Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 371 It's so easy to sign!
The 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League group draw was held at the Grimaldi Convention and Culture Center in Monaco.

On the same day, in front of the Mardi Conference and Cultural Center, reporters from various sports media gathered. They were all waiting for the lottery ceremony and preparing to interview each participating team.

For media reporters, the Champions League draw is a big event.

The result of the draw affects the UEFA Champions League, which is only one of the reasons. The top executives of the major clubs participating in the draw will definitely gather together. Most of the teams are head coaches who come in person. It seems that they performed well last season and some stars were selected. The UEFA awards selection list will also include stars, and media reporters will have many interview opportunities.

An hour before the start of the draw, representatives of various clubs arrived one by one, and there were also invited guests and celebrities, all of whom had a certain influence in European football.

The waiting media reporters immediately started their interview work.

The trio of Zhang Yang, Wise, and Wilkinson was very inconspicuous. When they walked along the brick road of the conference center to the venue, they didn't even cause any waves.

One is that Millwall is not well-known, and its influence in Europe is negligible.

Second, for journalists from other countries, the three of them are too unfamiliar.

Zhang Yang is quite well-known, and is still known by many media in other countries, but compared to other top coaches, Zhang Yang is nothing, and the Millwall he represents is not favored either.

In addition, Zhang Yang is a Chinese. The appearance of a Chinese is almost the same in the eyes of Europeans. Foreign journalists who have only seen Zhang Yang on TV or in photos dare not look at it and be sure that it is Zhang Yang.

Dennis Wise is a 'gone' star. When the star leaves the public eye, he will be quickly forgotten. Most people don't even know that Wise is Millwall's assistant coach.

Wilkinson...

In Millwall's trio, Wilkinson is the most eye-catching, he will have a high rate of turning heads wherever he goes, if you don't know, you may think he is a beauty, but what attracts attention is his peculiar appearance .

Wilkinson seemed to be used to this, and greeted the people who came over with a smile.

"The heart is so big!"

Zhang Yang secretly complained, thinking sympathetically, "Perhaps it's just that the sadness in my heart doesn't show...it's so pitiful!" Then he felt that he was still too kind-hearted, and if it was the first time he saw Wilkinson, he would definitely Its surprising appearance is shocking, and I can't help but take a few more glances.

cough cough...

Yes, that's right, it will be a sympathetic look, not like the surprise of the people around you looking at a monster.

Wilkinson was quickly recognized.

Perhaps it is also a person who has seen it once, and it is difficult to forget this face again.

In Europe, Millwall has little influence, but England is very popular. Millwall is the focus of the English media, and Zhang Yang is the darling of the media.

The reporters in England recognized Wilkinson and immediately noticed Zhang Yang, and then several reporters rushed over, pushed the number one 'hero' Wilkinson aside, surrounded Zhang Yang and began to interview.

The questions from the reporters can be summed up in one sentence, "Which opponent does Millwall hope to meet?"

Zhang Yang said with a smile, "We won the Community Shield a few days ago. At that time, I said that Millwall participated in the Champions League just to accumulate experience. For us, the Champions League is still too unfamiliar. So what kind of The opponents are all the same, it is best to meet some strong teams, so that we can accumulate more and better experience."

"However, I believe that the whole team will work hard and pay attention to..."

The last sentence was ignored by the reporters. They hurriedly wrote down what Zhang Yang said, and couldn't help complaining, "Is this guy telling the truth?"

Zhang Yang ignored what the reporters thought, and after accepting the interview, he walked into the venue with Wise and Wilkinson.

At this time, there were many people sitting in the venue.

Seeing other people entering, everyone in the venue looked over. Millwall's trio was too unfamiliar to European teams, even Zhang Yang.

Many journalists from other national media knew Zhang Yang, but many head coaches and managers of clubs did not. When the three entered the venue, some people whispered, "Who are they?"

"Which team is the representative?"

"That short guy in a suit... What kind of blood is he? How did he grow... cough cough."

"I know the one on the left. It's Dennis Wise. I don't know what job he is doing now. How did he come to participate in the lottery?"

"..."

There are also those who recognize Millwall and his party at a glance, they must be the league competitors.

Mourinho in the front row snorted coldly.

Ferguson was sitting in the side seat, talking to a middle-aged man, and when he turned around and saw Zhang Yang and his party, his tone immediately leaked, and his face showed a slight disdain.

The middle-aged man next to him looked over and asked, "Are they...?"

"Millwall!"

The middle-aged man suddenly realized, "That young man is Millwall's head coach Zhang Yang?"

Ferguson nodded.

Then the two staggered the topic and continued talking.

The arrival of Zhang Yang and his party did not cause any disturbance, only Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger took the initiative to greet them, and warmly greeted the three of them together with the Arsenal representative.

Wenger and Zhang Yang sat side by side and talked about the UEFA Champions League group draw.

Arsenal won the UEFA Champions League last season. According to the new UEFA rules, they squeezed out Liverpool's place and qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers. In the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, Arsenal easily won two consecutive victories and advanced to the Champions League. game.

Regardless of the promotion path this season, Arsenal is also a frequent visitor to the Champions League. They are one of the eight seeded teams in the Champions League.

The other seven seeded teams are: Barcelona, ​​AC Milan, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Manchester United, Valencia and Lyon.

The second tier teams are: Porto, PSV, Bayern, Chelsea, Roma, Celtic, Lille, Sporting Lisbon.

Millwall won the Premier League championship. Since they have no experience in participating in European competitions, they only have the basic points for the country/league rankings, and they are only assigned to the third tier team. The teams used in the same tier as Millwall are Benfica, Bordeaux, Steaua Bucharest, Werder Bremen, Olympiacos, CSKA Moscow and AEK Athens.

The teams in the lowest tier are Anderlecht, Dynamo Kyiv, Levski Sofia, Shakhtar Donetsk, Galatasaray, Hamburg, Spartak Moss and Copenhagen.

The classification of each team is still very important.

Among the 32 teams participating in the UEFA Champions League, there must be some strong and some weak. The grades are divided according to the UEFA points, so that the strength of the eight groups is balanced, and the teams with strong strength can easily get a chance to qualify, not just to ensure fairness , It is also to make the knockout matches after the top [-] more attractive to fans.

Things are not going well for Millwall.

Millwall is only a third-tier team, and there is a big problem: there will definitely be first-tier and second-tier teams in Millwall's group, and adding Millwall means there are three strong teams. Team.

From the first and second grades, randomly selecting two teams to join in will make Millwall's group a real group of death.

This can be regarded as a flaw in the UEFA Champions League group draw.

UEFA will not change the rules for Millwall, so Millwall has long been destined to be assigned to the death group.

Zhang Yang had already prepared for this, and when talking with Wenger, he said nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter what opponent we meet. For us, coming to the Champions League is just to gain experience..."

Wenger stared at Zhang Yang for a long time, then smiled wryly, "You actually told me what you said to the media."

"Ha ha……"

Zhang Yang staggered the subject with a smile, and he didn't want to talk about the grouping issue either.

Millwall is destined to enter the death group, what else is there to say?Just look at the two teams that are the opponents.

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The lottery ceremony has begun.

The UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony is also the awards ceremony for the UEFA Champions League awards last season. With the draw ceremony unfolding, the list of winners of each award has also been announced.

Arsenal and Barcelona were the champions and runners-up last season, and they are both 'big households' producing award candidates.

The cameras of the media frequently pointed at Wenger, and Zhang Yang sitting next to Wenger completely became the foil. He could imagine what the fans who didn’t know him would say in front of the TV——
"Who is the player next to Wenger?"

Or, "How come I haven't seen him at Arsenal?"

Even, "He's really young, but why did he get so close to Wenger? Could it be Wenger's nephew?"

No matter from which point of view, fans will not regard him as the head coach of other teams, because his appearance is too young. Sitting next to Wenger, fans will also associate him with Wenger or Arsenal together.

Zhang Yang was a little embarrassed.

But Zhang Yang held back, how to smile, or how to continue to smile, until each name appeared from the hands of the guests, and the camera finally pointed to another location.

Barcelona.

AC Milan.

Chelsea.

Dynamo Kyiv.

CSKA Moscow.

Hamburg.

The names of the teams were read out, and the outline of the grouping was roughly formed. The most interesting thing was that Barcelona and Chelsea were grouped together. Looking at Mourinho's dark face, he knew that he was very dissatisfied with the result. .

Barcelona and Chelsea are really a pair of life and death enemies, and they have been entangled in recent seasons.

In Mourinho's first season in charge of Chelsea, Chelsea eliminated Barcelona in the last sixteen of the Champions League; last season, Barcelona completed their revenge and eliminated Chelsea in the last sixteen; this season, the two teams were divided into a group .

This kind of grouping made Zhang Yang have a little sympathy for Mourinho, and he also felt that there must be something inside the UEFA grouping, but he had no interest in it at all, and instead gloated at Chelsea's misfortune, ahem... Murry Neo was unlucky, but it was in line with his wishes.

Finally it was Millwall's turn.

Millwall's name was called out and they were drawn into Group D with Valencia and Roma, with the final team yet to be decided.

Seeing this grouping, Zhang Yang froze with the corners of his mouth drawn.

Wenger turned his head in surprise, shook his head and smiled, "You guys are really lucky!"

Zhang Yang clenched his fists fiercely, couldn't help taking a long breath, and couldn't help sighing, "It's really... a good sign!"

(End of this chapter)