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Chapter 844 Super Death Group

“Kazan Ruby!”

When Solskjaer flipped the note in his hand and shouted out the team name loudly, the audience was in an uproar again.

Most people were obviously relieved, especially Barcelona. Even Guardiola, who was sitting next to Gao Han, clenched his fists secretly, obviously feeling very pleased that he did not draw Manchester City in the group stage.

When Guardiola calmed down, he turned his head and looked at Gao Han, grinned and said, "I really hope to play a few more games with you, but it's best not to see you in the group stage. See you in the Champions League final!"

Gao Han smiled, "Let's talk about it when you can reach the final."

"So too." Guardiola refused to take any loss.

"Hehehe, don't act like we don't exist. I really think the Champions League is your home? You can enter if you want to enter the finals. Do you think we are all soft persimmons?" Ferguson next to him asked with an expression of unhappy expression.

Gao Han and Guardiola looked at each other and replied in unison: "The defeated generals under their command have no say."

Now everyone around laughed, and Ferguson himself couldn't help laughing.

"Just don't have to play in the Champions League in the future. Just drink at home and divide it up." Ferguson muttered.

Everyone couldn't help but find it funny, but it was indeed the case.

The current Champions League football world is indeed very interesting. After Guardiola's team won the triple crown in 2008, it has always been one of the strongest teams in Europe, and it is very stable and has obviously higher strength than other European teams.

Gao Han is a relatively alternative. He has led three top teams, Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich. During his coaching period, these three teams were all the gods who blocked the gods and killed the Buddhas. Especially in Bayern Munich, even Guardiola's Barcelona had to feel ashamed of themselves.

However, after Gao Han left the team, some players were lost, resulting in Atletico Madrid, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich still being at the top four in the Champions League, but their results began to fluctuate, not as strong as Gao Han's coaching period.

On the contrary, Gao Han, after coaching Manchester City, quickly brought the team to the ranks of top European teams.

It can be said that in the past few years, as long as Gao Han is present, there will be no other teams in the Champions League. If Gao Han has not appeared in the Champions League in the past three years, the championship belongs to Guardiola.

Interestingly, Manchester United lost several times in the Champions League final, so there was this conversation between the three.

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On the stage, after drawing four teams, there are still four groups left, among which Chelsea and Arsenal will avoid Manchester City. The real possibility of encountering Manchester City is Bayern Munich and AC Milan.

Therefore, after Barcelona pulled out Kazan Ruby, AC Milan's general manager Galliani looked extremely depressed and even covered his face, feeling a little unbearable to look at it. He knew AC Milan's current strength. If he was just in the same group as Real Madrid, there would be hope for the group to advance.

But if there is one more Manchester City team, it would be...

The remaining four teams in the fourth place are Manchester City in the Premier League, Zilina in Slovakia, Belgrade guerrilla in Serbia and Cruges in Romania, and the most feared one is Manchester City.

No matter who draws Manchester City from Bayern Munich or AC Milan, it is basically the death group.

After drawing a good lottery for Barcelona, ​​Messi felt relieved and felt relieved.

Once again, Messi reached into the glass cylinder and obviously only stirred it a few times because there were only four small balls inside.

Messi grabbed a small ball and stuffed it into the hand of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer next to him.

After Manchester United's legendary man took the ball, he showed it to everyone in the audience, smiled and broke it in half, and took out the note.

At this moment, everyone in the game held their breath because they all knew that as long as Bayern Munich pulled out not Manchester City, the remaining three small balls would be meaningless, because Manchester City will be automatically classified as AC Milan.

Therefore, not only is Bayern Munich's Genes nervous, but AC Milan's Galliani obviously even more nervous, but the representatives of Rome and Real Madrid are also worried and seem very nervous.

The entire Grimalti Convention Center was filled with a tense atmosphere. Every minute and second of time passed extremely slowly and extremely tormented. Every movement and expression of Solskjaer on the stage seemed to be magnified and slowed down.

This atmosphere made Gao Han a little nervous, but he was more curious.

Solskjaer pulled the note open, and after seeing it clearly, his face changed, and he quickly turned the note over. The live TV camera also quickly pointed it at the note, and a large close-up came.

"Cruges!" Solskjaer shouted.

The audience exclaimed, followed by a burst of warm applause.

The biggest suspense tonight has finally been revealed!

On the big screen behind, there were representatives of Bayern Munich and Rome, AC Milan and Real Madrid. There were two completely different reactions between the two different groups. The former was ecstasy, while the latter was extremely disappointed.

Death Group!

Absolute death group!

AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax are both strong teams that have won the Champions League. It is already surprising that they were drawn to the same group, but what they didn't expect was that the fourth-level team actually drew into Manchester City, which is so terrifying.

This will definitely become the front page headline that all media around the world will pay attention to tomorrow, and even news that draws lots will be hyped again.

But if you analyze it carefully, there is really nothing you can do.

Among the eight seed teams, three Premier League teams, and among the remaining five teams, unless Manchester City is drawn into the Barcelona group, no matter which group they draw, they will be the death group.

Among the teams in the third level, Ajax is not necessarily stronger than Schalke Zero Four, Basel and Moscow Sparta, but Manchester City in the fourth level draws a little too terrifying.

After drawing out the biggest suspense, no one paid attention to the rest.

Even the finale, Messi won the Best Player trophy from Platini but failed to attract attention.

Everyone's attention is attracted by the death group of this Champions League.

AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax and Manchester City, this group will definitely be the most eye-catching focus in the Champions League group stage, especially the high-altitude Manchester City.

According to the Champions League group stage schedule, Manchester City will challenge AC Milan away in the first round, and face Real Madrid at home in the second round, then face Ajax home in two consecutive rounds, then face AC Milan home in the away game and Real Madrid away.

The twelve games in this group are all very interesting.

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Sure enough, as Gao Han and others expected, the results of the Champions League group stage draw immediately triggered the media.

Super Death Group!

This is the evaluation given by all media about Manchester City, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax gathered in the same group.

In this group, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Ajax are the teams with the most championships in Champions League history, but now they meet on a narrow road, which is already quite terrifying. Unexpectedly, they actually draw the terrifying demon Manchester City in the fourth gear.

Last season, AC Milan also encountered Real Madrid in the group stage. At that time, the competition between the two teams was that AC Milan had a slight advantage in one win and one draw. However, in the group standings, Real Madrid qualified as the first in the group, and AC Milan was at the last moment before steadily defeating Marseille and qualifying as the second in the group.

For this reason, AC Milan needs to thank Real Madrid, because if Real Madrid had not been away from Marseille at the last moment when they qualified first in the group in advance and finally defeated the French Ligue 1 powerhouse three-to-one, Marseille would have been the second place.

But this situation is completely different this season. Real Madrid is now better than last season, while Ajax, who is in the third place in the group, is only stronger than Marseille last season, but in this group, what is really desperate is the terrifying devil Manchester City.

Gao Han's team has achieved great results and won the Premier League championship with a full victory last season, which shocked the entire European football world, but this new Premier League champion participated in the draw as a fourth-level team, which made all teams feel scared.

In fact, the discussion on whether to reform the qualifications of seed teams has always been controversial in European football, especially since Manchester City entered the Champions League with a league title, this debate has become even more obvious.

Everyone can see that Gao Han's team has the strength of a top European team, but such a team is arranged in the fourth level, which is simply unreasonable. They should completely enter the seed team, so many people have suggested that they should give the title of the four major leagues to avoid Manchester City from happening again.

But regardless of whether UEFA decides to reform, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Ajax and Manchester City gathered in the same group this season, which can be called a super death group. This is a test for any team in the group, especially the team that is determined to qualify in the group, and must play every game well.

Compared with the Super Death Group, Barcelona's lottery draw was so good that they won the three weakest opponents, and there was basically no suspense in qualifying as the first in the group.

There is also no suspense about Plandelli's Inter Milan, Simeone's Atletico Madrid, Klinsmann's Bayern Munich and Scolari's Chelsea. The four teams are in the groups, and there is no big problem with qualifying.

As for Manchester United and Arsenal, compared with AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax, the lottery draw is indeed good, but the team they are in is not without opponents, so they all need to deal with it carefully.

It can be said that except Manchester City, the other three Premier League teams have no reason to be dissatisfied with the draw.

Ferguson even said in a routine media interview after the lottery ceremony that this is a good lottery.

"After learning about the lottery results, my first reaction was that we only need to go to Turkey at the farthest place. I think this is a very ideal draw. For us, there are still challenges. If we want to get the top spot in the group, we must perform well enough."

"Yes, compared to other teams, we are lucky and very satisfied."

Regarding the lottery results, Paul Fottery, general manager who represented Manchester City, also accepted an interview with the media, saying that the lottery results are within his own tolerance.

"Before I set off for Monaco, I told Gao Han, "I said, who do you think we'd better draw?"

"Gao Han looked at me with a very strange look and asked me, is there any difference?"

"Yes, we haven't played in the Champions League for decades. We are the fourth-level team. For us, no matter who we draw, there is no difference. We have no choice at all."

"The only choice is to beat all the opponents in the group stage."

But what was surprising was that Gao Han did not follow everyone out of the venue and accepted media interviews this time.

Because UEFA President Platini came to him as soon as possible after the award ceremony.
Chapter completed!
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