UEFA held a grand Champions League draw and award ceremony in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in the eye-catching "Best Player in Europe"; As we all know, before merging with FIFA's "Shijie Footballer" award, the "European Footballer of the Year" sponsored by France Football magazine was the most prestigious and influential football award selection in Shijie football. As president of UEFA, Platini did not resign himself to the demise of the "European Footballer of the Year", and at his initiative, UEFA decided to introduce a new "European Footballer of the Year" award, in partnership with the European Sports Media Federation, which will serve as the main jury for the best players in Europe.

The jury for the new European Footballer of the Year will include sports journalists from 53 European countries, each of whom will provide a list of the best players of the three in order of ranking; In this selection, 53 sports reporters voted on the spot, and as the final three candidates, the host invited Xiao Qing, Messi, and Ronaldo to the stage and conducted a short interview. These are the three players with the best individual strength in the current service, but everyone knows that Xiao Qing is on the shortlist, which means that Messi needs to compete for the second place.

Xiao Qing has performed really well in the past two seasons, he not only helped Arsenal win two consecutive championships in the league, but also won the most important two Champions League titles, and it is with the performance of the past two seasons that Xiao Qing officially established the status of the current number one player.

Xiao Qing showed confidence, UEFA may like to often have speechless 'surprises' in the draw, although many times they will also seek balance, but in the selection of awards. They don't think much; If the gap is not large, it may still be somewhat controversial. But in the past two seasons, Xiao Qing has shown a very terrifying energy. Xiao Qing has an excellent individual performance, and Arsenal has also achieved an absolutely outstanding record under the leadership of Xiao Qing. So others don't have a chance at all, Xiao Qing's performance is obviously more than a step ahead of other players; Therefore, with an absolute advantage, Xiao Qing was awarded the first European Footballer of the Year, which is also Xiao Qing's second honor after winning the first FIFA Golden Ball Award.

Although he won the UEFA Player of the Year, Xiao Qing's mood was not very good; Because being in the group stage is in the group of death, which is really not a thing to be happy about. Although Arsenal believe in their quality. They also don't think that the opponents in the same group will have the ability to upset Arsenal, but in the face of these good opponents, Arsenal really need to be careful.

Even if Arsenal has won the Champions League for the second time in a row, they can't be careless at this time, because the opponent at this time is really strong, and they also have the opportunity to challenge Arsenal. The Gunners don't think they're going to have a Waterloo in the Group of Death, but they do understand that they need to work harder and that it's really not going to be easy to win the group. Compared to last season's group stage opponents, Arsenal are now challenged. Arsenal's Champions League journey this season will obviously not be easy, as they have faced quite a challenge from the start.

Except for Arsenal. The opponents of the other Premier League teams are generally good. Although this time the group stage is also full of gimmicks that UEFA has always been used to.

Britain and Germany, who pinch each other as opponents in both shijie battles, are traditional rivals in Europe, and this confrontation even extends from the political level to football, and the Anglo-German war will always be a classic on the green field. In this season's Champions League group stage, all three teams in the Bundesliga were blocked by the Premier League powerhouses in the group, and the British and German PK will become a topic throughout the group.

Although England are inferior to Germany at national team level, with a new injury added to the Shijie Cup in South Africa last year, England have beaten German teams in the history of the Champions League. In the Champions League group stage in recent years, Premier League teams and Bundesliga teams have not met very often, but when they do, it is always difficult for Bundesliga teams to please. Manchester United have overwhelmed Wolfsburg, Chelsea have bullied Bremen and Schalke, and Arsenal have trampled on Hamburg.

Such a large-scale direct dialogue between the English and German teams in the group stage this season is quite rare in the Champions League in the new century, and the results of the grouping, at least on paper, are once again more than lucky for the Bundesliga teams.

Bayern Munich, the most comprehensive team in Europe, is the only seeded team in the Bundesliga, but they have met the third-tier team Manchester City who they don't want to touch, although the latter is a new Champions League team in the Premier League, but it has the strength to be inferior to any giants.

Last season's Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund played good attacking football, but in terms of style of play, they are not Arsenal's most feared opponents, Dortmund have a lot of hope of qualifying from the group, but the lack of experience may make them suffer, after all, the gap of eight years without a regular match is not easy to fill.

As for Bayer Leverkusen's ability to make it out of the group, they have a slim chance of capsitizing Chelsea. Although this season's Champions League has a good game between England and Germany, from the perspective of strength, just like in the past few seasons, it is not difficult for Premier League teams to reach the round of 16 in the group stage, while Bundesliga teams may have to struggle, including the leader Bayern.

Luck always seems to favor the strong, and the better the Premier League team collectively performs in the Champions League, the better the group stage draw will always be. Manchester United and Chelsea have both been drawn into easy groups this season; Manchester City, who are in the Champions League for the first time, have also not faced the fabled group of death, with Bayern, Villarreal and Napoli clearly better to deal with than the theoretically possible Barcelona, Milan and Borussia Dortmund.

However, Arsenal has no reason to expect more now, and if they want to go far in the Champions League, they can't always count on their opponents' lack of quality. Among the possible teams in Pot 2 and 3, Arsenal drew Marseille and Olympiakes well, while only Borussia Dortmund, the strongest team in Pot 4, was not ideal.

But on the whole, Marseille's strength has not improved compared to last season, Olympiax is not outstanding, Dortmund, the most impactful, is relatively young and has little experience in the Champions League, although the top spot in the group is not as stable as Manchester United and Chelsea, and the place in a group should not be able to run away.

Arsenal know they will face a lot of challenges in the new season and they are ready; Although such a group stage would make it impossible for Arsenal to prepare for the first half of the league with peace of mind, the Gunners are not concerned; Arsenal have had an impressive run of results over the past two seasons and the Gunners' confidence is now reaching new heights.

Although Arsenal have struggled in the first two rounds of the new season, their players are confident they can bounce back strongly in the upcoming fixtures. The difficulties are only temporary, and Arsenal have reason to do better; Although there are many challenges in the new season, if you want to win the glorious championship, then you need to put in more effort.

Since he was classified in the recognized death group, Xiao Qing would not care too much; In this group, if you want to easily get the first place in the group, there must be a lot of simple things. However, Xiao Qing knows that Arsenal will definitely be able to win the first place in the group, for other teams, because Arsenal has locked a promotion place in advance, so this group is the real group of death, because the other three teams with good strength will work hard for the remaining promotion place. Despite the quality of the opponents in this group, everyone knows that Arsenal, as the defending champions, have no reason to suffer a setback in the group stage.

Now that the draw for the Champions League group stage has been formed, Xiao Qing and his teammates are now tasked with preparing for the next UEFA Super Cup, where they will beat last season's UEFA Cup winners, and Arsenal will be crowned the king of Europe. Despite Porto's quality, there is no reason why Arsenal should not win the title.

Arsenal had a bad start to the new league season, and they are now at a relatively low point; Coupled with the fact that the draw for the Champions League group stage is also relatively unsmooth, Arsenal really need to be good to find an exciting victory, they have not encountered any good news since the new season, and now Arsenal really needs to make some changes, they need to use the victory to bring more news to the new season with the champion.

Xiao Qing and his teammates are ambitious, this UEFA Super Cup is a must-win for Arsenal, Arsenal must win the game, Arsenal need this victory. For Arsenal there is really no way back now, if they suffer a faux pas at this time, then Arsenal will completely fall to the bottom, for Arsenal, they have encountered enough setbacks since the new season, now they are standing on the edge of the cliff, if they continue to fall, then it will be a fatal blow for Arsenal.

Xiao Qing and his teammates have no way back, they need to bottom out; Porto is not the top team, although they won the Europa League, but compared to Arsenal, Porto is also obviously a notch behind, if they can't win at this time, then it is naturally the most unacceptable thing for the Gunners. Arsenal have hit rock bottom and they can't keep falling.

Xiao Qing and his teammates are preparing, preparing for the European Super Cup; Arsenal need a win, a win to say goodbye to the slump! (To be continued......)