Chapter 750: Drawing Ceremony (Part 1)

Manchester United had only recorded two losses and one draw at Craven Cottage in the previous three years. This time Gao Xiaodong's goal finally helped Manchester United break the curse and help Manchester United snatch three points from the "Farmer" in a thrilling manner.

The next day, "Sky Sports" gave Gao Xiaodong 9 points just like the first game against Newcastle, which was the highest score in the Manchester United team.

"Sky Sports" commented on Gao Xiaodong: He dominates both offense and defense, worthy of a worth of 80 million and Manchester United's highest salary. His future is limitless.

However, because the referee ruled that Manchester United's second equalizing goal was an own goal, Manchester United fans and Ferguson were dissatisfied because Chelsea originally beat Wigan Athletic with 6 goals, but Drogba, who scored a hat-trick in the first round, did not There was no goal. If that own goal was counted as Gao Xiaodong's goal, then Gao Xiaodong would have surpassed Drogba to lead the scorer list.

However, whether it is an own goal depends on whether the ball flies towards the goal before hitting someone, and this requires subjective judgment by the referee, so the result cannot be changed. Gao Xiaodong can only suffer a small loss.

After the second round of the Premier League, the Champions League qualifying rounds also kicked off in mid-week. 10 teams competed against each other to compete for the top 32 seats in the UEFA Champions League in the 2010-11 season.

Entering the Champions League main draw means receiving at least 20 million pounds in bonuses. The other 10 eliminated teams can only receive 6.4 million in participation bonuses, bidding farewell to this season's European competition. Therefore, the Champions League qualifying matches have always been the most cruel and exciting showdown.

After two days and ten games, the last 10 places in the top 32 of the Champions League have finally been settled. Werder Bremen, Basel, Workers' Tel Aviv, Braga, Partizan Belgrade, Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax , Copenhagen, Auxerre and Žilina have qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage. In this way, the top 32 of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2010-11 season will be determined. A total of 9 former UEFA Champions League champion teams have entered the group stage. It is a veritable Champions League.

UEFA selects the top 8 teams as seed teams based on each team's European competition points in the past five seasons, and the following three teams are based on their points and so on.

According to such rules, the seeded teams in the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2010-11 season will be Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, AC Milan and Lyon. Although Liverpool and Sevilla have only two European war points, Ranked in the top eight, however, as Liverpool only qualified for the Europa League this season and Sevilla lost in the Champions League qualifying play-offs, both missed the group stage. This also allowed AC Milan and Lyon to qualify as seeding teams.

The second tier of teams includes Werder Bremen, Real Madrid, Roma, Shakhtar Donetsk, Benfica, Valencia, Marseille and Panathinaikos. Because Real Madrid has not made it to the top 8 in the past six years, their points are poor and they can only fall into the second tier again. However, they appear in the second tier, which also means that the probability of the death group being born is very high.

On Thursday morning, Gao Xiaodong, Rooney, Edwin van der Sar, Scholes, Ferguson and Manchester United CEO David. Gill flew to Monte Carlo in Monaco to attend the UEFA Champions League group stage draw and last season's Champions League award ceremony.

Monaco is located in the southeast of France. It is a small country with less than two square kilometers and only more than 30,000 citizens. However, it has beautiful scenery and a very developed gaming industry. It is a tourist destination often visited by European princes, nobles, and business celebrities.

Monte Carlo is the center of the Principality of Monaco, one of the four world-famous gambling cities, and an active sports area. The F1 Grand Prix, Monte Carlo Masters, Monte Carlo Rally, etc. are all world-famous events. UEFA also arranges the annual Champions League group stage draw ceremony to be held at the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo.

Since the draw ceremony would not start until around six o'clock in the evening, the Manchester United team went to the nearby Fairmont Hotel to take a short break and wait for the draw and award ceremony in the evening.

At the Fairmont Hotel, Gao Xiaodong and his party happened to meet the Inter Milan team who also stayed at the Fairmont Hotel.

The entire Inter Milan team came to Monaco, firstly to participate in the European Super Cup to be held at the Monaco II Stadium the day after tomorrow, and secondly to participate in the awards ceremony held at the Grimaldi Conference Center tonight.

In tonight's awards and lottery ceremony, Inter Milan is the protagonist. Among the five awards that will be awarded, except for the best midfielder and the best player, which may be Gao Xiaodong, the other three may be Inter Milan players.

Of course, it would be a bit embarrassing for two opponents in the Champions League final to meet. Benitez had a very normal relationship with Ferguson when he was in the Premier League. He said hello to Ferguson lightly, but ignored him and trained with him for more than two weeks. Gao Xiaodong went directly to the room on the second floor.

Benitez had complaints about Gao Xiaodong. He went to Inter Milan and actually hoped to build a new Inter Milan with Gao Xiaodong as the core. However, he did not expect that Gao Xiaodong took the initiative to leave Inter Milan and transferred to Manchester United. It was tantamount to slapping Benitez in the face, which made Benitez, who had always been arrogant and arrogant, very angry, so he didn't look good to Gao Xiaodong when they met.

However, most of Inter Milan's players have a good relationship with Gao Xiaodong. Eto'o, Zanetti, Samuel and others came over to say hello and hug Gao Xiaodong. Only Sneijder, the new core of Inter Milan established by Benitez, and Gao Xiaodong was not getting along, so he followed Benitez back to the room without saying hello to Gao Xiaodong.

Inter Milan chairman Moratti still has feelings for Gao Xiaodong. After greeting David Gill and Ferguson, Moratti came to Gao Xiaodong, took Gao Xiaodong's hand and looked at Gao Xiaodong, "Gao, you Lost weight."

Gao Xiaodong was very moved and said: "Hello, Chairman, I'm not used to the food here."

Moratti smiled and said: "Adapt slowly. If you really can't adapt, go back to Milan. Inter Milan will always welcome you."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: "Thank you, Chairman. I will definitely visit you when I return to Milan."

Moratti smiled and said: "Okay, I'll wait for you." Then he sighed: "Without you, I am really worried about this year's league and Champions League."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: "Chairman, the Inter Milan team is still there. As long as we can mobilize enthusiasm, the league is guaranteed. The Champions League depends on luck."

Moratti laughed and said: "Just don't touch your Manchester United. I'm afraid of touching you now."

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: "I am also afraid of being drawn against Inter Milan. It would be best if we meet again for the final."

Moratti patted Gao Xiaodong on the shoulder and said: "Thank you for your good words. If I make it to the final again this time, I will retire regardless of whether I win the championship or not."

Gao Xiaodong said seriously: "Chairman, you can't retreat, Inter Milan needs you."

Moratti shook his head and said: "I am old and unable to do what I want. Xiaodong, I wish you the best player this time. See you tonight."

Moratti touched Gao Xiaodong's head and left. Gao Xiaodong also felt Moratti's fatigue and helplessness, and returned to his room with emotion.

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