Villarreal are not newcomers to the Champions League, but as their league results have gone from strength to strength in recent years, they have occasionally reached the main draw of the Champions League, and even a few seasons ago, they even made it to the last four of the Champions League. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info this is also Villarreal's best result in the Champions League.

But after all, it is not a giant team, the background is a lot worse, and the competition in La Liga is also very fierce, Villarreal cannot guarantee that they can enter the Champions League every season, which also causes a very embarrassing fact, that is, although the submarine has reached the semi-finals, they often miss the Champions League, which leads to their Champions League points are not high.

Not to mention the seeded teams, the second tier teams don't have their share.

As a result, it is easy for them to be used as cannon fodder and put into a group with more than two strong teams as "cannon fodder".

That's a fact that Pellegrini is worried about, but there is nothing he can do about it, in fact, if you think about it, last season their goal was to reach the Champions League, and now that they have achieved it, they are starting to suffer from gains and losses, and they want their team to be placed in a group that is good for them, so that they can go further.

It cannot be said that he is not greedy enough, but at each stage, people's ideas and goals always change.

During the whole process of the award ceremony, Pellegrini had no interest in paying attention to it at all, these awards had nothing to do with Villarreal, what difference did he pay attention to or not, and his name was not on the list of winners, so he didn't bother to worry about it.

The Chilean coach sat in his own position, his eyes slightly closed, babbling words, and his hands were still involuntarily scratching around on his chest.

By his side, Fan Bizhuang looked a little funny, he didn't need to ask him what his mentor was doing, it was estimated that he was communicating cordially with God and his old man, hoping that God could assign him a group with a weak opponent.

But this is the norm, and the staff and coaches of the various clubs in the positions next to them and in the back rows are almost all doing the same thing, some are "praying" as devout as Manuel Pellegrini, some are chanting with their eyes closed, and some are ...... Well, it's really closed eyes, pretending to sleep.

The scene of the Champions League group draw and award ceremony also has a "grade", the team with excellent results in the Champions League over the years has a higher seat, and the award-winning players and teams almost occupy the best position in the front row, such as Manchester United, Barcelona, Chelsea and other giants are sitting in the top position, even Real Madrid, which has a poor record in the Champions League in recent seasons and is known as the "Champions League Sixteen", is also in a very good position, even if Real Madrid's Champions League results in recent years are a mess, but who makes them the super giants of world football, It has a huge influence.

The other teams are postponed in turn, occupying their own seats according to their achievements and fame. Although it is said that there is no distinction between high and low in sports competition, the reality is so cruel, others are stronger than you, and the audience is wider than you, then you just can't get the best treatment, which is a fact that no one can change.

Van Bizhuang's position is neither good nor bad, thanks to the glory accumulated by the team in previous seasons, and the positions in the rows behind him are occupied by some of the best in Europe's second- and third-rate leagues. In their league, these teams can be said to be the king, but on the big stage of the Champions League, they can only be reduced to a second- or third-rate foil role.

For the Champions League trophy, these teams may never have had extravagant expectations, and even showing themselves on a huge stage like the Champions League is bullshit, this is just a rhetoric to deceive the media and fans, in fact, all they want is to stay on this stage for a few games as much as possible, and it has nothing to do with going far and ambition, nothing more than interests. The broadcast share of the Champions League is very expensive, and not playing one more game represents at least millions of euros in broadcast revenue.

Such a sum of money may not be a big deal for a big team, but for a small team, this income is enough for them to do a lot of things.

So their "prayer" is quite understandable, just to be drawn to a group that is not too frustrating, so that they can have a chance to go as far as possible.

It can be said that the draw ceremony has not officially begun, and the "war" between many teams has already begun, and it is still fierce - after all, so many people are praying to God and his old man at the same time, and God is also very busy, and he is a little too much to care.

Fan Bizhuang has no interest in the award ceremony, and like Pellegrini's thoughts, everything that doesn't belong to me, what the hell do I do. With this thought, it is better to watch the various states of life, the pious appearance of these coaches praying, which is much more interesting than the acceptance speeches of those superstars who came to the stage, thanking the team, thanking the fans, and thanking their parents.

Fan Bizhuang looked around idly, and after sweeping a figure two rows away from him, his eyes suddenly stopped.

This is the first time he has followed the manager to participate in the Champions League group draw ceremony, and it is also the first time to meet the coaches and players of so many clubs.

Louis. Aragonés!

The old man with silver hair, wearing a pair of glasses at the moment, did not pay attention to the podium, but looked closely in front of him, to be exact, in the direction of Fan Bizhuang.

And when Fan Bizhuang's gaze swept over, the eyes of the two people happened to meet in the air.

Fan Bizhuang is resentful of Aragonés, although he does not understand why the old man suddenly turned himself away from the national team a few months ago, but in any case, he failed to reach the top of Europe with the Matadors, and Aragonés is the "culprit".

At the beginning of the new season, Aragonés expressed his desire to meet him through Molina, but Van Bizhuang directly refused.

There's not much to say between the two of them.

In fact, Fan Bizhuang was also quite unexpected, in the glorious moment when the Spanish national team won the European Championship and reigned in the Europa, Aragonés publicly announced that he would step down as the head coach of the national team, and soon accepted the invitation of the Turkish league giants Fenerbahce to take up the coaching whip of this club team.

The retreat from the highest-profile rapids is really puzzling.

No one knew what Aragonés was thinking, and there were even reporters in private who openly arranged whether Aragonés was sick in the brain.

For such a statement, Fan Bizhuang nodded approvingly, otherwise how could he explain the fact that the old man suddenly refused him to leave the national team? But it's just a smile, in general, Aragonés has nothing to do with him, what does the old man do, what does it have to do with him?

Sensing that Aragonés was looking at him fixedly, when he saw himself turn his head, the corners of Aragones' mouth even squirmed twice, as if he wanted to say something in the air, Fan Bizhuang directly twisted his head to the side, leaving only the back of the other party's head.

For Fan Bizhuang's somewhat impolite behavior, Aragonés shook his head with a wry smile helplessly, and then withdrew his gaze.

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The most eye-catching part finally arrived, after the host announced the start of the draw, UEFA officials, some retired stars and even football celebrities came to the stage one after another to start the group group draw.

This is a real "moment of life and death", except for some club coaches whose hearts are strong enough and have extremely strong confidence in themselves, most people's nerves are tense.

Weak teams, of course, want to be divided into a group with average strength, and some strong teams are also very nervous, after all, there are so many strong teams, if there are more strong opponents in the same group, then all kinds of accidents may happen.

There are no surprises in the teams in the first pot, basically they are the champions or leaders of the leagues in various countries, and these teams have not received much attention, after all, it is basically these giants who occupy the first bracket position every year, and the most important thing is the draw of the second bracket team and even the third bracket team.

The draw proceeded in an orderly manner, and as we entered the city, there were occasional exclamations, some with ecstatic expressions on their faces, others frowning tightly, and even the accompanying club staff murmuring.

The ecstatic team is naturally the team that has drawn a good lot, and the team that frowns and complains is naturally the result of the draw is not ideal.

"Group D, Atletico Madrid!"

The retired superstar on stage unwrapped a ball of paper with Atletico Madrid's name on it, then placed it in Group D and announced it loudly.

Atletico Madrid coach Recino, who was sitting at the back of the venue, couldn't help but change his face and cursed in a low voice.

Some cast sympathetic glances at Recino, others gloated, and others laughed knowingly.

Sympathetic people are not their own business, and they don't suffer a loss when they give a free look of pity, and the schadenfreude is not a big deal to watch the excitement, and as for those who laugh secretly, their mentality is a little distorted - they were still complaining that their group draw was very bad, but suddenly a more unlucky one appeared, so in this comparison, well, their luck seems to be better.

Life is full of variety, tall, fat, beautiful and ugly, and it is vividly expressed at this moment!

In fact, not only Recino's face has become ugly, but also the managers of the other three teams in Group D are also extremely dignified. Take a look at the teams in this group, Liverpool, Eindhoven, Marseille, plus a very low rating, but definitely not weak Atletico Madrid, this Nima is a proper "group of death"!

Needless to say, the first Group of Death in this season's UEFA Champions League is officially born!

The managers of the other two La Liga teams, Real Madrid and Barcelona, who were still satisfied with the results of the grouping, looked at Recino with a meaningful expression, and Pellegrini only glanced at each other slightly, shook his head, and began to pray for his team.