After the third round of the Premier League, Benitez has to think about the next fourth round of the Premier League, and he also has to think about the draw for this season's Champions League.

At this time, the qualifying rounds for the UEFA Champions League have all ended, and now the top 32 of the Champions League for the new season have all been produced, and it is time for the group stage draw.

This season's UEFA Champions League is a bit different from previous UEFA Champions League tournaments, as this is Platini's first UEFA Champions League season under the new Champions League policy.

Platini proposed that starting from the 2009-2010 season, the UEFA Champions League group stage would be preceded by four qualifying rounds (the fourth round being the play-offs), all of which would be home and away two-legged knockout rounds to determine the other 10 places in the group stage.

There are two ways to participate in the qualifying rounds, which are the championship route and the ranking pathway. The main purpose of the qualifying rounds is to separate the two pathways, so that teams that enter the group stage through the championship route and the ranking route will not meet in the group stage. The teams eliminated in the third qualifying round will advance to the UEFA Europa League play-offs (fourth qualifying round).

In Platini's words, he did this in order to get more national teams into the Champions League, a big family of European leagues, to get more Europeans involved in the tournament and to expand the influence of the Champions League.

In this way, the number of participating countries will naturally reduce the number of places in the previous participating countries, which has caused dissatisfaction among many clubs. Of course, these clubs are the middle and lower reaches of the Champions League, because it hurts them to do so.

It was not easy for them to participate in the Champions League now, and now they are putting together more competitors, isn't it harming their interests? These small and medium-sized clubs have banded together to boycott UEFA's decision.

However, the big five European leagues and the big clubs have not reacted because it does not affect their interests, and of course they will not be involved. It was doomed that the opposition of the small and medium-sized clubs would not have succeeded, and in the end, Platini took the top and implemented his new policy.

In fact, everyone understands Platini's intention in doing this, he is trying to win more people in disguise, to win votes, so that he can continue to be re-elected as UEFA president. Everyone is not stupid, and who can't see the intentions of the French?

In any case, the new policy of the Champions League has been implemented, and it has started this season, and there have been four qualifying rounds before the group stage of the Champions League this season.

Now that the top 32 of the UEFA Champions League have been decided, it is time for the UEFA Champions League group draw.

The draw for this season's UEFA Champions League group took place at the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez led Qiu Ze, Reina, Fernando 61 Torres and two assistants to Monte Carlo in Monaco.

Qiu Ze, Reina and Fernando 61 Torres went to the UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony because Reina was one of the candidates for the best goalkeeper in the UEFA Champions League last season, Qiu Ze was one of the best midfielders in the UEFA Champions League last season, and Fernando 61 Torres was naturally one of the candidates for the best striker in the UEFA Champions League last season.

Liverpool was one of the top four teams in the UEFA Champions League last season, they lost to the Red Devils Manchester United in the semi-finals, and finally did not enter the final of Zuihou, so in fact, Qiu Ze is a man The chance of winning the award should not be small, but they still have to go, otherwise this will not give UEFA face?

Qiu Ze and Benitez and others came directly to Monaco Monte Carlo that day, and they went directly to the hotel booked by UEFA to rest, and then waited until the evening to attend the draw for the UEFA Champions League group for the new season.

Qiu Ze and the others were not the first to arrive, it can even be said that they were the last to arrive, many of them arrived last night, they rested here for the night, and they fell jet lag, so that their mental state was better today.

After arriving at the hotel booked by UEFA, Qiu Ze of course saw many acquaintances, and these people almost all of them met at least once a year. Along the way, Qiu Ze kept saying hello to these guys, and then Qiu Ze led the way to the Premier League gang under the leadership of Benitez.

People are all social animals, and they have to get together wherever they go. As soon as Benitez arrived, he chatted with Alex 61, Ferguson, Wenger and others. Benitez also said hello to Chelsea's new head coach Carlo Ancelotti alone and started chatting.

Carno 61 Ancelotti has just come to the Premier League, and Benitez, as an old bird who has come to England, naturally has a lot of precautions to mention his "junior" Karno 61 Ancelotti. Carno 61 Ancelotti was naturally humbly accepted.

After coming to the Premier League, Karno 61 Ancelotti initially had some discomfort, there is indeed a big gap between English football and Italian football, and he also has a lot of doubts.

And Qiu Ze and others chatted with stars such as Wayne 61 Rooney, who is also from the Premier League, although they are opponents, and sometimes there are even conflicts on the field. But off the field, they are still more respectful to each other, and they are more amiable.

Of course, unless it's the kind of guy who has deep personal conflicts, most people are still happy to make friends. So, these players from the Premier League still had a good chat.

At this time, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, who is now Real Madrid's top player, came over to greet his former team-mates and former coach Alex 61 Ferguson.

Seeing Cristiano 61 Ronaldo coming over, Wayne 61 Rooney, who was next to Qiu Ze, grinned obviously, as if he was disgusted with Cristiano 61 Ronaldo. Qiu Ze sighed in his heart, it seems that Wayne 61 Rooney and Cristiano 61 Ronaldo really have a deep contradiction.

Wayne 61 Rooney did not hide the contradiction with Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, and his team Cristiano 61 Ronaldo's greeting was indifferent. And Cristiano 61 Ronaldo seems to know this, and directly chose to ignore Wayne 61 Rooney, he directly chatted with Van der Sar and Berbatov and others.

Zuihou, Cristiano 61 Ronaldo also stepped forward to say hello to Alex 61 Ferguson. Looking at Cristiano 61 Ronaldo coming over, Alex 61 Ferguson was expressionless, but he was not like Wayne 61 Rooney, Alex 61 Ferguson is an old fritter, he responded to Cristiano 61 Ronaldo, and asked Cristiano 61 Ronaldo how is he doing and how is he doing in Real Madrid?

Alex 61 Ferguson cares as much as he cares about an old friend he has made for decades. This made Qiu Ze can't help but marvel, he doesn't believe that the relationship between the two is really as close as they appear, otherwise Cristiano 61 Ronaldo would not have chosen to leave Manchester United.

It didn't take long for everyone to start going to the restaurant. Because it's time for dinner, after dinner, everyone has a half-hour or so rest, and then they will go to the Grimaldi Convention Center to participate in the UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony for the new season.

After eating, Qiu Ze and Benitez and the others immediately went to the Grimaldi Convention Center, they were not the first group of people to come here, when they walked in, it was already crowded. Qiu Ze and Benitez also saw Alex 61 Ferguson and others waving to them not far away.

Qiu Ze and Benitez didn't stop there, they walked over briskly and sat down next to Alex 61 Ferguson, chatting as they waited for the start of the UEFA Champions League group draw.

By this time, the 32 teams that will participate in this season's UEFA Champions League group stage have been selected, and they have been divided into four different brackets because of their points, with the eight teams in the first bracket being Barcelona, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, AC Milan, Arsenal, Sevilla and Bayern Munich.

In the second tier are Lyon, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Porto, AZ Alkmaar, Juventus and Rangers.

The eight teams in the third pot are Olympiacos, Marseille, Dynamo Kyiv, Stuttgart, Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Bordeaux and Betaxis.

The eight teams in the fourth bracket are Wolfsburg, Standard Liege, Maccabi Haifa, Zurich, Rubin Kazan, Uniria, Apollo and Debrezen.

Sevilla are slightly weaker in the first bracket, and the teams in the next bracket will want to be placed in a group with Sevilla so that they have more chances to qualify from the group.

And in the second tier of teams, there are several strong teams, which are opponents that the teams in the first tier do not want to meet, and they are the three teams of Inter Milan, Real Madrid, and Juventus. Last season, they weren't very lucky, I wonder how this season went?

There are also a few good teams in the third tier, such as Stuttgart, Marseille, Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid, these teams are there, they definitely have the potential to be dark horses, and the teams in the first tier certainly don't want to be in a group with them.

As for the fourth-tier teams, they are not very strong, which is caused by Platini's new policy. This is also what makes many European fans unhappy, with the addition of these small teams, it is difficult to see the real group of death in the Champions League, which makes the UEFA Champions League group stage much less powerful, and the highlights are also reduced, which affects the excitement of the Champions League.

Seeing these four grades, Benitez is thinking that it is more beneficial for the Liverpool team to draw which teams are more beneficial to the Liverpool team. Although the strength of the Liverpool team is very strong now, Benitez still does not want to waste too much energy in the group stage, of course, the lower the opponent he encounters, the better.