Chapter 333 The Champions League Draw Results Are Out, Manchester City Has the Highest Odds of Winning!

After chatting with Royce for a while, the award ceremony started immediately.

After awarding the best women's player of last season, it was quickly time to award the best men's player.

The focus of the audience was all on Lin Quan, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neuer.

These three were the three best performers in the Champions League last season.

Among them, Lin Quan not only led the team to win the Champions League championship, but also completed the miracle of scoring 20 Champions League goals in a single season.

As for Cristiano Ronaldo, although his team fell in the semi-finals, his 17 goals in a single season were enough to break the Champions League single-season scoring record.

It's a pity that he encountered a more perverted existence, so not many people remember this feat he created.

Although Neuer's performance at Bayern last season was also very good, compared with the top two, the gap is obvious, so his selection is basically to accompany him.

After the shortlist was announced, the on-site camera lens found these three people.

Lin Quan looked very calm, and Ronaldo's expression was very serious.

As for Neuer, who has the least hope of winning, he has an indifferent expression. It seems that he himself knows that he is unlikely to win the award.

"Haha, it seems that Lin Quan is very confident that he will win the prize!"

In the CCTV live broadcast room, the two hosts couldn't help laughing after seeing the three of them in the same frame.

"Yes, I led the team to win the championship again and broke the Champions League single-season scoring record.

If you complete one of these two things, you have a very high probability of winning a prize, let alone if you complete both of them.

I really don’t know under what circumstances UEFA would not award the award to Lin Quan! "

In fact, there is also the possibility that UEFA blatantly committed fraud and used black box operations to hack away Lin Quan's best player.

Just like last year’s highly controversial Golden Globe Awards!

Of course, unlike last time, Lin Quan's lead this time was really too big.

Even if UEFA favors a certain person, it would not dare to do it so obviously.

The answer was soon revealed. Almost all of the 12 voters at the scene voted for Lin Quan, and only one person gave Ronaldo a consolation vote.

Lin Quan was overwhelmingly elected the best player of the UEFA Champions League in the 2013-2014 season.

After the award ceremony, the most anticipated part has arrived - the 2014-2015 Champions League group stage draw ceremony!

FIFA Secretary General Infantino delivered a series of lengthy speeches before the draw ceremony.

It involves the reform of FIFA and the promotion of the development of European leagues and national teams.

At the club level, Infantino emphasized that in order for the European leagues to develop healthily and sustainably, UEFA needs to improve and implement the "Financial Fair Play Act" as soon as possible to promote small European countries and small clubs to receive sufficient financial support.

The implication of this sentence is that teams in small national leagues must be taken care of in terms of Champions League quota.

His speech still had a lot of substantive content, but unfortunately, the audience was not very interested in it. Everyone was more concerned about the draw of the Champions League group stage.

As a result, during Infantino's speech, the audience became drowsy. Some people even fell asleep while sitting and snored inappropriately.

Infantino looked ugly and had to end his speech hastily and announced that the Champions League draw ceremony had officially begun.

The guest in charge of the draw today is Lin Quan’s teammate in the national team and Spanish goalkeeper Casillas.

As usual, the 32 teams that entered the Champions League group stage were divided into 4 levels, with 8 teams in each level, so a total of 8 groups were divided.

It is worth mentioning that with last year's impressive record, Manchester City has changed from a third-tier team to a first-tier seeded team.

The eight teams in the first pot are: Real Madrid (La Liga), Barcelona (La Liga), Bayern Munich (Bundesliga), Chelsea (Premier League), Manchester City (Premier League), Atletico Madrid (La Liga), Arsenal (Premier League), Porto (Portuguese Super League)

Both La Liga and the Premier League have three teams selected as seed teams, Serie A and Ligue 1 are completely destroyed, and the Portuguese Super League had a poor record in the Champions League last year, so there is only one spot left.

At Infantino's signal, Casillas took Bayern Munich out first.

What is different from usual is that after the teams are drawn, they will not be assigned to the corresponding groups immediately. Instead, there will be another round of group drawings.

After Casillas drew the name of the team, another guest drew the letter E from the small ball representing the group, which meant that the number one seed Bayern Munich was assigned to Group E.

Subsequently, Casillas pulled out his team Real Madrid.

Another guest drew B from the remaining 7 letters, and Real Madrid was assigned to Group B.

The third one to be drawn was Manchester City, who were assigned to Group C.

Arsenal was drawn out in fourth place and they were assigned to Group D.

The fifth one to be drawn was Barcelona, ​​who were assigned to Group F.

The sixth one to be drawn was Porto, who were assigned to Group H.

The seventh one to be drawn was Atletico Madrid, who were assigned to Group A.

In the end, there was only one Chelsea left, and they were automatically assigned to Group E.

When the first-tier teams were drawn, the audience at the scene was still in a relatively relaxed mood.

The most discussed topic is probably which of the eight seeded teams is the strongest and which is the weakest.

The more recognized strong teams are Royal Saren and last season's champion Manchester City. If the second- and third-tier teams encounter these four teams, they will basically lose the chance to win the first place in the group.

Among these four teams, Atletico Madrid and Chelsea are also very strong, and it will be difficult to play against them.

The weakest team in the first tier is generally recognized as Porto of the Portuguese Super League.

In last season's Champions League, both Portuguese Super League teams failed to qualify. Porto even lost to Zenit St. Petersburg, allowing the opponent to advance to the knockout rounds with a record low of 6 points...

If they are lucky enough to be drawn into Group H, where Porto is, then they may be able to look forward to the top spot in the group.

As for Arsenal, Arsenal's current lineup is really not strong, and their record in the Champions League is not ideal. This has led to fewer and fewer people who are afraid of Arsenal.

After drawing the first-tier teams, Casillas came off the field and another Spanish star Hierro came on.

He will be responsible for drawing out eight teams in the second tier. The eight teams assigned to the second tier are:

Schalke 04 (Bundesliga), Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga), Juventus (Serie A), Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukrainian Super League), Basel (Switzerland Super League), Zenit St. Petersburg ( Russian Super League), Benfica (Portuguese Super League)

Among these eight teams, several are very strong, such as Paris, Juventus, Dortmund, etc.

If they are drawn into a group with four teams including Royal Saren and Manchester City, then the subsequent teams that enter these groups may become cannon fodder.

Therefore, this draw is crucial for many teams, and the atmosphere on the scene began to become tense.

Hierro gave a speech after taking the stage, and the second round of draws soon began.

He drew Zenit St. Petersburg first. Just like the first round of draws, another guest also drew the group that Zenit will enter.

Group C!

They were assigned to the same group as defending champion Manchester City!

After seeing this result, the on-site director immediately gave Zenit and the Manchester City coach a shot of the same frame.

The reactions of the two were completely different, and Zenit's head coach couldn't help but reveal a wry smile on his face.

Manchester City's head coach smiled and seemed very satisfied with the result.

Of course I am satisfied. Zenit can be said to be the weakest team in the second tier. When meeting them, Manchester City can be said to have secured 6 points.

Hierro then pulled out Paris Saint-Germain, the strongest team in the second tier.

The audience at the scene couldn't help but become curious, what group will they be assigned to?

The answer was quickly revealed, Group F where Barcelona is!

Seeing this result, the coaches of both teams couldn't help but change their expressions.

Barcelona is a traditional strong team, and this season it has spent huge sums of money to introduce Suarez to form the MSN combination.

Paris Saint-Germain has been the team that spends the most money in the transfer market for several consecutive years. They are the dominant team in Ligue 1, and their performance in the Champions League cannot be underestimated.

If these two teams are put together, it will definitely be a battle between Mars and Earth.

And for the subsequent teams that enter this group, this can definitely be said to be the group of death!

Hierro's movements were quick and his movements kept drawing out the following teams.

Among them, Shakhtar Donetsk was drawn into Group H, Benfica was drawn into Group E, Dortmund was drawn into Group D, Basel was drawn into Group B, Juventus was drawn into Group A, and Schalke 04 was drawn into Group G.

Among them, Dortmund and Arsenal, the seed team in Group D, are old acquaintances.

The two teams met in last year's Champions League group stage, and each had a win or a loss, so it was considered a tie.

However, Dortmund relied on their goal difference to win first place in the group, beating Arsenal, and Arsenal could only qualify in second place.

I don’t know if the two teams will meet again this year. Can Arsenal succeed in revenge?

After the draw for the second tier was completed, the draws for the third and fourth tiers were quickly held.

Among the 16 teams in these two levels, there are not many strong teams, but there is a team that has won the Champions League many times and was assigned to the third level because it was away from the Champions League for too long.

This team is the Red Army Liverpool!

Liverpool's luck was not bad, and they were drawn into Group B where Real Madrid was.

Real Madrid is certainly very strong, but second-tier Basel is average.

As long as Liverpool can beat Basel, they will basically be able to secure a place in the group.

But with their strength, it is difficult to compete with Real Madrid for first place in the group.

Without being able to qualify first in the group, how far Liverpool can go in the knockout stages depends entirely on luck.

This year's Champions League grouping situation is relatively even, and there is no death group situation like last year.

If you have to say which group is the death group, then Group E where Bayern Munich is located is probably one.

Of course, this death is for the other three teams. As long as Bayern does not lose its chain, it will be very easy to win the first place in the group.

In this group, apart from Bayern, the remaining three teams are Benfica of the Portuguese Super League, Roma of Serie A and CSKA Moscow of the Russian Super League.

Their strength is relatively average. CSKA Moscow is slightly weaker, but they sit on the Devil's home court.

The other two teams are not very strong. Who can have the last laugh depends entirely on their on-the-spot performance.

For Manchester City, the result of this draw can be described as very ideal.

Their three opponents in Group C are Monaco in Ligue 1, Bayer Leverkusen in Bundesliga and Zenit St. Petersburg in Russian Premier League.

These three teams are not strong. Except for Zenit, which may be a little more difficult to play in the away game, it is difficult for other teams to pose a threat to Manchester City.

So, after the draw results came out, Manchester City fans began to discuss their opponents in the knockout rounds.

"After taking a look, the second place players in several groups are not very strong. As long as we don't fall behind, it won't be a big problem to reach the quarterfinals!"

"It's conservative, it's too conservative. How can the top eight be good? The bottom four are the best!"

"The top four depends on luck. If we get Real Madrid or Barcelona in the quarter-finals, it's hard to say!"

"Aren't Real Madrid and Barcelona both defeated by us? What do they have to fear?"

"This season's Real Madrid lineup has become better and stronger. We really can't underestimate them!"

“Yeah, last season we won by a fluke in the semifinals.

If it weren’t for Lin Huang’s explosive success and finally reaching the finals with away goals, we would probably have been eliminated! "

Recalling the battle at the Bernabeu, many Manchester City fans have lingering fears.

In the 80th minute of the regular season, Real Madrid scored 3:1 against Manchester City and was about to be eliminated.

If Lin Quan hadn't scored a crucial goal and dragged the game into overtime, they would have never been able to win the Big Ears Cup!

"Barcelona is also terrible this year. We have seen the strength of Messi and Neymar in the Champions League and La Liga. Now Suarez is here. How strong will the offensive power of their front three be? It’s unimaginable!”

Others may only focus on Suarez's series of scandals.

But for Manchester City fans, they are more afraid of Suarez's strength.

Last season, when Manchester City met Liverpool, they had a draw and a win, and they played very anxiously in the game they won.

This season, they defeated Liverpool three times in just one month.

Liverpool with Suarez and Liverpool without Suarez feel like two teams.

"Moreover, we are the defending champions. Other teams will definitely study us and play more conservatively when facing us, which will make it more difficult for us to defeat them."

People are afraid of being famous, and pigs are afraid of being strong. When Barcelona was strong, other teams would use iron barrel arrays to deal with them when they encountered Barcelona.

Although Manchester City has not yet reached the level of the Cosmos, it is definitely inevitable to be studied and targeted.

Therefore, for many fans, they feel that the team has achieved its goal if it reaches the top 8.

It would be even better if we could reach the semi-finals or even the finals.

Manchester City fans are more cautious and feel that it will be very difficult for the team to defend the title.

But the spinach company doesn’t agree with them!

After the Champions League draw results were released, the betting company immediately announced the odds of winning the Champions League this season.

Manchester City beats Real Madrid and Barcelona to rank first!