Zhang Yang was not interested in the wonderful process at all. He was almost asleep when he sat in his seat. When things were related to Mirwall, he became energetic, and was a little uninspired at other times.

The draw ceremony was quite satisfactory.

At first, Graham won the ‘Best Goalkeeper’ award, and the title of the best defender fell on Chelsea centre-back Terry, and the ‘Best Midfielder’ was awarded to Kaka of AC Milan.

This is a pity.

Zhang Yang felt it was a bit unfair because Morris deserved the best. Last season, Morris was the core of Millwall, playing almost all Champions League games, and his performance was quite outstanding. Morris was also a little disappointed.

Zhang Yang thought about it and comforted him, "Don't worry."

Morris didn't understand why.

Next is the 'Best Forward', of course, it is the scorer king Darren Bent. Unfortunately, Darren Bent is no longer a player of Millwall. He came alone, and Tottenham Hotspur does not have the qualification to participate in the Champions League.

When Darren Bent received the award, almost all the cameras were aimed at Zhang Yang, and the media wanted to see Zhang Yang's expression.

They were all disappointed.

Zhang Yang was very enthusiastic. He kept clapping his hands. When Bente saw it, he even gave him a thumbs up.

"You are great!"

This is what the media interprets.

Darren Bent also smiled back, and he even waved to Zhang Yang. The two seemed to have no discord because of Bent's departure, but instead seemed to be in Millwall.

The media is a little confused.

When ordinary star players leave, they will have a bad relationship with the original head coach. The most typical one is David Beckham. Perhaps it is because of the conflict with Ferguson that he chose to leave Manchester United and join Real Madrid.

Darren Bent has left Millwall, how could he have such a good relationship with Zhang Yang?

In fact, Zhang Yang regretted Bente's departure, but he let out a long sigh.

Valdi is so great!

As the saying goes, "One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers." Bent and Vardy must make a choice. It would be too difficult to make Zhang Yang choose. Bent decided to leave, which was good news.

This season, Millwall's forward line is definitely better than last season, but the configuration is more scientific. The addition of Luca Tony has given the team a high center, Suarez and Weston are also very excellent replacement candidates.

If Bente did not leave, the team would definitely not invite Luca Tony, and Suarez would not have a chance to play.

This is the situation with the front line.

Zhang Yang's departure from Bente is more relaxed than regrets, so he naturally will not have any conflicts with Bente.

Now that he saw Bent receive the ‘Best Forward’ award, he also gave him applause with gratitude. After all, Bent won the award for playing for Millwall, which is equivalent to Millwall's glory.

Midway through the above awards, Millwall's group also came out.

The team was assigned to Group C.

The first-class team in the same group is Real Madrid, while the third-class team is Lazio.

This grouping made Zhang Yang breathe a sigh of relief. When it comes to the five seed teams that may be encountered, Real Madrid is also a good match. It is quite tragic to meet AC Milan, Bayern Munich, and Barcelona. It will definitely be difficult to play in two rounds and will bring greater pressure to the team.

After that, the "Best Player Award" also came out, and this award would almost certainly be awarded to the champion team. Without unexpected surprise, Morris became the "Best Player".

The ‘Best Player’ is definitely better than the ‘Best Midfielder’, and it can be regarded as the highest-level award for the lottery ceremony.

Zhang Yang felt relieved for Morris.

Watching Morris go on stage to receive the trophy, Zhang Yang was happy and thought with regret, "Maybe it's his peak."

Morris, at most, can only do this.

Morris is almost thirty years old, and his condition is still the first thing he has. The important thing is that his ability will hardly increase. He is also a top midfielder, but if he wants to win more advanced awards, the level of "top" is not enough, and he must become a "super player".

Morris certainly couldn't reach the "super" level.

It is already quite amazing to win the "Best Player" of the Champions League now. The next football will be the world of young people, and the same is true for Millwall. The younger Braniff and Sneider have the chance to explode, and their performance will be more dazzling than Morris.

In Millwall, the performance has become dim, and the attention it receives will naturally decrease a lot in the whole of Europe.

There is nothing we can do about this either.

In Zhang Yang's regret for Morris, the "Best Coach" award also came out.

The host shouted out his name, "The one who won the best coach is..."

"Milwall's head coach! Zhang Yang!"

All the cameras pointed at each other, Zhang Yang stood up with a smile, waved at everyone, and then walked to the podium.

A guest from a football celebrity presented Zhang Yang with a small trophy, and the host asked, "You are only twenty-four years old, and you have the honor to represent European coaches. What do you feel when you stand on this stage and get the honor of becoming a European coach? Do you think? I think most people are very interested in what you want to say."

Zhang Yang said frankly, "I think most people are interested in my age because I am very young and it is incredible to win the coach award, but I think that there is nothing."

"Many people think too complicated about the work of football coaches. Perhaps interpersonal communication and club management do require a lot of experience, but the coach's work is more about formulating tactical play, formulating preparation strategies, and leading the entire team and opponents to the game."

"This requires experience, but talent is also important. Just like many excellent professional players, there is no prospect for being a coach, but some people who have not had any experience in professional players can become excellent coaches because of talent, hard work, thinking, etc.."

"If we regard the coaching work as a scientific research work, it will be much simpler. Leading a team is very complicated, and football tactics are also very complicated, but no matter how complex it is, it can still surpass scientific research? Those complex formulas, complex mathematics, physics, and astronomy problems, ordinary people will be obsessed with it."

Zhang Yang said with a headache, which made many people laugh at the scene, and then continued, "In the field of scientific research, the amount of knowledge required is very large, but many scientists are not old enough to produce results. In their thirties, they are easy to produce research results. When they are older, their thinking has a fixed pattern, and it is difficult to develop amazing things. I don't know much about this, and maybe I'm not right."

"If you infer from this, football is much simpler than science, and you can win awards in your twenties, it will be nothing."

"So don't be surprised that I can win coaching awards, but the football industry has always had strict requirements on the age of working in the coaching industry."

Zhang Yang glanced at the audience and continued to smile and said, "For example, a 20-year-old man, even if he obtained the A-level coach certificate from FIFA, it would be difficult for him to find a formal job at the youth team level."

"Some older people can easily gain trust even if they only get basic certificates, because people subconsciously feel that older people will have more experience."

"So I think that the football coaching industry should treat young people more preferentially and give them more opportunities."

“That’s it.”

As everyone in the audience thought, Zhang Yang walked down with a smile.

Many people gave thumbs up.

There was a lot of applause from the venue next. The fans, people from various clubs, and many guests from the venue were affirmed by Zhang Yang's words.

To some extent, what Zhang Yang said was not accurate, but he had a new idea. Few people would say this or think this way. Zhang Yang's statement led many people to think from another perspective.

This is the key.

As the guests draw lots, Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev were arranged in Group G and Group F respectively, and the results of the group draws were all released.

In the end, the four teams in Group C were Real Madrid, Mirvoor, Lazio and Olympiacos.

Zhang Yang felt that the result of this grouping was quite passive, at least he was not assigned to the more difficult group, such as Chelsea's group, including Valencia, Schalke 04 and Rosenberg.

Chelsea and Valencia are the first and second-level teams, so there is no need to talk about it. The rise of Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga is definitely not easy to deal with. Compared to Lazio, it is more troublesome. Norwegian Rosenberg is equivalent to adding a head start.

In addition, among the third-level teams, there are teams that are difficult to deal with, such as CSKA Moscow, Sporting Lisbon, Stuttgart, etc. In comparison, Lazio is still a good opponent.

Seeing the lottery results, Pierce also breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Real Madrid, Lazio, our pressure to qualify is less."

Others, including Wilkinson and several players, looked at Pierce.

Pierce is a little confused.

Wilkinson laughed, "Stewart, you have too little confidence in the team. In fact, no matter what group we are in, I believe the team can qualify!"

"Yes, there is no problem qualifying!" Morris followed.

Everyone else looked at Zhang Yang, including Pierce, who smiled and said, "This is not a place suitable for chanting slogans, but it should not be difficult to qualify."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cold snorted sound came from beside him and said in English, "Young man, don't be too angry."

Zhang Yang turned around and saw that it was Real Madrid President Calderon.

Or, it should be respectfully called "Mr. Calderon".

Zhang Yang would not have any respect. He turned to Wilkinson, with a confused face on his face, and pointed at Calderon and said, "Who is he? Your friend? Sorry, I said so, but his English doesn't seem to be very good."

Calderon's face suddenly turned dark, and there were Real Madrid's group next to him. Among them, the new head coach Shuster was shocked. Calderon felt embarrassed and snorted coldly, as if he was very kind and came over. Shuster took the initiative to shake hands, "Hello, Zhang Yang, I'm very happy to see you. The results you led Millwall have attracted attention from the world. If you have the chance, I really hope to exchange with you the relevant experience and experience in coaching."

Zhang Yang replied with a smile, "I also hope to have time to communicate with you. When I was a child, I had heard your name."

The conversation between the two seemed very enthusiastic.

But Shuster immediately interrupted this enthusiasm with a sentence, "You are very successful, but you are still young. I think you should remind you that you should respect Mr. Calderon more, he is a respectable gentleman."

Zhang Yang opened his mouth for a long time, a little unaware of what to say.

Shuster said hello and left. Zhang Yang stood there and looked at his back, suddenly thinking that he should respond, "You look younger than me."

Is there anyone who speaks like this?

This guy really doesn't know how to interact with others. He was originally a good atmosphere, but he got stuck in just one sentence.

Zhang Yang has a little understanding of the reason why Shuster always fails in coaching.

Zhang Yang doesn't know much about Schuster, but he is generally clear. This guy is very famous in his time and is the best player in West Germany at that time. When he played for Barcelona, ​​his salary was second only to his teammate Maradona and he was also Maradona's direct competitor.

Before Maradona arrived, Schuster was Barcelona's most important player. The season had already begun two months when he came to Barcelona. Barcelona was nearly 10 points behind Real Madrid. Schuster's arrival raised the banner of Barcelona's revival. Although he did not win the championship in the end, his final points exceeded Real Madrid.

Schuster was at its peak in Barcelona. Soon, he found that his status had changed because Maradona came. Maradona joined Barcelona with the world's number one title. With Menotti's later takeover, Schuster's role became a bit marginalized.

However, the Argentine Gang miscalculated.
To be continued...