All the Championships

Next came the draw.

There were 32 teams in the UEFA Champions League group stage.

These 32 teams were divided into four pots.

Pot 1 consisted of the champions of the top seven leagues in UEFA's league coefficient rankings, plus the previous season's defending champions.

The remaining 24 teams were placed into the other three pots according to their coefficient rankings.

Naturally, the draw also followed avoidance rules.

Teams from the same national league were automatically kept apart and could not be drawn into the same group.

Besides that, teams from Ukraine and Russia also had to avoid each other for certain reasons.

Onstage, Totti and Shevchenko were already standing on either side of the glass bowls.

Before the draw had even begun, the phone in Chen Anno's pocket started vibrating nonstop.

He took it out and saw that the team chat had already exploded.

Mane: "It's starting... guys."

Robertson: "Who are you hoping to draw?"

Achraf: "Why am I starting to feel a little nervous?"

Keita: "Don't be nervous. Whoever we draw, we play."

Van Dijk: "We're a seeded team. What's the rush?"

Mane: "Exactly. The ones who should be worried are everyone else."

Chen Anno glanced over the messages and calmly typed a few words: "Stay steady, guys. The ones who should be anxious right now are our opponents, not us."

Milner: "Hahaha... Annuo's right. I bet some guys are hiding in front of their TVs right now, praying they don't draw Liverpool."

As soon as that message appeared, the group chat filled with laughing emojis.

Chen Anno smiled and shook his head, muted his phone, and slipped it back into his pocket.

After an introduction from the host and UEFA Deputy General Secretary Giorgio Marchetti, the draw officially began.

Totti was the first to reach into the