Super Marshal

　　 encircle the Premier League!

　　 This is the attitude expressed by the mainstream European media after the UEFA Champions League group match.

　　 It is obvious that the strength of the Premier League in recent years has made teams in other European leagues quite jealous.

Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool have all had outstanding performances in the Champions League. The Premier League teams have reached the Champions League finals for several years in a row, but in addition to Benitez's Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea finally They are all tied to the championship, but being able to reach the finals in itself has proved the strength of the Premier League.

Although the La Liga has been infinitely beautiful in the past few years, first there was the alpine Atletico Madrid, then Rijkaard and Guardiola's Barcelona, ​​plus the star-studded Galaxy battleship Real Madrid, the three superpowers are super powerful and can be on the court. But it is still difficult to conceal the edge of the Premier League, let alone in the transfer market.

　　 In the past few years, the market has been sluggish. The Premier League has always been the most purchasing league in Europe. It is even said that newly promoted Premier League teams have more money than the top upstream teams in other leagues. This is not wrong at all.

The four giants have been monopolizing the top four of the Premier League for a long time and steadily occupying the Champions League qualification. Not only have they obtained huge profits and made a lot of money, but also greatly helped increase their financial income and made them more willing to invest in the transfer market. So much so that it disregards the heroes.

　　 However, some people think that with the strong entry of Mansour, a local tycoon from the Middle East, to Manchester City this summer, this pattern will definitely be broken and the good days of counting money in the Premier League semi-finals are gone forever.

　　 But right now, everyone knows that the Premier League is strong.

　　 Among the sixteen teams that emerged from the Champions League group stage, all the semi-finals of the Premier League have advanced. Manchester United and Liverpool have qualified for the top of the group, and Chelsea and Arsenal have qualified for the second place in the group.

　　 These four teams are all headaches and difficult opponents.

　　 In addition to the Premier League, all the semi-finals of La Liga have also advanced. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are the group leaders, and Real Madrid and Villarreal are second in the group.

　　 Among the four Serie A teams, Roma and Inter Milan are the first in the group, and Juventus are second in the group. Fiorentina was eliminated and forced to play in the UEFA Cup.

As for the Bundesliga, the situation is the most sad. Only Bayern Munich came to the fore. Werder Bremen only got third in the group and was forced to play the UEFA Cup. As for Schalke's zero four, he did not even pass the qualifiers. Was eliminated.

　　 Instead, it was the Portuguese Super League. Porto and Sporting Lisbon both advanced, and Lyon in Ligue 1 also qualified for the second place in the group.

　　From the list of the top sixteen of the Champions League, it is not difficult to see the current strength of European football. The Bundesliga has even fallen to the same level as the Portuguese Super League and French Ligue 1, and has gradually been opened up by the other three leagues.

But precisely because of the fact that only Bayern Munich has qualified for the Bundesliga, according to the rules of the Champions League round of 16 knockout rounds, the same group of teams and the same country’s team avoids the principle. Therefore, among the eight teams in the second place, , Any team may be drawn to Bayern Munich.

This immediately made all the second-ranking teams in the group at risk, especially the giants such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Juventus. They all talked about Bayern's discoloration, for fear that they would be drawn. This is a dead sign.

　　 How about Bayern Munich, even if you escaped the cold?

　　 The answer is also not optimistic.

　　 is like Chelsea, avoiding Manchester United and Liverpool in the same country, avoiding Rome in the same group, and the remaining five opponents are Inter Milan, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich, Porto and Atletico Madrid.

　　 Obviously, apart from Porto's relatively certainty, the other four teams are very worrying.

　　 But who can blame this?

　　 After losing 1-3 to Roma in the fourth round of the group, Rijkaard's team drew with Bordeaux in the fifth round of the away game, and directly handed the group leader to Roma.

　　 It can be said that the top spot in this group was handed out by Chelsea, which is nothing special.

　　 Some British media broke the news that Abramovich was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

　　 But the draw will continue, right?

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　　 December 19th, noon.

　　 In the trapezoidal conference hall of UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, although the central air-conditioning is on and heating, everyone who walks into the conference hall still feels the chill, especially the representatives of the top league giants.

　　 From the face of everyone who walks into the conference hall, one can read the dignity in their hearts.

　　 The lottery in the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16 is about their ability to qualify and their income of over tens of millions of euros. Who dares to care?

　　 After the representatives of the sixteen teams entered the field, they each found the club's position to sit down according to the paper card on the table. They all looked nervously at the stage under the trapezoidal seat, the row of transparent glass cylinders.

　　 Wait a minute, the tank will decide the UEFA Champions League knockout game.

　　 Peter Kenyon frowned and worried all the way.

As the chief executive officer of Chelsea, he knows the current situation better than anyone else. He failed to win the top spot in the group. For Chelsea, it can be said to have suffered a heavy loss unless he can win the weakest Porto in the first place. Otherwise, they will all encounter bitter battles.

　　 This is obviously something that Chelsea would not want to see.

　　 On the contrary, the teams that get the first place in the group stage are obviously easier one by one, at least they have a greater chance of winning a more relaxed opponent.

　　The host of the draw ceremony was UEFA Secretary-General, Italian Gianni Infantino.

　　 Like Peter Kenyon, he is also a bald-headed gentleman.

Everyone who is familiar with UEFA knows that Gianni Infantino is a direct line of Platini. Two years ago, Platini defeated Johansson and became UEFA president immediately. Johansson’s direct line, the then secretary-general of Swede Olsen forced to retreat, and instead appointed Infantino as the secretary-general.

This cadre who has worked in UEFA for nearly ten years, specializing in player registration, law and patents and other related matters, everyone present is familiar with him, and his eloquence is first-rate. It is a piece of cake for him to host such a draw. The performance of each team in the group stage was also humorous, but it did not alleviate the tension on the scene at all.

　　Because it was a live broadcast, a review video of the group stage was broadcast on the big screen, introducing each team's qualifying experience, and the most eye-catching one is undoubtedly the Alpine Bayern Munich.

　　 The Bundesliga giants are the only team that has won six games in the group stage. It is also a nightmare that all second-placed teams are afraid to avoid. No one wants to draw them.

　　As the final was arranged at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, as usual, this time the lucky draw guest invited the famous Roma team, the current manager of the Club of Rome Bruno Conte.

Regardless of Bruno Conte’s suit and leather shoes, he looks very gentlemanly, a very handsome Apennines, but in fact, he is a famous European youth training expert, De Rossi and other new generation players are all From his handwriting.

　　As a lucky draw guest, Bruno Conte spoke highly of what Gao Han did in Bayern Munich when he joked with Infantino, thinking that his results are incredible.

"Look at his transformation of Schweinsteiger, the use of Modric, the training of Robben, the promotion and cultivation of Hummels and other young players. I think they can be called a team. The best team in the game."

　　 But when Infantino asked which team Rome would like to draw the most, Bruno Conte smiled and replied, "I think everyone knows it well."

　　 There was a roar of laughter in the hall.

　　 In fact, everyone knows that the first team that the second-ranked team most wants to draw is Porto, because this is the weakest in the group's first place and the most promising counterattack.

　　 As for the team that the No. 1 team most wants to draw, it is undoubtedly Panathinaikos.

　　 It is absolutely surprising that this Greek team can reach the top 16 this season, but because of this, it highlights the decline of the Bundesliga.

　　 Because Werder Bremen in the same group can't even get the second place in the group.

　　 After a short greeting, the lottery ceremony soon began.

The organizer took the lead in putting the small **** with the names of the second teams of the eight teams in the glass tank in front of Infantino. The Secretary General of UEFA went in, and after some stirring, he quickly selected one of them. One, after unscrewing, called out the first team to be drawn out.

　　 "Panathinaikos!" Infantino turned the note in the ball and announced with a smile.

　　 There was an uproar on the field. I didn't expect that the first team to be drawn out was Panathinaikos. This immediately made the eight first teams in the group eager to try.

　　 The live broadcast footage was also specially given to the faces of the representatives of these eight teams, and everyone’s expression was full of expectation.

　　 Everyone knows that if Panathinaikos is drawn, it almost means qualifying early.

　　 Even the other seven teams second in the group are secretly praying that it is best for Panathinaikos to draw the teams they least want to meet, especially Bayern Munich.

　　 God, you can quickly take Gao Han away!

　　 Bruno Conte smiled and poked his hand into one of the glass cylinders in front of him, and took out a small ball, unscrewed it, and took out the paper. The whole process happened very quickly, but it seemed to be very long in everyone's eyes.

　　 Everyone opened their eyes wide, looking at Bruno Conte, watching him gradually turn the note in his hand.

　　 "Porto!"

　　 There was an uproar in the conference hall. Most people were sighing. Only the representative of Porto was laughing and laughing.

　　 This is already the best lottery they can draw.

　　 Sign up, definitely sign up.

　　 But for others, it is not necessarily.

　　 The weakest team in the first group, and the weakest team in the second group, can it be said that there is really nothing tricky? It has nothing to do with the average major league resources that Platini has been pushing hard since he came to power?

　　 But everyone knows that this kind of suspicion can only be a conspiracy theory forever.

　　 The words Panathinaikos vs. Porto were immediately played on the big screen behind Infantino~www.NovelMTL.com~ and the draw continued.

　　 The next second-placed team to be drawn is Real Madrid, and Bruno Conte’s first-placed team is Liverpool, which makes Mijatović, who represented Real Madrid, a bit depressed.

　　 Benitez’s team is known to be good at playing cup games, especially the Champions League. With Real Madrid’s current situation today, it is indeed very difficult to kill Liverpool in the Champions League.

　　 Of course, it is better to draw Liverpool than Bayern Munich or Inter Milan.

　　 So, this is a lottery for everyone.

　　 While both Liverpool and Real Madrid breathed a sigh of relief, Infantino once again took out a small ball from the glass jar, unscrewed it, took out the note, and announced loudly, "Chelsea!"

　　 Peter Kenyon tensed his nerves instantly when he heard the name.

　　 Finally it's our turn!

　　 Bruno Conte also reached into the glass jar and took out a small ball.

Watching the Roman star unscrew the ball, Peter Kenyon closed his eyes nervously and moved his lips slightly. If he got closer, he could hear him chanting words, "Don’t Bayern Munich, don’t Bayern Munich, don’t It’s Bayern Munich."

　　 "God, don't draw Bayern Munich!"

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