Chapter 21 Grouping
The 2007/2008 UEFA Champions League group stage groups were announced, and the fate of the 32 teams was very different.
If you count from 1955, when Real Madrid was crowned the first European Champions Cup, the UEFA Champions League has gone through 52 years of history.
Time flies, the competition system has changed several times, and the desire for the championship has become a constant thought for me over the years, but such a football feast has induced many idle sorrows.
Half a century of Champions League, thus exuding the same jingcai in a kind of lovesickness and a few melancholy. The 2007/2008 Champions League group stage battle continues this history.
The end of the draw for the group stage of the Champions Cup also marks the beginning of the most colorful game in European football in 2007, of course, this kind of draw based on pure luck and godfather care will not get a satisfactory result for everyone, and such a random way will also lead to a lot of side stories.
From the point of view of the league, it should be said that the draw results of Serie A are good, Milan and Manchester United are divided into a group that is recognized as satisfactory, Roma and Manchester United are in a group, but the other two pairs of Sporting Lisbon and Dynamo Kiev in the same group, in terms of strength, are full of favorites in this group, but Roma has a great chance of competing for another place in the group, if you can turn the shame of 1:7 last season into motivation, then it is not impossible to get points on Manchester United, it can be said that Luo is busy with a great chance of qualifying. Relatively speaking, Lazio is the most disadvantaged, and Real Madrid is the strongest in Group C, but Lazio and Bremen have a fight for the second place in the group, and there is Fiorentina, because of the relationship between Digan, the two clubs are also in a hostile mood, Fiorentina's qualification situation is not serious, and they even have the strength to compete for the top spot in the group.
Among the three teams in La Liga, Sevilla has the best signing, although it is difficult to say who will win the first and who is the second with Arsenal, but in terms of overall strength, Celtic and Slavia Prague are too far apart, and Valencia's signing is the worst, not only 1 was suppressed by Chelsea, but also had to face the pursuit of Schalke 04, and the qualifying situation is not optimistic. Barcelona and Real Madrid must be careful to deal with strong opponents, as long as they play their level normally, there should be no problem.
The Champions League is full of giants, but if you want to say that the real king, it seems that it is none other than La Liga giants Real Madrid. The glory of winning the European championship nine times is unmatched, but to the embarrassment of Real Madrid, Real Madrid has not been able to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League for four years, and as a giant team, Real Madrid certainly want to make a big difference in Europe. Although it is the favorite in the group, playing the opponent is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and any team may be upset, especially with the Bundesliga champion Bremen and the Serie A giants Lazio in the same group, Real Madrid is even more worried and does not dare to be careless.
In order to continue to maintain a large enough image on the European football map, Real Madrid has made a lot of deals this summer, with transfers exceeding 100 million euros. The return on Calderón's investment still needs to be tested in La Liga and the Champions League.
Although Bremen said that Klose had gone, his strength was not affected much. Serie A's "Blue Eagles" Lazio advocates attacking football, and I believe that no club wants to meet Lazio in the third pot.
It can be said that the group that Real Madrid is in, because of the arrival of Lazio, has a bit of a taste of the group of death. Real Madrid and Bremen seem to be close without Lazio, but now they have to face up to their Serie A rivals in this group.
In fact, the fourth pot team of Greece's Olympiacos is not weak. This season, despite the departure of Rivaldo, Real Madrid veteran Bravo, former Real Sociedad coveter Kovacevic and Argentine Galetti are still in the team. Such an opponent who is familiar with Real Madrid is undoubtedly a great variable.
The luck of the Premier League teams is not so good, and they probably have to continue to pay for Heisel, and the luck of the Premier League teams in the Champions League has not been very optimistic over the years.
Liverpool's luck was good, with the exception of Porto, who were not strong enough to pose a threat to Liverpool. Porto is no stranger to Premier League teams, 03/04 season, the manager of Porto at that time was the current Chelsea manager Mourinho, and Porto at that time also created a miracle under the leadership of Mourinho, this Champions League before almost no one watched the Haode team actually won the championship!
Although this is related to the unexpected defeat of the major giants in the knockout stage of the Champions League, Porto has also shown people their strong strength.
In the last 16 of the Champions League that season, Porto eliminated Manchester United in the Premier League, who scored the winner in a second at Old Latrafford thanks to a low-level mistake by the United goalkeeper.
In the 04/05 season, Porto and Chelsea were in the same group stage, with Chelsea and Porto winning at their respective home stadiums.
In the 06/07 season, the two teams met again in the last 16 of the Champions League, and although it was Chelsea who advanced to the tournament, Porto also caused a lot of trouble for Chelsea. Chelsea's two legs were both goals conceded before equalising or coming back from the table.
Although the current Champions League coach has moved to Chelsea, and all the big stars such as Deco have left, their strength is still not to be underestimated, as can be seen from the team's three Champions League knockout rounds in the past four seasons.
In this group, Porto are undoubtedly Liverpool's biggest threat to qualify for the top spot.
In addition, Marseille is also a notable team, although the current Ligue 1 has long been gone, only Lyon in the Champions League to support them, but last season's Lille team with their practical actions to tell people: Ligue 1 teams are by no means a fish belly to be ravaged.
Liverpool's encounter with Marseille in the group stage is also not to be taken lightly. However, for Liverpool, there is a good thing that Liverpool eliminated the Toulouse team in Ligue 1 in the qualifying round before entering the Champions League this time, and the aggregate score of 5:0 over the two legs also reflects Liverpool's huge advantage over Ligue 1. In addition, last season's Champions League group stage was in the same group as Liverpool with Bordeaux, a Ligue 1 team, and Liverpool also beat this Ligue 1 team twice.
As for the fourth pot of this group, Besiktas, they are probably the weakest of the four teams and a mysterious division, and they have not played much in the Champions League, which also makes them less known to the Premier League teams. But people must always remember this sentence: there is no weak brigade in Europe.
This is true for both the national team and the club, Chelsea were in the same group as Besiktas in the 03/04 group stage, and Besiktas beat Chelsea 2-0 at Stamford Bridge!
Of course, Chelsea at that time can't compare to the current Chelsea. However, this game is not a wake-up call for Liverpool, who are not to be taken lightly despite the weaker side of the team.
For Liverpool, the opponents in this group are weak except Porto, and the probability of qualifying is very high, and the only suspense will be whether Liverpool will qualify first or second in the group.
Arsenal's grouping situation is also more optimistic, the prospect of competing for the first place in the group is not optimistic, the opponents in this group in addition to the two consecutive UEFA Cup, La Liga upstart Sevilla is very strong, other opponents from the Czech Republic, Scotland and other small leagues, their two teams to Arsenal and Sevilla two teams difficult to pose a threat.
Chelsea are still the strongest in their group, but it has been a very demanding group and Chelsea have undoubtedly drawn a dangerous signing compared to Liverpool's signing.
Chelsea's group is also widely regarded by the major football media as one of the three groups of death in this season's Champions League group stage draw.
Chelsea's impressive run to the semi-finals of the Champions League in the last four seasons has promoted themselves from Pot 2 to Pot 1, but that has not earned Chelsea a better signing.
This time, although Chelsea avoided a strong conversation with Barcelona, they encountered another strong opponent in La Liga, and it was also Valencia, an old enemy in the quarterfinals of last season's Champions League.
In last season's Champions League knockout rounds, Chelsea also conceded first and then equalised or came back from the bottom of both legs. At the Mestya Stadium, Chelsea were eliminated thanks to Essien's stunning strike in Zuihou. And Valencia did not fall behind in the slightest in two games. La Liga teams like Valencia are also the most feared by Chelsea. There is no doubt that Chelsea's biggest opponent in this group is Valencia.
Pot 3 team Schalke 04 is also a team from the top five leagues, although in recent seasons, the Bundesliga team has generally performed poorly in the Champions League, but the league team in the Champions League group stage, as a spoiler, is still enough
There is more than that.
Manchester United is in the same group as Roma, Sporting Lisbon and Dynamo Kyiv, and combined with Manchester United's current situation, qualifying is not so safe.
This time the Champions League group stage grouping situation also continued the previous practice, in short, there are a lot of accidents, every draw, will bring out a lot of old accounts, when Maldini drew out of Roma, and then after the draw of Group F, he laughed, and the people in the venue also laughed, Roma and Manchester United, the rivals of last season, met again.
For Roma and Manchester United fans, unless football dies from the planet, such a story is destined to become a knot in their hearts forever, as Shakespeare said, "The only thing that can last forever is tragedy!" ”
The 7-1 at Old Trafford was a spectacle in the last Champions Cup, and it was this game that made the club aware of the importance of bench depth, and brought in a number of new signings this summer.
After summer adjustments and trades, Roma's current squad and strength are not below the two Milans. "Come out and mix, you always have to pay it back!" This time the Champions League is face-to-face, and only God knows who will kill the Red Devils and the Roman deer.
The Bundesliga is missing Bayern, less dominance, Stuttgart, Schalke 04 is in the third pot, Bremen is in the second pot, but the strength has dropped too much, and it is not impossible for the whole army to be wiped out.
Is such a draw really fair?
At least looking at the small notes that were taken out of the ball one by one, it seems to be really fair, and the quality of the minute situation only depends on luck, but the Tao in this is obviously not so simple.
In the final analysis, football is a competitive sport with ornamental xing, what people want to watch is not just a group of muscular men blowing their beards and staring at a small leather ball on the field, what they want to watch is just like a Korean kimchi drama, it is a plot, and it is best to fall and fall, including grievances and hatred.
In fact, Platini's first Champions League after taking the stage did a very good job, and the audience was satisfied, at least they saw it.
In particular, AC Milan and Fiorentina were placed in the same group, which can stimulate people's G-spot in an instant, making it reach an unprecedented high.
People still remember last season's Serie A match in Zuihou, when AC Milan had already won the Champions League, but they had to fight for a ticket to the Champions League.
According to the plot that people like to see, Fiorentina should take it for granted to complete AC Milan, and even in that game, the referee also committed a crime against the wind, and favored AC Milan in the penalty scale, but as a result, AC himself did not fight, occupying the time, location, and people, and finally lost the game, who can blame him.
Now the two sides have met again, this time more directly, the Champions League group stage of the same room Cao Ge, AC Milan of course hopes that the two sides can be in line with the principle of friendship and peace, and work together to qualify, but Galliani knows very well that Fiorentina is no longer the purple lily full of humanistic care, with Degan, this former Serie A powerhouse is definitely worthy of the name of the Mad Dog Army.
'I'm very happy with the grouping, especially against AC Milan and I like the feeling of playing against Ricardo on the pitch, which is definitely great.
Looking at Degana's energetic look, you know that this mad dog has sharpened his minions, just waiting to hurt people, on the court, this guy is definitely the master of the six relatives who don't recognize him, what old club, what kind of brother, when it should hurt people, this guy will definitely not be soft.
In this regard, Kaka, who has just won three trophies, said: "That's right! I also love playing with Rhodes, and that feeling always makes the blood boil. “
Before the Champions League starts, the two brothers are ready to go, and they can see what kind of fierce scenes will be made when the two teams meet.
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