The draw ceremony of the Champions League group stage in each season affects hundreds of millions of attention. Even China, thousands of miles away, invites guests and hires translators to broadcast live.

Such grand events often invite many football celebrities to serve as guests, which can also be seen as a microcosm of providing jobs for veteran players in the process of football development...

In the 2015-16 season, even the host was played by players - former Manchester United goalkeeper Schmeichel appeared in the center of the stage.

Many people doubt whether he would "arrange" a more comfortable grouping situation for his old boss?

Since the final of this Champions League will be held in Milan, Italy, the Milanese two heroes also sent their respective representatives - Martini and Sanetti as image ambassadors to participate in the lottery.

In addition to the two legends, Barcelona, ​​as the last Champions League champion, also contributed four lottery guests: Subizareta, Beletti, Puyor and Abidal.

"According to the results of the past three seasons, 32 teams have been divided into four gears. Let's take a brief look..."

CCTV host Liu Jiayuan looked at the big screen behind him and said:

"The first seed teams include: defending champion, last season's triple-winning winner Barcelona, ​​Premier League champion Chelsea, Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich, Serie A champion Juventus, Portuguese Super League champion Benfica (the European points in the Portuguese Super League were slightly higher than that in Ligue 1), French Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain, Russian Premier League champion St. Petersburg Zenit, and Eredivisie Eindhoven.

The second gear includes: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Porto, Arsenal, Manchester United, Valencia, Leverkusen, and Manchester City (ranked according to points).

The third level: Donetsk miners (Ukraine), Seville, Lyon, Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine), Olympiacos (Greece), CSKA Moscow, Galatasaray (Türkiye), Rome.

The fourth level: Borisov (Belarus), Borussia Mönchengladbach, Wolfsburg, Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Ghent (Belgium), Malmö (Sweden), Astana (Kazakhstan). Among them, Astana is the only new team in this Champions League. As an Asian country, they participate in various UEFA competitions in the field of football, including the European Cup and the World Cup…”

With the guests' slow draw, 32 teams were "arranged" into 8 groups.

"In Group A, Paris Saint-Germain and Real Madrid are far stronger than miners and Malmö, and the only suspense is the position of the top spot in the group."

Liu Jiayuan made a brief analysis of the explanation:

"The strength and weakness in Group B are even more obvious. Manchester United can be said to be the only one. Eindhoven, the Army, and Wolfburg can only compete for another qualifying place.

Group C is a very interesting geographical distribution, from Benfica in Portugal, to Atletico Madrid in Spain, Galatasaray in Turkey, and then to Astana in Kazakhstan in Central Asia, it is almost a Belt and Road Initiative in the field of football…”

As a guest, Zhang Lu "hehe" laughed at this time:

"The three opponents are not strong enough, so Atletico Madrid should have no problem qualifying, and Chen Hao may be able to kill all sides again."

Liu Jiayuan laughed too:

"This may not be necessary. In the La Liga match that just ended, Chen Hao obviously couldn't be interested in the opponent who was too weak. Perhaps he wouldn't play all six games in the Champions League group stage."

He looked at the screen and continued:

"Group D can be called a group of death. Juventus, Manchester City, Sevilla and Borussia Mönchengladbach gathered together. Perhaps only Borussia Mönchengladbach's strength is slightly inferior, but it cannot be ignored.

Group E is a group of Barcelona, ​​with Leverkusen and Rome competing for a place, and Borisov may become a boy with points.

In Group F...haha!"

Liu Jiayuan couldn't help laughing again:

"Arsenal has encountered Bayern Munich for the third time in its last four seasons. You said there is nothing wrong with this, and I definitely can't believe it... But Olympiacos and Dynamo Zagreb should not pose a threat to Wenger's team.

Group G is also very strong and weak, and Chelsea's strength is better than other opponents, but Mourinho meets his old club Porto, I wonder if there will be a warm scene?

The last group H includes Zenit, Valencia, Lyon, and Gent. The four teams are relatively unfamiliar with each other and have similar strengths. Judging from the fierce competition, this is also another form of death group."

After the group draw, UEFA's overall review and awards for the Champions League and various leagues last season.

The reason why Chen Hao was invited to attend this ceremony was because he was nominated as one of the best goal candidates last season.

Chen Hao, who only played 7 official games last season, actually did not expect him to win this insignificant award. He came to Monaco just to see the world, but UEFA really awarded this trophy to him!

With the long-distance raid that paid tribute to Kaka in the French Cup final, he beat Messi who fainted from Boateng in the Champions League semi-finals and won the first European-level award in his life!

When he made his award speech on stage, Chen Hao, who had always been arrogant, admitted frankly:

"I was really surprised because Messi's goal was also very exciting and appeared in more important games. But it doesn't matter. This season, I will also step on this more brilliant stage."

Holding the trophy in his hand, he looked at the trophy of the best European player, which is a short distance away - the "Blacks Award" commonly known as domestic fans (the trophy is the upper body of a player without a head, with arms raised but hands. At first glance, it looks very strange, but it turns backwards a bit like a pair of big shorts, hence the name).

"A month ago, when I joined Atletico Madrid, I once said that in this season, I will win all the competitions and win all the trophys. Today I will say it again, and this one must also include it!"

Ronaldo and Messi, who were sitting in the audience, couldn't help but twist their butts.

Is the young boy who has never played in a Champions League... just so impatient to challenge the hegemony of the big brothers?

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At the end of the award ceremony, Messi won the UEFA Best Player with an absolute advantage without any suspense. His teammate Suarez also got three votes, and Ronaldo only got two poor votes. The Portuguese's face was obviously full of reluctance...

Ronaldo, who returned to Madrid, turned this unwillingness into motivation. In the second round of La Liga, he led Real Madrid to sweep Real Betis 5-0 at home, sweeping away the depression in the first round.

But... what does this big victory have to do with him?

What shines is Gareth Bale, who was strongly supported by Real Madrid chairman Florentino. His two shots and one pass made the Welsh saint win the applause from the Bernabeu, but Ronaldo still gets nothing!

No goals, no assists, and even his free kick penalty power... were snatched by J Ronaldo!

It’s okay to grab it, but the key is that J Ronaldo, who will directly convert the free kick into a goal for the first time!

For a moment, "Royce's condition declined sharply", "The peerless two heroes are finally over", and "Messi will undoubtedly dominate the world" keeps hearing the voices, which makes Ronaldo so angry that he kicks the water bottle in the locker room!

Fortunately, just two hours later, the battle in Barcelona was over.

Like the ending of the first round, Barcelona still defeated their opponent 1-0 with the smallest score, but... Messi, who scored 8 times in the whole game, did not score!

As the two most crazy shooting machines in European football in the past ten years, Ronaldo and Messi were in the goal drought in the new season at the same time!

Now the one who exclusively ranked first in the scorer list is Chen Hao, who has 7 goals in the halftime!
Chapter completed!