After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 227 Super Death Group!

After the first round of the Bundesliga, Hamburg won a lot of praise.

The reason for this, of course, is that Pan Yi's team won the strong dialogue with Schalke 04, and it was still an away game.

From the perspective of the content of the game, Hamburg even crushed Schalke, making it a one-sided situation.

In the first three games of this season, the Super Cup against Bayern Munich, the German Cup against Karlsruhe, and the league against Schalke 04 corresponded to a strong team, a weak team and a sub-strong team respectively. Out of a stable state and consistent performance.

This also made the local media in Hamburg extremely excited, and they all said that everyone saw a strong team that was really maturing.

And the surprises brought by Pan Yi are not limited to these.

A week later, in the second round of the Bundesliga, Pan Yi led Hamburg to sweep Hoffenheim 5-1 at home!

In the next third round, Hamburg won the newly promoted Hertha Berlin with a small goal in the away game, winning the Bundesliga's first three consecutive victories!
In these two games, Pan Yi also used two different starting lineups.

Taking the midfield trio as an example, the combination of Casemiro + Paulinho + De Bruyne was used to play Hoffenheim, while Kante + Hasebe Makoto + Makoto Hasebe was used to play Hertha Berlin. De Bruyne.

This shows that the current lineup of Hamburg is enough for Pan Yi to use different strategies against different opponents.

Obviously, such a strategy has also achieved results, allowing Hamburg to achieve an impressive record of three consecutive victories.

Although after the three rounds, there are five teams that have also won three consecutive victories, but Hamburg still occupies the top of the standings with a goal difference of 7.

The other teams that have achieved complete victories are Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Mainz and, of course, Bayern Munich.

拜仁慕尼黑在前三轮比赛中也是屡克强敌，分别是以3：1战胜门兴格拉德巴赫，1：0胜法兰克福，2：0纽伦堡。

相比之下多特蒙德的对手就稍弱了一些，他们是以4：0胜奥格斯堡，2：1胜布伦瑞克，1：0云达不莱梅。

And judging from the scene, Dortmund is not as dominant as Hamburg and Bayern.

Therefore, even though everyone has won three consecutive victories, many media are still more optimistic about Hamburg and Bayern. Many people believe that this year's Bundesliga championship was produced by these two teams.

However, there were also objections.

Because in September, the UEFA Champions League group stage of the new season will also begin.

Next, Hamburg will face the three-line battle of the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League, which also includes the national team match day interspersed in the middle.

Due to the excellent performance of Hamburg players in the past one or two years, the number of international players in the team is also increasing day by day.

How to deal with the pressure of such third-line or even fourth-line operations, Pan Yi obviously has to face more tests.

Unlike Hamburg, Bayern, a giant, obviously has more personnel reserves, and because they have been under such pressure for many years, they will obviously handle it more easily.

"At the beginning of last season, Hamburg was also affected by the national team matchday, which led to a wave of low tide in the league."

"At that time, they even fought on a single front. Now that Hamburg is facing the test of all fronts at the same time, can Pan Yi cope with it?"

"What kind of opponent will Hamburg draw at the UEFA Champions League draw in a few days' time?"

"If they suffer setbacks due to encountering strong opponents in the Champions League, it is conceivable that they will not be in a good state after dragging their tired bodies back to the Bundesliga..."

……

In fact, it is almost a certainty that Hamburg will encounter a strong opponent in the Champions League group stage.

That's because the last time Hamburg participated in the Champions League group stage was already in the 06-07 season.

At that time, in the team composed of Arsenal, Porto, and CSKA Moscow, Hamburg had a record of losing all six games and won...how many European war points?

It seems like going to the group stage is enough to get 4 points, but it's pointless because it's too many years from now.

In short, this year they can finally return to the Champions League, and the European war points must be ranked at the bottom, that is, the last tier-the fourth tier.

In the first tier are Bayern, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United and other traditional European powerhouses with outstanding achievements in recent years, while in the second tier are Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, etc. strong team.

Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga are in the third tier with the Premier League upstart Manchester City and the Eredivisie giants Ajax, which should not be underestimated.

And when it comes to the fourth gear, it's basically rotten fish and shrimps, such as Copenhagen, Anderlecht, Pilsen Victory, Celtic, Vienna, Austria...except for Hamburg.

Although it is true that Hamburg can't get these stinky fish and rotten shrimps, the teams ranked in the top three, to be honest, don't want to be in the same group as the Bundesliga runner-up.

The team that beat Bayern Munich 4:1 is really scary, isn't it!
So before the lottery, the media had already built up momentum, that is, which group Hamburg stayed in, that group had a great probability of becoming the group of death!

……

On August 8, the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League group stage of the 28-2013 season was held in Nyon, Switzerland, the headquarters of UEFA.

Pan Yi brought his assistant coach Inzaghi to participate.

The main reason is that in his previous life, Pan Yi had been watching the bald head preside over the lottery ceremony in front of the TV screen, and he was quite curious.

There are all kinds of conspiracy theories about the lottery. There are hot and cold balls in the lottery, including the re-draw after a lottery accident happened later. This is also the idea that moved Pan Yi to come to the scene to observe.

After all, he is also a manager and coach. If he doesn't come, he can only let Chairman Yakhov and his old man come.

However, he still didn't have the chance to touch the lottery ball with the team's name on it to see if he could feel the temperature.

Because they were arranged to sit on the seats under the stage at the beginning, how could they have the opportunity to touch the ball on stage?
"Who do you want to touch?" Inzaghi asked suddenly, sitting next to him.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, if you want to win the championship, any team must win." Pan Yi replied.

Inzaghi almost jumped out of his seat: "You really want to win the Champions League!"

This is the first time Pan Yi said that he wants to win the Champions League, so it is also the first time Inzaghi heard it.

What Pan Yi said before is generally to win the Bundesliga championship, and then strive to go further in the Champions League.

Inzaghi really didn't expect that Pan Yi would really have such "unreasonable thoughts" for a new Champions League team like them?
After all, the Champions League is no better than the Bundesliga. There are still many teams like Bayern that can play!
"We got it in Milan, so can't we get it in Hamburg?" Pan Yi smiled and looked towards the stands.

In the stands at this time, the European Player of the Year award is being presented.

In the end, French star Franck Ribery, who led Bayern to win the Triple Crown and won the title of Bundesliga MVP, was elected with 36 votes.

The peerless twins ranked second and third respectively, Messi with 14 votes and Ronaldo with only 3 votes.

This trophy was handed over to Franck Ribery by the then President of UEFA and the famous French football player Michel Platini.

Then there was Ribery's acceptance speech, and then the top three took a group photo-of course, due to the absence of Ronaldo, there were only Ribery and Messi in this session.

Hearing Pan Yi's words, Inzaghi swallowed.

Indeed, who said it was impossible?
In his Pan Yi's eyes, it seemed that there was nothing he couldn't do!

Just say that when the two were in Milan together, who would be optimistic about the young team at that time?But in the end, didn't they overthrow all the strong teams and finally win the championship? !

and so……

"I still have teams that I don't want to meet." Pan Yi suddenly laughed again.

"Which ones? Milan?" Inzaghi also laughed.

Pan Yi really didn't want to meet Milan.

After all, it is the old club, and it is an old club with feelings.

Now they are not in good condition, and I feel that I can't bear to stab them a few times.

"In addition to Milan, there are Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Chelsea, Arsenal..."

"Is it because they are very strong and difficult to deal with?"

Pan Yi smiled and said: "No. It's because we played against them when we were in Milan. I am a person who loves the new and dislikes the old. I don't like to keep playing the same opponents."

Inzaghi almost laughed out loud.

Feeling that you led the team to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage draw just to find a fresh opponent?

"But your wish may be hard to come true." Inzaghi shook his head, "They are all in the first tier. We will definitely not be able to draw Bayern from the same country, so the chances of drawing them will be greatly increased."

"Then let's see how lucky we are." Pan Yi looked at the stage again, "If Porto is drawn, wouldn't it be wonderful?"

……

While the two were talking, the staff of UEFA had placed the draw ball on the table, and UEFA official Federico Marchetti had also stood in front of the rostrum with the draw guests Luis Figo and Michael Owen .

Marchetti began to introduce the rules of the lottery to the representatives of each team present, nothing more than the division of grades, the avoidance of the same country, the order of the lottery, a lot of blah blah blah.

At this time, Pan Yi was also thinking about it in his heart.

To be honest, he really wants to lead Hamburg to make a difference in the Champions League, and winning the Champions League is also his biggest goal.

In the process of winning the championship, although it is true that all opponents must be defeated, if the journey can be easier at the beginning, why not do it?

This is why those teams that are determined to win the championship will also be very concerned about the results of the draw.

It is also a first-tier team. Playing Porto is always more comfortable than playing Bayern, right?
For example, although Hamburg is currently in the fourth tier, there is a high probability that they will compete against multiple strong teams, but if luck is overwhelming, wouldn't it be cool to have a group like Benfica, Marseille, Basel, and Hamburg?
The pressure of the Champions League is reduced, and the pressure of playing in the Bundesliga will also be reduced.

Just like when Pan Yi played FM games in his previous life, sometimes because of weak opponents in the European group stage, he would even use the main players to play in the league, and all substitutes would play in the Champions League.

But if, on the contrary, Hamburg is divided into groups such as Real Madrid, Paris, and Manchester City, a proper death group will be created, and every game will be tough, and it will be difficult to have room for mediation.

So Pan Yi said, he still hopes that the god of luck will come to him.

Sometimes the quality of signing luck can even determine the development and performance of a team in the competition!
……

Under the operation of Irving and Figo, the teams in the top three positions were drawn out one after another.

At this time, some groups have actually begun to show signs of the group of death.

For example, Real Madrid and Juventus were drawn into Group B, Bayern and Manchester City were in Group D, while Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund were in Group F.

The most surprising thing is that Barcelona and AC Milan were once again assigned to Group H!
This is the two champions of the Champions League in the past three years, and they are also divided together again after the 2011-2012 season.

In addition, last season, Barcelona eliminated AC Milan in the round of 16. This is actually the third consecutive season that they have met!
It's really not that friends don't get together.

Also in Group H is the Ajax team. This former giant that has won the Champions League four times is obviously not an ordinary generation.

Therefore, compared with Galatasaray, the third-tier team in Group B, and Marseille in Group F, the "death atmosphere" in Group H will actually be stronger!

The draw continues.

Next, Irving will draw the name of the fourth team, and then Figo will draw the numbered ball to determine the group.

This also means that the final confrontation situation of each group will also be settled.

As for Hamburg, in fact, there are only five groups that they can fall into now.

Because of the same-country avoidance principle, it is impossible for Hamburg to go to Group D where Bayern is, Group F where Dortmund is, and Group A where Manchester United and Leverkusen are.

This is also a good thing, after all, among these three groups, there are two groups that are potential death groups.

In the remaining five groups, in addition to Group H where Barcelona and AC Milan are, there are Group B where Real Madrid and Juventus are, Group C where Benfica and Paris are, Group E where Chelsea and Basel are, Porto and Atletico Madrid's Group G.

From the perspective of Hamburg, of course, it is necessary to try to avoid Group B and Group H with two strong teams, and the other three groups can enter any one, at least the pressure is not so great.

So Pan Yi clearly felt that Inzaghi on the side even held his breath.

This seasoned veteran and new coach is actually nervous!

In fact, this is also human nature.

Pan Yi is no exception, but he will be more calm.

If you are lucky and go to a weaker group, then he can be more comfortable, and everyone can be more relaxed.

And if he was a bit unlucky and really went to the so-called death group, then he wouldn't be cowardly, and he would just do it with his arms off!

Everyone is 11 people fighting 11 people, who is afraid of who?
Next, one after another, the fourth-tier teams were drawn into the various groups.

As a result, bursts of sounds began to be heard at the scene, some of which seemed to be the kind of rejoicing after a catastrophe, while others were like exclamations when encountering misfortune.

Club officials in Copenhagen, for example, look as ugly as they see their team drawn into Group B, which includes Real Madrid and Juventus.

Anderlecht's manager even pumped his fist in celebration when he found out he would be in a group with top seeded Benfica.

One by one, one by one...

When Irving finally pulled out the small ball with the Hamburg team name on it, there was a restlessness in the audience again.

Everyone knows that this is the worst fourth-tier team to mess with!
Now there are only two options left for Hamburg, Group G and Group H.

Either with Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit, or with Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Ajax.

In the audience, Inzaghi was very nervous, but he didn't notice that the representatives of these six teams were even more nervous than him!

Because everyone knows that getting a hamburger is definitely a big loss!

Anyone who has watched Hamburg play this season knows that this young team is really strong!
At this time, Figo began to stir the balls with the letters "G" and "H".

Although there were only two balls, the former Portuguese superstar struggled for a long time before finally catching one of them.

After he took out the ball and unscrewed it, and took out the note, many people couldn't help holding their breath just like Inzaghi.

Immediately, Figo turned the note over with a smile, and the letters on it were displayed in front of everyone.

"H."

This letter means that the four former Champions League winners are in the same group.

AC Milan 8 times, Barcelona 4 times, Ajax 4 times, Hamburg 1 time.

The members of this group have won 17 Champions League championships in total, which is a proper super death group.

Amidst the uproar at the scene, Inzaghi also turned to Pan Yi with a wry smile: "Look, there are only a few opponents you don't want to meet, but they gave you two at once..."

Pan Yi just smiled lightly.

It's true that the signing was bad, but that's really nothing.

He has now started thinking about how to beat these three teams to enter the knockout round of the Champions League!
……

"The group of death in the UEFA Champions League group stage, four former Champions League champions gathered in Group H"

"Hamburg, which is in the limelight in the Bundesliga, is in crisis. Can they break through the group? "

"Lack of experience in the European war, Hamburg may be strangled by Barcelona and Milan"...

The next day, headlines like this filled the headlines of the world's major sports media.

Indeed, compared with other groups, Hamburg's H group is really full of gimmicks.

A super death group made up of all Champions League champions;
Three consecutive years of head-to-head confrontation between Barcelona and Milan;

Pan Yi faces his former club for the first time since leaving Milan...

But it can also be seen from the title that most of the media are still not optimistic about Hamburg.

At least from the experience of the Champions League, whether it is the club Hamburg or its players, let alone compare with AC Milan and Barcelona, ​​even Ajax plays European games every year.

Let's just talk about the players. Except for Westerman, the old captain, that is, Salah, Kante and Van Dijk, who Pan Yi just bought from Milan, have the experience of playing in the Champions League. Don't even think about others.

From the perspective of the schedule, Hamburg has no advantage.

They will face Milan away in the first game!
Then the second round is the home game against Barcelona, ​​the strongest on paper in the group, and then Ajax.

In other words, it is not an order of easy to difficult.

This is really not a good thing for Hamburg, which is dominated by young players.

In case Hamburg was beaten up by two giant teams in the first two rounds, making the young people lose confidence, then they will have no confidence to play Ajax again at this time.

"World Sports News" said: "A team like Hamburg that only won the Champions League once in the 80s can only be regarded as a new army in this group. And the new army should have their own positioning, that is, to win the Champions League once. The prize money from the Champions League is gone."

"Daily Sports" said: "Although Hamburg seems to be the strongest team in the fourth tier, but the fourth tier is only the fourth tier after all, so let's play a cutscene with the rich teams. Being able to play in the Champions League is already a success for them!"

However, even if the whole world thinks that Hamburg has no hope of qualifying, there will be one person who will firmly believe that Hamburg can beat them!

That is Pan Yi.

After he returned to the Hamburg training center, he quickly held a team meeting to talk about this grouping.

"This group is very difficult, at least more difficult than other groups." Pan Yi said.

Seeing everyone nodding, Pan Yi suddenly said: "But this difficulty is relative to Milan, Barcelona, ​​and Ajax. They see our team in the group, so they find it very difficult!"

The coaches and players in the conference room laughed.

They knew that their head coach would never have any real difficulties in his heart.

"Most of you have not played in the Champions League, but I have been to the Champions League, Inzaghi has been, Salah has been, Kante and Van Dijk have been there."

Pan Yi continued:

"What I want to say is that the opponents in the Champions League are indeed very strong, the atmosphere is also very good, and... the theme song is also very good."

Everyone smiled again.

"However, the Champions League is also a football match. An 11-vs-11 football match is no different from the Bundesliga we play."

"There, we could also meet Bayern, Dortmund and Leverkusen."

"So, did we beat Bayern? Did we beat Dortmund? Did we beat Leverkusen? - Well, it seems that we didn't, we drew with them twice last season."

The conference room was full of laughter, and the tension that still existed in everyone's hearts was swept away.

"But in short, we can beat them. Whether it's Barcelona, ​​or Milan, or Ajax, we can beat them."

"As long as we stay in good shape and remember how we beat those strong opponents in the Bundesliga, then we can also beat all opponents in the Champions League and go all the way!"

"I assure you, we will definitely qualify, we will definitely appear in the knockout round, and go further!"

Pan Yi's sonorous and powerful words inspired everyone present.

Yes, what about the Super Group of Death?
But they are Hamburg, they are the Hamburg Young Guard led by Pan Yi!
What Pan Yi said now, no one would think that he was bragging and drawing big cakes.

After all, all his bragging has come true!

After Zlatan Ibrahimovic, this is another man who holds a legal certificate for pretending to be a force!
At this time, Pan Yi saw the expressions of everyone present and felt their emotions, so he knew that his goal had been achieved.

He just wants to let everyone know that the current Hamburg is strong enough to compete with any team.

Only in this way can everyone devote themselves to every training and competition with confidence!

"The last thing I want to say is that our goal in the Champions League this season is definitely not just qualifying from the group."

"Once we get out of a group with Barcelona and Milan, it means we beat the two winners of the Champions League in the past three years."

"In the Bundesliga, we also beat Bayern twice, and Bayern were the champions of the last Champions League. Friends, do you know what that means?"

"If the last three Champions League winners can't stop us, what can stop us?"

"So, we will continue to reach the quarter-finals, reach the quarter-finals, and finally enter the final, go to the Stadium of Light in Lisbon, and win the final championship!"

This is also the first time that Pan Yi has expressed his willingness to win the Champions League in a semi-public setting.

In the end, he was shouting with almost all his strength:
"So, our goal this season is - all champions!"

(End of this chapter)