The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 1204
1204 Sure Enough, It’s the Same Every Year!
As a result, the draw for the Champions League group for the 2009-2010 season was completed, with the following results:
Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Haifa Maccabi
Group B: Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas, Wolfsburg
Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, Zurich
Group D: Chelsea, Porto, Atletico Madrid, Athletic Greece
Group E: Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrecen
Group F: Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dinamo Kiev, Rubin Kazan
Group G: Seville, Glasgow Rangers, Stuttgart, Unilia
Group H: Leeds United, Alkmar, Olympiakos, Standard Liege
This is how the group is grouped. Obviously, there is no true death group this season. The worst result is that there is no death group this season. Only Group C, Group D, Group E, and Group G could barely be counted as a group of deaths.
In Group C, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Marseille were considered to be a bit dead. These three teams competed for two qualifying spots. It was clear that Real Madrid and AC Milan were more optimistic, and Marseille was very much in suspense.
The situation in Group D is similar to that in Group C. Chelsea, Lyon and Atletico Madrid are competing for two qualifying spots. Obviously, Chelsea are more optimistic, and Lyon are competing for one qualifying spot with Atletico Madrid.
The situation in Group G could be considered a group of death, because there wasn’t a single strong team in this group, Seville ‘Glasgow Rangers, Stuttgart and Unnilia. It seemed like everyone had a chance, the only one missing was Unnilia, but no one dared to guarantee that they were dark horses!
Therefore, the situation in this group should be rather chaotic.
Of course, Inter and Juventus wanted to win Sevilla, but unfortunately, they were not lucky enough to win the soft persimmon.
In this group, it was hard to see who had the greater advantage. Even Sevilla might not be able to win steadily, because no one knew how strong Sevilla really was, because they were more likely to participate in the European Union than in the Champions League.
What can Sevilla do in the Champions League? No one knew, because it was all a mystery.
In the other groups, there were not many questions in Group A. Bayern Munich and Juventus should join hands to play. Bordeaux might be able to fight against them, but it was very difficult. They could give Bordeaux a “Cool” song.
The situation in Group B was actually relatively complicated. Of course, this complicated situation did not refer to Manchester United. Manchester United should not be surprised to get a spot in this group, and the second place in the group would be very fierce.
The three teams, the Moscow Central Army, Betaksis and Wolfsburg, were actually equally strong. It was possible for anyone to qualify, and these three teams would definitely have to go all out. The complexity of this group lies in the competition for second place in this group.
There shouldn’t be any suspense in Group F, Barcelona and Inter should be playing together, Dinamo Kiev and Ruby Kazan should be trying their best to get a relatively good third place in the group and qualify for the UEFA European League.
Dinamo Kiev and Ruby Kazan are also going to be sent cold.
Then there was the Leeds United team!
It had to be said that Albertini was truly a master!
What he did was really useful. Leeds United had drawn the best lot so far. Their group was practically just walking their Leeds United through to the next round. Let’s see who the opponents in this group were. Alkmar, Olympiakos and Standard Liege, these three teams should be very difficult to cause trouble for Leeds United. If nothing unexpected happens, Leeds United should be able to advance easily. Then the three teams frantically and bloodthirstily fought for the second place in a group.
Now Europe is full of these reports about unsigning!
Many people claimed that this year’s UEFA draw was not bad. They were trying to let each group have a look, and they did not do too badly. They created a super death group. If that was the case, many people would definitely laugh wildly in their hearts.
Even now, however, there are plenty of media claims that UEFA is operating in the dark.
That’s because Barcelona and Inter are in the same group, because in the summer, the two teams had an earthquake-level trade, the two teams’ strikers are called, Ibrahimovic moved to Barcelona, and Eto’o moved to Inter.
Before this, the two teams had been hyped up by the media reporters.
Now the Champions League is for the Champions League group stage to be more interesting. Isn’t it said that Barcelona and Inter are in the same group?
The feud between Ibrahimovic and Inter is transparent, as Ibrahimovic has said before in wanting to move away from Inter: ‘I may not be able to win the Champions League in my lifetime at Inter, so I want to leave Inter. I have no bad grudges with Inter. I just want to win the Champions League!
And Ibrahimovic received a lot of offers later, but he chose the team only on one condition, that the team must have the possibility of winning the Champions League.
Prior to joining Barcelona, Ibrahimovic was frantically praising Barcelona’s soccer style for being very advanced. He also praised Guardiola for being very strong and powerful. He believed that Guardiola could lead Barcelona to glory and win the Champions League.
Later, Ibrahimovic did move to Barcelona.
Eto’o and Barcelona have long since fallen out!
Firstly, Eto’o wanted to get more money. Every African player was the same, all for money. Sometimes, they really can do anything for money. Of course, they are referring to anything in football, including transfer, pressure on the club, or directly choosing to evaporate without contacting the club …
Naturally, Eto’o was the same. He wanted to make a lot of money!
At this stage, many teams had offered Eto’o an olive branch. For example, Manchester City, Sheffield and some other rich teams in the Middle East wanted Eto’o and offered him a very high salary!
Of course Eto’o didn’t want to leave Barcelona. He was still in his prime and hadn’t reached the point where he could earn money for his old age. He still wants to stay in Barcelona. He just wants to use it to get a higher salary and better treatment.
However, Barcelona reconstruction, Guardiola directly showed that he did not like Eto’o’s personality, he is asking Barcelona to send Eto’o away. Because he thinks Eto’o is the bomb in the dressing room and could blow up Barcelona’s dressing room at any moment.
Also, Guardiola does not think Eto’o is suitable for his tactical style.
At the press conference that had just taken office, he had said that he was responsible for sending Eto’o away, and that he did not want Eto’o.
That’s why Barcelona made the decision to send Eto’o away early.
That’s why there are so many offers for Eto’o this summer, such as Red Manchester United, Chelsea, Blue Moon City and Sheffield United.
Eto’o and Barcelona have a deep grudge against Guardiola.
So UEFA seized this opportunity to attract more attention to the UEFA Champions League group stage and see what the duel would be like between the two teams that swapped strikers?
Yes, the UEFA plan was a real success.
After this group was formed, the sports media all over the world were reporting that Barcelona and Inter Milan were in the same group. Everyone wanted to see this match immediately.
Of course, at this time, the Italian media reporters were furious.
Because they feel a deep malice from UEFA, which is totally going to kill Italian football. This season, the Italian teams are all in a terrible group. Juventus, Milan and Fiorentina are all in a terrible group.
Of course, these Italian teams still look easy to qualify. However, after their group qualification, there is a rule to avoid teams in the same league and group, so the Italian team is obviously very likely to be against teams in the Premier League.
It was a repeat of last season, when UEFA knocked the Premier League and Serie A into the final eight and sent some teams from La Liga and France forward.
This is for the Premier League and Serie A teams!
The Italian media are very critical of UEFA, these damn guys are hyping up.
However, Albertini did not care about this. After all, the group they picked was a very simple group. It was easy for them to qualify, and they might not be able to pick an Italian team. There were many other teams in the league that could win.
Albertini is pleased with the result of the draw so they have more energy to deal with Premier League and Carling Cup matches and so on.
After the draw, Albertini left Switzerland and flew back to England.
Because the next night, Leeds United will usher in the fourth round of the Premier League this season, Albertini is not daring to stay here, he is going to lead the team to participate in the Premier League.
To be honest, there were a lot of coaches and presidents looking for Albertini.
These people were prepared to take advantage of the situation and dig the corners of the Leeds United team.
First, Leeds United sent away a lot of players this season. Everyone thought that Leeds United didn’t have anything that wasn’t for sale and could buy anyone they wanted. Secondly, Zhong Cheng was injured and completely ignored the world. At this time, Albertini was in charge of everything for Leeds United.
They’re all trying to take some players from Leeds United.
Real Madrid, for example, are still unwilling to give up on Leeds United’s Cristiano Ronaldo. They want to bring Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid. This is Florentino’s promise to Real Madrid fans.
Unfortunately, Leeds United are adamant that Cristiano Ronaldo is not for sale.
Now that Zhong Cheng is gone, Real Madrid want to see if they can make a move. Unfortunately, they didn’t even see Albertini’s back, let alone want to poke fun at him.
Albertini really doesn’t know that. He has now returned to England and is heading away to lead the team to the fourth round of the Premier League this season.