Coaching legend

After the end of World War II, football was fully revived worldwide. However, there were few exchanges between national teams or club-level competitions. At this time, Frenchman Gabriel Yanno proposed the idea of ​​establishing the European Club Cup.

Forty-five years have passed since the first Champions League.

During this period, the European Cup has changed a lot. There are more participating teams, the name has been changed several times, and the competition system has been adjusted repeatedly. It can be said that in the past fifty years, the European Cup has always been changing.

The only thing that remains unchanged is that the European Cup is the highest honor for European clubs.

In this honor book, Real Madrid is far ahead. Including winning the European Cup last season, Real Madrid has won eight Champions League titles. It can be said that in the Champions League, the highest honor for European clubs, Real Madrid can almost look down on all European clubs.

It is precisely because of Real Madrid's outstanding performance in the Champions League that Real Madrid has become the best club in Europe in the 20th century.

Of course, now, the importance of the Champions League is becoming more and more prominent. Especially with the reform of the Champions League, more and more clubs are participating in the Champions League. The influence of the Champions League has far exceeded that of the previous Champions League.

Of course, as the influence of money on football becomes more and more widespread, the Champions League, the highest European club competition, has also become a competition that attracts a lot of money. As long as the club can participate in the Champions League stably, the finances of the club will not have too many problems.

The current Champions League is already a huge profit game.

The TV broadcasting fees and huge bonuses in the Champions League, of course, are indispensable for tickets. If these money are added up, it will be an astronomical figure in a season. This is especially true for a small team like Blackburn.

In the future, Arsenal owes a lot of money to build a new stadium.

But the biggest reason why they can sit firmly on the mountain is that Wenger can lead Arsenal into the Champions League every year. And every time they can break through the group stage, Arsenal has a lot of money every year to repay the loan.

If Arsenal fails to get the Champions League. Then the Arsenal club will easily collapse. It can also be seen that the Champions League has an impact on a club.

If Blackburn wants to become a strong team, it must continue to participate in this high-level and influential competition.

Williams wants Blackburn to be completely self-sufficient and wants Blackburn to become the team in his mind. He also wants to ensure that Blackburn must participate in this high-income competition every year.

George wants to become a world-class coach, so proving himself in the Champions League is the best way.

The current Champions League still has two rounds of group matches. There will be eight groups in the first round of group matches, and there will be four groups in the second round of group matches. After that, it will be directly the quarterfinals.

The eight groups in the first round of group matches are groups A, B, C, D, E, F, J, and H, and several seeded teams have already come out.

The seeded team of group A is Real Madrid, a giant from La Liga.

The seeded team of group B is Lazio, a strong team in Serie A.

The seeded team of group C is Valencia, a strong team in La Liga.

The seeded team of group D is Monaco from the French Ligue 1.

The seeded team of group E is Juventus, a giant in Italy.

The seeded team of Group F is Bayern Munich, the dominant team in German football.

The seeded team of Group G is Manchester United, the English giant.

The seeded team of Group H is AC Milan, the Italian giant.

From the current seeded teams, we can also know that the current Champions League does need to be reformed. There are many strong teams in the current Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, and Bundesliga. Just like the Premier League teams that failed to enter the Champions League this time are Liverpool and Leeds United, which are stronger than Monaco.

There are also Inter Milan, Roma, Fiorentina, and Parma in Serie A, whose strength is also counted in European football.

However, due to the limitation of the number of Champions League places, they are unable to participate in the Champions League. This is their loss and also the loss of the Champions League. It is very necessary to increase the number of places in some powerful leagues.

After the Champions League seeded teams are determined, the next step is to draw other teams.

Blackburn is quite unfamiliar with the Champions League except for participating in the Champions League once five years ago. Therefore, Blackburn can only be a fourth-tier team. We have to wait for other teams to finish drawing, and then it will be Blackburn's turn.

Needless to say, Manchester United just dominated Europe the season before. It is naturally the seeded team of the Champions League.

Arsenal, on the other hand, although they participate in the Champions League every year. But they are just playing soy sauce every year and have never made it through the group stage. As a strong team in the Premier League, they didn't even make it to a seeded team. Together with Barcelona in La Liga, they were classified as teams in the second tier. They became the two strongest teams in the second tier.

According to the principle of avoidance of teams from the same country, Blackburn is unlikely to meet Arsenal.

George prayed secretly in his heart, don't fucking meet Barcelona.

Although Barcelona is classified as a second-tier team, their strength should not be underestimated.

When Barcelona was divided into Group H, George frowned tightly. And Arsenal was divided into Group E.

In this way, these two groups will easily form a death group. Everyone is looking forward to it, wanting to see if there will be a real group of death. Sure enough, when the third-tier teams were drawn, everyone took a deep breath.

The third-tier team drawn in Group E is Deportivo La Coruna, while the team drawn in Group H is Bundesliga powerhouse Hamburg.

Deportivo La Coruna was the La Liga champion last season, while Hamburg is a traditional strong team in the Bundesliga. All the media was excited.

Group E already includes Juventus, Arsenal, and Deportivo La Coruna. And Group H is not far behind, AC Milan, Barcelona, ​​Hamburg. It's really a group of death.

George gloated a little. Of course there is still some fear in my heart.

Damn it, if Blackburn is allowed into these two groups, it will be really bad luck. At this time, George could no longer care about anything else and began to pray in his heart. Hongjun Daozu, Sanqing Great God, and Jade Emperor, you must protect me and never let me enter these two groups.

The draw for the fourth-tier teams began, and George almost didn't dare to open his eyes.

The first subtitle that was taken out was e. After George opened his eyes and read it, he smiled unkindly. I don’t know which unlucky guy will get into the group with Juventus, Arsenal, and Deportivo La Coruna.

Then he pulled out a small ball. After opening the ball, he took out a small piece of paper. After opening the note, turn him over to face the audience. Then laughing and shouting: "Panathinaikos."

George heard the wry smile in front of him.

George knew this was supposed to be a representative from Panathinaikos. Being drawn into Group E, there was no possibility of breaking out.

The second letter taken out is b, and all the teams in the fourth tier are waiting nervously.

Because Group B is a very good group. The fourth-tier teams, except for teams like Blackburn, are basically weak teams. Their biggest wish is to join a relatively weak group. If they are lucky, they might be able to break through.

The current three places in Group B are Lazio, Shakhtar Donetsk, and Sparta Prague, which is a relatively weak group among all group matches. The group that is as weak as Group B is Group D. They are Monaco, Galatasaray, and Glasgow Rangers.

A small ball was quickly drawn out. After showing it to everyone, the name of the team was revealed. "Blackburn!"

When he heard Blackburn's name, George couldn't help but stand up and wave his fist from top to bottom. Very good! This draw result is simply a walk-off for Blackburn into the next round of the group stage.

I will definitely break through in the first round of the group stage, I will definitely be able to break through. Sparta Prague and Shakhtar Donetsk are clubs far away from mainstream leagues. And now is not the time for an upset, their strength is very limited. George wasn't worried about them.

The strongest player in this group is Lazio.

Lazio now has world-class superstars such as Nesta, Mihajlovic, Nedved, Veron, Simeone, and Crespo. Moreover, they just won the Serie A championship last season, which was a time when morale was high.

However, two places can appear in this group.

George believes that with Blackburn's strength, they will be able to break through the group stage.

Ferguson and Wenger looked at George and shook their heads. George is so damn lucky!

Wenger now even feels suicidal. Arsenal was actually classified into the group of death. It was very difficult to break through the group of Juventus and Deportivo La Coruna.

Ferguson's mood was also average. Although PSV Eindhoven and Dynamo Kiev are not strong opponents, they are not weak teams either.

Only George, who was obviously a fourth-tier team, was so lucky to encounter the weakest group.

Not only was George excited at the scene, but the Blackburn fans who were watching the group stage draw at Blackburn also raised their hands and cheered at that moment. At that moment, the entire Blackburn City fans who were paying attention to the group stage draw were all excited.

But Spartak Moskva and Shakhtar Donetsk looked sullen. This group turned out to be the weakest group, and both of their teams had the possibility of breaking through. But Blackburn actually stepped in, greatly reducing the possibility of the team breaking through.

Although Blackburn is a fourth-tier team, they were the UEFA Cup champions last season.

Being able to participate in the Champions League also shows that Blackburn is a top three team in the Premier League. The two teams secretly cursed UEFA in their hearts, wondering why such a strong team was placed in the fourth tier. Does this still allow us to live?