Chapter 7 UEFA Champions League Group Draw

At the post-match press conference, Stramaggioni was asked why he lost to Gosho in this game: "I have only coached independently for one season, and Lin has been coaching Gosho for five seasons, which is the difference between us. After I coach Inter Milan for a few more seasons, I believe everyone will see a different Inter Milan.

And Lin Fenglei then said, "Yes, young people still need to experience."

This sentence made Stramaggioni very angry, but he had no choice. Who let Inter Milan in this game? If he could defeat Gosho in this game, he would have said this now.

The day after the Super Cup, Caquetas led Gosho back to Switzerland, and Lin Fenglei will stay in Monaco to participate in the draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League group stage here.

On the evening of August 31, at the scene of the draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League group stage, all the head coaches of the 32 teams participating in the group stage of the UEFA Champions League this season came here, and 8 groups in the Champions League finals will be selected here tonight.

As soon as Lin Fenglei arrived at the venue, he saw Ferguson drinking at a table. He smiled and went to Ferguson and sat down and said, "Your Majesty, you came early today."

Ferguson took a sip of wine and said, "This place is less than once."

Lin Fenglei's heart moved: "When have you decided to retire?"

Ferguson said: "Yes, I will retire at the end of this season. In fact, if I can't find someone to take over, I'm ready to retire this season. With that, he took a deep look at Lin Fenglei.

Lin Fenglei was sweated by Ferguson's eyes. Ferguson's eyes made him feel uncomfortable, as if he was sorry for Ferguson. He said with a smile, "Well, my lord, can't I help it?"

Ferguson sighed and said, "I don't blame you. You are the same kind of person as me. You don't want to eat ready-made food. You always want to make a world by yourself. You are more successful in Gosau now than I am in Manchester United. Why do you leave all this to take over me?

Lin Fenglei quickly said, "I'm far worse than you. You have won 21 league championships at Manchester United."

Ferguson took another sip of wine and said with a lonely expression, "I don't have as many champions as you at your age. Now that I'm old, I don't even dare to drink too much. If my old lady sees me drinking so much, she will definitely nag. Anyway, after the end of this season, I will retire anyway.

Lin Fenglei saw that Ferguson was in a bad mood and stopped talking to him. He took a glass of red wine to drink with Ferguson.

The head coaches walked into the hall one after another, and many head coaches who were familiar with Lin Fenglei and Ferguson came to say hello to them. Now Lin Fenglei, like Ferguson, is a world-class head coach. Even those who don't like them must respect them.

Zurich defeated Russian Zenit 3-2 in the last qualifying round and entered the group stage of the Champions League. Their head coach Charles Landes came to greet Lin Fenglei and Ferguson.

Lin Fenglei smiled at Charles Landes and said, "Congratulations to your Zurich team for entering the group stage. I hope you can draw a good draw."

Charles Landes sighed, "We are the fourth team, and I don't expect to draw any good lots. On the contrary, you are the seed team, and you are more likely to draw a good draw.

Ferguson smiled and said, "With his luck, I bet that he will definitely draw a group of death this time."

Lin Fenglei shook his head and said with a self-deprecating smile, "Yes, I don't understand why we draw the group of death every time."

A man behind him said, "With your strength, you can qualify in any group, but the team in which you are divided into will have a higher probability of death."

Lin Fenglei looked back and found that it was Magat, the head coach of Schalke 04. Several people quickly greeted him and asked Magat to sit down. Lin Fenglei said, "You are sticking gold on my face. Whether you can qualify or not, it won't be a bad thing to be divided into a better group. My brain cells are much less dead."

Several people laughed together. At this time, Real Madrid's head coach Mourinho came over. He politely greeted Ferguson, then nodded to the others present and left with their heads held high.

Magat looked a little ugly and snorted. How can he say that he is also a well-known coach in Europe? How can Mourinho have such an attitude?

Ferguson said, "This is Jose's temper."

Lin Fenglei said with a wry smile, "I'm afraid it's because he saw me here."

Everyone knows that Mourinho and Lin Fenglei are not dealing with it, so Magat's face is a little pale.

After the head coaches of the 32 teams arrived, the lottery ceremony officially began. First of all, eight fourth-level teams were drawn. The results of the draw were: Group A, Salzburg, Austria; Group B, Twente, the Netherlands; Group C, Copenhagen, Denmark; Group D, Olympiacos, Greece; Group E, Germany, Hungary; Group F, Zurich, Switzerland; Group G, Belgium Standard League. ; Group H, Scottish Celtics.

Then there were 8 third-level teams. The results of the draw were: Group A, Sevilla, Spain; Group B, Galatasalai, Turkey; Group C, Porto, Portugal; Group D, Naples, Italy; Group E, Ajax, Netherlands; Group F, Panasinaikos, Greece; Group G , CSKA Moscow; Group H, Portuguese Benfica.

After all the third-level teams were selected, there was already some tense atmosphere in the venue, because there are five major league teams in the third-level teams, and teams such as Porto and Benfica are not good. This season, Turkey's Galata Salei team has introduced Sneid and Drogba. After the card star, the strength has also increased by leaps and bounds, so it is likely that there will be several death groups in this lottery ceremony.

Eight teams in the second grade were also drawn. They are: Group A, German Schalke 04; Group B, Ukrainian Donetsk Miners; Group C, England Arsenal; Group D, German Dortmund; Group E, Italy AC Milan; Group F, France Bordeaux; Group G, Paris, France Saint-Germain; Group H, Manchester City, England.

After all the teams in the second level have been pulled out, many of the head coaches' faces are not very good-looking. Several groups have already had the prototype of the death group. For example, Group A has two teams in the five major leagues, Sevilla and Schalke 04, Group C's Arsenal and Porto is not weak. The two teams in Group D, Naples and Dortmund, believe that neither team will underestimate them. If another powerful seed team is drawn in these groups, it is believed that there will be a collision like Mars and Earth in the group stage.

The host who drew lots on the spot was also very good at stiring everyone's appetite. He put his hand into the box with the list of eight seed teams and began to pull out the seed team, but he reached halfway and pulled out his hand again. He smiled and said to the nervous head coaches under the stage, "It seems that everyone is very nervous. I'm looking forward to drawing. What's the result of the signature?"

The coaches under the stage laughed, and the tension was dispelled a little.

The host continued: "Actually, I'm looking forward to the result of the lottery as much as everyone else. I'm more nervous than everyone else. If you don't believe it, please have a look. My palms are already sweating." With that, he opened the palm of his hand for everyone to see. Sure enough, there was sweat on it.

The head coaches burst into laughter again.

Regardless of the expensive Armani, the host ignored the suit he was wearing. He wiped his body with the palms of his hands and dried the sweat before he said, "I didn't smoke just now because my hands were sweating. Now it's easy to draw lots after wiping it clean. Okay, now I'm going to start drawing lots. Please pay attention.

As the host spoke, he put his right hand into the box.