Montolivo, Monaco, August 25.

Ferguson handed over the training to Queros, but he came here. The Champions League qualifiers for this season were all over yesterday, and today is the day of the group draw.

In the lottery hall, Ferguson saw many acquaintances.

Wenger had just walked past him and did not say hello to him, but ignored him like air.

This is not surprising. After all, the relationship between the two people in the Premier League has been too tense in the past two years, and both sides want to eat each other...

However, when Mourinho saw him, he greeted him very friendly. No matter how arrogant Mourinho is in England, Ferguson is his elder, and Mourinho is not so arrogant that he is disrespectful.

The coaches of the top three Premier League teams have arrived, but the defending champion Liverpool coach Benitez ran to the other end. As a former La Liga coach, Benitez still likes to sit with Espanyol...

The Spaniard next to him is not an ordinary person, but Florentino, the chairman of La Liga Real Madrid. The current Real Madrid coach sitting next to him, Brazilian Lucemberg's face was extremely ugly, but Benitez's chin was still raised high.

He seemed to be telling Luxenberg that I am the European champion, you are nothing, I am still a Real Madrid player, so what if you are the head coach of Real Madrid? One day, I will take over Real Madrid...

However, when Milan coach Ancelotti saw Ferguson, he gave Ferguson a warm hug. Perhaps, this is what it means to be an opponent on the field, a friend off the field, and a real friend...

"Hey man, there are not a few days left in the transfer deadline. I want to talk to you about China Dong." Ancelotti asked in Ferguson's ear while hugging.

Ferguson's face froze instantly, fortunately his body did not tremble...

"Are you interested in Dong?"

Ferguson let go of his arms and looked at Ancelotti in disbelief.

"Haha, I'm kidding you, it seems you really care about Dong."

"Haha... No, no, no, actually I want to exchange Dong for Kaka with you. What do you think of this deal?"

"Ha, Sir, you are so good at joking..."

Both of them finally burst into laughter, and both sides were humorous. Ferguson could not sell Dong Fangzhuo to Milan, and Ancelotti could not give Kaka to Manchester United...

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At 16:00 local time in Monaco, the draw ceremony of the 2005-06 Champions League group stage was held in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

There are 32 teams entering the group stage this time, and the 32 teams are divided into eight groups.

Among them, the top 7 teams in the Champions League points are seed teams, while the defending champion Liverpool automatically becomes seed teams.

According to UEFA's club points system, Porto and the top 7 points are listed as seed teams, and the other 24 teams are divided into 3 levels. During the draw, one team is drawn from each level to form a group, with a total of 8 groups, provided that the teams in the same league are different groups.

Although defending champion Liverpool is listed as a seed team, he does not enjoy the treatment of "avoiding the same league" since he is a special contest, so he may meet Chelsea, which is ranked second. Last season, the two teams met four times in three events. In the semi-finals of the Champions League, Liverpool eliminated the Blues with a total score of 1-0.

If you really want to win this time, the fate between the two teams will be too strong.

The specific divisions of the 32 teams are:

First gear: Real Madrid, AC Milan, Barcelona, ​​Liverpool, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Bayern, Arsenal.

Second gear: Porto, Juventus, Eindhoven, Lyon, Panasinaikos, Chelsea, Villarreal, Ajax.

The third gear: Bruges, Anderlecht, Olympiacos, Schalke, Sparta Prague, Lille, Glasgow Wanderers, Bremen.

Fourth gear: Benfica, Rosenberg, Betis, Udinese, Fenerbahce, Vienna Fast, Thun, Bratislava.

Thankfully, I can avoid those perverts. Ferguson muttered in his heart that as long as he gets the first team, he can avoid the first team as much as possible. He thought so.

Last season, I accidentally fell into the second place in the group and ended up meeting AC Milan in advance...

However, there have always been no weak teams in the Champions League, and in fact, no team is easy to play. Ferguson just has a beautiful dream in his heart and does not expect to be assigned to a good group.

Soon, Ferguson discovered that because Manchester United ranked fourth in the Champions League points, Manchester United was included in Group D, and other groups were also ranked by points, and UEFA was really worry-free...

The first team to be drawn was the fourth-level team. Logically speaking, there were no strong teams in the fourth level, but Manchester United was so unlucky that they drew Benfica from Portugal. The strongest team in the fourth level were met by Manchester United.

"I'm lucky, Benfica was drawn." Ancelotti smiled beside the Lord.

"I can only go to Vienna to listen to music, haha..."

Ferguson: “…”

What can he say? Milan's life is better than Manchester United's life.

Then, the third-level club was drawn.

As a result, more than a minute later, when he heard the name Lille in France, he felt like vomiting blood on the spot. Lille, one of the strongest in the third grade, also came, and there was no one else's luck.

However, AC Milan soon drew Schalke 04, which is also a very powerful team.

Finally, Ferguson cursed Ancelotti once.

"Carlo, I feel you'll draw Chelsea."

"Then you will definitely beat Juventus..." Ancelotti is not a good-looking lamp. Although he doesn't have any work cells when working, his mouth is very clever after life.

"…" Ferguson was choked again.

Then, we reached the second level of opponent.

"Villareal!"

"Ha, hehe... the master and apprenticeship are deep, Sir, Fran is going home to see you. You have trained a world-class sniper,"

Ferguson: “…”

Coincidentally, what a coincidence, why did you meet Fran’s Villarreal? You said you didn’t score a goal at Manchester United and became the winner of the European Golden Boot Awards just to come back to play for Manchester United? Ferguson felt very upset.

But after more than ten seconds, he couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, Carlo."

"Fate, Eindhoven, your favorite opponent, haha."

Manchester United and Fran are destined, aren’t Milan and Eindhoven? Last season’s Champions League semi-finals, Milan was almost eliminated by Eindhoven...

"It's all a group of death, so don't laugh at anyone."

In the end, all the top 32 teams in the Champions League were drawn.

The specific lottery results are:

Group a: Bayern, Juventus, Bruges, Vienna fast.

Group b: Arsenal, Ajax, Sparta Prague, Thun.

Group C: Barcelona, ​​Panasinaicos, Bremen, Udinese.

Group D: Manchester United, Villarreal, Lille, Benfica.

Group e: AC Milan, Eindhoven, Schalke 04, Fenerbahce.

Group F: Real Madrid, Lyon, Olympiacos, Rosenberg.

Group g: Liverpool, Chelsea Anderlecht, Betis.

Group h: Inter Milan, Porto, Wanderers, Bratislava.

Of course, Benitez, who had laughed the happiest before, can't laugh anymore because he has met his old opponent again. Because Liverpool really has met Chelsea again.
Chapter completed!