The league defeat made Wolfsburg start unfavorably, and the team's new season was overshadowed early. And in this shadow, the only thing that can lift the team's spirits a little bit is probably the upcoming Champions League match, and they can go to fight against European teams.

Wolves said before the season that their goal this season is to get a better Champions League result. Because of this, the slightly worse results in the league did not discourage the Wolfsburg players, on the contrary, they are still quite expecting the Champions League.

It's not just them who are looking forward to the Champions League, the entire Bundesliga is basically looking forward to the Champions League. In the past few years, the Bundesliga has played four teams in the Champions League every year, and four of the eight teams that have reached the final in the past four years are Bundesliga teams, and the prosperity of the Bundesliga can also be seen. It is precisely because of this that the German media is also full of expectations for the Champions League. Especially considering that Bayern has replaced a recognized championship-level manager this year, the combination of the powerful Bayern and Pep Guardiola is naturally aimed at creating a dynasty team, and with these, the media certainly feels that the future of German football will be brilliant.

And such brilliance, it is best that the whole league is brilliant together. The media is also expecting other teams to do as well as Bayern. Before the draw began, they were also watching the Bundesliga play-offs, hoping that the German team would not be disgraced in the play-offs.

And they are obviously not disappointed, in the game on the 29th, through the play-offs, Bayer Leverkusen has also qualified for the Champions League.

The Champions League draw ceremony was held after the play-offs, and through the play-offs, the Bundesliga has also been determined, and there are still four teams competing in the Champions League this year. This is pretty good news for the Bundesliga.

"This year's German football will be even greater than last year's."

Seeing that four more teams from Germany have advanced to the main event, the German media is also jubilant.

It's just that, although they are also looking forward to the Champions League, Wolfsburg does not feel that the play-off result is good news. On the contrary, looking at the results of the play-offs, they think that there is a lot of bad news.

Compared with the media's focus on the overall situation of the league, Wolfsburg is more concerned about the current situation of their own team. What they are concerned about now is more about the positions of the teams after this Champions League play-off, and the more they look at this, the more distressed Wolfsburg feels.

There is a lot of bad news in the bracket caused by this year's play-offs. For example, Lyon, who was supposed to be in the second pot, failed in the play-offs because of his poor strength and failed to qualify for the main competition. Because of their lack of strength, coupled with the fact that Schalke did well in the Champions League last year and was not able to qualify for the Champions League this year, Paris Saint-Germain, who originally thought that they would appear in the third pot, unexpectedly appeared in the second pot.

Before that, if you look at the group division, there is no particularly strong team in the second pot. Except for Atletico Madrid, who seem to have been playing reasonably well in La Liga for the past two years, and one Juventus who has been promoted to Pot 2 because of their excellent performance last year, the other Pot 2 teams are basically not particularly strong. However, with Paris moving up this gear, this has made several gears all cloudy, and no one is sure that something will happen.

Theoretically, it is not impossible for Real Madrid, Paris, Borussia Dortmund and Napoli to be in the same group.

Of course, these words are just jokes, but hearing these jokes, the fans of Wolfsburg are not very happy. Because of such a group, they are also likely to meet, and in such a group, it is difficult for them to be the one who successfully kills.

There is no other reason, because Wolfsburg is still a fourth-pot team. When the team is grouped, they also face the need to meet the three strong teams in front of them in the group, and look at the strong teams in each level, fans will naturally have all kinds of worries. Against these teams, Wolfsburg's strength doesn't seem particularly reassuring.

After all, there are not many people who hope that every game will be a fierce battle from the beginning of the group stage, and Cruyff's madness of hoping that all the strong teams will be divided into one group and then eliminate two directly sounds good, but it is really sick to look forward to it.

Anyway, in such a hellish group, whoever likes to go, none of the Wolfsburg players want to go.

Fans are worried about their team, but Wolfsburg are much quieter at this time. Although most of the players also want to know what kind of opponent they will face in the Champions League, they are quite calm compared to the excitement of the fans.

Because they know very well that no matter how excited they are, they will come back. If the strength of your own team is not good, the accumulation is not enough, and you don't fight against strong enemies, so what can you do?

Moreover, there was no need to worry about it in the first place. Because looking at the teams participating in the Champions League, the players at Wolfsburg also understand that the Champions League match is only an inevitable battle for them.

Among the first pot teams, Wolfsburg has nothing to worry about: anyway, most of the opponents in the first pot team can't play, and even if they worry, they can't increase their chances of winning much. In this gear, Barcelona Real Madrid and Chelsea, who they met Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg may be kicked by them everywhere to find teeth, even if it is the weakest Benfica and Porto in the first gear, the Portuguese Super League duo, and Wolfsburg are not necessarily who wins or loses, last year Porto Wolfsburg was a lot of effort, and when they encountered again, they did not dare to say that they would definitely win.

Therefore, Wolfsburg's attitude towards this team is also very simple. Let it go, no matter who you meet, you can only say that you are doing your best and obeying the destiny of heaven. In fact, it is because of the existence of teams of this level that Wolfsburg has to work hard no matter what, no matter what, in the group stage, if they don't work hard, they will not be able to defeat these strong opponents.

And in the second team, Wolfsburg is afraid to encounter a lot. Atletico Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, these three hard bones, none of them are easy to gnaw.

Paris goes without saying, although after the change of coach, they are considered weaker. But as long as this team doesn't change owners, they can't be weaker than Wolfsburg. This team is a typical rich burner, with Ibrahimovic of his own, and he has to buy Cavani to come and play, for this kind of local tycoon, not only Wolfsburg, but even Bayern has said that their approach makes people want to vomit - of course, to put it more bluntly, this is envy, jealousy and hatred. Those rich teams are indeed too covetous.

And Juventus, as the boss of Serie A, is also something Wolfsburg is not willing to touch. Although this team is much more low-key than other league leaders, it is also a hero, and it is not sure that Wolfsburg will encounter them; As for Atletico Madrid, although this team has always lived in the shadow of the Spanish Super League, and it seems that they are more keen on the Europa League than the Champions League, but the technical skills of La Liga teams have always been stronger than those of the Bundesliga, especially Atletico Madrid's recent lineup, and Wolfsburg dare not say that they have the ability to beat them.

In the second team, Wolfsburg needs to worry about these three guys. It seems to be a lot better than the first gear, but it still equals half the chance of drawing a dead lot. This is also the most worrying gear, if Wolfsburg is really unlucky, then I am afraid that they will die in the group because of a strong opponent.

In contrast, among the teams in the third pot, Wolfsburg has no particularly worried opponents: in the third pot, the strongest Dortmund and Wolfsburg are unlikely to meet, and the other team that is more worrying is Manchester City - for this team, no one can say whether they are worth worrying about, looking at the lineup they are ridiculously strong, but looking at the performance of the Champions League, they are full of confidence.

If they are drawn, it may be a good thing.

Of course, in this case, it's okay to talk about it in private, and it's okay to ridicule the opponent in the locker room, but it's not good to take it out and say it. Wolfsburg's players are not stupid enough to say this on the outside, and they have always been very consistent with what they say to the outside world.

"No matter what opponent we face, we will do our best. We're definitely going to be like Bayern and win glory for the Bundesliga. ”

In terms of external caliber, Wolfsburg has been consistent early on. None of them think they are a big threat to themselves from Pot 3, but they can't talk nonsense. What's more, even if these teams don't pose much of a threat, they will still cause trouble, and if they can't be careful, they will also fall on the front foot.

It's just that there is no need to leak out these worries, although they still want to see that they are meeting a weaker group, but this kind of thinking only needs to be remembered.

The players at Wolfsburg have also been looking forward to drawing a good draw. And to their delight, although the lottery has always been known for its unpredictability, this time, fate obviously did not play a joke with Wolfsburg. When the draw ceremony and their grouping were announced, the players of Wolfsburg also let out a mixture of joy and surprise.

"Manchester United, Marseille, Zenit St. Petersburg, Wolfsburg."

Because they had prepared for the worst, when they heard about the Champions League group grouping, the players of Wolfsburg, although they could not be said to be particularly happy, were still a little relieved: the teams in their group were much easier than they imagined, at least this time, it was not Wolfsburg who suffered from the death group. The opponents they feared, none of them met.

It's just that, while they are happy, they are also a little depressed: the opponent they encountered, although not as strong as they feared, is also quite difficult to deal with. Their opponent may not seem to be very strong, but when you think about it, it seems that they will need to go through a hard battle.