Arsenal are about to kick off the UEFA Super Cup against Porto, Europa League winners and the magic bird Jose Mourinho.

Arsenal arrived at Monaco, but before this UEFA Super Cup, they still have a big concern, that is, the draw for the Champions League group stage is also about to begin; For Xiao Qing, in fact, the UEFA Super Cup is just an after-dinner dessert, and people are concerned about the Champions League draw and some of the awards certified by UEFA in the past season. Ahead of the UEFA Super Cup, the draw for the Champions League group stage in Monaco was also launched.

On August 26, two days before the start of the Super Cup, the draw for the 2011-12 Champions League group stage and the UEFA award ceremony were held at the Palace of Parliament at the Plaza de la Princely Power in Monaco.

Xiao Qing is naturally the biggest hit, and there is no suspense; After coming to Monaco, Xiao Qing was ready to take over the trophy of the best player of the season; Although Arsenal's performance in the new season was not good enough, no one can deny Xiao Qing's success last season.

Xiao Qing is to stabilize the Diaoyutai, when the draw ceremony officially began, Xiao Qing is to stabilize the Diaoyutai, Xiao Qing sitting in the front with Wenger and Van Persie, waiting for the start of the draw; As for the opening ceremony, Xiao Qing only heard that one of the hosts was a former Miss Switzerland, who was indeed more beautiful, but Xiao Qing didn't have those thoughts now.

Xiao Qing is in a good mood, rows of players and coaches in suits and leather shoes are sitting together, and the big screen on the scene is also showing last season's Champions League match, and the final between Arsenal and Barcelona is naturally the top priority; Xiao Qing is in a great mood, even if Arsenal has already won the championship. But now look at these replays. Xiao Qing still felt excited. But Xiao Qing believes. At this time, the people of Barcelona must have felt very bitter in their mouths.

The Big Ears Cup has once again been shown, and all the heroes in the new season will once again compete fiercely for this trophy; Arsenal captain Robin van Persie walked out with the Big Ears Cup, which is actually a lot of times when the champion team is only temporarily saved, and they can build a replica, and the real Big Ears Cup will be withdrawn every time the new season begins.

Although he has won the Champions League twice, Xiao Qing still hopes that he can lift the Champions League trophy again, and he really hopes that he and Arsenal can become crazy three consecutive champions. An unprecedented triple crown!

The winning team can keep the trophy in the club until next season's Champions League final and return it to UEFA, but they can get a replica, and UEFA stipulates that clubs that have won more than five championships or won three consecutive years can keep the trophy permanently, so the trophy is now the sixth, and there have been five clubs such as Real Madrid, AC Milan, Liverpool, Bayern Munich, and Ajax who have each been given the right to keep the trophy permanently.

Xiao Qing hopes that his team can permanently leave the Big Ears Cup in Arsenal's honor room, anyway, UEFA is already so profitable, Xiao Qing hopes that he can make UEFA 'generous' to recreate a new Big Ears Cup.

The round of 32 is divided into four brackets, with the eight seeded teams being Arsenal, Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, Porto and Inter Milan; The second tier is AC Milan, Lyon, Shakhtar Donetsk, Valencia, Benfica, Villarreal, CSKA Moscow and Marseille; The third tier is Zenit St. Petersburg, Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Olympiacos, Manchester City, Lille, Basel and Bart; In the fourth tier are Borussia Dortmund, Napoli, Dinamo Zagreb, Apol, Trabzonspor Sport, Genke, Pulzen and Galadi.

After a brief conversation, the host invited the first raffle guest: Figo, who will draw the first bracket team. Then there's the 2011-12 Champions League ambassador Breitner, who will draw the group group. Then there is the often filmed UEFA bald secretary general Gianni Infantino who introduces the draw rules and the situation of the round of 32.

Manchester United were the first to be drawn in Group C. Porto were drawn to Group G, Real Madrid to Group D, Chelsea to Group E, Bayern to Group A, Inter to Group B, Barcelona to Group H, and Arsenal to be left in the first bracket.

In fact, the first-grade lottery doesn't need to care at all, and Xiao Qing doesn't care about these at all; Because for the situation in the group stage, the draw for the second and third pots is the most important thing.

When Figo stepped down, Xiao Qing obviously felt that the atmosphere on the scene began to become tense, and the draw of the second grade was the key, for all the teams, they did not want to encounter too many challenges in the group stage.

The second tier of teams was drawn by English football legend Bobby Charlton, Bobby Charlton was the first to draw Lyon in a group with Real Madrid, and among the other teams on the spot, Benfica and Manchester United were in a group, Marseille and Arsenal were in a group, and Milan and Barcelona were in a group.

It can only be said that Xiao Qing feels that this draw is quite good, although the strength of the second-tier team is good on the whole, there is still a gap between them and the first-tier team; Arsenal's current opponent is Marseille, although they are very good and are relatively top-notch among the second-tier teams, but Xiao Qing believes that Marseille still can't bring them too many difficulties; Although Marseille has a good strength, it can be regarded as making the competitiveness of this group increase a lot, but Xiao Qing is confident.

As the teams were drawn out, the atmosphere on the scene also had subtle changes; Xiao Qing doesn't even have time to think too much about it now, because every opponent has been drawn, but people are still looking forward to the team that has not been drawn, and they are all concerned about their group opponents. Some people are happy and some are sad, and every draw is like this; They are willing to go to some groups that are not strong in overall strength, but many times such things can't be done.

"Not bad, I'm sure we'll have some luck." Arsenal's opponents in the group stage last season were not strong, and Wenger is now looking forward to it, expecting that this time the opponent is not strong; Arsene Wenger knows this may not be realistic, though, as Arsenal have defended their title and all eyes are now on Arsenal's opponents, who are reluctant to see Arsenal continue to dominate the Champions League.

The teams in the third pot were drawn by Ruud Gullit, and Manchester City, who received the most attention from the teams in the third pot, were directly placed in Group A because Manchester City were drawn lower and had to avoid the other three Premier League teams, and Ligue 1 champions Lille were drawn in the Inter Milan group.

Xiao Qing felt that the strength of the third-tier team was not too strong as a whole; Because of the principle of avoiding opponents in the same league, Manchester City, who are considered to be the strongest teams in the third tier, will definitely not meet Arsenal, which is also good news. In fact, except for the strength of Manchester City, which is obviously higher, the strength of the third-tier teams is not much different from the second-tier teams; As for the Premier League teams, they are now reassuring and it looks like their group will not have much difficulty forming a true group of death.

Xiao Qing smiled, Bayern met Manchester City, this group is not easy to mix; Bayern brought a lot of trouble to Arsenal last season, and Xiao Qing will be in a good mood when he sees Bayern deflated.

Arsenal's opponent is Olympiacos, this team can be said to be in the middle of the strength of the third-tier teams, Yamen is a regular in the Champions League, and they are able to reach the knockout rounds of the Champions League many times; This opponent is actually not top-notch, but this team must not be underestimated.

Now with Arsenal, plus Marseille and Olympiacos, which are similar in strength, the strength of Group F is really good, at least the overall level, except for Arsenal, the defending champion, the other two teams are good, it can be said that this group now has the meaning of the group of death.

Pot 4 teams were drawn by Mateus, and in Pot 4 they were the most eye-catching Bundesliga champions, Borussia Dort, who were arguably the strongest of the teams in Pot 4.

With Mateu first drawn out Napoli who went to Group A, Xiao Qing was also a little gloating, because Group A is definitely not easy to mix; Bayern, Manchester City, and Napoli, except for Villarreal, who is weaker, the other three teams are not fuel-efficient lamps; Although it is not a real group of death, this group is also very strong.

With Apol, Galaradi and other teams being drawn one after another, Xiao Qing is becoming more and more calm, because now Arsenal's Zuihou team in Group F has not yet been produced, and Dortmund, the most concerned and potentially decisive team among the fourth-tier teams, has not been drawn out for a long time.

With the formation of all the groups one by one, Xiao Qing's heart became more and more bottomless, and he gradually understood something; Glancing at Arsene Wenger and Robin van Persie, the Arsenal trio smiled wryly, it looks like being the defending champions is really not an easy thing to do, they are the best team, and of course they are the object of attention.

Dort zuihou was drawn out and placed in Group F; There is no need to see anything at all, when Dortmund does not appear for a long time, Xiao Qing and they can have a premonition, Dort was left to Zuihou, and the best team in the fourth tier team is naturally going to compete with the defending champion Haode.

Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiacos, plus Borussia Dortmund, this is the real group of death, in the group stage draw ceremony, UEFA threw their big easter egg! (To be continued......)