After the fourth round of the Bundesliga was over, Ralf led the team out of Germany and flew to Monaco. All of Germany's attention was on the 2009/2010 UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony and the European Super Cup the next day.
After being suspended for 20 days, Lu Wenbin and Eduardo are finally about to have their third official game of the season.
Moreover, after more than two months of training, Lu Wenbin successfully increased his speed to a current ability value, and the speed attribute of 15/20 became 16/20.
This speed of improvement indeed proves that Lu Wenbin has a very high potential in speed, and also makes coach Noel increasingly regretful that Lu Wenbin did not practice sprinting or participate in the Olympics, but chose to play football.
In Noel's opinion, it is obvious that Lu Wenbin has a better future in sprinting, which makes Lu Wenbin feel a little amused and helpless.
After the speed increased to 16/20, it is considered a good speed in professional football.
It will naturally become more and more difficult to improve in the future, and it will take longer and longer. A potential value of 20 points may allow Lu Wenbin to eventually increase his current ability value to 19 points through hard training, but time does not allow Lu Wenbin to waste so much time.
Lu Wenbin had to add it to 20 before his physical development was completed, so Lu Wenbin could only use skill points to add a little bit every one or two months, and finally reach the full value of 20/20. Training could no longer keep up with his needs.
It only takes 4 skill points to increase the attribute of 16/20 to 20/20, so 2 of the remaining 6 skill points were added by Lu Wenbin to heading, turning the heading attribute of 8/9 into 8/10.
Lu Wenbin plans to first increase the attributes required of a striker to the peak, and then slowly add other attributes, first to become a striker master.
The remaining 4 skill points will be used to increase the speed attribute every one or two months.
After arriving in Monaco, Lu Wenbin and others rested in the hotel, while Ralph and General Manager Rothaus went to attend the Champions League group stage draw.
Although they had a bad start in the league, Bayern Munich's strong strength and Champions League genes allowed them to easily defeat their opponents in the play-offs and advance to the Champions League group stage, avoiding becoming a bigger laughing stock.
On the evening of August 27, 2009, UEFA held the draw ceremony for the 2009/2010 UEFA Champions League group stage at the Grimaldi Forum in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
However, before the draw ceremony, UEFA first awarded the best titles of last season's Champions League. La Liga and the Premier League divided the five best awards, and triple crown winner Barcelona was the biggest winner.
The Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 have become spectators and can only applaud others.
Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was named the best goalkeeper, Chelsea's Terry won the best defender, the best midfielder went to Barcelona's midfield master Xavi, and the best forward and best player awards were both won by last season's Champions League Golden Boot winner Messi.
In 2009, when there was no World Cup or European Cup, the Champions League was the most watched football tournament in the world, and the UEFA Cup was far behind.
Messi, who led Barcelona to win the Champions League and the Treble and won the Champions League Golden Boot and the Best Player award, has almost booked the 2009 European Golden Ball and the FIFA World Player of the Year in advance.
Lu Wenbin's treble and European Golden Boot are still no match for Messi's Champions League championship halo, and there is absolutely no possibility for him to win the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Footballer of the Year with the UEFA Cup championship.
To win the Ballon d'Or, you have to win the Champions League first. The value and influence of the UEFA Cup in the eyes of the media and fans are far from enough.
After the award ceremony, the most eye-catching event was the draw ceremony for the new season's UEFA Champions League group stage.
The first thing to be determined is the groups of 8 seeded teams. Although Bayern Munich entered the finals through the play-offs, it is still a well-deserved seeded team based on Bayern's historical record in the Champions League.
The final groups are: Group A Bayern Munich, Group B Manchester United, Group C AC Milan, Group D Chelsea, Group E Liverpool, Group F Barcelona, Group G Sevilla, and Group H Arsenal.
Without a doubt, the least dominant seeded team in Group G is Sevilla.
Next comes the most eye-catching second-tier team grouping.
The second-tier teams include super giants such as Juventus, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan. Even among the first-tier teams, I guess no one wants to face these three teams.
The final result was that Juventus was placed in Group A, Real Madrid was placed in Group C, and Inter Milan was placed in Group F.
The head coaches of Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Barcelona all frowned. Of course, the head coaches of Juventus, Real Madrid and Inter Milan were not relaxed either.
In fact, everyone wanted to be in the same group as Sevilla, but in the end it was Glasgow Rangers from the Scottish Premier League who got what they wanted.
Next, it is the third-tier team grouping that Hoffenheim fans are most concerned about.
Whether it was Ralph and Rothaus at the scene, or Lu Wenbin and Salihovic watching the live broadcast in the hotel, as well as the Hoffenheim fans in front of the TV, they all became nervous.
Although Hoffenheim only has one season's European competition points, thanks to its unstoppable UEFA Cup win last season, it has become a third-tier team with just one season's European competition points, on the same level as Bordeaux, Marseille, Atletico Madrid and Fiorentina.
There is no doubt that these teams are the strongest in the third tier. Among them, Hoffenheim, which has last season's European Golden Boot winner Lu Wenbin, is the team that no one in the first two tiers wants to face.
For Hoffenheim, they also don't want to be grouped with those strong teams.
Although they will definitely not be drawn into Group A where Bayern Munich is located due to the principle of avoiding teams in the same league, there are still AC Milan and Real Madrid in Group C, and Barcelona and Inter Milan in Group F waiting for them.
All Hoffenheim coaches, players and fans are praying not to be drawn into these two groups. It would be best if they were drawn into Group G where Sevilla and Glasgow Rangers are.
If we are drawn into Group G, that would be the best possible draw. Hoffenheim's chances of qualifying from the group are much greater than in other groups.
As everyone watched intently, the third-tier teams in each group were gradually drawn.
As one team after another was drawn, the hearts of everyone in Hoffenheim were beating faster and faster: because Hoffenheim had not been drawn out.
It was not until Dynamo Kyiv was drawn in Group F that Hoffenheim, who had not yet been drawn, were almost nervous.
Because, next is Group G, which all the third-tier teams want to be drawn to, but now there are only two teams left in the third tier: Hoffenheim and Olympiacos.
Hoffenheim has a 1/2 chance of being drawn into Group G, which includes Sevilla and Glasgow Rangers.
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