our champion dream

Chapter 194

The draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League group stage and the award ceremony for the best player in Europe will be held at the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monaco at 45:[-] in the evening.

Li Xiaoming came out of the swimming pool, went back to his room to take a shower, changed into formal clothes, and someone came to pick him up.

He and Li Qingru will call the special car provided by the organizing committee, arrive at the venue, and then walk the red carpet there.

After that, the CCTV crew will no longer be able to go in and shoot. They will stay in the media center and watch the live broadcast on the big screen TV. In this way, they will know the results of the UEFA Champions League group draw?
They don't really care...

Tonight, for the Chinese media and fans, the biggest suspense and the only suspense is whether Li Xiaoming has a chance to win the second and third awards in his career, the titles of the best midfielder in Europe and the best rookie in Europe.

As for the best player in Europe, they are not particularly related, although in their hearts, Li Xiaoming's performance is enough to get on the podium.

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Because Monaco implements daylight saving time in August, there is a six-hour time difference between Monaco and BJ. The time when we walk the red carpet is 45 pm, which is 45 o'clock in the middle of the night in BJ time.The lottery ceremony starts at [-]:[-], that is, it starts at [-]:[-] pm BJ time, and the awards ceremony is after the lottery ceremony, so when Li Xiaoming comes on stage, it is already early morning BJ time.

However, there will still be many Chinese fans waiting in front of the TV and on the Internet, just waiting to witness history.

When Li Xiaoming in formal attire and Li Qingru in cheongsam appeared on the red carpet, Chinese reporters were especially excited by the flashlights on the scene—not to mention the selection and selection of winning the j award, this scene alone has already created history!

This is the first Chinese player to appear in this place in history!

In addition to the shutters of the reporters, there were cheers from the fans at the scene.

Li Xiaoming took Li Qingru's hand and waved to the fans and the camera with his left hand, with a smile on his face.

Uninhibited, but also unexcited, as he is on the court.

In this way he strolled down the red carpet and entered the gates of the Grimaldi Congress Center like everyone else.

The voice of the CCTV reporter who broadcast live was a little excited: "21 seconds! The time for Li Xiaoming to get off the car to walk through the red carpet and enter the Grimaldi Conference Center is 21 seconds! This is 21 seconds to create history! Li Xiaoming in this 21 seconds In seconds, he fully demonstrated his demeanor, calm and composed! I want to remind everyone that for Li Xiaoming, he still has a long way to go in the future, and there are countless possibilities in his career path... Li Xiaoming, the future is boundless! "

Although Li Xiaoming has entered the Greermadi Convention Center, his photos and videos on the red carpet are still being circulated wildly on the Chinese Internet, and everyone is discussing his performance on the red carpet for the first time.

"I really can't tell it's the first time, he wasn't nervous at all. I remembered that he was playing for the first time in the Premier League, and he wasn't nervous either... Is Li Xiaoming nicknamed 'Not Nervous'?"

"It's the first time I saw Li Xiaoming wearing a formal suit. Before, I couldn't imagine how such an unscrupulous person as Li Xiaoming could wear a formal suit. I didn't expect to wear a super handsome one!"

"Looking at his smile, it's amazing! At first glance, I thought it was a movie star walking the Oscar red carpet!"

"There is also Li Qingru, who actually wore a cheongsam. This is the Premier League element at the awards ceremony."

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Whether it is male fans or fans, they are full of praise for Li Xiaoming, with red eyes.

In the past, the evaluation of "handsome" had never appeared on Li Xiaoming. This time, I don't know that it was the rare formal attire that added points, and the beauties around him added to Li Xiaoming's luster.

The activities of the stars walking on the red carpet are still going on. Rooney and Li Xiaoming appeared behind him, followed by Messi and Sneijder. The scene was still full of screams. When Messi appeared, the screams were biggest.

Seeing this scene, the Chinese reporters at the scene couldn't help muttering: "Messi's influence is still the greatest. The cheers are not of the same order as the other players just now..."

"What are you afraid of? It's not about competing with Messi. Li Xiaoming's only competitor for the best midfielder in Europe is Sneijder. If you look at his performance in the final, Li Xiaoming will definitely beat Sneijder to win the best midfielder in Europe." , as for the best rookie in Europe, it will definitely be Li Xiaoming."

"It's a pity that such a good performance didn't win the European Ballon d'Or, and didn't even enter the candidates. It is also historic to be in the top three...I"

But on the Internet, Chinese fans don't care much about the following red carpet stars, and everyone is looking forward to the final awards ceremony.

But no matter how concerned, they still have to wait patiently for all procedures to be completed.

After the red carpet session, everyone entered the conference hall, sat there, and waited for the UEFA Champions League draw to begin.

The draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage in the new season is the focus of everyone's attention every year, and this year is no exception.That is to say, in China, because of Li Xiaoming, everyone is more concerned about the final awards ceremony.

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Before the draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League group stage, a short review video of last season's UEFA Champions League final was played on the big screen. The short film reviewed the history of Manchester United's UEFA Champions League trophy last season in the form of an art gallery. Li Xiaoming made a lot of appearances in it.

The Chinese fans who watched the live broadcast were very happy-isn't such a performance worthy of being the best midfielder in Europe?

The last shot of the short film is the moment when the Manchester United team lifted the Champions League trophy.

After the screening of the short film, McNeil, who once led the Scottish Celtics to win the Champions League trophy, walked into the draw ceremony with the trophy in his hand.

Then the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony officially began.

The first draw guest is Luis Figo, the legendary Portuguese star and Champions League ambassador.UEFA Secretary-General Infantino is the host of the UEFA Champions League draw. He first introduced the rules of the draw: 32 teams are divided into four grades, and they are divided into eight groups on average. Teams don't meet.

At this time, Chinese fans also began to temporarily divert their attention from the award ceremony and devoted themselves to the draw ceremony.Anyway, they have to go through this process, so it's better to take a good look, they also want to know which group Manchester United will be assigned to this season.

As the defending champion, Manchester United will definitely be the seeded team.

The TV broadcast caught Li Xiaoming and Ferguson, and Ferguson was chatting with Li Xiaoming.

No one knew what they were talking about, because both of them put their hands over their mouths, making it impossible to guess by reading lips.

In fact, Ferguson is introducing the classification rules to Li Xiaoming, as well as his understanding of the Champions League grouping.

"We are the seeded team, and we have a good chance of avoiding being assigned to a death group..."

And Li Xiaoming said: "Then which team in the second pool would be better."

"If you want me to say, I hope to be assigned to Benfica and Panathinaikos, but such a good thing will never come to me, so I think it will be fine as long as there is no Roma and Bremen. It’s a typical Nerve Knife team, they’re all tough.”

The two discussed in whispers for a long time, and the grouping ceremony officially began.

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McNeill and Figo put seeded Chelsea in Group F, Arsenal in Group H, Lyon in Group B, Bayern Munich in Group E, Inter Milan in Group A and Manchester United in Group A. In Group C...

Another German team was assigned to Group E, while Barcelona was assigned to Group D.

The first round of the UEFA Champions League has been drawn.

The guest of the draw for the second tier is the legendary Dutch star Johan Cruyff. He and Figo are in charge of the draw for the second tier.

When the second tier of teams drew lots, many Chinese fans paid special attention to it. The players on the Manchester United side who were sitting in their seats also adjusted their sitting postures, which meant that they were sitting upright.

Because Real Madrid, Werder Bremen and Roma are in the second tier.Yes, I don't want to be with these components.

The first to be drawn was Roma, who was assigned to Group E with Bayern Munich.Then Bremen was assigned to Group H and met Inter Milan.Benfica were assigned to Group B, with Lyon. .

The draw continued, and Shakhtar Donetsk was assigned to Group H as the second-tier team, with Arsenal in the same group.Marseille are in Group F of Chelsea.Now there are only two second-tier teams that have not been drawn, one is Valencia and the other is Real Madrid.And there are only two groups that can accommodate them, one is Group C where Manchester United is in, and the other is Group G where AC Milan is. No matter which group they are assigned to, they are all strong enemies.

Cruyff picked up one of the last two ping pong balls in the draw box, unwrapped it, took out a folded note, unfolded it, glanced at it, flipped it over, and showed it to the camera lens, Also read: "Real Madrid."

Next, Figo is responsible for drawing out Real Madrid's team.

He soon had the result: "Group C."

Real Madrid and Manchester United are in the same group!
The live TV immediately gave Ferguson and Mourinho a close-up shot each. This shot was not given casually.

After the end of last season, Mourinho also ended his contract with Inter Milan.Opted to join Real Madrid.And this award ceremony, Cristiano Ronaldo did not come here to participate in the lottery ceremony, because last season, Real Madrid's performance was not particularly good, but it can't stop, this battle of sparks hitting the earth is about to happen.It's a head-to-head match between two of the most recognizable superclubs on the planet.

After Real Madrid was drawn out, everyone is now concerned about which teams will be in the same group as Manchester United. Besides Real Madrid, who will be the third and fourth tier teams?

Although it is the third and fourth tiers, it does not mean that there are no strong teams in these two tiers.

For example, there are Tottenham and Schalke 04 in the third class, and the Dutch champion Ajax, which is what Manchester United fans don't want to see.

In China, Manchester United and Real Madrid are among the most popular clubs.

Chinese fans of course hope that the weaker teams can be assigned to a group with Manchester United and Real Madrid, so that many Real Madrid and Manchester United can hold hands and qualify in the Champions League group stage.And Manchester United does not need to consume too much.

Although everyone knows that the chances of defending the Champions League are very small and very difficult, they still hope that Manchester United can go further in the Champions League.

After Manchester United was drawn, the UEFA Champions League group draw continued, and Valencia was drawn to Group G where AC Milan was.

Then began the draw for the third-tier team, and the guest of the draw was Irving.Owen and Figo drew together, and they drew Tottenham into Group A, with Werder Bremen and Inter Milan.

Spartak Moscow from Russia are in Group F, alongside Chelsea and Marseille.

The next one to be drawn was the Glasgow Rangers, who were drawn into Group C... and were drawn into a group with Manchester United and Real Madrid!

"It's dangerous! UEFA finally didn't play a monster! It didn't assign the strong teams to Manchester United and Real Madrid."

Although the results of the lottery are not yet over, it is a comfortable conclusion.

The so-called group of death does not mean that they are all the strongest teams, otherwise the four seeded teams can be considered the group of death.The death group is close in strength, all have opponents who can kill each other, but may also be killed by the opponent.

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Schalke 04 is in Group A.Copenhagen went to Group G.Basel are in Group H and Ajax are in Group G.Braga went to Group H.

The guest of the fourth team draw is the former Borussia Dortmund player Sousa.But the fourth tier doesn't have any particularly strong teams.

The final draw results also proved this point.

Group A Inter Milan Bremen Tottenham Twente

Group B Lyon Benfica Schalke 04 Tel Aviv Workers
Group C Manchester United Real Madrid Glasgow Rangers Bursaspor
Group D Barcelona Panathinaikos Copenhagen Rubin Kazan

Group E Bayern Munich Roma Basel Cluj
Group F Chelsea Marseille Moscow Spartakilina

Group G AC Milan Valencia Ajax Auxerre

Group H Arsenal Shakhtar Donetsk Braga Partizan Belgrade

The results of the Champions League group draw came out, and the draw ceremony was over.

Next, it is finally the turn of the most anticipated part of the Chinese media and fans - the on-site selection and award ceremony of last season's European competition awards!

It was already midnight after the BJ time, and many Chinese fans who were a little sleepy in front of the TV also cheered up, readjusted their sitting posture, rubbed their eyes, and some people took this opportunity to go to the bathroom quickly, I'm afraid that when the time comes, I want to go to the toilet at a critical moment but I don't have time.

The biggest difference between UEFA's selection and the FIFA Ballon d'Or selection is not media voting, but on-site voting.

The FIFA Ballon d'Or is to collect everyone's votes in advance, and then count the nouns. The top three will enter the final awarding session. There will be no second voting at the scene, and the awards will only be awarded according to the rankings.So every year, more or less, some media will announce who will win the award in advance, because the result has already come out, and the on-site announcement just creates some tension and gimmicks, and does not affect the final result.

In order to distinguish UEFA from FIFA, even the selection method is different from FIFA. Their voting is divided into two rounds. During the primary election, every media with voting rights can write what they think on the ballot. The names of the five players who won last season will be arranged in order, and then the top three will be selected to enter the finals. During the finals, they will vote on the spot to decide who is the winner.

This gave voters time to reconsider and added uncertainty to the final outcome.

It doesn't mean that if you rank first in the primary election, you will definitely be able to get the first place.

(End of this chapter)