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Chapter 201 【】 UEFA Champions League
After a big victory over Vicenza, AC Milan has already ranked first in the league.But now AC Milan players don't have time to care about these, because the UEFA Champions League is coming.The UEFA Champions League is UEFA's most prestigious club competition. Its predecessor was the European Club Champions Cup created in the 1955/56 season. In 1992, UEFA revised the competition system and name of the cup.Real Madrid and AC Milan are the two most successful clubs in the UEFA Champions League, winning three times.If you count the European Champions Cup era, Real Madrid, which has won a total of 9 championships, has the most brilliant record, followed by AC Milan, which has won 7 championships, and Liverpool, which has won 5 championships.The UEFA Champions League trophy is called the St. Blair Cup (commonly known as the Big Ears Cup).

And the current Big Ears Cup is already the sixth trophy, because UEFA stipulates that teams that have won 5 championships or three consecutive championships can keep the original trophy forever. In 1966, under the new rules, Real Madrid, who won the title for the sixth time, kept the first original trophy forever.The UEFA Secretary-General Bangert at the time decided to redesign a trophy, so he handed over the task to the Swiss expert Stadelman.Soon, Stadelman and his father came to Bangert's office with a lot of drawings. Bangert expressed a lot of opinions on all the design schemes. He said that the Germans might like the base of this scheme, while the Bulgarians might like it. Might like the rim of that one.So everyone brainstormed and reassembled many designs like a jigsaw puzzle, and decided on the final design plan."I remember we had to finish by March 1967, 3, because I was going to America for my honeymoon," Stadelman said. "We worked extra hours, and it took 28 hours to finally meet the deadline." Afterwards, Since Ajax and Bayern Munich have won three consecutive championships, and AC Milan and Liverpool have also won the fifth championship, they each have a trophy in their collections, and now the trophy is the sixth.UEFA rules that the winning team must return the trophy before next season's final, though they can keep a replica of it, which cannot exceed four-fifths the size of the original.

Therefore, wanting to own a UEFA Champions League trophy has always been the dream of European teams.And this season, AC has struggled to qualify for the UEFA Champions League. In last season's league, if they performed well in the final stage, then this European qualification would be snatched away by Florence. The Fiorentina came to participate in the Champions League, here was replaced by AC Milan.) They emerged from the third round of qualifying and won the qualification for the UEFA Champions League round of 32.They were placed in Group F, alongside Ligue [-] giants Lyon, Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, and Steaua Bucharest from the Romanian League.

Other groupings are as follows: Group A: Premier League Chelsea, Serie A Rome, Belgian League Brugge, Ligue [-] Bordeaux,
Group B: Bundesliga Werder Bremen, Serie A Inter Milan, Cyprus League Anorthosis, Greek League Panathinaikos,
Group C: Barcelona in La Liga, Sporting Lisbon in Portugal, Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, Basel in Ligue [-]
Group D: Eredivisie Eindhoven, La Liga Atletico Madrid, Premier League Liverpool, Ligue [-] Marseille,
Group E: Premier League Manchester United, Soviet Super Celtic, La Liga Villarreal, Danish League Aalborg,

Group G: Premier League Arsenal, Ukrainian League Dynamo Kiev, Portuguese League Porto, Turkish League Fenerbahce,
Group H: Serie A Juventus, La Liga Real Madrid, Russian League Zenit St. Petersburg, Belarus Borisol,

The UEFA Champions League group stage adopts a home and away round-robin match. The two players with the best results in each group will enter the next round. On September 9, AC Milan will play away against their first opponent in the UEFA Champions League group stage, Ligue 18 Lyon. Xiao Mian has always been very excited, to be able to participate in the highest level of European league, this is Xiao Mian's fantasy before, yes it is a fantasy, not a dream, at that time he didn't even have the chance to play in a professional league, so he only had fantasy about the UEFA Champions League .

Due to time issues, the AC Milan team returned directly from Vicenza to Milan on the same day. Because Vicenza is very convenient for Milan's foot pain, they returned to Milan on the same day.It was already late when they returned to Milan, but the next day they boarded the plane non-stop and headed to Lyon, France.Because they will play Lyon in the first round of the [-]-[-] UEFA Champions League on September [-].

This game is very important for AC Milan. They hope to win the opponent in the first round and put pressure on the other two opponents.In this way, their games after the group stage will be easy to play, but this game is not easy to play, because the opponent is the Ligue [-] giant-Lyon! !
里昂俱乐部总部设在－法国第二大城市:罗纳－阿尔卑斯地区首府－里昂。尽管早在1917年秋便有雏形,但直到1950年8月3日才真正成立LyonOlympique－里昂.奥林匹克体育会(里昂即为其中一分支球队)。成立后的球队便在1950/51赛季以法乙冠军身份晋级法甲,但一个赛季后便重返乙级联赛,1954年再次以冠军身份挤身法甲,尽管之后30年在联赛中默默无闻,但却在1964、1967、1973三次称雄法国杯。80年代中期球队再度掉入乙级深渊,直至1988/89赛季才重返甲级赛场。同年球队脱离球会,自立门户成立:OlympiqueLyonnais奥林匹克.里昂(并同时设有男、女子足球队),但官方仍表示球会是于1950年正式成立。新兴的球队也迎来了崭新的阶段,在上世纪90年代后期,随着主教练桑蒂尼、巴西前锋安德森的到来以及新秀戈武的涌现,里昂向联赛冠军奖杯发起强有力的冲击,继2001年历史性夺得法国联赛杯冠军,终于在02赛季登顶法甲联赛,同年勒冈接替上任法国国家队的桑蒂尼执教球队,加上队中球员小儒尼尼奥,迪亚拉,戈麦斯,埃辛,戈武及门将库佩表现突出,球队继续保持强劲势头,并在2003至2005年3夺锦标,创下法甲4连冠佳绩,平60年代末圣埃蒂安及90年代初马赛的4连冠记录。2005年前利物浦领队霍利尔入主里昂,虽然率队延续着联赛冠军,缔造了欧陆六冠神话,但并无将球队带入新的高度－欧冠赛场还无突破八强,06－07更是止步于16强!2007至2008赛季法甲联赛里昂主教练佩林率领里昂再次称雄法甲,创造出一个震惊欧洲的7冠神话!可惜在那个赛季的欧洲冠军杯上里昂再次止步16强!
It is such a ball that came to the UEFA Champions League with the myth of seven consecutive championships. This identity is enough to shock everyone.Although the level of the Ligue [-] is not at the same level as the Italian Football League, it is definitely a super difficult task for a team to win [-] consecutive league championships in the league.However, the Lyonnais were done.

Therefore, the Lyon team is not a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch.And now there are two superstars in the two teams, one is the old Brazilian demon Juninho, as long as we mention Juninho, everyone thinks of his weird fallen leaf ball. Ninho also has a nickname - the king of falling leaf balls.So, the first thing that came to our mind was his free kick.

However, because of this, we will forget his ghostly erratic movement on the court, and his imaginative pass.This is a very troublesome opponent. However, Juninho is old and physically unable to keep up with the young boys of AC Milan.Therefore, as long as they keep an eye on him, the AC Milan team still has a very good chance of losing his role.

And the second place is French rising star Benzema. This [-]-year-old talented striker is called the combination of Trezeguet and Henry by the French media. This kid is also favored by wealthy clubs.It is said that both Real Madrid and Manchester United have taken a fancy to this young man, hoping to introduce this talented French striker during the winter break or next season.

Xiao Mian is also [-] years old, and both of them are strikers. The most important thing is that they are both talented shooters, so the media and media will inevitably compare the two.However, no matter how you look at it, Xiao Mian is a bit higher than Benzema.After all, Xiao Mian was the winner of the Silver Boot Award in the [-]-[-] season of the Italian Football League, and he was also the rookie king of the Italian Football League that season.

However, Benzema is equally good. No one knew who was stronger between the two before, and there was no chance to compare.But well, now that they have it, they finally have a chance to have a long and short fight.Therefore, before the game, the major media made a lot of noise about the game, and this game also attracted the attention of many fans. It can be said that the media did a very good job! ! !
However, these days, the two teams have adopted closed training, did not allow their players to accept any media interviews, and did not allow media reporters to watch the adaptive training of the two teams.Now, the game suddenly became mysterious, and the fans' emotions were immediately mobilized, and they were all looking forward to the arrival of this game! !
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