Chapter Forty-Six: Affinity with the Group of Death

The draw continued, with CSKA Moscow being placed in Group D as the second-tier team, along with Bayern Munich. Pen %Fun %Cabinet www.biquge.info while Atletico Madrid were placed in Group G.

Now there are only two second-tier teams left undrawn, one is Borussia Dortmund and the other is Shakhtar Donetsk. There are only two groups that can accommodate them, one is Group A where Manchester United is located, and the other is Group F where Arsenal is located, and no matter which group they are in, they are strong opponents.

Cruyff picked up one of the last two ping-pong balls in the draw box, took it apart, took out a folded note, unfolded it, looked at it, then flipped it over and showed it to the camera lens while reading: "Dortmund." ”

Figo was then tasked with drawing Dortmund's group.

He quickly had the result: "Group F. ”

Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal were placed in a group!

The live TV broadcast immediately gave Zhou Yi and Wenger a close-up shot, which was not given casually.

There have always been rumors that Arsenal are interested in Zhou Yi, and this summer, Arsenal actually asked Dortmund to buy Zhou Yi, and Wenger has also told the media more than once that he affirmed and praised Zhou Yi. Everyone can see that Arsene Wenger hopes that Zhou Yi can join Arsenal, and many Arsenal fans also regard Zhou Yi as a key figure in helping Arsenal rise again.

But unfortunately, in the end, Dortmund announced that he and Zhou Yi had successfully renewed his contract, and Zhou Yi stayed in Dortmund and did not go to Arsenal.

The two are not on the same team, but they always meet on the field......

In the 2011-2012 Champions League group stage, Dortmund and Arsenal were placed in a group. And the relationship between Zhou Yi and Arsenal was revealed by the media at that time.

And this time, Zhou Yi met Arsenal in the Champions League group stage again.

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After Dortmund was withdrawn, everyone is now concerned about which teams will be in the same group as Dortmund, and who will be the teams in Pot 3 and Pot 4 other than Arsenal?

Although it is the third and fourth gears, it does not mean that there are no strong teams in these two brackets.

For example, Juventus, the third-tier Serie A champions, and Manchester City, the runners-up of the Premier League, Galatasaray are also traditional Turkish powerhouses, especially when it comes to their own home turf......

In the fourth bracket, there is Napoli, a strong team in Serie A.

Of course, Chinese fans hope that the weak team can be placed in a group with Dortmund, so that Dortmund can at least qualify for the Champions League group stage without too much effort.

Although everyone knows that the chances of defending the Champions League are very small and difficult, we still hope that Dortmund can go further in the Champions League.

After the draw from Borussia Dortmund, the Champions League group draw continued, and Shakhtar Donetsk were drawn to Group A where Manchester United are located.

Then the draw for the third-tier teams began, and the guest of honor was Irving. Owen and Figo drew together, and they drew Basel to Group E, along with Chelsea and Schalke 04. This has been a relief to Chinese fans - it is not a strong team and should not threaten Chelsea and Schalke 04 to qualify for the Champions League. They hope that in the end, Yang Muge and Sun Pan can enter the Champions League knockout stage together.

Olympiacos from Greece has been placed in Group C, along with Paris Saint-Germain and Benfica. Chinese fans are also very happy, this group so far, except for Paris Saint-Germain, the strength of other teams is not very strong, He Ying wants to enter the Champions League knockout round, it should not be difficult.

Next up was Galatasaray, who were drawn to Group F...... Placed in a group with Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund!

"Holy!

Although the draw results are not over yet, this has made people cry out such a conclusion in a depressed voice.

The so-called group of death does not mean that all the strongest teams, otherwise the four seeded teams together can be considered the group of death. The group of death is a close team of strength, and they all have opponents who can kill each other, but can also be killed by the opponent. Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund and Galatasaalez fit that standard perfectly.

Galatasaray is very fierce in their home stadium, and it is not easy for anyone to play, if you underestimate this team, you will be stumped.

However, some people are aware that this result is not bad, after all, it is not Juventus who is placed in this group, then it is a more terrible group of death......

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Bayer Leverkusen have been placed in Group A. Zenit St. Petersburg went to Group G. Ajax have been drawn in Group H and Manchester City in Group D. Juventus went to Group B, together with Real Madrid and Marseille, which can be regarded as a group of death.

When the third pot team is drawn, it is the turn of the fourth pot team.

The fourth pot of the team draw was former Borussia Dortmund player Sousa. As a result, he immediately placed Napoli, the strongest of the teams in the fourth tier, in Group F of his former club Borussia Dortmund......

As soon as the results came out, not only on the Chinese Internet, but also on the scene, there was an uproar - the real group of death in the group stage of this Champions League was born!

If Group B of Real Madrid, Marseille and Juventus was considered a group of death before, then Borussia Dortmund's Group F is now at the top of Group F, as no other team in the fourth tier can match them.

Watzke knew that the camera must be aimed at him, so he couldn't bear to cover his face with his hands, in fact, he really wanted to do this - Zhou Yi's mouth, how did he forget that he was a famous "wizard"?

He really made it right, Dortmund was really put into the group of death!

Zhou Yi was still next to him and said, "It's really a group of death, it's okay, Mr. Watzke, this is a good sign, maybe we can defend the title this year?"

Worried about being photographed, Watzke managed not to let his expression collapse, but the muscles on his face twitched uncontrollably twice......

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"Zhou Yi's luck, ......" on the Chinese Internet, some fans sighed.

Last year it was the group of death, this year it is still the group of death, speaking of the 2010-2011 season, Dortmund's Group A is also the group of death, and that group includes Inter Milan, Valencia and Twente in addition to them.

"Does that mean that as long as Dortmund is in the group, it is the group of death?"

Some fans raised such questions, and everyone was speechless when they asked, as if it really meant something......

With the strength of Dortmund, they are not a seeded team, they were a third-tier team before, and now they are a second-tier team, which means that they will definitely be separated from a seeded team, if this seeded team is not Benfica, Porto, etc., then there are two teams with similar strength in this group, and another team with similar strength is the group of death.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Dortmund is a "group of death professionals". That could be better next year, and if Borussia Dortmund continue to perform well in the Champions League this season and pick up enough European points, they could be seeded and not as likely to be placed in the Group of Death.

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Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Napoli.

Group F is the first group to bring together four teams, and no other team will die more than them, even if Real Madrid and Juventus are both in Group B, their fourth tier team is unlikely to find a stronger team than Napoli.

This was also evidenced by the final draw results.

Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad.

Group B: Real Madrid, Marseille, Juventus, Copenhagen.

Group C: Benfica, Paris Saint-Germain, Olympiacos, Anderlecht.

Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen.

Group E: Chelsea, Schalke 04, Basel, Bucharest Stars.

Group F: Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Napoli.

Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Zenit St. Petersburg, Vienna.

Group G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Ajax, Celtic.

Looking at it this way, Arsenal, who had the fourth place in the Premier League last season, Dortmund, the champion of the Bundesliga last season and the reigning champion of the Champions League, Napoli, the runner-up of Serie A last season, and Galatasaray, the champion of the Turkish Super League last season, are indeed very prominent in other groups, and they are called the group of death in this season's Champions League, and there is no doubt at all. It's not as good as last season and the one in 1999, but it's also a group of death.

The results of the Champions League group draw are out, and the draw ceremony is over.

Next, it was finally the turn of the Chinese media and fans to look forward to the most - the on-site selection and award ceremony of the best players in Europe!

At this time, it was already the second half of the night Beijing time, and many Chinese fans who were a little sleepy in front of the TV were also refreshed, readjusted their sitting posture, rubbed their eyes, and some people took this opportunity to hurry to the toilet, for fear that they would want to go to the toilet at a critical moment but did not have time.