Chapter 553 UEFA Champions League Draw Next
The UEFA Champions League from 2001 to 2002 is still in the form of three rounds of qualifying matches plus two group matches and two rounds of knockout matches. This draw is the top 32 draws in the group stage. The 32 teams participating in the draw are divided into four grades according to the European points, and then drawn into four groups respectively. In the away round robin, the top two advanced.
Four Serie A teams appeared in the peripheral group stage of the Champions League this time. According to the data released by UEFA yesterday, Inter Milan and Juventus are the first-class teams, and the other six seeded teams are Real Madrid, Manchester United, Bayern, Barcelona, Liverpool and Arsenal. Rome and Lazio are in the second grade. They are joined by small giants such as Dortmund, Porto, Lyon, A Coruña, Galatasaray and Maloka, and European losers.
Although Inter Milan has always been regarded as a rich family and rich, their results in the Champions League have not been achieved. Moratti took over as the chairman of Inter on February 18, 1995. Since he took office, Inter's previous results in the UEFA Champions League have been bleak, 95-96: did not participate in the Champions League, 96-97: did not participate UEFA Champions League, 97-98: did not participate in the Champions League, 98-99: UEFA Champions League top 8 (lost 1:3 to the later champion Manchester United in two rounds), 99-00: did not participate in the Champions League, 00-01: UEFA Champions League qualifying match, two rounds 0:1 eliminated by Sweden's Helsingborg.
It's a little high for them to be included in the third level with such a Champions League result. The reason why they can be included in the first level is that their League Cup results are excellent.
According to UEFA rules, the determination of the seed team is determined by the European points of each team in the past five seasons. The top 8 teams are naturally the seeded team, and the distribution of the following teams depends on the number of points
UEFA rules stipulate that every time you participate in a group stage or knockout match of a UEFA Champions League or UEFA Cup, if you win, you will get 2 points, 1 point in a draw, and no points will be lost; points in the qualifying and play-offs of the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup will be reduced according to the level, such as the UEFA Champions League. The qualifying match is to win 1 point, while the League Cup qualifying match will increase from 0.25 to 1.5 according to the qualification level. In addition, the participating teams will also have bonus points. After participating in six UEFA Champions League group matches, they will get 3 bonus points, and each round of the knockout match will have 1 point, for example, the top 16 teams in the UEFA Champions League will There are 4 bonus points, and the team will also have 4 points in the second round of the League Cup. However, this is not the team's final points.
Because UEFA also needs to determine the points of each national league based on the points of each club. In each season, the average score of points obtained by all teams participating in the European game in each national league is the points of the national league in that season. For example, last season, there were eight teams in La Liga that participated in the European game, namely Barcelona, Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal, Seville, Valencia, A Coruña and Atletico Santander. All eight teams scored a total of 106.5 points. The European game of La Liga last season The score is 13.312 points. The team's final points should be the points obtained by the team's game, plus 20% of the country's league points.
Inter Milan did not participate in the Champions League in the 96-97 season, but they were the runners-up of the UEFA Cup. They only lost to Germany's Schalke 04 in a penalty kick in the final. They did not participate in the Champions League in the 97-98 season, but Inter Milan won the UEFA Cup that year. They won Lazio 3:0 in the final, and the 98-99 season was Euro. The top 8 was the champion of the UEFA Cup last season, so although Inter Milan's results in the Champions League are terrible, they have been included in the first level with the results of the UEFA Cup in the past five years.
Third-grade Schalke 04, Leverkusen, Dynamo Kiev, Lokomotiv Moscow, Rosenberg, Alkmaar, Eindhoven, Olympiakos. The eight teams in the fourth grade are Anderlecht, Sparta Prague, Panathinaikos, Bovista, Celtics, Fenerbahce, Lille and Nantes.
The group draw of the qualifying match adopts the principle of the same league avoidance, and stagger their match date and home and away games as much as possible to facilitate watching and broadcasting. In fact, after the four levels of teams come out, each team generally knows which teams they may encounter, but because the second level has Rome and more For strong teams like Tmund and Lazio, the third stage are Eindhoven, Leverkusen and Schalke 04. It must be difficult to play if they are drawn. Therefore, when former French Football Association President Faiad and UEFA Secretary-General Egner presided over the draw ceremony, the head coaches were still worried that they would be drawn if they were unlucky. Several strong teams.
Jiang Mu sat in the second row with Morati and Vieri, and happened to be in the row with Shilinjia and Lin Nazhou, but in different areas. Because of Ronaldinho's transfer, the relationship between Shilinjia and Jiang Mu has eased. After Dalma's loaned to Alkma, Shilingia has a lot more favorable to Jiang Mu. Before the drawing ceremony, they were still discussing whether Inter Milan and Alkmaar would draw a group.
For Alkmaar, which group to draw is very important. Their current strength is different from when Jiang Mu was there. I can't imagine winning the championship at all. Being able to qualify in the group is a victory. Although Inter Milan is not afraid of anyone, the Champions League draw is also very important. If they meet a few strong teams, they will consume a lot first. Strength is a long process for the team that wants to win the championship, and a little more consumption is unfavorable.
After the lottery ceremony began, Faiade, the former president of the French Football Association, drew eight seed teams first, and Inter Milan was drawn to Group D. The other seven seed teams are Real Madrid in Group A, Liverpool in Group B, Arsenal in Group C, Juventus in Group E, Barcelona in Group F, Manchester United in Group G, and Bayern in Group H.
Then UEFA Secretary-General Egner drew out the second-tier team, and Rome was drawn to the first group of Real Madrid, which aroused the exclamation of the guests and reporters at the scene. Rome is strong. Although it is the second team, it is by no means worse than the first team. Rome, Dortmund and Lazio dominate the death. The three teams in the group.
UEFA Secretary-General Egner's second draw is Dortmund. They are separated from Liverpool in Group B, which is another prototype of Group of Death.
Next, Maroka was drawn to Group C, which gave Arsene's head coach Wenger a breath. After Turkey's Galatasaray was drawn to Group D, the other teams were relieved, but Jiang Mu and Moratti frowned. They were not afraid that their opponents were strong, but against Galatasaray, he We do have a headache, because Galatasaray's home court is known as the home of hell. The fans are very crazy and like to make trouble. I'm afraid this will bring great risks to Inter Milan fans who go to help. Even Inter Milan's players can't guarantee that they will not be attacked by rival fans.
Then Porto was drawn to Group E where Juventus was located, Lyon was drawn to Group F where Barcelona was located, La Coruña and Manchester United in Group G were together, and the strong Lazio was drawn to Group H of the defending champion Bayern.
The first gear and the second gear are only the two conditions that constitute the death group. It is the team that really forms the death group. The three groups at the beginning are calm. Lokomotiv Moscow, Kiev Dinamo, Schalke 04, and the ABC three groups were drawn respectively. Although Schalke 04 is not weak, he and The second team in the same group, Mallaca, is not strong, so this group is just a second place battle, and no team can shake Arsenal's qualification.
However, when Alkmaar was drawn to Group D of Inter Milan, the venue was a little **. Even the former French Football Association President Faiad and UEFA Secretary-General Eggner couldn't help looking at Jiang Mu. Everyone knows that Jiang Mu, the head coach of Inter Milan, the most popular team in Europe, is the original Arc. Marle's head coach, and Jiang Mu and Alkmaar's manager still have a little ambiguous relationship. If they are divided into a group, there will be a lot of stories.
Jiang Mu also saw that Shringer was looking at him. He shrugged his shoulders at Shringer and looked helpless, because the football match was unpredictable, and it was likely that they would eventually fall into a decisive battle.
Then Rosenberg was drawn to Group E, and Leverkusen was drawn to Group F. This group of death is impossible. Barcelona in Group F is the strongest. In the past two years, Barcelona's strength has declined very much, but it is also difficult for Lyon and Leverkusen to threaten his boss position, but Lyon still needs to get the line. Ask Leverkusen if he will agree.
Only Olympiakos and Eindhoven were left in the last third team. They were drawn to Group G and Group H respectively. When the last fourth team was selected, except for the head coach of these teams, there was not much attention from the team. Everyone was discussing the prospects of their own team and the situation of their opponents.
In the end, the eight group draws will be determined. Group A: Real Madrid, Rome, Lokomotiv Moscow, Anderlecht, Group B: Liverpool, Dortmund, Dynamo, Kiev, Boa Vista, Group C: Arsenal, Maroka, Schalke 04, Panasinaikos, Group D: Inter Milan, Canada Latasaray, Alkmaar, Nantes, Group E: Juventus, Porto, Rosenberg, Celtic, Group F: Barcelona, Lyon, Leverkusen, Fenerbahce, Group G: Manchester United, La Coruna, Olympiacos, Lille, Group H: Bayern Munich, Lazio, Eindhoven, Prague Sparta.
Inter Milan, Juventus, Arsenal and Manchester United are in the best group situation. Few teams can threaten their first place, Real Madrid and Roma, Liverpool and Dortmund. They have no worries about qualifying, but they may all worry about the first place. Bayern's qualifying is certainly no problem, but Lazio may threaten In his first position, and if Lazio doesn't play seriously, they may also be pulled down by the Dutch team Eindhoven. Group F is similar to Group H. There is no problem with Barcelona qualifying, but Lyon and Leverkusen want to compete for a place, but if Barcelona is not careful, it may also be snatched by Lyon for the first place.
The four teams in each group will play double-robin on six match days from mid-September to the end of October (each match day includes Tuesday and Wednesday). The kick-off time will be unified at 20:45 Central European time, and the top two in each group will enter the second stage group stage. The final will be held at the Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow on May 15.
Generally speaking, the grouping situation is very balanced. There is no group of death, and no one will complain about it. In addition to spliting Alkmaar and Inter Milan, Jiang Mu is quite satisfied with the grouping. At least compared with the later UEFA-manipulating group draw ceremony, the grouping is much fairer and less tricky. .