Green Dragon

Chapter 397 Crushing Melo!

"You really don't think about coming to Manchester United anymore? There is still one day before the transfer window closes..."

On the periphery of the venue, a camera recorded such a scene.

The founder of the Manchester United dynasty, Sir Alex Ferguson, was greeting each other with Long Shute, and the old Scottish man looked a little unwilling.

Through the system, Long Shute has seen Manchester United's achievements in the 2012-13 season: they regained their own league championship from their city rival Manchester City after the end of the season, and then Ferguson, who coached the team for 27 years, retired honorably. A long period of turmoil...

For Ferguson and his Manchester United, Long Shute did not feel disgusted. On the contrary, he admired the old man's legendary life, but he did not want to join the Red Devils.

In Ferguson's last year, Manchester United occupied a complete dominant position in the Premier League, and the league has no difficulty. If they hadn't been unlucky to meet Real Madrid in the first round of the knockout round, they could have gone further.

It's just that Long Shute is really tired of joining such a dominant side-if he wants to win the league championship with his eyes closed, what is the difference from continuing to play for Bayern?
So he once again rejected Ferguson's invitation and shifted the topic to the venue:
"Sir, the ceremony is about to begin."
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Besides Ferguson, Long Shute met many acquaintances at the venue.

Mourinho in the third year of coaching Real Madrid, Allegri in AC Milan, Mancini in Manchester City, Ancelotti in Paris Saint-Germain, and Mazzari in Naples are all opponents he has defeated. There are also teams in the Bundesliga-Klopp of Dortmund, Stevens of Schalke 04 (the former head coach Rangnick resigned shortly after losing to Bayern...).

The candidates for the best player - Ronaldo and Messi are sitting next to Long Shute, but in fact, everyone knows in their hearts that there is no suspense about this award.

As the lights dimmed, the stage curtain slowly opened, and the ceremony officially began.

The two hosts—the famous CNN host Pedro Pinto and Miss Switzerland Granny Venig briefly introduced the history of the UEFA Champions League last season. On the big screen behind them, a specially produced The wonderful pictures flashed one by one accompanied by passionate music, among which the figure of Long Shute occupied nearly half of the page.

As soon as they saw the host's name, many Real Madrid fans couldn't help complaining:
"Whoever says that UEFA and Barcelona are not tricky, I will be the first to not believe it!"

——Pedro and Pinto are the names of Barcelona's winger and substitute goalkeeper respectively. Pedro is good at scoring lore in the finals of various competitions, while Pinto is good at using his whistle when the opponent's striker is offside The stunt imitates the whistle of the referee, so that the opponent's striker doubts his life...

Afterwards, defending champion Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm slowly walked out holding the championship trophy and placed the honor symbolizing the supremacy of European football in the center of the stage.

Bayern handed over the trophy and a new season began.

In the theme song of the UEFA Champions League, the guests who were in charge of the draw came out one after another—it has always been the retired players of the famous level of football who have this qualification. Being able to participate in the draw can at least prove the historical status of a player.

The first player to play was one of the three Mr. Golden Globes of Manchester United's revival, Dennis Law, a Scottish star and already in his 70s, who was responsible for drawing the first team.

The goal machine built the golden age of Manchester United in the 60s together with Bobby Charlton and George Best. However, he joined his rival Manchester City in the same city. Not only was he accused of being a traitor, but he also rebelled against his old owner in the crucial derby battle in the first season, and kicked his old club back to the second-level low-level league. Manchester United fans turned from love to hate for him.

The second guest is the famous England star McManaman who once won the Champions League trophy with Real Madrid. He is also the ambassador of the Champions League this season. He is responsible for which group each team enters.

The third, fourth, and fifth guests are the 1995 Golden Globe winner, Liberia superstar, and AC Milan star George Weah, and the same Milan star, one of the Dutch Three Musketeers, Black Swan, the 1987 Golden Globe winner, Lu De Gullit, as well as Juventus star Cannavaro, winner of the 2006 Golden Globe Award and captain of the Italian national team, are responsible for the draw of the second, third and fourth teams respectively.

The first seeded teams are all the top players in the leagues of various countries:

Bayern Munich, Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Real Madrid, Arsenal, Porto, AC Milan, Benfica.

There are also strong teams in the second tier, and the Premier League upstart Blue Moon is a highlight:
Valencia, Ajax, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit St. Petersburg, Schalke 04, Manchester City, Braga, Dynamo Kiev.

The third tier is also the old woman who has returned to the Champions League after many years, the sudden emergence of Paris, and Tottenham with Bell:

Olympiacos, Tottenham, Anderlecht, Juventus, Spartak Moscow, Paris Saint-Germain, Fenerbahce, Lille.

The fourth gear is relatively weaker:
Borisov, Dinamo Zagreb, Cluj, Malaga, Montpellier, North Zealand, Celtic, Borussia Dortmund.

Under the watchful eyes of the global media and football fans, after half an hour of hard work, five famous football players finally divided the 32 teams into 8 groups.

Group A: Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Paris Saint-Germain, Dynamo Zagreb. Although Paris is only a third-tier team, they should not be in the group with strong financial resources and Champions League master Ancelotti. opponent.

Group B: Arsenal, Schalke 04, Olympiacos, Montpellier, Arsenal has almost no problem qualifying, and Schalke also has a great hope of securing a qualifying seat.

Group C: AC Milan, Zenit St. Petersburg, Anderlecht, Malaga. As the runner-up of Serie A, Milan can almost secure the first place in the group in advance.

Group D: Real Madrid, Manchester City, Tottenham, Borussia Dortmund, this is an out-and-out super death group-because Chelsea did not win the Champions League last season, Tottenham, fourth in the Premier League, did not lose their Champions League qualification .

Group E: Benfica, Shakhtar Donetsk, Juventus, North Zealand. There is no doubt that the Bianconeri, the champions of Serie A, are the best in this group.

Group F: Bayern, Valencia, Lille, Borisov, if Bayern can't win the first place after the six rounds of the group stage, it will definitely be a failure for them.

Group G: Barcelona, ​​Ajax, Spartak Moscow, Celtic, Barcelona can avenge Ajax, although there are few champions in this Ajax team...

Group H: Manchester United, Braga, Galatasaray, Cluj, Ferguson can always encounter big gifts in the Champions League group stage, this time there is still no exception.

After the lottery ceremony, there will be a brief awards ceremony.

This time there is only one award, and that is the best player in Europe last season.

Compared with last season, the opinions of the judges this time are much more unified:

In the on-site voting of a total of 53 judges, Long Shute directly got 50 votes, Ronaldo and Messi each got a vote with more symbolic meaning than actual meaning, and the last vote... abstained.

Looking at the back of Long Shute who was striding towards the rostrum, Luo Yipiao and Mei Yipiao who were sitting in the audience could only look at each other helplessly.

They all saw unwillingness in each other's eyes.

The new season has begun, and they will definitely not let Long Shute have the last laugh for three consecutive years!
(End of this chapter)