Chapter 184 Mourinho’s Complaints
After Guardiola saw this result, the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. Although the movement was not large, it was still captured by the camera.
People from various clubs who came to participate in the lottery ceremony also showed knowing smiles after seeing the results.
UEFA will still play!
We actually came up with such an interesting grouping.
However, this pick is not a bad pick for Bayern and Manchester City.
The second-tier team in Group D is CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super League. This team is not very strong.
The only thing worth worrying about is that winter in Russia comes very early, and it is already freezing and snowy in October.
In this case, it will be very sour for European teams to play away games there in the winter.
But if you're lucky and finish the away game against CSKA Moscow before October, you won't have such trouble.
The draw continued, and Owen then drew Basel into Group E, Dortmund into Group F, Zenit into Group G, and Ajax into Group H.
The fourth draw star was former Dortmund star Sosa, who quickly completed the draw and drew the fourth-tier teams into various groups.
The final draw results for the Champions League group stage are:
Group A: Manchester United (Premier League) Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian Super League) Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga) Real Sociedad (La Liga)
Group B: Real Madrid (La Liga) Juventus (Serie A) Galatasaray (Turkish Super League) Copenhagen (Denmark Super League)
Group C: Benfica (Portuguese Premier League) Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1) Olympiacos (Greek League) Anderlecht (Belgian League)
Group D: Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) CSKA Moscow (Russian Super League) Manchester City (English Premier League) Victory Plzen (Czech Liga)
Group E: Chelsea (Premier League) Werder Bremen (Bundesliga) Basel (Swiss Premier League) Steaua Bucharest (Romania Liga)
Group F: Arsenal (Premier League) Marseille (Ligue 1) Dortmund (Bundesli Liga) Napoli (Serie A)
Group G: Porto (Portuguese Premier League) Atletico Madrid (La Liga) Zenit (Russian Premier League) Austria Vienna (Austrian League)
Group H: Barcelona (La Liga) AC Milan (Serie A) Ajax (Eredivisie) Celtic (Scottish Premier League)
After the draw ceremony, the death groups were clear at a glance, that is Group F, where Arsenal is located, and Group H, where Barcelona is located.
Except for the teams drawn into these two groups, the other teams are quite satisfied with their groupings.
Among the four teams in the Premier League, except for Arsenal's worst signing, the other three teams' signings are pretty good.
Manchester United's three group opponents are all one level weaker than them. If it were Manchester United in the Ferguson era, it would be very easy to qualify from the group.
But for Moyes, it's hard to say. He has no experience in the Champions League before, and his lack of experience is his biggest problem.
Chelsea's signing is the best among the four teams. Except for Werder Bremen, which may cause a little trouble for the three teams in the same group, the other teams pose no threat at all.
As long as Mourinho does not let up his chain, there is no doubt that Chelsea will qualify.
After the draw results of the Champions League group stage appeared, media from various countries reported on the matter.
The Italian media sighed, feeling that AC Milan was really unlucky.
This is the fourth time they have met Barcelona in the Champions League for the third consecutive season. It is like a bad fate between the two teams, but AC Milan always suffers.
In the 2011-2012 season, Barcelona and AC Milan were also assigned to Group H. AC Milan lost one and drew one against Barcelona.
After finally making it to the quarter-finals, they met Barcelona again in the quarter-finals, with another draw and a loss. AC Milan was taken away by Barcelona.
Last season, Barcelona and AC Milan met in the round of 16. AC Milan finally won 2:0 at home. I thought that this time I would be able to stand up and sing, but I didn't expect to be defeated by Barcelona 4:0 at Camp Nou. Bloodbath.
Now that they have met Barcelona for the fourth time, AC Milan fans are simply scolding them!
Why is it always you? You think we are easy to bully, right?
But Gunners fans feel that the most unlucky person to step on the horse is our Nana, okay?
Originally, as the only team among the eight seeded teams that had not won the Champions League, it was a bit heartbreaking to put them together with the other seven teams.
In the end, we actually got such a lottery?
Take a look at who Arsenal's opponents are: Dortmund, the last UEFA Champions League runner-up, Marseille, the French runner-up, and Napoli, the runner-up in Serie A.
Damn it, although Arsenal is the first-tier seed player, it has the lowest league ranking in the group. After all, they only ranked fourth in the Premier League last season...
When reporters interviewed Wenger after the game, Wenger said strongly and calmly:
"I have confidence in my team, we will definitely qualify from the group!"
Wenger has the confidence to say this. Since he led the team, Arsenal has always maintained its Champions League spot and has always made it out of the group stages.
Although the group opponents this time are a bit stronger, Arsenal is not weaker than their opponents.
As long as they can defeat their opponents at home, the initiative to qualify will be in their own hands.
However, the British media don't think so. They believe that with Arsenal's current team, there is a high probability that the third-line operation will collapse, so they urge the professor to quickly spend money to buy people.
If the team fails in the group stage because they are unwilling to spend money, the loss to Arsenal's interests will be huge.
However, it is a mystery whether and how much money the professor still has after buying the Edog.
Anyway, it is nothing new for Arsenal to operate with debt and survive by selling their captain.
It is the first time that a professor can pay tens of millions of pounds to buy an Erdog.
If you let him continue to pay, you are making things difficult for the professor.
In La Liga, both Real Madrid and Barcelona are quite satisfied with this result.
Barcelona core Messi said in an interview that no Champions League game is easy to play. No matter what group he is assigned to or what opponent he encounters, he will try his best to play every game well.
Although he said that, the reporter found that unlike the frown he had when he just came out, the club champion's brows were relaxed now, which proved that he was very satisfied with this pick.
On Real Madrid's side, AS and Marca focused on the encounter between Real Madrid and Juventus.
The two teams have met many times in the Champions League. What impressed Real Madrid people was the 1998 Champions League final.
That year, Real Madrid finally defeated Juventus and won the championship trophy again after 32 years.
And now, he has not won the Champions League for more than ten years. When he meets Juventus, an old rival, Real Madrid hopes to turn their fortunes around by defeating them.
However, Real Madrid is not guaranteed to defeat Juventus. Since the beginning of the new century, the battles between Real Madrid and Juventus have ended in Juventus' victory.
So this encounter is a battle of revenge for Real Madrid.
In addition, Real Madrid's head coach Carlo Ancelotti and assistant coach Zidane have both played for Juventus.
Moreover, their working experience at Juventus was not friendly to either of them. Ancelotti was insulted by Juventus fans as a pig because he was too fat.
When Zidane joined Juventus, he was questioned by Juventus fans because it was difficult to integrate into Serie A.
This time, the two teams meet, and the old and new hatreds are added together. The stronger Real Madrid may not let the old woman go easily.
In addition to these gimmicks of death groups and strong showdowns, Guardiola's Bayern and Lin Quan's Manchester City were grouped together, which also attracted the attention and interviews of many reporters.
Faced with the siege of reporters, Lin Quan said in an interview: "The result of this draw is very interesting."
With such a cryptic answer, he hinted that UEFA had set a script.
After hearing what Lin Quan said, the reporters all laughed.
The showdown between father and son is full of drama, right?
Even if it is really a script that has been arranged, they will not reject such a script!
The German media has mixed feelings. In their opinion, Bayern's signing is very good and there is no problem in qualifying first in the group.
But Dortmund fell into the group of death. Without Gotze, it's hard to say whether they can qualify.
As for Leverkusen and Werder Bremen, whether these two teams can break out of the siege depends entirely on their own performance.
Relatively speaking, Werder Bremen's signing may be better, because except for Chelsea, who cannot beat them, it is not difficult to win the remaining two opponents.
However, the situation in Leverkusen's group is a little more difficult. If they play Manchester United, they will open at about 37, and they may lose.
Their main opponents are the other two teams, but the strength of these two teams is about the same as them. It is probably a 50-50 draw. It is really difficult to say who can advance to the knockout rounds.
After the draw results were released, the betting website immediately announced the odds of winning the Champions League.
Bayern, coached by Guardiola, is unsurprisingly the favorite.
Although the meritorious coach Heynckes has resigned, the addition of strong players such as Guardiola, Gotze and Thiago has objectively further strengthened Bayern's already luxurious lineup.
Since Bayern's main roster has not changed much and the players are all at their peak, Bayern should be favored by everyone.
Behind Bayern, Real Madrid has the second highest odds.
Last season Mourinho's Real Madrid was just a little bit away from the finals, but this season the arrival of Ancelotti and the addition of Mr. Bale, a billionaire, have further enhanced Real Madrid's strength.
People have reason to believe that Real Madrid, whose Champions League record continues to improve, may be able to get what they want this season and win their 10th Champions League trophy!
As for Barcelona, the team's lineup has aged, and the replacement of a less famous and less powerful head coach has made the outside world look down on them a little. Their odds are lower than their arch-rivals in the league, ranking third. Three.
After the three super giants Huang Saren, Chelsea and Manchester United, the two strongest teams in the Premier League, also have low odds, ranking fourth and fifth respectively.
Chelsea's lineup is not bad and they also won the Champions League two seasons ago.
With the return of Mourinho this season, theoretically their strength will be even higher, and the possibility of winning the championship is not low.
As for Manchester United, although they are ranked fifth, there is a big gap between them and the top four.
The outside world is not optimistic about Moyes' Champions League journey. The reason is very simple. Manchester United's focus this season will definitely be on the Premier League, and the Champions League may be strategically abandoned by them.
Surprisingly, Manchester City's odds are ranked sixth, beating last year's runner-up Dortmund.
The outside world believes that Manchester City has the possibility to win the championship. Their lineup is not bad at all. What they lack is the Champions League experience and how to shape this luxurious lineup so that these stars can fully exert their strength.
This kind of evaluation is actually quite pertinent. Their analysis of Manchester City's problems was spot on.
But whether these problems can be solved depends on Pellegrini's work ability.
After the draw ceremony, the Champions League group stage schedule was soon released.
Manchester City will go away to face Czech First Division champion Plzen Victory on September 18.
The opponent in the first Champions League game is not strong, and it is a good opportunity for Manchester City to get a good start.
The team is gearing up to prepare for this game!
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After the Champions League draw ceremony, Lin Quan and Guardiola only met briefly and chatted for a few words before hurriedly taking a plane back to Manchester.
One day later, the third round of the Premier League started.
Chelsea, who played first, narrowly defeated Aston Villa 2:1 at home.
In this game, Aston Villa continued their habit of taking cards. They received 5 yellow cards in the whole game, five times more than Chelsea.
Chelsea only scored one goal in this game, and their opponents scored two goals.
But it was Chelsea who won in the end, because their opponent gave them an own goal, and it was a gift package only seven minutes into the game.
To be honest, if Aston Villa hadn't sent a big gift package early, they should have won this game.
Chelsea's performance in this game was very poor, and they didn't look like a wealthy team at all.
They had more than 70% of the ball in the game and blasted 17 shots, but only 3 of them were on target.
Although their opponents shot less than half as many times as they did, they had 4 shots on target, one more than them.
The defensive counterattack tactics that Mourinho is proud of cannot be used when the opponent takes the lead in setting up the bus.
The oppressive attack seemed a bit overwhelming for Chelsea, who was weak at the front and could not score!
Although Chelsea bought a lot of forwards, none of them were usable.
The only goal they scored in this game was actually a defender!
This made Mourinho couldn't help but cover his face with his hands!
Looking at his large group of forwards who couldn't score goals, Mourinho was on the verge of tears and began to miss Drogba!
As long as I have a useful forward, why can't I even break the goal of a weak team?
When he thought of this, Mourinho became very angry and was very dissatisfied with the work of club manager Emnaro.
If he had brought Lin Quan to Stamford Bridge, why would Chelsea be so embarrassed and helpless?
Facts have proved that Mourinho's complaints are justified.
In the match between Manchester City and Hull City the next day, Lin Quan was in hot form.
He had already scored two goals in just 35 minutes in the first half.
Not long after the second half started, he scored the third goal, completing his second hat-trick after joining Manchester City.
In three games, Lin Quan scored 8 goals. He scored more goals than the entire Chelsea team, twice as many!
He proved Mourinho's vision with his outstanding performance.
At the same time, it also proved that Mansour’s original money spent was not a loss at all.
If other teams are given another chance, I'm afraid everyone will rush to spend the money!
