Green Destroyer

Chapter 59 Melo's Hegemony

Every season's UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony attracts hundreds of millions of attention. Even China, thousands of miles away, invites guests and hires translators to broadcast live every time.

Such a grand event often invites many famous football stars as guests. This can also be seen as a microcosm of providing jobs for old players in the development of football...

In 2015-16, even the hosts were played by the players - former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel took center stage.

Many people doubt whether he will "arrange" a more comfortable grouping situation for his old club?

Since the final of this UEFA Champions League will be held in Milan, Italy, the Milan duo also sent their respective representatives - Maldini and Zanetti as image ambassadors to participate in the draw.

In addition to the two legends, Barcelona, ​​the champion of the last Champions League, also contributed four draw guests: Zubizarreta, Belletti, Puyol, and Abidal.

"According to the results of the past three seasons, the 32 teams were divided into four blocks. Let's take a brief look..."

CCTV host Liu Jiayuan looked at the big screen behind him and said:

"The first seeded teams include: defending champions, last season's Triple Crown winner Barcelona, ​​Premier League champions Chelsea, Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, Serie A champions Juventus, Portuguese Super League champions Benfica (at that time the Portuguese Super League had slightly higher European points Ligue [-]), Ligue [-] champions Paris Saint-Germain, Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg, and Eredivisie champions Eindhoven.

Pot [-] includes: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Porto, Arsenal, Manchester United, Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester City (according to points ranking).

Pot [-]: Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine), Sevilla, Lyon, Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine), Olympiakos (Greece), CSKA Moscow, Galatasaray (Turkey), Roma.

Pot [-]: Borisov (Belarus), Monchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Ghent (Belgium), Maldives Moore (Sweden), Astana (Kazakhstan).Among them, Astana is the only new team in this UEFA Champions League. As an Asian country, they participate in various UEFA competitions in the football field, including the European Cup and the World Cup..."

As the guests drew lots slowly, 32 teams were "arranged" into 8 groups.

"In Group A, Paris and Real Madrid are far stronger than Shakhtar and Malmo. The only suspense is the top spot in the group."

Liu Jiayuan made a simple analysis of the commentary:

"The strengths and weaknesses in Group B are even more distinct. Manchester United can be said to be thriving. Eindhoven, Army, and Wolfsburg can only compete for another place to qualify.

Group C is a very interesting geographical distribution, from Benfica in Portugal, to Atletico Madrid in Spain, Galatasaray in Turkey, and then to Astana in Kazakhstan in Central Asia, it is almost a football area. All the way..."

As a guest, Zhang Lu had a laugh at this time:
"The strength of the three opponents is not strong. Atletico Madrid should have no problem qualifying, and Chen Hao will probably be able to kill the Quartet again."

Liu Jiayuan also laughed:
"That's not necessarily the case. In the just-concluded La Liga match, Chen Hao was obviously not interested in opponents who were too weak. Perhaps in the Champions League group stage, he would not play all six games."

He looked at the screen and continued:
"Group D can be called a death group, Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla, Borussia are all gathered together, perhaps only Borussia is slightly weaker, but it cannot be ignored.

In Group E, Barcelona stands out from the crowd, Leverkusen and Roma compete for a place, and Borisov may become a point-giving boy.

In group F...haha! "

Liu Jiayuan couldn't help laughing again:
"Arsenal has faced Bayern Munich for the third time in the past four seasons. You say that there is nothing tricky in it. I certainly can't believe it... But Olympiacos and Dinamo Zagreb should not constitute a threat to Wenger's team. threaten.

Group G is also strong and weak, Chelsea's strength is completely outmatched by other opponents, but Mourinho meets his old club Porto, I wonder if there will be a warm scene?
The last group H includes Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, and Gent. The four teams are relatively unfamiliar with each other, and their strengths are also relatively close. Judging from the degree of fierce competition, this is another form of death group. "

After the group draw, there will be UEFA's overall review and awards of last season's Champions League and various leagues.

The reason why Chen Hao was invited to participate in this grand ceremony is because he was nominated as one of the candidates for the best goal of last season.

Chen Hao, who only played 7 official games last season, did not actually expect to win this insignificant award. He came to Monaco just to see the world, but UEFA really awarded this trophy Gave it to him!

Relying on the long-distance rush to pay tribute to Kaka in the French Cup final and riding alone to break through the barriers, he defeated Messi who stunned Boateng in the Champions League semi-finals and won the first European-level award in his life!

When delivering his acceptance speech on stage, Chen Hao, who has always been defiant, admitted frankly:

"I was really surprised, because Messi's goal was also very exciting, and it appeared in a more important game. But it doesn't matter. This season, I will also set foot on this more splendid stage."

Holding the trophy in his hand, he did not shy away from looking at the trophy for the best player in Europe - which is commonly known as the "Silver Underpants Award" by domestic fans (this trophy is shaped like a headless player with raised arms but no The upper body of the two-handed player feels very weird at first glance, and it looks a bit like a pair of big pants when turned upside down, hence the name).

"A month ago, when I joined Atletico Madrid, I said that in this season, I will win all the games and all the trophies. I will say it again today. Among them, this one must be included!"

Sitting under the stage, Ronaldo and Messi couldn't help twisting their buttocks.

A brat who hasn't even played a game in the Champions League...is he so impatient to challenge the hegemony of the big brothers?
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At the end of the awards ceremony, Messi won the UEFA best player with an absolute advantage without any suspense. His teammate Suarez also got three votes. Ronaldo only got two poor votes. The Portuguese's face Obviously full of dissatisfaction...

Ronaldo, who returned to Madrid, turned this reluctance into motivation. In the second round of La Liga, he led Real Madrid to a 5-0 sweep of Real Betis at home, sweeping away the depression of the first round. gas.

But... What does this big victory have to do with him?
The one who shined was Gareth Bale, who was strongly supported by Real Madrid chairman Florentino. The performance of two shots and one pass made the Welsh sage win the applause of the Bernabeu, but Ronaldo still got nothing!
No goals, no assists, even his right to take the free kick... was snatched by Ronaldo!
It doesn't matter if you grab it, the key is that Ronaldo, the first free kick was directly converted into a goal!
All of a sudden, the voices of "C Ronaldo's state fell off a cliff", "the peerless double arrogance is finally over", "Messi will undoubtedly dominate the world" were heard endlessly, and Ronaldo was so angry that he kicked the water bottle in the locker room!

But fortunately, just two hours later, the battle in Barcelona was over.

Like the ending of the first round, Barcelona still defeated the opponent 1-0 with the smallest score, but...Messi, who shot 8 times in the whole game, failed to score!
As the two craziest shooting machines in European football in the past ten years, Ronaldo and Messi have fallen into a scoring drought in the new season at the same time!

Now occupying the top scorer list... is Chen Hao who scored 7 goals in the half!

A day later, on Sunday, it was his turn.

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