Chapter 916 Awards and Lottery
Chapter 916 Awards and Lottery
On the second night after Manchester City just broke into the Champions League, the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony and the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League best awards ceremony were held at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
After the end of the home game against Celtic, Manchester City's coach Benitez and club president Fahim left Manchester and set off for Monaco.
They are only supporting roles in the entire Champions League celebration, and not many people pay attention to them. If the glory comes, there may be more people who pay attention, but they will definitely not be able to steal the limelight from Barcelona and Messi.
From the moment he got off the car, Messi was screamed and cheered by the fans present.
With a shy smile on his face, he waved to the fans, whose screams intensified.
The other Barcelona players who walked with him have become Messi's best green leaves at this time. Messi walks in the front and they follow behind.
Let Messi alone enjoy the cheers and adoring eyes of those fans.
Along the way of the red carpet, the camera flashes in the hands of reporters on both sides almost never stopped, far surpassing any star and big-name coach that appeared before.
From this point of view alone, Messi is already the best player in football today.
Deborah was sitting on the sofa with Yaoyao in her arms, watching the lottery draw and awards ceremony live on TV. When she saw this scene, she thought of Rong Guang's appearance on the red carpet.
She glanced back at the gate, and through the gate, across a small garden, was Rongguang's exclusive football field.
Rong Guang did not sit next to her to watch the live broadcast, but practiced his own free kick outside.
Although he scored a goal against the Celtics with the elevator ball, Rong Guang believes that his elevator ball is still not stable enough and needs to continue to practice.
The praise from the media and fans did not make him complacent at all.
He is not interested in the draw ceremony and awards ceremony, and he only needs to know which group Manchester City and which three teams are in.
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At this awards ceremony, Messi's Barcelona became the biggest winner, and the Premier League and La Liga shared the five best awards.
The best goalkeeper was awarded to Manchester United's main goalkeeper Van der Sar. Manchester United also reached the final last season. This is the second time the Dutchman has won this honor.
The best defender went to Chelsea captain John Terry.
The award for the best midfielder belongs to Barcelona's assist king Xavi.
Both the best striker and the best player belong to the golden boot Messi, who scored a total of nine goals in last season's Champions League competition.
However, since Rongguang scored 2006 goals in the UEFA Champions League in the 2007-[-] season and set a new record, whether it is Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi, the number of goals scored by the two of them is a bit shabby in front of the number of Rongguang—there is no more than ten. The Portuguese won the Champions League top scorer that season with eight goals, while Messi scored nine goals...
In addition to these five awards, UEFA also issued a special award. The winner is AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini, who retired this summer.
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When Messi was holding two football trophies, one big and one small, Rong Guang was training at night on the pitch.
He carefully placed the football on the turf, which took the most time.
Then he backed up, ran up, kicked the ball, watched the football hit the wall, or go around the wall, and then either flew into it, flew out of the goal, or hit the crossbar...
Next, he took the football in the next basket and repeated the previous series of actions.
No rest in the middle, just silent, kicking the valve core of the football...
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After the award ceremony, it is the draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League group stage that everyone is most concerned about.
All suspense will be revealed at this moment.
Which teams will be grouped together and will there be a group of death?
After the lottery ceremony began, the eight first-tier teams were the first to be seated.
Bayern Munich was assigned to Group A, Manchester United was assigned to Group B, Group C was Lyon, Group D was Chelsea, Liverpool was in Group E, defending champion Barcelona was assigned to Group F, the first team in Group G was Sevilla, and the eighth first team was Porto.
In fact, if Arsenal can enter the Champions League this season, they should be the eighth first-tier team.
But it's a pity that they didn't even get the fourth place in the league last season. Naturally, they are not eligible to participate in this year's Champions League. They are playing in the Europa League...
So Porto replaced them and became the eighth first-tier team.
And what about Manchester City?Because they have not participated in the UEFA Champions League for 39 years, the same is true for the Europa League. During the validity period of the statistics of the European War points, they have not participated in the Europa League, so their European War points are... zero!
According to the rules, they will be assigned to the fourth tier team.
In this way, they may be with some strong teams. In that case, it will be more difficult for them to qualify for the group stage, and this difficulty is not small...
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Kaka sat on the sofa at home and watched the live TV broadcast of the draw with Caroline.
He now cares about which teams the two teams will end up being grouped with.
The first team is Real Madrid, which he is currently playing for. Real Madrid has been classified as a second-tier team because of the top [-] consecutive years. It may also be grouped with a very strong seeded team. Although Kaka is still very confident in Real Madrid, he does not seem to spend too much energy in the group stage.
The other team is Manchester City.
He wants to see which teams Manchester City will be in a group with. As a fourth-tier team, it may be the biggest to be in a group with a strong team.
He didn't want Rong Guang not to be able to make it to the group stage...
In that case, if they fail to catch up in the knockout rounds, they will have to wait another year. Who knows if Manchester City will be able to enter the Champions League again after one year?
This team has no foundation after all, which makes people have no confidence in their future.
They are different from Real Madrid. Real Madrid has the Champions League gene. Can you imagine that Real Madrid can't participate in the Champions League?
Simply unimaginable.
As for Manchester City, it is always easy to worry that they may not be able to appear on the Champions League stage next season, so he cherishes this opportunity very much and hopes to seek revenge this season.
After defeating Rong Guang, the obsession in his heart is gone.
The teams in the first tier were quickly drawn, followed by the teams in the second tier.
First draw the team, and then draw the group, the first to be drawn is Real Madrid.
Then the group that Real Madrid was in started to draw. Everyone on the scene held their breaths, looking forward to and worrying.
Real Madrid is the strongest team in the second tier, especially after the big purchases this summer, their strength should not be underestimated. Although they have not broken through the hurdle of [-]th and [-]th for several years in a row, they were nicknamed "Sixteen Lang", which led to their too few Champions League points and were counted as a second tier team. But in Europe, no team dares to underestimate them.
No one in the first-tier team that has been drawn out wants to be in a group with Real Madrid.
The hands of the lottery guests stirred in the glass basin, and then grabbed a small white ball the size of a ping pong ball.
The host took the ball and unscrewed it, took out the folded note from inside, opened it, glanced at it, and showed a weird smile on his face, then he turned the note over and showed it to the camera lens and the audience below.
At the same time, he said: "Group A."
There was an uproar at the scene.
Many people turned to look at the seats of Real Madrid representatives, while others looked at the Bayern Munich people.
This is really a very unexpected result. No one expected that Real Madrid and Bayern Munich would be assigned to a group!
The European derby... was staged ahead of schedule in the group stage!
It's lively now.
All eyes are on these two teams.The two games where the two teams meet are estimated to be the most worthwhile games in this group, and they are also the two games that will determine who can qualify as the first in the group.
For this group, no matter what the future draw is, it can be said that there is no suspense about the qualifying places. It must be Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, but the ranking of these two teams is still a bit unclear...
The other two teams in this group are just playing soy sauce, and no one cares about those two unlucky guys, anyway, they are all the same...
At that time, the representatives of the third-tier and fourth-tier teams present felt a little uneasy-no one wanted to get together with these two giants, and they still wanted to take a step or a few more...
The TV broadcast swept across the head coaches of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid successively. Whether it was Van Gaal or Pellegrini, the expressions on the faces of the two people were a little dignified. Obviously, they also knew what it meant to be in a group with each other.
There must be fierce fighting...
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Seeing this scene, Kaka also frowned in front of the TV.
Being in a group with Bayern Munich is really the worst result.
Truly the strongest team in the first tier that Real Madrid are likely to face.
Real Madrid really didn't find any bargains against the German team, and it was not easy to play against Bayern Munich. It seems that his wish to get out of the group stage smoothly has come to nothing.
This time, we must beat Bayern Munich and try to get the first place in the group stage. Only in this way can we hope to meet Manchester City. In Kaka's mind, if Manchester City where Rongguang is located can qualify for the group, it may also be the second in the group.
Then he turned his attention to the glass bowls lined up on the table, and Manchester City was in one of them.
Which three teams will Glory be grouped with?
I hope it's not a too strong group, at least I can still qualify as the second place in the group, and meet at the [-]th and [-]th...
At this moment, an idea popped up in Kaka's mind, and his eyes widened accordingly!
Because he thought of another possibility!
(End of this chapter)