Chapter 171: The Group of Death
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The two hosts took centre stage the award presenter and Manchester United legend Dennis Law, who won the 1964 European Footballer of the Year, and the second guest was England's Michael McManaman, who won the Champions League with Real Madrid and is also an ambassador for this season's Champions League. Next, UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino announced to everyone the principles of this draw.
The draw ceremony officially began, Dennis Law first drew last season's La Liga champions Real Madrid from the first pot, and McManaman drew Real Madrid into Group D; The second team to emerge in Pot 1 is Bayern, with the Bundesliga giants in Group F; Next, Barcelona entered Group G, Porto entered Group A, AC Milan entered Group C, Chelsea entered Group E, Manchester United entered Group H, Arsenal automatically entered Group B, and the final three teams were drawn from the Premier League.
After Dennis Law's successful mission, the next person to be invited to the stage was the 1995 European Footballer of the Year Liberian superstar George Weah, who reflected on his arrival in European football from Africa and thanked those who helped him start his illustrious career.
Weah will be in charge of drawing teams in Pot 2, the first team to be drawn is the Ukrainian Super League champions Shakhtar Donetsk, who are drawn from Group E, Valencia in Group F, Benfica in Group G, Braga in Group H, Schalke 04 in Group B, Dynamo Kyiv in Group A, Manchester City in Group D, they will be in the same group as Real Madrid, while Zenit St. Petersburg is automatically in Group C where Milan are located.
At this time, Mourinho's face was already very good, and Manchester City's strength was obvious to all. Such a grouping makes Mourinho feel worried.
The guest in the third pot is one of the Dutch three musketeers, Gullit, who is the European Footballer of the Year in 1987, Gullit recalled the unforgettable experience of playing the Champions League final with Milan for the first time, the first team to be drawn was Galatasaray, and the Turkish Super League team was drawn to Group H. Next, Lille is in Group F, Olympiacos is in Group B, Anderlecht is in Group C, Paris Saint-Germain is in Group A, Ajax is in Group D, and Juventus is in Group E, where they will face defending champions Chelsea, while Spartak Moscow is automatically in Group G, where Barcelona are located.
At this time, the expressions of Mourinho and Portuguese genius Cristiano Ronaldo were ugly. Ajax is not a weak team, the team has a lot of talented players, although it has been reduced to a talent training base over the years, but Ajax still attaches great importance to the Champions League.
The guest in Pot 4 is Italian legend Cannavaro, who is the 2006 European Footballer of the Year, one of the few defensive players to win the Ballon d'Or, and believes that the key to a centre-back is to be in the right position at the right time.
The first team to be drawn by Cannavaro was Celtic, and the Soviet Super League champions were drawn from Group G of Barcelona, Benfica and Spartak Moscow; Dinamo Zagreb were drawn into Group A where Porto, Dynamo Kyiv and Saint-Germain are located;
Montpellier were drawn from Group B of Arsenal, Schalke 04 and Olympiacos; North Zealand were drawn from Group E of Chelsea, Shakhtar Donetsk and Juventus;
Borisov was drawn from Group F where Bayern, Valencia and Lille were; Malaga were drawn from Group C where AC Milan, Zenit St. Petersburg and Anderlecht were played; Cluj were drawn to Group H of Manchester United, Braga and Galatasaray; Dortmund, on the other hand, automatically entered Group D where Real Madrid, Manchester United and Ajax are located.
At this time, Mourinho's face was already as black as charcoal. Damn it, it's definitely Platini's intention, is it easy for Lao Tzu. As soon as this group appeared, there were constant exclamations on the spot, this is definitely a group of death, and it is a super terrifying group of death, Dortmund suppressed Bayern Munich for two consecutive years to win the Bundesliga championship, Manchester City and the Middle East tycoons came after the super big investment, Ajax every year a steady stream of talented players.
As soon as this group appeared, even Klopp's face was not good-looking. If Dortmund wants to qualify, it must beat Manchester City and Ajax, Real Madrid's strength is basically certain, but Dortmund must have Manchester City and Ajax if they want to appear, but the strength of these two teams is not much weaker than Dortmund.
Real Madrid, Manchester City, Ajax, Borussia Dortmund. From the perspective of the pattern, it is a bit of a taste of two old and two small, Real Madrid has 9 Champions League trophies, Ajax is 4, Manchester City, Dortmund is much inferior in comparison.
In the history of the three major European cups, Real Madrid has never faced Manchester City, Real Madrid and Dortmund have met 4 times, and Real Madrid has an overwhelming advantage of 2 wins and 2 draws.
In the Champions League in the 02-03 season, Real Madrid defeated Dort 1-1 away and 2-1 at home; In the Champions League in the 97-98 season, Real Madrid defeated Dort again 0-0 away and 2-0 at home. Real Madrid and Ajax have met quite a few, having met in the group stage in the last two seasons. In the 10-11 season, Real Madrid defeated the Eredivisie giants 4-0 away and 2-0 at home; Last season, Real Madrid beat their opponents 3-0 home and away, and in the history of the three major cups, Real Madrid and Ajax met 10 times, with Real Madrid winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 4.
In the history of the three major European cups, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund have not met, nor have they met Ajax; Ajax and Borussia Dortmund have met twice, in the Champions League in the 95-96 season, Ajax beat Dortmund 1-0 at home and 2-0 away.
Real Madrid and Ajax really have a fate, since Mourinho became the owner of Real Madrid, the two teams have met in the Champions League group stage for 3 consecutive years! There are also a lot of stories that have happened in this, in the group stage of the Champions League in the 10-11 season, when Real Madrid ensured qualification, Mourinho directed a "shufflegate".
About 20 minutes into the second half, the camera captured another scene: Mourinho conveyed the shuffle order to substitute goalkeeper Dudek, and Dudek took Mourinho's "will" to Casillas, who was closest to him, and Cassie further conveyed instructions to the other players.
Then Alonso and Ramos deliberately applied for yellow cards, two yellows turned into one red and were sent off, Mourinho's director "shuffle the door" was also punished by UEFA, and the UEFA disciplinary committee decided to ban Mourinho for two games and fined 40,000 euros, and Real Madrid Club was also fined 120,000 euros, which was the first time that Mourinho was punished by UEFA after coming to Real Madrid.
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