Every year at the end of August, the eyes of media and fans around the world will be on the Grimalti Convention Center in Monaco. Novels.

The Champions League group stage draw ceremony and award ceremony are held intersected, and the time is set at 18 o'clock in the evening.

When night fell, the Grimalti Convention Center was already brightly lit and bright as daytime.

Outside the gate, there were also media reporters from all over the world, as well as some fans who came to hear the news.

The invited guests also came to the scene.

Unlike the FIFA award ceremony, there are not many guests at UEFA's grand event, mainly representatives of the 32 teams entering the Champions League group stage, as well as some invited players and head coaches.

Especially the head coach, after this grand event every year, UEFA will hold the annual head coach summit at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland in the following days in early September, and will invite head coaches who have performed well in the past year to communicate.

With Liverpool winning the Champions League twice in three years, Benitez has also become the limelight in this head coaching summit.

Since Liverpool and Sevilla arrived in Monaco and were preparing for the next European Super Cup, there were more players invited to participate in this event, and basically all the players in the team received invitations.

The only thing that is reluctant is that the St. Berede Cup brought back to Liverpool from Athens last year has been handed over to UEFA.

In the past few months, the Liverpool honor room where the St. Berede Cup has been placed, which has always been the favorite place for local fans and foreign tourists. After returning the real cup, Liverpool can only place a copy souvenir.

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Liverpool players arrived at the Grimalti Conference Centre at the same time, immediately attracting the attention of the audience.

The main reason is that the starlight of this team is not shining. To some extent, the stars in Liverpool are not as good as A Milan, but before the final of last season, Liverpool's overall strength was considered to be better than A Milan.

The coach Benitez's coach is definitely a key factor in Liverpool's success.

Of course, only people inside Liverpool know that the support of Yesterdam is also crucial.

Without the lubricant of Yesterdam, Benitez's personality still doesn't know how many people he will offend, so it's unlikely that the locker room will be harmonious.

Although they arrived at the same time, they were divided into different locations.

For example, Yang Yang was shortlisted for the Best Forward, Gerald and Xavi Alonso were shortlisted for the Best Midfielder, Carragher was shortlisted for the Best Defender, and Reina was shortlisted for the Best goalkeeper, so they were all arranged to sit in the front row.

But when Yang Yang and others came to the front row under the guidance of the staff, they found that many players had already sat there.

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"Hey, Kaka."

"Hello, Yang!"

As soon as he saw Yang Yang, Kaka immediately stood up with a smile, shook hands and hugged him.

"Hello, Paul."

Yang Yang also politely shook hands with Maldini, Pirlo, Drogba and others and was kind.

Czech goalkeeper Cech is regarded as the goalkeeper with the most hope to win this award tonight, because after Buffon fell with Juventus and Casillas and Real Madrid stopped in the quarterfinals in succession, Cech can almost be said to be one of the top goalkeepers in the world, and no one can compete with him.

Even last season, neither Liverpool's Renner nor Milan's Dida were stable enough.

Yang Yang always felt that successful professional players may have different personalities, but everyone is very direct and will not secretly make small moves in private. If you like it, you like it, and if you don’t like it, you don’t like it.

For example, Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Dida doesn't seem to like Yang Yang very much, so after he met Yang Yang, he simply let him go aside and refused to say a word.

Yang Yang was not so stupid that he hoped to be liked by everyone. After all, he was a scorer and always broke through the opponent's goal. It was natural not to be liked by the goalkeeper.

On the contrary, Cech took the initiative to talk to Yang Yang about the direct free kick that was a week ago and said a lot.

Yang Yang is located next to Kaka, which also means that in UEFA's mind, the two of them have equal status.

"You have been in great condition recently." Kaka said with a smile.

He is always so kind, and he can't hear any other meaning in his tone, and he is completely admiring and congratulating.

How to say it?

Whether it is dealing with people or performing on the court, Kaka is the type that people can't hate.

Yang Yang also smiled, "Aren't you?"

"You are also forced to me." Kaka smiled unconcealedly.

In the just-concluded Serie A opener, Kaka scored twice, helping Milan defeat Genoa three-to-zero.

Obviously, the Brazilian superstars were also stimulated and were trying to show themselves and prove themselves.

This is a gentleman's dispute between him and Yang Yang, and it is open and upright.

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With the advent of the information age, many things are becoming less and less secrets.

In the subsequent award ceremony, Cech from Chelsea won the best goalkeeper, which was a recognition of his stable performance last season, but it was also an incentive for Dida and Renner.

Next, the first team was grouped, and the defending champion Liverpool was assigned to the first group.

It is worth mentioning that all four Premier League teams were assigned to the first level, which shows the strength of the Premier League teams.

After the telephone gate incident, Serie A's decline was already very obvious, but the Premier League began to rise strongly, gradually replacing its position in Serie A, and even vaguely surpassing La Liga and becoming the world's number one league.

The selection of the best defender is also quite unsurprising, because Maldini is sure to win the election.

This does not require any operation at all, because Maldini's own performance and the various special meanings and halos he carries make it impossible for this award to be lost to others.

Many people think that this is likely to be the last Champions League final in Maldini's career.

In the second draw, Liverpool won Porto from the Portuguese Super League.

This team is very strong and has been among the seed teams many times before, but after a group of stars such as Mourinho and Deco left, Porto gradually showed a downward trend. As long as both sides perform normally, Porto will find it difficult to shake Liverpool's position.

There is no suspense about the selection of the best midfielder. If Kaka does not participate in the election of this position, Gerald should be sure to win the award, but after Kaka is placed in the midfield position, it will be difficult for even the captain of the Champions League champion team to shake Kaka's best midfield position.

In the third draw, Liverpool won Marseille from Ligue 1.

Like Porto, this team is also difficult to shake the position of Liverpool, but its overall strength is still OK.

There is no suspense in the selection of the Best Forward, because Yang Yang scored thirteen goals last season, far ahead of other players, so he has no objection to winning the Best Forward.

Among the several major awards tonight, the only one with more suspense is the Best Player.

It should be said that this is also an inevitable problem that will be encountered in the selection of all the best players.

Liverpool has a slight advantage in overall strength. Yang Yang performed the best and won the championship. All situations are impeccable; but Kaka, who is weaker in A Milan, has overcome all obstacles and reached the final. Although he lost to Liverpool in the end, Kaka's personal performance has been put to the limit.

So is Yang Yang better? Or is Kaka better?

This is a question of the people who share their own opinions.

Not only is it difficult to make a decision for the best player this year, but it is also difficult to make a decision for the subsequent European Golden Ball Awards and World Footballer.

In other words, amid everyone's entanglement and anxiety, the fourth draw also ended.

Liverpool drew Besiktas from Türkiye in the fourth gear.

Porto, Marseille and Besiktas are not bad at all, but it is not realistic to say that they can shake Liverpool. As long as Liverpool plays steadily and exerts its own strength, there should be no big suspense to defeat the opponent.

Therefore, Liverpool is very satisfied with such a draw.

After the lottery draw, Gerald secretly approached Yang Yang's ear and smiled and said, "It's safe!"

Obviously, the Liverpool captain was extremely satisfied with the draw.

In contrast, Chelsea's draw was not very smooth. After drawing Valencia, Schalke Zero Four and Rosenberg, the competition will definitely be more intense, especially Valencia and Schalke Zero Four, which are likely to challenge Chelsea.

Manchester United met Roma, Sporting Lisbon and Dynamo Kiev, which were also not easy to play.

Arsenal met Sevilla, Slavia Prague and Bucharest Stars.

Judging from the draws of the Premier League semi-finals, as long as you basically perform at your due level, you will definitely win the top spot in the top 16, and it is not too difficult to be too difficult in the group, but you still can't be careless.

Whether it is Liverpool's Porto and Marseille, Chelsea's Valencia and Schalke's Zero Four, Manchester United's Roma, or Arsenal's Sevilla, they may in turn occupy the top spot in the group.

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After the fourth-level teams of eight groups were drawn out, the final eight groups also scored on the big screen on the stage.

UEFA President Platini also slowly walked onto the stage.

Everyone gave warm applause to this former legendary star and the UEFA president who just took office at the beginning of the year. They all clearly realized that the biggest suspense tonight was about to be revealed.

After Platini took office, he took the lead in speaking on behalf of UEFA, introducing the work of UEFA in the past year and the achievements it has achieved, and also expected the Champions League in the new season. The most eye-catching of the most is of course the benefits of the Champions League.

Over the past few years, the Champions League has been making money, and the more you make, all participating teams have also gained a share of the pie.

Platini said that this development trend will continue.

Finally, he also commented on the two best players in Europe in the past season, Yang Yang and Kaka, who both represent the highest level in European football.
Chapter completed!