Chapter 178 Champions League Group Draw 3

Before the lottery ceremony began, in the prelude, reporters began to interview some stars and coaches on the spot.

Among several teams in England, Mourinho's Chelsea has attracted more attention than Manchester United, because everyone knows that although there are three UEFA's best coach nominations, the young Mourinho has definitely won the title of best coach with his performance in leading Porto to the triple crown last year.

Today, Mourinho came to the lottery with three stars, Carvalho, Lampard and Terry, which is also attractive enough. In contrast, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool all have only one or two stars.

Manchester United and Liverpool are two people, but the well-known Arsenal has only one - Henry, the king of highbury.

As for other league teams, only Real Madrid can compare with Chelsea. Both reporters, players, coaches and bosses have to admire Chelsea's handwriting. Two years ago, Chelsea was really a small club (compared with the rich), but after spending 200 million euros in two years, the current cut Ersi's 'outline lineup' can be compared with Real Madrid.

Don't forget that Chelsea coach Mourinho is the biggest star!

This was enough to attract most of the reporters to interview, so on this stage, Chelsea became the protagonist, and Benitez stood in the corner with Gerard and several people, as if they were a package.

Don Jack looks pitiful for them...' Fortunately, I was not invited...' He thought so.

However, soon, he changed his mind.

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In order to ensure the balance of each group, 32 teams are divided into four grades according to the points of European competitions, and each group has one in each of the four grades. In this way, the balance can ensure that strong teams will not be encountered in the group stage, so as to ensure the level of the Champions League knockout stage.

The grades of this grouping are---

First gear: Porto, Real Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern, A Coruna, Arsenal;

Second gear: AC Milan, Liverpool, Juventus, Inter Milan, Rome, Lyon, Chelsea, Panathinaikos;

The third gear: Eindhoven, Leverkusen, Celtic, Sparta Prague, Monaco, Anderlecht, Ajax, Paris Saint-Germain;

The fourth gear: Rosenborg, Thessaloniki, Dinamore Kiev, Olympiakos, Bremen, Fenerbahce, Shakhtar Donetsk, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Lokomotiv Moscow.

Last season, Liverpool did not perform well in European competitions. In addition, the results in recent years have not been very good, and there is a gap between the competition points with other teams, so Liverpool is divided into the second-class team. At the beginning of the draw, the beautiful female host first presented the award of the best coach, Chelsea's head coach, the former Porto champion coach Jose. Mourinho undoubtedly won the award. He walked to the podium with a happy smile. After winning the trophy, he took the lead in drawing the group for the eight seeded teams.

After that, it was the turn of each star player's award ceremony.

Every player who receives the award will draw a group for a team until the last player comes on the stage and draws the last group, and then the ceremony is completed. Such a ceremony looks interesting, because it is not only related to the grouping of the club, but also the top stars can be seen at the ceremony.

Among them, the most eye-catching is Ronaldinho, the Brazilian, the core of Barcelona's midfield team. This star, which has a bit of a 'beast' meaning, has his nomination this season after taking away the honor of World Footballer's Player last season. According to the analysis, if Barcelona's half-way performance follows, then the World Footballer of the Year will still be Ronaldinho.

This is the real powerful party!

※※※"No. 14, Group A, Liverpool!" When Ronaldinho read the number in his hand, Benitez laughed, Gerald laughed, and the others also laughed.

Only Mourinho secretly complained, "Shit luck!"

What this means is self-evident.

When Mourinho drew the group for the eight seeded teams, the seeded team in Group A was La Coruña. This team is probably the worst of the eight seeded teams. What's stronger is last season's Champions League champion Porto. Except for these two teams, the other teams are all Barcelona and Real Madrid. , like Bayern Munich... It's really lucky that Liverpool can draw Group A.

However, Mourinho was soon in no mood to complain, because Chelsea drew Group H, that is to say, they were in a group with Porto.

For other second-level teams, this signing is really good, but it is not very good for Chelsea. Mourinho and several of his love will still play in Porto last season. Now things are wrong, and they have completely become opponents.

After that, the beautiful hostess announced other award winners---

Best midfielder, Liverpool, Steven. Gerard!"

"Tmd, Fuck!" Don Jack couldn't help complaining directly. While he was secretly happy for his good friend, he was also a little jealous. Just now, he was gloating and watching Gerard stand in the corner, but now this guy is very bright on stage to receive the award.

Gerard was dressed in a straight suit, showing his handsomeness and sunshine. After he came on stage, he took the trophy from the award guests with both hands and replied with a smile, "Thank you, thank you!"

But Don Jack in front of the TV knew that this guy's scheming. He thought that this guy knew that he was watching in front of the TV, that's why he behaved like this. However, Don Jack, who already knew Gerard very well, still saw a little pride on Gerald's face.

This kind of complacency Gerrard usually does not show it in front of fans and reporters, but Don Jack has already seen through him. This guy is definitely a super dark man...

Well, it doesn't seem to matter.

The important thing is that Gerrard has begun to draw groups for other teams. The following is---

"No. 26, Group A, Monaco."

Another Group A!

This luck is really not very good. Among the third-level team, Monaco is definitely a strong team. This French team is a strong contender for the Ligue 1 championship every year. In the UEFA Champions League the year before last, they also reached the top eight. Such international competition results, for a third-tier team, is already It can't be better.

Seeing this, Jack Don was not interested, and he was waiting for the final announcement of the result.

The ceremony is very complicated to say, but it is also very fast. Every process of receiving the award will not exceed one minute, and then there will be a lottery. Under the waiting mood of Don Jack, all the groups will be drawn soon.

Finally, the lottery result was typed on the TV screen---

Group A: A Coruña, Liverpool, Monaco, Olympiacos.

Group B: Real Madrid, Rome, Leverkusen, Dinamor Kiev.

Group C: Bayern, Juventus, Ajax, Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Group D: Manchester United, Lyon, Sparta Prague, Fenerbahce.

Group E: Arsenal, Panasinaikos, Eindhoven, Rosenberg.

Group F: Barcelona, AC Milan, Celtic, Shakhtar Donetsk.