Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 412 "Naples" (first change, ask for a monthly pass!)

In the league game against Barry on the weekend, Mazari once again carried out a substantial rotation. Chen Yingxiong, Arshavin, Cassano and others did not appear in the starting lineup, and some of them did not even follow the team to the away game.

However, Naples, who came off the bench, still performed very tenaciously. The substitute players scored three goals in the away game, and Barry, who had the home court advantage, also scored three goals.So the game ended in a 3:3 tie.

Chen Yingxiong only got the chance to play in the last 10 minutes. There was too little time left for him, and he didn't score a goal.

The Naples media and fans didn't take it seriously for the team's invincibility.What they are most concerned about now is what lottery Naples can draw in the Champions League knockout draw ceremony.

After a successful group stage, Naples fans have high hopes for the team's performance in the Champions League.

After finally getting the first place in the group, no matter what, he can draw a good lottery, and then go further in the Champions League knockout round, right?

With a draw, Naples returned to their territory, and they didn't care about regretting the draw, because the draw ceremony for the Champions League has already arrived.

Mazzarri didn't even go back to Naples with the team, but went directly from Bari to Nyon, Switzerland, where UEFA is headquartered.

Accompanied by him is the general manager of the Naples club Bigan.

Others who weren't there will be able to follow the draw on television.

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Chen Yingxiong also sat in front of the TV, but instead of sitting in front of the TV in his own home, he was invited by the Naples TV station to watch the lottery ceremony in the studio.This is a special program organized by the Naples Provincial TV Station. While chatting with the Naples players, I watched this live broadcast.

And the host of this special program is no longer the original host Antonella Canali. She has resigned and moved to Milan TV [-], which has a much more promising future than Naples TV.

Today, the beauties who partnered with the original male host have been replaced by a young and beautiful woman. I believe that it will not be long before the locals in Naples will call this newcomer the "Napolitan Sexy Goddess".The title is always the same, but people can change it at will.Men are forgetful creatures, especially when they have a new love.

When the young rookie saw Chen Yingxiong walking into the studio with his teammates Cassano, Hamsik, and captain Paul Cannavaro, his eyes lit up.Chen Yingxiong could even see her blinking at him.

Cassano touched Chen Yingxiong's arm: "Hero, hehe."

Apparently he saw it too.

Chen Yingxiong glanced at him: "If you are interested, I can help you get in touch, Antonio."

Cassano hurriedly shook his head, looking like a gentleman, and said in a low voice: "I have Carolina!"

Chen Yingxiong rolled his eyes.Ignore this unreasonable friend.

He smiled slightly at the newcomer who winked at him, just out of politeness, but unexpectedly made the other party think that Chen Yingxiong was also interested in him, and as a result, he kept winking at Chen Yingxiong in the subsequent live broadcast of the program.

It's a pity that after that, Chen Yingxiong stopped paying attention to her eyebrows...

Before the official start of the draw ceremony, the male hosts interviewed several Naples players who participated in the program one by one, just like a normal talk show.

Of course, the topic is more time-sensitive, and revolves around recent events.For example, Chen Yingxiong won the European Golden Boy Award, and the result of the lottery.

The host also made a small interaction, that is, let the four players write down the opponents they most hope to meet in the quarter-finals and the opponents they least expect to meet.

The answers written by everyone are different, but all in all, the opponents you most want to encounter are as weak as possible, and the opponents you least expect to encounter are strong teams.This is easy to understand. Only when they encounter weak teams can they have more opportunities to go further in the Champions League knockout rounds.

Chen Yingxiong is an exception, he wrote "casual".

"Is there a 'casual' team?" The rookie hostess interjected with a charming smile, saying that there was nothing funny about it, just pretending to be cute.But the male viewers in front of the TV still eat this...

The male host had to laugh a few times to show that this sentence was really funny.

Chen Yingxiong didn't smile, but just replied: "Of course not. I think it's the same when we meet anyone. We want to win when we meet Olympiacos. We also want to win when we meet Real Madrid..."

Cassano waved his hand and interjected: "I don't want to meet Real Madrid..."

Real Madrid is the second most powerful team in the group.Because they were double-killed by AC Milan at home and away, the final group ranking was lower than AC Milan and became the second place in the group.

The current eight teams in second place in the group are Bordeaux, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Porto, Lyon, Inter Milan, Stuttgart and Olympiacos.The second strongest group here is probably Manchester United, Real Madrid and Inter Milan.

According to the principle that the same league teams do not meet in the eighth-finals, Naples will definitely not be able to get together with Inter Milan, so that only Manchester United and Real Madrid may be drawn.

After losing Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United seems to be still looking for a feeling, and the state is ups and downs, which is the main reason why they only got the second place in the group.Instead, CSKA Moscow became the No.1 of that team, which surprised many experts.

This season, Real Madrid has two superstars, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, as well as powerful players like Benzema. The offensive firepower in the frontcourt is very strong, which makes many people daunting.

Meeting Real Madrid in the quarter-finals is definitely the last thing that any group No. [-] wants to happen.

The male host also said with a smile: "The probability of meeting Real Madrid is too low, and I think it is unlikely."

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Mazzarri was seated at the draw, surrounded by managers and coaches of teams that had reached the knockout stages of the Champions League and Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup).

He was a little nervous.

According to the lottery procedure, the eight blue balls represent No.2 of the eight teams respectively and put into the lottery pool.The first team to be drawn is the home team of the first knockout match, that is to say, it will play at home first.The computer program will list all the No.1 groups that can play against the team according to the lottery rules, represented by white balls, and put them into another lottery pool.According to the lottery rules, teams belonging to the same national football association will not be drawn together, teams in the same group in the group stage will not be drawn together, group No.1 will not be drawn together, group No.2 will not will be drawn together, so the teams that can actually be chosen are very limited.

The guest will draw a team as the visiting team in the first game, and will play against the first drawn group for the second time.

Then repeat the above process to draw the remaining six pairs, until there is only one group No.1 left, then there is no need to draw, and it will be directly assigned to the last vacant group No. [-].

Take Naples as an example. After being eliminated according to the Champions League draw rules, the only opponents they may encounter are Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, Porto, Stuttgart and Olympiacos.

It seems that they are all operated by computer programs, and guests randomly draw a small ball in the lottery pool and open it to see which team it is, so there is no possibility of cheating.

But for the rule-makers and host UEFA, it is too easy to arrange some matches.This has also been verified many times in previous Champions League draws.For the sake of commercial interests and gimmicks of TV broadcasting, UEFA can operate in secret, and arrange many powerful dialogues in the first round, which can heat up the attention of the UEFA Champions League and also allow those commercial sponsors to get more advertising benefits.It can be described as one stroke.

Before the draw ceremony, some media had revealed some match information, such as Manchester United will face AC Milan, Chelsea is likely to face Inter Milan.Because these two games are too gimmick, AC Milan's David Beckham comes from Manchester United and has a deep affection for Manchester United. He returned to Old Trafford on behalf of AC Milan this time. What a memorable game.

On the other side, Inter Milan coach Mourinho will also return to Stamford Bridge, which is still in love with him.It is also worthy of hype and quite interesting.

And "Premier League VS Serie A" is also the Champions League show that Platini has been pushing since he came to power.Since he defeated Johansson in 2007 and was elected as the new UEFA president, the collision between Premier League teams and Serie A teams in the Champions League knockout rounds has become more and more frequent, even to the point of "aesthetic fatigue".

Mazari thinks that Naples is not a strong team, and there is no hype value and gimmicks if they play against other strong teams, so it is unlikely that they will meet a strong team in the first round, maybe it will be a mid-level or even a bottom-level team. In this case, Naples can go further, perform better, and reach the quarterfinals... This is considered an overfulfillment of the task.If you are lucky enough to meet weak opponents in the quarterfinals, you can still enter the quarterfinals.

After entering the semi-finals, Mazari does not expect to encounter any weak teams. There is no weak team that can reach the semi-finals.But being able to reach the semi-finals is already a miracle, and he won't think about it more.

Stuttgart was the first to draw second in the group. Their game was the first round of [-], and their opponent was...

"Barcelona." The lottery winner held a note and read the name expressionlessly.

Cameras quickly panned for close-ups of representatives from both teams.

Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola has a smile on his face and is very satisfied with this signing. Stuttgart is definitely not a strong team, and Barcelona has no problem playing them.And Barcelona's sporting director, Begiristain, seemed to be very relaxed as if nothing had happened.

The Stuttgart club representative smiled wryly and kept shaking his head, feeling very helpless for being drawn to Barcelona in the first round.Stuttgart won the right to qualify in the last round of the group stage, and their strength is not strong.

The other representatives of the second-best teams in the group were visibly relieved - what does it say that Barcelona were drawn out at the beginning?It shows that they don't have to worry about meeting Barcelona in the future.

The biggest thunder was stepped on by Stuttgart.

The TV broadcast is also very clear about the thoughts of those club representatives, so they took close-up shots one by one, telling the world about their relaxed expressions.

This demonstrates Barcelona's current status in Europe from the side-in full swing, no one wants to face them face to face.

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"Stuttgart is really unlucky, ha!" Cassano couldn't help laughing after seeing the wry smile on behalf of Stuttgart, with a taste of schadenfreude.

There are also many Naples fans who gloat like him.Now they feel more and more that it was right to try their best to win the first place in the group, otherwise maybe others should see their jokes now.

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Teams were drawn out one after another, and Chen Yingxiong and the others also expressed some opinions on the drawn teams, such as "Bayern Munich is so lucky to have drawn Olympiacos!" "It really is AC Milan and Manchester United. ..."

When Lyon was drawn together with CSKA Moscow, all four of them were taken aback.

Among the eight teams ranked first in the group, CSKA Moscow is recognized as the weakest. They also rely on their own home court advantage, only one point more than Manchester United to get the first place in the group. It can be said that this group is ranked first. One has a lot of luck.

Lyon and CSKA Moscow were drawn together, and it must be said that Lyon had drawn a good lottery.

Sure enough, Lyon's coach Puel was overjoyed.He had been worried before, fearing that he would draw a strong team like Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Arsenal, but he didn't expect it to be CSKA Moscow in the end, which was really beyond his expectation!
Mazari was also taken aback when he saw this result.

He didn't expect Lyon to be drawn first in the weakest group... He frowned and glanced at the rostrum. Platini's face was expressionless and serious.

For some unknown reason, Mazari's heart suddenly started beating wildly...

He had a bad feeling.

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Cassano whistled: "The result of the lottery..." He shrugged, and everyone knew what he meant.

The result of this draw is really intriguing.

But they don't have much time to discuss the result of the draw, because the draw for the next game has already begun.

Real Madrid, second in the group, was previously drawn in the fifth game, and the fourth game just drawn was Lyon and CSKA Moscow.

Who will Real Madrid's opponent be?

According to the rules, there are only three teams left that can possibly meet Real Madrid-Chelsea, Naples and Arsenal, the probability of choosing one of the three...

Mazari watched the drawers put their hands into the lottery pool, and he couldn't help but clenched his hands, as if he had already drawn the ball of fate.

The lottery guests fumbled in the lottery pool for a while, finally grabbed one of the white balls, and took it out.

Who would be the poor man against Real Madrid with Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Raul, Casillas, Benzema?
The guest unscrewed the ball, took out the note, unfolded it to show the camera lens, and read the name on it at the same time.

"Naples."

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PS, the first update is here!
In other words, we don't know if there will be double monthly tickets at the end of this month. It seems that we haven't heard of it so far?

Anyway, the editor didn't tell me...

But I still want to ask everyone for tickets!

Because it's the end of the month, everyone, do you have any surplus food in hand?

Three consecutive days of outbreaks, dear!

Don't you mean it?

(End of this chapter)