Opening games are never easy to play.
Everyone has gone through a month or two of vacation, and no one knows the status of their opponents.
It can be said to be a complete encounter.
Especially since this game is a derby for Málaga - the Andalusia region's derby.
The relationship between Malaga fans and Sevilla fans is not harmonious, and the two sides often clash.
After all, they are teams from the same region. If we don't meet each other when we look up, our relationship can't be any better.
As the La Liga match time approaches.
Malaga is also beginning to fully prepare for the opening game of the first round of La Liga.
But for Malaga.
Before the official start of La Liga.
There is another thing that deserves attention, and that is their Champions League group stage draw.
August 27, 17:45 local time in Monaco.
The UEFA Champions League group stage draw and UEFA Europe's Best Player (New European Ballon d'Or) award ceremony were held at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo.
It happened to be the time when the entire Málaga team had finished training for the day.
So when the training was over and everyone returned to the locker room, everyone simply watched the live broadcast of the lottery together.
In fact, there are quite a few players in the Malaga team with Champions League experience.
Ruud van Nistelrooy, Joaquin, Cazorla, Turalang, Demichelis, etc. all have experience in the Champions League, and they have quite a lot of experience.
Before the group draw, the thirty-two teams participating in the Champions League were divided into groups according to their European war points.
As a new team in the European War, Malaga naturally has no European War points and is ranked in the fourth tier.
As for the other three teams in La Liga, Real Madrid and Barcelona are in the first tier, and Valencia is in the second tier.
According to the principle of avoiding groups in the same league, Malaga may basically encounter a group that is more difficult to play.
In this regard, Malaga players are already mentally prepared - there is no way, as the fourth-tier team has no qualifications to be picky, they will definitely encounter the first-tier and second-tier teams. The strength of the teams in both brackets cannot be underestimated.
Needless to say about the first gear.
Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Chelsea. Bayern, Arsenal, Porto, Inter Milan.
Except for Porto, they are all giants in the four major leagues.
There are also wealthy teams such as Milan and Lyon in the second tier.
Starting from the third stage, most of them are small teams from outside the four major leagues, but there is also a giant from the Premier League's wealthy Manchester City.
Counting teams from the four major leagues such as Dortmund, Naples, and Malaga in the fourth tier.
This season's Champions League group stage is destined to create one or two absolute death groups.
"Don't hold out too much hope. If Dortmund and Naples don't enter the group of death, then most likely we will enter the group of death. What can't UEFA do for ratings!"
Fanny sat under his cabinet and shook his head.
These words made many Champions League rookies in Malaga nervous.
"I hope to play against a strong opponent." Ye Luo said with a smile.
"No, no, no, we have to face strong opponents in the knockout rounds. It would be better for us to go to a relaxed group."
"Yes, yes, we must at least qualify from the group this season!"
"The Champions League is different from the league."
"God bless, God bless"
Just when everyone started talking.
Former Germany star Breitner started the draw as guest of the host nation at the venue of the final (Allianz Arena in Munich).
The first team to be drawn was Bayern Munich, who was drawn into Group A.
Subsequently, other first-tier teams were also drawn out and divided into Group AH.
After completing the first draw.
The draw for the second round begins.
Breitner messed around for a long time among the small white balls placed for teams that might encounter Bayern Munich in the second gear, then pulled out a white ball, opened it and unfolded it.
"AC Milan!"
When the words "AC Milan" appeared on the TV screen.
In the locker room of the Malaga training base, the players exclaimed.
They are beginning to smell the death group.
Bayern, Milan.
Who will be the unlucky guy in the third gear?
With this expectation.
No one cared much about the next draw.
Finally, all the teams waiting for the second pot have been drawn.
The teams in the third tier of Group A are about to be drawn out!
Everyone held their breath and concentrated.
as Breitner unfolded the names of the teams he had drawn.
The players gasped.
"Manchester City!"
Bayern, Milan, Manchester City!
These three teams were drawn into Group A.
"Damn, UEFA is such a bitch, this group is so interesting!"
"Okay now, Group A is the super death group."
While everyone was talking, all the teams in the third pot were drawn.
"Okay, let's see who is the unlucky guy who falls into Group A in the fourth round." Isco said with a smile.
"It won't be us, right?" Ye Luo said expectantly.
"How is this possible? The probability is one in eight. What the hell!" Isco was dumbfounded.
Before the host on the TV screen said the name of the team Breitner had drawn, the temperature in the locker room instantly dropped to freezing point.
Everyone looked at Ye Luo.
Ye Luo smiled awkwardly: "I didn't expect this."
He really didn't expect it.
one eighth
Well, one in seven to be exact.
Because it was impossible for Dortmund to be in the same group as Bayern Munich, Dortmund was excluded from the draw.
Choose one of seven.
Malaga is selected.
How unlucky this must be.
Everyone fell silent.
After finally making it to the Champions League, we were actually drawn into a group with Bayern, Milan and Manchester City.
You are so unlucky that you can buy lottery tickets.
"It's not a big deal. We've beaten Real Madrid and Barcelona. It wouldn't be surprising if we beat Bayern again."
Yeluo tried to encourage his teammates.
But this grouping is indeed a bit unlucky for Malaga.
"Damn it! What grouping?"
"UEFA is not a human being!"
"This group of death is too deadly."
"Fuck, fuck, fuck."
"It's over now"
"The three heroes will fight Lu Bu. It belongs to them."
On the Dragon Kingdom's Internet, the lottery results aroused heated discussion as soon as they came out.
Major online media have reported on it.
【Group of death! Bayern, Milan, Manchester City and Malaga create a super death group! 】
[Ye Luo’s first Champions League season, he encountered a super death group! 】
[What is the probability of Malaga breaking through? Degree of death in group A]
All of a sudden.
Various headlines have made fans who were looking forward to Yello's Champions League this season a bit anxious.
But there are also optimists.
"The group of death will be the group of death. In the first Champions League season, we must first gain experience."
"Anyway, I don't expect Málaga to go far in the Champions League. The Champions League generally belongs to wealthy teams."
"It would be good if these three opponents can win two games."
"How is it possible that in just two games, Malaga even beat Barcelona and Real Madrid?"
"It's different, the Champions League is different."
This draw group also made the entire Spanish media sympathize with Malaga's experience.
". As we all know, UEFA has a tradition of "creating" death groups. This time Malaga can only admit that it is unlucky."
"UEFA President Platini has always had a bad impression of clubs like Manchester City and Malaga that have received large investments from the Middle East Stone Consortium. Last season, Manchester City also fell into the death group. This season, Manchester City and Malaga Laga met in the same group, and their opponents were Bundesliga giants Bayern and seven-time Champions League winner AC Milan. It would be too difficult for these two wealthy teams to break out of this group."
This is the article published by [Marca] on its own online media for the first time.
There is something fishy about the Champions League draw.
This is almost the consensus of most media and fans.
Every year, the media zooms in on the guest draw.
Some people think that the Champions League group groups are not drawn out at all, but have been pre-decided.
Others think that something has been done to the ball, such as that the ball to be extracted has been heated.
In short
No one thinks that UEFA randomly selects teams from each group based on the principles of fairness, openness and impartiality.
There must be factors involved in this, including the likes and dislikes of UEFA executives, considerations of news flow, ratings, etc.
in Europe.
The football industry is the industry chain with the widest scope, the largest amount involved, and the most complex interests of all parties among the sports industries.
It is easy to understand why Malaga, a catfish that has received external capital injections and has had an impact on the traditional interest structure, is disliked by the upper echelons of UEFA.
Compared to Malaga.
The draws for the other three La Liga teams were much more normal.
Group D includes Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax and Dinamo Zagreb.
Valencia was assigned to Group E, which includes Chelsea, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen and Genker.
Barcelona is assigned to Group H. The teams in this group include Barcelona, Marseille, BATE Borisov, and Plzen.
the next day.
When Ye Luo went to training on his bicycle.
The entrance to Malaga's training base was already crowded with reporters.
Ye Luo was inevitably "surrounded" before entering the base.
"Malaga entered the group of death, what do you think of this?"
"Are you confident that the team will break through?"
"Is Málaga ready to face the Group of Death?"
Reporters asked question after question.
Ye Luo smiled and said to reporters: "We will play every game well!"
He didn't say anything harsh like: "We will definitely qualify for the group stage."
Instead, after saying a cliche for dealing with the media, he pushed aside the dense recording equipment in front of him and entered the training base.
Blessings come in pairs, and misfortunes never come alone.
Ye Luo got another news when he arrived at the training base.
Because Atletico Madrid's main goalkeeper David De Gea was lured away by Manchester United.
They now want to urgently recall goalkeeper Asenjo, who is on loan to Malaga.
Originally, Malaga was negotiating with Atletico Madrid about buying out Asenjo.
The result is this.
The team must find a qualified goalkeeper in the transfer market.
Asenjo actually hopes to stay in Malaga and finish the season, because Malaga has the Champions League to play this season, and many players are eager to appear in the Champions League.
Whether you are qualified to play in the Champions League is actually an important reference for many players when choosing their next club.
But there is no way, the rental contract between the two parties has a recall clause. For Asenjo, the pull between Malaga and Atletico Madrid will only allow him to participate in the next game against Sevilla, and he is expected to be recalled by Atletico Madrid.
Entering the Super Group of Death in the Champions League.
The main goalkeeper may have to be recalled by his home team before the season has even started.
Before the start of the first round of La Liga.
These misfortunes encountered by Malaga cast a shadow over their first round of the league.
It’s the last day of the month, and I found that I’m still a little short of the 1,000 monthly ticket, and today’s monthly ticket is doubled, so I’m shamelessly asking for votes. I’ve been back to my hometown these days, and there are so many people coming and going, so I can only code at night. .
(End of chapter)
