Chapter 402: Best again in Europe

On the afternoon of August 28th, Monaco local time, the 16th UEFA Champions League group stage draw officially began at the Grimaldi Conference Center.
　　The awards of the best European players will not start until the group stage draw is over.
　　 Before the draw began, Li Chenglong, as the captain of Liverpool, first sent the Big Ears Cup won by the team last season to the stage and returned it to UEFA.
　　 Of course, Liverpool has already copied a small trophy and kept it in the honor room.
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　　 There has been a change in the division of teams in the Champions League this year, that is, it is no longer the same as before, and it is completely determined by the European war points of each team.
　　 From this year, the first-tier team in the Champions League group has been fixed as the defending champion of the Champions League plus the top seven league champions in the European War.
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　　 The next second to fourth gears will continue to be divided according to the team's European war points.
　　 According to UEFA’s explanation, this new division method can take more care of the championship teams of major leagues.
For example, in the past few years, every time they came to participate in the Champions League, they were prone to encounter the dead group because of insufficient points in the European War. Even the Premier League champions often played as third or fourth tier teams. .
　　 Now with this new rule, as long as Manchester City competes as a league champion, no matter how many points in the European War, they must be the first team and can avoid being divided into the death group as much as possible.
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　　 And Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Manchester City and other UEFA Champions League regulars, but fell to the second-tier team.
　　 It is also worth mentioning that under UEFA’s new rules, if the UEFA Champions League does not qualify for the UEFA Champions League in the domestic league, it can also automatically qualify for the UEFA Champions League.
　　 Sevilla, the UEFA Champions League last season, and they finished fifth in La Liga last season.
　　 So Sevilla has not only qualified for the Champions League group stage this season, but also has not occupied the original four Champions League places in La Liga.
　　 In other words, five teams in La Liga have participated in the Champions League this season, which is the second time in the history of the Champions League.
In the 0506 season, because Liverpool won the Champions League last season but only ranked fifth in the Premier League. At the same time, has UEFA adjusted the quota allocation, which finally made the Premier League have Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Everton five Teams participate in the Champions League together.
　　 However, both Liverpool and Everton participated in the qualifiers, and because Liverpool took a special place to compete, they started directly from the first round of qualifiers.
　　 But unfortunately, although Liverpool scored all the way into the race, Everton was eliminated by La Liga’s yellow submarine, Villarreal.
　　 Therefore, the Premier League missed the first time that five teams participated in the Champions League main match.
　　 This year, the fourth-placed Valencia in La Liga successfully passed the UEFA Champions League qualifying round, so La Liga became the first league with five teams to participate in the Champions League main match.
　　There is also a new team in this year's Champions League group stage, and that is Astana in the Kazakhstan League.
Astana is not only the first time in the history of the UEFA Champions League for its own team, but also the first Kazakhstan team to reach the Champions League. It also made Kazakhstan the 32nd country in the history of the Champions League. representative.
　　 When Kazakhstan was still under the banner of the AFC, it was repeatedly calculated by various countries in West Asia, and it has always had a mediocre record in Asia.
　　 So Kazakhstan was angry and chose to leave Asia in 2002 and join the stronger UEFA banner.
　　Because Kazakhstan does have a bit of land on the boundary between Europe and Asia, they do have reasons to leave Asia and enter Europe.
　　 When they first joined UEFA, the Kazakhstan team was a standard fish belly. It was really a kind of bullying.
　　 But after 13 years of baptism, they have gradually gotten rid of their fish-belly status and entered the Champions League for the first time.
In this year’s UEFA Champions League qualifiers, Astana eliminated Slovenia’s Maribor in the second round and Finland’s Helsinki in the third round. The play-offs faced the Greeks who had also reached the Champions League quarter-finals three years ago. In competition, they were 1:0 at home, 1:1 away, and the total score of the two rounds was 2:1 to eliminate each other, and they entered the Champions League historic match.
　　 I believe that this trip to the Champions League is definitely a very good exercise for this group of Kazakhstan players.
　　 Since this year’s Champions League final will be held at the San Sirome Acha Stadium in Milan, Maldini and Zanetti have been invited as ambassadors for this season’s Champions League final.
　　 After the two came to the stage to give a speech, they took away the big ear cup together, and then the lottery ceremony officially began.
　　 Among the third-tier teams in the Champions League this season, Roma, Lyon and Sevilla are the stronger ones.
　　 Among the fourth tier teams, there are also two strong teams, Mönchengladbach and Wolfsburg.
　　 Under the auspices of UEFA Secretary General Infantino and Head of Competition Marchetti, the result of the draw soon came out.
　　 Liverpool were divided into a group with Eindhoven in the Dutch League, CSKA Moscow in the Russian Super League and Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
　　Although they were assigned to be with the strongest fourth-tier team, in general, this group is not difficult, and Liverpool’s qualifying problem is not big.
　　The other three teams in the Premier League, Chelsea are divided into a group with Porto of the Portuguese Super League, Dynamo Kyiv of Ukraine and Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel, which is also a relatively relaxed group.
　　 Chelsea’s team is currently in a very bad state, and being assigned to such a group should give Mourinho a sigh of relief.
　　 Arsenal are assigned to a team with Bayern in the Bundesliga, Olympiacos in Greece, and Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia. Although they meet Bayern again, Arsenal's qualifying problem should not be big.
As for Manchester City, they have entered the death group again~EbookFREE.me~ The other three teams in the group are, Serie A champion Juventus, Europa League champion Sevilla, plus Bundesliga third The famous Monchengladbach.
　　 I have to say that UEFA really likes to rectify Manchester City, and I don’t know why.
　　 Same as a local team that throws money everywhere, Ligue 1 Paris has a very good life and can easily enter the Champions League knockouts every year.
　　 If Manchester City, regardless of the death group, I am sorry for the audience.
　　 This season's Champions League grouping, Manchester City's group is the deadliest, all five major league teams.
　　 At the same time, there is another slightly dead team, the team of Barcelona, ​​Leverkusen, Roma, and Borisov.
　　 Because Bayer Leverkusen and Roma are the same five major league teams, if they play well, it is really possible to cause trouble for Barcelona.
　　 The UEFA Champions League group stage draw is over, and then this year's European Player of the Year awards.
　　 There is really no suspense about this year's European Player of the Year. In this award voted by 54 journalists from various European countries, Jackie Lee won 47 votes alone. Messi 5 votes and Ronaldo 2 votes.
"Bruce Lee has become the first player in UEFA history to win the best European player twice, and he has won the award for two consecutive years. This is even more commendable. We congratulate him. He is the well-deserved king of Europe this year. !!!"
　　 Amidst the congratulations from the commentators from various countries, Jackie Lee took the stage to receive the award and ended the event tonight.