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After the third round of the Premier League, Benitez has to consider the next fourth round of the Premier League, and at the same time, he also has to consider the draw ceremony of this season's UEFA Champions League.

At this time, the qualifying rounds for the UEFA Champions League have ended, and now all the top 32 players for the new season of the UEFA Champions League have been produced. It is now time to draw lots for the group stage.

This season's UEFA Champions League is a little different from previous UEFA Champions Leagues, because this is the first season of the UEFA Champions League under Platini's new Champions League policy.

Platini proposed that starting from the 2009-2010 season, there will be four qualifying rounds (the fourth round is the play-offs) before the UEFA Champions League group stage, all of which will be two-leg home and away knockout matches to determine the other teams that will enter the group stage.

Ten places.

There are two ways to participate in the qualifying rounds, namely the championship route and the ranking route. The main purpose of separating the two routes for the qualifying rounds is that teams that enter the group stage through the championship route and the ranking route will not meet in the group stage. In

Teams eliminated in the third qualifying round will advance to the UEFA Europa League play-offs (fourth qualifying round).

In Platini's words, he did this in order to allow more national teams to participate in the UEFA Champions League, a large European league family, and to allow more Europeans to participate in this event.

Come and expand the influence of the UEFA Champions League at the same time.

Increasing the number of participating countries in this way will naturally reduce the number of participating countries in the past, which has caused dissatisfaction among many clubs. Of course, these clubs are the middle and lower reaches of the UEFA Champions League, because this actually harms their interests.

It is already difficult for them to participate in the UEFA Champions League. Now they are recruiting more competitors to enter. Isn't this harming their interests? These small and medium-sized clubs have united to boycott UEFA's decision.

However, the five major European leagues and those wealthy clubs did not react at all, because it did not affect their interests, and of course they would not participate. This is doomed that the opposition of those small and medium-sized clubs is unlikely to succeed. In the end,

, Platini still occupied the top position and implemented his New Deal.

In fact, everyone understands Platini's intention in doing this. He is trying to win over more people and win votes in a disguised form so that he can continue to be re-elected as the president of UEFA. Everyone is not a fool, and no one can see it.

What's the French guy's intention?

In any case, the new policy of the UEFA Champions League has been implemented, starting from this season. Didn’t there be four qualifying rounds before the UEFA Champions League group stage this season?

Now that the top 32 players of the UEFA Champions League have been selected, it is time to conduct the group draw for the UEFA Champions League.

This season's UEFA Champions League group draw was held at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Liverpool head coach Benitez led Chiu Ze, Reina, Fernando Torres and two assistants to fly there

Monte Carlo in Monaco.

Qiu Ze, Reina and Fernando Torres went to the UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony because Reina was one of the candidates for the best goalkeeper in the UEFA Champions League last season, and Qiu Ze was the best goalkeeper in the UEFA Champions League last season.

One of the best midfield candidates, Fernando Torres was naturally one of the candidates for the best forward in the UEFA Champions League last season.

Liverpool was one of the top four teams in the UEFA Champions League last season. They lost to the Red Devils Manchester United in the semi-finals and did not enter the final. Therefore, in fact, the chance of Qiu Ze winning the award as a man should not be small.

Yes, but they still have to go, otherwise wouldn’t it be a loss of face for UEFA?

Qiu Ze, Benitez and others came directly to Monte Carlo, Monaco that day. They went directly to the hotel booked by UEFA to rest, and then waited until the evening to directly attend the new season's UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony.

Qiu Ze and others were not the first to arrive. It could even be said that they were the latest to arrive. Many people arrived last night. They rested here for a night and got off the jet lag so that they could prepare for today's day.

The mental state is better.

After arriving at the hotel booked by UEFA, Qiu Ze of course saw many acquaintances, whom they almost met at least once a year. Along the way, Qiu Ze kept saying hello to these guys, and then Qiu Ze met Benitez

He came to the Premier League under his leadership.

Humans are all social animals, and they always get together wherever they go. As soon as Benitez arrived, he started chatting with Alex Ferguson, Wenger and others. Benitez also thought about Chelsea’s new manager alone.

Head coach Carno Ancelotti said hello and started chatting.

Carno Ancelotti has just arrived in the Premier League. As a veteran in England, Benitez naturally has a lot of things to pay attention to about his "junior" Carno Ancelotti. Carno

?Ancelotti naturally accepted it humbly.

After coming to the Premier League, Carno Ancelotti was a little uncomfortable at first. There is indeed a big gap between English football and Italian football. He also had many doubts. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the UEFA Champions League draw,

, he naturally has to learn from these veterans of the Premier League.

Qiu Ze and others chatted with Wayne Rooney and other stars who also came from the Premier League. Although they were opponents and sometimes had conflicts on the court, they still gave each other face off the court.

Yes, they are all relatively friendly.

Of course, unless they are the kind of guys with deep personal conflicts, most people are still willing to make friends. Therefore, these players from the Premier League still had a great time chatting.

At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo, who is now Real Madrid's top player, came over to say hello to his former teammates and former coach Alex Ferguson.

Seeing Cristiano Ronaldo coming over, Wayne Rooney next to Qiu Ze obviously grinned, as if he hated Cristiano Ronaldo. Qiu Ze sighed in his heart, it seems that Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo really has deep conflicts.

Wayne Rooney did not hide his conflict with Cristiano Ronaldo at all. He was indifferent to the greetings of Cristiano Ronaldo from his team. And Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to know this and directly chose to ignore Wayne Rooney.

, he directly chatted with Van der Sar, Berbatov and others.

Finally, Cristiano Ronaldo went up to say hello to Alex Ferguson. Seeing Cristiano Ronaldo walking over, Alex Ferguson had no expression on his face, but he was not like Wayne Rooney.

Alex Ferguson is a veteran. He responded to Cristiano Ronaldo and asked how Cristiano Ronaldo is doing and how is his stay in Real Madrid?

Alex Ferguson's caring attitude was as if he had cared about an old friend who had been close to him for decades. This made Qiu Ze couldn't help but marvel. He didn't believe that the relationship between the two people was really as close as they showed, otherwise Christia

Ronaldo will not choose to leave Manchester United.

It didn't take long for everyone to start going to the restaurant. Because it was dinner time. After dinner, everyone would rest for about half an hour before going to the Grimaldi Convention Center to participate in the new season's UEFA Champions League group draw.

The ceremony is over.

After dinner, Qiu Ze, Benitez and others immediately went to the Grimaldi Conference Center. They were not the first people to come here. When they walked in, the place was already crowded with people. Qiu Ze

Ze and Benitez also saw Alex Ferguson and others waving to them not far away.

Qiu Ze and Benitez did not stop. They walked over quickly and sat down next to Alex Ferguson. They chatted and waited for the start of the group draw ceremony for this year's UEFA Champions League.

By this time, the thirty-two teams participating in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season have been formed. They have been divided into four different tiers based on points. Among them, the eight teams in the first tier are Barcelona, ​​Chelsea,

Liverpool, Manchester United, AC Milan, Arsenal, Sevilla and Bayern Munich.

The teams in the second tier are Lyon, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, CSKA Moscow, Porto, AZ Alkmaar, Juventus and Rangers.

The eight teams in the third tier are Olympiacos, Marseille, Dynamo Kiev, Stuttgart, Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Bordeaux and Betaxis.

The eight teams in the fourth tier are Wolfsburg, Standard Liege, Maccabi Haifa, Zurich, Rubin Kazan, Uniria, Apollon and Debrecen.

Among the teams in the first tier, Sevilla is slightly weaker. Teams in the next few tiers all hope to be assigned to a group with Sevilla, so that they will have more opportunities to qualify for the group.

qualifications.

There are several powerful teams among the second-tier teams. These are opponents that no first-tier team wants to encounter. They are Inter Milan, Real Madrid, and Juventus.

Team. Last season, their luck was not very good. I wonder how this season will be?

There are also several good teams in the third tier, such as Stuttgart, Marseille, Florence and Atletico Madrid. These teams are very capable and they definitely have the potential to be dark horses. They are first-tier teams.

Of course, I don’t really want to be grouped with them.

As for the fourth-tier teams, their strength is not very good. This is caused by Platini's New Deal. This is also what makes many European fans dissatisfied. With the addition of these small teams, it will be difficult to win in Europe.

The Champions League has seen a real group of death. This has greatly reduced the strength of the UEFA Champions League group stage and reduced the excitement. This has affected the excitement of the UEFA Champions League.

Seeing these four levels, Benitez was thinking which teams would be more beneficial for Liverpool to draw. Although Liverpool is now very strong, Benitez

I still don’t want to waste too much energy in the group stage. Of course, the lower the strength of the opponents I encounter, the better.