At this time, the names of the second-tier teams have been printed on the big screen, namely: Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus, Porto, Paris Saint-Germain, Schalke 04, Marseille, AC Milan and CSKA Moscow.

The first team Cruyff drew was CSKA Moscow.

After that, the group Figo drew was Group D.

They will be placed in the same group as defending champion Bayern Munich.

The next team drawn was Marseille, and the group they were assigned to was Group F with Arsenal.

The third one drawn was Shakhtar Donetsk, who were assigned to Manchester United’s Group A.

Then there is Juventus, who will enter Group B where Real Madrid is.

Paris Saint-Germain was assigned to Group C where Benfica is.

Porto was assigned to Group G, where Barcelona is.

Schalke 04 was assigned to Group E where Chelsea was.

Atletico Madrid ushered in their first group opponent AC Milan.

When they saw this name, the Atletico Madrid players who were watching TV suddenly let out a sigh.

If there is any team in the second tier that the seeded teams don’t want to touch, then AC Milan is definitely among the top two.

As a seven-time Champions League champion, although the results in the European competition have been unsatisfactory in recent years, causing it to slip to the second tier, there is no doubt about the strength of AC Milan.

No one can say that they will be able to win the battle.

And now that such a wealthy team is assigned to its own group, the players of Atletico Madrid are certainly not happy.

But fortunately, this is only the second-tier draw. As long as the next two draws don’t draw strong teams, it is acceptable.

So at this time, Atletico Madrid’s players were already getting nervous.

The drawing of the second-tier teams was completed, and the guest of the draw, Cruyff, also retired and walked off the stage.

Then during the host’s introduction, the lottery guests of the third-tier team were welcomed.

The guest of this lottery is the recently retired England star Mike Owen.

Irving walked onto the stage in high spirits, and after greeting the host, Pladini and Infantino, the draw for the third tier began.

At this time, the names of the third-tier teams were displayed on the big screen.

They are: Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Olympiacos, Manchester City, Basel, Zenit, Dortmund and Ajax.

The first one to be drawn was Zenit, who was drawn to Barcelona. Roan and Porto are in Group G.

Then there is Basel, who were drawn into Group E with Chelsea and Schalke 04.

The third one is Leverkusen, they are assigned to Group A with Manchester United and Shakhtar Donetsk.

After that, Olympiacos was assigned to Group C with Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain.

The fifth one was Ajax. When his group appeared, the Atletico Madrid players in front of the TV took a breath.

Because he was assigned to Group H, he will compete with Atletico Madrid and AC Milan for qualifying spots.

This is definitely standard equipment for a death group.

La Liga champions, AC Milan, seven-time Champions League winner, and Dutch Eredivisie giant Ajax, who has won the Champions League four times.

Such three teams were assigned to a group, and this group was a veritable group of death.

Although Ajax’s performance in recent years has been poor, so much so that they have slipped to the third tier of teams.

But no one dares to say that they can crush it.

After all, the background is there.

That’s why Atletico Madrid’s players sighed.

Even the TV host who broadcast the lottery ceremony exclaimed that the first death team was officially born.

Atletico Madrid president Celezo and head coach Simeone, who were spectators at the scene, had helpless looks on their faces when they saw this result.

This is really what I’m afraid of.

It seems that Atletico Madrid’s road to the Champions League is difficult to go.

The drawing ceremony on the stage continues.

After that, Irving drew a sixth team, Dortmund.

It was assigned to Group F with Arsenal and Marseille.

Then there is Galatasaray, which is assigned to Group B with Real Madrid and Juventus.

Manchester City was assigned to Group D with Bayern Munich and CSKA Moscow.

After the third pot team was drawn, Irving stepped down and then greeted the guest of the fourth pot team, Portuguese star Paulo Sosa.

Paul Sosa has retired for more than ten years, but he still looks good.

Also full of energy.

After taking the stage, he also had a brief greeting with the host and two UEFA officials, and then the draw began.

The fourth-tier teams on the big screen are: Real Sociedad, Copenhagen, Anderlecht, Victory Plzen, Steaua Bucharest, Napoli, Celtic and Austria Vienna.

Most of the teams in the fourth tier are just supporting players, so most of their assignments did not cause too many waves.

In the end, after Paul Sosa’s extraction, the fourth-tier team was quickly extracted.

Among them, Real Sociedad entered Group A, Copenhagen entered Group B, Anderlecht entered Group C, Plzen Victory entered Group D, Steaua Bucharest entered Group E, Napoli entered Group F, Austria Vienna entered Group G, and Celtic were assigned Arrived at Group H, where Atletico Madrid is located.

Seeing that the Celtics were assigned to their own group, the Atletico Madrid players in front of the TV looked at each other, and then burst into wry smiles.

Although most of the teams in the fourth tier are average in strength, it has to be said that there are also some difficult characters among them.

The Celtics are undoubtedly such a team.

As the dominant team in the Scottish League, they compete in the Champions League all year round.

So the competition experience is quite rich.

And most importantly, the Celtics have won the Champions League.

Billy McNeil, who drew the first team today, was the core of the team when they won the championship.

Although it has been a long time ago, if you win it, you have won it. No matter how long ago it was won, it can be said to be a championship team.

In this group, there are three teams that have won the Champions League, and only Atletico Madrid, the seed team in the group, has not won a Champions League trophy so far.

Therefore, Atletico Madrid, the seeded team, is really embarrassing.

And this group, coupled with the addition of the Celtics, has become a veritable group of death.

Atletico Madrid and AC Milan should be about the same strength here, Ajax is slightly weaker, but their youth army is not called for nothing. If they relax a little against him, they may be defeated. Capsized in the gutter.

As for the Celtics, although they are the weakest, they are also very threatening as a spoiler.

In this case, Group H has become a veritable group of death.

In addition to their group, there is also Group F of Arsenal, Marseille, Dortmund and Naples, which is also full of strong players and can be regarded as another group of death.

Because you must know that Naples, the fourth-tier team, spent more than 100 million to build the team this past summer.

The other three teams are the best in their respective leagues.

So in fact, the breath of death in this group is better than that of Group H where Atletico Madrid is located.


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