Chapter 865: The competition starts in the first round
When the draw results came out, the on-site director gave the cameras to the faces of Iroh and Cristiano Ronaldo, and Huang Jianxiang, who was in charge of the Champions League group draw commentary, said in surprise: "This ...... It's hard not to wonder the result of the draw, and it's too much of a coincidence that Iello and Cristiano Ronaldo, who changed doors this summer, faced their old owners separately, right? Could it be that UEFA is trying to prove that they can control the group draw perfectly? ”
Then the camera flashed on the faces of the four managers of Real Madrid, Valencia, Chelsea and Manchester United.
No surprise, the face is not good-looking.
Of course, the biggest reason is that they think that the opponents in the draw are tough teams, and that's it.
For UEFA each season's Champions League group draw, there is a good tacit understanding between each other, after all, if the Champions League group stage wants to attract enough highlights, it is necessary to use the connection between the teams or players and teams to cause public opinion, so as to ensure the highlights of the Champions League group stage in the new season.
However, everything has disadvantages and advantages, Real Madrid and Manchester United's other two draw opponents in Group C are relatively weak, namely Glasger Rangers from Scotland and Turkey's Bursa Sporting, if there is no accident, Real Madrid and Manchester United will join hands to qualify, while Glasgow Rangers and Bursa Sporting will compete for a group third to guarantee a place in the Europa League.
Valencia and Chelsea's other two opponents in Group F are a bit of a problem, with Spartak Moscow from Russia and Zhilina from Slovakia in Pot 4 respectively.
In fact, the strength of Spartak Moscow is not strong, and what is worrying is the ultra-low temperature in Moscow in November, and the unlucky game is still played on the icy and snowy playing field.
The 32 teams are divided into eight groups, and in addition to the draws for Group C and Group F, the draw for Group A is also able to attract enough attention, in addition to the strength of the seeded team Inter Milan, the strength of Werder Bremen, Tottenham Hotspur and Twente is relatively even, which means that they are all likely to qualify from the group, thus turning Group A into the only group of death in this season's Champions League group draw.
The next day, the mainstream media coverage in Europe revolved around the magical draw of Groups C and F and the death of Group A.
"Torino Sport" said: "I have to say that this season's Champions League group draw has once again come out of a magical scene, this summer for 80 million pounds and 90 million pounds respectively to transfer to Real Madrid, Valencia Cristiano Ronaldo and Ai will face their old owners in the 2010-2011 UEFA Champions League group stage, which reminds me of the 2007-2008 Champions League quarter-final draw and the 2008-2009 Champions League group draw. At that time, Ai's Chelsea was drawn to Valencia, and now Ai, who has returned to Valencia, has been drawn to his old Chelsea, which is indeed worth pondering......
The subtle meaning is very obvious, and many media outlets dissatisfied with UEFA's recent reforms have published relevant news with Torino Sport.
However, UEFA's official reply was quite firm, insisting that the draw ceremony held yesterday afternoon at the Monte Carlo Convention Centre was completely fair and impartial, that there was no human element in it, and that the draw for Groups C and F was just a coincidence.
UEFA made an official reply, but there were still many media who did not buy it, but fortunately, the next European Super Cup diverted some attention.
2009-2010 Champions League champion Manchester United against 2009-2010 Europa League champion Atletico Madrid, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, lost Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United did not show their strongest side, Ecuadorian Valencia, who had just transferred from Sunderland to Manchester United, proved that he could not replace Cristiano Ronaldo's position in Manchester United, and finally lost 0:2 to Atletico Madrid.
Countless media have seen the true level of Manchester United in the UEFA Super Cup, and they believe that Manchester United will most likely not be able to become the top of the group in the Champions League group in the new season, and responded to the previous Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson: "The win or loss of the UEFA Super Cup does not mean anything, we Manchester United will prove that we are still at the top in the new season!" ”
It's just that most people think it's just the hard mouth of the old Scottish man......
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As the 2010-2011 La Liga season draws off, the Spanish media has chosen to turn their attention back to their home league.
Before the start of the league, Real Madrid stepped up their time to slim down internally, and there were too many heavy reinforcements in the offensive line, so that Raul and Guti lost their places, joining Schalke 04 and Galatasaray for free, respectively, while Barcelona also had heavyweight stars left, and Henry and Mexican star Marcos went to the New York Red Bulls Gold Rush in Major League Soccer together......
At the same time, the conflict between Ibrahimovic and Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola became public, and he publicly blasted Guardiola as a coward during Barcelona's preparation for the new season, for which the Barcelona management had to choose to purge the disobedient Ibrahimovic.
However, Ibrahimovic is a world-class superstar, with the annual salary of the top five in world football, there are not many teams that can eat this contract, and the Barcelona management is very sad about this, and finally has no choice but to rent him out and sell him to AC Milan, it is worth mentioning that Barcelona also needs to bear 70% of Ibrahimovic's salary......
Two days passed in a blink of an eye, and the much-watched 2010-2011 season of the Spanish Primera League officially kicked off.
The opening match of the new season is that promoted Mahkus hosts Athletic Bilbao.
After 90 minutes of play, they finally defeated promoted Mahekus 1-0 away with Demarcos' goal to get a good start to the new season.
With the end of the opening match, the first round of the 2010-2011 La Liga season was in full swing.
In the matches played on this day, Levante lost 1:4 to Sevilla, Osasuna 0:0 Almeria, Deportivo La Coruna 0:0 Zaragoza, Espanyol 3:1 Getafe.
Four of the remaining five matches will be played tomorrow, while the final of the last game will be postponed to the evening of tomorrow due to the participation of the home team Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Super Cup.
Valencia's away league game against Malaga was played at 5 p.m. Spanish time the next day, that is, 12 p.m. Beijing time, which is more in line with the Chinese schedule, so countless Chinese fans expressed their attention to this game before the game.
Previously, because of Ailuo, Valencia had a lot of supporters in China, and then despite Ailo's departure, Wang Xiaolei held his ground, so that Valencia's fans in China did not lose much, and now Valencia not only has Ailo and Wang Xiaolei, these Chinese internationals, but also the owner of the team still belongs to Chinese businessman He Puqi, which is equivalent to labeling this club as Chinese.
The four La Liga matches played on the second day were a boon for fans around the world, starting with Real Madrid vs Mallorca and Real Sociedad vs Villarreal, followed by Valencia away to Malaga and finally defending champions Barcelona hosting Racing Santander for the finale.
Three of the four games have no clash of match times, which means fans can watch all three games in front of the TV for six hours!
Only Real Sociedad and Villarreal suffer, it is estimated that no one will care in front of the TV.
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The first was Mallorca's home league match against Real Madrid, which ended in a 3-0 win away thanks to a brace from Cristiano Ronaldo and a goal from Angel Di Maria, while Real Sociedad beat Villarreal 1-0 at home.
This was followed by a league match that was of considerable interest to Chinese fans, with Valencia away to Spain's upstart Malaga.
Similarly, the match attracted a lot of media attention, with Real Madrid beating away from home, with Cristiano Ronaldo scoring twice to help the team beat their opponents in the World Cup.
When the news reached La Rosaleda, Valencia and Malaga were still warming up, and after Elo learned that his friend Cristiano Ronaldo had scored twice, he was eager to perform better in the upcoming league and lead his side to away victories.
Because captain Albelda had a thigh muscle maladaptation before the game, Iroh will be the captain of the team and appear in the starting lineup!
At the same time, Messi, who was still resting in the hotel, also learned that Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the game, and his reaction to Ailo was similar, and he was going to play well in the first round of the next new season, he didn't want to compete with Cristiano Ronaldo, but according to what he knew about Aillo, Cristiano Ronaldo played well, so Ailo will definitely prove that he is stronger with a better performance.
Therefore, in order for Messi to surpass Iro, he must first use Cristiano Ronaldo's performance as a yardstick, which means that the minimum spend-off goal in the league against Racing Santander is two goals.
Even Cristiano Ronaldo himself did not expect that he had become the yardstick for Iello and Messi in the first game......
At 5 p.m. Spanish time, Málaga's home match against Valencia kicks off on time at the Stadio La Rosaleda.
It was Elo's first league game back in Valencia as captain, so it meant a lot to him personally, as he gave his side a two-goal lead over Malaga in the first half.
In the second half, Málaga fought hard to close the score quickly, but it turned out that Elo's goal widened the gap again......
In the end, thanks to a hat-trick and an assist from Iroh, they beat Malaga 4-0 away.