When the draw results of the Champions League were presented in front of Gao Shunyao, looking at this result, Gao Shunyao also had all kinds of ideas for a while. In this year's Champions League draw, his team encountered such a group, which made him a little unsure of how to speak.

If this group is only judged from the point of view of strength, it really does not seem to be particularly strong. It is true that Manchester United is a strong team, but in addition to Manchester United, the other two teams, Marseille and Zenit, do not seem to be particularly strong teams. Wolfsburg is in such a team, and their hopes of qualifying are quite small. At least compared to last season's group where they met Arsenal and Shakhtar, this year's group seems to be okay.

It's just that if you take a closer look, you will also find that this group is not as simple as imagined.

First of all, Marseille, as a former giant in Ligue 1, is not too weak. Although they have been very low-key in the past two years, they have been pressed by Paris and can't lift their heads, not to mention, now even Monaco is about to rise, the league is rampant with rich people, and the team can only swallow their anger and be low-key in front of the rich.

But it seems that even in such a down-and-out situation, Marseille still has some rich heritage. While the team has little hope of winning the title, they have attracted a number of African internationals, or France's homegrown would-be internationals. The strength of this team is still very good, at least compared to Wolfsburg, they are indeed not weak. Although they can't play Paris, Wolfsburg shouldn't be able to play Paris - it's not a shame to be as good as Paris, this team may still be a good team, at least it must not be taken lightly.

And Zenit this team. Although it is said that it is far from the mainstream league, it has not been particularly taken seriously. But if you think about it, it seems that this team is not an underdog at all. As a Russian team. They have an advantage that no other team can match: the natural climate is enough to make many teams crazy when facing them. Thinking that his team needs to play in Russia, Gao Shunyao can only smile bitterly: Wolfsburg is not a strong away team in the first place, and if you play in that kind of place, you are afraid that even if your team encounters an extremely weak team, it will lose the game because of the away team.

What's more, Zenit's team is definitely not a weak team. While the team has been slightly looked down upon for being far from the mainstream league, people aren't particularly concerned about their situation. But if you take a closer look at some of the information about this team, then people will quickly find out something as well.

This team is the same as Paris and Manchester City, and it is a proper tycoon. With the support of Gazprom behind them, they are also proud of their abundant funds. Even if we don't consider the unreliable rumor that the real backstage is the Russian government, we don't maliciously speculate why UEFA, which is also funded by the Russian weather company, has persistently thrown Zenit into a relatively weak group for many years. The power of Zenit's money is pretty clear just by looking at their squad lineup.

Hulk. Witsel, Crishto...... These names are all members of their team. When it comes to throwing money, when it comes to transfers. This team is not left behind, and their players are even the giants of the mainstream league. They are all the same proper main players. Although he is not famous, he looks down on Zenit. This is definitely a pretty big mistake.

If it is analyzed in this way, although the group is not despairing. But in this group, everyone has the possibility of qualifying, and the task is not light.

Repeated fierce battles, I'm afraid it's inevitable. Gao Shunyao sighed softly, and also sighed that there is indeed no weak team in the Champions League. Relatively speaking, this is already a good result. Look at the other group, Arsenal, Dortmund and Napoli meet, Barcelona meets Manchester City again, Paris meets Bayern, and it is enough to be lucky that they did not meet such a group.

Moreover, looking at the opponents in the group, Gao Shunyao also had another idea. There seem to be some good things in this group: if your team plays well enough, maybe your team can also win the group.

The reason why he thinks this is because although this group is full of dangers, there are also many opportunities - of course, when he talks about so-called opportunities, he naturally refers to the group's group top Manchester United.

In this group, the first team is Manchester United. And Manchester United has always been the most inscrutable team in the first tier of teams. Compared to the two teams in the Spanish Super League, he seems to be weaker, and compared to the Portuguese Super League team, he seems to be stronger. But what exactly his strength is, it is quite difficult to locate. And this year is even more so, what is the strength of Manchester United this year? I'm afraid that Manchester United itself can't say clearly

Manchester United don't seem to have changed much from last season – and it's easy to conclude if you look at the squad alone. However, compared to the players running on the field, the biggest change for them is in their dugout. The people sitting there have changed, they are no longer the team managed by Alex Ferguson, and now they are at the helm of the former Everton coach David Moyes, which is the biggest change they have suffered.

Changing coaches doesn't seem to be a particularly big deal for some teams. For teams such as Real Madrid and Chelsea, changing coaches is just commonplace, and maybe if you change coaches, you will get such an unscientific causal law super assist as 'the coach leaves the class halfway through and the results are kicked into the European finals', so that some fans have been discussing since the beginning of the season, "Should I change the coach?" It is like a big capitalist who is not a liquidated damages, and he looks at it lightly.

Fans will be like this, naturally because the team has been for a long time and does not take the coach seriously. For them, the coach is a working boy, who stays for two years if he does a good job, and everyone is happy if he doesn't do a good job.

Such a team change of coach will naturally not have much trouble.

But for other teams, changing coaches is inconceivable. Alex Ferguson took up the role of Manchester United manager from '86 and then sat in that position for more than two decades. Over the years, things have changed a lot, but what has remained the same at Manchester United is the old Scottish man on the sidelines, which is extremely rare in the entire football world.

More than 20 years is a considerable period of time, and many things are enough to change. When he took over the team, the Premier League had not yet been established, the return goalkeeper could still be picked up by hand, and the back tackle was not a red card action, and Gao Shunyao was not even born at that time. Over the years, the rules of football have changed many times, regardless of the people in the football world, but Ferguson has always led Manchester United. Ferguson is Manchester United, Manchester United is Ferguson, and it's always been something that people are used to. For this kind of team, changing the coach is not changing the team at all, it is completely equivalent to changing the soul of the team, and the whole team will have a lot of changes.

Moreover, this time Manchester United changed the coach, which is definitely not very satisfactory. As a giant team, changing coaches should also consider top coaches, which is basically a conventional idea. However, Manchester United are in a special situation, they value loyalty and want another Alex Ferguson, which has become a major mental burden for them. Ferguson is not so easy to find, and they would rather choose Moyes, who has been with Everton for a long time, than find another world-class coach, which is also a highly questionable decision.

That's the big problem for Manchester United. This summer, their coach changed from the scheming Alex Ferguson to the long-term mid-table Moyes, a change that undoubtedly gave Manchester United a new soul. And their new souls can carry them smoothly? This is also a question that the whole world is skeptical.

After all, it is not easy to become Ferguson.

Gao Shunyao is also full of doubts about this now, if Wolfsburg meets Ferguson's Manchester United, I am afraid that before the game starts, Gao Shunyao will have to worry in his heart: If he encounters such a top giant, does his team have a chance? Even if Manchester United has not performed as well in Europe in the past two years, as long as Ferguson is here, none of them dare to take that opponent lightly.

But now Moyes, that's a different story. Although the coach has done a good job in coaching Everton, what he has done seems to be much worse than that of Ferguson. Before Alex Ferguson became the manager of Manchester United, he led the Soviet Premier League team to subvert the giants anyway, and also won the Cup Winners' Cup. And Moyes has been at Everton for so many years, and his best shot is only fourth in the Premier League. Even if you don't look at fame, it seems that their abilities are far behind, and they are not of an order of magnitude at all.

Moreover, what the coach did after he came to the stage does not seem to be so smart. At least judging from Fellaini's transfer, it is clear that the other party's contract has loopholes and can not be signed at a low price, and then buy it when the price rises, this kind of thing also tells people everywhere that as a coach of a midstream team, it seems that it is really not easy to take over the giants.

Because of this, in the Champions League, the first team turned out to be Manchester United, which also made Wolfsburg not know how to express his thoughts at this time. With Alex Ferguson gone, Manchester United seem to be gone. But it is difficult to say whether it is so easy to defeat them.

But even if it is not easy, Gao Shunyao still has an expectation for this: if they do beat Manchester United, then they will be the first in the group for the second year in a row. If that's the case, Wolfsburg is also likely to face weaker opponents in the round of 16, which is definitely worth a fight. (To be continued.) )