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Chapter 464 Just wait and see!
At noon the next day of the second round of the Premier League, London Heathrow Airport.

In the waiting hall, Yang Yang, who put on his coat, hat and sunglasses, watched Su Ye walk in.

He really saw the teardrops rolling in Su Ye's eyes just now, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall.

After turning around, she never looked back again, but Yang Yang saw her twitching shoulders from her receding back, and guessed that she should be crying at this time, but he just didn't want him to see it.

Parting is always sad, but there is no way around it.

In the past two months, Su Ye has been with her. Except for the period when he followed the team to Austria and Germany to play warm-up matches, they are together almost every day, and they have already become familiar with the days when each other is by their side.

But time passed quickly, and it was almost September in a blink of an eye.

The time for the start of school was getting closer and closer, and it happened that the two film crews that Su Ye went to audition for had notified her one after another, asking her to find time for the second round of auditions in the near future. Therefore, after seeing Yang Yang come back from injury and scored twice in the game against Newcastle, Su Ye finally went back to China with confidence.

Yang Yang bought a lot of things for her to take home, some were given to relatives and friends, and some were given to her roommates and classmates.

At the duty-free shop at the airport just now, he bought two bottles of wine and asked her to take them back to Su Wenhong.

As a result, she had to check her luggage.

But Su Ye, who never liked Yang Yang buying things for her, was unusually obedient and obedient today.

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"Let's go!"

It wasn't until Su Ye disappeared that Winston Bogard patted Yang Yang on the shoulder, signaling him to leave.

Yang Yang ran to London to see off the plane during the break time of the training class, and had to rush back in the afternoon.

Winston Bogard listened to Yang Yang's suggestion and decided to stay in Liverpool to help temporarily, but he had three rules. He only stayed until Liverpool found a suitable fitness coach, because he was busy going back to host his own gym.

During this period of time, he kept in touch with Wei Zhen almost every day, and the news that he went to Liverpool to help Yang Yang recover from injury was also widely spread in China. The domestic fans who already knew that there was such a person as him, now respect him even more, especially now that he is still retained by Liverpool, which undoubtedly shows his professionalism.

Yang Yang's reason for convincing him was also simple, "This is a rare opportunity to advertise our gym for free!"

UEFA originally invited Yang Yang to Monaco today to participate in the draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League group stage, because he was shortlisted for the best striker in the UEFA Champions League last season.

As the double winner of the European Golden Boot and the Champions League Golden Boot last season, Yang Yang is a popular choice for the best striker in the Champions League this year. Many outside media have rumored that Yang Yang will win this award.

But according to the first-hand information Raiola has obtained from Monaco and UEFA, Yang Yang has already lost the award.

To get this award should be Barcelona's striker Eto'o.

The reason is simple. Although he did not score as many goals as Yang Yang, he helped Barcelona win the championship. This is the most convincing bargaining chip.

Yang Yang also felt very helpless about this, because he and Ajax stopped in the semi-finals.

If UEFA refuses to give an award, it's impossible to ask for it by yourself, right?

Besides, it is not up to Yang Yang to decide who to give or not to give.

Instead of going to the scene and watching others win prizes, it's better to just find an excuse not to go.

Therefore, Yang Yang found a reason through Liverpool, saying that his right foot injury had not fully recovered, and he needed to recuperate carefully, hurry up to prepare for the game, and politely declined UEFA's invitation.

This reason is also very sufficient, and UEFA understands it.

But as long as he thought that he had the opportunity to fly from Heathrow Airport to Monaco to receive the award, Yang Yang felt uncomfortable for a while.

"It's just futile to score too many goals and not win the championship." Yang Yang said rather sighingly.

Winston Bogard knew him well, knew that he was aggrieved by the Champions League season best, and smiled, "Then you should look at it the other way around, how many professional players want to score a goal in the Champions League, but you scored a lot."

Yang Yang smiled, he knew that Winston Bogard wanted to comfort him.

But in fact, he didn't need comfort at all.

"Just wait and see, Winston, I will win this award sooner or later!" Yang Yang's eyes were very firm.

Winston Bogard nodded. He knew that Yang Yang had always been a person with goals and ideals, and at the same time willing to endure hardships.

As long as he wants, he will work hard to achieve it.

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Although he didn't go to the scene, Yang Yang still cared about the lottery.

At [-] o'clock that afternoon, after the team's training, Yang Yang and his teammates stayed in Melwood to watch the draw ceremony.

The best goalkeeper of the year was awarded to Arsenal's German goalkeeper Lehmann, the best defender to Barcelona's Puyol, the best midfielder to Barcelona's Deco, and the best forward to Barcelona's Eto'o.

The grand finale, the best player of the season, was given to Barcelona's superstar Ronaldinho.

It can be said that the Champions League champions won a big victory, and the runner-up Arsenal got the best goalkeeper with the least weight.

This is mainly thanks to Valdes, because Barcelona's goalkeeper is indeed unreliable, which allowed Lehmann, who is also unreliable, to win this award.

Judging from the presentation of the awards, it is indeed a bit of a performance-only theory, but this is also normal. This UEFA award is originally based on the performance of the Champions League, and he was elected as a matter of course.

As the winner of the Champions League Golden Boot, Yang Yang was among the candidates for the best striker. The other was Arsenal's striker Henry, but in the end, both Yang Yang and Henry lost to Eto'o.

As for the best player, there is basically no suspense.

Interspersed in the UEFA Champions League awards ceremony, the draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage also surfaced one after another.

Liverpool once again became the first seeded team by virtue of the Champions League championship in [-].

In addition to Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League are also among the eight seeded teams. Although Chelsea has risen rapidly in the domestic league in recent years, their status in European football is not high, and they only got the second tier.

Then in the draw, after staggering the teams from the same country, Liverpool drew PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie in the second draw, Bordeaux in the Ligue [-] in the third draw, and Galatasaray in Turkey in the fourth draw.

"On the surface, our group was lucky and didn't meet a real strong team, but in fact, it was not easy to play at all." Captain Gerrard analyzed worriedly.

Xavi Alonso also agrees very much, "The strength of the four teams is relatively average, and the gap is not big. On the contrary, although there are strong teams in other groups, the gap in strength is even greater. It is not difficult to qualify. Our relatively average group, especially Turkey's away game, is really a big challenge."

The UEFA Champions League has always had two major problems. One is visiting Northern Europe and the Far East in the cold winter, especially distant Ukraine and Russia, and the other is traveling long distances to the Middle East. These two are very serious problems.

However, according to the current schedule, Liverpool's game as a guest at Galatasere will be in December, which is very bad.

If the first five rounds are not played well, the final round of the group stage will go to Turkey, and the pressure will be very high.

"Eindhoven is also very strong. Last season's UEFA Champions League group match against AC Milan had one win and one draw, but the only good news is that Hiddink is no longer in Eindhoven. This may be our chance," said Louitt.

"Bordeaux is also a very good defensive team, which will be a big test for our offense."

The teammates analyzed each and every word, and Yang Yang felt that they all made sense.

"Judging from the current situation, we must do our best to play well in the first five rounds. In this way, it will be easy to play Galatasere away. Otherwise, it will be very dangerous." Yang Yang worried.

Teammates also agree.

The pressure of the UEFA Champions League is naturally great.

This can be seen from the subsequent odds issued by the bookmaker.

Barcelona are seen as the favorites to win the title, followed by Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, AC Milan and Inter Milan.

Liverpool are eighth behind Arsenal.

The other three teams in the same group are all in the top 15 odds of the bookmaker, and Eindhoven is ranked No.[-].

Although the odds of the bookmaker may not necessarily reflect the strength of the team, it can be used as a reference.

Liverpool's group is indeed very average and very difficult to play.

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August 26, noon.

Liverpool sits at Anfield Stadium and ushered in their opponents in the third round, the Hammers to help West Ham United.

This team is currently ranked even higher than Liverpool in the Premier League standings. Alan Pardew's team also put on a strict defensive posture in the away game. They were almost always beaten by Liverpool in the first 10 minutes.

Yang Yang started again and was very active, frequently sending wonderful passes to his teammates.

Unexpectedly, in the No. 12 minute, West Ham United made a counterattack. When striker Zamora seemed to pass the ball towards the goal when there was no chance, Spanish goalkeeper Reina made a fatal mistake.

Not concentrating, Reina was caught off guard and the ball went straight into the net.

Subsequently, Liverpool continued to launch a mad attack, especially the left side where Yang Yang was located, which became the source of Liverpool's offense.

Before the end of the first half, Liverpool's 60.00% ball possession rate and more than a dozen shots finally paid off.

First Daniel Agger, who was unguarded, scored a long-range shot to equalize for Liverpool.

Then Yang Yang made a direct pass from the edge of the penalty area and assisted Crouch to score the goal.

In the end, Liverpool also relied on these two attacks to defeat West Ham United [-]-[-].

Although Yang Yang failed to score a goal, he also contributed an assist, and his performance was very active, which was once again praised and affirmed.

Only after this round, Kanu, who scored twice, and Zamora, who scored consecutive goals, tied for the top scorer list with four goals. Darren Bent scored twice and ranked third with three goals.

Yang Yang still scored two goals, tied with players such as Drogba, Lampard and Rooney.

As for the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, still no goals.

(End of this chapter)