Raul's fat hands grabbed the ball again and again, and each team also had its own home. With the penultimate goal being caught by Raul, the dust has settled on the Champions League group for the new season.

Group A: AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Red Star Belgrade

Group B: Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Spartak Moscow, NEK Athens

Group C: Manchester City, Barcelona, Lokomotiv Astana, Galatasaray

Group D: Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Antwerp, Glasgow Rangers

Group E: Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Dinamo Zagreb, Malmo

Group F: Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Ajax, Coventry

Group G: Kaiserslautern, Huddersfield United, Lens, PSV Eindhoven

Group H, Marseille, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sporting Lisbon, Spartacus Moscow

After Platini's "restoration", the Champions League group stage system was overhauled, and the Champions League group group system was restored this season. Coventry City and Huddersfield Town United in the Premier League are not seeded due to a lack of points from continental club competitions.

Coventry's Group F, although it is not a group of death, the strength of the three opponents should not be underestimated. Needless to say, Grand Paris. Porto and Ajax are also regulars in the Champions League and have a wealth of European experience. In these two traditional European black shops, there is no shortage of super demons in the team that have not yet been sold.

Coventry head coach Eda said to Liu Yun: "Our grouping situation is not optimistic. ”

Liu Yun smiled: "Actually, it's not a big deal. There is a saying in Huaguo, which is called the soldier to block the water and cover the earth. ”

Liu Yun is a big player. A few years ago at Manchester United, he experienced the most horrific group of deaths in European history – when the Champions League group draw abandoned the seeding principle. Manchester United are in the same group as Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.

I don't know if it was deliberately arranged by someone from UEFA, Manchester United's draw representative, sitting next to Coventry.

Mourinho said to Liu Yun on the side: "Atletico Madrid, Antwerp, Glasgow Rangers. Our progress from the group was almost a foregone conclusion. It's just a question of whether to finish first or second in the group. ”

Liu Yun said to his son-in-law Qu Bai: "Your old club Antwerp is in the same group as Manchester United. ”

As soon as Liu Yun's words fell, UEFA President Michel Platini hurriedly stepped onto the stage and announced that the draw results needed to be confirmed by the UEFA Competition Committee.

That is to say that the results of the draw may not be counted.

Representatives of the major clubs were in an uproar. This has never happened before in the history of the Champions League draw.

Platini didn't explain why, just told everyone to wait for a moment.

All the delegates were confused, but Morris, the new owner of Manchester United, saw the door: "Antwerp is a satellite club of Manchester United. Before I came to Switzerland, I had read the thick format of the Champions League. There seems to be a clause in it: if there is a subordinate relationship between the two clubs participating in the Champions League, the parent club shall not be placed in the same group as the child club. ”

Liu Yun sighed: "It seems that the organizing committee of the event has ignored this matter. It's a hundred secrets! ”

Platini took the stage again: "Since Antwerp is a satellite club of Manchester United. Placing two teams in the same group is contrary to the Champions League's grouping principles. The results of this draw are yet to be determined. ”

Mourinho whispered: "What do those UEFA officials do? It's hilarious. This will be the funniest scene in the history of the Champions League group draw. ”

After the draw ceremony, UEFA arranged a reception for the representatives of the various clubs. At the same time, the UEFA Competition Committee convened an emergency meeting to discuss the solution of the draw of oolongs.

At the meeting, Platini was annoyed. The Champions League group draw was the first thing he did after the success of his "restoration" - it turned out to be a mess.

Platini told the competition committee: "There are only two solutions now. One is the re-entry of the group draw – which will become the biggest joke in Champions League history. The second is to negotiate with a club that is not a Premier League or a non-seeded team and switch places with Antwerp. ”

Zanetti, a member of the competition committee, is well aware of the principle that persimmons should be picked up and pinched. "I suggest consulting with Lokomotiv Astana in the Kazakh league," he said. There are two reasons for this: First, in terms of the form of grouping, both teams are in groups with two super teams from the top five leagues. They faced opponents of equal strength. Second, I won't say why. Today is a closed-door meeting with no media reporters participating. All I can say is that the reason is clear to everyone. ”

Of course, everyone knows the "reasons that cannot be said" in Zanetti's mouth. Lokomotiv Astana now even has to be sponsored by UEFA for tickets to participate in the group draw ceremony - the Champions League broadcast dividend is a huge amount of money in the eyes of Lokomotiv Astana. They will definitely follow UEFA's lead.

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At the reception, the representatives of the various clubs were uneasy. Clubs that are not in a good group are hoping that UEFA will be able to redraw the draw. Clubs with good grouping forms are afraid of re-drawing.

Liu Yun didn't care. There are no weak teams in the Champions League - Coventry City is not a fish belly team these days. Whoever draws has to kick well. He pulled Qu Bai aside and talked about the pregnancy of his eldest daughter Liu Xiaoyan.

Qu Bai said: "Dad, Yan Yan has done a prenatal checkup in China. The due date is at the end of December this year. You're about to become a true grandparent! ”

Liu Yun joked: "Maybe I will be happy with my father-in-law, and I will retire in ten years." When the time comes, there will be a retirement game, and my 10-year-old grandson will come on as a substitute for me. It's fun to think about. ”

Qu Bai waved his hand again and again: "Ten years later? What you just said, if you let the reporter hear it, log out... I guess it's another uproar. ”

Liu Yun smiled: "By the way, is Yan Yan reacting during pregnancy now?" ”

Qu Bai nodded: "Awesome." It is especially edible, and it vomits when you eat it. I asked her to simply report to the leader to take up a temporary job, but she didn't agree. said that the project in her hand is at a critical moment. She can't be a deserter. I asked her what the project was, and she gave me four words directly: state secrets. ”

The two sons-in-law were chatting. Jose Mourinho leaned in: "An old friend of mine at UEFA gave me a piece of news. The old men of the race committee are ready to swap places between Antwerp and Lokomotiv Astana. ”

Qu Bai breathed a sigh of relief: "This is the best." Lokomotiv Astana is about the same level as Antwerp, and both belong to the second-rate teams in Europe. ”

Liu Yun asked Mourinho: "Jose, the gossip news of The Sun said that you are going to retire at the age of 61, and you will go back to Portugal at the end of the season... ”

Mourinho waved his hand repeatedly: "My dear old lieutenant. You said it was news from The Sun. Is one of the Sun's messages reliable? If you talk about retirement. My plan is to retire at the age of 70. ”