Super Prophecy Master

Chapter 574 Group Draw Ceremony
Suarez's goal was the only goal in the first half.

Birmingham's defense is not bad.

When the time came to the second half, Birmingham seemed unwilling to lose the game and carried out a tentative attack, but the result was not very good, not to mention that they didn't get a chance, and Millwall quickly scored a goal. It was the midfielder who completed the goal Ljungberg.

Ljungberg has been inactive for a long time and was given up by Wenger, but he has the strength and experience. He is just capable and not outstanding, so he is still very suitable as a substitute player.

Arsenal probably feel that it is a luxury for Ljungberg to play as a substitute, or Ljungberg is not willing to substitute for a group of new players. At Millwall, there is no such worry. When Ljungberg signed, he knew that he must be a substitute. , because he simply cannot compete with Morris, Braniff and others.

Now that he finally has a chance to play, Ljungberg is still working very hard. When he receives a pass from Braniff, Ljungberg directly scores the ball.

A clean shot!
Yong Bei celebrated with his teammates with a smile inside. Compared with Suarez's scoring performance, he seemed much calmer.

Unfortunately, no one paid attention to Ljungberg.

Perhaps some fans are still cheering for Ljungberg's goal, but the topic of the media quickly shifted to Braniff, "This pass is simply classic! The football directly penetrated Birmingham's defense line, a defensive midfielder, a central defender None can stop it!"

"Just as Ljungberg ran past, the ball came to his feet! Braniff's ability to give the ball is getting better and better!"

"Three league games, fifth assist and a goal in between, who could ask for more?"

"In the Millwall team, Vardy has become the most attention-grabbing player, while Braniff has performed the best. In the past Super Cup match, he also sent two assists!"

"Braniff has become the top frontcourt and the top master in the middle!"

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It's okay for Ljungberg to be ignored, because he really has nothing to talk about. Everyone knows that he must be just a substitute, because there are better Sneijder and Braniff in the midfield, and maybe he will appear more on the right. road problem.

On the right side of Millwall, there is only one main player, Simpson, but he still has to face competition with rookie Gary O'Neill.

This was a bit cruel to Ljungberg.

But Ljungberg has a good mentality. After coming to Millwall, he found that the atmosphere in the team is much better than that of Arsenal. He will be very confident in every game.

Playing as a substitute at Millwall is always better than Arsenal, because Millwall is the team that really won the championship, and it seems to be very good to follow the team to win the championship.

As for the main position... He is already 30 years old and is about to pass the peak of his career, what more can he ask for?Being able to maintain the state is the only pursuit.

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It is a matter of course that Braniff is praised. Just like what the media said, Braniff contributed five assists and one goal in three league games. He is indeed the best player in the team.

Zhang Yang's behavior towards Braniff was not surprising.

In the middle of last season, Zhang Yang blessed Braniff with the effect of "spelling words and spirits". Braniff's skills at his feet have improved rapidly, and he has fully mastered his abilities by now, and his level of strength has naturally been greatly improved.

Braniff's level is already top-notch, coupled with his ability to always be superior, he must be one of the best players in the world, and he can compete with Ronaldinho, C-Ronaldo, Kaka and other stars , doing well is no big deal.

What Zhang Yang is satisfied with is that Braniff did not become clingy to the ball because of his confidence. He still played as normal, passing the ball when it should be passed, and cooperating when it was time to cooperate. There were occasional personal breakthroughs, but the whole game That said, not many times.

This has greatly helped the team's overall performance.

There was nothing to talk about in the next game. Birmingham fell behind by two goals, and their fighting spirit plummeted. They found that they could not beat Millwall no matter what. Except for very occasional counterattacks, most of the time they continued to stay in the backcourt Play defense because they don't want to lose big.

That's embarrassing.

Birmingham's efforts paid off, and at the last minute, Millwall did not score again.

2:0.

Millwall won the third round of the league.

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The fourth round of the league will be in early September, and there will be a week between the third round and Millwall can relax for a few days in training.

Zhang Yang is concerned about the work situation in New York. Two months is not long, but it is enough to complete two transactions. These two transactions cannot keep up with the income ratio of futures oil, but with the increase of funds, the income is also increasing.

The two deals brought the company close to $3000 million in proceeds.

At present, Zhang Yang's investment company has assets of more than 6000 million US dollars, and it cannot simply be regarded as a small company.

Zhang Yang also decided that the next investment strategy should be to diversify risks. It should not be called "risk diversification". With the ability of "transaction divination", there is almost no risk. Affect the upward trend, and more recently affect the result of "trading divination".

This is also the limitation of "trading divination".

Zhang Yang decided to make three important investments every month and reduce the amount of each investment. In addition, part of the funds can also be invested in long-term stocks, which can minimize the impact of capital investment on the results of "trading divination".

This is a stable investment strategy.

Using the international video connection, Zhang Yang held a small meeting with Tagore and Andy, talked about his own ideas, and listened to Tagore's ideas, and then asked the two newly recruited rookies to go to New York to work with Tagore. Di was called back by Zhang Yang.

"I need you to be in charge of the operation of the Fund."

Zhang Yang's recall of Andy was the result of the decision to establish a youth football training fund. Although the initial investment was only 1000 million yuan, the funds were relatively small, but this work was related to his reputation. He was worried about other people doing it. Andy It can be absolutely trusted.

Andy's ability is also outstanding, and he has a certain understanding of China. On the contrary, he has little financial work experience, and he is just dawdling in New York, which is completely meaningless.

Zhang Yang then devoted himself to the work of the club.

The Champions League draw is coming.

For Millwall and Zhang Yang, the draw this year is different from last year. Last year, Millwall just entered the UEFA Champions League. As a rookie team, it was difficult for the media to pay attention. This year, Millwall is the 'defending champion'. The situation is naturally different. The team can be said to be the one that attracts the most attention in the group draw, because the UEFA Champions League group draw is not only a grouping for each team, but also a summary of the UEFA Champions League last season, and awards will be awarded.

Millwall was last season's Champions League champion and will definitely get some of the awards.

Among them, the title of "Best Coach" will almost 100% belong to Zhang Yang, and other awards such as "Best Goalkeeper", "Best Player" and "Best Defender" will also be awarded to Millwall. player of.

Millwall's lineup to participate in the draw is very strong. In addition to Zhang Yang, Wilkinson and Pierce, there are also Morris, Darren Ward, Zambrotta, Livermore and Graham. nominated for the award.

Millwall's huge lineup attracted attention as soon as they entered the main entrance.

Many reporters rushed over to interview. There were so many reporters that they surrounded them. Several players answered questions separately. Zhang Yang received the most attention. He didn't talk about last season, but complained about this season. The classification situation, "Maybe I don't know much about European football, or other reasons. In short, I don't quite understand why Millwall is a second-tier team."

"The Premier League is the league with the most points in UEFA. Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea are all in the first tier, and we, you should know, none of them have beaten us in the league, not even the cup or the Champions League. We have been unbeaten. ...we are the defending champions and we are considered second tier just because of the UEFA points."

"Facts have proved that the UEFA scoring rules are not so perfect. I think the champion team should be directly placed in the first pot."

In UEFA's club points rules, there are winning points for participating in matches, and promotion points for promotion. The only thing that does not have is the addition of championship points. .

Therefore, champions have no privileges.

Zhang Yang complained that Millwall was placed in the second tier, which meant that there would definitely be a non-England first-tier team in the group. Let's see which teams we might encounter.

AC Milan, Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Lyon.

All five teams are at the top of each league. It is difficult to play against any of them. This is also the reason for making public complaints. It will be different if they are assigned to the first rank. The biggest competitor in the group will be Varen West Asia, it will be Porto, it will be Seville, and it is possible to meet Athens Aek and Eindhoven, the situation will be much better.

The Millwall schedule is very stressful. If the pressure of the Champions League group stage is less, it can also reduce the pressure on the team as a whole.

The reporters around were also full of sympathy for Millwall. Zhang Yang’s complaints were true. The media’s evaluation of each participating team showed that Millwall would definitely be ranked in the top eight. It must be a seeded team. Unfortunately, because it only participated once In the UEFA Champions League, no matter how good the results are, there are still some insufficient UEFA points, and they will definitely not be able to enter the seeded teams.

Of course, UEFA will not change the point calculation method for Millwall.

Soon the lottery ceremony began.

The draw ceremony began with a moment of silence for the deceased players.

Three days ago, in the match between Sevilla and Getafe, the left back Puerta chased the opponent's right midfielder. Under his pressure, the opponent's cross went out of the baseline. When everyone was waiting for the re-kick-off, Puerta Erta suddenly fell to the ground.

When the teammates rushed to Puerta's side, they saw a horrible scene: Puerta was desperately grabbing his throat with his fingers, as if something was blocked inside, his body was violently Trembling, looking extremely painful.

Dragutinovic, the teammate closest to Puerta at the time, realized the seriousness of the situation. He put his hand into Puerta's mouth to prevent the unconscious Puerta from swallowing his tongue and suffocating. , and kept pressing Puerta's chest to help him pace his heart.

After some emergency rescue, Puerta returned to the waiting room accompanied by the team doctor after regaining consciousness. Bad news came soon. Puerta was in a coma again in the locker room. He is temporarily out of danger.

Puerta was taken to Seville's virgen-del-roio university hospital and was immediately admitted to the intensive care unit.

Afterwards, the media disclosed that Puerta's condition began to stabilize, and he was basically out of danger. However, in fact, the medical team responsible for the treatment said that Puerta's condition was still very serious, and he even had two breathing problems in the hospital. , The dangerous situation of cardiac arrest, fortunately, the timely rescue was able to save the day.

The day before the UEFA Champions League draw, Antonio Puerta died in hospital at the age of 22.

It's a pity.

Puerta's wife was due to give birth on September [-]th, and he did not wait for the child to be born before he died. At the last moment of his life, he confessed, "If I die, please scatter my ashes on Pisjuan court."

This sentence touched countless fans.

The media throughout Europe and the world are reporting on Puerta's death, and the draw ceremony also paid a moment of silence for Puerta.

Millwall and his team were deeply touched by this. In the European Super Cup, they also competed with Sevilla. Puerta was also one of the players who started and played the whole game. It is hard to believe that such a The strong guy suddenly died of a heart attack.

Therefore, the silent mourning of Millwall and his party was also very serious and devoted.

But anyway, the lottery still has to go on.

The same as the draw ceremony in previous years, the scene still started with the announcement of the awards. The host announced the best goalkeeper award. The winner of this award was Millwall goalkeeper Graham Stark. He defeated Petr Cech to win this award. title.

In fact, it was a bit of a fluke for Graham to beat Cech. If Cech had undoubtedly outperformed Graham before the Champions League final, but in the final Chelsea lost to Millwall, Graham would naturally take advantage .

Graham walked to the podium very excitedly, delivered a speech, and then, together with passing goalkeeper Dasayev, drew lots for the first-tier team.

The process of drawing lots is like this. While announcing last season's awards, the award-winning players express their thoughts, and then draw lots.

This process was full of entertainment, and it also made the fans watching the ceremony dizzying.

For the teams that came to participate in the draw ceremony, the exciting process is secondary. They are not ordinary fans, and they don't need to watch the exciting process, they only care about things related to their own teams.

(End of this chapter)