Demon Golden Boots

Chapter 661 Super Oolong in the Lottery Ceremony

Raul's fat hands kept catching the ball, and each team also had its own affiliation.As the penultimate ball was caught by Raul, the new season's Champions League grouping was settled.

Group A: AC Milan, Bayer Leverkusen, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Red Star Belgrade
Group B: Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Spartak Moscow, NEK Athens
Group C: Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​Lokomotiv Astana, Galatasaray
Group D: Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Antwerp, Rangers

Group E: Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Dinamo Zagreb, Malmo
Group F: Paris Saint-Germain, Porto, Ajax, Coventry

Group G: Kaiserslautern, Huddersfield United, Lens, PSV

Group H, Marseille, Shakhtar Donetsk, Sporting Lisbon, Spartacus Moscow

After Platini's "restoration", he carried out drastic reforms to the UEFA Champions League group stage system. This season, the UEFA Champions League grouping has restored the seed team system.Coventry and Huddersfield United in the Premier League are not among the seeded teams due to lack of points for intercontinental club competitions.

Although Coventry's Group F is not a group of death, the strength of the three opponents should not be underestimated.Needless to say, Paris.Porto and Ajax are also frequent visitors to the Champions League and have rich experience in European wars.These two European traditional black shops have many unsold super demons in the team.

Coventry coach Ada said to Liu Yun: "Our group situation is not optimistic."

Liu Yun smiled: "Actually, it's not a big deal. Huaguo has a saying that soldiers come to cover up water and earth."

Liu Yun is a big-time player.When he played for Manchester United a few years ago, he experienced the most horrific death group in the history of European wars-at that time, the Champions League group draw abandoned the principle of seeding teams.Manchester United are in the same group as Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich.

I don't know if it was intentionally arranged by UEFA. The representative of Manchester United was sitting next to Coventry.

Mourinho said to Liu Yun on the side: "Atletico Madrid, Antwerp, Glasgow Rangers. It is almost a certainty that we will qualify from the group. The only question is whether to qualify as the first or second in the group."

Liu Yun said to his son-in-law Qu Bai: "Your old club Antwerp is actually in the same group as Manchester United."

As soon as Liu Yun finished speaking, UEFA President Michel Platini rushed onto the stage and announced that the result of the draw needs to be confirmed by the UEFA Competition Committee.

In other words - the results of the lottery may not be counted.

Representatives of the major clubs were in an uproar.Such a situation has never appeared in the history of the Champions League draw.

Platini did not explain why, just let everyone wait a moment.

All representatives were at a loss, but Manchester United's new boss Morris saw the doorway: "Antwerp is a satellite club of Manchester United. Before I came to Switzerland, I read the thick Champions League competition document. There seems to be a line in it: If you participate If there is an affiliation between two clubs in the Champions League, the parent club shall not be in the same group as the sub-clubs."

Liu Yun sighed: "It seems that the organizing committee of the competition has ignored this matter. It's a hundred secrets and one sparse!"

Platini came on stage again: "Because Antwerp is a satellite club of Manchester United. The two teams are in the same group, which violates the grouping principle of the Champions League. The result of this draw is to be determined."

Mourinho complained in a low voice: "What are the UEFA officials and lords doing? It's too funny. This will be the funniest scene in the history of the Champions League group draw."

After the draw ceremony, UEFA arranged a reception for representatives of each club.At the same time, the UEFA Competition Committee held an emergency meeting to discuss the solution to the Oolong draw.

At the meeting, Platini was annoyed.The UEFA Champions League group draw was the first thing he did after the success of the "restoration"-it turned out to be a mess.

Platini said to the competition committee: "There are only two solutions now. One is to re-draw the group - this will become the biggest joke in the history of the Champions League. The second is to find a non-Premier League, non-seeded team. Negotiations with the club to switch positions with Antwerp."

Zanetti, a member of the competition committee, is well versed in the truth that persimmons should be picked and squeezed softly.He said: "I suggest negotiating with Locomotive Astana of the Kazakhstan League. There are two reasons: First, in terms of the grouping format, both teams have two super teams from the five major leagues. They The opponents we are facing are basically equal in strength. Second, I will not talk about the reasons. Today is a closed-door meeting, and no media reporters participated. I can only say that everyone knows the reasons.”

Of course, everyone knows the "reasons that cannot be said" in Zanetti's mouth.Lokomotiv Astana, now even the air tickets to participate in the group draw ceremony have to be sponsored by UEFA-the Champions League broadcast dividend is a huge sum of money in the eyes of Lokomotiv Astana.They will definitely follow UEFA's lead.

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At the reception, representatives of various clubs were restless.Those clubs with poor grouping form look forward to UEFA's re-drawing.Clubs with a good grouping form are afraid of re-drawing.

Liu Yun didn't take it seriously.There are no weak teams in the Champions League-Coventry is by no means a weak team now.Whoever gets drawn should play well.He pulled Qu Bai aside and talked about the pregnancy of his eldest daughter Liu Xiaoyan.

Qu Bai said: "Dad, Yan Yan had a birth checkup in China. The expected date of birth is at the end of December this year. You will soon become a veritable grandfather!"

Liu Yun joked: "Maybe I'm happy with my father-in-law, and I'll retire ten years later. At that time, there will be a retirement match, and my ten-year-old grandson will replace me. It's interesting to think about."

Qu Bai waved his hands again and again: "Ten years later? If the reporter heard what you just said, publish it... I guess there will be another commotion."

Liu Yun smiled: "By the way, is Yanyan reacting badly during pregnancy?"

Qu Bai nodded: "Excellent. She can eat very much, and she would vomit after eating. I asked her to report to the leader and take a second job to support the child, but she disagreed. She said that the project in her hand is at a critical moment. She can't be a deserter. I asked What kind of project is she? She directly replied to me with four words: state secrets."

The son-in-law and the son-in-law were chatting.Mourinho came over: "An old friend of mine in UEFA revealed the news to me. The masters of the Competition Committee are going to let Antwerp and Astana Locomotive swap positions."

Qu Bai breathed a sigh of relief: "This is the best. Lokomotiv Astana is about the same level as Antwerp, and both belong to the second-tier teams in Europe."

Liu Yun asked Mourinho: "Jose, according to the gossip news in the "Sun", you plan to retire at the age of 61, and you will return to Portugal to retire after this season..."

Mourinho waved his hands again and again: "My dear old lieutenant. You have already said that it is the news from the "Sun". Is there any one of the news from the "Sun" that is reliable? If it is said to retire. My plan is, 70 Retire at the age of one."

(End of this chapter)