Chapter 221: Super Death Group

On August 24, in the third round of the Bundesliga, Schalke went to an away game to challenge Hannover 96.
The absence of Huntelaar and Draxler in succession still had a significant impact on the team. Schalke fell behind by one goal in the first half of the away game.
However, in the second half, Li Chenglong shot from long range to equalize the score and then made another red card for the opponent's midfielder Husti.
Finally, in the 85th minute, Adam Scholay scored a penalty for the team in the penalty area by dribbling, and Lee Chenglong made a penalty shot, killing Hannover 96.
Li Chenglong scored twice and Schalke defeated Hannover 2:1 to stop the decline.
Bayern, Dortmund and Leverkusen, these three teams have also won, no one left behind.
After this round of competition, the next round is the second round of the Champions League play-offs.
In the first leg, Dundee United drew with Leverkusen 1:1 in Germany. They returned to Scotland but failed to make further progress. Dundee United lost to Leverkusen 2:3 at home and was eliminated from the Champions League. Can only fall to participate in the Europa League.
Failure to make the Champions League for two consecutive seasons has dealt a big blow to Dundee United.
Li Chenglong has received calls from Vardy. This guy seems a little discouraged. He has already planned to leave Scotland and play in the Premier League.
There are not too many upsets in the UEFA Champions League play-offs this season. Among the teams that are more concerned, except for Bayer Leverkusen who eliminated Dundee United, Arsenal eliminated Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League to advance, and AC Milan eliminated the Dutch Premier League. Eindhoven advanced.
There is also a set of internal duels in the five major leagues. La Liga Real Sociedad beat Lyon 2:0 at home and away, which is a bit cold. The two teams should have little difference in strength, but Lyon has more experience in the European war, but they were accidentally knocked out by the Royal Underworld.
Leverkusen passed the Champions League play-offs, and there will be four German teams in the Champions League this season.
The last time four German teams scored in the Champions League match, it was the 01/02 season 12 years ago.
It is worth mentioning that the four German teams that participated in the Champions League 12 years ago happened to be the four teams of Bayern, Schalke, Dortmund and Leverkusen this year, and Bayern also happened to be the Champions League and The defending champion of the Bundesliga.
"Sports Pictures" also made a joke: "Leverkusen is going to the Champions League final again."
Because 12 years ago, Leverkusen defeated Liverpool and Manchester United all the way to the finals in the Champions League. Unfortunately, he was defeated by Zidane's Tianwaifeixian and became the famous Sanya king.
Spain’s "Marca" also responded: "Then Real Madrid will win the Champions League again."
Because that year, it happened to be the last time Real Madrid won the Champions League.
Leverkusen passed the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, but on the UEFA Europa League qualifiers, Hamburg was eliminated by the Croatian team Rijeka and has missed the race.
In other words, there are only six teams in the Bundesliga playing in Europe this season.
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The UEFA Champions League qualifiers are over, and the next is the UEFA Champions League group stage draw.
Of course, there is a European Super Cup before the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, with UEFA Champions Bayern playing against UEFA Champions Chelsea.
This Super Cup is still full of highlights. A year ago, Bayern and Chelsea were still competing in the Champions League final, but a year later they switched to the European Super Cup to compete for the title.
And this is another Guamu battle between Guardiola and Mourinho, both of whom left La Liga, and there will still be such an unexpected encounter.
In the Eden player in Prague, the Czech capital, Bayern played very tenaciously. After falling behind twice, they equalized twice and eventually defeated Chelsea on a penalty kick and won the European Super Cup.
Of course, all controversies also appeared in the game. For example, Mourinho’s team was sent off again by a red card and could only play 11 on 10. This was the third time Mourinho played 11 on 10 in the European war. Against Guardiola, Mourinho will naturally spit out people after the game.
In any case, Bayern won the European Super Cup, which is the first championship since Guardiola joined Bayern. It is also the first time a Bundesliga team has won the European Super Cup.
A total of three Bundesliga teams have won the Champions League seven times before and after, but for various reasons, they have never won the European Super Cup. This is actually the first time for a Bundesliga team.
The European Super Cup was over, and soon the UEFA Champions League group stage draw was held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
At this time, the entire Schalke team was also watching the draw ceremony in Gelsenkirchen.
"Bruce, do you think we will be drawn into a death group?" Navas, the guy who participated in the Champions League level for the first time, seemed a little nervous.
"Don't crow mouth, we are the second team, the probability of encountering the dead group is very small."
Li Chenglong was right. Schalke 04, as the second-tier team, has a low probability of being assigned to a death group.
Schalke will be assigned to the death group, which is to draw a strong opponent in the third and fourth gear.
Among the teams in the third tier, that is, Manchester City, Leverkusen and Marseille have some strength, and Schalke and Leverkusen still have the principle of avoiding the same league.
Among the teams in the fourth gear, only Naples and Real Sociedad are more difficult.
In short, Schalke should not be that back.
But soon, when the draw results came out one after another, everyone stared at Navas.
Because Schalke was indeed drawn to a death group, or a super death group.
"It's really none of my business, I just ask casually." Navas quickly waved his hand to explain.
"Remember when the next lottery is drawn, you crow's mouth will stop talking." Li Chenglong also excused his little brother.
"Okay~EbookFREE.me~ I will definitely not speak next time."
The UEFA Champions League draw is over, followed by this year's European Player of the Year awards.
There is no doubt that Ribery beat Ronaldo and Messi to win the prize.
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The results of the UEFA Champions League group stage draw came out. Except for Schalke 04, the other three Bundesliga teams all got good draws.
Bayern and the Russian Super League CSKA Moscow, Manchester City in the Premier League, and Pilsen in the Czech League won a group. It is completely fine for this group to qualify. The only thing Bayern needs to be careful of is not to be taken care of by Manchester City.
Dortmund and the Premier League Chelsea, the Swiss League Basel, and the Romanian League Bucharest stars in a group are also worry-free. However, if the Hornets want to take the first place in the group, they may need to get a good grip with Chelsea.
Leverkusen is a team with Premier League Manchester United, Ukrainian Super League Shakhtar Donetsk, and La Liga Real Sociedad. Although this group is not a stable qualifying team, Shakhtar Donetsk is already the weakest of the second-tier teams. , Real Sociedad has a serious lack of experience in the European war. Leverkusen is definitely the team most likely to qualify outside of Manchester United in this group.
As for Schalke 04, they were assigned to a group with Premier League Arsenal, Marseille, Serie A and Naples.
This group is the only dead group in the Champions League group stage this season, and it is quite dead.
Needless to say, Arsenal can make the Champions League knockouts every year, although their competitiveness has declined.
Next, Schalke is runner-up in the Bundesliga, Marseille is runner-up in Ligue 1 and Naples is runner-up in Serie A.
In such a group, no one is guaranteed to qualify, and no one is guaranteed to be eliminated.
No matter what the result is, it is not surprising.