Juventus are joined in Group D by Sevilla, who have just played Manchester City in the UEFA Super Cup, and the last team in Group D is Borussia Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga.

As a result, Team D became the group of death this year.

It is also the only group in which all four teams are from the top five leagues.

This grouping result is not good for the four teams in the group, after all, the teams in the big five leagues are indeed stronger than the non-big five leagues.

The teams that can reach the Champions League are the top teams in the major leagues.

These teams don't look at them being placed in the third or even fourth pot, they seem to be very weak, but in fact, they all have the potential to overturn the giants, and the leaders of the major leagues have overturned on these teams.

Compared with Manchester City's signing, Manchester United next door was simply drawn.

Their other three opponents in the group are PSV Eindhoven, CSKA Moscow and VfL Wolfsburg.

Two of the four teams are not in the top five leagues, and none of them are strong.

As long as Manchester United does not drop the chain, the first place in the group is almost a certainty.

In addition to Manchester United, Chelsea are also in good luck in the Premier League, with their opponents being Porto, Dynamo Kyiv and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Although Chelsea's form has had its ups and downs this season, after all, the foundation is still there, and as long as you take advantage of the opportunity, it will not be difficult to win the group.

As for the Gunners, Arsene Wenger's team officially started a three-year Barcelona and five-year Bayern campaign.

This year, they faced Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in the group stage.

Bayern Munich's terrifying attack is obvious to all in Europe, and when encountering such a team known for its impact and offensive firepower, I really don't know if Wenger can defend his home turf.

However, although they encountered Bayern, this did not affect Arsenal's group qualification.

After all, their other two opponents in the same group are Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb, neither of which are strong teams, and with Arsenal's quality, it should be easy to beat them.

In fact, compared with the previous Champions League group stage draws, this season's draw results are a good draw for major clubs.

Affected by UEFA policies, there have been many teams from non-five major leagues in the group stage of the Champions League in the past two years.

Half of the 32 teams that competed in the Champions League last year came from teams that were not from the top five leagues, one less this year, but 15 were not from the top five leagues.

UEFA is suppressing the giants and supporting the weak.

Although these teams are basically the champions of their respective leagues, the gap between their strength and the five major leagues is obvious, and they are basically the role of accompanying the prince to study in the Champions League, and they can't make any waves.

The advantage of this is that the probability of the big teams being eliminated in the group stage is reduced.

The downside is that because there are so many teams with fish belly, the Champions League group stage is much less exciting and less attractive to fans.

Coupled with the influx of these teams, the broadcast share of the Champions League must also be given to them, which is obviously harmful to the interests of the giants.

As a result, some teams in the five major leagues began to secretly go in tandem, trying to bypass UEFA and set up a European Super League with more than a dozen old giants on their own.

But this approach is bound to be strongly opposed by UEFA, after all, if these top giants run away, who will go to watch the Champions League?

Without the Champions League of these top giants, the gold content will be greatly reduced, and the influence and attention will plummet.

The decline in the influence of the Champions League is bound to greatly affect the interests of UEFA, after all, UEFA makes money from the operation of Champions League competitions every year.

Cutting off people's financial routes is like killing their parents, and UEFA will never sit idly by and ignore this kind of thing that harms the interests of UEFA.

It's just that the various policies and reforms implemented by UEFA have really damaged the interests of the giants.

In addition, the inflated value of players in the transfer market in recent years, coupled with the rapid rise in player salaries, has greatly affected the team's operating costs, making many teams unable to make ends meet or even in debt.

In the long run, it will be very detrimental to the healthy operation of major leagues.

Therefore, the game between the club and UEFA will definitely become more and more intense.

……

The Champions League fixture won't start until mid-September, after which City's focus will be on the league.

On 29 August, Manchester City returned to their home stadium to face promoted side Watford.

Although the opposition is only a promoted team, it is amazing that Watford are still unbeaten so far.

What's even more incredible is that all three of these games were draws.

Three points from three games and an unbeaten run seems like a good result for a promoted team.

It's just that this round met Manchester City, and Watford's good fortune came to an end completely.

Manchester City were in hot form in this game, and Sergio Aguero was in great shape in the first half, scoring twice in just 20 minutes to give his team a 2-0 lead.

In the second half, Lin Quan scored another goal to expand the score to 3:0.

Pep Guardiola made the usual substitutions after the team took a big lead, with the likes of Kimmich, Toni Rudiger and Son Heung-min all coming on.

Son's good fortune seemed to be continuing, as he came off the bench to quickly seize the opposition's attacking opportunity and score a goal with a long-distance run.

It was just the icing on the cake and it didn't make a big difference.

But the process of this goal made Guardiola's eyes shine, and this kid's ability to dribble and break through has improved a lot compared to before!

Could it be the effect of practicing with Lin Quan?

If this is really the case, then David Silva, De Bruyne, Kante and others, can they also be cultivated according to this line of thought?

If there is any difference between Pep Guardiola's Manchester City team and Barcelona in the original Dream Three Dynasty, it is that they lack an Iniesta.

Lin Quan can perfectly replace Messi, and even more comprehensive than Messi at the beginning.

Kroos can replace Xavi as a midfield commander and dealer, but who will replace Iniesta?

De Bruyne?

He doesn't have Iniesta's ability to push forward with the ball and break through, although De Bruyne occasionally has wonderful dribbles and breakthroughs, but compared to Iniesta, it is a bit far behind.

Barcelona of the Dream Three Dynasty is not only strong by Messi alone, but also by his teammates.

And Manchester City, although the strength of other players is also very strong, but Lin Quan completely surpasses everyone, and even opens up a gap in grade.

This worries Guardiola, worried that the opponent will target Lin Quan.

When he was in Barcelona, he encountered many situations where Messi was targeted by opponents, and once Messi was restricted, Barcelona's offensive firepower would drop a lot.

But because of Xiaobai's presence, he can effectively help Messi share firepower, so that even if Messi is restricted, Barcelona's offensive system can still operate smoothly.

But in Manchester City, if Lin Quan is stared at to death, who can stand up?

It was supposed to be an unsolvable problem, but now Guardiola seems to see a solution.

……

The fourth round of the Premier League is a nightmare for the major giants.

With the exception of Manchester City, all the other giants lost.

Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool tasted their first defeat when they suffered a humiliating defeat to the Hammers at Anfield and a 3-0 defeat to their opponents.

Chelsea, who ushered in a new manager, were unable to hold on to Stamford Bridge, losing 2-1 at home to Crystal Palace, and their fortunes seemed to turn sharply again.

Arsenal were not much better, playing away from home, they lost to Newcastle with an own goal from their own players after their opponents were sent off at the beginning.

As for Jose Mourinho's Manchester United, after scoring the first goal, they were reversed by their opponents and lost 1:2 to Swansea City, which also shattered their unbeaten golden body.

As a result, after the end of this round, among the several giants, only Manchester City, the only seedling, maintained a winning streak and an undefeated golden body.

And the gap between them and the other teams has been further widened to 3 points.

The result of the overturning of the car by the giants made the media on Fleet Street wail.

The Daily Mail even covered this round of matches with sensational headlines like 'Premier League suspense ends 34 rounds early'.

"From the performance of the major giants in this round of the game, I don't see the slightest hope of beating Manchester City, I have a hunch that this season Manchester City will not only win the championship, but also lead the opponent by a large score, many rounds ahead of the championship!

Perhaps, we will witness the moment when the record of the Premier League's highest score is broken! ”

……

The outstanding performance of creating goals in three consecutive games made Son Xingmin quickly recognized by Manchester City fans.

Even his teammates have a much better attitude towards him, taking the initiative to greet him, and the number of people who pass the ball to him in training matches has gradually increased.

But just when he was feeling good, even a little triumphant.

Guardiola found him with a serious expression: "Sun, come with me!" ”

Sun Xingmin sighed in his heart, and subconsciously felt that he had done something wrong to make the coach unhappy?

It was only when he followed Pep Guardiola to the training ground with trepidation that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He is not the only one on the training ground, but also Lin Quan, De Bruyne, Kroos, Kante and many other players here.

"Sun, you do the sparring between you and Lin Quan again, let's see!"

Guardiola nodded to Lin Quan, and then instructed Sun Xingmin.

"Yes, sir!"

Son Heung-min was confused and didn't know what Guardiola was going to do, but he did it honestly.

In fact, Sun Xingmin's sparring with Lin Quan was completely a process in which he was repeatedly abused by Lin Quan.

He is not a professional defensive player, his defensive awareness and skills are very average, and he can't stop Lin Quan's breakthrough at all.

Several players knew this at a glance, but what Guardiola asked them to see was not a picture of Son Xingmin.

"Do you see how Lin is so good?"

Guardiola looked at the crowd and asked.

Kante, who is good at defending, stepped forward and explained the techniques used by Lin Quan in the process of breaking through.

As a top defensive player, he is naturally familiar with the various methods of the opposing attacking players.

It's just that although he said it easily, if he really let him face Lin Quan one-on-one, Kante would be in a hurry and embarrassed.

This kind of perversion is not something that can be prevented one-on-one at all.

However, after Kante analyzed Lin Quan's outstanding skills, Guardiola nodded with satisfaction, and then spoke:

"That's right, since that's the case, then Ngolo, you and Lin have to practice once!"

"Huh? Me? ”

Kanter was stunned for a moment, his face a little embarrassed.

Coach, you know me, I'm not afraid of Kante, I'm not afraid of heaven and earth, and I am known as there is no hurdle that I can't pass, only Kante who can't get over.

But I'm really no match for this guy, am I?

When I joined the team, I was instigated by my teammates, and I ran to fight the Lin team alone, but I was abused by the Lin team, and it was not easy to successfully prevent it once out of ten.

That series of failures almost shattered my Dao heart and made me lose confidence in my own abilities!

I'm afraid that my demons will recur!

"Well, you practice with him once, just once!"

Pep Guardiola also seemed to know that Kante was a little frightened by Lin Quan, so he stressed that he only needed to practice once.

"Okay!"

Kante reluctantly stood up, but because he lacked self-confidence, the result in the face of Lin Quan would naturally not be too good.

N'Golo Kante was unexpectedly defeated, and he was completely defeated, and he couldn't see that it was the all-powerful defensive iron gate on the field.

Gollum!

Sun Xingmin subconsciously swallowed a mouthful of saliva, although after a few days of sparring, he already knew that Lin Quan's extraordinary ability was very strong.

But I didn't expect it to be so powerful!

Even Kante, who has the strongest defensive ability in the team, couldn't stop him, and was even completely defeated by him.

Is this guy still human?

I'm afraid even if it's Messi at his peak, it's just that!

"Very good, I think everyone has already realized that your teammate Lin Quan is a player who is very good at breaking through and passing people!"

Guardiola was pleased with the result and clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention.

Everyone stared at Guardiola curiously, and everyone felt that he would not be bored enough to gather everyone together just to admire Lin Quan.

So, he must have had some other purpose.

Pep Guardiola didn't sell it either, and he quickly revealed the answer:

"In that case, do you want to have the same abilities as Lin Quan?"

As soon as these words came out, the scene was in an uproar.

Everyone looked at Guardiola dumbfounded, with the same extraordinary ability as Lin?

Is this really possible?

"Ahem, I didn't say it clearly, I mean, learn Lin's extraordinary skills and improve your extraordinary strength, not to let you reach Lin's level!"

Guardiola thought to himself, Lin Quan's talent can't be learned by ordinary people.

(End of chapter)