Chinese players in Europe

Chapter 615 Champions League Draw: A Story of Revenge ([-])

On the afternoon of September 9th, Morocco, the smallest and richest country on the southwestern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, became lively. Well-known European football stars and heavyweight football players gathered here, and the stars were shining brightly.They will take part in the UEFA Champions League group stage draw at the Grimaldi Congress Center in Monte Carlo, while last season's Champions League awards will be announced this evening.

After the fourth round of the Premier League, Redknapp flew to Monte Carlo with the team's captain Murphy.

This is Mo Fei's second visit to the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony.Unlike last time, this time he is here as a candidate for two Champions League awards.Although there are other candidates for these awards, many people understand that there is no suspense about the best forward and best player awards, and Mo Fei will definitely be elected without a doubt.

It may be due to the fact that the weekend league has just ended. Manchester United and Tottenham are the last two clubs to come. Although Tottenham and Manchester United are the most direct competitors in the league, the two teams fought in the first round. , but when they met, Ferguson and Evra still greeted Redknapp and Mo Fei, and then they walked into the hall side by side.

Although most of the people who came to the scene were heavyweights in European football, the arrival of Ferguson, Redknapp and Murphy still caused quite a stir, especially Murphy, who has been very popular in Europe for the past two seasons. Zi's ​​superstar has rarely appeared in public since he was injured. Many football stars and football celebrities stood up to greet him, nodded, and came over to inquire about his injury if they were a little friendly.

This shows how exuberant Mo Fei's popularity and influence is in European football today.

Mo Fei looked around the hall, and soon he found Hoffenheim's head coach Pezaioli and midfielder Suculini. To Mo Fei's surprise, Chairman Dietmar Hopp also Impressively on the list.Pezzaioli had noticed Mo Fei a long time ago, but he had no friendship with Mo Fei, so he just nodded slightly and turned his eyes away.On the contrary, Mr. Hope and his buddy Sukulini nodded to him with a smile, and Sukulini even made a face at him with his hands.

Tottenham was just sitting on the side of the Barcelona club. Could it be that Messi was not far away. The two most talented geniuses in the world looked at each other without speaking, and then naturally shifted their gazes elsewhere.At the end of today's ceremony, it will be up to them to compete for the Champions League Player of the Year award, and the rivalry between them will obviously go on for a long time to come.

For Mo Fei, the injury in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final is a pity. If he can play, the team will definitely be able to reach the Champions League final. At that time, it is still unclear who will win the Champions League last season. It is unknown.He is an extremely confident player. He looks forward to playing against the best clubs in the world. Only by defeating his opponents can he gain a sense of accomplishment.

"What a pity."

Mo Fei lowered his head and murmured.Only one step away from the final, but it was suspended due to an accident, which is indeed quite depressing.But Could Fei not be too entangled, he is still very young, he is confident that he will continue to lead the team forward in the future, as long as they perform well, there will always be a chance to play against their opponents again.

Could it be that less than 5 minutes after sitting down, the two hosts who presided over the draw ceremony came out from behind the stage. The male host is James Mortensen, a football commentator from British BBC Cable Radio, and the female host is a famous French film and television queen. Alizee.

Alizee, who is slender and graceful, announced to the audience the process of the draw ceremony tonight, reviewed the scene of the Champions League final last season, and then invited the former Paraguayan legendary goalkeeper Laverty to present the award to the best goalkeeper.

The three people running for this award are Barcelona's Valdes, Real Madrid's Iker Casillas and AC Milan's Amelia.Those who vote are the head coaches who have reached the top 16 of the Champions League. This selection is very authoritative.

The last one elected was Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas.Although Real Madrid stopped in the quarter-finals, their results last season were not bad. Except for conceding more goals in the game against Tottenham, Real Madrid's goal is still relatively stable.This can be regarded as a "consolation prize" given by UEFA to this century-old giant.

Then UEFA Secretary-General Taylor stepped onto the podium, and with the help of the best goalkeeper Iker Casillas, began the first process of the draw ceremony: dividing the seeded teams into 8 groups.

According to UEFA's club rankings, 32 teams are divided into four grades.The teams in the first tier are Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Manchester United, AC Milan, Arsenal, Sevilla, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid; the teams in the second tier are Lyon, Inter Milan, Hoffenheim, CSKA Moscow , Porto, Juventus, Rangers and Ajax; Pot [-] teams are Olympiakos, Marseille, Dynamo Kyiv, Alkmaar, Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Bordeaux and Tottenham Hotspur The teams in the fourth tier are Wolfsburg, Standard Liege, Rubin Kazan, Maccabi Haifa, Besiktas Zurich Grasshoppers, Apple and Manchester City.

The seeded teams in the first round were just going through the motions. Everyone didn't care much, and they were still chatting in low voices with the nearby clubs or with their friends.

Casillas first drew out Manchester United, who were divided into Group H by Taylor.Bayern Munich, which was then drawn out, was placed in Group A.Chelsea are in Group B, Arsenal in Group D, Barcelona in Group C, Real Madrid in Group E, Sevilla in Group G and AC Milan in Group F.

Next, the President of UEFA presented the Champions League Special Prize winner, who was the old Manchester United defender Gary Neville.He played for Manchester United for 21 years and won two Champions League titles.He dedicated his professional youth to Old Trafford and can be regarded as a model among defenders.He has announced his retirement at the end of last season, and this special award was specially set up for him by UEFA.

After the Champions League special award was issued, it was Gary Neville who presented the award for the best defender. The winner of this award was the main defender Pique of the La Liga giants Barcelona.However, he did not come to the scene. He strained his thigh in training before the start of the new season and is currently recuperating in Catalonia.It was Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola who replaced Pique to accept the award.

After receiving the prize, the second round of drawing will begin.The first round of lottery is a formality, and the second round of lottery is more important. What kind of team can be assigned is very critical to whether they enter the death group later.At the moment, everyone's eyes are on Guardiola and Taylor.

Lyon, who were first drawn by Guardiola, were placed in Group D, the same group as Arsenal.Although Lyon is also difficult to deal with, they have reached the quarter-finals in the Champions League in the past few seasons, but their strength is limited after all. In the past, Arsenal played against Lyon with five wins and three draws in eight games, remaining unbeaten. Psychologically occupy the absolute upper hand.

Arsenal's head coach Professor Wenger and captain Cesc Fabregas breathed a sigh of relief, and the two applauded lightly.However, Lyon's coach Houllier has no expression on his face. For them, the important thing is the third round draw.

Guardiola's second drawn Ajax, they were assigned to Group F where AC Milan is.These two teams have won the Champions League trophy many times in history. These two teams met in the group last season. At that time, AC Milan and Real Madrid kicked Ajax out of the league. Now These two "enemies" meet again, and it will definitely be a violent collision like a comet hitting the earth.

Guardiola's third draw was Porto, who were assigned to Real Madrid's Group E.The head coach of Real Madrid, Mourinho, has a calm expression, neither sad nor happy. Porto is the first team he coached as a head coach. He is very familiar with this team. In terms of Porto's strength, he wants to It is impossible to cause too much trouble for Real Madrid.Real Madrid counted as a good draw.

Guardiola then drew Hoffenheim, and then Taylor drew Group C, where Barcelona are.After seeing the result announced by Taylor, the faces of Hoffenheim coach Pezayuoli and Guardiola on the podium suddenly changed.Although Barcelona easily eliminated Hoffenheim in the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, to be honest, Guardiola's all-out attack and full-defense tactics against Hoffenheim are extremely fearful.As long as the Hoffenheim team is crazy, let alone Barcelona, ​​a "pseudo-alien team", can't stop them, even the real Cosmos team can catch them.

As for Hoffenheim, they are naturally even more reluctant to encounter a perverted team like Barcelona.In the semi-finals of the Champions League, he was beaten up in disgrace by the opponent, and now they meet again. Not surprisingly, the result is likely to be another tragedy...

What annoys Guardiola and Pezaioli even more is that Barcelona and Hoffenheim are both strong teams in Europe, and now they are grouped together. As long as there is another stronger team in the third round, the group of death will be over soon. formed.At that time, it is really hard to say who will be eliminated and who will qualify.

But the face of these two coaches is uglier than that of Sevilla's head coach Ma Garcia, because among the teams that Guardiola then drew, Juventus was assigned to Group G where Sevilla is. .Juventus was relegated due to the "Telephone Gate" incident in the first two seasons, but the background of the giants is still there. They returned to Serie A in the second season, and then returned to the European arena with a strong posture.Encountering such an opponent, Sevilla can't help but feel uncomfortable.

Subsequently, CSKA Moscow was drawn into Group A of Bayern Munich, Rangers were drawn into Group B of Chelsea, and Inter Milan was drawn into Group H of Manchester United.

After the result came out, the head coaches of CSKA Moscow and Rangers didn't show any special changes in expression. It was the same for them who they met. Anyway, the seeded teams are not easy to deal with. They value the third round more lottery result.

Manchester United coach Ferguson and Inter Milan coach Benitez took their eyes back after dozens of rounds of "fighting" with their eyes in the air.These two are old enemies. When Benitez was still in the Premier League, he and Ferguson had an inextricable fight. Now that they have gone to Serie A, UEFA gave them a chance to sing against each other.

After the draw for the second round, Frenchman Vieira, the former Arsenal midfielder who retired this summer, walked to the podium to present the best midfielder.The winner of this award is Barcelona's midfield maestro Xavi.But when accepting the award, Harvey's face was very unnatural.In fact, in last season's Champions League assists list, Harvey ranked second with [-] assists, followed by Tottenham's Mo Fei with [-] assists.However, since Mo Fei will definitely win the best striker, this award can only be given to Harvey.This made Harvey feel very uncomfortable. He had a feeling that he was forced to give himself something that others didn't want, like picking up rags...

(End of this chapter)