Chapter 714: The New Champions League Format

Against Arsenal, Ding Hongxing and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a goal each, while Manchester City also reached a milestone when they reached 50 consecutive Premier League games without beating. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

In the last nine games of the 95-96 Premier League season, Manchester City maintained an unbeaten record, and in the 96-97 season of the Premier League, Manchester City team was unbeaten all season, so that Manchester City is unbeaten in 47 consecutive league games, and in this season's Premier League, they have won three consecutive games, so that their unbeaten streak in the league is exactly 50 games.

Fifty consecutive unbeaten league games is of course a great achievement, Xiaobao also gave Ding Hongxing a reward of fifty attribute points, this unbeaten streak has long broken the record of unbeaten consecutive games in the English top league, if Manchester City can remain unbeaten in nine league games next, they will break the record of 58 consecutive league games held by AC Milan, which is also the longest unbeaten streak in the four major European leagues today, if this record is really achieved, That's a great record.

The English media, known for their penchant for making big news, will not miss this hot opportunity, and they have reported on Manchester City's 50-game unbeaten streak and listed the Manchester City team in the next nine league games, discussing how likely Manchester City are to break the AC Milan record.

If possible, most of the media and fans are hoping that Manchester City will be able to break this seemingly impossible record, after all, this is what is happening and giving everyone a sense of witnessing history.

On August 26, there was originally a round of Premier League, and this game Manchester City was going to host another promoted team, Crystal Palace, but because Manchester City still has a second leg of the UEFA Super Cup, this league can only be postponed and scheduled, this season, Manchester City has more games than last season, such things may happen often.

Because Manchester City has beaten Barcelona 5-0 away from home, therefore, there is no suspense about the ownership of the European Super Cup, and La Liga will open in a few days, so the Barcelona team is also a little unintentional, and the Manchester City team also sent a rotating lineup, the two sides played a draw ball, Ding Hongxing and Rivaldo scored one goal each, the two sides played 1-1 in this game, Manchester City defeated Barcelona with a score of 6-1 over two legs, and lifted this season's European Super Cup.

In the past two seasons, the Manchester City team has won the championship, they have not only swept England, but also swept Europe, and a strong Manchester City dynasty has begun to take shape.

Of course, the most important honour of the season is the Champions League, and after the Super Cup, Mu Shengli flew to Monaco to participate in the group draw for this season's Champions League.

This season's Champions League has been expanded from 16 teams last season to 24 this season, with eight teams coming from second place in Europe's top leagues, and of course, they will qualify.

As Manchester City are the reigning champions of the Champions League and the champions of last season's Premier League, they have secured an additional Champions League spot, with last season's runners-up Manchester United and third-placed Newcastle United both able to participate in this season's Champions League, and through qualifying, they are in the list of 24 teams participating in the group stage.

After the draw, the 24 teams were divided into six groups, with Manchester City being placed in Group A, along with Italy's Parma, Turkey's Galatasaray and Czech Sparta Prague.

The four teams in Group B are Manchester United, Juventus, Feyenoord and Slovakia Kossis.

The four teams in Group C are Newcastle United, Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven and Dynamo Kyiv.

The four teams in Group D are Real Madrid, Rosenborg of Norway, Olympiacos of Greece and Porto of Portugal.

The four teams in Group E are Bayern Munich, Besiktas of Turkey, Paris Saint-Germain and Gothenburg of Sweden.

The four teams in Group F are Bayer Leverkusen, Sporting Lisbon of Portugal, Monaco of France and Lills of Belgium.

This season's Champions League, the format can be described as cruel, because only eight teams can qualify from the group, but there are six groups, so only the first place in the six groups can qualify, and the two best second places, and due to the expansion of UEFA, the group of giants abounds, after the group stage, it will not be unusual for the giants to not qualify from the group.

In this grouping, Group C can be described as the group of death, these four teams are quite strong, and Group A where the Manchester City team is not an easy group, Parma in the same group as them is the runner-up in Serie A last season, Galatasaray is a Turkish giant, the strength is good, especially their home field, and the home of the Fenerbahce team that Manchester City met last season, is the famous hellish home, then again, Manchester City has met the Turkish team for two consecutive seasons, although not afraid, but it is also troublesome enough, Sparta Prague is the weakest, but they are Nedved's old club, and returning to Prague will surely give Nedved a special taste in his heart.

In this group, the Manchester City team can not be lightly beaten, Parma is strong, Galatasaray is terrifying at home, if there is a slight mistake in these games, it will be a joke if you can't get out of the group, after all, only the first group can determine the qualification, in comparison, the original format is still easier to qualify.

On 30 August, Manchester City, who had played twice in a week, finally halted their winning streak in the league when they met their rivals Chelsea away from home, drawing 1-1 with a goal from Ding Hongxing, but their unbeaten streak in the league has reached 51.

After playing the game against the Chelsea team, it is the national team break, the 98 World Cup European qualifiers have reached the sprint stage, this time the national team break day will be very critical, and the Manchester City team has been selected for nearly 20 players in the national teams of various countries this time, and almost the entire first team has returned to their respective national teams to participate in the World Cup qualifiers, which is naturally another FIFA virus attack for the Manchester City team, and only Ding Hongxing can relax at this time.