At the end of August every year, media and fans around the world will look at Monaco in unison.

Everything that happens at the Grimalti Convention Centre will attract the attention of the world and determine the situation in European football in the coming months, as the draw for the Champions League group stage will be held here.

Real Madrid's luck in drawing lots is still pretty good. In the group stage, Dortmund won the Bundesliga runner-up, Sporting Lisbon in the Portuguese Super League and Legia in the Polish giant team Warsaw.

This is a typical UEFA Champions League group stage with two strong players, one middle and one weak. Real Madrid and Dortmund are both strong European teams. Although Dortmund has lost many main players, including Hummels, this season, the team has also made targeted reinforcements. It is not very clear how strong it is.

Sporting Lisbon is a mid-range team that has little hope for qualifying, but the ability to disrupt the situation cannot be underestimated. The key is to see what level they can play in the four games against Real Madrid and Dortmund.

As for Warsaw Legia, although it has many Polish internationals, its strength is not as strong as the previous three teams in the entire team.

It can be said that judging from the results of Real Madrid's draw, it is mixed.

It is agreed to sign, because there is basically no suspense in qualifying. Even if you encounter Dortmund, Real Madrid will still have a stable and capable position in this group. However, if the team does not perform well and is not careful, they may still miss the first place in the group.

Don’t underestimate the first place in the group, because the strength of the opponents you encounter in the next quarterfinals will have a great impact on Real Madrid’s subsequent Champions League trend, so Real Madrid’s usual strategy is to compete for the first place in the group.

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Compared with Real Madrid, Barcelona's luck is relatively poor.

Luis Enrique's team drew Manchester City coached by Guardiola in the second team. The collision between Barcelona and Manchester City is undoubtedly quite interesting. After all, these two teams have a deep connection, not only the style of playing similarly, but also the same lineage from the coaching staff to the management.

Therefore, Barcelona will also be a major highlight of the group stage.

The remaining two teams are Bundesliga Borussia Mönchengladbach and the Celtics in the Scottish Premier League, both of which are also very strong.

Atletico Madrid's luck is not particularly good. He won the Bundesliga class bully Bayern Munich. Head coach Ancelotti is very familiar with La Liga and Atletico Madrid. Moreover, Simeone rarely takes advantage of the old fox Ancelotti, so this time it is probably a tough time.

The other two teams are Eindhoven from the Eredivisie and Rostov from Russia.

Judging from the draw, Real Madrid's luck is relatively good in the three La Liga top draws, but it is also mixed. Barcelona and Atletico Madrid have relatively poor luck, and they both met opponents they were not willing to meet, especially Atletico Madrid. They met Bayern Munich. This is not a good deal. They have to go to Russia in a key schedule, which is very troublesome.

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Yang Yang sat in the audience, watching the freshly released lottery results, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

Not only because Real Madrid is also regretting Ajax.

Everyone originally had high expectations for Ajax, but Pete Boss's team played unsatisfactory at the start of the new season. They started with four games, two wins, one draw and one loss, and are currently ranked fourth in the Eredivisie, including a 1-2 loss to William II at home in the third round, which has a great impact on Ajax.

This season, Ajax's game began at the end of July because he wanted to play in the Champions League qualifiers. Ajax drew 1-1 with Thessaloniki in Greece in the first leg, but in the second leg, he reversed his opponent 2-1 with Klasen's bracelet away and escaped by luck.

But in the last round of the perimeter qualifiers, Ajax still faced Rostov from Russia and was tied by his opponent 1-1 at home, and then returned with a 1-4 away defeat. Klasen scored in both games, but was unable to stop Ajax from losing streak.

The Eredivisie team once again stopped outside the Champions League group stage, which caused a huge response in the Netherlands. Many media even expressed doubts about the coach Pete Boss's coaching ability, and for the first time, media and fans questioned the club's management's operational ability.

The departure of players such as Milik and Gazzi significantly damaged Ajax's offense. With the team's defensive ability and midfield performance not significantly improved, the team's offense is worrying.

According to UEFA rules, although Ajax stopped outside the UEFA group stage, he also entered the fourth round of the perimeter qualifiers and could directly enter the group stage of the UEFA Cup and participate in the new season's UEFA Cup.

However, missing the Champions League group stage still has a huge financial impact on Ajax. Although the summer transfer earned 50 million euros in the market, it greatly alleviated the team's financial pressure, but if it can enter the Champions League group stage, it will definitely be a major benefit for Ajax.

But at the critical moment, the away game was defeated by one to four, which made people see Ajax's weakness.

Yang Yang sat down on the stage and looked at the results of the Champions League group draw on the stage. How could he understand it?

After missing the official Champions League match for many years, Ajax's players have been significantly weakened in terms of experience and spirit.

If this team continues to be weak like this, the final result will be obvious. Three years later, it will be difficult for Yang Yang to complete the assessment of the Supervisory Council, and the idea of ​​acquiring Ajax can only be temporarily shelved.

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Since the UEFA president is temporarily absent and Infantino serves as FIFA president, he is currently the former Spanish Football Association chairman Villa temporarily acting as UEFA president.

After the draw, Villa stepped onto the podium and prepared to award the last two finale prizes.

One is the best female player in Europe, and the other is the most important and tense, the best player of the year.

The former winner was Norwegian women's football player Hegerberg, and her award was well deserved.

The final grand prize is also unsurprising. In the first round of voting, Yang Yang, Griezmann and Suarez entered the top three, and then the second round of live voting was held.

All the reporters who participated in the first round of voting voted on the spot through electronic voting machines. Without any suspense, Yang Yang got fifty votes out of 55 votes and was elected almost with an overwhelming advantage.

His teammate Suarez in Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid star Griezmann with a vote, ranking behind Yang Yang.

When UEFA acting president Villa announced Yang Yang's election, Yang Yang, who was sitting in the first row, immediately stood up from his seat and hugged Real Madrid President Florentino who came to congratulate him with a smile on his face, thanking Real Madrid president for his support.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Yang hugged Suarez and other Real Madrid teammates. Many of them came here to support him. Even head coach Zidane also came here to support him.

So, after taking the stage, when Yang Yang just took over the Best Player Trophy with his name engraved from Villa, the first thing he thanked was Real Madrid's coaching staff and teammates.

"I have to thank our coaching team and teammates, as well as all the staff, who are the most important and the best team in European football last season. They are the best and best team every year!"

Yang Yang's incident received warm applause from the audience, especially Real Madrid players, who even made excitement.

Real Madrid Chairman Florentino also smiled from ear to ear, obviously very happy with Yang Yang's award.

"I have never been the most talented person, so I can only work harder, but I would not be able to stand here without the support and help of the coaching staff, teammates and staff around me, so I have to thank them, for their support, for everything they have done for me."

Yang Yang also pointed to Suarez and Griezmann, "Both of them are very outstanding players, and they should be eligible for this award. Their performance last season was incredible."

"Luis, one of my best partners, I know him, he is a great player, I am happy that I have such a teammate and partner, so I also want to thank the chairman of Real Madrid, Florentino, for building such an excellent team for Real Madrid. In my mind, you are the greatest chairman!"

Yang Yang's sudden thanks made the atmosphere suddenly change, and Florentino was also inexplicably surprised. The audience then burst of applause and cheers, fearing that the world would remain unrest, and some Real Madrid players even shouted that they wanted Florentino to go on stage.

The Real Madrid president shook his head with a smile, and his glasses almost fell off.

"And Griezmann, I'm sorry, the Champions League final was very, very hard, and you and your teammates were also very, very good, especially you, you are a great player!"

Griezmann folded his hands in the audience and bent slightly towards Yang Yang, obviously thanking Yang Yang for his support at this time.

As a young player, Yang Yang had already achieved success when he debuted. Now, he has finally squeezed out Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and entered the top three, which is undoubtedly a very difficult breakthrough.

But Yang Yang still looked like an unattainable mountain, standing in front of him.

On the court, Griezmann would try every means to kill Yang Yang, but at this moment, he only had admiration and even admiration in his heart, because he knew that Yang Yang's achievements were something he would never achieve in his life.

Even in the future, he will be proud and proud of his past tied with such a great star.

Sometimes, losing is also a glory!

Yang Yang finally thanked his family and Zidane, and once again publicly stated that he would continue to work hard, hoping to continue his career and strive to achieve more honors for Real Madrid.

"I hope that next year, the year after tomorrow, the year after tomorrow, and even the next few years, I will still be able to stand here!"
Chapter completed!