Chapter 535 Group draw lots ()

When Zhuang Ge saw that the representative of Dortmund club was not Hitzfeld but Italian coach Scala, he secretly sighed and said that Dortmund executives had made a wrong move. Their unwise move completely ruined Bumblebee’s hope of challenging Bayern Munich!
Although Dortmund didn’t win the European Cup trophy in the season as in history because of Zhuang Ge’s crossing, two league titles and a silver medal made sammer, paulo sousa, andreas moller and other stars complacent, which made Hitzfeld unable to make these players obey his command as before.
In Zhuang Ge’s view, the importance of Hitzfeld to Dortmund is far greater than that of sammer. If he hadn’t masterminded it, Dortmund Gen wouldn’t be able to challenge Bayern’s dominance in Germany.
Hitzfeld is also very clever. He knows that there is no way for him to continue to let these stars arrange their own tactics, and the top management of the club is also on his side with the players. In this case, the team’s record will inevitably suffer a sharp decline
Therefore, in the summer, Hitzfeld decisively resigned as the head coach of Dortmund and was promoted to the technical director of the club. After some screening, Dortmund executives found a new coach of Scala, who had achieved good results in Parma.
"It’s really bad luck for coach Dortmund Scala to be dismissed from his job in Parma and now come to the dressing room out of control!" Looking at talking and laughing with other team representatives in the venue, but looking tired, Scala Zhuangge immediately realized that the former Parma coach had a hard time in Dortmund Day.
Even Hitzfeld, who is good at playing well with players, can’t control these players who are new here and have no foundation in Dortmund. What can Scala do?
Boss Mo Da didn’t hear Zhuang Ge’s comments, so he went to exchange feelings with Piero Della Francesca Tanji, who had just arrived at the meeting. I guess he wanted to ask each other how much Crespo sold …
"I’m afraid Dortmund executives don’t realize that there are problems in the team now," Karin said calmly. "After all, in the eyes of those people, the team just changed a head coach and the first team didn’t lose many players, and none of the main players left, and Scala’s coaching ability was proved in Parma, so they think the team’s problems are not big?"
"Hehe, I didn’t take this opportunity to consolidate Hitzfeld and update the teams that have shown signs of aging … I think Dortmund’s high-level expression will be very interesting after this season."
Just as Zhuang Ge and Karin were commenting on Dortmund’s self-destructive trip to the Great Wall in their seats, the draw ceremony for the 1997 European Champions Cup group was finally announced in a piece of music!
Among the 32 teams participating in the Champions League group stage, there are four teams from Serie A, La Liga and Premier League, and there are also three teams from the fourth Bundesliga, which means that the clubs from the four major leagues occupy 15 of them. This shows the strength of the four major leagues after the Champions League reform.
If you calculate the fifth French League, then this proportion will rise further.
The names of 32 teams participating in the Champions League group stage appeared in front of Zhuangge on the big screen. According to the rules set by UEFA, these teams were divided into four grades.
Florence, the winner of two consecutive European Champions Cup, was naturally assigned to the first grade by UEFA, and together with Dortmund, Juventus, Parma, Barcelona, Ajax and Monaco Manchester United, it formed the first grade team.
Real Madrid, the champion of La Liga last season, was sadly relegated to the second grade because of its poor performance in Europe in recent years, and had to face the fate of playing against strong opponents before the group stage.
The host immediately announced the official drawing ceremony of the group after making a brief white talk!
"Hello Michelle" was just when the special guest Platini was presiding over the lottery ceremony. A voice stopped him. "Don’t do it like this again. Try to make the result natural. I heard that old Johansson has been watching you and is waiting to catch you out of UEFA."
"Haha, what can he do to get rid of me?" Platini shrugged his shoulders carelessly and said, "Manipulate the lottery results? Please! I’m not the only one doing this. If he dares to deal with me for this reason, he will be more than one bargained for! "
"Well, anyway, it’s your own business whether I can listen to it or not. By the way, by the way, you did a great job in drawing two Serie A teams, Manchester United and Atletico Madrid into one and a half districts. Many people think you are interested!"
"Well, if you talk like this, why don’t I just hide it this time?" Platini said as she turned and walked towards the ceremony venue.
Yeah! Say that to ensure fair competition, UEFA, a giant team like Florence, should arrange a lot of powerful opponents for it and make trouble for this conservative team as much as possible, otherwise it will win the championship every time. What is the attraction of the European Cup? How can I expect artistic football to go to the front desk? !
For these reasons, Florence, the "conservative team" that Platini hated in the subsequent lottery ceremony, was once again assigned to a death group by the former French superstar!
Serie A champion Florence, La Liga champion Real Madrid, Bundesliga runner-up Leverkusen and Premier League giant Liverpool are all in the same group in Platini!
When Florence’s grouping was announced on the big screen, Zhuang Ge almost swore at the venue.
"I le a go! Platini, you’ve gone too far! Time and again deliberately picking on us in Florence! If I don’t show my arrogance, you will really be a soft persimmon in Florence! "
Can Platini, who has been stared at by the passer-by, rise to the presidency of UEFA by successfully hosting the World Cup in France as in history?
Yeah! Wait to be killed!
Chapter 536 After the lottery
Although Zhuang Ge is quite dissatisfied with the grouping result, at the same time, he gnashes his teeth at Platini, the man behind the ceremony, but what is done is done. Even if Zhuang Ge is dissatisfied, he can swallow the result in front of him and wait quietly for the opportunity to fight back.
How dare you be so black in Florence before you become the president of UEFA? When you take charge of UEFA in ten years, will Florence still have a way to live?
No, Florence’s interests must find a chance to kill this goods!
Maybe someone will ask why Zhuang Ge will know that Platini made his own decision and not others instructed him to do it.
To put it simply, the old saying "money makes the mare go" is not only applicable to China, but also to Europe.
Platini would never have thought that he had a pair of eyes staring at him before he attacked the UEFA presidency, silently recording his every move and looking for a chance to pull him out.
On the second day after the draw ceremony, the major sports media in Europe gave a detailed introduction to the division of the Champions Cup, especially the fact that the defending champion Florence was divided into the death group with Real Madrid, Leverkusen and Liverpool, which made these editors and journalists excited. The four major league teams showed a fierce confrontation in the group stage, which was awesome!
So the next day, the headlines of major European sports newspapers were almost all about the analysis of Florence’s qualifying situation
"Florence is trapped in the death group, the defending champion is afraid of the top 16 of the Champions League! 》
This title represents the general view of most media on Florence’s way to defend the Champions League this season, and Zhuang Ge has to admit that although these media have some title parties, their words are still very reasonable
From which point of view, Florence’s biggest opponent in this group is La Liga champion Real Madrid. These two teams tied the knot in the Champions League in 9596. First, Real Madrid central defender Sanchis fouled batistuta in the fourth group match, and then vieri smashed Sanchis in a physical confrontation. These two conflicts made the two teams not so harmonious. Later, Florence deliberately released Glasgow Rangers in the final round, which directly led to the elimination of La Liga champion Real Madrid in the group stage!
Therefore, the two teams meet again in the group stage this time, and many media recognize that there are old grievances. Real Madrid and Florence will definitely give their fans two passionate and wonderful games.
Of course, Zhuang Ge, the president of Florence, would rather see a one-sided massacre than a close confrontation.
Although Liverpool in the Premier League has declined somewhat after the Heather tragedy, it has not been able to reproduce the glory of the "Red Army" in those years, but it is still the number one giant in England! Four European Champions Cup trophies and a top league title are enough to shock many teams. In the first team, mcmanaman, robbie fowler and Redknapp form "Little Tiger", and the stars such as paul ince and michael owen are also first-class substitutes. There are also new stars such as Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. Therefore, although Liverpool’s overall strength is not comparable to Florence, it is difficult to have a gutter capsize if the players are not serious.
Leverkusen, the runner-up in the Bundesliga in the season, although this German team is not well-known, since its ability to beat Dortmund to win a silver medal in the league proves that this team is not a weak team, and Zhuang Ge also knows that Leverkusen has officially replaced Dortmund as Bayern Munich’s biggest rival in Germany this season.
Florence, the arm-wrestling team of Bayern in this period, can’t be taken lightly.
On the whole, Florence’s group is full of crises, and a little carelessness is likely to lead to a very sad ending.
At the same time, a small number of media have questioned this death group in the newspaper, believing that this is because UEFA deliberately created a group to attract people’s attention, and at the same time, it is also to curb Florence’s forward momentum and avoid the emergence of a monopoly in the Champions League.
In an interview with the media, michel platini, the guest in charge of the lottery, said that the father-in-law was not involved in the black-box operation after the lottery.
At the same time, Platini also said that the death group will be completed because the quality and quantity of participating teams have been greatly improved after the expansion of the Champions League, so the teams from the four major leagues will be divided into one group
How many people will choose to believe Platini’s speech? The French said that whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway …
However, it is obvious that various media will not be entangled in this topic, because now they have another topic worthy of attention, that is, the European Super Cup will be held tonight.
Because the two sides are playing against each other to replace AC Milan as a new generation of European football overlord Florence and La Liga giant Barcelona, this game has attracted a large number of fans. More than one ticket was sold out as early as a week before the game.
Many people who didn’t get tickets complained about why UEFA had to choose this stadium with less than 20,000 people to hold the European Super Cup. Wouldn’t it be better to replace it with those with larger ones? It not only takes care of the emotions of fans, but also increases the income of organizers, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Old Johansson is not blind. Of course, he has noticed the growing demand of fans for the European Super Cup, but he has no good way to solve this problem.
Well, who asked Johansson to sign a 15-year contract with Monaco when he was reforming the European Super Cup system to prevent the failure of the reform from causing people to be interested in this event? As a result, by the time Johansson found out that there were more and more fans in the European Super Cup, but Louis II Stadium didn’t have the ability to accommodate these people, the whole UEFA was wasting dollars in vain.
However, the Monaco government earned a lot of money because of the large number of people flowing from the European Super Cup, which made UEFA jealous.
According to endless statistics, UEFA lost a total profit of $4.5 million in the European Super Cup this time because of the stadium problem!
Chapter 537 European Super Cup (1)
At six o’clock on the evening of 24th, 1997, Fiorentina and Barcelona players showed up at Louis II Stadium on time, quietly waiting for the referee to blow the whistle.
In Barcelona, although Ronaldo didn’t join the Spanish giants last season because of Zhuang Ge’s intervention, Barcelona still beat Paris Saint-Germain in the final and won the European Winners Cup last season with the help of veteran Stoichkov’s brave state and old Robson’s strategizing.
Therefore, after Fan Jiaer took charge of Barcelona coach this summer, the Dutch coach immediately carried out drastic reforms on various issues in the team!
First of all, the knife is naturally supported by Stoichkov alone. After all, it is obviously not enough for Barcelona to face a third-line battle this season.
In Fan Jiaer, he asked La Coruna to play 41 games and score 21 goals in the season. Brazilian attacker rivaldo came to Barcelona for $10,000. Fan Jiaer thought that the Brazilian’s excellent scoring ability could greatly enhance the team’s attack power. Moreover, the technology and overall situation are also quite excellent. rivaldo can also help Guardiola and Figo to take on some of the team organizers
At the same time, Fan Jiaer didn’t forget to bring his fellow Dutch hesp from Rhoda JC Club. The Dutch goalkeeper replaced Portuguese Bai Ya as the main goalkeeper of Barcelona in the new season. In the Rossoneri, bogarde and reiziger left Milan at the invitation of their mentor and came to the Catalan capital at a package price of $40,000.
Along with the two Dutchmans, cristophe dugarry, the French center, hopes to get more opportunities to impress the national team coach Jacques and get a ticket to the 2008 World Cup in France.
After spending a lot of money to introduce so many players, Fan Jiaer naturally needs a championship trophy to show its coaching ability and achievements in reforming the team to the club’s top management, and this European Super Cup is naturally a good stage.
Fan Jiaer is quite familiar with this team in Florence. After all, Ajax has dealt with this Serie A team at most after the arrival of the bosman era, not to mention the fact that day trading and those deep-seated players of the two teams lost to Ajax in the Champions League final last year, which is enough to remind the Dutch coach of Florence’s generation.
No matter from which angle, Fan Jiaer must try his best to win the European Super Cup final. If he wins, he can not only further establish his prestige in Barcelona, but also avenge himself a year ago. Although the club, including the fans, will not say much about it, it is difficult for them to whisper to the Dutch coach in their hearts.
Therefore, in this game, Fan Jiaer sent his strongest starting goalkeeper, hesp, and four defenders, from left to right, were Sergi Barjuán, miguel nadal, Hernando Cotto and Rael. Considering that bogarde and reiziger didn’t play much formal games in the past year, it is still unknown to what extent their state of recovery will be. Fan Jiaer naturally won’t let them deal with Florence as soon as they come.