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Chapter 236 Re-entering the Group of Death

Chapter 236 Re-entering the Group of Death
The first round of the UEFA Champions League group stage this season is all over, almost all the strong teams have passed, and there are not many upsets.

In another life-and-death battle in Borussia Mönchengladbach's 'Group of Death', Real Madrid finally had the last laugh. The Bernabéu stadium witnessed the miracle of Portuguese superstar Luis Figo's hat-trick in the last 10 minutes of the game.

The goals of Owen, Gerrard and Heskey gave Liverpool a 3:1 lead, and they also saw the hope of squeezing out Real Madrid and reaching the next round of the Champions League.

However, Figo's sudden outburst made Liverpool, who had a 80-goal lead in the first 2 minutes, finally suffer a 3:4 away game.This also made Real Madrid chairman Florentino very happy. He was criticized for signing Figo under pressure, but now who dares to question his original decision?
Figo is expensive, but if he can score goals and bring victory to the team, it is definitely worth spending so much money.

Florentino became more determined in his mind, that is, to make every effort to build Real Madrid, a galactic warship. Apart from Zidane, which has already been finalized, Florentino is still fighting for Nick. It is rumored that Florentino has offered Nick a price of 7500 million euros. Although it is just a rumor, it is enough to scare many club owners.

7500 million euros, which is enough for many teams to form a team. Florentino is obviously showing off. Who dares to compete with Real Madrid?Only those who are stupid will compete with Real Madrid.

Florentino firmly believes that a star is good, as long as one shows off, it is enough for the opponent to drink a pot.

On November 11, the British "Sun" suddenly broke the news: Ken Bates, the owner of the Premier League team Chelsea, was found to have contacted the Russian rich man Roman Abrahimovich in a villa in London. According to the video captured by the "dog boy", the Russian rich man intends to buy the Chelsea club.

And at this moment, the Chelsea Club also immediately sent a fax to the Borussia Mönchengladbach Club: offer 8000 million euros to buy Borussia Mönchengladbach captain Nick!

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused another wave in European football. Nick is worth 8000 million euros?Isn't he worth more than Zidane?

And it was Chelsea who made the offer, so everyone was even more puzzled, didn't Chelsea plan carefully?Why are you suddenly willing to spend such a big price?

This has caused the media to write articles speculating on the possibility of the rich Russians staying in Chelsea. With Bates' personality, he will definitely not pay so much money, so everyone agrees that Chelsea will change hands!
Chelsea's strong intervention made Real Madrid chairman Florentino a little restless. If he can't buy Nick, Florentino can't guarantee that Real Madrid can regain its former glory.

So during the draw ceremony for the second round group stage of the European Champions Cup, Florentino visited Deng Wendi again.

On November 11, Nyon, a small town in Switzerland.

The draw ceremony for the second round group stage of the European Champions Cup in the 00-01 season was held here. The top two of the four groups will directly enter the quarterfinals, and then there will be two rounds of knockout matches.

The La Liga team in the round of 16 became the biggest winner, and all four participating teams passed to enter the round of 16. Now the Spanish fans have a lot of confidence. Their national team is known as the king of the qualifiers, but they always lose the chain in the final stage, so the club's glory has become the object of their consolation.

The Premier League's Manchester United, Arsenal and Leeds United have also entered the top 16. Except for Liverpool, these three teams are still very strong. The form of the Premier League and La Liga is very interesting. The competitiveness of the league will attract more outstanding foreign players. Now it seems that La Liga and the Premier League have taken the lead.

Only Juventus entered the top 16 in Serie A. The "Little World Cup" is a bit sad. AC Milan and Lazio were shot together. The decline of Serie A seems to have happened overnight.

The two Ligue 16 teams, Lyon and Paris Saint-Germain, also entered the top 100, with a 4% survival rate. This made Platini, who drew lots on the spot, very happy.

After all, the Bundesliga has Bayern and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the top 16. If the two teams can bring the St. Blair Cup back to Germany, there may still be hope for retaining four places.

The other four places in the top 16 are occupied by Ukrainian team Dynamo Kiev, Russian Super League team Spartak Moscow, Portuguese Super League team Benfica and Greek champion Olympiakos.

This also basically reflects the structure of European football. The five major leagues are the mainstay and other second-tier leagues are supplemented. They can bring some benefits to the clubs of these second-tier leagues. This is what UEFA is happy to see.

The club leaders, coaches and captains of the 16 teams all came, which can be regarded as a big party.

Before the lottery, acquaintances sat in a group and chatted, and there were two men sitting beside Wendi Deng.

They are none other than Real Madrid chairman Florentino and Chelsea's future boss Abrahimovic, which made Wendi Deng very happy.

"Beautiful Madam President, I'm very glad to meet you on this occasion. Borussia Mönchengladbach can achieve such a good result, you have contributed a lot! And Real Madrid and Borussia Mönchengladbach joined hands to qualify from the group of death, which shows that our two teams are very close." Florentino talked with Deng Wendi first.

"Hehe, Mr. Perez, thank you for your kind words. Real Madrid has also shown enough strength to be respected. I believe that your efforts will be rewarded." Deng Wendi said with a pun, which made Florentino's eyes shine. The effort will be rewarded. This is great. It seems very hopeful to win Nick.

The two began to chat happily, while Abrahimovic on the side listened very gracefully without interrupting.

After talking for a while, Wendi Deng seemed to want Abrahimovic to intervene on purpose, and suddenly turned around and asked, "Is this Mr. Abrahimovic?"

"Hehe, hello, Ms. Deng, I'm Abrahimovic. I'm very happy to listen to your views and that of Chairman Perez. You are my role model." Abrahimovic said very gentlemanly.

Florentino has actually noticed Abrahimovic for a long time, but he is not familiar with the Russian rich man. Now that he hears it, he knows that Chelsea has officially entered the Abramovich era.

"I heard that Mr. Abrahimovic is going to take over Chelsea. I wonder if the news is true or not?" Wendi Deng asked again.

"Hehe, the news is true. To be honest, I have to thank the captain of your club, Mr. Hansen, for my sudden interest in investing in football. At the Bernabéu, I suddenly discovered a phenomenon that fascinated me: watching Nick play. Originally, my original intention was to buy Borussia Mönchengladbach, but seeing her current background, I can only feel that I am too slow to start." Abrahimovic suddenly started talking.

This shocked both Wendi Deng and Florentino: ambition!This guy definitely has ambitions!
After a pause, Abrahimovic continued: "However, I am very happy to get the opportunity to enter Stamford Bridge. If I succeed, I hope to get help from Ms. Deng and Mr. Perez in the future. I wonder what the two agree?"

"Hehe, definitely."

"Hehe, that's natural."

The two agreed with their mouths, but they cursed at the same time in their hearts: Damn, here comes the upstart, here comes the poacher, another competitor.

At this time, the draw ceremony officially began. UEFA President Johansson personally presided over the draw ceremony. This year's guests include many influential figures in international football. The two major football kings Pele and Maradona also came. They will be the guests of the draw ceremony. The other two guests are the pride of French football Platini and the Dutch legend Gullit.

The strength of the teams entering the second round is beyond doubt, and if they can enter a relatively easy group, it is definitely good news for Borussia Mönchengladbach.

So Nick is also very much looking forward to what kind of results the four can draw.

Before the draw, Johansson announced the news that the UEFA Champions League will be restructured next year. In the 01-02 season, the UEFA Champions League will cancel the two-round group stage competition system and change the top 32 into 8 groups.

This made Nick very happy. It would definitely be more enjoyable to have one less group round-robin match, but he didn't expect that these things would happen in advance, and the butterfly effect brought by him as a time traveler really is quite a lot.

Then the draw officially began. Pele, Maradona, Platini and Gullit each stood in front of a transparent tank. All four were smiling, but Pele and Maradona were separated by Platini, perhaps to avoid any accidents between the two.

Under the auspices of the master of ceremonies, Pele and others drew out a ball at the same time, which could determine the four teams in Group A.

Bailey opened it first, and then said with a smile: "The seeded team in Group A, Bayern Munich!" Bayern has performed well in the Champions League in the past two years, so being listed as the seeded team is also expected.

And Platini beside him also opened the ball, looked at it, and Platini also smiled: "The second-tier team in Group A is Deportivo!"

Immediately Maradona also peeled off the ball, opened it and said, "Leeds United!"

The last Gullit opened the ball and looked at it and said: "Olympiacos!"

The four teams in Group A are settled, and the strength of Group A seems to be very clear. Bayern should have no problem qualifying, and Deportivo and Leeds United should compete for another qualifying spot. There should be no dispute.

Immediately, the four teams in Group B will be drawn again. Now it is the turn of Manchester United, Valencia, Lyon and Benfica to be divided into a group.This group is also strong and weak, and Manchester United and Valencia do not seem to be a problem.

In this way, the rest of the team smiled wryly. One of the two groups C and D will definitely become the death group. The remaining teams in the third and fourth tiers have many strong teams like Borussia Mönchengladbach, Paris Saint-Germain, and Arsenal. Whoever wants to be drawn with them will be unlucky.

The draw continued, and Pele drew Juventus, the seed team in Group C. Platini was obviously stunned when he flicked the ball away, and then said loudly: "Barcelona!"

In this way, both teams are giants. If the third tier draws another strong team, it will not be fun.

When Maradona flicked the ball away, he shouted visibly excitedly: "Borussia Mönchengladbach!"

(End of this chapter)

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