Chapter 20 Champions League Grouping (Guaranteed First Update, Ask for a Monthly Pass!) )

Qualification for the Champions League is an exciting affair and the rest of Italy's media are worried about Napoli's prospects in this season's Champions League, but the local Napoli media are ecstatic.

They praised it as a great breakthrough, a new chapter in Napoli football and a great day.

This is especially true for the fans, who even held up a portrait of Maradona when they beat Sporting Lisbon at home to qualify for the main event, as they thanked him for his blessing to the team......

Of course, Chen Yingying himself is dismissive of this, Maradona is not dead yet...

Not much to say about the revelry of Napoli fans. For Napoli's players, they don't have the luxury of making it to the Champions League.

Because just before the next day's training, head coach Mazzari had already warned everyone not to be happy with such a result.

“...... There really is nothing to be happy about, but you should frown. Because we have since stepped into a stage that is even more difficult than the events you have experienced before. UEFA Champions League, guys! It's not an Italian domestic league that can be compared, and it will be very difficult for us to get out of the group stage, let alone the last 16 or quarter. And getting to the Champions League means we're going to have to distract ourselves in the next season, at least until the winter break, and if we don't do that after the winter break, it's up to you to perform. Fighting on two fronts at the same time is a rare experience for us, but I'm not sure you're ready. ”

In last season's League Cup, the Napoli players, who were full of joy to participate in the Champions League, were finally poured cold water on their heads.

They were eliminated in the group stage.

This has been a disappointment for many Napoli fans.

Therefore, it is normal for many people to worry that Napoli will repeat the mistakes of the past this season. The manager himself is worried...

It's all about pulling out the seedlings and fueling them. He didn't want to challenge directly for the Champions League this season, if it weren't for ...... The team had too much momentum in the final stages of last season......

He was worried that the players would not be able to cope with the two-front battle. Dealing with a UEFA Cup is miserable like that, what will happen to the higher and more competitive Champions League?

To be honest, he really has no bottom in his heart as a head coach.

Napoli have not played in the Champions League for nineteen years. The last time they played, the Champions League was called the UEFA Champions League...

"So, in order to make you fully prepared, every day of training will give you a ...... Life is better than death ()! ”

There was a burst of exclamations from the players, and they knew that the good days were over......

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For Sanchez, Salayeta, Suniga, Contini and Pazienza, they can indeed feel that "life is worse than death......

When the team was preparing for the second round of the league in the new season and preparing for the group stage of the Champions League, they could only haunt the gym and physiotherapy room. Because they were hurt......

They are part of the team's injury list. Sanchez was the only one on the list

Later, other celebrities were added, and Sanchez also became interested in new partners.

Most of these people were injured in training. Mazzar's training was so intense that some people couldn't hold on and got injured.

But Mazari didn't stop his training program. He knows that intensive training at the start of the season is necessary to keep the players fit enough. If you train too lightly in pre-season, everyone will start to experience a lack of fitness after the winter break, and not only will the team's performance decline, but many will also greatly increase the chance of injury.

It's an experience.

Every manager must be clear about the importance of pre-season training.

He took over the team midway through last season and the team's pre-season training plan was not set by him. This is the first time he has led the team in pre-season preparations, so it is natural to put his philosophy into practice.

The high-intensity training is so that the team can fight on two fronts without being sleepy and losing the chain due to physical exhaustion.

When the time comes, it will be eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League, and the domestic league will fall into the relegation zone, but it will be too sad......

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While Napoli was actively preparing for the game, the results of the group draw for the Champions League group stage were also out ().

Napoli played in the Champions League for the first time in 19 years and had a very poor performance in the UEFA Cup last season, so they were low on European points and were placed in Pot 4.

This means that Napoli will most likely be placed in the group of death... At that time, you won't even be able to break out of the small and group rounds, and the best result is to take the third place in the group and go to the League Cup knockout round.

But in the end, I really don't know if it's good or bad for Napoli.

They were grouped with Liverpool, Lyon, and Zenit St. Petersburg...

This is not a group of death in the absolute sense, but the strength of the four teams feels like they are in the middle of the match, and it is normal for anyone to win and who loses. Because of this, it makes people feel that the qualification situation of this group is a bit confusing.

There is also an episode in this draw....

When the Napoli celebrity was put on the big screen and appeared below Zenit St. Petersburg, the electrocutor relayed a close-up of Sasania, the general manager of Zenit St. Petersburg. The director in charge of broadcasting the draw was clearly well aware of European football, and at least of all, Zenit St. Petersburg was extremely concerned.

This is the first time Chen Yingying and Arshavin have met their old club after leaving Zenit, but they didn't expect it to be in the Champions League group stage.

Last season, with Chen Yingying's crazy goals in the first eleven rounds, Zenit St. Petersburg did not perform as well as the first half of the season as well as the first half of the season. But they also retained the league title, winning the league title for two consecutive seasons and qualifying for the Champions League again.

Despite last season's UEFA Champions League, Zenit St. Petersburg did not perform as well as they could have done so, finishing third in the group and ending up in the UEFA Cup. But it also has something to do with the two absolute main cores that left in one go.

With last season's Champions League points, as well as last season's UEFA Cup title and another season's UEFA Cup record, Zenit St. Petersburg is in the third tier of this season's Champions League

In this way, the two teams were placed in a group......

Chen Yingying and Al Xiwen will have the opportunity to return to the Petrodavisky Stadium, where they are still welcomed by the fans.

It's just that today's Zenit St. Petersburg is already a thing and a thing.

The team's coach Advocaat was dismissed by the club on August 14 this year, and he has long had conflicts with the club, initially because of Chen Yingying and Arshavin, he was dissatisfied with the club's senior management, believing that the club's senior management did not do everything to keep these two core players, which led to the Champions League fiasco. And the club's hierarchy also blamed him for the Champions League defeat......

At that time, the British system between the club and Advocaat was already very bad, if it wasn't for Eddie Carter leading the team to withstand the pursuit of Kazan Ruby and keep the league championship, I am afraid that he would have been out of class at that time.

In the 20th year, Zenit St. Petersburg's performance in the domestic league was not satisfactory, and at the same time, in the summer, the team's captain and midfielder Tymoschchuk was also sold by the club to Bayern Munigo, which ignited the conflict between Edti Carter and the club, and came to a big explosion. In addition, Advocaat announced in advance that he intends to switch to coaching the Belgian national team in January next year, after the contract expires. It has caused displeasure among the club's hierarchy, who believe that Eddie Carter's move has led to the team's distraction and is the main reason for the team's current poor position in the league. As a head coach, he lacked the necessary work ethic.

In this way, Aisue Wokat was fired with half a year left on his contract......

Therefore, Chen Yingying will not have the opportunity to compete with his mentor, and now Zenit is temporarily guarded by Anatoly Davitov, the former head coach of the Zenit youth team.

This caretaker head coach Chen Yingying still knows, although he didn't stay in the Zenit youth team for a long time, he naturally knows the people he has to see every day.

Davidoda was previously an assistant to Vic, but after Vic left Zenit after the end of last season, Davidov was promoted to head coach of the youth team.

When Advocaat first came to Zenit, he brought his own coaching team with him, and now that he has been dismissed, it makes no sense that his assistants can continue to stay at Zenit Club, so even Assistant Coach Potter has left with him.

The assistant coach and head coach are gone, so naturally the head coach can only be promoted from the youth team to be the interim head coach.

The two sides signed a temporary Gu Tong valid for six months, and Davydov will serve as the team's head coach for half a season.

Zenit, on the other hand, is actively looking for a new head coach to replace Davey.

Judging from Zenit's current situation, although they are the third team in this group, it can be seen that they should be ranked in the fourth pot.

Napoli will need to pick up six points from this team if they want to qualify. In this way, Chen Yingying and Arshavin are naturally impossible to show mercy when facing their old club.

As for Liverpool and Lyon, they are not easy opponents to deal with......

The group stage draw has come out, and after 19 years, Napoli's Champions League journey will officially begin on September 16.

Their first opponent in the group stage is Lyon, who will travel to face their former first-class champions on 16 September.

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