Chapter 137
Not long after arriving at the dormitory, Carrasco also came.
The four of them sat in Su Wei’s room, turned on the TV and tuned to the sports channel.
The time was just right, and the TV was broadcasting the draw ceremony of the Champions League group stage.
UEFA President Platini, with curly hair, was giving a speech in front of the screen.
After speaking for three or four minutes, the host introduced the draw rules for this season’s Champions League group stage.
This year’s Champions League draw rules have changed a bit, and the 32 teams will be divided into four tiers.
The defending champion and the champions of the top seven association leagues in UEFA points will directly enter the first tier.
The rest of the teams will determine the second, third, and fourth tiers based on their total points ranking in the last five seasons of the European War.
According to this draw rule, Laco, which has never participated in the European War in the past five years, will undoubtedly be a team in the fourth tier.
And the worst thing is that in the fourth tier, Laco is also at the bottom.
Astana Club, the second-to-last team among the 32 teams, also has at least 3.8 points, while Laco has no points at all.
Traditional giants like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern all have more than 150 points.
After the host announced the rules of the draw, the live camera gave a close-up of the audience.
Eduardo and Jimenez, both in suits and leather shoes, appeared in the camera.
The two looked at the big screen, and the big zero behind Laco made them more or less embarrassed.
Fortunately, the tier situation was only displayed for a while, and the draw ceremony began soon.
The guests of the draw this time were the God of War Batistuta and the Brazilian legend Cafu.
Both of them have retired for many years, but they are still in good shape.
In a straight suit, they drew the lot quickly.
The two of them took one by one, and soon all the teams from tiers one to three were drawn.
The TV also gave the real-time distribution of each group.
Group A includes Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk.
Group B includes PSV Eindhoven, Manchester United, CSKA Moscow.
Group C includes Benfica, Sevilla, Galatasaray.
Group D includes Juventus, Manchester City, Lyon.
Group E includes Barcelona, Leverkusen, Roma.
Group F includes Bayern Munich, Arsenal, Olympiacos.
Group G includes Chelsea, Porto, Dynamo Kyiv.
Group H includes Zenit, Valencia, BATE Borisov.
Next is the draw for the fourth tier of teams.
According to the rules, clubs from the same country cannot meet in the group stage.
There are a lot of teams in La Liga in the Champions League this year. Barcelona, Real Madrid, and La Coruna are the top three teams in La Liga to qualify, while Valencia is the fourth team to qualify in the play-offs.
Sevilla also got a Champions League ticket because it won the Europa League last season.
According to the principle of different groups for the same country, Laco will only be drawn to Group B, Group D, Group F, and Group G.
Among them, the strength of Group B, Group F, and Group G is almost the same, and Group D is undoubtedly the strongest group.
Juventus, the boss of Serie A.
Although Manchester City is not the boss of the Premier League, it is the second in the Premier League, and Lyon is the second in Ligue 1.
This group is definitely a group of death!
Before the fourth draw began, Brozovic was already chanting: “God bless! Don’t be drawn to Group D!”
Salman was also praying: “I think Group B is good, so let’s go to Group B!”
However, the draw is all about luck, and Laco’s luck today is obviously not good enough.
With Batistuta’s draw, Laco was drawn to Group D.
Juventus, Manchester City, Lyon, Laco, all four teams are from the top five leagues, and Group D is simply dead!
As soon as the draw results came out, the TV broadcast screen switched to the audience seats.
Juventus’ new head coach Allegri’s eyebrows and mouth all drooped.
The expression on his face at this moment is exactly like the word “embarrassment”.
Manchester City’s head coach, Pellegrini, who has pale and messy hair, similar to Einstein’s hairstyle, also frowned. He has already begun to think about how to qualify from this death group.
Lyon’s head coach Hubert Fournier, grinned and looked uncomfortable.
Jimenez couldn’t say he was happy or depressed. He just turned his head and whispered to Eduardo beside him.
The four brothers in the dormitory followed and shouted.
Brozovic was the first to curse: “Damn it, I was assigned to such a broken group in my first Champions League. It’s probably difficult to qualify from the group now!”
Salman echoed: “Yes, among the eight groups, our group is the strongest. This luck is really bad!”
Carrasco didn’t say anything, but he also frowned slightly.
Brozovic saw that he was still depressed, so he couldn’t help but ask: “Brother, please give us your opinion.”
Carrasco’s lips moved for a long time before he uttered two words: “It’s difficult!”
Brozovic shook his head and sighed: “Alas! You don’t need to tell us, we all know it’s difficult!”
At this time, he turned to Su Wei and asked: “Su, what do you think of this group?”
Su Wei looked at him and pretended to be relaxed: “What are you afraid of? Since we are assigned to a pit group, let’s fight! We are the elite!”
Just after saying this, Su Wei suddenly heard an electronic synthesized sound in his ears.
[Main quest update: Champions League group qualification]
Su Wei was stunned, thinking that the main quest update was really timely!
At the same time, the three brothers heard Su Wei’s words and were stunned.
Salman was the first to speak up: “Boss, does that make us seem too arrogant? This group is full of teams from the top five leagues, definitely the most difficult of the eight groups!”
Brozovic and Carrasco also nodded frequently.
Su Wei smiled and explained: “Let me give you a brief analysis. Although Juventus is the champion of Serie A, they are no longer the Serie A of the past.”
“Didn’t we easily beat AC Milan 2:1 a while ago? Compared with Bayern in the Bundesliga and Chelsea in the Premier League, I think Juventus is easier to play!”
Salman thought: “Well, it seems to make sense…”
Su Wei continued: “Although Lyon is second in Ligue 1, we are still third in La Liga. Ligue 1 is obviously not as strong as La Liga. We don’t have to be afraid of them at all.”
Brozovic was also KTVed by Su Wei, and agreed: “Well, it makes sense…”
Su Wei became more and more excited: “Manchester City is more difficult to deal with, but as long as we can steadily eat up two teams in this group, we can also qualify in second place. There is also the last point, which is also very beneficial to us…”
He paused deliberately at this point.
Salman asked anxiously: “Boss, don’t keep us in suspense, just tell us!”
Su Wei smiled slightly and added again: “We are the last of the 32 teams, and we don’t have any points. The points of the three teams, Lyon, have more than 80 points. They will inevitably underestimate us when they meet us, which is another big advantage for us!”
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ps: Tonight’s European Cup, Switzerland-Italy, recommend big 2, Germany-Denmark, recommend big 2.5, tomorrow morning’s America’s Cup, Argentina-Peru, recommend big 2/2.5, Canada-Chile, also recommend big 2.5
Brothers, if you have rice, remember to bring some small gifts, I bought it like this, play a little, don’t play big, it’s hard to turn over if you play big, after all, small play is fun!