16. The group of death in the Champions League

Next up is the award of last season's UEFA Champions League Player of the Year.

The award is contendered by Liverpool's Qiu Ze, Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo 61 and Chelsea's Frank Lampard, all of whom came from last season's Champions League semi-finals, with Manchester United and Liverpool advancing to the final of Zuihou, the UEFA Champions League winners.

In fact, the suspense of this award should not be big, Chelsea's Frank Lampard was actually here to make up the numbers, and he was already dropped by Paz. The award should have been given between Liverpool's Qiu Ze and Manchester United's Cristiano 61 Ronaldo.

These two guys were last season's UEFA Champions League Gold and Silver Boot winners, and with the two guys winning last season's UEFA Champions League Midfielder and Best Striker respectively, the two are undoubtedly favourites.

However, among the two, Qiu Ze is undoubtedly the biggest favorite, because Qiu Ze's performance in the UEFA Champions League last season was obviously much better than Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, much more impressive, and Qiu Ze is also a member of the championship team.

Therefore, no matter who they are, they think that this award is not in suspense.

The award was presented to former Real Madrid superstar Zinedine Zidane, and when Zidane announced who would be the best player in the Champions League, the scene was very quiet.

Qiu Zezhi, who was sitting below, was not very nervous, he himself thought that this award should be his, if it wasn't for him, then there was definitely something shady in it.

Sure enough, the best player in the UEFA Champions League last season was Liverpool's Qiu Ze, and suddenly, the scene remembered the hot applause, and they were congratulating Qiu Ze.

And Cristiano 61 Ronaldo's face is very ugly, in his opinion, this award should be worth it, it should definitely be him, he is very unconvinced, and at the same time he also feels in his heart that he may be suppressed by Qiu Ze this year.

Cristiano 61 Ronaldo was very angry, because this year's European Footballer of the Year and Shijie Footballer of the Year awards also seemed to be gradually away from him, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo's eyes stared at Qiu Ze a little gloomy.

However, at this time, Qiu Ze did not see Cristiano's 61 Ronaldo's expression, he is now on the podium, where will Zidane present the award to Qiu Ze.

Seeing Qiu Ze coming up, Zidane looked at Qiu Ze with a smile, and then said: "Young man, you are very good!" I believe that the future of shijie football must belong to you, do it well! ”

“xiexie! I'm your fan! Qiu Ze also said with a smile. Then the two shook hands, and then Zidane handed Qiu Ze the trophy of the best player in Europe, and the scene immediately remembered the hottest applause.

At this point, the live UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony is basically over.

At this time, newspapers are very busy, all fighting for tomorrow's newspapers, and the news about the UEFA Champions League group draw is sure to cover the entire sports media, and all kinds of predictions and speculations will spring up like mushrooms.

Of course, the hottest teams are the four teams in England right now, and the Premier League has been very beautiful lately.

For four consecutive years, the Champions League finals have Premier League teams, the last two Champions League semi-finals Premier League clubs occupy three places, and last season's Champions League final was the first English derby, all kinds of glory accumulated together to make the Premier League surpass La Liga in the league ranking to become the "European boss", and at the same time, the four giants are listed as seeded teams in the group stage of the Champions League in the new season.

After the draw, the four giants of the Premier League have also been seated. Liverpool and Arsenal will have more difficulty than Manchester United and Chelsea if they want to break into the last 16, and the London Lions are the four Premier League teams with the most lucky signings, and of course they can avoid Bayern Munich and Juventus in Pot 2, and the "big four" should maintain some optimism about the prospects.

Of the four Premier League teams, Liverpool are in the most dangerous Group D, the deadliest group in the Champions League this season, alongside Marseille in France, PSV Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Atletico Madrid in Spain.

Atletico Madrid is the most important team in the four, which means that the golden boy Torres, who joined Anfield last summer for a record fee, will return to the Calderón Stadium for the first time in the Reds shirt, while Atletico Madrid currently has former Liverpool players Luis Garcia and Ponglepin. Atletico Madrid are also the only team in this group who have not won the European Cup, having reached the final in 1974 but lost to Bayern. Atletico have not participated in the European Champions Cup many times, but they have reached at least the quarter-finals five times out of six, which is a team with a very high "hit rate".

Marseille and PSV Eindhoven, like Liverpool, are teams that have lifted the Big Ear Holy Grail. Marseille are in the same group as Liverpool for the second season in a row, having played Liverpool 4-0 at home and 1-0 away last season, with former Reds player Cendon playing for Marseille. PSV Eindhoven are no strangers to Liverpool, with the Reds unbeaten in the 2006-2007 season after four games against each other.

Although these teams should have a certain gap with Liverpool in terms of strength, this does not mean that Liverpool will be able to beat them and qualify from the group, the results of last season's Champions League group stage have said it all, in such a smooth group, Liverpool almost collapsed, and now it is even more dangerous to meet this group of death.

Moreover, the current Liverpool is not like last season's Liverpool team, although the strength has increased, but the team has not been integrated for a long time, and the tactical cooperation between them may not be tacit, especially the backline, so it is still very difficult for Liverpool to qualify from this group, which can be said to be the most difficult one in the top four of the Premier League.

Arsenal have been a laggard in the Premier League in the last two seasons and the Gunners will face Porto, Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kyiv in the group stage. In the words of the British News Agency: This is a tricky group. Arsenal and Porto met in 2006-2007, when the Gunners drew away and won at home, but Henry and Hleb, who scored at the time, are no longer under Arsenal; Coincidentally, Arsenal's head-to-head record against Fenerbahce, who reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League last season, is the same away draw (0-0), home win (2-0), and even the scoreline, but the confrontation with the Turkish Super League dates back to 1979. As for Dynamo Kyiv, it is not a good kind for Arsenal either, and the Gunners have returned home as losers on both occasions in Ukraine.

Therefore, Arsenal's group seems to be not very risky, but in fact, we are surging. Moreover, the Arsenal team has made up for the lack of goals this season, and after taking Henry and Hleb in succession, the strength of this Arsenal team is definitely not as good as before, and it will be difficult for them to advance.

Defending champions Manchester United caused an "uproar" in the UK due to their encounter with Celtic in the Soviet Super League, and of course from the perspective of the Scottish, Celtic drew a difficult signing. For Manchester United, encountering the "yellow submarine" must have caused a string of nightmares, in addition to the previous two meetings of the blanks, Rooney was sent off in 65 minutes by applauding referee Nelson during the away game, and that season Zuihou Manchester United actually finished bottom of the group stage.

However, the current Manchester United team is winning, not only did they keep the hot Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, but also introduced Berbatov, the goalscorer, Manchester United team remains intact, but also proudly strengthened, his strength is certainly not as strong as last season.

Manchester United were the team that reached the final of Zuihou last season, and they should have strengthened on the basis of maintaining the team's completion, and this group stage was a breeze for them, and they should have been able to qualify very easily.

Chelsea's status in UEFA has skyrocketed after ousting 'thorny' coach Jose Mourinho. Chelsea came close to reaching the final last season in Zuihou, but reaching the last four of the Champions League was a historic breakthrough for Chelsea.

And Chelsea should be happy with their own group in this draw. Bordeaux and Cluj will hardly be able to cause much trouble for the London Blue Lions. Even Roma were defeated by Chelsea 43 years ago. After the draw was revealed, Kenyon said a bunch of kind words and then took a turn for words: "You have to say that we should qualify." "Another benefit of playing for Roma in the eyes of some of the Blues' hardcore is getting used to the pitch for Zuihou's final in advance.

Chelsea's group is indeed the weakest of the Premier League's top four, and it will certainly be much less difficult for Chelsea to qualify.

Judging from the entire draw ceremony, this season's UEFA Champions League should have three groups that can be called the Group of Death, and in the end, Atletico Madrid joined forces with Liverpool, Marseille and PSV Eindhoven to create the most average Group D, which can be called the top favorite in the Group of Death. Group F features Bayern Munich, Lyon, Fiorentina and Bucharest, while Group H features Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit St. Petersburg and Borisol, both of which also have the potential to be the Group of Death.

In Liverpool's group, Liverpool is the strongest, and the other three teams are equal. Moreover, these three teams may not be without the quality to impact Liverpool, especially at their home stadium, where they also have a chance to upset the Liverpool team.

The Premier League, Ligue 1, Eredivisie and La Liga are arguably the deadliest group of death in the Champions League this season.

In the other two groups that are expected to be the group of death, Group H has the two giants of Real Madrid and Juventus, who have naturally become the first choice to qualify, in addition, last season's League Cup winner St. Pieter's Zenit team cannot be ignored, the Russian's strong economic strength is the backing, and their unique geographical advantage is also the reason why Zenit St. Petersburg is the reason for the rivalry with the giants. As for Borisol in Belarus, he can only play the role of accompanying the prince to study.

Zenit St. Petersburg's three home stadiums are likely to help them break through this group, as Russia do have a huge home advantage, and no team can guarantee a 100 per cent victory when they go there, and as the winner of last season's UEFA Cup, Zenit St. Petersburg cannot be ignored.

In Group F, Bayern Munich and Lyon, the two giants of their respective leagues last season, are the favourites to qualify, with the former being a hard-working team and the latter having been in the Champions League for many years. What cannot be ignored is Fiorentina, under the leadership of Prandelli, the Purple Lily is strong, and there are fierce generals such as Gilardino and Mutu, and if you are not careful, Fiorentina may become a dark horse in Group F. As for the Bucharest Star, their strength is limited, and it is difficult to make a difference.

Therefore, although the two groups of zuihou still seem to be a little dead, the degree of this death is obviously difficult to pose a threat to the Liverpool group, so the Liverpool group is a well-deserved super-death group.