Chapter 59: The grouping is settled
By the time Reeves and Cabaye arrived at the training base, it was already eight o'clock.
Training started at half past eight, and there was only half an hour left, and the two of them said hello to Uncle Bliss and trotted all the way to the locker room.
As soon as the two entered the locker room, they heard the lame singing of Foweig.
"Nicholas, a new girlfriend?" Reeves has a long guess in his heart, and he is happy for him, Foweguet's ex-girlfriend moved to Marseille last year, maybe the two places separated, and the relationship was weakened, and the woman proposed to Fowegue two months ago, and Foweguet rushed to Marseille and did not save it, so he was sad for a summer.
"How do you know?" Although it was a questioning tone, Foweiguet's face was full of happy smiles.
"The words Nicholas hair spring are almost written on his face!" Cabaye interjected as he stripped his shirt and walked to the locker.
"What? Spring? It just so happens that I have Reeves' treasured high-definition disc here, and Nicholas should I take it to vent my fire. "Debichy, who had just pushed open the locker room door, was also in the fun." The Dongying girl in this can definitely satisfy you. ”
Reeves covered his face, and his reputation was lost.
Sure enough, as soon as Debich finished speaking, the disc in his hand was snatched up, and the few people who didn't grab it surrounded Reeves to ask for goods.
"Don't be stingy, Reeves, I'll pass you the ball next time." This is the bad boy who just arrived - Bastos.
"Give me one, I've been tired of watching Europe and the United States recently, so it's time to change the taste." This is the team is known for being cheeky - Silva.
"You're still young, this kind of thing hurts your body too much, I'll keep it for you." This is Captain Tafro.
"Don't listen to this hypocrite, I've recently fallen out of love and need solace." This is a serious Bodmeier.
"If you don't give me one, I'll go to the coach and report you." This is the real villain Sharme.
Reeves couldn't resist it, "It's all Cabaye's, I don't believe you go to the inside page of the disc box, which has his signature on it." ”
The side was suddenly clear, these discs were the Dongying films that Cabaye used to exchange for game videos, Reeves was just curious, I wanted to see what kind of Dongying films Europeans liked, and the results were all heavy, Reeves lost interest all of a sudden, Debich knew from Cabaye some time ago that he had a film in his hand, so he borrowed it, but this guy was too loose-mouthed, and he sold him as soon as he came in.
Fortunately, Cabaye has a habit of signing autographs, and he likes to sign his name to indicate that he belongs, and these discs are no exception, and now they are just used to clear Reeves's name.
"You really don't have that?" The honest Foweigay asked in a whisper without giving up.
After laughing, a group of people came out of the locker room one after another.
Today the head coach Puel is not there, the assistant coach is in charge of today's training, as usual, two training sessions a day, two and a half hours each time, and the rest of the time is tactical and indoor training.
Odeem Wenji didn't come to training today, and everyone knows that means he left on these days.
Many people feel that it is a pity, Odem Wenji's strength is still very good, he can play in the front three ways, if he stays in the team to play with peace of mind, this season's strength of Lille will be on a higher level.
Reeves doesn't care about Odem Wenge's departure, even if he stays in the team, Reeves is not afraid to compete with him for the position of the main striker, he is in excellent form now, and Puel has always only looked at the form and not the people.
After the training, the whole Lille team stayed at the training base for dinner, and the meal in the canteen today was particularly rich, but a group of people's minds flew to the scene of the draw ceremony.
After dinner, everyone on the team poured into the conference room on the second floor of the office building of the training base, waiting for the draw ceremony to begin.
Cabaye moved a chair and sat next to Reeves, "Who would you most like to meet in the first gear?" ”
'Manchester United is good, we won one and drew one last season, and he didn't have a temper. Foweigay couldn't help but interject.
Reeves would also like to see Manchester United, and it would have been nice to score at the Theatre of Dreams, but it was obviously impossible.
Not only are they discussing grouping, but others are also discussing, after all, a good grouping is conducive to breaking through. Lille added a lot of points to their performance last season, this time in Pot 2. But there is no shortage of strong teams such as Sporting Lisbon, Benfica, Bremen, Shakhtar Donetsk, Galatasaray, Hamburg in the third and fourth pots.
The Champions League brackets are based on European points from the past five seasons, including the Champions League and UEFA Cup, with the 32 teams divided into four brackets from the highest to the lowest eight.
Pot 1: Barcelona (127.006), AC Milan (129.020), Real Madrid (120.006), Inter Milan (112.020), Liverpool (105.950), Arsenal (101.950), Manchester United (100.950), Valencia (95.006).
Pot 2: Lyon (89.757), Porto (87.533), PSV Eindhoven (81.640), Bayern (80.960), Chelsea (79.950), Roma (76.020), Celtic (60.023), Lille (54.757).
Pot 3: Sporting Lisbon (54.533), Benfica (51.533), Bordeaux (47.757), Bucharest Star (46.381), Bremen (43.960), Olympiacos (43.587), CSKA Moscow (42.504), AEK Athens (39.587).
Fourth pot: Anderlecht (38.981), Dynamo Kyiv (36.777), Sofia Levsky (35.016), Shakhtar Donetsk (33.777), Galatasaray (33.634), Hamburg (30.960), Spartak Moscow (21.504), Copenhagen (16.593).
The broadcast cut to the scene of the draw, the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monaco,
The Lille conference room fell silent for a moment.
The draw was preceded by last season's UEFA European Player of the Year ceremony, which is not as valuable as the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year, but it is also the top accolade for players, representing the best performers in club competitions.
When Ronaldinho walked onto the podium, everyone in the conference room was envious, who didn't want to stand in that position, all eyes were on and the stars were shining.
Reeves finally realized Xiang Yu's mood when he saw Qin Shi Huang's majestic honor guard, and he could take his place.
The first gear is drawn first, and everyone doesn't care at this time, because at this time Lille is not sure which group they are in.
But when the second gear began to be drawn, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense, and what everyone wanted most was to be divided into Group D, Valencia in Group D was the weakest existence in the first team, and most people still hoped that the group would not meet a strong team.
However, it backfired, and it was already clear that Lille's name was not reported until Group G, and Lille was placed in Group H.
At this time, Reeves's memory gradually became clear, and he was in a group with AC Milan as in the previous life.
Although everyone has some regrets, this result is acceptable, after all, at the moment, AC Milan is not too bad a choice, compared to Real Madrid, Barcelona Manchester United, AC Milan is much weaker.
At this time, Reeves naturally did not propose that AC Milan would eventually win the Champions League, and no one would believe that Kaka would drag an aging AC Milan team to win the championship.
Then came the third gear, when it was drawn to Group F, only CSKA Moscow and AEK Athens remained, the two were strong and weak, and no one wanted to play football in the freezing Russia, and at the sound of everyone's prayers, AEK Athens was divided into Group H as they wished, and cheers rang out in the conference room.
Then came Pot 4, where Lille were lucky and the relatively weak Anderlecht side fell to Group H.
By the time the fourth gear is drawn, the grouping will be clear.
Group A: Barcelona, Chelsea, Bremen, Levski Sofia.
Group B: Inter Milan, Bayern, Sporting Lisbon, Spartak Moscow.
Group C: Liverpool, PSV Eindhoven, Bordeaux, Galatasaray.
Group D: Valencia, Roma, Olympiacos, Shakhtar Donetsk
Group E: Real Madrid, Lyon, Bucharest Star, Dynamo Kyiv.
Group F: Manchester United, Celtic, Benfica, Copenhagen.
Group G: Arsenal, Porto, CSKA Moscow, Hamburg.
Group H: AC Milan, Lille, AEK Athens, Anderlecht.
Platini had not yet come to power at this time, but the grouping was as interesting as ever.
Chelsea and Barcelona have met for the third season in a row, but unlike before, this time it is not in a do-or-die knockout round, with Bundesliga giants Bremen joining both teams. Real Madrid reunited with nemesis Lyon, last season Real Madrid drew 1 and lost 1 to Lyon, and in the first round of the game, the "Galaxy Battleship" was swept 3-0 by the French champions. Diarra was also signed from the team this summer. Bayern have won the Serie A title for the third season in a row.
In addition, as Reeves previously speculated, Manchester United, Celtic, and Benfica were divided into a group, which also confirmed Reeves's thoughts, and the water in the group draw is indeed very deep.
The whole team was happy, avoiding strong teams such as Bremen, CSKA Moscow, Sporting Lisbane and Benfica in pot 3, as well as tough opponents in pot 4. Greece's AEK Athens and Belgium's Anderlecht are clearly not an obstacle to Lille's advancement.
Reeves is also very happy that he can finally play against the giants, that is AC Milan, Pirlo, Maldini, Nesta, Seedorf, Inzaghi, etc., although AC Milan is not at its peak at the moment, it is definitely a star. And with the peak Kaka, Reeves is already a little eager to compete with the world's No. 1 star.