Chapter [028]: Luck was rubbed away by Tang Yan

Finally, everyone who should have arrived has arrived!

At the scene, the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony officially began.

Presiding over this draw is naturally UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino!

Infantino first gave a speech and said a lot, and then used the big screen on the scene to introduce the top 32 teams that entered the Champions League this time.

Gu Zhen sat down and looked carefully, there are a lot of strong teams!

Then, Infantino was the one who announced last season's Champions League winner of the best goalkeeper - Cesar, from Inter Milan.

Sure enough, the goalkeeper of Inter Milan, the champion of the last UEFA Champions League, won the award.

There was almost no suspense in this, and it was not unexpected by everyone.

Then the next step is to start the draw, and the first team to be drawn is naturally the first tier. The teams in the first tier are the seeded teams, and they are all strong teams.

Yes, UEFA divides the teams that make it to the round of 32 into four brackets of eight teams each.

This bracket is based on the points earned by each team in the past five years in European competitions, as well as the points of the top league under the football association of each team, etc., and finally gives a unified bracket.

The 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League brackets are as follows:

Tier 1: Inter Milan, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Lyon

Second tier: Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Valencia, Marseille and Panathinaikos

Tier 3: Tottenham, Glasgow Rangers, Ajax, Schalke, Basel, Braga, Copenhagen and Spartak Moscow

Fourth gear: Tel Aviv Workers, Twente, Kazan Ruby, Auxerre, Cluj, Belgrade Partisan, Zhilina and Bursa Sports

Now the first thing to draw is the first bracket of teams, which is to sort them and put them into various groups.

The lottery guests took the stage and worked with Infantino to complete this first draw.

After a short period of time, the teams in the first tier are finally grouped, and the situation is like this: Inter Milan in Group A, Lyon in Group B, Manchester United in Group C, Barcelona in Group D, Bayern Munich in Group E, Chelsea in Group F, AC Milan in Group G, and Arsenal in Group H.

Gu Zhen didn't have any idea when he saw such a grouping, after all, this grouping hadn't appeared yet, and he was quietly waiting for the next draw.

Suddenly, Klopp, who was beside Gu Zhen, said: "It's coming to us soon, do you think we will be divided into groups?" ”

Yes, it was the second tier draw that was going to take place, and Dortmund was in the second tier. In other words, Dortmund FC is going to be drawn soon, I wonder who Dortmund will draw now? Who will you be with?

Gu Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "It's really hard to say, but the weakest of these eight teams is actually the Lyon team, do you think we will draw the Lyon team?" ”

Yes, many people think that Lyon is the team that does not want to be seeded, and whoever can put them in a group is a good sign, or even a sign.

Klopp also bowed slightly, he thinks so, Lyon should be the best team in the first tier, and he also hopes that Dortmund can have such good luck.

Of course, the teams in the first tier are now hoping that they can avoid Real Madrid, who are comparable to the seeded teams in the second tier, and if there is such an opponent, this group stage is not easy to play!

Before this fierce draw, it is customary to still present the awards!

The natural answer now is last season's Champions League best defender award, and last season's Champions League team of the best defenders were four men: McConn, Lucio, Planus and Patrice Evra.

In the end, the award for the best defender naturally went to Rodon in the hands of last season's champion team Inter Milan, and the award was won by the world's No. 1 right wing-back McCann!

Yes, McConn won the award over his opponent Lucio.

Gu Zhen's eyes also fell on Mai Kong's body, this guy is really powerful. In the semifinals, he defended Messi to death in two legs, and he didn't have a chance at all, he was really powerful, no wonder he was able to win the award.

Then the lottery process came on, which was very tense and exciting.

And Gu Zhen's eyes were also firmly fixed on Infantino's hand, he wanted to see how it was this time? Who exactly was the first to be drawn?

Klopp's eyes were also firmly fixed on Infantino on the stage, will Dortmund be the first to be drawn?

Soon the answer was revealed, not Borussia Dortmund, but Valencia. Valencia, on the other hand, from La Liga, were drawn into Group C and met Manchester United. The second draw was Real Madrid, and when this team was drawn, everyone on the scene held their breath.

Will he be drawn to Group A to be a companion to Inter Milan? Does Jose Mourinho have to face his old club?

Soon UEFA disappointed everyone, and let everyone get their wish. Because Real Madrid was drawn to Group G, although he did not meet Inter Milan, when Yu met AC Milan, Mourinho really wanted to return to Milan.

Of course, everyone can also feel the bad taste from UEFA in this draw. Because Real Madrid and AC Milan met in the group stage last season, and this time they met again, do you dare to say that UEFA did not intervene in this?

After Real Madrid was withdrawn, everyone's attention was focused on the two teams of Dortmund and Roma, these two teams are very strong!

Gu Zhen's eyes were also firmly fixed on the stage, it should be their Dortmund.

The next to be drawn is Roma, this strong team was also drawn, everyone wants to see which group he is in? Soon the answer was revealed, they were placed in Group E to be with Bayern Munich.

And then Benfica, they were placed in Group B, to face the Lyon team, this sign is very good, on the sign,

This was followed by Shakhtar Donetsk, who were drawn to Group H against Arsenal. Then there's Panathinaikos, who have been drawn to Group D to take on Barcelona. Then there's Marseille, who have been drawn to Group F to play Chelsea.

At this time, only Dortmund was left, and Dortmund was the last to be drawn. At this time, there is no suspense, they are naturally divided into Group A, and they are going to challenge Inter Milan.

Seeing this, Gu Zhen and Klopp looked at each other and smiled, this feeling was very uncomfortable, they felt as if they were going to draw them every time, but it was not them every time, and by the time they were gone, there were no other teams, they were really speechless.

However, so far, this group is not bad, and it is okay against Inter Milan. Although Inter Milan was the winner of the Champions League last season, they have changed a lot, and the manager has changed, so it should not be a cause for concern!

So Klopp is still in a good mood now, of course, if he wants to continue to do well, it will depend on the draw later.

At this time, Gu Zhen suddenly said: "I suddenly have an ominous premonition!" ”

Klopp immediately turned his head and glared at Gu Zhen fiercely, and scolded: "Hold back, don't think about anything, don't say anything, crow's mouth!" ”

Gu Zhen smiled bitterly and was speechless, can I be blamed for this?

The next step is to conduct the third-level draw, which everyone is paying attention to, after all, whether it is the group of death or not, it will be revealed at this time!

No wonder Klopp shut up Gu Zhen at this time, he was really too nervous.

There are also good teams in the third tier, such as the Premier League's upstart Tottenham Hotspur and the Bundesliga's Schalke 04, which are very strong.

Dortmund naturally doesn't want to draw Tottenham Hotspur, this team is really strong.

Before the draw for the third tier, the award was given to the best midfielder in last season's Champions League. The midfielders who made the best team last season were Arjen Robben, Sneijder and Xavi, and of course the award ultimately fell to Inter Milan Sneijder.

Inter Milan seems to be going to win all the awards this time!

Then there was the third draw of the lot, and the first to be drawn was the Tottenham team, and now everyone was nervous, which group would they be divided into?

Klopp immediately stood up and looked at Gu Zhen, Gu Zhen smiled slightly bitterly and opened his mouth without making a sound, but the shape of his mouth already said everything: "Could it be our group?" ”

Klopp immediately glared at Gu Zhen fiercely and said, "Don't speak!" ”

Then at this time, Infantino on the stage revealed the answer, and Tottenham Hotspur was really placed in Group A, so Inter Milan, Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur were in a group, which is simply a super death group!

Klopp was very speechless, turned his head directly and glared at Gu Zhen fiercely, and said, "I'll just tell you not to speak, right?" ”

Gu Zhen was very innocent, and directly spread his hands and said, "I didn't speak, boss!" You can't blame me for this, I really didn't say anything! ”

At this time, Klopp was really speechless, originally hoping to get good luck and draw a very weak group. Who knew that God played a joke with him, and did not let him draw the best lot, but directly let him draw the worst lottery, which is really no one.

Then Gu Zhen and Klopp didn't pay attention to the draw of the third tier, and it had nothing to do with them.

Soon the draw for the third bracket was also over, and the next step was to award the best striker. The forwards who made the team of the year last season were Lionel Messi, Diego Milito and Olich, and Diego Milito, who scored twice in the final, won the award, and sure enough, all the awards were won by Inter Milan.

Next is the last bracket of the team, Gu Zhen and Klopp don't pay much attention to it, don't dare to be anyone, this group is not easy to play, and finally UEFA also added a fire to this group, and Twente from the Netherlands entered this group.

Twente is not a weak team, and the strength is also very strong, which means that there is no weak team in Group A, this is the group of death in the group of death, and this luck is really sleepless.

It seems that Dortmund's luck is to let Tang Yan rub away!

Finally, the draw for the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League season was as follows:

Group A: Inter Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur, FC Twente

Group B: Lyon, Benfica, Schalke 04, Tel Aviv workers

Group C: Manchester United, Valencia, Glasgow Rangers, Bursa

Group D: Barcelona, Panathinaikos, Copenhagen, Kazan Ruby

Group E: Bayern Munich, Roma, Basel, Cluj

Group F: Chelsea, Marseille, Spartak Moscow, Zhina

Group G: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax, Auxerre

Group H: Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk, Braga, Partizan Belgrade