Chapter 428: Meet the Death Group Again
After a big victory, all parties praised Manchester City in a row. Although the voices after the game were less than 8-2 in Manchester United's game, it was indeed a game where the discussion reached the second place.
Xu Qi's injury has also attracted much attention. After the game, Manchester City also announced Xu Qi's injury, saying that there is no big problem. Xu Qi may be missing a game and needs to be recuperated for about a week.
The other discussion point in this game is the big four of the Bosnian nuclear warhead Dzeko, who made Dzeko directly win the top spot in the league scorer list.
Dzeko has scored a total of six goals now, and the efficiency of two goals per game in these three games is very popular. Being called the "Bosnia-Herzegovina nuclear warhead" is enough to show the media's recognition of Dzeko. This is one of the best high centers in football today.
After Dzeko, Rooney also scored five goals, which was very efficient. In the game against Arsenal, Rooney completed a hat-trick, which can be said to be the biggest contributor to Manchester United's victory in the big score.
In addition, other forwards were far behind the scorer list.
After the game, the team also returned to the training base of Manchester City Club in Manchester to continue the preparations for the next game.
Almost all the team can conduct formal training, while the injured Xu Qi can only perform some restorative training on the sidelines.
Mancini was also a little proud when directing the team training on the sidelines. After all, only Manchester City is the only team that won three consecutive Premier League games, so it is naturally quite comfortable to lead the standings.
Moreover, Xu Qi's injury did not bother him too much. After all, the opponent in the next game was Wigan Athletics, which was not a particularly difficult team to deal with.
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In addition to the Premier League being in full swing, the Champions League draw ceremony for the new season has also arrived again.
This is the first time this Manchester City team has participated in the Champions League. All fans are very looking forward to this Champions League trip. After all, they are the leaders in the league, and they have countless elite soldiers and players on both the main players and the bench. Therefore, this year's Manchester City fans naturally have a huge sense of expectation for the team's performance.
The draw ceremony for the 2011-2012 Champions League group stage was held in the Political Consultative Hall of the Royal Plaza, Monaco.
Before the draw, an award ceremony was held, and the best player in the Champions League last season was awarded. The top three players were Iniesta, Messi and Xu Qi.
This is also the first time that Xu Qi has entered the top three in a personal award selection. This is enough to show the outside world's recognition of Xu Qi. His performance in the Champions League last season conquered too many people.
However, Xu Qi did not win this award in the end. In the end, Iniesta beat Xu Qi and Messi to win the award for the best player in the Champions League.
Since Xu Qi may receive the prize in this draw ceremony, Xu Qi came to the scene. This was also his first time to come to the draw ceremony. At the scene, Xu Qi witnessed Manchester City entering the Death Group again.
When this group appeared, Xu Qi seemed very relaxed, but the Manchester City officials beside him were not so relaxed, because the teams in this group of death are all powerful teams in the five major leagues.
Xu Qi still remembers that Valencia once drew a quasi-death group in the group stage draw last season. In the end, defending champion Inter Milan failed to break through in that group, which made the "death" of the giants naturally appear in the "death" of the giants.
This group is Group A, followed by Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Manchester City and Naples.
There are four teams from the Bundesliga, Premier League, La Liga and Serie A. No team is a miscellaneous player. Any team has the hope of qualifying from the group or being eliminated.
In comparison, Bayern is naturally a more stable and qualified team, and Manchester City's probability of appearance is closely behind. However, Napoli's strength is not bad, and it is very likely to threaten Manchester City's position. At the same time, the yellow submarine Villarreal is also a force that cannot be ignored that will affect the situation in this group.
In other groups, the four teams in Group B are Inter Milan, CSKA Moscow, Lille and Trabzon Sports.
The seed teams in Group C are Manchester United, while the others are Benfica, Basel and Galadi.
Real Madrid led the D group, followed by Lyon, Ajax, and Dynamo Zagrab.
Chelsea in Group e is a seed team, while the second team loses Xu Qi and Mata Valencia, followed by Leverkusen and Genke. There are three teams in this group that are relatively strong. If Valencia is still the team with Xu Qi last season, it may be difficult for Leverkusen to compete with Valencia or even Valencia will threaten Chelsea's first place in the group, but this season, Valencia's strength has declined a lot. I'm afraid he will seriously compete with Leverkusen for the second in the group.
Arsenal, Marseille, Olympiacos and Dortmund Group F.
Group G Porto, Xu Qi's old boss Donetsk miners, St. Petersburg Zenit and Apoll.
Finally, it was Group H, where the defending champion Barcelona encountered AC Milan, while the other two teams were Borisov and Pulzen.
Although AC Milan has encountered a strong defending champion, qualifying in the group does not seem to be a problem. Ibrahimovic's fight against the former leader Barcelona is a highlight.
To sum up, only the Group A where Manchester City is located has the greatest variables and various possibilities.
After the lottery was over, Xu Qi was immediately surrounded by media from all sides. Obviously, they wanted to hear what Xu Qi thought about this lottery.
"I am just a player and cannot decide anything. I think such a lottery result is neither good nor bad for us. I don't think there is any big difference between such lottery result and other results. We need to find a way to break out of the group. Every team has the possibility of qualifying from the group. We need to pay attention to every opponent." Xu Qi said some very popular opinions, but there was nothing wrong with it.
But this is also a major topic after the game.
Regarding his injury, Xu Qi also said that he would take a look at it next and hoped to return to the field as soon as possible.
The first round of the Champions League group stage will be held in mid-September. Manchester City will face Serie A powerhouse Napoli at home. This is a difficult opponent. Many media are concerned about whether Xu Qi can appear in that game. Xu Qi is optimistic. He believes that he will return to the court soon. That is not a big injury. He will participate in the game against Napoli.
On the other hand, Naples coach Mazari said that he will fight against his opponents in every game. He called on players not to think about their opponents' strength and fame. "We will face Bayern, the best team in Germany. Manchester City is the best team in England at this moment. They have made important investments in the transfer market. Villarreal is also a top team in La Liga. However, we will still fight for opportunities that appear."
Chapter completed!