Chapter 70 Super Death Group

Lin Fenglei didn't know how to answer Ferguson's words. Manchester United has encountered unprecedented challenges in the Premier League in recent years. Although Chelsea's threat to Manchester United after leaving Mourinho is not as great as before, and Arsenal's recent situation is not very good, their rival Manchester City has become the biggest opponent of Manchester United to win the championship after changing the rich Arab boss, and They are rich and often laugh to the end in the battle with Manchester United, so that Ferguson can't buy the players they need. Liverpool has also had a trend of revival in recent years. In addition to Tottenham Hotspur, Newcastle United, and the newly rising Swansea and other teams, Manchester United has encountered more and more challenges in the league.

After all, Ferguson is too old and less and less energetic. Therefore, although Manchester United still won the Premier League championship last season, they almost collapsed in the second half after accumulating a huge point advantage in the first half. It was not until the last round that they overwhelmed Manchester City on thin ice and won the championship by a narrow margin. And they won nothing in other competitions, including the UEFA Champions League. This also made Ferguson sigh with emotion and gave birth to retreat.

In Lin Fenglei's view, the Premier League is becoming more and more competitive, which has a lot to do with their fairer broadcasting fee sharing scheme. Their middle and downstream teams can also earn a huge amount of broadcasting fee income every year. Therefore, the strength gap between the teams is getting smaller and smaller. This is also the way Lin Fenglei hopes for the development of the Swiss Super League. To.

Of course, this is not necessarily a good thing for Ferguson. Manchester United spent too much energy in the league, resulting in nothing in other games.

Lin Fenglei thought for a moment and said, "Old Sir, I think you can work for a few more years. You are not that old. Besides, even if you really retire, with Manchester United's appeal, it can find the right head coach and continue to lead Manchester United forward.

Ferguson shook his head sadly: "I can't do it anymore, and it is difficult for Manchester United to find a head coach who can lead Manchester United to continue its glory. Unless it's you, is it possible for you to leave the Gosau team to Manchester United? After saying that, he stared straight into Lin Fenglei's eyes.

Lin Fenglei shook his head with a wry smile: "Old Sir, you know it's impossible. If I had left the Goshao team, I would have gone to other rich families long ago. You know, I have the same personality as you, and I also hope to build my own dynasty in a team.

Ferguson was disappointed. In fact, he knew that it was impossible, but his love for Manchester United still made him talk to Lin Fenglei. He laughed self-deprecatingly: "Actually, I shouldn't have opened my mouth. Forget it, I won't bother you. I'll go somewhere else. After saying that, he turned around and walked away.

Lin Fenglei looked at Ferguson's lonely back, and his eyes were full of respect. In any case, the old man who contributed his life to a club and was still planning for it before retirement was respectable.

The drawing ceremony officially began. The first draw was the fourth-level teams of the eight groups. As a result, the two teams that Lin Fenglei followed, Zurich was in Group A, and Dinamo Zagreb was in Group C. Subsequently, the third and second-level teams were also drawn respectively.

When it came to the draw of the most eye-catching seed team, everyone in the audience held their breath and waited for the host to pull out the name of a seed team.

The seed team in Group A is Chelsea, the seed team in Group B is AC Milan, the seed team in Group C is Hamburg, the seed team in Group D is Bayern Munich, the seed team in Group E is Barcelona, the seed team in Group F is Real Madrid, and the seed team in Group G is Manchester United. When it is drawn here, everyone knows Gosho will become the seeded team of Group H.

In this way, the group draw for this season's UEFA Champions League group stage is over. The grouping form is as follows:

Group A: Chelsea, England, Juventus, Italy, Eindhoven, Netherlands, Zurich, Switzerland;

Group B: Italy AC Milan, Spain Valencia, England Tottenham Hotspur, Russia Moscow Sparta;

Group C: Hamburg, Germany, Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine, Rangers Scotland, Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia;

Group D: Bayern Munich, Germany, Atletico Madrid, Spain, Galatasaray, Turkey, Panasinaikos, Greece;

Group E: Barcelona, Spain, Lyon, France, Copenhagen, Denmark, Kazan, Russia;

Group F: Real Madrid, Spain, Inter Milan, Italy, Welda Bremen, Germany, AEK, Greece;

Group G: Manchester United England, Schalke of Germany, Sporting Lisbon, Portugal, Rosenborg, Norway;

Group H: Gosau, Switzerland, Manchester, England, Saint-Germain, Paris, France, and the Central Army of Sofia, Bulgaria.

After the lottery results came out, many people took a deep breath, and several groups of death appeared in this group. In Group A, in addition to Zurich's weak strength, Chelsea and Juventus are both strong giants, and Eindhoven was also the champion of the UEFA Europa League last season, which cannot be underestimated. Juventus' strength could have been fully ranked in the seed team, but due to their average performance in European competitions in the past few seasons, they could only be ranked in second gear this season, so they were in a group with Chelsea.

Group B and Group F can also be called the group of death. There are three five league teams in each of these two groups, which are quite strong, and they have to fight for two qualifying places.

But after reading the list of Group H, the head coaches who thought they were divided into the group of death still patted themselves on the chest. Fortunately, they were not included in this group, because the strength of this group was too abnormal. Needless to say, the defending champion Gosho team is extremely strong in strength and momentum, and no one wants to be in a group with them. Manchester City is an upstart in the Premier League. After having a rich Arab boss, they have been a strong contender for the Premier League championship in recent years.

But when it comes to money, the owner of any team can't be compared with the owner of Paris Saint-Germain. In 2011, the Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund, managed by Qatari Crown Prince Tamim Arsani, acquired most of the shares of Paris Saint-Germain and became the new owner of Paris Saint-Germain. Tamim Arsani, born in 1980, is not only the crown prince of Qatar, but also the National Olympic Committee of Qatar. The chairman and member of the International Olympic Committee is the number one figure in Qatar's sports industry. The Qatar Sports Investment Fund under the management of Tamim Alsani is a sovereign investment fund owned by Qatar. The fund's assets are conservatively estimated to be more than $60 billion.

With such a rich boss, Paris Saint-Germain has of course changed his gun. In recent years, they have made a big attack in the transfer market. They have invited the famous Italian coach Ansenotti and spent a lot of money to introduce Thiago. Silva, Ibrahimovic, Pastore, Ravitch, Mora, Vandeville and other big-name stars. In the past two seasons, Tamim Arsani has invested nearly 300 million euros in Paris Saint-Germain, which has also rejuvenated this old French giant that has been silent for many years. They entered the group stage of the Champions League this season, but because they rarely participated in European events in the previous seasons, they could only be in the third place, which created this super death group.

How can such a group not let people take a breath? In addition to the fact that the Central Army in Sofia, Bulgaria can only play soy sauce in this group, it is not surprising that the other three teams will win the final championship of the Champions League this season, but they need to fight to the death for two qualifying places.

The coaches of other strong teams have turned their complex eyes to the head coaches of these three teams. Of course, most of these eyes are still gloating, because in any case, a super strong team with the strength to win the championship will be eliminated in the group stage, which is for other teams that aspire to win the championship. Of course, it's a big thing.