shocking feeling, with three strong teams in C, E and F, and the strength of the three groups A, B, D, and G is evenly distributed, and Group H is weak into a pot of porridge, even if there is any explanation, it is impossible to believe that this is not a pre-drawn list." “

The so-called group of death does not mean that the championship favorites are in this group, it is the group of death. Rather, if the strength of the group is equal, it will cause the consequences of the group of death.

Coincidentally, the 32 teams selected from the 53 member associations formed no more than eight groups, all of which can be counted as groups of death.

The group with the biggest gap in strength is probably Group H, and the group that many managers also want to go to has become a through train, and Arsenal and Sevilla have passed the customs directly.

But the problem is that there is no point in the two teams competing for first and second place, because no matter how they qualify, they may encounter super strong teams.

Therefore, the two teams are definitely not willing to invest a lot of energy in playing in the Champions League, and when the time comes, a little carelessness will capsize the boat.

There are not many fans in the world who can be happy with this draw.

The happiest are the Mainz fans, Barcelona, my new hatred of your old ruthlessness, which cannot be said to be as quick as Kaiserslautern in the league.

(To be continued.) )