Chapter 17 UEFA Champions League Group Draw

The second day after playing the UEFA Super Cup was the group draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League, so Lin Fenglei did not go back with the Gosau team, but stayed here to prepare for the lottery ceremony. He also called Chen Bing and asked about her situation. After learning that everything was normal, he was relieved.

You should know that Chen Bing's due date is early November, and it is only more than two months away. Of course, Lin Fenglei will be a little nervous. However, he thought that Chen Bing was taken care of by her father and mother, and there was nothing to worry about. But if he said so, he was still a little worried. He couldn't wait for the lottery ceremony to be held earlier so that he could return to Chen Bing to accompany her.

This is the difference between a married man and a young man. In their hearts, there is always a family.

Although he was a little impatient, the draw ceremony of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League was very important. There was no reason for Lin Fenglei not to attend. Finally, on the evening of August 29, Lin Fenglei came to the scene of the draw ceremony early.

As soon as he entered the hall, Lin Fenglei saw a lot of familiar faces, and some head coaches who had a good relationship with him also came over to say hello to him. Now Lin Fenglei is unknown to everyone in Europe.

Lin Fenglei also shouted with these head coaches one by one, and then found a seat to sit down. He glanced at the hall and found that many old faces had disappeared. Many teams have changed their coaches this season, which is also the rule of football. If your performance of leading the team can't meet the boss's expectations, you have to leave. No matter how famous coach you are, from this point of view, Lin Fenglei is the least pressure among the head coach. Yes, because he is the boss himself, he will never fire himself.

Of course, there are also some retired head coaches, especially Ferguson, the legendary coach of Manchester United, who is also one of Lin Fenglei's few friends in the European giants. Unfortunately, it is impossible to see him on such an occasion again.

Just when Lin Fenglei was melancholy, a thin middle-aged man walked to Lin Fenglei and stretched out his right hand to Lin Fenglei. Lin Fenglei quickly stood up and stretched out his right hand to hold it with the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man introduced himself with a cheerful smile, "Hello, Mr. Lin, I'm David. Moyes, you can call me David. It's nice to meet you!"

Lin Fenglei secretly said that he was the new coach of Manchester United, Moyes. He had never met Moyes, but only saw his photos on the Internet, but the photos are always different from real people. Lin Fenglei also said with a smile, "Hello, David, I'm glad to meet you, too!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, let go of their hands, and sat down in their seats. Lin Fenglei said, "Congratulations on becoming the head coach of Manchester United!"

Moyes laughed and said, "Actually, you had a good chance to sit in this position."

Lin Fenglei was a little stunned. He looked at Moyes and said with a wry smile, "You don't seem to mind at all."

Moyes laughed, as if he was very happy to see Lin Fenglei like this: "Of course, I mind a little, but isn't this a normal choice? I was nothing at your age, but you already have three St. Blaed's Cups. If I were the boss of Manchester United, I would consider you first. However, now that I have become the head coach of Manchester United, I will definitely try to prove that their choice is not wrong.

Lin Fenglei nodded and said, "Although we haven't met, I also know that you are an excellent head coach. I believe you will reshape Manchester United."

Moyes shook his head at this time: "Well, I didn't know until I took office that it's not easy to be the head coach of Manchester United."

Lin Fenglei knows Moyes's feelings, because Moyes has not led a big team, and in a rich team like Manchester United, personnel management is a very headache for him. Whether he can pinch Manchester United's stars into a combative team is the key to his success or failure in Manchester United.

In addition, Manchester United has made a lot of resistance to signing this season, and has not been able to buy any influential stars until now. Seeing that the summer transfer period is coming to an end, Moyes has also been anxious about this. This is also because Moyes is not qualified enough in the rich family and does not have as much influence as Ferguson, so many things are not as smooth as when Ferguson was in office.

In fact, he took the initiative to greet Lin Fenglei today. It was also Moyes who was called by Ferguson to have a good relationship with Lin Fenglei, because the relationship between Gosho Club and Manchester United Club has always been good. If this relationship can be maintained, it will be very beneficial to Moyes.

Originally, Moyes was still not sure about the conversation between the two, but after real contact, he found that Lin Fenglei was still a very good person to deal with. Of course, this was also because Moyes had a very sincere attitude when he came up. For such people, Lin Fenglei has always been very easy to deal with. On the contrary, such as If anyone is rude to Lin Fenglei first, Lin Fenglei will be more rude than him.

The two talked happily. In the process of their conversation, some head coaches who were familiar with each other kept coming to greet them.

Gradually, all the 32 head coaches who entered the group stage of the UEFA Champions League this season have arrived, and some other guests have also come to the venue. The drawing ceremony is about to begin, and Lin Fenglei and Moyes have returned to the seats arranged for them by the organizers of the drawing ceremony.

The host of today's lottery ceremony walked to the rostrum at this time. He first introduced the 32 teams that entered the group stage of the Champions League, including which teams belong to which level. After the introduction, he began to draw lots.

First of all, eight fourth-level teams were drawn. The results of the draw were: Group A, Sofia Levsky, Bulgaria; Group B, Olympiakos, Greece; Group C, Twente, the Netherlands; Group D, Slavia, Prague, Czechia; Group E, Serbia, Belgrade Guerrillas; Group F, Croce Dinamo Ya Zagreb; Group G, Ukraine Kharkiv Metallurgical Team; Group H, Galatasaray, Turkey.

Among the fourth-level teams, Dynamo Zagreb, Croatia, is more concerned by Lin Fenglei. They have a good relationship with Gosho. Now they still have several players who have transferred from Gosho or on loan, and the Turkish Galatasaray in Group H is also very eye-catching. Their reality The strength is not weak, and they are difficult to deal with at home. Although they have fallen to the fourth level because of their poor performance in European competitions in these two seasons, they are by no means a fish team. They are divided into Group H, which means that Group H may be a difficult group.

Next, eight third-level teams were also drawn one by one. They are: Group A, Scottish Celtics; Group B, Central Army Moscow, Russia; Group C, Villarreal, Spain; Group D, Zurich, Switzerland; Group E, Austria Sa Holzburg; Group F, Leverkusen, Germany; Group G, Anderlecht, Belgium; Group H, Feyenoord, Netherlands.

There are two four major league teams in the third-level team, that is, Spain's Villarreal in Group C and German Leverkusen in Group F, which means that these two groups are likely to become the group of death, and the Dutch team drawn in Group H is not a soft persimmon, plus Group H. The overall strength of Group H of the fourth-level team, Turkey's Galatasalay, will also be very strong, and none of the remaining 16 team coaches hope to draw into these three groups.

After the eight teams in the second level were pulled out, the head coaches of several teams looked a little bad. The main teams in the second level were: Group A, Valencia, Spain; Group B, Paris Saint-Germain, France; Group C, Arsenal, England; Group D, Naples, Italy; Group E, France National Bordeaux; Group F, Manchester City, England; Group G, German Schalke 04; Group H, German Dortmund.

Arsenal head coach Wenger's face is very grim, Manchester City's new head coach Mark. Hughes's face was also not good-looking, and Dortmund's head coach Klopp's face also showed a thoughtful look, probably thinking about how much threat Feyenoord and Galatasaray were to themselves.

Finally, it was the ownership of the eight most eye-catching seed teams. After all the eight seed teams were pulled out, the whole hall exclaimed, but some people smiled relaxedly. The results of the eight seed teams are: Group A, England Manchester United; Group B, Italy AC Milan; Group C, Germany Bayern Munich; Group D, Spain Real Madrid; Group E, Switzerland's Gosau; Group F, Spain Barcelona; Group G, England Chelsea; Group H, Italy Juventus Team Si.

Manchester United's new head coach Moyes's face smiled with relief. He was very satisfied with the group he was assigned to. In fact, after the second-level team was pulled out, he was relieved, because among the most difficult Group C and Group F, the second-level teams were all England, so his Manchester United It is absolutely impossible for the team to be drawn into these two groups. He is only worried that he will be divided into Group H. After the host was the first to pull out the name of Manchester United, he was completely relieved. At least the group stage was not difficult for Manchester United.

Moyes looked at Lin Fenglei and made a congratulatory gesture to him. Lin Fenglei nodded to him and smiled. This time, the Gosho team was really lucky, which was rare. The group they were divided into can be said to be the simplest group.