Chapter 517 The enemy's road is narrow and draws Barcelona! (Ninth)
Nyon, Switzerland, Ferguson saw many old faces again.
But many of these old faces have changed their new owners... In recent years, the head coach of the Champions League giants has been staying longer than him, and the second longest should be Wenger.
"Hey, Carlo."
"Hey, Lord."
Ferguson and Ancelotti greeted each other familiarly again. Ancelotti was still so polite, while Ferguson was still so calm.
The two always meet here every season.
"Last season, it's a pity." Ferguson wanted to comfort Ancelotti, after all, Milan lost the championship last season and ended in the semi-finals last season.
"Well, it's a pity for Manchester United." Ancelotti smiled. Manchester United and Milan are both equally worthwhile. Sir Judah is really forgetful.
"Ah, haha, but it's OK, as expected, within an acceptable range, we will meet this season?" Ferguson took the lead and found a seat to sit down, and Ancelotti also sat down beside him.
"Account encounter? When do you hope?" Ancelotti smiled, raised his eyebrows, and met Manchester United by chance. This was not an optimistic event, so he should not do it anymore. He smiled, "Is the final?"
"Ahhh, yes, I hope that's the case."
Both head coaches have a champion heart. If they want to meet, the finals are indeed the most perfect encounter...
But you have to have the ability to play until then. Without this ability, you can only sit in front of the TV and watch the Champions League final. Every year, many ambitious giants want to win the end, but aren’t there only two teams that can get to this point?
"It's a pity that there is no Juventus this year."
"Well, we can't stop it, it's just something objectively happening." Ancelotti was stunned for a moment.
The reason why Juventus did not come was because Juventus was relegated. Due to the phone gate incident, Juventus was directly ordered to enter the Serie B League and started with a loss of nine points.
Within two years, Juventus has no hope of paving in the Champions League.
"Using Juventus's management model, they will definitely return to the Champions League in two years." Ferguson said in a sure tone.
"I agree with this. The foundation of this club is here. Once they come back, they may go to the top three in the league, but it is impossible to recover suddenly..."
The two people are almost twenty years apart, but this does not prevent them from becoming friends of age.
Then, the two people were also involved in Shevchenko.
"I feel like a mistake to let Shevchenko go, both for Milan and for Shevchenko personally. I think he will not be very adaptable to the Premier League."
"That was his personal choice, and Milan respected him very much. But Sir, do you want to say that he should go to Manchester United?"
"Haha, I already have Dong, and I don't need Shevchenko. I just think Shevchenko should be staying in Milan. Leaving is a huge adventure. I am 30 years old and it's not easy to get involved in the Premier League."
“…”
"Dong should also be very suitable for Milan, why not sell it to Real Madrid?"
"Unless I'm crazy..."
"Okay, the damn lottery ceremony is about to begin!"
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The top 32 teams in the Champions League this year are no big difference from previous years. At most, the teams of European football weak countries will be replaced with new faces.
In the early morning of August 24, Beijing time, the Champions League ended the third round of the qualifying round, and all the top 32 of the group stage surfaced. Since Liverpool and Arsenal both advanced, La Liga and Serie A lost Osasuna and Chievo respectively, the Premier League, which had the most participating teams, has three teams in Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1, Bundesliga and Portugal Super League. The specific distribution of the top 32 leagues is as follows:
Premier League: Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal.
Serie A: AC Milan, Inter Milan, Rome
La Liga: Barcelona, Real Madrid, Valencia.
Ligue 1: Lyon, Bordeaux, Lille.
Bundesliga: Bayern, Bremen, Hamburg.
Portuguese Super League: Porto, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica.
Greece: Olympiacos, Athens Aek
Russian Premier League: CSKA Moscow, Spartak Moscow
Ukraine: Dynamo Kiev, Donetsk miners.
Eredivisie: Eindhoven.
Belgium: Anderlecht
Suzhou Super League: Celtics
Türkiye: Galatasaray
Bulgaria: Sofialevsky
Denmark: Copenhagen
Romania: Bucharest Star
Teams participating in the draw include 16 teams including defending champion Barcelona who entered the group stage directly, and 16 teams that passed the qualifiers.
According to UEFA's club points system, the points in the past three years are used as Champions League points. Barcelona and the seven teams with the highest points are listed as seeds (first tier), and other teams are also divided into three levels according to the points. When drawing lots, one team will be drawn from each level to form a group, with a total of eight groups, provided that the teams in the same league are different groups.
The first teams are: Barcelona, AC Milan, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Liverpool, Arsenal, Lyon, Valencia.
Second level: Manchester United, Porto, Eindhoven, Bayern, Chelsea, Roma, Celtics, Lille.
The third level: Sporting Lisbon, Benfica, Bordeaux, Bucharest star, Bremen, Olympiacos, CSKA Moscow, Athens.
Fourth level: Anderlecht, Dynamo Kiev, Sofialevsky, Donetsk miners, Galatasaray, Hamburg, Spartak, Copenhagen, Copenhagen.
If we rank according to last year's points rules, Manchester United actually became a seed team, but UEFA suddenly changed the rules and Manchester United unfortunately fell into the second-level team, which means that Manchester United's signing will not be smooth.
Ferguson didn't care too much, but he didn't expect that after arranging the fourth and third teams, Manchester United's name would be drawn by the first one when they were drawn to the second.
In the team of Barcelona, Bremen and Sofialevski in Group A, when Manchester United's name was filled in, the draw site and the entire England were instantly excited.
"Haha, Barcelona!"
"It's really a narrow road for enemies. The opportunity to take revenge is here!"
At that moment, all Manchester United fans thought of revenge. Last year, Barcelona stepped on Manchester United's shoulder and entered the Champions League final. Manchester United fans hated him...
Unexpectedly, these two teams actually met in the group stage this season.
"Ah, I finally avoided the damn Barcelona. It's no longer Chelsea, but Manchester United..."
Chapter completed!