The four giants won the fourth round of the Premier League, but the biggest beneficiary was Liverpool, who replaced Manchester City as the new frontrunner after Arsenal beat leaders Manchester City. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The fly in the ointment is that Liverpool injured two central defenders in this game, Hyypia will have to rest for at least one game, and Carragher will rest for at least a month, and Liverpool, who are already short of personnel in the central defender position, are now even worse, and they even have to let full-back Arbeloa go to the role of central defender in the next game.

Fortunately, Liverpool's opponent in the next round, Derby County, is a promoted horse with limited strength, even if Liverpool concedes an ace scorer and two main central defenders, they can completely win.

In addition to the game, Liverpool's management did not give up appealing for Chen Yu, and the promoted Sunderland played so hard, I don't know what the next game will be, if it can successfully let Chen Yu be banned for one less game, then Liverpool will have one more chance of winning, if the appeal is not successful, there is no loss to Liverpool, so Liverpool has been appealing, and the media has been constantly crying for Chen Yu, but the FA obviously does not buy it, and has not relaxed at all about Chen Yu's punishment.

The pro-Liverpool British media believes that the FA is suspected of suppressing Liverpool, because last season Liverpool snatched the championship from Manchester United after Chen Yu returned from injury, and the FA was worried that Liverpool would be a champion this season, so that the championship competition would lose suspense early, and there would be no attraction without suspense.

The media, which don't like Liverpool and Chen Yu, believes that the punishment of Chen Yu is not only not heavy, but also too light, because Chen Yu not only started beating people first, but also actively participated in the group beating later, and the punishment of Chen Yu should be increased, otherwise it will not be enough to deter other players who commit murder on the field.

The media is just trying to attract more attention from the fans, who have never been so concerned about the truth of the matter, and this conspiracy theory has not done any fundamental harm to the FA, the FA is too lazy to care what the media says, they know very well that the attention of the fans will be kept for a week at most, and as soon as a new game starts, the fans will immediately forget what the media has said now.

In fact, it was not even a week before the attention of fans was drawn to the upcoming Champions League group stage draw and the subsequent UEFA Super Cup.

The draw for the Champions League group stage took place at the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monte Carlo, Monaco, the day after the Champions League qualifying round.

Although Chen Yu will also participate in the subsequent UEFA Super Cup matches at the Stadio de Monaco II and Sevilla, the draw for the Champions League group stage also includes the award ceremony of last season's Champions League awards.

When Chen Yu arrived at the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monte Carlo, the Principality of Monaco, the UEFA lecture hall was already full of guests, and it was very lively.

Seeing the arrival of Chen Yu, Benitez and Rick Barry, the reporters immediately focused their cameras on these three people and snapped, and other stars who were familiar with Chen Yu and Benitez and club officials also came to greet Chen Yu.

Now Chen Yu is very different from the last time he participated in the Champions League draw ceremony, the last time Chen Yu was just revealed, and now, Chen Yu has become a popular candidate for the world footballer, and there are more people who come to greet Chen Yu.

Chen Yu was accustomed to this situation, and after greeting the stars calmly and patiently, he found his seat in the front row and waited for the draw and the award ceremony to begin.

UEFA will divide the 32 teams into four brackets, and the 32 teams will be divided into eight groups to compete in the group stage. The Champions League draw will not be affected by the fact that the second leg of the qualifying match between Sevilla and Athens AEK has been postponed to next week due to the tragic death of Sevilla's Pueta. As a result, only 31 places were available at the time of the UEFA draw, with the last quota spot yet to be announced.

However, UEFA has already tacitly accepted that Sevilla, who won the first leg comfortably 2-0, have qualified, and the winner of Sevilla and Athens AEK will not be separated from Spain and Greece at the time of the draw. If Sevilla are upset, AEK Athens will be the fourth-tier team, and Celtic will replace Sevilla in the second-tier team. In addition, CSKA Moscow and FC Copenhagen will be in first or third place in their respective groups due to winter weather conditions, allowing them to play away games on matchday six.

Champions League team brackets (the letters in parentheses are paired, i.e. their matches are scheduled on Tuesday or Wednesday respectively. If there are three teams from the same country, only two teams will be scheduled according to the odd-even principle. ）：

Pot 1: AC Milan (Italy A), Barcelona (Spain B), Liverpool (England C), Inter Milan (Italy A), Arsenal (England D), Real Madrid (Spain B), Chelsea (England D), Manchester United (England C)

Pot 2: Valencia (Spain E), Lyon (France F), Porto (Portugal), Sevilla (Spain E) / Athens AEK (Greece M), PSV Eindhoven (Netherlands), Roma (Italy G), Benfica (Portugal H), Bremen (Germany I)

Pot 3: Celtic (Scotland J), Schalke 04 (Germany), Stuttgart (Germany I), Bucharest Star (Romania), CSKA Moscow (Russia), Sporting Lisbon (Portugal H), Lazio (Italy G), Marseille (France F)

Pot 4: Glasgow Rangers (Scotland J), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine K), Beśktas (Turkey), Olympiacos (Greece M), Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine K), Fenerbahce (Turkey), Slavia Prague (Czech Republic), Rosenborg (Norway)

The guests at the scene all had the information issued by UEFA, and everyone looked at the classification of each team on the information and discussed it, and they were all guessing which opponents they might be assigned to, and which opponents they wanted to be in a group with.

About half an hour later, Pinto, the host of the Champions League group stage draw ceremony, came to the rostrum of the venue together with UEFA Secretary General David Taylor and former Soviet Union legendary goalkeeper Dasayev.

"The draw and the award ceremony are about to begin, so before we start, let us observe a moment of silence for the recently deceased Sevilla player Puerta." Moderator Pinto proposed to all the guests.

Antonio? Puerta is a Spanish footballer, selected for the Spanish national team in 2006, in this season's La Liga Sevilla and Getafe match, Sevi player Puerta suddenly fell to the ground and fell unconscious, and died after 3 days of ineffective rescue.

At Pinto's suggestion, the entire crew stood up and observed a minute of silence in Puerta's honor.

Taylor then introduced the basic principles of the draw, awarding the best goalkeeper in Europe last season.

It was not the champion's goalkeeper Reina, but Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech, who was the guest of honour with the legendary Soviet goalkeeper Dasayev after receiving the prize, to draw the lot for the first-tier teams.

The first team was drawn into each group first, the runner-up AC Milan was first placed in Group D, the Gunners Arsenal, who have been in the Champions League for ten consecutive seasons, entered Group H, the Red Devils Manchester United was drawn into Group F, and the 06 champions Barcelona entered Group E; La Liga giants Real Madrid are in Group C, last season's Serie A champions Milan are in Group G, last season's champions Liverpool are in Group A, and Chelsea, who are seeded for the first time, are in Group A.

This round of lottery is naturally uneventful, and there is not even a business to discuss below.

Then Pinto announced that Maldini, the best defender in Europe, came to the stage to accept the award, and the audience applauded, and everyone dedicated their admiration to Maldini, not how great Maldini is now, but his spirit of being able to persist until now and not retire touched everyone.

After Maldini's tearful presentation of the award, he joined legendary goalkeeper Dasayev in drawing lots for the team in Pot 2.

The first team to be drawn from Pot 2 was recent Champions League underdogs PSV Eindhoven, who were drawn into Group G where they were joined by Milan. La Liga giants Valencia were drawn second, with the Bats alongside last season's quarter-final rivals Chelsea in Group B. Bremen were drawn third and they faced Real Madrid in Group C. The winner of Sevilla FC and AEK Athens moved on to Group H, with Arsenal seeded in this group. Lyon are in Group E with Barcelona, while Benfica and AC Milan will face each other in Group D. Roma were drawn from the penultimate and they were in Group F, where Manchester United are located. The last team in the second pot, Porto, are in Group A and will face Liverpool.

After the draw of the second-tier teams was completed, the scene was not so calm, many giant teams were complaining for their opponents, and the few teams that were drawn were still calm.

Liverpool's opponent is Porto, it can only be said that this is a middle and upper draw, the Porto team has rich experience in Europe, good results, won the Champions League, is a difficult opponent, but compared with Liverpool, it is still a little bit worse than the strength and heritage.

The third draw was for Gerrard, the best midfielder in Europe last season and the heart of Liverpool's midfield, before Gerrard and legendary goalkeeper Dasayev drew for the third tier.

Schalke 04 were drawn first and they were in Group B where Chelsea and Valencia were. Celtic were drawn second and they were drawn in Group D, where AC Milan are located. Serie A giants Lazio were then drawn and they were placed in Group C, alongside Real Madrid and Bremen. The fourth to be drawn is Sporting Lisbon, where Manchester United and Roma are located. CSKA Moscow are in Group G, along with Inter Milan and PSV Eindhoven. Bundesliga champions Stuttgart are in Group E against Barcelona and Lyon. Steaua Bucharest are in Group H, with Arsenal seeded in this group. Marseille were the last team to be drawn from Pot 3 and are in Group A with Liverpool and Porto

After the third-tier teams were drawn, the scene was lively, some cheered excitedly, some shouted bad luck, and some shouted that they were tired, and the only one who could still stay calm was Liverpool, because their opponent Marseille was their defeat.

Marseille knocked out Porto in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup in 2000/01 and went on to lift the trophy. Three years later, the two teams met again in the fourth leg of the UEFA Cup, with Marseille winning again, before reaching the final only to be beaten by Rafael Benitez's Valencia, the current Liverpool manager. In addition, Marseille have also poached two big players from Liverpool this summer, striker Cisse and midfielder Zenden.

Benitez and Rick Barry looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and didn't say anything, what else did they have to say when they drew such two opponents.

Before the draw of the teams in Pot 4, host Pinto announced last season's best striker, best player Chen Yu, took the stage to accept the award.

The scene suddenly erupted in a burst of warm applause, and all eyes were focused on Chen Yu's body, although everyone at the meeting knew Chen Yu, but many people only witnessed Chen Yu's true body today.

Chen Yu had the experience of receiving an award, and when he received the golden boot from UEFA Secretary General Taylor, he was not nervous and excited at all, and he also showed off his English, which once again ushered in the applause of the guests.

Chen Yu was also involved in the draw, and Chen Yu was very lucky, and he drew Liverpool's group A against Turkey's Besiktas, which is not only an underdog, but also means that Liverpool will return to Istanbul, where they lifted their fifth Champions League trophy in the club's history in 2005.

Chen Yu then pulled Olympiacos out of the team, and they entered Group C where Real Madrid were. Rangers were drawn third and they were in Group E for Barca. Dynamo Kyiv are in Group F of Manchester United and Roma, while Rosenborg is in Group B of Chelsea and Valencia. Shakhtar Donetsk of Ukraine are in Group D where AC Milan are located. Slavia Prague, who eliminated Ajax, are in Group H, where Arsenal are seeded. Turkey's Fenerbahce are in Group G, with Serie A giants Inter Milan seeded in this group.

This concludes the draw for the Champions League group stage, which will take place on 18/19 September, 2/3 October, 23/24 October, 6/7 November, 27/28 November and 11/12 December. Defending champions Liverpool will have their final match brought forward to 4 December due to their FIFA Club World Cup. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage next spring, with the final taking place in Moscow on May 21. The third place finisher from each group competes in the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup.