I brush achievements in football

"Is this the draw for the Europa League? I thought there were a lot of reporters."

Standing outside the hotel for the UEFA Europa League draw ceremony in Zurich, facing a dozen or so reporters taking pictures, Benelli looked at the camera with a smile, turned his head and covered his mouth, and complained to Ji Ya.

"After all, it's only the UEFA Europa League. The draw for the UEFA Champions League just passed yesterday, so the impact is naturally much worse." Ji Ya replied without changing his expression.

In fact, he has already known this point. Although the Europa League is one of the two major cups of European clubs, in terms of income and influence, the Europa League is worse than the Champions League. Back then, the traditional UEFA Cup and Cup Winners Cup were merged. , just to resist the influence of the UEFA Champions League. As a result, as the UEFA Champions League expands, it basically includes some good teams, so the influence of the UEFA Europa League is getting worse and worse.

Although there are still many strong teams participating in the Europa League this year, such as Juventus and Naples in Serie A, Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga, Liverpool and Manchester City in Premier League, Eindhoven in Eredivisie, Paris Saint-Germain in Ligue [-] ...But on the whole, the influence is still not high.

These giants will not appear too happy to participate in the Europa League.

"Look, it's the first time in the club's history that we don't want to play a game that people don't want to play. There's a gap." Ji Ya sighed as he walked towards the store.

"Yeah, it's really a gap, but we can also catch up to this gap!" Benelli seemed very optimistic.

"That's right." Ji Ya gave a thumbs up to his partner.

The two walked into the scene of the lottery ceremony at the same time. The head coach Ji Ya didn't know any of them, but the others glanced at him one after another. After all, it is rare to see a young and new face on such an occasion. See you.

No one said hello to Kiya, and Kiya didn't say hello to anyone else. As a newcomer, he and Benelli naturally found a place to sit down and waited for the draw ceremony to start.

After a while, Ji Ya found someone sitting beside him, turned his head curiously, and saw a face with a beard...

This Ji Ya didn't know him, and the other party didn't seem to know him. After the two looked at each other, the other party extended his hand: "Hello, I'm Jurgen Klopp, the head coach of Dortmund."

"Oh, hello, I'm Ji Ya, the head coach of Southampton." Ji Ya held the opponent's hand and said.

As a fan, Ji Ya is quite familiar with the trends of other clubs, but in the past year, he has focused on coaching, and his eyes are only on the opponents in League One, so he is not very familiar with the situation in European football up.

But he knows about Dortmund. This team was a bit hard in the past few years. It was almost relegated because of lack of money. Is this Klopp the new Dortmund coach?

Just when Ji Ya was thinking, Klopp's eyes lit up: "Ah, I remembered, you are the Chinese owner and coach of Southampton. There is a Chinese."

"Ha, I'm only coaching the British Championship right now, and that's probably the only thing that people will remember." Ji Ya smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I watched your League Cup match last year. I admire you for reusing new players and daring to let them perform on the court." Klopp took the initiative to get close.

"This is Southampton's tradition, and it's something we have to do...and I'm just a new coach, using famous players, we can't afford it, and I can't hold back, so I use eager rookies. , Very well, they have needs and desires, so we can use this to make them play better." Ji Ya replied.

"You're right, that's what I think, so in Dortmund, I will use more new players and let their vitality perform well. It's just that I am in Dortmund, which itself is a strong team in the Bundesliga. Yuanqi is easy, but Southampton is much more difficult." Klopp called out.

"I'm still the owner of the club, so it's easier to control." Ji Ya replied with a smile.

After chatting with Klopp for a few more words, Ji Ya found that Klopp's eloquence is very good, and he has a deep understanding of using young people and mobilizing their emotions. It's really powerful.

But he was surprised, and Klopp was even more surprised. Originally, he thought that Ji Ya was just a gimmick as the owner and coach. Although it was amazing to win the League Cup last season, it was obvious that in the knockout stage, Southampton's The strength is not much weaker than the opponent. It is normal to take advantage of the unfamiliarity of the opponent by playing and beating Manchester United in the final. They all showed the highest level, Manchester United can be said to have lost very wrongly.

So Klopp thinks that the opponent's head coach may be excellent in mobilizing the morale of the team and the obedience of the players because of his status as the chairman. They all showed the qualities that a good head coach should have.

Thinking about the other party's age, Klopp felt that this guy was really awesome.

After chatting for a while, another handsome guy sat down on the other side of Ji Ya.

Ji Ya turned his head and looked over. He knew this person, so he nodded: "Hello, Mr. Mancini."

The handsome Italian guy also nodded: "Mr. Ji Ya, it is my honor to see you here."

Although Mancini has only coached Manchester City for half a season, he is also aware of the magic of Southampton last season. As a team in the English League, he is also a bit kind.

"Southampton has no European points to speak of, so it must be the last tier. Under such circumstances, you will probably meet one or two strong teams in front of you. There is nothing to worry about. Just play well and come. The strong teams that play in the Europa League often have their own problems." Mancini shared his experience.

Kiya nodded again and again. This kind of experience is what he needs. Obviously Klopp also lacks such experience. Although Mancini's achievements in leading the team to play in Europe are hard to describe, his experience in drawing lots is still very rich!

As more and more people were in the arena, Ji Ya, who was a bit indifferent at first, began to get a little nervous.

Although it is a level worse than the Champions League, this place is still a place where dragons and tigers meet and heroes gather!

In martial arts novels, the annual Champions League is Huashan's Swordsmanship, so the annual Europa League is at least as high as the Heroes Conference!

Who is the hero of the world against?

Thinking of this, Ji Ya took a deep breath.