On August 30, 2011, at the International Convention and Exhibition Center in Monaco, the grand UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony was held as scheduled.
Countless European top coaches, presidents, celebrities and others gathered here, looking forward to the announcement of the draw groups.
However, because Yunsheng was not present for the second round of Serie A two days later, the club sent sports manager Marotta to attend the draw ceremony.
As time goes by, the grouping situation of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2011-2012 season has been completely revealed!
Group A: Bayern Munich, Roma, Manchester City, APOEL.
Group B: Inter Milan, Monaco, CSKA Moscow, Trabzonspor.
Group C: Manchester United, Benfica, Basel, Galati Steel.
Group D: Real Madrid, Lyon, Ajax, Dinamo Zagreb.
Group E: Chelsea, Leverkusen, Valencia, Genk.
Group F: Arsenal, Dortmund, Marseille, Olympiacos.
Group G: Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk, Porto.
Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Zenit, Hannover 96.
This draw result made many people excited!
Especially reporters and fans are full of expectations for this exciting grouping!
After each grouping, reporters like to find the so-called group of death to create hot news, and this time the recognized group of death is Group A.
The four teams in Group A, Bayern Munich, Roma, Manchester City, and APOEL, all have strengths that cannot be underestimated.
Bayern is the dominant player in the Bundesliga and is at the forefront of the Champions League odds list every year.
Roma has invested a lot this season, and the addition of many strong players has made their paper strength among the top in Europe.
In recent years, Manchester City, the biggest tycoon, has continued to make large-scale signings year after year, which has greatly increased the team's strength. This season, they spent 45 million euros on Aguero, setting a transfer record this summer. And after several seasons of running-in, Manchester City has become stronger and stronger, and its competitiveness in the Premier League and Champions League has also continued to increase.
Although APOEL is not very famous, the team relies on its excellent overall play style and is not the kind of weakling who can be slaughtered by others.
In this group, it is possible who can break through the encirclement and enter the next round of knockout rounds.
The results of the Group B draw are also very exciting. Monaco, the 2010 Champions League champion, met Inter Milan, the 1011 Champions League champion.
In the UEFA Champions League final of the 0910 season, Monaco climbed to the top on the shoulders of Inter Milan, delaying Mourinho's championship dream for a year. Although the coaches of both teams were no longer with Monaco and Inter Milan at the time, the grievances between the two teams still existed. In this Champions League group stage, it is a big question whether Monaco will continue to suppress Inter Milan or Inter Milan will successfully take revenge. What to watch.
The other two teams, CSKA Moscow and Trabzonspor, are weaker. Their chances of breaking through and entering the next knockout round are very slim.
In the same encounter between mortal enemies, there is another pair of enemies and rivals.
The draw results of Group H are also very exciting. Barcelona and AC Milan will meet again and will start a fierce battle in the same group.
These two teams have also met many times in the Champions League, and their feud will continue in this season's Champions League.
In the memory of Yunsheng's parallel world, the most impressive scene of the two teams in this Champions League was Pato's 24-second lightning goal, which single-handedly defeated the weak Barcelona defense.
I don’t know if this scene will happen again in this world...
The other two teams, Zenit and Hannover 96, also performed well last season, but in front of two powerful teams, they could only run along...
In addition to these two rivals, two other teams also met again in the group stage.
Real Madrid and Lyon in Group D have frequently faced each other in the Champions League in recent seasons, especially in the quarter-finals last season. Real Madrid eliminated Lyon before continuing to advance. In the previous seasons, Lyon actually had more wins than Real Madrid. This time the two teams met, coupled with Mourinho's magical command, the showdown between the two teams was very interesting.
In addition to them, Ajax is the team that has won the most Champions Leagues outside the five major leagues. They have many new stars in the team and will also become a spoiler.
Outside these three teams, Dinamo Zagreb trembles on the sidelines. This group also fully possesses the attributes of a death group.
Compared with these strong encounter groups, the draw between Manchester United and Chelsea is much luckier.
In addition to the Premier League hegemon Manchester United, the remaining three teams in Group C, Benfica, Basel, and Galati Steel, are much weaker. It seems that Manchester United's qualifying for the group is certain.
The same is true for Chelsea in Group E. They are not a super strong team. Leverkusen, Valencia, and Genk, these three teams are much weaker than the Blues. Chelsea got a good draw and they have almost one foot in the next stage of the knockout rounds.
As both a Premier League team, Arsenal's path to promotion is also full of difficulties.
None of the four teams in Group F, Arsenal, Dortmund, Marseille, and Olympiacos, is easy to deal with. Although Arsenal is very strong and has won two consecutive victories with the help of China's dual-core team since the start of the new season, and currently leads the Premier League standings, their opponents are equally strong.
Dortmund became the domestic double champion last season. Their team is full of young players and young players. They are invincible in the youth storm of the Bundesliga. Even Bayern fell at their feet last season.
Marseille also performed very well in Ligue 1, ranking second behind Monaco last season. Their artistic football style is very elegant.
The other team, Olympiacos, is also a popular team with strong offense and weak defense. Not only is it super strong, but their devil's home field advantage is very obvious. No team can guarantee that they will get a bargain there.
In such a duel between four teams with full offensive power, no team is absolutely certain to emerge. But what is certain is that Group F may become the most exciting group stage matchup.
Of course, what Juventus fans are most concerned about is the grouping situation of their team.
In addition to Juventus in Group G, Atletico Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk and Porto are also in the same group.
Seeing this grouping, countless Juventus fans rushed to tell each other, excited!
This group is too weak!
One is a down-and-out team in La Liga, and the other two are just teams from Ukraine and Portugal. They are not our Juventus opponents at all.
In this season's Champions League group stage, our Juventus are guaranteed to advance!
However, as the coach of Juventus, Yun Sheng behaved very cautiously and even a little worried when being interviewed by reporters...
