Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 261 The Champions League draw is out, comments about Chen Yufeng from all over the world (please vote for me)

That night, Chen Yufeng and Mr. Ranieri got on the plane back to the East Midlands. They would return to Leicestershire late that night.

The draw for the Champions League has ended and all groups have been assigned.

Leicester City, as the Premier League champions last season, were grouped in the first tier. Their signings were very good. This also led to the fact that on the return flight, the corners of Ranieri's mouth were always slightly curved and he could not bend them down. .

The overall grouping is like this, Group A, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain, Basel, Ludogorets.

Group B, Napoli, Benfica, Besiktas, Dynamo Kiev; Group C, Barcelona, ​​Manchester City, Borussia Monchengladbach, Celtic.

Group D, Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich, Dostov, PSV Eindhoven; Group E, Monaco, Tottenham, Bayer Leverkusen, CSKA Moscow.

Group F, Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Legia Warsaw, Sporting CP; Group G, Leicester City, Porto, Copenhagen, Club Brugge.

The last group, Group H, Juventus, Sevilla, Lyon, Dinamo Zagreb.

Overall, there is no absolute death group. The strength and weakness of each group is relatively obvious, and the favorites to qualify are clear at a glance.

In this case, Leicester City's signing is still enviable.

They didn't even meet a team from the five major leagues. There may be only one strong team in the group, and that is Porto, a giant team from the Portuguese Super League.

But this is still nothing to worry about. Today's Porto has long lost its past glory and is gradually approaching the echelon of Europe's second-tier teams.

Beating them, Leicester City is still confident.

"Has the Champions League schedule been determined? When will the group stages be?"

On the way back, Chen Yufeng looked a little excited and asked aloud.

"It's out. The first game is September 9th. The opponent is Club Brugge, your old club." Ranieri pulled the blindfold from his eyes and replied with a smile.

"Where's the end date?" Chen Yufeng wanted to know more clearly.

"On December 12, after the last game against Porto, the group stage will be over."

Ranieri thought for a moment and continued: "The knockout rounds will not officially start until March next year. During this period, we still have a lot of preparation time."

Chen Yufeng nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "Now that we have come to this group, we must set our sights further."

"We must strive to qualify first in the group. In this way, we can hope to draw a relatively weak team in the top 16, and the situation of entering the quarterfinals is at least relatively clear."

He still looks forward to playing in the Champions League. This is the best stage.

If he wants more, he must achieve something here and put up wonderful personal statistics!

"Let's play one game at a time. There is still a lot of road to go in the middle. Let's finish the Premier League and group matches first." Ranieri replied and put on the blindfold again.

"Yes."

Chen Yufeng nodded. Of course he wouldn't be too anxious. Whether it was the Premier League or a domestic cup, he would never let it go.

These are games that he should put in 100% effort to play, and they are the basis for his performance during the season.

If the Premier League can only score a dozen goals in a single season, and kneel down every game of the League Cup and FA Cup, then it is useless to say more.

Chen Yufeng quickly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

He had another dream, which seemed to be the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium of Real Madrid in La Liga. He was wearing the No. 66 jersey of Leicester City and scored a wonderful shot.

The generous Real Madrid fans stood up and applauded him, praising the excitement of this goal.

Surrounding him were Ramos who was lying on the ground with his face covered in regret, Modric who was bent over helplessly, and Benzema who had his head lowered.

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"Chen Yufeng won UEFA's Best Player! The first Premier League player to win this award since the award was established in 2011!" - The Guardian

"Showing your edge! Chen Yufeng gave his acceptance speech. The next goal is the Golden Globe Award! After the fairy tale debut season, the 31-year-old veteran has higher pursuits?" - British BBC

"Comparing the data of Chen Yufeng and Ronaldo, the number of goals and assists is slightly lower, but there are too many times as the best player and too many records in history. This may be the reason why he won this silver cup!" - Liverpool News

"The case has been solved! UEFA joined hands with FIFA to find the best award scheme, and Chen Yufeng won the UEFA Best Award! Or will the Ballon d'Or be awarded directly to Ronaldo? Both of them played at a very high level last year "Performance!" - Bordeaux Journal

"His career has come to light again! Chen Yufeng, wearing a gray suit, stepped onto the stage of the highest honor in European football and received the first major personal honor of his career. In the future, will the Golden Foot Award, which is only awarded to older players, also Award it to him?" - Belgian weekly

After Chen Yufeng successfully won the UEFA Player of the Year, the entire world football world quickly became aroused.

At this moment, no matter which country you are in, as long as you log into football-related forums and software, the picture on the cover or the screen cover must be a picture of Chen Yufeng kissing the trophy!

This is an important moment!

Those fans who like him have been waiting for this moment for a long time!

Those fans who don't like it can also be said to have been waiting for this moment for a long time, because they also have reason to criticize Chen Yufeng.

Soon, fans from various countries began to log in to their ins accounts and start fighting in Chen Yufeng-related forums.

"This will be the greatest winner since the birth of UEFA's Best Player! Chen Yufeng went from obscurity to world-famous in just one season! He is so good!" Belgian IP appeared.

"This will inspire many people. His story should be made into a movie, written into a novel, and spread around the world to be known to more people." British IP appeared.

"Oh, are you talking about Chen Yufeng's story? Is there anyone who doesn't know it? Everyone already knows it. We just want to see how high he can go!" American IP appeared.

"Cristiano Ronaldo scored a record-tying 16 goals in this year's UEFA Champions League, and his total annual goals exceeded 70+. I really don't know why this award was awarded to Chen Yufeng. Maybe the Football Association needs him. Let’s win awards and attract more fans’ attention.” Portuguese IP also appeared.

"By the way, I forgot to mention that the Champions League single-season record of 17 goals is held by Cristiano Ronaldo himself." This person hurriedly replied under his post.

"Shady! Naked shady! This is an ugly award! Maybe what Chen Yufeng said himself is right. He won the best in the Premier League and the best in the European Cup. No one has any objection. But he won the best in Europe , this must be controversial, because his performance has not reached this level at all!" Spanish IP also joined the battle. “What’s the shady story? What these people are saying is really disgusting. I don’t know what they are thinking.” Chinese IP appeared.

"Perhaps Chen Yufeng's other sentence is more correct. He likes to compete without any suspense. He will also prove why he is the best in the future and use super high personal data to stop the mouths of the people!" More Chinese new forces are joining. Come in.

"Is it just him? He is thirty-one years old, what potential does he have for development? It's good to keep from declining. Who should shut up?! This is ridiculous!" the Portuguese IP replied.

"In a word, wait and see, I feel like I understand the king. Why don't they invite you to the awards? Why can't you be seen in the shortlist?" Chinese IP said.

There are always a lot of quarrels like this. Even if Messi and Ronaldo have won countless honors and divided the football world into two, they still face a lot of criticism.

This is always difficult to explain. Everyone has different preferences, views, and positions. There is no right or wrong.

There is only one way to solve this situation, kill everything with extraordinary data performance.

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September 9th, Leicester training base.

Since the next game will not start until September 9, the players are having a relatively relaxed time during this period, and the training ground is full of cheerful atmosphere.

At the end of another day of training, Odegaard seemed to remember something again and shouted: "Morgan! Didn't you say you want the captain to suffer a little?"

As soon as he said these words, everyone remembered the joke they made the day Chen Yufeng won the cup.

"Yes, yes! Come on! Just today!"

"Five defensive opportunities, if you can defend Chen Yufeng, you are considered great!"

"You're awesome. This is the highest etiquette for boys. Let's see if you can seize the opportunity!"

The players suddenly became excited and talked around Morgan. The latter pretended to hold up his chest and walked towards Chen Yufeng's position with a provocative face.

At this moment, even Ranieri and Walsh on the sidelines stopped to watch, seeming to be looking forward to the duel between the two.

"It goes without saying."

Chen Yufeng watched Morgan coming, took a football from the side, stood outside the penalty area, waved and shouted: "Schmeichel, keep the goal."

Schmeichel shook his head with a wry smile, put on his gloves and stood on the goal line, ready.

Morgan also lowered his focus and stared at Chen Yufeng's knees, trying to make some judgment.

"Boom bang bang..."

Chen Yufeng's dribbling breakthrough began. This kind of dribbling without any pressure, he will never make any mistakes.

There is no need to consider the retreat speed of the opponent's defense, nor the need to consider assisting defense. It is purely superior. Can Ronaldo's variation defeat Morgan?

This is all a joke.

He just dribbled the ball a little faster and made the first fake move, and Morgan's center of gravity was already thrown away.

"Oh!"

What's a pity is that Chen Yufeng's subsequent shot was saved by Schmeichel with one palm.

At the second opportunity, Chen Yufeng wanted to try out his newly improved strength attributes. He turned around with his back to Morgan and performed a back-up action in basketball.

"You're done!" Morgan shouted, and then he hit Chen Yufeng's back with all his strength, making small pulling movements with his hands.

He is a tall and strong defender with pure confrontation ability. He is one of the top five defenders in the Premier League.

"Bang!" The two bodies came into contact, making a muffled sound.

Chen Yufeng only staggered a little, and did not fall to the ground or lose his center of gravity.

"Suffer?" Morgan suddenly became suspicious of life. Anyone would be dissatisfied if he could not take advantage of the field he was best at.

He took a step back slightly, made a movement to accumulate strength, gritted his teeth and hit behind Chen Yufeng.

This time he vowed to knock Leicester City's new captain to the ground.

At this moment, Chen Yufeng suddenly picked up the ball with his right foot, turned around and passed Morgan directly, as if he had predicted it.

"Bang!!"

As Morgan missed the ball and fell to the ground, Chen Yufeng's volley also hit the goal with a very cool movement.

"Whoa!" There was no suspense about the ball. It flew directly past Schmeichel's hands and hit the blind spot of the goal.

"Fake..." A sigh suddenly sounded on the training ground. Morgan lay on the ground and looked at the sky in confusion, "I admit that you are strong, but I am not weak either."

"At least for one season, you won't be able to score a goal past my defense in a regular match."

(End of this chapter)