super storm

Chapter 1049 Super Death Group
The five-goal victory over Barcelona made Real Madrid once again the focus of public opinion in European football.

Yang Yang staged a big four in this focus match, which won him all the applause.

The day after the Barcelona game, the team assembled at noon and took a special plane to Monaco to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup. At the same time, many core players including Yang Yang were invited to participate in UEFA's annual awards ceremony.

After the European Ballon d'Or merged with FIFA's World Player of the Year and established the FIFA Ballon d'Or, UEFA began to vigorously promote the "Best Player in Europe" award, and the other four individual awards were cancelled.

This undoubtedly makes this award more eye-catching. Many people even say that he is the outpost of the FIFA Ballon d'Or. Whoever can win this award will basically lock in the FIFA Ballon d'Or in advance.

[-] is the big competition year for the national team. According to past practice, players who have won the championship and performed well in international competitions are usually elected, and the champion of the European Cup is Spain.

However, since [-], this rule has been gradually broken, because Yang Yang has been too crazy in recent years.

Yang Yang's crazy performance broke the practice of awarding even-numbered years to the champion team of international competitions, so no one thought that the best player in Europe in [-] would be awarded to the players of the Spanish national team.

The top three in the first round of voting given by UEFA before are Real Madrid's Yang Yang, Barcelona's Messi and Iniesta.

But in the end who can stand out depends on the second round of live voting in Monaco.

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Real Madrid came to Monaco on this trip, led by the head of the club's public relations department and former Real Madrid legend Vulture Butragueno, who was single-handedly drawn out by Florentino as the club's leadership.

Even, there have been rumors before that Florentino is training Butragueno as his future successor.

Outside the Grimaldi Conference Center, Yang Yang undoubtedly became the most popular player among the media and fans. When he appeared, he almost caused a commotion at the scene, and many fans chased him and shouted.

Yang Yang originally planned to stay and interact with the fans, but under the persuasion of the organizers, in order to avoid commotion at the scene, he walked into the venue as soon as possible and did not stay outside.

With his current influence, if he stays outside for a long time, more and more fans will gather, and it will be difficult to control the scene.

Entering the Grimaldi Conference Center, many people in the lobby greeted them immediately.

In the past few years, Real Madrid has won three consecutive Champions League championships, and the limelight has never been second. The number one star Yang Yang has won the No.1 honor in world football for the past five years.

You know, in the past few decades, most of the players who have been able to win the No.1 honor in world football are European or South American players, and even African players are very few, let alone Asian players, and Chinese players are even more impossible.

But since the appearance of Yang Yang, this kind of history has been completely broken.

At the beginning, many people were still questioning Yang Yang, thinking that he might just be a flash in the pan, but as he has won this honor again and again for five consecutive years, no one dares to question Yang Yang’s strength and level, and his status will naturally go up. Whether it is European football circles or professional media, everyone respects him highly.

Yang Yang has long been used to such occasions, and he can deal with them with ease. He can deal with all kinds of people without leaking. This is what he has learned from professional public relations for many years.

For this year's European best player, the biggest favorite is of course Yang Yang, because last season he helped Real Madrid win the Triple Crown and also won the UEFA Champions League three consecutive times. It can be said that he deserves the award of the best player in Europe for this achievement.

But this year is different from previous years, because this year there is the European Cup.

Spain won the European Cup consecutively, which is also an honor. Iniesta won the European Cup best player award. He is the best player in the Spanish team. The voice is also very loud. Many people think that he will represent Spain and compete with Yang Yang for the best player in Europe and the FIFA Ballon d'Or like Cannavaro did back then.

Barcelona is still supporting Messi, mainly because Messi is still the number one superstar in the team and has a natural advantage in this respect, but from the current point of view, Iniesta is more likely to challenge Yang Yang than Messi.

Regarding this point, Yang Yang is very frank. He jokingly said that if Iniesta wins the award, he will be the first to go up to congratulate him, and at the same time think that he deserves his name.

This is not only Yang Yang's demeanor, but also his feeling from the bottom of his heart.

For his sake, he actually doesn't take personal honor so seriously.

More importantly, Spain's defending European Cup is indeed a very important honor.

If Yang Yang hadn't won so many individual honors before, he would definitely place more emphasis on this one this year, but now Yang Yang doesn't need awards to prove himself, so he doesn't mind seeing Iniesta reach the top.

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Before the Champions League draw ceremony, Real Madrid captain Iker Casillas appeared on the scene holding the St. Blair Cup.

This season's Champions League final will be held at Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom, so former Real Madrid England star McManaman attended the scene as the ambassador of the final venue. UEFA Secretary-General Infantino and Competition Director Marchetti were in charge of drawing lots, and UEFA President Michel Platini was in charge of awarding the grand finale.

The guest in the first draw was former Manchester United star Dennis Law. He drew the defending champion Real Madrid and seven other teams separately. Real Madrid was drawn into Group D. This draw did not make much sense.

The real suspense is the draw of the other three tiers. Among them, the suspense in the second tier mainly focuses on Manchester City in the Premier League and Valencia in La Liga.

Especially Manchester City, no one wants to touch this team.

The teams in the third tier are also in danger. Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue [-] and Juventus in Serie A are all super strong teams, and the Eredivisie champion Ajax is also strong. These are teams worthy of vigilance.

As for the fourth tier, it is even more brutal. The Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund, the Malaga team known as the La Liga Manchester City, and the Celtic team in the Soviet Super League.

There are always people who are happy and others who are worried about the lottery.

George Weah was responsible for drawing the teams in the second tier. He first drew Valencia, then McManaman drew the group, and was drawn into Group F with Bayern Munich. Then he drew Benfica for Barcelona, ​​Dynamo Kiev for Porto, and Zenit St. Petersburg for AC Milan.

Then, George Weah pulled out Manchester City, causing everyone in the audience to gasp, no one wanted to touch this team.

It's not because I'm afraid, but because I don't want to encounter a strong enemy too early.

Unexpectedly, McManaman drew out Group D and directly drew it to Real Madrid.

The entire Grimaldi Conference Center fell silent, some exclaimed out of luck, while others sneered gloatingly.

Yang Yang noticed that the eyes of Butragueno, Ancelotti and Zidane were a little helpless, obviously not satisfied with this lottery, because if another team is drawn in the third pot, it will really be the group of death.

However, Real Madrid's luck in the third tier was still average, avoiding Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, but drawing Ajax.

This is interesting. Real Madrid is the champion of La Liga, Manchester City is the champion of the Premier League, and Ajax is the champion of the Eredivisie. One group gathers three league champion teams. If this rule is followed, the opponent in the fourth tier is the Bundesliga champion Dortmund.

"But is it really that miserable?" Yang Yang asked with a wry smile.

Zidane raised his eyebrows, as if he was saying, what do you think?

Butragueno also shook his head and smiled wryly, "I hope it won't be so cruel."

A group that gathers the championship teams of the three major leagues and the Eredivisie League is simply a brutal group of death.

The group stage was played so cruelly, which is not a good thing for Real Madrid.

You know, according to the tradition of the past few years, the teams that can generally win the championship usually gradually come out of form, and the opponents gradually progress from weak to strong.

Not only because of the consumption of strong dialogue, but also to consider the injuries of players.

But sometimes, luck is such a vain thing.

Gullit, the guest of draw in the third draw, gave Real Madrid a Dutch champion, while Cannavaro, the guest of draw in the fourth draw, drew Dortmund for Real Madrid.

When McManaman drew the ball from Group D, there was a burst of exclamation.

At this moment, no one was rejoicing, and no one was getting worse, and more were still surprised.

What's it like to have four league champions in one group?
"Why not Montpellier?" Yang Yang asked in a low voice with a wry smile.

Montpellier was the champion of Ligue [-] last season, and it is better to draw this team than Dortmund.

Klopp's team is really too difficult to deal with. Anyone playing in such a team will peel off their skin if they don't die. The consumption is really not ordinary. This is very terrible for Real Madrid.

"I really feel now, maybe I really want to get rid of us." Ancelotti said bitterly.

This is a conspiracy theory outside, which means to avoid letting Real Madrid defend their title again.

In fact, it is extremely difficult for Real Madrid to defend their title this season, and it can even be said that it is impossible, because the team has just undergone a reorganization, the frontcourt offense is not a small problem, and the backcourt defense, especially the right, is also a big problem.

Simply put, it is difficult to have a chance this season.

But drawing such a cruel lottery is really a headache.

After drawing the lottery for the Champions League group stage, Platini also started to walk on the podium, made a brief review of the major events in European football in the past season, and then invited Yang Yang, Messi and Iniesta to the stage.

The grand finale is finally about to be announced.

(End of this chapter)