After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 424 The Law of Lucky Value Conservation

After winning the Club World Cup in Japan, Chelsea were greeted by fans when they returned to London triumphantly.

Since then, Chelsea fans can say that they are world champions!
And when captain Terry appeared with the Club World Cup trophy, the fans outside Stamford Bridge shouted wildly.

Of course, this is just a spontaneous gathering of fans to welcome the trophy, an unofficial behavior.

After all, it is impossible to arrange a special celebration for a Club World Cup, which is not enough.

However, since the next Premier League match happens to be at home, the Chelsea club still specially prepared a Club World Cup display event at the Stamford Bridge Stadium on December 12.

Captain Terry led the players, holding the Club World Cup, parading around the Stamford Bridge Stadium, and accepting the cheers and cheers of the Chelsea fans.

Sky TV also broadcast the entire Chelsea championship trophy circle live, congratulating Chelsea on winning the Club World Cup.

Then, there is the 17th round of the Premier League, Chelsea's home game against Sunderland.

Facing the black cat Sunderland, who are fighting for relegation this season, Chelsea, who did not consume too much in the Club World Cup, won the game without too much difficulty.

With goals from Lingard, Moses and Terry, Chelsea beat their opponents 3-0.

It's also the last game before Christmas.

After this game, Chelsea fans can celebrate Christmas with the joy of winning the Club World Cup and a happy victory!

But for Chelsea players, this Christmas holiday is still quite short.

12月24日平安夜，12月25日圣诞节，然后12月26日，就是英超第18轮对沃特福德的比赛。

Thus kicked off the devil's Christmas game.

Fortunately, the game against Watford is still at home.

In this way, after returning from Japan, Chelsea does not need to shuttle between cities, but can stay in London and wait for the opponent to challenge, and also avoids more fatigue.

Of course, just like last year, there are still many issues that need to be paid attention to during the Christmas game.

Who still wants to work overtime during the Chinese New Year?
However, with past experience, Pan Yi and the coaching staff have also done a good job with the players, so that the players can maintain a good mental state and competitive state to welcome the Christmas schedule.

Moreover, at Stamford Bridge, with Watford's strength, it is still difficult to pose any threat to Chelsea.

In the end, Chelsea beat Watford 2-0 at home with Lukaku's brace.

Although it is not a big score, in this kind of game, the most important thing is to get all three points.

Just look at the performance of several other strong teams.

Manchester United, defeated by Stoke City 2-0 in the away game!

Stoke City, which is no longer the "City of the Sky", relied on the goals of Bojan and Arnautovic to make Manchester United taste the bitter fruit of defeat.

The bigger upset came in Southampton's home game against Arsenal.

The Gunners were defeated by four goals! ! !

Ward-Prowse provided multiple assists, Sean Long scored a hat-trick and centre-back Fonte also scored a header.

In another strong dialogue, Liverpool defeated Leicester City 1-0 at home, giving the latter their second defeat this season.

After 18 rounds, Chelsea had 15 wins and 3 draws, still topping the list with 48 points.

Due to the loss, Leicester City can only rank second with 38 points, ten points behind.

Next are Arsenal with 36 points, Manchester City with 35 points, Tottenham Hotspur with 32 points, Crystal Palace with 30 points and Manchester United with 29 points.

It is worth noting that Crystal Palace performed very well in the first half of this season, and they have already squeezed into the top six.
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January 12, noon.

In the trapezoidal conference hall of the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League round of [-] is being prepared.

Although the central air conditioner was turned on, it still made everyone who walked into the conference hall feel the chill, especially the representatives of the top league giants.

From the faces of everyone who walked into the conference hall, one could understand the solemnity in their hearts.

For those teams that have a chance to win the championship, whether they can draw a good lottery means whether they will have a smoother road to promotion, and it can also reduce the impact of the Champions League on the domestic arena to a certain extent .

And even for those weaker teams, they still want to squeeze as many steps forward as possible. After all, every promotion means at least tens of millions of euros in bonuses, as well as a lot of broadcast fees and ticket sales. .

Therefore, no one should be careless about such a draw!
After the representatives of the sixteen teams entered the arena, they each found the club's seat and sat down according to the paper cards on the table. They all looked anxiously at the transparent glass tanks on the stage under the trapezoidal seats.

Wait a minute, the matchup map for the Champions League knockout round will be determined in the vat.

Nasser, the chairman of Paris Saint-Germain, also came to the draw today.

He sat there, looking like he was frowning, full of thoughts.

As the absolute overlord of Ligue [-], Paris Saint-Germain's dominance is even stronger than that of Chelsea in the Premier League.

Now Ligue 16 has played 14 rounds, and Paris has 2 wins and [-] draws, remaining unbeaten.

Anyway, Chelsea still tied three games!
Therefore, Nasser is certainly not worried about his team's performance in the league.

Paris Saint-Germain's biggest wish, of course, is to go further in the Champions League!

This is the team's biggest vision, and it is also the biggest goal of the Qatar Group's entry into Paris.

However, now he knows the current situation better than anyone else.

They are second in the group.

It's not that they didn't perform well in the group stage, but they were assigned to Real Madrid in the group stage.

Although they won four games against the other two teams Shakhtar Donetsk and Malmo, a draw and a loss with Real Madrid are enough to be squeezed into No.2.

The main reason is that Real Madrid's performance is also extremely stable. In the end, they won 5 wins and 1 tie, taking away the first place.

In this way, the situation of Paris Saint-Germain is very bad.

The opponents who can get the first place in the group are not easy to mess with.

Real Madrid will not be drawn together if they are opponents in the same group, but Chelsea, Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​and Bayern all feel that it is not easy to play.

Unless they can draw the weakest Zenit St. Petersburg in the top spot next, otherwise, they will all face a hard fight.

This is obviously what Paris Saint-Germain does not want to see.

On the contrary, the teams that won the first place in the group stage are obviously easier, at least they have a greater chance of drawing easier opponents.

Eindhoven, Wolfsburg, Benfica, Roma, Ghent... Although there are relatively tough opponents such as Juventus, Arsenal, including Paris Saint-Germain, they are still easier to deal with than the seeded teams.

The host of the draw ceremony was UEFA Secretary-General, Infantino bald.

This person who has worked in UEFA for nearly ten years and is in charge of player registration, legal and patent related matters is familiar to everyone present.

His eloquence is first-rate, and it is a piece of cake for him to preside over such a draw ceremony, and it is also humorous to introduce the performance of each team in the group stage.

However, this did not ease the tense atmosphere at the scene.

When Infantino introduced, a review video of the group stage was also broadcast on the big screen, introducing each team's qualifying experience, and the most eye-catching one was undoubtedly Pan Yi's Chelsea.

This Premier League leader is the only team that has won all six games in the group stage, and it is also a nightmare that all No.2 teams are afraid to avoid. No one wants to draw them.

Since the final of this season was arranged in Milan's San Siro Stadium (Meazza Stadium), Maldini and Zanetti, the famous and former captains of the Milan duo, also attended the draw ceremony again.

Infantino first chatted with Maldini and Zanetti.

The two spoke highly of what Pan Yi had done at Chelsea and believed that Pan Yi's achievements were unbelievable.

Maldini jokingly said: "They are the best team in the group stage and they are also the favorites to win the championship. I hope that the team I will be drawn against will not throw tomatoes on it."

There was a roar of laughter in the hall.

But after the team representatives finished laughing, their expressions quickly returned to their original nervousness.

Everyone knows that if Chelsea is really drawn, there is a high probability that it will be one word: "Send".

For a team that ranks second in the group like Paris Saint-Germain, the No.1 team that most wants to draw is undoubtedly Zenit St. Petersburg from Russia.

Because this is the weakest in group No.1, and it is also the second most hopeful of many groups to succeed in the counterattack.

On the other hand, if the top players in the group are allowed to choose, most of them will hope to draw Ghent from Belgium.

This is obviously the team with the weakest comprehensive strength in the top sixteen.

A large part of the reason why Zenit St. Petersburg and Gent were able to qualify was that they were assigned to the same group, and they were fortunately assigned to a less strong group.

Of course, their performance was relatively competitive, and finally squeezed out Dynamo Kiev and Valencia, and qualified with their heads held high.

By the way, it is precisely because of Valencia's poor performance in the Champions League that the former head coach Nuno announced his resignation, and then Gary Neville had the opportunity to take over the Bat Corps...

After a while of pleasantries, the lottery ceremony began soon.

The organizer took the lead in putting the small balls with the names of the second teams of the eight groups in the glass jar in front of Zanetti.

The forever young player of Inter Milan went in, and after some stirring, he quickly chose one of them. After unscrewing it, he called out the first drawn team.

"Ghent!" Zanetti announced with a smile, flipping the note inside the ball.

There was an uproar in the field, but the first team to be drawn was actually Gent, which immediately made the eight teams with the first place in the group all eager to try.

The live broadcast footage was also specially shown on the faces of the representatives of these eight teams, and everyone's expressions were full of expectation.

Everyone knows that if Ghent is drawn, it almost means qualifying ahead of time.

Even the other seven second-placed teams secretly prayed in their hearts that it would be best for Gent to draw the teams they least want to meet, especially Chelsea.

God, just take Pan Yi away quickly!
Maldini smiled and reached into one of the glass jars in front of him. He also took out a small ball, unscrewed it, and took out the note. The whole process happened very quickly, but it seemed to be very long in the eyes of everyone.

Everyone's eyes were wide open, looking at Maldini, watching him gradually turn over the note in his hand.

"Man City!"

There was an uproar in the conference hall, most people were sighing, only the representative of Manchester City, Chairman Mubarak was laughing secretly.

This is already the best lottery they can draw.

On the sign, definitely on the sign.

Especially for Manchester City, who have been drawn to Barcelona in the past two years, this time it is really a change of luck!

The big screen behind Infantino immediately read Gent vs. Manchester City, and the draw continued.

The next No.2 team drawn out by Zanetti was Wolfsburg, while the No.1 team drawn out by Maldini was Manchester United.

The representative of Wolfsburg is the head coach Hei Jin who came to the scene in person, and his face is very calm.

Although they failed to draw the weakest Zenit, Manchester United's recent situation is also average, and they have been squeezed out of the top six in the Premier League, so this lottery is still possible.

For Manchester United, Wolfsburg is not a difficult opponent, it is better than Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus, right?
So, this is a lottery for everyone.

When both Wolfsburg and Manchester United breathed a sigh of relief, Zanetti took out a small ball from the glass jar again, unscrewed it, took out a note, and announced loudly: "Paris Saint-Germain!"

When Nasser heard the name, his nerves tensed instantly.

Finally it's our turn!
Maldini also reached into the glass jar and took out a small ball.

Watching the famous Milan star unscrew the ball, Nasser closed his eyes nervously and moved his lips slightly.

If you get closer, you can hear him chanting: "Don't Chelsea, don't be Chelsea, don't be Chelsea..."

In the last season, Paris drew Chelsea.

The results of it?
2:4 at home, 0:3 away, not to mention being knocked out by a double play, and a net loss of 5 goals, it can be said that there is nothing to fight back.

Therefore, the last thing Nasser wants to encounter now is Chelsea.

Even if you get Real Madrid and Bayern Munich!

The director of the TV station is obviously very good at catching gimmicks. When he saw Nasser's eyes closed in many sub-cameras, he immediately signaled to switch to the live camera.

In this way, audiences all over the world, including everyone on the scene, saw the tension of the Paris Saint-Germain chairman.

But everyone couldn't laugh at all.

In a way, there is no shame in being afraid of Pan Yi.

Looking at the entire European football world, who is not afraid?
In the past few years, Pan Yi has been the nightmare of all professional teams. No matter which team he leads, any team can win the championship.

Whether it is a more civilian team like Hamburg, or a giant like Chelsea.

In particular, Pan Yi's Chelsea team is simply impeccable, causing headaches for all teams in the world.

Perhaps there are many players and many coaches who look forward to the fight with Pan Yi, and are proud of defeating Pan Yi, or even drawing with Pan Yi, but Nasser doesn't want to.

He just wants his team to go further in the Champions League.

It would be even better if Chelsea had been accidentally beaten by another team while Paris Saint-Germain was on the move.

In this way, Greater Paris even really hopes to win the Champions League and realize their long-cherished wish for many years!

"Don't be like Manchester City drawing Barcelona for two consecutive years..." Nasser prayed, "They have changed their luck this year, we also have to..."

But what Nasser didn't expect was that matter is conserved, and so is luck.

Now that Manchester City has been transferred, then the bad luck will be transferred to...

At this time, on the lottery table, the handsome Maldini had already ruthlessly unscrewed the ball and took out a note from it. The expression on his face was obviously stunned, and his eyes couldn't help but aimed at Nasser.

Then, he shouted forcefully, "Chelsea."

Chelsea!
There was a burst of exclamation in the audience.

I only saw Nasser jumping up from his seat when he heard the name.

On the stage in front of him, Maldini flipped the note, and it was indeed printed with Chelsea.

Nasser sat back weakly and shook his head.

A lottery, this is definitely a lottery.

It was so unlucky to meet Chelsea again in the last [-] of the Champions League, Nasser was completely speechless.

How could it be such a coincidence?So unlucky?
He didn't even pay attention to the remaining few draws, he was absent-minded.

As for the group number two sitting next to him, they clearly showed a relaxed expression on their faces...

Soon, the remaining groups of opponents were also drawn out.

Benfica vs Zenit St Petersburg.

Roma VS Real Madrid.

Juventus VS Bayern Munich.

PSV Eindhoven vs Atletico Madrid.

Arsenal vs Barcelona...

Well, bad luck seems to have been distributed to Arsenal a little bit.

At this time, the theme song of the Champions League also sounded at the right time:

"Playing Barcelona, ​​playing Barcelona, ​​playing Bayern Munich, our factory has collapsed~~"
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As soon as the results of the draw for the knockout round of the UEFA Champions League round of [-] came out, it immediately aroused huge repercussions all over the world.

Both the media and fans are talking about this, and they are also analyzing who can enter the quarterfinals.

The first is a more evenly matched contest, Benfica VS Zenit St. Petersburg, these two relatively weak teams are divided into one, and it is possible for anyone to advance.

The other is Wolfsburg vs. Manchester United. Public opinion generally believes that Manchester United may have an advantage in strength, but the recent state is worrying. Wolfsburg has a chance to beat Manchester United.

In the other few matchups, the "two-horse battle" between Rome and Real Madrid, everyone felt that Rome was unable to upset Real Madrid.

In the same way, there are Ghent VS Manchester City, Juventus VS Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven VS Atletico Madrid, and Arsenal VS Barcelona.

Among them, although Juventus VS Bayern Munich and Arsenal VS Barcelona are duels between giants, there is no doubt that Bayern and Barcelona will be even stronger.

And the last game between the giants is Paris Saint-Germain vs Chelsea.

Although this season, Manchester United spent 6300 million euros to buy the Argentine Angel Di Maria. Although this is a duel between the unbeaten number one in Ligue [-] and the unbeaten number one in the Premier League, it seems that no one will be optimistic about Paris's chance to overthrow Chelsea.

There is a data that can best reflect the outside world's concerns about the prospects of Paris Saint-Germain, and that is the odds of bookmakers.

Before the results of the draw came out, Paris Saint-Germain's odds of winning the Champions League ranked sixth among the [-] teams, second only to Chelsea, Manchester City, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, and Real Madrid.

This is enough to prove that the outside world is still very optimistic about Paris Saint-Germain, and the odds of winning the championship are 1 to 16.

But after the results of the draw came out, it was discovered that they met Chelsea, and Paris Saint-Germain's odds of winning the championship suddenly plummeted to 1 to 50!

This is almost at the same level as Wolfsburg...

This shows that whether it is a gaming company or a fan, they are basically not optimistic about Paris Saint-Germain's ability to advance.

Although the odds don't mean anything, after all, everything is possible on the football field. Manchester City often has the first odds, and isn't it often eliminated?

But this is indeed a blow to the confidence of Paris Saint-Germain.

The shadow of last season's disastrous defeat is still in my heart!

For two consecutive years against Chelsea, who is worse than me! ——
As usual, after the lottery results came out, Pan Yi, as the head coach of the team, also accepted interviews from media reporters.

Pan Yi said modestly that Paris Saint-Germain was drawn.

"We all know that Paris Saint-Germain is one of the strongest teams in the top sixteen. No one wants to meet such an opponent early."

"A team with Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva, Cavani, Di Maria can theoretically play perfect football on the pitch."

But Pan Yi immediately changed the subject, saying that the whole team is confident in defeating Paris Saint-Germain and advancing to the quarter-finals.

"We played against each other last season and we eliminated them."

"Their team has not changed much, and the head coach is still Blanco, so I also believe that the result of the game will not change too much."

Pan Yi also said that Chelsea has an advantage in the schedule, because as the first in the group, they can go first and then host.

"I'm looking forward to going to the Parc des Princes in Paris in February and having another wonderful match with them!" Pan Yi said with a confident smile.

Chelsea have expressed their views in the same way. The players basically respect Paris Saint-Germain, but believe that the team can advance.

Captain Terry said domineeringly:
"Our Chelsea is now the strongest team in European football, we are not afraid of any opponent."

"We have already won the Club World Cup, so our next goal is to defend the Champions League! We have such strength!"

"It should be our opponents who are afraid. Because now, no team wants to play against us!..."

Although there is still one and a half months before the official start of the game, the match between Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea has absolute heat and has been hyped!

(End of this chapter)