novelonline Chapter 605 Bernabéu, I know it well!
Chapter 605 Bernabéu, I know it well!
Chapter 605 Bernabéu, I know it well!
For the UEFA Champions League draw, there used to be an unspoken rule, that is, encountering the old club.
For example, last season, many media and fans speculated that Bayern would encounter Sudong's former club Barcelona.
Unexpectedly, instead of meeting in the group stage, they met in the knockout round of the quarterfinals.
Now, Bayern is once again drawing lots in the group stage, and may encounter Su Dong's former club, which is Sporting Lisbon of the Portuguese Super League.
Frankly speaking, Su Dong sat in the Grimaldi Conference Center, really expecting the team to meet Sporting Lisbon.
Because among the other seven teams in the second tier except Werder Bremen, Sporting Lisbon is relatively weak.
The most troublesome ones are definitely Real Madrid and Juventus.
As expected, Bayern was not so lucky. The team in the second tier did not draw Sporting Lisbon or PSV Eindhoven, but Real Madrid again.
This made the atmosphere in the venue a little restless.
Especially the representative of Real Madrid, the general manager Mijatovic, stood up from his seat directly, wanting to see whether the note in the ball said Real Madrid?
It's too unfortunate, isn't it?
Draw Bayern in the group stage for two consecutive seasons?
It's really bad luck, isn't it?
When Real Madrid summed up the experience and lessons of the top [-] last season, one of the most important ones was that they only got second in the group stage and were forced to challenge for the first place in their group in the top [-] knockout round. This is really quite unfavorable for Real Madrid.
But now it's good, and Bayern has been drawn again.
"I'm really starting to wonder now, is there something shady?" Su Dong smiled wryly.
Is it really luck to get Real Madrid for two consecutive seasons?
Of course, in fact, no matter who is drawn, for Bayern, the difference is not very big, and teams such as Roma and Villarreal may not be easier to deal with than Real Madrid. It can only be said that Real Madrid is relatively stronger.
If it is unlucky to draw Real Madrid in the second tier, then it is really shady to draw Zenit St. Petersburg in the third tier.
Su Dong's first reaction when he saw the lottery result was to laugh.
"It turned out that Tymoshchuk met his former club!"
Everyone also smiled.
In fact, European professional players are very frequent now, and the only teams capable of playing in the Champions League are those who come and go, and there will definitely be many teams that encounter their old clubs, especially in a lottery like this, the probability of encountering is actually very high.
It's just that Bayern's signing is really bad.
Real Madrid was drawn in the second tier, and last season's UEFA Cup champion was drawn in the third tier. Is there anything worse than this?
What's more interesting is that in tomorrow's European Super Cup, Bayern will face Zenit St. Petersburg in advance.
Isn't this tantamount to a preview of the Champions League group stage?
When Lucio saw this lottery, he felt a little depressed, and immediately uttered harsh words.
"If you have the ability, let me draw Fiorentina or Shakhtar Donetsk in the fourth gear. If you really draw it, I must go to the stage to verify the ball and solve this shady mystery with my own hands!"
Everyone in Bayern also booed after hearing this, thinking that it would be good if Viola and Shakhtar were really drawn.
At least, you can see the wonderful drama of the Brazilian central defender tearing up the UEFA Champions League draw, isn't it?
UEFA must have heard Lucio's ruthless words, so they were persuaded. The fourth draw to Bayern was BATE Borisov of Belarus. The strength of this team is not strong, but the away game is more disgusting.
Especially according to the schedule, when Bayern went to Belarus to play away, it happened to be the end of November, so it was even more terrible.
"It seems that we have to win all the first four rounds, and it will be relatively easy when we go to Belarus." Lahm said analyzing the situation in the group stage.
"The third and fourth rounds are home and away games against Real Madrid, which is very troublesome." Schweinsteiger also showed embarrassment.
Su Dong chuckled, "It's okay, I'm familiar with the Bernabéu!"
Everyone laughed.
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Accompanied by the results of the draw, there are also major awards from UEFA last season.
Su Dong won the two most important awards of the best striker of the season and the best player of the season, becoming the player who gained the most that night, and was also enthusiastically praised by the audience.
This award is known as the weathervane of the World Footballer of the Year and the Golden Globe Awards. After two years of absence, Su Dong won this award again, which is undoubtedly the focus news that most attracts the attention of media and fans around the world.
Everyone knows that Su Dong made the harsh words half a year ago that he wanted to win the double football player in [-], and now winning these two awards is undoubtedly one step closer to his goal.
Judging from the performance in the European Cup, there is really no player who can compete with Su Dong.
Although Spain won the championship, like the runner-up Germany, they all played overall football. As a result, there were no obvious outstanding stars in the team, and naturally they could not compete with Su Dong.
The best midfielder of the season was given to Ribery, which is not surprising, because Zidane is in charge of presenting the award.
The best defender of the season is the competition between Manchester United's Ferdinand and Vidic, and in the end Ferdinand is slightly better.
It is said that the reason why it was Ferdinand was mainly because Vidic was abused too badly by Su Dong in the Champions League final.
This made Su Dong feel a little embarrassed, as if he had become a dragon boss in the eyes of others.
The best goalkeeper of the season was given to Van der Sar, which is indeed as it should be.
Although Kahn was the main force last season, his performance was not very stable. On the contrary, Van der Sar performed quite well.
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According to the usual practice, after the lottery is over, the delegates will be interviewed by on-site media reporters.
And bear the brunt of the unlucky Real Madrid.
Real Madrid's luck is really bad enough to be in the same group as last season's Champions League champion and UEFA Cup champion.
But this is more or less self-inflicted. Who made Real Madrid stop at the top [-] in recent years?
If the top [-] continues in the future, it will definitely be the second tier, and there is even a possibility of slipping to the third tier if you are not careful.
Mijatovic is not satisfied with the result of the draw. He thinks that Real Madrid's luck is really bad.
He admitted that Bayern and Zenit St. Petersburg will both bring a lot of trouble to Real Madrid. These two teams are very powerful, especially Bayern, which has superstars like Su Dong, which makes this Bundesliga giant.
But Mijatovic is also full of confidence, "If you want to win the championship, you will definitely encounter these strong teams. This is inevitable. Champions are always born in high-level life-and-death battles."
Mijatovic used to be an excellent striker. He said, "When the draw is unlucky, it is very important to start well. If you lose points at the beginning, it will be quite detrimental to the next game. Of course, there is no need for us to be afraid, because Real Madrid is the team that has won the most championships in the history of the Champions League."
"We are full of confidence in winning the championship again!"
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On the evening of the second day after the UEFA Champions League group stage draw, at the Stade Louis II in Monaco, the UEFA Super Cup officially started.
Bayern, who had just been drawn into the same group, played against Zenit St. Petersburg.
As soon as the game started, the two teams played without reservation.
The Dutch coach of Zenit St. Petersburg, Ed Vokater, has been the head coach of Zenit since [-]. He has instilled the concept of Dutch football in this team. He has not played conservatively from the beginning, and has taken the initiative to press and press. Strangled Bayern's midfield and frequently planned offensives.
Although Arshavin had been making transfer calls all summer, he still got the starting job in the face of the mighty Bayern.
His partner is Danny, who just joined in the summer, and the top scorer in the UEFA Cup, Bergrebjak.
Being able to win the UEFA Cup, Zenit's strength is quite good, especially Arshavin, who continued his outstanding performance in the European Cup, showing his outstanding personal ability, playing the core role of Zenit's frontcourt attack, frequently threatening Bayern's penalty area, and causing a lot of trouble for Bayern's defense.
In the first 15 minutes, Zenit had the advantage and even had a good chance in the penalty area. The unguarded Bergrebjak suddenly kicked the goal and was bravely saved by Neuer.
This save won unanimous appreciation from the Bayern players.
Heynckes immediately stepped up his defense.
Obviously, Zenit is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Subsequently, Zenit got two chances in a row, one was Arshavin's long-range shot from the outside of the penalty area, and the other was a foul caused by Arshavin's dribbling. A free kick in the front field almost broke the goal.
Bayern also had a very threatening counterattack, which came from Podolski dribbling forward with the ball. With Sudong running out of space in front, Prince Cologne was eager to show himself and did not pass the ball in time.
This made Heynckes on the sidelines jumping with anger.
What a great opportunity to play three-on-three in the frontcourt.
Olic pulled away the defensive player, and Su Dong had already run out of space. As long as Podolski passed the ball in time, Su Dong would be single-handedly. As a result, Podolski wanted to show himself, and he directly kicked a long shot and missed an excellent opportunity.
Perhaps knowing that he was too impatient and made a mistake, Podolski raised his hand to Su Dong and Heynckes apologetically.
No.303 minutes, after Bayern once again stole the ball from their own half, Modric drove the ball forward and directly crossed the center line.
Su Dong raised his hand in front and asked for the ball.
The Croatian midfielder immediately made a diagonal pass.
I saw that Sudong blocked the central defender Krizanak with his body, directly met Modric's oblique pass, hooked the ball in front of him with his right foot, turned around and started, threw off Krizanak, caught up with the football, and dribbled the ball straight to Zenit's penalty area.
"What a beautiful stop and go!"
"Su Dong showed his outstanding footwork and delicate technique!"
"Look at this time, Sudong dribbled the ball diagonally to the left, and there were two defenders in front of him. Zenit also returned to the defense quickly, and behind him was Krishanak chasing back. Three defenses and one defense."
"Su Dong continued to dribble the ball to the front of the penalty area, and the three double-teamed."
"Su Dong took the lead and passed the ball to the left no man's land."
"Will someone come to meet him?"
(End of this chapter)