There is a dream called football

The drawing ceremony began, and a bald man walked onto the stage. He was the current UEFA Secretary General and later FIFA President Infantino.

He presides over the Champions League draw ceremony every year, not only because of his high position, but more importantly because like Blatter, he is also a language genius.

The first is a review of last season. A two-minute short film reviews last season, some are happy and some are sad.

The cameras at the scene also paid great attention to capturing everyone's eyes and expressions. The one with the greatest contrast was AC Milan's head coach Carlo Ancelotti, and the other was of course Liverpool's Benitez.

For Benitez, he can watch this game a hundred times without getting tired of it, while for Ancelotti, he really doesn't want to watch this kind of thing again.

However, the camera stayed on Ancelotti's face for a long time, which made him very embarrassed.

"These bastard reporters!"

But Ancelotti still had to pretend that he wasn't angry at all. He smiled at the camera.

At the end of the short film, Ancelotti applauded.

The video ended, the lights came on, and Gerrard appeared on the stage, holding the Champions League trophy in his hand.

Infantino took the trophy and joked: "You look like you are reluctant to part with it."

"Of course I don't want to give it up."

"Ha ha."

After this session is over, the new season really begins. Infantino first introduces the lottery guests. Because next year's final is in France, according to convention, the lottery guests must be French.

This time UEFA invited Blanc and Petit, two of France's champions in 1998, and Ian Rush, Liverpool's top scorer in history.

After Infantino briefly introduced the rules, the draw officially began.

The first is the classification of seed teams. The 8 seed teams are in their respective positions and divided into 8 groups.

Arsenal, as the seed team, is placed in Group B.

There is no suspense in this link, and it ends quickly. Then comes the second team, which is also a link where it is easy to create a death group.

Blanc draws a small ball and he will decide who is in Group A with Bayern Munich.

"Juventus." Blanco smiled.

There was a burst of exclamation at the scene. This is the first climax of the day. At least Group A will definitely see a strong dialogue. Bayern Munich and Juventus will be the highlight of the two rounds.

Soon it was Arsenal's turn in Group B. Petit was holding a ball in his hand. This ball would determine who Arsenal's second opponent was, and this was also the second team. Not surprisingly, it should be Arsenal.

The strongest opponent in the group stage.

"Ajax."

The camera showed Wenger's face, and he obviously smiled, because Ajax is not strong, and of course it is difficult to deal with, but overall, this is a good team.

Because Liverpool received a wild card, they are not counted as a Premier League team, and they were drawn into Group G, the same group as Chelsea.

So after two rounds, Bayern Munich and Juventus in Group A, and Liverpool and Chelsea in Group G feel a bit like a group of death.

Infantino teased.

"The next step is to see if there will be a death group in Group A."

It’s not too big a deal to watch the excitement. The teams in the third tier are relatively strong, and the only teams in Group A that can be drawn are France’s Lille, Portugal’s Benfica, Fenerbahce, Real Betis and other teams.

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However, in the end, Group A did not become the group of death. The next team was Club Brugge of Belgium.

Belgium is a strong team, but it is considered an average team in Europe. It is the soy sauce team in the Champions League every year.

What Wenger and Li Qiao are most concerned about is their own team B. The third-tier team is very critical because most of the strong teams in the third-tier are still there.

Sparta Prague.

From the Czech Republic.

At this point, Wenger has completely laughed out loud. Ajax and Sparta Prague are both relatively easy opponents. Wenger no longer cares about the teams in the fourth tier. Any team will do, given their strength.

Relatively bad.

In the end, Arsenal's last opponent was Thun, from Switzerland.

Thun, Sparta Prague, Ajax.

This is considered the least difficult group, and the media predicts that Arsenal will have no problem qualifying first in the group.

But someone was angry, and furious, and that was Mourinho of Chelsea.

Group G not only includes Liverpool, but also Real Betis and Standard Liege.

Liverpool came in through the back door, and it would not hurt anyone else's interests, but this time it was different. The wild card teams did not need to avoid being in the same group, so they were drawn together with Chelsea, which meant that Chelsea suffered a loss.

"I think UEFA should either not let Liverpool participate, or treat it like a Premier League team instead of what it is now. This ultimately led to a very strange situation, with two English teams drawn together in the group stage."

"Jose, are you afraid of Liverpool?"

"Haha, I'm not afraid of anyone. I just hope that UEFA's mind will be clearer."

Mourinho's anger is easy to understand. After all, it hurts his interests. You must know that Chelsea met Liverpool in the semi-finals last season. Mourinho is not stupid. He knows that Liverpool is difficult to play. He does not want to play in the group stage.

I encountered such an opponent.

But there is no way, the deal is done, no matter how much Mourinho complains, he must accept the dilemma of being in the same group as Liverpool.

As for Liverpool, Benitez certainly has nothing to say. After all, they are a wild card team, so they are thankful to be able to participate. It would have been impossible for them to participate.

"Will it be difficult to deal with Chelsea in the group stage?"

Benitez smiled slightly and said, "I have nothing to complain about. I think it's nothing. I accept it."

As for Professor Arsene Wenger, all he has to do is show off and behave well to get an advantage. After all, Arsenal really won this time.

"I think Ajax is very strong, and Czech teams have always been difficult to play."

"But we feel that it is certain that Arsenal will finish first in the group."

"Haha, I'm not that optimistic. I think we still need to wait. You won't know who is the first in Group B until before Christmas."

*****

Monaco is very charming at night. It is a bustling city with many first-class hotels and casinos. However, Li Qiao and his party do not have time to stay here. They want to go back to London in the evening.

Li Qiao took a look at the scenery outside the window. It was really beautiful. I heard that many celebrities would hold their weddings in Monaco.

"Can Lorinda and I get married here in the future?"

Thinking of this, Li Qiao smiled slightly in his heart, and the Champions League theme song sounded in his mind.

champion.

champion.

He glanced at Henry. The Frenchman was so tired that he fell asleep.