I'm the Red Devil's savior

Chapter 205
After playing the game against Tottenham, the Manchester United team took a chartered flight that night and flew halfway around the world to Japan, preparing to participate in this year's Club World Cup and impact the miracle of the annual seven-time champion.

However, Ye Su stayed temporarily and did not go to Japan with the team.Because at noon on Monday, he had to represent Manchester United to attend the draw ceremony for the Champions League knockout round.

In the UEFA Champions League group stage that has ended, the La Liga team performed best, and all four teams that played the game advanced.Followed by the Premier League, three of the four teams advanced, and the remaining one fell into the Europa League.

Barcelona star Messi scored 10 goals in the group stage, and the total number of goals in the Champions League has risen to 96, which is only 98 goals away from Ronaldo (2 goals), the record holder of the Champions League.

In this group match, Ronaldo only scored 2 goals and had no status. It is almost impossible to compete for the top scorer in the Champions League this season.Manchester United's second-ranked top scorer and new European Ballon d'Or winner Wayne Rooney, Lu Xiaopang scored 3 goals in 8 games in the Champions League group stage, and his efficiency even far surpassed Messi.Paris' Kaval and Bayern's Lewandowski tied for third with 6 goals.

In this group stage, no team can qualify with a complete victory. The highest group score is 15 points, and there are a total of three teams.In addition to Manchester United, the other two teams are from La Liga duo Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.

It is worth noting that Atletico Madrid in La Liga scored 7 goals and scored 15 points. Every goal is priceless.

Barcelona is the team with the most goals in the group stage, scoring 20 goals in six group matches.

Manchester United is an eye-catching team on both offensive and defensive ends. They scored 6 goals in 19 group matches, but only conceded 3 goals. The 16 goal difference is the most among all 32 teams.

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The rules of the lottery are relatively simple and announced early.The first team in the group is the second in the group, and the teams in the same league still follow the principle of avoidance.

Ye Su didn't care much about this.Because even if it is second in the group, there is no lack of strong teams in it.For example, Bayern, the southern king of the Bundesliga, and Paris, the new overlord of the Ligue [-], are extremely powerful, and they may even be caught by Manchester United.

But the result was not bad for Manchester United. They drew Sevilla, who has the king of the Europa League.This is a very strange team. In the Europa League, they crushed their opponents in various ways, but in the Champions League, Sevilla's performance will be much worse.

What's more, when Manchester United played against Sevilla before, the match record also had an absolute advantage. Ye Su was not afraid of the opponent at all, and was very satisfied with the result of the draw.

Leicester City's lottery result was also good. They drew the Ligue [-] team Monaco, which is considered to be the weakest team among the first qualifying teams in the group.

The saddest thing is Arsenal. Wenger's team actually met the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich.

Ye Su felt that when the result of the draw came out, countless Arsenal fans all over the world might have collapsed.

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Since the 2010-2011 season, Wenger's team has never stepped past the top 16. The opponents in the past 7 years are Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Bayern, Bayern, Monaco, Barcelona, ​​Bayern...

Ye Su felt sorry for Wenger for a second when the lottery result came out.Over the years, except for the 2014-2015 season, whether Arsenal qualify first or second, their opponents are either Bayern or Barcelona, ​​and another year is AC Milan with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his sister-in-law. who.

It cannot be said that the reason for such a bad signing is that Arsenal themselves have qualified second in the group every time. Among them, Arsenal have actually qualified first in the group.

In the 2011-2012 season, in the group with Dortmund, Marseille and Olympiacos, Arsenal beat Marseille to qualify for the first place in the group, but ended up drawing the second strongest AC Milan in the group.

And this season, Arsenal once again overwhelmed Paris and qualified first in the group, but it turned out to be tragic and met the second super team Bayern in the group.

In fact, this year is a good time for Arsenal to break through the bottleneck. Sanchez is in excellent form, Goldfish Eye also showed the core performance of the midfielder, Walcott on the right is becoming more and more stable, and the midfielder is also equipped with both offense and defense. The player in the goalkeeper position, Cech has been Arsenal's most reliable player in this position for many years.

At the same time, Bayern's dominance has declined this season. On the one hand, Alonso is getting old and his control is declining. On the other hand, his explosive power on the wing has declined. Costa's state is much worse than last season, and Koeman has continued to suffer from injuries.

After winning the first place in the group stage, many Gunners fans may feel that the team they support is capable of wrestling with Nan Da Wang.

However, Ye Su feels that given the Gunners' habitual "operation" in the Champions League in recent years, they may still inevitably end in tragedy.

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After participating in the draw ceremony for the knockout round of the Champions League, Ye Su calmly boarded the flight to Japan.Three days later, he will lead Manchester United to play in the first Club World Cup game of his career, and at the same time, he will also attack the unprecedented seven-time champion in football history.

While Ye Su was still on the plane, the European and even world football circles were already boiling because of the announcement of this year's European Ballon d'Or by the "French Football" magazine.

At 12:12 on the evening of December 20th, French time, and at 12:13 am on December 3th, Beijing time, the "French Football" magazine announced the winner of the 2016 Golden Globe Award. As a result, Rooney beat Ronaldo and won the first prize in his career. Messi ranked No. 3.

Manchester United is the big winner of the European Ballon d'Or this year. In addition to Rooney's award, there are four other players in the top ten, namely De Bruyne, Vardy, Kanter and Ibrahimovic.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or. After breaking up with FIFA, the Ballon d'Or returned to the founder "French Football".

Different from the previous selection rules, this year's Golden Globe Awards will not announce the final 3 candidates, but directly let reporters vote with a list of 30 people.

Earlier, "French Football" has announced the 2016-man shortlist for the 30 Ballon d'Or, led by Rooney, Ronaldo and Messi, De Bruyne, Kante, Ibrahimovic, Griezmann, Bell, Neymar, Lewando Fowski and other stars are also listed.

And Rooney's final award is also of great historical significance.

It has been 8 years since Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi became the duo for the Golden Globe Awards, and Ronaldo Messi is still the favorite to win this year.Although Rooney has a lot of calls for winning the award because of Manchester United's club's dazzling results, he does not have an absolute advantage over Ronaldo, who has the European Cup champion.

Ronaldo scored 48 goals in 51 games for Real Madrid in the past season, and his personal data is impeccable.At the national team level, Ronaldo also led Portugal to a historic European Championship this summer, winning numerous praises.

Of course, Rooney's performance is not bad. Not only as the captain, he helped Manchester United win the Champions League + Premier League + FA Cup + League Cup quadruple in a single season, and his personal data is also very dazzling.Especially in the Champions League, he scored 17 goals in a single season, surpassing Ronaldo who scored 16 goals, and won the first Champions League Golden Boot in his career.

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As early as a week before the Golden Globe results were announced, the photo of Rooney holding the Golden Ball on the cover of "French Football" magazine went viral on the Internet. Lu Xiaopang defeated Ronaldo to be crowned the Golden Globe Award. In fact, the suspense has long been lost.

In addition to the "spoilers" from inside, what really makes the Golden Globes lose suspense is Rooney's surprise in the past year: Champions League champions, Premier League champions, FA Cup champions, League Cup champions, Community Shield champions, European Super League champions Cup winner, Champions League top scorer, European best player, European Cup best team, Champions League best team, Premier League best team...

As Rooney himself said frankly, the coming 2016 is undoubtedly the best year of his career.No matter in terms of team honors or personal honors, the 31-year-old Rooney has almost won all the awards he can get, breaking Melo's rule and being crowned the Golden Globe is well-deserved.

Since Rooney will follow Manchester United to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup, the little fat man has already received the Golden Globe in advance.

At the awards ceremony of "French Football", it was Rooney's wife Colleen who witnessed the glorious moment when Lu Xiaopang won the Ballon d'Or for the first time.

Rooney said in an interview: "I am very honored. This is the first time I have won the Ballon d'Or. It feels like a dream. I never thought I could win the Ballon d'Or. I am really happy. I want to thank me My head coach, Mr Ye Su, thanks to all Manchester United players and national team teammates, as well as everyone who supported me, you can't imagine how proud and happy I am."

At the age of 31, he won the first European Golden Globe Award in his career. Rooney is considered a late bloomer among all Mr. Golden Globes.But who knew that when he just debuted, he was also a super star who attracted worldwide attention?

I can only lament the unpredictability of fate.

Although he is 31 years old, Rooney's competitive state is still very good. He has played 10 times for Manchester United in the Premier League this season and has scored 14 goals, leading the Premier League scorer list.

In the Champions League, Rooney's performance was even more eye-catching. He scored 3 goals in 8 games, and his efficiency was extremely amazing.

In other competitions, Rooney also scored goals, including one goal each in the Community Shield and the European Super Cup.

In other words, Rooney has scored 24 goals for Manchester United on all fronts this season.

Former Manchester United star and the last winner of the European Golden Globe Award, Michael Owen admitted that Rooney has not yet reached his peak, and he has been improving.

Although he has won everything, Lu Xiaopang is still ambitious.He also said in an interview before: "I will not be satisfied with the existing achievements. This is the first time I have won the Ballon d'Or. I want to catch up with Ronaldo and Messi in the number of Ballon d'Ors! "

This season Ye Su's Manchester United has been advancing on all fronts. In the Premier League, Manchester United has remained unbeaten in 15 rounds of the league, with 14 wins and 1 draw and 43 points, which is 9 points ahead of the second-ranked Blues Chelsea.

Rooney's goal is to win the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League this season and defend the quadruple.

When asked about next year's Ballon d'Or, Rooney said: "Every year is a new challenge. I will help Manchester United and England to win. It will be difficult to win the Ballon d'Or next year, but I will do my best. Just trying to give it my all and I'm enjoying the moment right now."

(End of this chapter)