As a World Footballer and European Golden Ball winner, Yang Yang quickly became the focus of attention as soon as he appeared at the Grimalti Convention Center in Monaco. Whether he knew him or not, he would come over to say hello.

Liverpool General Manager Rick Parry attended the lottery ceremony as a representative of the club. Yang Yang, Gerrard and others received invitations from UEFA to attend the award ceremony. The two were interspersed, but the guests were separated.

With Ronaldinho's performance sluggish, Yang Yang has begun to replace him after his performance last season and has become the number one star in European football. This can be seen from the seats arranged for him by UEFA.

Even though Liverpool failed to laugh to the end in the Champions League last season, Yang Yang was still arranged to sit in the most conspicuous front row, next to Cristiano Ronaldo, Lampard and others.

Barcelona star Messi did not come to the scene.

And sitting here last season, Kaka, a Milan player who competed for the best player in Yang Yang, declined a lot last season after lasting a peak performance for a season. On the one hand, it was related to injuries and the players' own adjustments, so he was not shortlisted for any awards.

Many people even speculate that Kaka is likely to experience a major decline in various awards this year.

Yang Yang didn't care much about this. It is normal for professional players to perform ups and downs. The key is whether Kaka can return to the peak as soon as possible.

Although they are direct competitors, when Yang Yang met Cristiano Ronaldo, the two still talked and laughed, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious. Obviously, the Portuguese was in a very good mood. He must know that he had won the Best Player in advance, because this award is usually given to the champion team.

Even if it is not given to the champion team, there are runner-up Lampard, Drogba and others, and it is not Yang Yang's turn.

But now, there is not a single Chelsea player who can play Ronaldo, including Drogba, so it should be a foregone conclusion that the Portuguese won the best player, so he is in a good mood.

Yang Yang also asked about his injuries with concern, hoping that he could recover as soon as possible.

Ronaldo said that he had no big problem and should be able to catch up with the game against Liverpool in mid-September.

That was the fourth round of the Premier League, with Liverpool playing against Manchester United at home, which will also be the first Double Red Club game this season.

"Then I'll wait for you at Anfield Stadium!" Yang Yang replied without being humble.

According to customary practice, the meeting was chaired by UEFA Secretary-General Infantino, who took the lead in introducing the situation of the Champions League in the past year, with Yang Yang being the focus.

UEFA has evaluated that as an Asian player, Yang Yang has been able to perform well in the Champions League for three consecutive seasons, winning the Champions League scorer for three consecutive years. At the same time, he also won the World Footballer and European Golden Ball Awards last season, as well as a series of other major awards, greatly enhancing the influence of the Champions League and European League in Asia.

The award ceremony began first, and the first one was awarded the best goalkeeper, which was undoubtedly given to Chelsea's Peter Cech.

Even though the Czech goalkeeper was seriously injured and his performance has declined a lot, he is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

Then he entered the Champions League group stage draw this season.

Last season's Champions League semi-finals were hailed as a Premier League civil war, and all four places were won by Premier League teams, which caused a lot of response in European football. Many people even believe that the Premier League is becoming the world's number one league.

This also led to the fact that among the 32 teams participating in the Champions League group this season, four of the eight first-tier seeds are from the Premier League, and the remaining four seeds are Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Lyon.

Among them, Real Madrid, which has been in the quarterfinals for many years, was almost dragged out of the seed team.

Liverpool was assigned to Group D, and there was no big difference.

The next best defender was awarded to Chelsea's Terry, with the award being presented by Milan legendary captain Barreci.

This is somewhat controversial, because Manchester United's Ferdinand and Vidic also performed very well. Manchester United was one of the best teams in defense last season, but perhaps considering the combination of Ferdinand and Vidic, Terry was alone in holding up Chelsea's defense, so he finally gave Terry.

This kind of selection is always accompanied by various controversies, and it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

Among the second teams in the Champions League, there are teams with excellent strength such as Bayern Munich, Villarreal, Eindhoven, Juventus, Roma and Porto, especially strong teams like Bayern Munich and Juventus, which are not easy to mess with.

But this time Liverpool was lucky and beat Eindhoven. Although his strength was not bad, he was an old opponent. Yang Yang still remembered that in the season when Liverpool won the Champions League in 2007, the opponent he met in the group stage was also Eindhoven.

The award was followed by the Best Midfielder, this time it was to Chelsea's Lampard, the first Chelsea player to receive this honor, and the award was Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton.

Lampard had already been on the shortlist once before, but he didn't make the last laugh that time. This time it was indeed quite difficult for him to defeat the champion Manchester United midfielder Scholes to be elected. Even Lampard himself felt a little flattered.

Compared to the draw in the second gear, Liverpool's luck in the third gear is bad.

The eight teams in this category are basically weak, but only Marseille, which comes from Ligue 1, has good overall strength.

This team is not unfamiliar with Liverpool, because the Reds encountered Marseille in the group stage last season and the game was not easy.

But unexpectedly, Liverpool actually drew the strongest team in the third level this time.

This made Yang Yang, who was sitting in the front row, look back and smile bitterly at Gerald and others behind him.

"It seems that our luck is indeed good, and we are all old opponents." Yang Yang said.

Gerald nodded, "The old opponent is good, you won't be unfamiliar if you can't fight." He seemed ready to try.

Eindhoven is the opponent in the group stage of the 2006 to 2007 seasons, and Marseille is the opponent in the group stage of the 2007 to 2008 seasons. It is really possible that all old opponents meet again.

Yang Yang took a look at the list of the fourth team, but it turned out to be very sad.

"There will be no old opponents in the fourth level, otherwise, it might be more interesting."

"There are two teams that are the hardest to play, Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid, especially Atletico Madrid, which is a headache." Gerald said with a frown.

Liverpool's draw is one draw, so don't be so unlucky in this fourth draw.

Before the fourth gear was drawn, the award ceremony entered the most suspenseful part of the game, which was the award ceremony for the best forward.

Yang Yang and Cristiano Ronaldo are undoubtedly the two most popular ones. Yang Yang relies on real performances, but Cristiano Ronaldo is better in terms of results with Manchester United's championship.

It can be said that the competition between the two is half a dozen, each with its own strengths.

Not only the selection of the best striker in the Champions League, but also the selection of the European Golden Ball Awards and the World Football Master, both of them are in full swing. No one knows who will win the award in the end.

So, to some extent, this best striker is undoubtedly an appetizer.

But what is interesting is that the award presenter was the famous Black Panther Eusebio from Portugal, which also made many people think that it should be Little Rhodes who won the award.

The media and fans who support Yang Yang are definitely not convinced, because in terms of attack power, goals, and performance on the field, Yang Yang is slightly better than Ronaldo. Even if he plays Manchester United in the semi-finals, Liverpool will force Manchester United into an extremely embarrassing situation.

If it weren't for two misjudgments, Liverpool wouldn't have lost the penalty shootout in the end.

So, in this case, it is still full of suspense who can win the award.

After Eusebio came on stage, the atmosphere at the scene obviously became very tense.

Although he had already received it once last year, Yang Yang certainly didn't mind getting it too much. Compared with last year, his mentality was indeed much calmer. Looking at Cristiano Ronaldo next to him, the Manchester United star was obviously very nervous and clenched his fists tightly on his thighs.

When he saw Yang Yang turn to look at him, Cristiano Ronaldo barely squeezed out a smile.

Yang Yang could understand his mood at this moment. He wanted to win the two grand prizes of Best Forward and Best Player, because this would make him more valuable to win the award.

Otherwise, if he only won the best player but lost the best forward, he would undoubtedly rely more on Manchester United's overall performance rather than the player's personal performance, and the value of the value will be greatly reduced.

It can be understood but it still has to fight.

If there is no shortlist, Yang Yang can just take it a little more, but since he is shortlisted, he will definitely want to win, and there is no need to say nonsense like helping others.

He was invited to the Grimalti Convention Center just to compete for it, otherwise he would not have come at all.

"The best striker in the 2007-2008 season, the winner of the Champions League season"

With Infantino's words, the atmosphere in the audience was extremely tense, and some even held their breath and looked at the two people on the podium with concentration, especially Infantino.

He will announce the final winner, that is

"Yang Yang!"

With Infantino's shout, there was a burst of warm applause and cheers.

Yang Yang stood up from his seat, turned around, hugged Gerald, Carragher and other teammates through the seat, and then extended his hands to Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese's face became very bad because he knew very well that even if his best player was sure to win, he was still inferior to Yang Yang tonight. Even all media reporters would praise Yang Yang tomorrow.

Because his best player will be worthless.

But what can he say about this?

With fourteen goals and nine assists, Yang Yang deserves this award with this report card.

At no cost, the Portuguese could only walk forward, hug Yang Yang, and said sadly, "Congratulations!"—

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