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

Even if we draw 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 it will compete with many strong teams, but if you are lucky, wouldn't it be great to form a group like Benfica, Marseille, Basel, and Hamburg?

If the pressure of the Champions League is reduced, 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 the opponents in the European group stage were weak, he would even play the league with the main team and the Champions League with all substitutes.

But if, on the contrary, Hamburg is placed in a group like Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, and Manchester City, it will create a perfect group of death, and every game will be a tough battle, and it will be difficult to have room for mediation.

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

Sometimes the quality of the draw can even determine a team's development and performance in the competition!

…

Under the operation of Irving and Figo, the teams in the first three tiers were eliminated one after another.

At this time, some groups actually began to show signs of being a death group.

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

The most surprising thing is that Barcelona and AC Milan are once again assigned to Group H!

These are the two champions of the Champions League in the past three years, and they are also 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 like enemies never get together.

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

Therefore, compared to Galatasaray, the third team in Group B, and Marseille in Group F, Group H will actually have a stronger "breath of death"!

The drawing of lots continues.

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

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

As for Hamburg, there are actually only five groups they can fall into now.

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

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

Among the remaining five groups, in addition to Group H between Barcelona and AC Milan, there are Group B between Real Madrid and Juventus, Group C between Benfica and Paris Saint-Germain, Group E between Chelsea and Basel, Porto and

Group G where Atletico Madrid is located.

From Hamburg's point of view, of course, it is necessary to try to avoid Group B and Group H, which have two strong teams. The other three groups can enter any of them, at least the pressure is not that great.

So Pan Yi obviously felt that Inzaghi beside him even held his breath.

This new coach, a veteran who has experienced many battles, is actually nervous!

In fact, this is also human nature.

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

If he has better luck and goes to a weaker group, he will be able to be more at ease, and everyone will be more relaxed.

And if he is unlucky and ends up in the so-called death group, he won't be afraid and will do it with his arms off!

We are all 11 people fighting 11 people, who is afraid of who?

Next, teams in the fourth pot were drawn into each group one after another.

As a result, bursts of sounds began to emit from the scene, some of which sounded like the kind of rejoicing after a disaster, and some sounded like exclamations when something unfortunate happened.

For example, when the club officials in Copenhagen saw that their team was drawn into Group B with Real Madrid and Juventus, their faces were as ugly as they were.

When Anderlecht found out that they would be grouped with the seeded team Benfica, their manager even pumped his fist in celebration.

One after another, one after another...

When Irving finally pulled out the small ball with the name of the Hamburg team written on it, the whole audience was once again agitated.

Everyone knows that this is the fourth tier team that is the hardest to mess with!

Now the only two options left for Hamburg are Group G and Group H.

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

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

Because everyone knows that if you get a hamburger, you will definitely lose a lot of money!

Anyone who has watched Hamburg's games this season knows that this young team is really strong!

At this time, Figo began to stir the ball containing the letters "G" and "H".

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

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

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

"H."

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

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

The members of this group have won a total of 17 Champions League championships. They are truly a super group of death.

Amid the uproar at the scene, Inzaghi also turned to Pan Yi with a wry smile: "Look, those few opponents you least want to encounter, but they gave you two at once..."

Pan Yi just smiled faintly.

It's true that signing is not good, but that's really nothing.

He has now begun to think about how to defeat these three teams and advance to the knockout rounds of the Champions League!

…

"A group of death suddenly appeared in the Champions League group stage, four former Champions League champions gathered in Group H"

"Hamburg, which is currently in the Bundesliga, is facing a crisis. Can they break through as a 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 major sports media around the world.

Indeed, compared to other groups, Hamburg’s Group H is really full of gimmicks.

A super death group composed of all Champions League champions;

Barcelona and Milan have gone head-to-head for three consecutive years;

Pan Yi faced his old club for the first time after leaving Milan...

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

At least judging from the experience of the Champions League, whether it is Hamburg as a club or its players, not to mention compared with AC Milan and Barcelona, ​​even Ajax plays in European competitions every year.

Let's talk about the players. Except for Westerman, the old captain, Salah, who Pan Yi just bought back from Milan, Kante and Van Dijk have 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 from home in their first game!

Then the second round is a home game against Barcelona, ​​the strongest team in the group on paper, and then Ajax.

In other words, it is not a sequence of easy first and then difficult.

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

If Hamburg was beaten badly by two giant teams in the first two rounds and the young people lost their confidence, they would not be enthusiastic about playing Ajax at this time.

"World Sports Daily" said: "A team like Hamburg, which only won the Champions League once in the 1980s, can only be regarded as a new army in this group. And the new army should have their own positioning, that is

Just take the Champions League bonus and leave."

"Daily Sports" said: "Although Hamburg seems to be the strongest team in the fourth pot, the fourth pot is only the fourth pot after all. Let's just play with the rich teams for a formality.

Being able to participate in the Champions League is already their success!"

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

That is Pan Yi.

After he returned to the Hamburg training center, he quickly held a team meeting to discuss 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 saw that our team was in the group, so they found it very difficult!"

The coaches and players in the meeting 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 there, Salah has been there, Kante and Van Dijk have also been there."
To be continued...