Chapter 33 Champions League draw

Just four days after the second round of the Premier League, the draw for the Champions League group stage will begin.

On 25 August, the draw for the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League group stage and the UEFA Awards ceremony will take place at the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monaco.

The draw for the quarter-finals will take place on 11 December, the quarter-finals on 16 March and the semi-finals on 13 April, with this year's final set for Kiev on 26 May 2018.

UEFA Champions League draw rules: teams from the same football association avoid, and Russia and Ukraine avoidance (due to tensions between the two sides)!

Because this year's Premier League has an unprecedented 5 teams in the Champions League (the second time in the history of the Champions League that 5 teams from the same country have qualified), Tottenham, Napoli, Liverpool, and Roma are all in the third pot, and the top three strong camps are unprecedentedly large, so the probability of a group of death is extremely high.

After the draw for the Europa League, a medal ceremony was held.

Results: Pot 1: Real Madrid (Spain), Bayern Munich (Germany), Chelsea (England), Juventus (Italy), Benfica (Portugal), Monaco (France), Spartak Moscow (Russia), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Pot 2: Barcelona (Spain), Atletico Madrid (Spain), Paris Saint-Germain (France), Borussia Dortmund (Germany), Sevilla (Spain), Manchester City (England), Porto (Portugal), Manchester United (England)

Pot 3: Napoli (Italy), Tottenham (England), Basel (Switzerland), Olympiacos (Greece), Anderlecht (Belgium), Liverpool (England), Roma (Italy), Besigtas (Turkey)

Pot 4: Celtic (Scotland), CSKA Moscow (Russia), Sporting (Portugal), Atlético Greeks (Cyprus), Feyenoord (Netherlands), Maribor (Slovenia), Qarabag (Azerbaijan), RB Leipzig (Germany)

This season's Europa League draw grouping: Group A: Benfica, Manchester United, Basel, Moscow Army

Group B: Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Anderlecht, Celtic

Group C: Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Roma, Qarabag

Group D: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiacos, Sporting Portugal

Group E: Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Liverpool, Maribor

Group F: Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord

Group G: Monaco, Porto, Besikhtas, RB Leipzig

Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham, Atletico Greece

The first round of the Champions League group stage will be held on 13-14 September 2017.

At the ceremony, Messi and Martens were nominated for UEFA Player of the Year, Best Striker, Best Centre-Forward, Best Defender, Best Goalkeeper and Best Male and Female Athlete of the Year.

Cristiano Ronaldo won the UEFA Male Athlete of the Year award in 13/14 and 15/16, becoming the first player in history to win the award three times, as well as Striker of the Year.

Real Madrid was the biggest winner, having won the first defending title since the Champions League restructuring, and the midfielder of the year was Alvaro Morata, who won the award for the first time. Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos won the Defender of the Year, and the soon-to-be-40-year-old Gianluigi Buffon won the best goalkeeper.

Group C is a 'dead' group for Chelsea, with the exception of newcomers Qarabagh and the remaining three teams from the four major leagues. For Chelsea, Atletico are by no means an easy opponent to play against.

Liu Neng looked at me Luo, who won the trophy, and secretly said ruthlessly in his heart, sooner or later I will surpass your achievements, return to the Chelsea team, and start discussing the opponents of the third round of the Chelsea league.

Coach Kodic said to the players: Everton: Everton has won 2 wins, 3 draws and 0 losses in the last 5 matches, in the last game, Everton's team drew 1-1 away against Split Hayduke in the Europa League qualifying round, and the final score was 3-1 on aggregate to advance, Everton has two matches this week, we face Everton at home, their players' physical strength is a problem, we have no big problem winning them at home.

In the past two days, Liu Neng asked Stella, she finally had time, she could watch her next game, Liu Neng felt full of energy, and took advantage of this game to get him the first hat trick in the Premier League, and the time came on August 27, Chelsea hosted Everton.

Everton have two important signings this year, on July 9, 2017, Wayne Rooney joined Everton, Rooney returned to his parent club after a 13-season Manchester United career, the two sides signed a two-year contract, on August 17, 2017, Sigurdsson joined Everton, Sigurdsson transferred for £45 million, setting a record transfer fee in Everton's history.

Everton has invested a lot this season, it is estimated that it is the excitement of Leicester City to win the championship, Leicester City's miracle, so that the Premier League has not won the top league team has a hope, Everton in the 20s of the last century has been brilliant, the 60s have been hovering in the middle of the team, the last 10 years began to move forward step by step, began to have the hope of the Premier League champion.

"In the third round of the Premier League this season, Chelsea hosts Everton, let's take a look at the starting lists of both sides, Chelsea's starting lineup of 442 goalkeepers is No. 1 Begovic, central defender No. 2 Ivanovic, central defender No. 5 Zuma, left-back No. 20 Miazga, right-back No. 24 Gary Cahill, midfielder No. 4 Fabregas, No. 7 Kante, No. 8 Oscar, No. 10 Hazard, forwards No. 19 Diego Costa, No. 9 Cristiano. Jones. ”

'Everton's starters: goalkeeper: Jordan Pickford; Keane, Williams, Giagilka; Baines, Tom Davis, Gay, Holgate; Sandro, Rooney, Sigurdsson. ”

'Subs: Stekelenberg, Lookman, Martina, Kenny, Rennon, Levein, Besic.

Kodic's home locker room announced the tactical task, Liu Neng suddenly felt that the locker room was extremely quiet, he saw Kodic's image and said these things slowly, and then looked around, other players were listening carefully to the coach's tactics.

For a moment, Liu Neng was filled with strong feelings of excitement in his heart, before this game, Liu Neng always regarded this place as a game, and now Liu Neng finally integrated into this team, instead of treating this place as a game, Liu Neng looked at the familiar faces of the players, and his heart was filled with this sense of belonging, and he had the idea of playing here for a lifetime.