Chapter 579 Stable!

Every year at the end of August, the eyes of the world's media and fans fall on the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monaco.

The draw for the Champions League group stage and the award ceremony are staggered, and the time is set at 18 o'clock in the evening.

When night fell, the Grimaldi Conference Center was already brightly lit, as bright as day.

Outside the gate are also gathered media reporters from all over the world, as well as some fans who have heard the news.

Invited guests also came to the scene one after another.

Unlike FIFA's awards ceremony, there are not many guests at the UEFA event, mainly the representatives of the 32 teams that entered the Champions League group stage, as well as some invited players and coaches.

Especially the head coaches. After this event is held every year, UEFA will hold the annual head coach summit in the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland in the following days in early September, and will invite the performance of the past year. Great head coach to communicate.

With Liverpool winning the Champions League twice in three years, Benitez has also become the limelight in this head coach summit.

Since both Liverpool and Sevilla have arrived in Monaco and are preparing for the next European Super Cup, Liverpool has more players invited to this event, and basically the number of players in the team have received invitations.

The only disappointment is that the St. Berard Cup that was brought back to Liverpool from Athens last year has been handed over to UEFA.

In the past few months, the Liverpool Honors Room, where the St.Bright Cup has been placed, has always been a favorite place for local fans and foreign tourists to visit. After returning the real cup, Liverpool can only put up a fake souvenir in the future. .

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Liverpool players arrived at the Grimalti Conference Centre at the same time, immediately attracting the attention of the audience.

The main reason is that the star of this team is not shining, and even to a certain extent, the stars in Liverpool are not as good as AC Milan, but before the final of last season, Liverpool's overall strength was considered to be better than AC Milan.

Benitez's coaching is definitely a key factor in Liverpool's success.

Of course, only people inside Liverpool know that the support of Yesterdam is also crucial.

Without the lubricant of Yesterdam, Benitez's character doesn't know how many people he will offend, and the dressing room is afraid that it will be difficult to be harmonious.

Although they arrived at the same time, they were divided into different locations.

For example, Yang Yang was shortlisted for the best striker, Gerrard and Xavi Alonso were shortlisted for the best midfielder, Carragher was shortlisted for the best defender, and Reiner was shortlisted for the best goalkeeper. Therefore, they are all arranged to sit in front row position.

When Yang Yang and others came to the front row under the guidance of the staff, they found that there were already many players sitting.

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"Hey, Kaka."

"Hello, Yang!"

As soon as he saw Yang Yang, Kaka immediately stood up with a smile, shook hands and hugged him.

"Hello, Paul."

Yang Yang also politely shook hands with Maldini, Pirlo, Drogba and others.

Czech goalkeeper Cech is seen as the most promising goalkeeper tonight to win this award, because after Buffon sunk with Juventus and Casillas and Real Madrid stopped in the round of 16 in a row, Cech almost It can be said that he is one of the top goalkeepers in the world, and no one can compete with him.

Even last season, whether it was Liverpool's Reina or AC Milan's Dida, was not stable enough.

Yang Yang has always felt that successful professional players may have different personalities, but everyone is very direct and won't do small tricks secretly in private.

For example, Dida, the Brazilian goalkeeper of AC Milan, doesn't seem to like Yang Yang very much, so after meeting and shaking hands with Yang Yang, he simply stepped aside without saying a word.

Yang Yang is not stupid enough to hope to be liked by everyone. After all, he is a scorer and always breaks the opponent's goal. It is a matter of course not to be liked by the goalkeeper.

On the contrary, Cech took the initiative to talk to Yang Yang about the direct free kick a week ago, and talked a lot.

Yang Yang's position is next to Kaka, which also means that in the eyes of UEFA, the two of them have equal status.

"You've been in a great state recently." Kaka said with a smile.

He is always so kind, and there is no other meaning in the tone of his speech, just admiration and congratulations.

how to say?

Whether Kaka is dealing with people or his performance on the court, he belongs to the type that people can't hate.

Yang Yang also smiled, "Aren't you?"

"I was also pushed by you." Kaka smiled unabashedly.

In the just-concluded Serie A opener, Kaka scored twice to help AC Milan beat Genoa 3-0.

Obviously, the Brazilian superstar has also been stimulated and is working hard to express himself and prove himself.

This is a gentleman's battle between him and Yang Yang, and it is open and aboveboard.

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With the advent of the information age, many things are becoming less and less secret.

In the subsequent award ceremony, Cech from Chelsea really won the best goalkeeper, which is an affirmation of his stable performance last season, but also an incentive to Dida and Reina.

Then came the first group of teams, and the defending champions Liverpool were divided into the first group.

It is worth mentioning that all four Premier League teams have been assigned to the first pot, which shows the strength of the Premier League teams.

After the telephone incident, the decline of Serie A has become very obvious, but the Premier League has begun to rise strongly, gradually replacing the status of Serie A, and even faintly surpassing La Liga and becoming the first league in the world.

The selection of the best defender is also quite unsuspense, because Maldini is elected with a 90% chance.

This does not require any operation at all, because Maldini's own performance, as well as the various special meanings and auras he carries, make it impossible for this award to go to others.

Many people believe that this is likely to be the last Champions League final of Maldini's career.

In the second draw, Liverpool drew Porto from the Portuguese Super League.

The strength of this team is not bad. It has been among the seeded teams many times before, but after a group of stars such as Mourinho and Deco left, Porto has gradually declined. As long as the two sides play normally, it is difficult for Porto to shake Liverpool. of the location.

There is also no suspense in the selection of the best midfielder. If Kaka does not participate in the campaign for this position, Gerrard's award should be stable, but after Kaka is placed in the midfield position, it will be the Champions League. The captain of the championship team, it is difficult to shake Kaka's best midfield position.

In the third draw, Liverpool drew Marseille from Ligue 1.

Like Porto, this team is also difficult to shake to Liverpool's position, but the overall strength is still OK.

The selection of the best striker is also without suspense, because Yang Yang scored 13 goals last season, far ahead of other players, so he has no objection to winning the best striker.

Among the major awards tonight, the only one with more suspense is the best player.

It should be said that this is also a problem that will inevitably be encountered in all the selection of the best player.

Liverpool's overall strength is slightly superior. Yang Yang performed the best and won the championship. All conditions are impeccable; but on the other hand, Kaka took the weaker AC Milan and went all the way to the final. Although the final loss to Liverpool, but Kaka's personal performance has been played to the limit.

Then in the end is Yang Yang better? Or is Kaka better?

This is a question where the benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise sees wisdom.

Not only is it difficult to choose the best player in UEFA this year, but even the subsequent European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer are equally difficult to choose.

That is, in the midst of everyone's entanglement and anxiety, the draw for the fourth tier is over.

Liverpool drew Besiktas from Turkey in the fourth draw.

Porto, Marseille and Besiktas, the strength of these three teams is not bad, but it is not realistic to say that they can shake Liverpool. As long as Liverpool play steadily and play their own strength, there should be no way to beat the opponent. Too much suspense.

Therefore, Liverpool are very satisfied with this draw.

After the lottery ended, Gerald sneaked up to Yang Yang's ear and said with a smile, "Sure!"

Obviously, the Liverpool captain is also extremely satisfied with this draw.

In contrast, Chelsea's draw was not very smooth. Valencia, Schalke 04 and Rosenborg were drawn. The competition is definitely more intense, especially Valencia and Schalke 04. May challenge Chelsea.

Manchester United met Roma, Sporting Lisbon and Dynamo Kyiv, and they were also not easy to play.

Arsenal met Sevilla, Slavia Prague and Star Bucharest.

Judging from the draw of the Premier League semi-finals, as long as they basically perform at their due level, they are guaranteed to advance to the top 16, and it is not too difficult to get the top spot in the group, but they still can't be careless.

Whether it is Liverpool's Porto and Marseille, or Chelsea's Valencia and Schalke 04, or Manchester United's Roma, or Arsenal's Sevilla, they may in turn occupy the top spot in the group.

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After the fourth-round teams of the eight groups were drawn, the draw results of the final eight groups were also played on the big screen of the stage.

UEFA President Platini also slowly walked onto the stage.

Everyone gave a warm applause to the former legendary star, the UEFA president who just took office at the beginning of the year, and they all clearly realized that the biggest suspense tonight was about to be revealed.

After Platini came to power, he took the lead in speaking a few words on behalf of UEFA, introducing the work of UEFA in the past year and the achievements it has achieved. The focus is of course on the earnings of the Champions League.

In the past few years, the Champions League has been making money, and it is making more and more, and all participating teams have also shared a piece of the pie.

Platini said that this trend will continue.

Finally, he also commented on the two best players in Europe in the past season, Yang Yang and Kaka, thinking that they both represent the highest level of European football.

But the cruel choice of two leaves only one winner in the end.