shadow striker

In this Champions League battle, three Premier League teams, three La Liga teams, and four Serie A teams reached the round of [-].This may show from one aspect that La Liga is no longer just Barcelona and Real Madrid fighting for La Liga, and... Serie A has really risen again.

Perhaps the pattern of the small World Cup has not been opened again, but the current Serie A may have been able to equalize with La Liga.

In the headquarters of UEFA in Niang, Switzerland, the secretary general of UEFA has appeared in the center of the camera, giving an opening speech for the UEFA Champions League draw.He commended the wonderful performances of the clubs in this European Champions Cup, reviewed the goals scored in this UEFA Champions League group stage, and especially mentioned Turin, which entered the UEFA Champions League round of [-] for the first time after the restructuring of the UEFA Champions League. Team.

At UEFA headquarters, the TV camera turned to where the delegation of the Italian Football Association was located when the UEFA secretary-general said this.Robert Baggio, a milestone figure who has influenced a generation, and Paolo Maltinho, who is of great significance to Italian football, are also on the list.

Before the fans can clearly see these two former superstars who have changed a lot from before they retired, the team introduction video specially produced by UEFA for this round of [-] has already cut in.

The high-altitude satellite is used as the opening scene of the cut.When the high-pitched Italian tune sounded, the eyes of the fans had already attracted everyone's attention.The close-ups of several star players are constantly being cut amidst the excited voice of the commentator. When the speed of those cuts is getting faster and faster, a football is kicked far into the sky, and a lightning strikes from that ball towards Europe on the map. The location of the flashed and turned into the team emblems of the two teams.

Group A winners, Barcelona, ​​Ajax.

The team logos of Barcelona and Ajax appeared on the map in their respective cities, followed by the wonderful pictures presented by the Barcelona club and Ajax in this UEFA Champions League group stage.

The blue and white lightning flashed from the football to the positions of Turin and Dortmund on the European map.That's Juventus and Bundesliga Dortmund...

One of the world's top teams, one of the top players who contributed wonderful goals in the Champions League was quickly reviewed in a few tens of seconds, in a kind of... so excited that it almost screamed out. the way the sound came.

Before the fans recovered from the short film, there were already many small footballs wrapped in a note with the team's name on the chairman's podium.Those seemed extremely simple, and they couldn't make any black-box operations, but they made many football celebrities in the audience sit upright.

Subsequently, representatives of Spain, the host country of the UEFA Champions League final, were invited to the stage.

That was Puyol, who played for Barcelona in La Liga and won many championship trophies with the club and the national team.

Yes, the final of this year's Champions League is held in Campno, the home of Barcelona in La Liga.

Because Puyol's English is not very good, the UEFA secretary-general who knows this well did not embarrass him too much, but simply said hello and asked Puyol to look forward to Barcelona's European Champions Cup this season The official drawing of lots began after the possible results were listed.

First of all, the secretary-general of UEFA pulled out a small plastic football from the fiberglass with the names of the No.2 teams of the eight groups, unscrewed it, and took out the small note inside.Then Puyol will draw the seed team against the No.2 team in this group.

In order to show fairness, before the UEFA secretary-general drew out the No.2 team in the first group, he stirred the small plastic footballs with his hands for a few laps before taking out one of them.

The first to be drawn was the Serie A Roma team.

The live footage was immediately shown to the head coach of the Roma team who attended the draw.He seemed particularly relaxed.The nightmare of the group stage has completely eliminated the possibility of meeting their nemesis Manchester United in the quarter-finals.As long as Roma is not allowed to play against Manchester United, even if this Serie A freak team meets Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, they are not afraid at all.

However, the head coach of the Roma team is not in a hurry, but Puyol's seems to be a little tangled.Because he didn't want his parent team, Barcelona, ​​to encounter such a difficult team just out of the group stage.He nodded to the UEFA secretary general, then reached out to take a small football from another glass basin and unscrewed it.

"Manchester... the city."

When he heard the nightmarish word Manchester, the head coach of the Roma team, who could have been described as leisurely, immediately put down his raised legs and sat up straight with a look of horror on his face.This wonderful moment was successfully captured by the camera.

Roma's nightmare doesn't seem to be over yet.It carried on in another way.

Because of the principle of avoidance in the same group, they did not meet Manchester United again, but they met... Manchester City, which is from the same city as Manchester United.

This is really a worrying result.It made countless fans who knew the whole story couldn't help laughing at this moment, and it also made the die-hard fans of the Roma team bite their tissues and choke with sadness...

If it's not Manchester United, if it's not Manchester City, anyway... there is always a Manchester.

Why not get someone to blow up Manchester! ! ! ——This must be the voice of the head coach of the Roma team at this time.

"The second No.2 team in the group stage, Benfica."

When the head coach of the Roma team was feeling infinitely angry, the Secretary-General of UEFA drew out the second sign that he was in charge of, and Puyol once again drew out the team to deal with it.This time, it was Manchester United.

Hearing about Manchester United once again, the burning anger in his heart, which was still angry, was frightened. The head coach of the Roma team bit his lip pitifully, and then fell silent.However, in the audience, the delegation of the multinational football associations and the head coaches of the top sixteen teams have already discussed in a low voice.

The second team in the third group that was drawn out was Ligue 2 Lyon, which can be said to be the weaker team among the teams that appeared as group No.[-] in the top [-] of the UEFA Champions League.If anyone can be drawn to become Lyon's opponent, then it may be less difficult to advance to the quarter-finals of this Champions League.

And now there are still left, the undrawn seed teams, there are Barcelona, ​​Juventus, Real Madrid, Sevilla, Bayern Munich, and Arsenal.Except for Arsenal, which is in the same group as Lyon, the other five teams may become its opponents.

The one that was finally drawn was Juventus from Serie A.

Among the eight groups of battles, three groups have been confirmed.

The atmosphere at the scene seemed to be getting more and more tense.As a member of the club who has not been drawn, Yue Yihuang sat on the sofa, clasped his hands tightly, stared at the glass basins on the TV without saying a word.

"Now we're left with Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern Munich and Arsenal, right?"

Hearing the familiar voice from beside him, Yue Yihuang suddenly turned his head, but saw the intoxicating smile on Francisco's face.Seeing his shadow front turn around and look at him, Francisco continued:

"Now, we have a three-quarters chance of meeting the opponent you want. Aren't you happy about that?"

Just finished this sentence, on TV, UEFA Secretary General has already read the name of Turin.That made the two turn their heads to look at the TV together.Prince Turin, who had been sitting next to Yue Yihuang since just now, stretched out his hand and put it on Yue Yihuang's clasped hands, sharing more of his body temperature and strength with him.

As the former captain of Barcelona, ​​Puyol, who knew the relationship between the Turin team and Barcelona, ​​seemed to have something different on his face. He smiled, and then stretched out his hand to the glass with only four small footballs on it. Basin, and took out one of them, unscrewed it, but when he took out the lottery paper, his expression was startled, and then...he read out the club he had been playing for from the beginning of his career to the end name.

"Barcelona."

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It was early morning in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina.

It's the exact opposite of summer here in Europe.However, during this rare holiday, Barcelona's head striker Igles is of course still asleep.

Due to the professionalism of a professional athlete, Igles does not like to stay up late and wait for something.So he opted to go to bed and have his teammates call him after the lottery.

At this very moment, Igles' cell phone rang without warning.

The Argentine, who was not fully conscious, answered the phone with a hoarse voice.

Tarion: "Wake up! You must not have imagined what this year's group will be like!! The round of [-]! We will play Turin!!!"

Eagles: "What?"

Tarien: "I mean! The result of this draw is that we will play against Turin! Can you imagine!! They have our Barcelona's Derico! Yihuang!! And Real Madrid's Neni and Wu Sturt! Can you imagine! This is how we want to play!!"

Igles: "You mean... us and Turin?"

Talien: "Otherwise, what do you think!! The results of the draw have all come out, Real Madrid and Dortmund, Sevilla and Milan! My God, all three of our La Liga teams have encountered difficult opponents. If To say which of these No.2 groups is the best for Barcelona, ​​it must be Turin! Go to his Turin and leave Milan to us!! I still can’t imagine facing the team on the field. What should I do in Derry Carlo! There is still Yihuang!! Oh, that's enough. Do I want to compete with him in flopping? I don't want to be in the quarter-finals

Red in the first round!In reality, don't be so cruel! ! "

On the other end of the phone, Tarien was still bemoaning what many people might not realize.However, his words had caused Igles's thoughts to drift away, and he could no longer hear Tarien's voice as if it came from far, far away.Before his eyes, there appeared a foregone conclusion... a scene that would become a foregone conclusion...

That was Yue Yihuang wearing a garnet red Torino jersey, standing together with Dericaro, the former Campno midfielder king, and the leader of the Torino team, Francisco with the captain's armband... A position against their red and blue...

2026, April 2.

Champions League round of sixteen battle, Torino VS Barcelona.

"Attention on the field, the visiting team Barcelona can now walk into Communale's pitch and check the grass!"

"Attention on the field, the visiting team Barcelona can now walk into Communale's pitch and check the grass!"

"Attention on the field, the visiting team Barcelona can now walk into Communale's pitch and check the grass!"

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