Chapter 1531 We Are Not Fish Belly!

As in previous years, the Champions League group stage draw and the UEFA awards ceremony will be held simultaneously.

From the very beginning, it entered the awarding process directly, and the best goalkeeper was awarded first.

Costa Rican goalkeeper Keylor Navas who played for Real Madrid won this honor, and he defeated his teammate, Real Madrid goalkeeper Courtois from Belgium, which also made everyone feel helpless.

Real Madrid has two top goalkeepers at the same time, what kind of luxury is this?

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After the award of the best goalkeeper, the team entered the first pot of draw.

According to the lottery rules, the first tier is actually the least suspenseful, because they are both the defending champions of the Champions League and the league champions, but they are divided into eight different groups as seed teams.

There are two interesting places among the eight teams. One is that starting from this season, the champion of the Europa League will also get a seed team. Atletico Madrid has become the first team to win the Europa League and the Champions League group Teams qualifying for the seeding match.

There is also Lokomotiv Moscow, the championship team from the Russian Super League. This team with only 22.5 points in the European war can only be ranked in the fourth tier, but now it is won by virtue of a league championship. Advance to the seeded team.

This is also what many people hope to encounter, because once Lokomotiv Moscow is drawn, it undoubtedly means that the pressure of competition is low.

Yang Yang also hopes that Ajax can draw Lokomotiv Moscow. After all, they encountered this underdog in the first round. After defeating Dynamo Kiev, Ajax is very confident that they can also beat Lokomotiv Moscow.

In the second tier, even if they face super-strength teams such as Dortmund, Manchester United, Porto, Tottenham and Naples, Ajax may not be invincible. Even if they lose, there is hope for the second place in the group.

Ajax themselves are a third-tier team, so they avoided teams such as Liverpool, Lyon, Monaco and Valencia.

As for the fourth gear, the one I really don't want to encounter is Inter Milan.

This Serie A team is also a hard stubble, the strongest among the teams in the fourth tier.

It can basically be concluded that unless Lokomotiv Moscow gets Inter Milan, no matter which group gets drawn, it will definitely be a death group.

Yang Yang naturally does not want to meet Inter Milan, because this proves that Ajax is really unlucky.

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After the first team was drawn, it was time to enter the awards for the best defender.

Ramos won the Champions League five consecutive times by virtue of his status as the captain of Real Madrid, and he won this award almost without any suspense.

When the Real Madrid captain gave a speech again, in addition to thanking the Real Madrid teammates, he also thanked Yang Yang and Zidane specifically, believing that both of them gave him a lot of help and support, which was the key factor for Real Madrid's success.

After Ramos won the award, the draw for the second tier of teams took place.

The result was a little surprising. Lokomotiv Moscow, the worst seeded team in history, actually drew Porto in the Portuguese Super League.

Porto's strength is not weak, and it is on par with Benfica and Shakhtar Donetsk, but the problem is that compared with Dortmund, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, he is indeed somewhat inferior.

In this way, the Lokomotiv Moscow group is quite interesting.

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"How is it? Are you looking forward to it?"

Zidane specially sat next to Yang Yang, saw Yang Yang rubbing his hands, and immediately saw through his mind.

Ajax's strength is not strong, the advantage lies in their youth, and it is basically difficult to win when they meet a strong team, but if they meet teams like Porto and Lokomotiv Moscow, they will not only have a chance to advance, but even win the top spot in the group It's all possible.

This is a transaction involving tens of millions of euros, who is not tempted?

Yang Yang also said frankly, "If the third gear really draws us to that group, then..."

In the end, he himself was so happy.

One out of eight, the probability doesn't seem high, but it doesn't seem low either.

Ferguson, who was sitting on the other side of Yang Yang, nodded with a smile and said: "According to my experience over the years, it is really possible to draw Ajax in the third tier, so that the four teams in this group are all strong." near."

After a pause, Ferguson said again: "The most draws in the Champions League group stage are double-strong teams, or one strong team with two mid-range teams. group."

When Yang Yang turned his head and looked at Ferguson, he found that there were four words written on the forehead above the old man's rosaceous nose, which was very hopeful, which made him feel hopeful.

What if it was drawn?

In fact, he doesn't really believe in this kind of luck, and even somewhat dislikes it, because he believes in strength more.

But now, he really hopes that Ajax will have better luck.

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Before the draw for the teams in Pot 3, UEFA awarded the Best Midfielder.

Modric beat out his team-mate Toni Kroos for the honor.

This is basically not controversial. Although Modric has experienced a very obvious decline last season, it is only natural to get this honor with the team's outstanding results and his outstanding performance in the World Cup. .

What's more, the Croatian midfielder is the best player in the World Cup.

This year is the year of the competition, and many people think that Modric is likely to win the award, breaking Yang Yang's monopoly on world football over the past few years, and completely ending the era that belongs to Yang Yang.

After the awards were awarded, the scene entered a tense and intense draw ceremony.

The third tier of this season is full of strong players, Liverpool in the Premier League, Schalke Zero Four in the Bundesliga, Lyon and Monaco in the French Ligue 1, CSKA Moscow in Russia, Valencia in the La Liga...

These are not good stubble.

Obviously, the teams in Pot 3 are eager to draw in Group D, where Lokomotiv Moscow is.

Everyone could tell that this group was definitely the weakest among the eight groups.

But when the draw guests had just drawn the first small ball, Schalke 04 was drawn, and then the Bundesliga team was drawn into Group D, the audience was wailing, only Schalke 04 The club representative grinned from ear to ear.

This luck...it's just too much!

Yang Yang directly covered his face, unable to bear to look directly at it.

"I really never believed in luck, because he never favored me."

Zidane and Ferguson looked at each other and couldn't help laughing bitterly.

Choose one out of eight, the probability is really not high.

"It's okay, if you get drawn from another group, you still have a chance if you fight hard." Zidane comforted.

"Yes, as long as you don't get drawn into Group B." Ferguson also comforted him.

The two teams that have been drawn from Group B so far are Bayern Munich in the first tier, a super-strong top team, and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League in the second tier, also with superior strength, Pochetti Nuo's team has shown strong competitiveness whether in the Premier League or in the European arena in recent years.

It can be said that whoever draws them in the third tier will basically cry.

"Don't worry, we don't have that kind of luck. If we can't draw the best one, we won't get the worst one, right?" Zidane didn't believe it.

But the words of the French were still in their ears, and the above draw guests directly drew out Ajax, followed by a small ball, which was impressively Group B!

"I'll go!" Zidane himself was confused.

This crow's mouth is comparable to Pele!

Yang Yang raised his head and looked at Zidane with both eyes, which made the Frenchman feel hairy.

Ferguson even shook his head with a wry smile. What kind of luck is this?

How could it be so unlucky?

Everyone in the audience also responded with sympathetic eyes, which is really miserable.

It is basically certain that this is a group of death.

Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur and Ajax, these three teams put together, the real group of death.

Yang Yang then came to the stage to receive the best striker award. He represented Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League last season and scored 21 goals, which made him the best striker.

But when he delivered his award acceptance speech, Yang Yang looked at the audience depressedly, pointed to the lottery result behind him, and asked, "Can I use this award to exchange for another chance to draw lots?"

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and they applauded vigorously, and even many people booed and cheered.

Yang Yang shrugged helplessly, these guys have no sympathy!

But soon, everyone on the scene couldn't laugh anymore.

Because in the subsequent fourth draw, the strongest Inter Milan was actually drawn to Group B.

If there were still people making noise just now, then now, they really can only reciprocate with sympathy.

Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur, Ajax and Inter Milan.

Is this the Champions League group stage?

This is simply a group that can't die anymore, okay?

It's outrageous!

Everyone in the audience turned their gazes to Yang Yang, with sympathy and regret mixed in.

Anyone can see that Ajax is the weakest of the four teams, and it is basically impossible to advance.

So useless!

Who would have thought that Yang Yang would meet such an opponent in the Champions League group stage in his first season as coach?

How many years has there been such a terrifying group of death?

Both Zidane and Ferguson were speechless, and both sighed and patted Yang Yang on the shoulder.

On the contrary, Yang Yang was really disappointed and even frustrated when he first learned the result, but he quickly took a deep breath and adjusted his emotions.

The result of the lottery has already come out, if you can't change it, then you can only fight to the death.

Isn't that the group of death?

Yang Yang came on stage again afterwards and received the UEFA Player of the Season representing the World Player of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or vane, but at this time he didn't care about this award anymore, his mind was full of draws for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

He knew that at this moment in Amsterdam, the Ajax players must also be watching the draw and the live broadcast, and they must have been very frustrated and disappointed when they learned of the result.

Everyone can be frustrated and disappointed, but Yang Yang can't.

Because he is Yang Yang, the number one star and head coach of Ajax!

When he came to the stage to accept the award, Yang Yang still thanked everyone, but in the end, he changed the subject.

"It will be a valuable exercise for us to be able to draw such an opponent and compete against such a strong opponent."

"I'm here and I want to take this opportunity to tell Bayern Munich, Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan that we are young at Ajax, but we're not a chicken to be slaughtered and we will be in the next Champions League group. Saili proves it."

"Please get ready to meet our challenge!"