Champions League's defending champion Liverpool, UEFA Europa League's defending champion Villarreal, La Liga champion Barcelona, Premier League champion Manchester City, Serie A champion Inter Milan, Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich, Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain, Russian Premier League champion Zenit Saint Petersburg, these eight teams make up this year's Champions League seed team.
Second gear, Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Dortmund, Juventus, Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Manchester United, Ajax, Benfica.
Third gear, Lyon, RB Leipzig, Red Bull Salzburg (Austria), Olympiacos, Club Brugge, Sevilla, AC Milan, Chelsea.
The fourth gear, Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Leicester City, Atalanta, Eintracht Frankfurt, Besiktas(Turkey), CSKA Moscow, Slavia Prague(Czech Republic), Red Star Belgrade(Serbia).
Avoidance principle:
First, teams from the same football association need to be avoided. For example, Real Madrid and Barcelona cannot be in the same group.
Moreover, this rule applies not only in the group stage, but also in the first round of the knockout rounds.
Second, due to tensions between countries, two teams will not be placed in the same group in the group stage.
For example, the team of Russia will not be assigned to the same group as the team of Ukraine.
After Marchetti finished explaining the avoidance principle, he announced that the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League group stage of the 2021-2022 season has officially begun.
The guests who drew lots are all famous stars in football.
But at this time, their starlight has been completely eclipsed by the lottery ceremony that is about to begin.
In the first round, the eight first-tier teams were drawn from the group.
Group A, Bayern Munich.
Group B, Liverpool.
Group C, Paris Saint-Germain.
Group D, Barcelona.
Group E, Manchester City.
Group F, Zenit Saint Petersburg.
Group G, Inter Milan.
Group H, Villarreal.
Barcelona was assigned to the fourth group.
However, the drawing of lots in the first round does not mean anything. The most important thing is the drawing of lots in the second and third rounds. Often, the group of death is born at this time.
In the second round of drawing, the first person drawn was Real Madrid, which shocked the fans of Bayern Munich.
But what is surprising is that Real Madrid was placed into Group E, and formed the prototype of the death group with Manchester City.
The audience in front of the TV was in an uproar.
However, this is a small unspoken rule in the Champions League lottery.
In order to meet the needs of television broadcasts, the two strongest teams in the same country will be scheduled to play on different match days, which means that the two teams need to be placed in two different half zones, A-D, E-H. These are two different half zones, and the game time can be separated just right.
Real Madrid and Barcelona have been arranged like this for more than ten years.
However, soon, Bayern Munich welcomed his first group member, Shakhtar Donetsk from Ukraine, which is a good sign.
Group B's Liverpool got a good draw, and Portugal's Benfica team was drawn into this group.
Paris Saint-Germain from Group C ushered in Premier League Red Devils Manchester United.
Li Mingyu's heart began to beat crazily, because the next lottery might be able to determine the fate of Barcelona and Champions League this year.
Italy's meritorious veteran Maldini took out a ball, opened it, and showed a surprised expression.
"Juventus."
As soon as the sign was revealed, the camera simultaneously showed the faces of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi sitting below.
It was obvious that both of them had frowns on their faces.
Another Melo fight?
In the Champions League group stage last season, Juventus and Barcelona were drawn into the same group.
This is the first confrontation between the two after Cristiano Ronaldo left Real Madrid.
However, due to a muscle strain during training, Cristiano Ronaldo was not able to participate in the first confrontation between the two teams, which also disappointed many fans who hoped to see Melo compete again.
However, in the second round of the match, Cristiano Ronaldo scored two penalty kicks, allowing Juventus to beat Barcelona to qualify first in the group.
Unexpectedly, this year, the two teams will be divided into a group again. I don't know if this group will become the group of death this time.
Group E, Manchester City, Real Madrid.
Group F, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Atletico Madrid.
Group G, Inter Milan, Ajax.
Group H, Villarreal, Dortmund.
After the second round of draws, the positions of many teams in the third round have actually been determined.
Lyon must go to the lower half, because he needs to be separated from Paris Saint-Germain by half.
RB Leipzig is a very difficult nut to crack. In last year's knockout round, he met Champions League, the later champion Liverpool, and was unfortunately eliminated.
Both Group A and Group H have Germany's team, and no other team is willing to touch this "mad cow".
The fourth-place Sevilla team from La Liga has even fewer options. A, B, C, and G can only choose these four groups.
Chelsea and AC Milan, no one is willing to team up with them.
The third round of drawing begins.
The first one pulled out turned out to be AC Milan.
So the current situation of Group A is Bayern Munich, Shakhtar Donetsk, and AC Milan. This can be said to be a semi-dead group.
Group B, Liverpool, Benfica, Lyon, for Liverpool, this is a perfect grouping.
Group C, Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Serbia.
The fourth place La Liga is not a weak team. This group can also be said to be a semi-dead group.
Maldini took out a round ball, opened it, took out a sign from inside, and showed it to everyone.
"Chelsea!"
Damn it!
The group of death appears.
Group D, Barcelona, Juventus, Chelsea.
Putting these three names together means that the Death Group has been established.
Koeman and Messi sitting in the audience couldn't help crying.
Li Mingyu, who was watching TV at home, was scratching his head for a while. His Champions League debut was a hellish start!
Group E, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Club Brugge.
Group F, Zenit Saint Petersburg, Atletico Madrid, Olympiacos.
Group G, Inter Milan, Ajax, RB Leipzig.
Group H, Villarreal, Dortmund, Red Bull Salzburg.
The last round of drawing was completed quickly, and the final drawing results were released.
Group A, Bayern Munich (Germany), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), AC Milan (Italian), Dinamo Zagreb (Germany).
Group B, Liverpool (English), Benfica (Portuguese), Olympiacos (Greek), Eintracht Frankfurt (German).
Group C, Paris Saint-Germain (France), Manchester United (English), Sevilla (Western), CSKA Moscow (Russian).
Group D, Barcelona (Western), Juventus (Italian), Chelsea (English), Besiktas (Earth).
Group E, Manchester City (English), Real Madrid (Western), Club Brugge (British), Atalanta (Italian).
Group F, Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russian), Atletico Madrid (Western), Lyon (French), Leicester City (English).
Group G, Inter Milan (Italian), Ajax (Netherlands), RB Leipzig (Germany), Slavia Prague (Czech).
Group H, Villarreal (West), Dortmund (Germany), Red Bull Salzburg (Austria), Red Star Belgrade (Serbia).
The lottery is over, some are happy and some are sad!