As soon as the group of the U8 update fastest reading network () group stage came out, the whole of France was full of discussions.

Among the three teams that represent France in the Champions League, the best group is naturally Lyon, which is itself a second-tier team. They are in Group A, with Bayern Munich, Anderlecht, and Celtic among the four teams.

The first team in this group is Bayern Munich, which is relatively the weakest team in the first group. Although Bayern has a high number of points, because the European points are counted as five years, this year's points still count the runner-up in 99 and the Champions League championship in 01, and more points are earned in the early years. But Bayern has changed blood in the past two years, and judging from their performance in the past two years, they don't necessarily win or lose when they meet Lyon, and the record of Ligue 1 and the Bundesliga this year has always been comparable. And the other two teams in this group probably don't have the strength to compete with the top two teams, and it is difficult for an upset to happen, and it should be safe for Lyon to qualify.

Marseille in Group F will be a little more depressed. They have La Liga champions Real Madrid and Portuguese Super League champions Porto in their group, and Marseille, who are themselves in Pot 3, will be difficult to win against both teams. The only good thing is that the last team, Partizan Belgrade, has the lowest European points of the 32 teams. However, even so, it is still relatively rare for all four teams in a group to be the traditional giants of Europe. And the media have predicted that because the Eastern European team has declined, the Belgrade Partizan team may not be very strong, and if nothing else, Marseille can already start preparing for the Europa League.

As for Monaco in Group C, it is difficult to say whether the luck is good or bad. In the group, although Deportivo La Coruna in Pot 1 and PSV Eindhoven in Pot 2 are the lowest points in Pot 1 and Pot 2, they are not the worst. Super Laco is definitely in the top five in the first tier of teams, although not as famous as Bayern and Arsenal, but there are more highlights in Europe.

However, in comparison, this is indeed a good group: although Deportivo La Coruna has performed well in the Champions League in recent years, repeatedly beating Juventus, Manchester United and other giants, but it has always performed poorly against Ligue 1 teams. In the 01-02 season, the group stage was drawn by Lille home and away, and in the 02-03 season, the group stage was cut by Lens 3:1.

PSV Eindhoven were the Eredivisie champions last season, and they played quite well, and this season, they also won the Dutch Super Cup. But they, like Monaco, are on the rise, and although they have a little more experience in the Champions League, they are not much better, and it is not impossible to beat PSV Eindhoven and snatch the right to qualify.

And even if it fails, there should be a Europa League to play. The third team in this group is AEK Athens. Second place in the Greek league last season. Relatively speaking, they are still better to fight. What's more, AEK Athens have not won a single of their eighteen European matches in the past three years, which can be regarded as a model of European soy sauce, and the reason why they can still be divided into three teams in the Champions League is purely due to the league and the background of playing in the Champions League for many years. At this time, the Greek league is the sixth league in Europe, and the European points are higher than the Portuguese Super League and the Eredivisie - their European Cup a year later is not all luck, and the vigorous development of the domestic league is also an important reason - and the Monaco squad also has Zikos who joined from Athens AEK, and knows them well enough that it should be unlikely that they will lose to Athens AEK.

"The group draw is still good for us," Deschamps, who returned to the team, told the players about the idea, "Of course it's not particularly beneficial, but if the first team really draws Bayern Munich and the second team draws Inter Milan, then only cheating...... We have a chance, and that's enough. But it's up to you whether you can turn your chances into real victories. ”

Bayern Munich is going downhill, and it is not news that Inter Milan changes players every year. Deportivo A Coruña and PSV Eindhoven, although not completely out of the ordinary, are not very good either. After all, Monaco has too little European experience.

But with that, Deschamps patted his head again, "Oh, yes, it's not just your business. We're about to welcome a new team member. Morientes has finally joined Monaco on loan. ”

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In the summer of 2003, before the transfer period closed, Morientes was finally able to leave Real Madrid and join Monaco.

This is not the first time he has been mentioned to leave Real Madrid. Florentino had always wanted to sell him. But it is not very appropriate to say that this is a purge of dissidents, in fact, in the era of the previous Real Madrid president, Sans also wanted to sell him. His appearance is not good-looking, and his life is low-key, he is not liked by the media, his state is a little up and down, coupled with many injuries, his status in Real Madrid has never been the level of the team's symbol.

At first, he relied on scoring goals to make a name for himself, but later, the media and Real Madrid's attitude towards him was so bad that even when he broke the single-game goal record in La Liga and scored five goals in one game, a reporter would ask him in person, 'If Portillo had started in place, would the goals be more beautiful than you?' 'Such a bastard problem comes.

Although he helped Real Madrid win three titles and scored a lot of goals, he was never treated well by Real Madrid. After all, Real Madrid's No. 9 belongs to Stefano, Sandiana, Hugo Sanchez, and Morientes are a bit bleak compared to them.

Since Ronaldo's arrival last year, his transfer has been regarded as a major event by Real Madrid. In 2002, Real Madrid wanted to sell him to Barcelona who were struggling in the league, in order to make him agree to transfer to the sworn enemy, Florentino also specially talked to him and explained to him the relationship between Real Madrid and Barcelona, there is no barrier between each other, and the La Liga brotherhood is like a family...... If it weren't for Hierro, Raul and Guti's three generations of captains joining forces to force the palace and strongly demand to keep Morientes, he would have been a Barcelona player by now.

And this summer, his transfer has been under constant negotiations. Because he had few chances last year, he was left out of the Spanish national team. This was an unacceptable experience for him, and he began to think about playing elsewhere to earn himself a ticket to Euro 2004. And another thing this summer has accelerated this process: his agent Carvajal is also Casillas's economy, Casillas asked Real Madrid for a high salary, but was refused, and put pressure on Carvajal, Real Madrid said that anyone can take Morientes for only 10 million euros.

In order to get him gone, Real Madrid also mobilized the Spanish media, accusing Real Madrid of the emergence of "local gangs" that crowd out foreign players, which made the superstars unhappy: and pointed the arrow at Morientes, believing that he was the big cancer in the Real Madrid dressing room.

There is no place to stay here, there is a place to stay here. Tottenham, Inter Milan, Schalke 04 this summer, all thinking about bringing him in. But firstly, his salary is a little high, and secondly, in order to return to the national team, he is also more picky about his playing environment, and as a result, he has not been able to sign smoothly until the end of the transfer period. Schalke 04 and his negotiations continued on August 28, but they still failed to convince him to take a pay cut to join, and finally had to break down. In a fit of rage, Real Madrid simply agreed to Monaco's rent-to-buy offer, loaned him to Monaco for free, and paid 60% of his salary himself, while not even signing an avoidance clause - Real Madrid did not realize what a laughing stock and disaster this would be.

And Monaco, which has successfully strengthened the forward line, has finally completed the improvement of the lineup at this time.

Although Deschamps said that Morientes would only be in the team's training in September, after the draw was over, Morientes went to Monaco for the match on August 30. He was also in the stands to watch Monaco's match against Metz.

It's just that this game is really lackluster. Against relegation side Metz, Deschamps didn't let the team push too hard. There are so many games this season that they need to learn how to distribute their energy. In the game, the starting centre-forward was Adebayor from Metz, who also scored the only goal for Monaco, thus allowing Monaco to win another three points with a score of 1-0.

And after this game, Morientes visited the dressing room of the Monaco team directly. Surprisingly, he was accompanied to Monaco by Real Madrid's captain Raul.

"I don't know, we bought Raul too?" When he saw Raul, Deschamps couldn't help but tease, "Buy one get one free is indeed a good deal......

"I would also like to join Monaco, but not this time. I just sent Moreau. Raul said with a smile.

"Then I might have to say, Moreau, your driver played well." Gyuli also stepped forward and greeted Raul, "I really didn't expect you to come to see him off." ”

Although many people say that Morientes and Raul are best friends, on the football field, there are all kinds of scenes, and no one knows what their relationship is. But now, Raul, as the captain of Real Madrid, can send Morientes, who left the team, all the way from Madrid to Monaco, this friendship is really moving.

It seems that it is not impossible to talk about a couple's tattoo and reduce each other's salary. Gyuri thought to himself, and looked at the ankles of the two men to see if there were really tattoos of legendary flowers and buds.

"His driver doesn't just play well, if he's bullied here, you'll find out that his driver fights well." Raul patted Jiuli and greeted the others one by one, "This old friend of mine is too honest, honest, and clumsy. When you get here, you still have to take care of him. Trust me, he's a good striker and if you treat him well, he can bring you goals and trophies. ”

"League winner, or Champions League winner?" Gyuli teased.

Raul thought for a while, "It's best that you all take it, we Real Madrid will have a chance to win it in the future, but this season, if Morrow can prove himself, it will be much better than us winning the championship." ”

"Raul!" Morientes interrupted him, "Don't talk nonsense, you're the captain of Real Madrid. How could Real Madrid not win the title? ”

Deschamps looked at the two of them and smiled a little secretly in his heart: Raul is really a guy who is very good at being a person, and in the Monaco team, he flatters everyone in a few words. It's always not tiring to talk, what's the big deal about supporting the other team to win the championship in front of other teams?

And Morientes is really a bit clumsy...... It's him who wants to transfer, why is it that he is saying good things for Real Madrid, isn't he afraid of offending his new teammates?

"I'll just say, this guy is stupid, right? Can you anger the whole team of the new team with a single sentence, is this something that ordinary people can do? Such a guy, if you are serious with him, can you be in a hurry? ”

Raul's ridicule made Morientes blush, but the Monaco players all laughed, and Raul's few ridiculous words really made their anger disappear.

"Okay, I won't say more, you guys know this guy for yourselves." Before Raul left, he hugged Morientes again, "Brother, I won't be by your side in the future, be careful in everything." The players here are good, you won't lose. Play well, play well, let the whole of Europe see, my brother Morientes, is the best shè player in Europe, definitely qualified to play in any team! I'm in Madrid, waiting for you to come back, and we're going to make Madrid even greater! ”ω· u(8) Update the fastest reading network