When UEFA president Johansen announced the start of the draw, the managers of 16 clubs, including Dick, began to pay attention.

If the draw for the first stage of the group stage, many of the head coaches of the giants are not particularly concerned, because basically there are no accidents and they will qualify, even if they are in a more difficult group, they will not encounter too much trouble, then in the second stage of the group stage, even if they are coached by the giants, they will pay great attention to the draw of the group stage, hoping that they can be divided into a relatively easy group.

As group winners, Atletico were quickly drawn and were placed in Group B of the second group stage, with Bayern Munich, Real Madrid and Juventus being the first teams to be drawn in the other three groups.

"Bayern and Juventus are not in a group with us...... Not bad, otherwise it's a bit of a problem. Dick thought to himself.

However, the impact of the first place draw will not be too great, whether a group is the group of death, mainly depends on the draw of the second place, just like the first stage of the group stage, not to see how the first and second bracket teams are divided, but to see what group the third and fourth bracket of strong teams will be divided in.

The first group to be drawn out of the second is Manchester United - there was a low exclamation at the draw site, Bayern and Manchester United are in a group, this is really a good show, three years ago Manchester United used a magical three minutes in the final to kill Bayern, and last year Bayern was a double Manchester United to advance and finally successfully topped the Champions Cup, and now these two old enemies are put in a group again, which is indeed a enough gimmick.

"Damn, it's a bit dangerous...... Dick thought to himself, if the second place in Group A wasn't Manchester United, it would reduce the risk of Atletico being tied up with a second-place team, because Manchester United wouldn't have been in a group with Atletico Madrid! Now, the possibility of Atletico Madrid drawing Roma, Arsenal and Bayer Leverkusen is starting to become very large.

Sure enough, when the second team in Group B was drawn next, Platini was drawn out of Roma smoothly......

Roma and Atletico Madrid are in a group - the two teams met in the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup last season, and in the end Atletico Madrid stunned Roma at home with set-piece tactics, and then won 5-1 at home, relying on this big win they successfully advanced to the final and eventually won the championship, and now Atletico Madrid and Roma are in a group again, and no one believes that there is no cat in it!

What's more, the two teams of Rome and Madrid in the past two years are quite related, they have been in a group with Real Madrid in the Champions Cup for several years, last year against Atletico Madrid in the League Cup, and Real Madrid in a group in the first stage of the group stage this year, and now they are in a group with Atletico Madrid in the second group stage, and Rome is in a group with Madrid City.

"UEFA is so fucking well done...... Dick muttered in Spanish from his position, he didn't deliberately suppress his voice, although the UEFA officials on the stage couldn't hear it, but Bosque, Iruetta, Ferguson, Heathfield, and Rome's head coach Capello and others sitting not far from him could hear it clearly, and they didn't miss a word......

Several old guys invariably smiled on their faces, it is no secret that UEFA manipulates the draw for the Champions Cup group stage, and it is common for coaches to complain privately or vaguely sarcastically when interviewed by reporters, but Dick's unscrupulous comments at the draw ceremony are really the first time.

"This kid is really open-mouthed."

The live broadcast camera was immediately aimed at Dick and Capello's faces after pulling out of Rome, and Dick's muttering was also captured by the camera camera, and many of the people who did the show immediately invited lip experts to study it, and soon, Dick's words spread throughout Europe......

When the lip language experts imitated Dick and said, "UEFA is so fucking well done," everyone watching the show was delighted.

Of course, at this time, Dick didn't know that his casual muttering would be recorded by the live camera, and he just continued to pay attention to the next lottery ceremony.

It's good that Leverkusen was drawn out when they were drawn to Group D, which means that Atletico will not be in the same group as Bayer Leverkusen.

And when drawing the second team in the other group in Group B, Dick smiled bitterly again - Liverpool was drawn in Group B, which has advantages and disadvantages, the disadvantage is that there are at least three teams in this group that have the strength to qualify, and the good thing is that the last team to be drawn out cannot be Arsenal, because of the avoidance of the same league, Arsenal cannot be in the same group as Liverpool.

"Atletico Madrid, Liverpool, Roma...... It is interesting to note that three of the top four teams in last year's UEFA Cup final were part of this group...... Roma and Liverpool, on the other hand, both lost to Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Cup, and they will surely be looking for revenge in this group stage...... While this group may not seem like there are so many big clubs, last year's rivalry in the UEFA Cup alone was enough to make this group quite interesting! UEFA's arrangement is really painstaking...... I didn't say it was a deliberate group, I can only say that it was too much of a coincidence, but in the UEFA draw, such a coincidence cannot be called a coincidence......" said ESPN's commentator with a smile.

Dick glanced at Capello, then at Houllier, and then pouted.

In such a group, although there is some trouble, but it is okay, the strength of the three teams may be about the same, and there will not be much of a problem if there is an occasional slip-up, now it depends on what team the fourth team is......

"Galatasaray!"

When Platini announced the fourth team in Group B, Dick, Capello and Houllier all breathed a sigh of relief - Galatasaray is not a very good team to deal with, they reached the quarterfinals of the Champions Cup last year, and finally defeated Real Madrid 3-2 at home in the quarterfinals, and went away to be eliminated, but after all, compared with Atletico Madrid, Galatasaray is obviously still a notch lower, and it is difficult to cause any trouble for their three teams, their opponents, Or only each other.

When the draw was over, Dick felt that he was lucky - although he didn't get the Portuguese team, the Greek team and the Czech team, but this group is all the kind of quasi-strong team, and there is no top strong team, look at the poor Deportivo in Group D, Bayer Leverkusen, Deportivo La Coruna, Juventus, Arsenal...... Such a group is the real group of death!

And Manchester United and Bayern's Group A has not become the group of death, the remaining two opponents in their group are Boavista and Nantes, obviously worse than Manchester United and Bayern, Real Madrid is divided into the best group, the remaining three teams in their Group C are Panathinaikos, Sparta Prague and Porto, Real Madrid's strength can be said to be outstanding in this group!

After the draw ceremony, Dick quickly returned to Madrid to prepare for the next league game, and then he knew that the words he muttered at the draw ceremony had spread throughout Europe......

'I'm not saying UEFA controlled the whole game.

Speaking to reporters, Dick flatly denied complaining that UEFA controlled the draw: "I'm just saying that UEFA is so lucky, obviously we played against Liverpool and Roma last season, and now we will definitely attract a lot of attention when we meet each other. As for 'fucking'? It's just a mantra, some kind of tone particle and embellishment, I'm a person with little quality, habitual swearing, please don't mind, but I don't think I'm a role model for teenagers or anything like that, it has to be a cultural person. Does the word 'do' mean manipulation? The word has many meanings, I'm just saying that UEFA just happened to hit this draw. I believe that every draw in UEFA is random, that's a no-brainer. Well, I don't think I need to be charged with any kind of accusation because of a casual exclamation, because such accusations are unjustified and unjustified! I think I should live in a country of free speech, where I muttered a few words at will, and it had nothing to do with anyone, and I didn't have any ill intentions...... That's it. ”

Dick pushed four, five or six, and pushed all the stakeholders clean, but this matter also made him vigilant, when he wants to mumble in the future, he has to mumble in Chinese, preferably in dialect, let those bastard lip experts guess - you may not know which country's southern vernacular Lao Tzu speaks when you find a northerner!

When thinking like this, Dick also felt that he was a little negligent, you must know that many coaches in later generations discussed tactics with assistant coaches, they covered their mouths with their hands to discuss, but they were afraid that the media would use lip language to analyze what he said, and he muttered at such a much-anticipated lottery ceremony that he still said in Spanish without concealment, this time the loss should not be eaten, and next time you should pay attention to it.

This matter passed quickly, although UEFA was very annoyed by Dick's open-mouthedness, but Dick said that he was just sighing, not an accusation, and they naturally would not put this basin on their heads with great fanfare, they could only pretend that they didn't hear anything, they didn't know anything, and when they were interviewed, they also said "We know Dick, he is a straightforward person, we understand what he meant originally, I hope the media will not misinterpret it, our draw is absolutely fair, transparent and open, This is something that everyone can attest. ”

The matter was settled in this way.

It's just that this second stage of the group stage may also be a very troublesome thing, if you don't perform well, you will also encounter a lot of trouble to qualify - in the schedule, before the New Year, Atletico Madrid will play two Champions League group games, they will play Liverpool at Anfield, and then at home Galatasaray, after the New Year, they will play two consecutive games against Roma in February, and then at home against Liverpool and away against Galatasaray, this kind of schedule is quite favorable for Atletico Madrid, However, if they have not qualified in the final round, it will be an extremely difficult situation to go to hell to face Galatasaray at home.

"I hope to try to get the right to qualify in the previous games, otherwise, against a team like Galatasaray away from home, if you are intimidated by those crazy fans, you won't be able to make it." Dick thought to himself.