i want to be king

Chapter 907 Su Dong is so tough!

This season's Champions League final is scheduled to be held at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany.

The world's top stadium, which is extremely dazzling because of the World Cup, has finally ushered in the world's top club competitions.

As a representative of Bayern Munich, Breitner became the main guest.

And this year's awards ceremony, UEFA also implemented very big changes, that is, the previous position awards were cancelled.

That is to say, the previous Best Goalkeeper, Best Defender, Best Midfielder and Best Forward were all cancelled, leaving only one Best Player, and then cooperated with the European Sports Media Union to launch the Best Player in Europe.

The selection rules are actually the same as before. Football journalists from 53 countries and regions voted. The top three candidates were selected in the first round. Then, at the scene, these 53 journalists voted on the top three candidates again to rank them.

There is a very interesting thing, that is, before the draw, according to the usual practice, the representatives of the last Champions League champions will appear on the stage with the trophy, and it is usually performed by the captain.

So, Puyol, dressed casually in a yellow T-shirt and gray plaid shorts, holding a solemn and sacred cup with big ears, came to the stage amidst the laughter and even booing of the audience.

In fact, all the people present were from the football industry, and many of them were familiar with each other. For Puyol's behavior, it was more fun, and he felt that this guy was too subversive.

Of course, it is not ruled out that some people will feel that he is really out of image, after all, he represents Barcelona at this time.

But no matter what, the atmosphere at the scene was very warm.

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The first is the group stage draw.

Divide into four grades based on the points in the European War, and then draw one team from each of the eight teams in each grade to form a group, and avoid teams from the same country. This is the lottery rule for the UEFA Champions League group stage.

The guest of the first draw is Figo, and his task is to draw the eight teams in the first draw into different groups.

Interestingly, as the image ambassador of Inter Milan, Figo's first draw is Inter Milan.

The guest in the second draw is Manchester United legend, Bobby Charlton.

His draw for Manchester United was also good. He got the weaker Benfica, the strongest AC Milan was drawn to Barcelona, ​​Valencia was drawn to Chelsea, Lyon was drawn to Real Madrid, and Villarreal was drawn to Inter Milan in Group A. It has to be said that they all took care of their own business.

The guest of draw for the third team is Gullit.

This is also the lottery that Su Dong and Begiristan are most concerned about.

Judging from the current situation, Manchester City will definitely avoid the three strong teams in the Premier League, that is to say, the remaining five teams can be drawn.

Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Real Madrid, Porto and Inter Milan.

Judging from the current draw results, the luck of drawing Porto is the best, because Porto's second-tier team is Shakhtar Donetsk. If Manchester City is drawn to this group, let alone, it must be the top favorite in the group.

More importantly, Manchester City has experience against Porto, having just played in the Europa League final last season.

The worst thing is to draw Barcelona and AC Milan, which will definitely be a nightmare.

But there is no way, Manchester City's previous background is too weak, they can only be ranked in the third tier, and everyone knows that the purpose of the tiered draw is actually to avoid strong dialogue. To put it bluntly, it is to protect the interests of the first tier team.

There are only two ways to quickly get rid of the third tier, either to win the championship and enter the first tier as the defending champion, or to slowly accumulate European war points and successfully enter the top two tiers after five seasons.

To a certain extent, the accumulation of Manchester City in European football now is not as good as that of Chelsea back then.

Of course, Manchester City is unwilling to touch the giants, and those giants are also unwilling to touch Manchester City.

I have to say that Gullit still takes good care of his old club, so Chelsea drew Leverkusen, which is not weak, but it is better than Manchester City, while Barcelona and AC Milan drew Borisov, which is regarded as a lottery.

After drawing out several teams in succession, Gullit finally drew Manchester City out, directly into Group A, the same group as Inter Milan and Villarreal.

In an instant, the audience was in an uproar.

Proper group of death!
Although it is not as good as getting Barcelona and AC Milan, it is dark enough.

But in this way, there are not many restrictions on the draw of the fourth-tier teams.

The reason is simple. The top three teams are from Serie A, La Liga and the Premier League. The two strongest teams in the fourth tier are Borussia Dortmund and Naples. The latter will definitely not be drawn into Group A.

In other words, except for Dortmund, the other six teams are all fish belly.

"We shouldn't be so unlucky, right?" Begiristan breathed a sigh of relief.

Getting Dortmund is a small probability event.

Su Dong also nodded, thinking that it was impossible to be so unlucky.

But never expected that Manchester City is so unlucky.

Matthaus was the guest of the fourth draw. After he took the stage, the first team drawn was Dortmund, and he was directly drawn into Group A, which immediately detonated the audience.

The four teams in the group stage are from the four major leagues, and what's more, each team is very strong.

Needless to say, Inter Milan was second in Serie A last season; Villarreal was fourth in La Liga, but the problem is that if this team hadn’t aimed to keep the fourth place in La Liga last season, it would be impossible to know who would win the Europa League against Porto.

As for Borussia Dortmund in the fourth tier, this was a strong team that fought evenly with Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga last season, and it was a pity that they lost the Bundesliga champion until the last moment.

It can be said that purely from the perspective of strength, these four teams are all properly seeded teams, or teams with second-tier strength.

Nima, they were all assigned to a group.

What about luck?

Look at Porto, they have drawn Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St. Petersburg and APOEL in Cyprus. Does it have a presence?

In terms of strength, except for Cyprus APOEL in the fourth tier, the strength of the other three teams in this group is relatively close, and the competition will be very fierce. However, if any of the four teams in Group A is placed in this group, it will be a sure favorite.

But sometimes, the lottery is just so frustrating.

Su Dong turned his head and glanced at Begiristan, who also had a helpless expression, almost writing the word "crow's mouth" on his face.

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After the lottery is over, the final stage officially begins, which is the awarding ceremony.

This is also the biggest difference from before.

In the past, awards and lottery were alternately carried out, but now lots are drawn first, and then awards are given out.

UEFA has long announced the top three candidates, Su Dong, Messi and Harvey.

Su Dong was shortlisted because of his outstanding performance in the Premier League and Europa League, while Messi and Harvey relied on La Liga and the Champions League.

In fact, everyone knows that in terms of results, the Europa League is far inferior to the Champions League, so Su Dong is destined to accompany him tonight, which is why Platini, Messi and others called Su Dong separately to invite him to attend.

They were all afraid that Su Dong would not want to come, but Su Dong's answer was the same, he would definitely come!
"Watching Messi win an award is no different from me winning an award!" This is what Su Dong said in an interview with the media before.

All three candidates took the stage for brief interviews with moderators before a second round of voting took place.

Su Dong still expressed his support for Messi, and he believed that Messi should get this award.

"He is one of the strongest players in world football, and he was also the superstar with the best results and the best performance last season."

Messi, on the other hand, believes that Su Dong should win the award, because Su Dong still scored more than [-] goals in the Premier League last season, which he was far behind.

"So far this season, he has played three rounds in the Premier League. He has scored nine goals and averaged one hat-trick per game. I can't help but admire him."

Su Dong joked that Messi also scored two goals in the opening game of La Liga and performed very well.

And many people are concerned about Su Dong's views on the just-concluded group stage draw. Su Dong said it was a bit bad, but he could accept it.

"In fact, even before we walked into the Grimaldi Congress Centre, we were mentally prepared to accept the group of death, because we were third and we didn't have a choice."

Regarding the prospect of the group stage, Su Dong said that he always believed in one sentence.

"The results are obtained by kicking on the football field, not sitting here and drawing lots."

"I believe that as long as we have the belief that we must win, we will never lose."

Su Dong's words caused many people present to applaud.

And when the host hoped that Su Dong could shout a slogan to the other three teams in the group stage, Su Dong first smiled and waved his hands, saying that he was deliberately digging a hole for himself, which caused a burst of laughter at the scene.

But at the insistence of the host and the booing of many people at the scene, Su Dong could only be forced to accept this task.

"Well, I'm here, and on behalf of everyone in Manchester City, I want to say to our three opponents in the Champions League group stage in the future, I'm really sorry, I know, the competition for the second place in the group is very fierce, but, I can only wish you good luck!"

The scene was obviously stunned for a moment, and then burst into warm applause.

Even the representatives of Inter Milan, Villarreal and Borussia Dortmund couldn't help laughing.

This is really too tough to say!
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The final second round of voting still ended with Messi's high vote.

Su Dong placed second, Harvey got the third.

This is basically in line with outside speculation, because Messi's performance in the Champions League and La Liga last season was indeed too brilliant.

Su Dong suffered a loss because he couldn't participate in the Champions League. Although he won the Europa League and won the Triple Crown, it was still not as high as the gold content of Barcelona's championship.

Not only the best player in Europe, Messi is also bound to become the number one favorite for the next FIFA Ballon d'Or.

(End of this chapter)