Xiao Yang didn't know how to answer Ferguson's words. Pen "Fun" Cabinet www.biquge.info Manchester United has encountered unprecedented challenges in the Premier League in recent years, although Chelsea has not been as much of a threat to Manchester United after the departure of Mourinho, and Arsenal's recent situation is not very good, but their city rivals Manchester City have become Manchester United's biggest rivals for winning the championship after changing the rich Arab owners, and they have repeatedly had the last laugh in the battle with Manchester United, so that Ferguson has always been unable to buy the players he needs, Liverpool has also had a resurgence trend in recent years, plus Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United and the recent rise of Swansea City, Manchester United are facing increasing challenges in the league.

After all, Ferguson is too old and his energy is getting weaker and weaker, so although Manchester United still won the Premier League title last season, they almost collapsed in the second half after accumulating a huge points advantage in the first half, and it was not until the final round that they overwhelmed Manchester City on thin ice and won the championship by a narrow margin; And they have won nothing in other competitions, including the Champions League. This also made Ferguson sigh with emotion and have the idea of retreating.

In Xiao Yang's view, the Premier League's competitiveness is getting bigger and bigger, which has a lot to do with their fairer broadcast fee sharing plan, and their middle and lower teams can also get a huge amount of broadcast fee income every year, so the gap between the teams is getting smaller and smaller, which is also the direction that Xiao Yang hopes for the development of the Swiss Super League.

Of course, this is not necessarily a good thing for Alex Ferguson, who simply spent too much energy in the league and failed to win anything in other games.

Xiao Yang thought for a while before saying, "Old sir, I think you can do it for a few more years, you are not that old." Besides, even if you do retire, with Manchester United's charisma, it can still find the right manager to continue to lead Manchester United. ”

Ferguson shook his head sadly: "I can't do it anymore, and it will be difficult for Manchester United to find a manager who can lead Manchester United to continue its glory." Unless it's you, but is it possible for you to leave Gossau behind for Manchester United? After speaking, he stared straight into Xiao Yang's eyes.

Xiao Yang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Old sir, you know that this is impossible, if I was willing to leave the Gosho team, I would have gone to other giants a long time ago." You know, I have the same personality as you, and I want to build my own dynasty in a team. ”

Ferguson was disappointed, in fact, he knew that this was impossible, but his love for Manchester United still made him can't help but open his mouth to Xiao Yang. He smiled self-deprecatingly: "Actually, I shouldn't have spoken." Forget it, I won't bother you, I'll go somewhere else. With that, he turned and walked away.

Xiao Yang looked at Ferguson's lonely back with some old age, his eyes were full of respect, no matter what, this old man who has dedicated his life to a club and is still planning for it when he retires is worthy of respect.

The draw ceremony officially began, and the first teams in the fourth pot of the eight groups were drawn, and as a result, the two teams that Xiao Yang followed, Zurich were divided into Group A, Dinamo Zagreb was placed in Group C, and then, the teams in the third and second pots were also drawn respectively.

When it came time for the draw of the most high-profile seeding teams, everyone in the audience held their breath as they waited for the host to draw the names of the seeded teams.

Group A is seeded Chelsea, Group B is seeded AC Milan, Group C is seeded Hamburg, Group D is seeded Bayern Munich, Group E is seeded Barcelona, Group F is seeded Real Madrid, Group G is seeded Manchester United, and when this is drawn, everyone knows that Gossau will be seeded in Group H.

In this way, the draw for this season's Champions League group stage is over, and the grouping format is as follows:

Group A: Chelsea in England, Juventus in Italy, PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands, Zurich in Switzerland;

Group B: AC Milan of Italy, Valencia of Spain, Tottenham Hotspur of England, Spartak Moscow of Russia;

Group C: Hamburg Germany, Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine, Scotland Rangers, Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia;

Group D: Bayern Munich of Germany, Atletico Madrid of Spain, Galatasaray of Turkey, Panathinaikos of Greece;

Group E: Barcelona (Spain), Lyon (France), Copenhagen (Denmark), Kazan Ruby (Russia);

Group F: Real Madrid of Spain, Inter Milan of Italy, Werder Bremen of Germany, AEK of Greece;

Group G: England Manchester United, Schalke Germany, Sporting Lisbon Portugal, Rosenborg Norway;

Group H: Gossau (Switzerland), Manchester City (England), Paris Saint-Germain (France), CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria).

After the results of the draw came out, many people gasped, and there were several groups of death in the group this time. In Group A, apart from Zurich's weaker strength, Chelsea and Juventus are both strong giants, while PSV Eindhoven also won the Europa League last season and should not be underestimated. Juventus could have been seeded, but due to their mediocre performances in previous European competitions, they were only placed in Pot 2 this season, so they were placed in a group with Chelsea.

Groups B and F are also known as the Group of Death, with three teams from each of the five major leagues, all of which are quite strong, and they also have to fight to the death for two qualifying places.

But after looking at the list of Group H, these head coaches who thought they had been assigned to the group of death still patted their chests, glad that they were not assigned to this group, because the strength of this group is too perverted. Needless to say, the defending champions Gosau are extremely strong in strength and momentum, and no one wants to be in a group with them; Manchester City, on the other hand, are Premier League upstarts, and after having a wealthy Arab owner, they have been serious contenders for the Premier League title in recent years.

But when it comes to money, the owner of any team can't compare to the owner of Paris Saint-Germain. In 2011, Qatar's Crown Prince Tamim? Qatar's sovereign wealth fund led by Alsani bought a majority stake in Paris Saint-Germain and became the new owner of Paris Saint-Germain. Alsani is not only the crown prince of Qatar, but also the president of the Qatar National Olympic Committee, a member of the International Olympic Committee, and the number one person in Qatar's sports world. Tamim Alsani's Qatar Sports Investment Fund is a state-owned sovereign investment fund with assets conservatively estimated at more than $60 billion.

With such a wealthy owner, Paris Saint-Germain has of course changed shotguns, and they have been aggressive in the transfer market in recent years, inviting Italian coach Ancenotti, and successively spending a lot of money to bring in Thiago. Silva, Ibrahimovic, Pastore, Lavic, Moura, Van der Wiel and other big-name stars, for more than two seasons, Tamim? Alsani has invested close to 300 million euros in Paris Saint-Germain, which has also rejuvenated the long-dormant French giants, who reached the group stage of the Champions League this season, but they have rarely played in European competitions in previous seasons, so they can only be placed in Pot 3, which has created this super group of death.

How can such a group not make people gasp? Except for CSKA Sofia in Bulgaria, who can only play soy sauce in this group, it is not surprising who wins the final Champions League title of this season in terms of strength of the other three teams, but they need to fight to the death for two qualifying places.

The managers of other strong teams have cast all kinds of complicated eyes on the managers of these three teams, of course, these eyes are still mostly gloating, because no matter what, in the group stage, a super strong team with the ability to win the championship will be eliminated, which is of course a great thing for other teams that are aspiring to win the championship.

To say that the Paris Saint-Germain team and Xiao Yang still have some holidays, in the past two years, the Paris Saint-Germain team has quoted several prices to the Gosho team, almost wanting to buy the entire main lineup of the Gosho team, as soon as the Gosau team refuses them, they will immediately increase the price again, it seems that what they took out is not a hot euro, but a piece of waste paper, and in the end they directly took out a blank check for Xiao Yang to fill in casually, but Xiao Yang still unceremoniously rejected them, and announced that the players they wanted to buy were not for sale.

If it weren't for Xiao Yang's high prestige in the team, the salaries of the players have been greatly increased several times in recent years, and the good results of the Gosho team, the players' minds are relatively stable, and the money offensive of the Paris Saint-Germain team will definitely leverage a few players.

After that, Xiao Yang's impression of Paris Saint-Germain was not very good, and he also disclosed Paris Saint-Germain's small actions through Christine, and suddenly other clubs that suffered from this nouveau riche poached also came out to denounce it.

After the draw results came out, the coaches of the strong teams in the C, D, E, and G groups breathed a sigh of relief, there were no super opponents in their group, and it should not be a problem to qualify from the group. Some of the managers who sat close to them began to congratulate them, although they said that no opponent should be underestimated, but their hearts were already happy.

Xiao Yang sighed in his heart, the luck of the Gosho team in the draw in recent seasons has not been very good, and the opponents in the group are not weak, of course, they can only be ranked in the fourth pot in the past, and it is natural to meet strong teams, and this season they became a seeded team for the first time, but the opponents they encountered were stronger than before, which has to say that their luck is not too good. Thinking of several opponents in the group, he felt a little headache.

Of course, it is also beneficial for the opponent to be strong, first of all, the players can gain more experience and grow faster in the confrontation with strong opponents; Secondly, if the team can make it out of such a group, then what opponents will stand in the way of Gosau?

Manchester City's head coach Mancini and Paris Saint-Germain coach Ancelotti walked to Xiao Yang together, Xiao Yang quickly stood up, the two walked to Xiao Yang's side, Mancini smiled and said: "Lin, I didn't expect us to be in a group, this result is what I don't want to see, but there is no way, he still happened." You have to give me the right to qualify for the sake of my age. ”

Xiao Yang looked at Mancini, the superstar of the year and the current coach, although he is not yet 50 years old, his hair has turned gray, so you can imagine how stressful the career of the head coach is. He also smiled and said to Mancini: "Robert, I actually don't want to be in a group with you, the duel with you is too stressful. But everyone wants the right to qualify, and I won't give it up. ”

Listening to the exchange of words between the two, Ancelotti said: "I don't want to see the results of such a group, but who made us have no results in European competitions in previous years? That's why we fell into third gear and put us in a group with you. But if we do well in the Champions League this year, we probably won't be in a group next season, so you'd better give me a qualifier. ”

Xiao Yang and Mancini said to Ancelotti in unison: "It doesn't matter, even if you can't qualify in the group, you can still play in the Europa League if you finish third, and I am very optimistic that you will win the Europa League." ”

As soon as the words fell, the three of them looked at each other and laughed, and the words of the three people seemed to be joking, in fact, they had already begun the first round of confrontation. However, this kind of confrontation is of little use after all, to really decide the right to qualify depends on the direct results of the three teams, as for the fourth team, Bulgaria CSKA Sofia, has been directly ignored by them, if they will drop points on such an opponent it would be a big joke, and similarly, they will not think that the other two teams can lose points on CSKA.

When Mancini and Ancelotti walked away, Ferguson walked to Xiao Yang's side, his Manchester United and Mancini's Manchester City are sworn enemies in the same city, and now they are direct opponents to win the championship, and the two will fight in the media from time to time, therefore, the relationship between the two has not been very good, and Ferguson will not be seen where there is Mancini.

Before Ferguson could get closer, he began to laugh: "Congratulations, boy, you have hit the jackpot!" ”

Xiao Yang smiled bitterly and said, "Old Sir, don't look at my jokes, I'm having a headache right now." ”

Ferguson laughed: "Got a headache? If I get into this group, I'll have a headache, these two guys are really hard to deal with, my old man doesn't have so much energy to fight them, so I'm better to wronged you, a young man. "Manchester United's group is really good, the other three teams in their group, Schalke of Germany, Sporting Lisbon of Portugal, and Rosenborg of Norway, are not strong, and Manchester United has no problem qualifying for the top of the group, so Ferguson is in a good mood and has the heart to make fun of Xiao Yang.

Xiao Yang said: "Even if you want to be in this group, it is impossible, you and Manchester City are both English teams. ”

Ferguson nodded: "That's just as well." But I'm telling you, you must get a qualifier, kill the two of them one, these two guys are quite annoying, but it seems unlikely to kill both, I think about it, who to kill? Paris Saint-Germain has robbed me of people, and wants to poach my Rooney, which is very annoying; But Manchester City hates it even more, not only to rob my people, but also to rob me of the title, so you better kill Manchester City. Saying that, Ferguson patted Xiao Yang on the shoulder, and it seemed that Xiao Yang's killing of Manchester City was a foregone conclusion.

Xiao Yang couldn't help but smile bitterly again, and he said, "You think too highly of me, right?" In a group with these two teams, it's good that I can grab a qualifier, and I dare to pick and choose, and I can eliminate whoever I want? Maybe the two nasty guys you mentioned will be eliminated, but we will be eliminated? ”

Ferguson laughed: "That's what you said, forget it, I won't give you a target, you make sure you qualify first." I still think you're more pleasing to the eye, and those two guys can just eliminate one of them. Saying that, he patted Xiao Yang on the shoulder again, and then turned around and left, this time his speed was much faster, and he seemed to be ten years younger all of a sudden, it seems that this grouping really made him very ah.

At this time, Ba Qi also walked over, and he smiled and said to Xiao Yang: "Lin, it seems that your face is not very good?" ”

Xiao Yang smiled bitterly and said, "If you are also separated from these two opponents, you will be the same." ”

Bacchi shrugged: "It doesn't matter who we're in the group, if we can finish third and play in the Europa League, we'll be satisfied." My goal is not this season. ”

Xiao Yang realized that Baqi's goal was different from his own, and he said to Baqi: "With your strength, if you only want to finish third in the group, it is still possible." ”

"Who knows?" said Bacchi. It will depend on the situation then. But you don't have to be sad, although your group is strong, but I am still optimistic that you can qualify. ”

Xiao Yang smiled and said, "You have so much confidence in me? ”

Ba Qi Zhengse said: "Of course, I have more confidence in you than in myself, you have created too many miracles. So, now you should not be afraid of any opponent, but your opponent should be afraid of you. ”

Xiao Yang's face became solemn, and Ba Qi's words woke him up, indeed, his current mentality is a little wrong, why did he start to be a little afraid when he was assigned to such a group? Now that the Gosho team is the defending champion of the Champions League, it should be that others are afraid of the Gosau team, and he solemnly said to Baqi: "Thank you, Robert. ”

Baqihaha smiled and said: "It's nothing, we are friends, remember, believe in yourself and be fearless." ”

After Xiao Yang greeted some old acquaintances, he left the venue and returned to the hotel where he was staying. After returning to the hotel, he received a text message from Wen Wan, who asked him if he was not in a good mood right now.

He texted Wen Wan back and said, no, I'm in a good mood now.

Wen Wan said, I watched the live broadcast, and they all said that you were assigned to a super death group, I thought you would not be in a good mood.

Xiao Yang said, it's nothing, no matter what kind of death group it is, I have the confidence to break through.

Wen Wan said, that's good, I also have confidence in you.

After the two exchanged goodnights, Xiao Yang rested. Now he feels full of confidence, no matter what kind of opponent he is confident to beat.

The next day, Xiao Yang flew back to Gosau, and on September 4, Gosau sat at home to face the last opponent of the first round, and their biggest rival for the championship, Zurich.

Zurich has also invested heavily this season, in addition to spending a lot of money to renew the contract of the team's main players, they also bought young Serbian striker Bijerica for 3 million euros and Swedish midfielder Djuric for 1.5 million euros. In addition, a few days ago, they also poached the young Swiss international Shaqiri from Basel, and the transfer amount was not announced, but it is said to be around 10 million euros.

The move has caused a strong response in Switzerland, where the 21-year-old is a rising star of the new generation, and despite his youth, he has already been selected for the Swiss national team and played in the 2010 World Cup. He can play as a right winger and in the middle of the midfield, and is now widely favored, and Bayern Munich are said to be very keen to bring him in, but they did not expect to be bought by Zurich now.

Shaqiri's move to Zurich has also caused an uproar among Basel fans, as Basel and Zurich are bitter rivals and have a traditional rivalry in the Swiss Super League, and now Basel has sold their outstanding rookie to Zurich, which has upset Basel fans and has protested to the club several times.

Bijerica is only 21 years old this year, has been selected for the Serbian national team several times, he is 1.88 meters tall, has the traditional characteristics of Serbian players with delicate skills, and has a good header and strong impact. After his arrival, he complemented Lewandowski's characteristics and formed a very powerful attacking line.

Zurich have been in excellent form this season, not only reaching the group stage of the Champions League, but also unbeaten in eight league games, winning five and drawing three, and currently have 18 points, four points behind Gossau in second place. Therefore, this game will be crucial, if Zurich can win away from Gosau, the gap between them will be reduced to just one point, and if Gosau can beat Zurich, the gap between them and Zurich will be stretched to seven points.

Therefore, although this game is only a match in the ninth round of the league, it is of watershed significance for the entire trend of the league.

Charlanders, who led the team to Gosau, also shouted the slogan "do your best to win" before the game, although he is a generous elder and has a good personal relationship with Xiao Yang, but before this crucial game, he will not show weakness to the Gossau team.

The Swiss National Sports Agency also made this match a live broadcast in this round, and at the same time, the match will also be broadcast to Germany, Austria, France, Liechtenstein, Italy and other countries around Switzerland.

At 7:30 p.m. on September 4, the battle for the top spot started as scheduled, and Ralph, the commentator of the Swiss National Sports Station, introduced the game to the fans: "The game is about to start, and the players from both sides have entered the field. The home team Gosau has a line-up of goalkeeper Ceccarelli, left-back Ribeiro, right-back Cecaroni, central defenders Cevali and Salihovic, midfielder Antunovic, left winger Tobinski, right winger Avanzini, forward Brani Ivanovic, and a combination of Egerman and Esposito in the forward. ”

"The visiting Zurich line-up is goalkeeper Jamaican Miller, left-back Wozel, right-back Starhel, central defenders Balmetler and Chacuri, four midfielders from left to right, Vasquith, Eggert, Shaqiri, Nikic and two strikers are a combination of Bijelica and Lewandowski."

Gossau made several changes to the starting line-up, with Lima out for about three games due to an injury sustained in the last game, while Gugelman, Holensten and Kautingho were in the normal rotation.

Once the game began, both teams did not rush into the attack, but first engaged in a fierce battle in the midfield.