Chapter 1101: The Possibility of the Super Death Group
The draw for the 2013-2014 Champions League group stage was a high-profile affair as there are two teams in Pot 32 of the Champions League squad for the last 32 of the tournament who are currently both eye-catching performers in European football.
They are the 2012-2013 Champions League runner-up Borussia Dortmund, the 2011-12 Premier League champion Manchester City, and the current famous diamond king in European football.
And in the fourth bracket there is also a strong old powerhouse like Napoli, which means that UEFA will have a good chance of a super death group if they want to, or if they are unlucky without a dark operation.
The mainstream media in Europe had a certain analysis before the draw, and they believed that this probability was still very likely, and the emergence of the super death group was also cited by these media: Juventus / Paris Saint-Germain / AC Milan / Atletico Madrid + Dortmund / Manchester City + Napoli in the first and second tiers.
In these enumerated lists, taking into account the rules of the same football association in the draw, the first team most likely to appear in the group of super death is the defending champion Valencia, and the second pot is Paris Saint-Germain, which has just invested a lot of money, which is now commonly known as Grand Paris.
As long as Valencia in the first pot and Paris Saint-Germain in the second pot are drawn in the same group, then Dortmund or Manchester City in the third pot are likely to draw this group.
Because everyone knows that UEFA President Michel Platini has been controlling the influence of gold yuan on football since he took office, and it has been implemented since the 2013-2014 season this year, which means that after this season, UEFA football clubs must regulate the financial behavior of each club and control the financial deficit of each club.
It can be seen from this that Platini is very dissatisfied with the clubs with deep funds, and it is very likely that the rules will be used to draw those clubs he does not like in a group, so that the so-called super group of death will appear.
This draw would not only satisfy his personal grievances, but also increase the international influence of the UEFA Champions League, and neutral fans would like to see the Group of Death, as well as the major media.
The emergence of the Death Group means that they have a lot of content to write, especially in the era of online media impacting physical media, having good news materials is the best time for them to make profits.
As for why Valencia, the first team that is likely to draw the super group of death is Valencia, the fundamental reason is that Valencia is too fierce now, winning the Champions League for three consecutive seasons, as long as they qualify from the group, it basically means that they can enter the final and then win the championship......
This can be a great conflict with Platini's governing philosophy, and seven years ago, on the eve of Platini's appointment, Valencia captain Eloke had a big conflict with Platini, and in addition to the European Ballon d'Or, World Footballer, including the now merged FIFA Ballon d'Or, Aillo's honors completely surpassed Platini, which made him very unhappy in front of his seat.
For a variety of reasons, Valencia is the most likely group of super-deaths to appear in this group.
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Before the Valencia squad left for Prague, Czech Republic, some of the players and manager Carlo Ancelotti were on their way to UEFA headquarters in Nyon to participate in the draw for the 2013-2014 Champions League group stage.
However, before that, the European mainstream media had an interview with the captain Elo, who faced the media's expectant gaze and smiled confidently: "I'm sorry, as long as there is a group we are in, for the rest of the team, it will be the group of death." ”
If such words were said in other people's mouths, the media reporters would definitely have a bit of cynicism, but this is different from the mouth of the captain Iro, whose success over the years has already swollen the faces of those media who question him, so ......
The reporters who support Valencia are quite natural, the shutter button in the hands of Chinese reporters has not stopped at all, and this summer Iello led the national team to win the Confederations Cup, and his popularity in China is unprecedentedly huge, and as long as he recognizes the second in the real world football, no one dares to admit the first.
In an easy-to-understand sentence, it is to quietly watch him pretend to be forced.
Of course, what Iroh wants to express is not arrogance, but that he is very confident in his group, and over the years, isn't it through everyone's efforts to win one championship after another?
The so-called pretending to be stupid without strength is called stupid, and pretending to be powerful is, this is the truth.
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Prior to the 2013-2014 Champions League group draw ceremony, the 2012-2013 Champions League awards were awarded.
However, the results of this year are somewhat the same as in previous years, so there was a lot of media coverage in the media ahead of the 2013-2014 Champions League group draw.
In several best selections, Valencia, the champion of the Champions League last season, still accounts for the majority, the best goalkeeper is Wang Xiaolei, the best striker is Ailo, the best midfielder is Modric, and only the best defender is won by Dortmund's Chinese player Feng Xiaoting.
Feng Xiaoting's election as the best defender in last season's Champions League has become the focus of attention in the Chinese media, because it is a new history of Chinese football - in the same season, two Chinese players were voted the best in each position.
Among them, the most important player of last season's Champions League was once again captured by Valencia captain Elo.
His election has also become the focus of attention on Iello and Valencia media, and this election is also the sixth time in Iello's career that he has been elected as the best player in the Champions League, continuing to refresh the best record in the history of the Champions League.
This was followed by a much-anticipated group draw, with eight Pot 1 teams placed in Groups A-H, while defending champions Valencia, who were considered by the pre-match media to be the most likely to appear in the Super Group of Death, were placed in Group E.
With the eight group winners in place, everyone's eyes began to focus on the draw for the second tier.
Unlike in the past, there are four teams in the second tier, including Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, AC Milan and Marseille.
Shakhtar Donetsk in the second tier were placed in Group C of Manchester United, and Juventus, who had returned strongly from Italy's phonegate slump, were drawn to Group B of Real Madrid.
AC Milan drew Barcelona in Group F, while CSKA Moscow drew Bayern Munich in Group H.
That is, the four remaining teams in the second bracket are Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke 04, Atletico Madrid and Marseille......