Chapter 535: Group Draw (Part II)
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When Zhuang Mingge saw that the representative of the Dortmund club was no longer Heathfield, but the Italian coach Scala, he secretly sighed, saying that the Dortmund senior management had made a wrong move, and their unwise move completely buried the hope of the Hornets to challenge Bayern's hegemony in Munich!
Although Dortmund did not lift the UEFA Champions League trophy last season as they have historically done due to Zhuang Mingge's crossing, two league trophies and a silver medal have made stars such as Summer, Paulo Sousa and Andres Muller complacent, which makes Heathfield unable to keep these players at his disposal as before.
In Zhuang Mingge's view, Heathfield is far more important to the Dortmund team than stars like Summer, and if it weren't for his strategy, Dortmund would not have enough ability to challenge Bayern's supremacy in Germany.
Heathfield is also smart enough to know that there is no way for him to continue to subordinate these stars to his tactical arrangements, and the club's hierarchy has chosen to side with the stars between him and the players, and in this case, the team's results will inevitably suffer a significant decline.
As a result, Heathfield decisively resigned as manager of Borussia Dortmund in the summer and was promoted internally to become the club's technical director. Dortmund's top management hired Scala, who had a good record in Parma, as the team's new manager after some screening.
"After doing a good job in Parma and being dismissed by the discontented old Tanzi, and now coming to Dortmund, who is out of control in the dressing room, Coach Scala is really unlucky!" Looking at Scala standing in the venue chatting and laughing with the representatives of other teams, but with a tired look on his face, Zhuang Mingge immediately realized that the former Parma coach was not having a good time at Dortmund.
Even Heathfield, who are good at building relationships with players, can't restrain these players with their tails in the sky, so what can Scala, a newcomer with no roots in Dortmund, do?
Boss Mo didn't hear Zhuang Mingge's comment, because at this time he had already gone to exchange feelings with Francesca Tanzi, who had just arrived at the venue, probably to ask the other party how their Crespo was sold......
"I'm afraid the Dortmund hierarchy didn't realise the problems in the team right now." Karin took over the conversation on the side and calmly analyzed, "After all, in the eyes of those people, the team has just changed a manager, the first team has not lost many players, and the main players have not left, and Scala's coaching ability has been proven in Parma, so they don't think the team's problems are big, right?" ”
"Hehe, I didn't take this time to consolidate Heathfield's authority, and I didn't take the opportunity to renew a team that was already showing signs of aging...... I think it will be interesting to see the faces of the Dortmund hierarchy when the season starts. ”
While Zhuang Mingge and Karin were commenting on the Dortmund people's self-destruction of the Great Wall from their seats, the draw for the 1997-98 UEFA Champions League group was finally announced to the sound of music!
Of the 32 teams participating in the group stage of the Champions League, four are from Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League, and three are from the fourth-placed Bundesliga. In other words, clubs from the four major leagues occupy fifteen of them, and the strength of the four major leagues is evident after the Champions League restructuring.
If you add to that Ligue 1, which is in fifth place, the percentage rises even further.
The names of the 32 teams participating in the Champions League group stage appeared on the big screen directly in front of Zhuang Mingge, and according to the rules set by UEFA, the teams on the screen were divided into four categories.
As winners of two consecutive European Cups, Fiorentina have naturally been placed in Pot 1 by UEFA, joining Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Parma, Barcelona, Ajax, Monaco and Manchester United.
Last season's La Liga champion Real Madrid was tragically assigned to the second tier due to its lack of performance in Europe in recent years, and had to face the fate of playing against strong opponents in the group stage in advance.
After making a brief opening remarks, the host immediately announced the official start of the group draw ceremony!
"Hey, Michelle." Just as Platini, who was a special guest, was about to take the stage to preside over the draw ceremony, a voice stopped him, "Don't do it like last time in this group draw, try to make the result as natural." I've heard that Old Man Johansson has his eye on you, waiting to get the handle and kick you out of UEFA. ”
"Ha Luha, what can he do to get me away?" Platini shrugged his shoulders absentmindedly and said, "Rigging the results of the draw?" Come on! I'm not the only one doing this, and if he dares to deal with me for this reason, he won't be able to eat and walk around! ”
"Well, anyway, that's all I'm saying, it's your own business whether you can listen to it or not. By the way, you did too much in the last quarter-final draw, drawing the two top Serie A teams and Manchester United and Atletico Madrid into a semi-zone, and many people think you did it on purpose! ”
"Well, according to what you say, I'll be more secrecy this time, won't I?" Platini said as he turned around and walked towards the ceremony venue.
Tut! In order to ensure that the competition is fair, UEFA should give a big team like Fiorentina a lot of strong opponents and create problems for this conservative team as much as possible. Otherwise, it will win the championship every time, so what is the attraction of the European Champions Cup? How can the artistic football that I was expecting come to the forefront?!
With these thoughts in mind, in the subsequent draw ceremony, the "conservative team" Fiorentina, whom Platini hated, was once again placed in a group of death by the former French superstar!
Serie A champion Fiorentina, La Liga champion Real Madrid, Bundesliga runner-up Bayer Leverkusen and Premier League giants Liverpool, these four clubs from the four major leagues were "inadvertently" placed in the same group by Platini!
When Florence's grouping was announced on the big screen, Zhuang Mingge almost scolded in the venue:
"I'll it! Platini, you're too much! Again and again deliberately looking for trouble with us in Florence! If I don't make a threat, you really think that Florence is a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch! ”
Targeted by the traverser, can Platini still take advantage of the success of the French World Cup to ascend to the presidency of UEFA as he has done in history?
Tut! Wait to be killed!