Chapter 0931, Champions League group stage draw
On August 30, 2011, at the International Exhibition and Convention Center in Monaco, the grand draw for the Champions League group stage was held as scheduled.
Countless European giants head coaches, presidents, celebrities and others gathered here, looking forward to the announcement of the draw group.
However, because of the second round of Serie A two days later, Yunsheng did not attend, and the club sent sports manager Marotta to participate in the draw ceremony.
Over time, the grouping of the 2011-2012 Champions League group stage has been revealed!
Group A: Bayern Munich, Roma, Manchester City, Atletico Greece.
Group B: Inter Milan, Monaco, CSKA Moscow, Trabzonspor
Group C: Manchester United, Benfica, Basel, Galatz Steel.
Group D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb.
Group E: Chelsea, Bayer Leverkusen, Valencia, Genk.
Group F: Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Olympiacos.
Group G: Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Porto.
Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Zenit, Hannover 96.
The results of this draw made a lot of people excited!
Especially reporters and fans, they are full of expectations for this interesting grouping!
At the end of each grouping, reporters like to find the so-called death group the most to create hot news, and this time the recognized death group is Group A.
The four teams in Group A, Bayern Munich, Roma, Manchester City, and Atletico Greek, are all not to be underestimated.
Bayern is the hegemon of the Bundesliga, and the odds of winning the Champions League every year are at the top of the list.
Roma have invested a lot this season, and the addition of a number of strong reinforcements has made them one of the best in Europe on paper.
In recent years, the biggest local tycoon Manchester City, they have continued to make large-scale reinforcements year after year, which has greatly increased the strength of the team, this season they spent 45 million euros to buy Aguero, setting a transfer record this summer, and after several seasons of running-in, Manchester City's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the competitiveness in the Premier League and the Champions League is also increasing.
Although Atlético Greeks is not very famous, the team is not the kind of fish belly that can be slaughtered by others with its excellent overall play.
In this group, it is possible that whoever will come out on top and advance to the next round of elimination.
The result of the draw for Group B is also very exciting, with Monaco, the winner of the Champions League in 0910, meeting Inter Milan, the winner of the Champions League in 1011.
In the Champions League final of the 0910 season, Monaco stepped on the shoulders of Inter Milan to reach the top, delaying Mourinho's dream of winning the title by a year. Although the coaches of both teams were no longer Monaco and Inter Milan at that time, the grievances between the two teams still existed, and in this Champions League group stage, whether Monaco continued to suppress Inter Milan or Inter Milan successfully took revenge, which is a big attraction.
The other two teams, CSKA Moscow and Trabzonspor Sport, are weaker and have little chance of progressing to the next knockout round.
The same mortal enemy met, and there was another pair of rivals.
The draw for Group H is also highly anticipated, with Barcelona and AC Milan meeting again in a fierce battle in the same group.
The two teams have also met in the Champions League on several occasions and the feud between them will continue in the Champions League this season.
In the memory of Yunsheng's later parallel world, the most impressive scene of the two teams in this Champions League was Pato's 24-second lightning goal, which single-handedly broke down the weak Barcelona defense.
I wonder if this will happen in this world......
The other two teams, Zenit and Hannover 96, although they also performed well last season, can only run in front of the two strong teams......
In addition to these two pairs of bitter enemies, the other two teams also met again in the group stage.
Real Madrid and Lyon in Group D, they have frequently played each other in the Champions League in recent seasons, especially in the quarterfinals last season, Real Madrid eliminated Lyon before continuing to advance. In previous seasons, Lyon faced Real Madrid with more wins and fewer losses, and this time the two teams met, and the magical command of Mourinho was attached, and the duel between the two teams was very interesting.
Apart from them, Ajax are the team that has won the Champions League the most times outside of the top five leagues, and they have a lot of new stars in the squad and will also be spoilers.
Outside of those three teams, Dinamo Zagreb shivered on the sidelines. This group is also fully equipped with the attributes of the group of death.
The draw between Manchester United and Chelsea was much luckier than these strong groups.
In Group C, in addition to the Premier League hegemon Manchester United, the remaining three teams, Benfica, Basel, and Galatz Steel, are much weaker, and it seems that Manchester United is an ironclad thing to qualify from the group.
The same can be said for Chelsea in Group E, who are not a super-quality team. Bayer Leverkusen, Valencia and Genk, who are much weaker than the Blues, have been drawn by Chelsea and are almost one foot in the knockout rounds.
As fellow Premier League teams, Arsenal's road to promotion is also difficult.
None of the four teams in Group F, Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille and Olympiacos are easy to play against. Although Arsenal are very strong, with two consecutive wins at the start of the new season, they are currently leading the Premier League standings, but their opponents are also strong.
Borussia Dortmund won the domestic double last season, and their squad is full of young players and young players, and they have been invincible in the Bundesliga, and even Bayern fell at their feet last season.
Marseille also performed well in Ligue 1, finishing second in the league last season just behind Monaco. Their artistic style of football is elegant.
The other team, Olympiacos, is also a hot team with strong offense and weak defense, not only is it super strong, but their devil's home advantage is very obvious, and no team can guarantee that they will bargain there.
In such a matchup between four teams with full attacking power, no team has an absolute certainty of its appearance. What is certain, though, is that Group F may be the best group stage matchup to watch.
And what Juventus fans are most concerned about is, of course, the grouping of their own teams.
In Group G, in addition to Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto are also in the same group.
Seeing this grouping, countless Juventus fans rushed to tell each other and were excited!
This group is too weak!
One is a team that has fallen in La Liga, and the other two are just teams from Ukraine and Portugal, which are not our Juventus opponents at all.
In this season's Champions League group stage, our Juventus have won the promotion!
However, as the coach of Juventus, Yunsheng was very cautious and even a little worried when facing reporters for interviews......