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Chapter 237 Opponent Analysis
Nick off the field smiled wryly and said, "Hey, it's another group of tiger and wolf masters. Old horse, won't your hands behave better?"

Drawn in the same group as Juventus and Barcelona, ​​this is definitely another group of death. If no one thinks so before the start of the season, then no one is excited about the form of this group now. Borussia Mönchengladbach abused Real Madrid, AC Milan and Liverpool one by one in the first round of the group stage, plus Barcelona and Juventus, is this not a group of death or something?
And Gullit, who opened the ball fourth, drew Paris Saint-Germain into Group C. This Ligue [-] team is not a weak team.

Carl beside Nick also smiled and said: "Hehe, it seems that our luck seems to be not very good, and we have encountered a few wealthy teams. How about Nick, are you confident?"

"That's definitely no problem. If you want to win the championship, it's better to meet these strong teams as early as possible. Eliminate the strong teams first, and then you'll meet the weaker teams in the knockout round. It's better to meet Olympiacos and Spartak Moscow in the knockout round."

Before the restructuring, the probability of a team entering the death group twice in a row was really small, but it happened to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

And Nick secretly analyzed several opponents, and his face became serious.

Although Barcelona has a poor record in La Liga this season and only ranks fifth in the league, there is no need to doubt the strength of the Catalan team. The 5 World Footballer Rivaldo used 1999 goals in the last round of La Liga. Humiliated the Numancia team coached by the former Nishikawa 3 coach Laota, and the state began to recover, which made Barcelona's competitiveness suddenly improved.

Rivaldo is still the core of this Barcelona team. His breakthrough shot is difficult to stop, and the Brazilian will become Borussia Mönchengladbach's number one target.

And Xavi, who is known as Guardiola's successor, has gradually grown up. Xavi's passing is called "scalpel-like passing" in later generations, which shows how good his skills are. Of course, Xavi, who is still young, is far from reaching the mature and terrifying level of later generations, so he can still make a fuss about Xavi.

The Dutch players in the Barcelona team are outstanding, but they seem to be very proud, and they are not willing to become a rope with other teammates, so the Barcelona locker room is prone to problems. This can also be a bit of a fuss.

And no one dares to underestimate the strength of the 'Old Lady' Juventus. Zidane, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Van der Sar, Tacchinati..., a bunch of star names are well known, and the Serie A team's defense is strong, which often gives them an advantage in the group stage.

With an away draw and a home win, Juventus easily qualified from the group in the first round of the group stage according to the tactics designed by coach Ancelotti.

Since this is very likely to be Zidane's last season at Juventus, Zidane has said on many occasions that he will bring the team a European Champions Cup as a farewell gift. Of course, this is also a championship that Zidane has not yet won.

And Juventus, as the only seedling of the Serie A team in the Champions League, will definitely fight for the honor of Serie A, so Juventus can't afford it.

Compared with the previous two teams, Paris Saint-Germain is easier to deal with. Although this team is also full of stars, it is far from reaching the strength of the "Great Paris" team in later generations. The Nigerian star Okocha nicknamed "Bird" is the core of this team.

How good Okocha's skills are. Ronaldinho, who joined Paris Saint-Germain in later generations, once said that he learned many of his skills from Okocha. Of course, in this time and space, Ronaldinho will not go to Paris Saint-Germain again, and his first stop in Europe will come to Monchengladbach. Judging from this battlefield, Monchengladbach has already defeated Paris Saint-Germain.

Okocha is fast and his fake moves are too realistic, which is the nightmare of many teams.It's almost impossible to completely contain Okocha, and Nick can't even ask himself.

But if Okocha is not restricted, it is unknown whether he can get enough points in the two rounds. Even if the teammates around Okocha are a group of second-rate players, I am afraid that they will give the opponent enough blows by then.

Anelka on the front line is also a genius, but it is not yet known how powerful this genius can be. Anelka is eager to prove himself, but he also has obvious personality flaws. Sometimes he is the angel of the team, and sometimes he is the devil of the team.

Around the two of them, Paris Saint-Germain's style of play is also fast-impact.

If Paris Saint-Germain is regarded as the object of absolute scoring, I am afraid that the possibility of suffering a loss is not small.

Faced with such a group, no one can be happy.However, Nick has already made a plan for scoring points in his heart: he must get enough 6 points for Paris Saint-Germain, 4 points for Barcelona, ​​and at least 2 points for Juventus. 12 points should be enough to qualify.

Of course Borussia Mönchengladbach thinks so, and the other three teams are also complaining, and they are also thinking about their own targets. Paris Saint-Germain has become a soft persimmon in everyone's mind at the moment. Barcelona and Juventus are obviously also planning to score enough 6 points on Paris Saint-Germain. This can be seen from the eyes of their representatives looking at the representatives of Paris Saint-Germain.

However, they were not able to pick up such cheap deals as Olympiacos and Spartak Moscow. Everyone was upset. What else could they say except cursing Pele, Platini and others who drew the four teams together?

The group of death is worthy of its name. If you want to qualify, there is only one way in Huashan—fight!

In the end, the four teams in Group D also came to light: Real Madrid, Dynamo Kiev, Arsenal, and Spartak Moscow.

After the lottery ceremony, when he walked out of the venue, a reporter immediately stopped Nick. Nick looked at it and said, shit, it's Wang Kai again!

"Hello, Nick, this time Borussia Mönchengladbach has been divided into a recognized death group. What do you think?"

"Oh, there is only one idea, and that is to kill the other three teams in the group and advance to the quarterfinals." Nick continued to walk out without raising his head. As long as he stops now, there will definitely be a large army surrounding him, and you will be unable to leave even if you want to.

Wang Kai trotted behind and continued to ask: "Good Nick, you have ambition, I support you, but Barcelona and Juventus are very strong, can Borussia Mönchengladbach kill them?"

"Damn, Barcelona and Juventus are strong, but we are not weak. Borussia Mönchengladbach already has the experience of playing in the Champions League. No team can stop us from advancing. We will play beautiful offensive football." Nick continued to say without hesitation.

Wang Kai was so excited that his saliva almost stayed. The interview with Nick was interesting. He could always interview something new, and Nick was not very good at hiding it. He dared to say such cruel words without fear of offending others.

"Okay Nick, if we can break out from the group of death again, what is the goal of Borussia Mönchengladbach?"

"Goal? Haha, no goal is more important than winning the championship. I think you can write the manuscript of next year's Champions League final in advance. The title is: An anthem for the champion Borussia Mönchengladbach!"

As soon as Nick finished speaking, Wang Kai spat out a mouthful of blood: Damn, this is too rampant, right?Start composing hymns now?

(End of this chapter)