Sometimes, as an insider, it is not a very interesting thing to watch these names that are destined to grow slowly in the future?

Coming to the Premier League by himself has affected the fate of many people, but it seems that these young men in the future have not yet been affected...

However, in the next few years, the names of Mourinho, Benitez, Deschamps, and Rijcard will definitely appear in their opponents - many of them are already famous, and some are still unknown.

Back in the 1990s, being the head coach of this club, seeing those retired superstars appearing on the court in history is one of Xiao Ming's fun. Watching those future superstars who have not yet become famous grow slowly is also one of Xiao Ming's fun, and in terms of coaching, it is the same.

"Boss, the lottery has begun." Chris touched Xiao Ming next to him. Xiao Ming woke up, nodded and smiled at Chris, and then focused his attention on the stage where the lottery was about to start.

UEFA President Johnson stood on the stage and after a few simple words, the lottery ceremony officially began.

The guest invited to draw the lottery this time was former French national team superstar Platini. Seeing Platini having a happy conversation with Johnson, Xiao Ming couldn't help but think, if a few years later, when Platini defeated Johnson and became the chairman of UEFA, what would Johnson feel if he could still remember this scene?

"I'm honored to be the candidate for this group draw, but I think everyone knows that if a group of death was drawn because of me, don't blame me, because that's not something I can control." Before the lottery draw, Platini made a joke, and the coaches below also smiled accordingly. This kind of group draw would definitely be a bit tricky, but Platini said right - no matter how dead group is, he can't blame him, he is just an executor.

The first thing that was drawn was the seed team of four groups, Barcelona in Group A, Valencia in Group B, Real Madrid in Group C, and Manchester United in Group D.

After drawing out four seed teams, Xiao Ming did not immediately draw out the second-level team, but started from the third-level team - this gimmick was nothing more than a little more impact on the heart of the head coach of the second-level team - Xiao Ming complained about this for a while.

The teams in the third and fourth grades of Group A are Porto and Hertha Berlin, the teams in the third and fourth grades of Group B are Bordeaux and Fiorentina, and the teams in the third and fourth grades of Group C are Bayern and Dynamo Kiev - the first death group appears!

Real Madrid, Bayern, and Dynamo Kiev, who was incredibly glorious in the European arena in the previous few seasons - these three teams are enough to become the death group! In fact, when Bayern becomes the second in the group, no matter which group they are in, this group has the potential to become the death group.

Real Madrid's head coach Boske looked ugly, and Bayern's head coach Heathfield looked nice and couldn't see much, and was talking to the assistant coach around him.

There is no need to draw teams in the third and fourth grades of Group D, and Feyenoord and Marseille became members of this group.

Xiao Ming began to think about it in his mind. If he was different in the league, he would not be divided into Group D with Manchester United. He was different in the group stage of the peripheral group stage. Hertha Berlin was in Group A, so he would not be divided into Group A to accompany Barcelona, ​​Porto and Hertha Berlin. Then the group that was directly assigned to the next group was either group B or group C. The probability of entering the group of death was 50%.

"This is not good for the small team..." Xiao Ming couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The second team drawn from Group A was Sparta Prague, and the Barcelona fans immediately breathed a sigh of relief!

Next, the second group in Group B was drawn. Platini reached out to grab it in the glass jar, took a look, and then smiled: "Leyden East."

The fans of Leiden Oriental also breathed a sigh of relief!

While Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, he also felt someone looking at him. He turned his head and saw an old guy with solemn hair quickly glanced at him, then turned his head.

Valencia's new head coach, Argentinian Cooper.

It seems that Cooper is not convinced of leading Mallorca to lose to Leiden East last season, but these two years are Cooper's peak period, two Champions League runner-ups... Cooper's title of Millennium Second-Old is also from this.

But this group...is not weak either...

Valencia led by Cooper, Fiorentina led by Italian gold medal coach Trapatoni, and last season's Ligue 1 champion Bordeaux - no matter which opponent, he is far superior to Leiden Oriental in terms of foundation, and may not be worse than them in terms of strength!

At this time, the second place in Group C came out. Among the eight groups, Rosenberg, who was the weakest and the least famous, became the unlucky person... No one present laughed, but they probably thought about the first place in this group being ravaged by the first place in another group and the second place in two groups...

In this way, Lazio became the last member of Group D, and the same group as Manchester United, Feyenoord and Marseille. The average strength of this group and Group A may be the two relatively poor groups - although there are no weak teams in the Champions League, they are still divided into giants...

Leiden Oriental's draw this time is not good, but it is not the worst. If it is really tied with Real Madrid, Bayern and Dynamo Kiev, that is the standard death group.

"Mr. Xiao, we're meeting again." Cooper walked towards Xiao Ming with a smile, and then stretched out his hand to him.

"Yes, it's so honorable... I always thought I was defeated last season, but it's so good. Now the team you lead is much better than last season." Xiao Ming shrugged and replied that he didn't like Cooper very much. Although the fate of this Argentine always only won the runner-up in Valencia and Inter Milan also made him feel a pity, he really doesn't like Cooper's football that relies solely on defense and counterattack to win. However, after he became the head coach, he began to feel that sometimes the coach really has no choice. To a certain extent, beautiful football and champion football cannot coexist.

But he still sarcastically mocked Cooper, how could Cooper not hear it?

"I hope that when I meet next time, I can see the offensive football of Leiden East last season." Cooper also began to silly mock Xiao Ming, because Leiden East won the most brilliant victory in the perimeter group stage - a five-to-zero away sweep from Galatasaray. In the first half, he gained an absolute advantage through defensive counterattacks. The subsequent goals were just to expand the advantage after taking the lead.

Xiao Ming smiled, then let go of his hand.

Then Trapatoni and Bordeaux's best Ligue 1 coach last season also came over to greet him. This is also a tradition. Although they will soon become a life-and-death opponent, politeness is necessary here.

"How about it, this trip to Nyon is worth it?"

After all the red tape was over, Xiao Ming smiled and said to Chris.

"Well." Chris nodded suddenly: "This is the first time I have seen so many famous head coaches close up."

Xiao Ming laughed: "We will have more opportunities to see more famous head coaches and famous stars."

Joining Chris, Xiao Ming took a deep breath.

"Canissález of Valencia, Kili Gonzalez, Claudio Lopez, Alberda; Batistuta, Chiesa, Mijatovic of Fiorentina; Veltod of Bordeaux... This is the opponent we will face next! The best Valencia, the best Fiorentina, the best Bordeaux! When encountering such an opponent, it is just the time when our Leiden East proves our ability!" Xiao Ming thought proudly.

Under Keegan's leadership, the English national team finally broke out in the play-offs and entered the finals of the 2000 European Cup with the corpse of the Scottish national team. However, the process did not satisfy the English fans. Although the English national team won a 2-0 victory in the first away game, after returning to home, they were defeated by Scotland 1-0. If it weren't for the fact that Campbell and Daniel had blocked the opponent's threatening shots in succession before the end of the game, Scotland might have been able to complete a comeback at Wembley Stadium and drag the game into overtime.

However, no matter what, the England national team relied on luck and Sweden's help to enter the European Championship next summer, which made all England fans feel relieved and allowed them to enjoy the next league... and the Champions League more comfortable.

The fans of Leiden Oriental are very happy that their team has become the only Premier League team that can continue to participate in the Champions League matches like Manchester United. Even if the league is not ranked well, they are equally happy. Because their outstanding performance in the Champions League allows them to look up in front of fans of other teams in the European arena. What is the temporary dilemma in the league? "There is only a little more than one-third of the schedule, and there are opportunities to catch up later. Besides, we are just bad luck this year and have a little more draw. As long as we have some time to breathe, isn't it easy to win next?

However, after the league rekindled, Leiden East was hit hard again. In the 15th round of the league, they lost to Leicester City one-two away, and the eight-round unbeaten ended.

Then in the first round of the Champions League group stage that followed, Leiden Oriental lost 0-2 away at the feet of Fiorentina led by Trapatoni. The entire game Leiden Oriental was led by Fiorentina. The experienced Trapatoni made good use of his home advantage in the game. Every tactical change of Xiao Ming was as expected. Compared with Trapatoni, who had achieved outstanding results in Serie A and Bundesliga and was as experienced as a fox, Xiao Ming seemed a little tender.

After returning from Italy, he encountered away games in a row. The exhausted Leiden Oriental encountered a 0-0 draw at the Riverside Stadium, without a single goal in two consecutive games.

"Leedon Oriental's flaws have finally been exposed! They played hard in the two-line battle before, but their poor record in the league was covered up by their outstanding record in the Champions League... After the schedule became more and more dense, Leedon Oriental's lack of experience in dealing with the two-line battle was undoubtedly exposed. They were unable to win many times in the league, and they lost without temper in the Champions League... For Leedon Oriental, it is obviously inappropriate to continue to do their best in the two-line battle at this stage. Maybe they should give up in the Champions League game."

"Fuck it! I won't give up on the Champions League!" Xiao Ming cursed in his office, but the report made sense. Leiden Oriental's dilemma has never disappeared since the beginning of the season. Now their points have dropped to tenth place, and the gap with the top of the list has widened to eleven points. Even if it is a gap between the Champions League, it is still as much as eighth.

After losing the first round of the Champions League, Leiden Oriental has undoubtedly been in a very unfavorable situation in this group that is infinitely close to death.

In the first round of the Champions League, Valencia won a three-to-zero home victory, and now ranked first and second in the standings with Fiorentina. A week later, Leiden Oriental will welcome Valencia at home. If you cannot win, it will be extremely difficult to qualify next - the remaining four group matches will be played after the New Year, and Leiden Oriental's pressure in the league will also increase exponentially.

At the same time, the recent poor results of Leiden Oriental have inevitably caused some bad signs in the locker room, such as the concerns about the team's fate caused by poor performance, and some other teams have begun to dig out the corners of Leiden Oriental. The closer we are to the winter transfer period, the more rumors there are, especially the young main players of Leiden Oriental who have performed well, there are more and more news about their transfers, such as Fanny, who performed well after returning from injury, Phillips, who has been scoring a lot of goals this season, the second captain Daniel, Gerald, who has gradually begun to play as the main player, and Glenshare, who has gradually become a substitute...
Chapter completed!