Hero of the Penalty Area

Chapter 94 "Naples" (The first one, ask for a monthly pass!)

Over the weekend and Barry’s league, Mazzari once again carried out a substantial rotation. Chen Yingxiong, Arshavin, Cassano and others did not appear in the starting lineup, and some did not even follow the team to the away game.

However, Napoli, who played as a substitute, still performed very tenaciously. The substitute players were high in fighting spirit and scored three goals in the away game. Barry, who had no choice but to have the home court advantage, also scored three goals. So the game ended in a 3:3 draw between the two sides.

Chen Yingxiong only got the chance to play in the last ten minutes, leaving him too little time, he did not score.

The media and fans in Naples didn't care about the team's unbeatable encounter. Now they are most concerned about what draws Naples can draw in the UEFA Champions League knockout draw.

After a successful group stage, Naples fans have high hopes for the team's performance in the Champions League.

After finally getting the first place in the group, how can I get a good sign, and then go further in the Champions League knockout round?

With a draw, Naples returned to their turf, and they did not care about regretting the draw, because the draw for the Champions League has arrived.

Mazzari did not even follow the team back to Naples, but drove directly from Bari to Nyon, Switzerland, where UEFA’s headquarters is located.

Walking with him is the general manager of the Naples club, Bigan.

Others who did not go to the scene can follow the lottery through TV broadcast.

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Chen Yingxiong also sat in front of the TV, but instead of sitting in front of the TV in his home, he was invited by the Naples Provincial TV to the studio to watch the lottery ceremony. This is a special program of Naples Provincial Television. While chatting with the players of Naples, I watched the live broadcast.

And the host of this special program is no longer the original host Antonella Canali. She has resigned and moved to Milan TV Station 4, which is more promising than the Naples Provincial TV Station.

Now the beauty who partnered with the original male host has changed to a young and beautiful woman, I believe it will not be long before the locals in Naples will call this newcomer the "Naples **** goddess". The title is always that one, but people can change it at will. Men are forgetful animals, especially after having a new love.

When the young rookie saw Chen Yingxiong walk into the studio with his teammates Cassano, Hamsik, and captain Paul Cannavaro, his eyes lit up. Chen Yingxiong could even see her winking at herself.

Cassano touched the arm of Hero Chen: "Hero, hehe."

Obviously he saw it too.

Chen Yingxiong glanced at him: "If you are interested, I can help you contact, Antonio."

Cassano quickly shook his head, looking like a gentleman, lowered his voice and said, "I have Carolina!"

Chen Yingxiong rolled his eyes. Ignore this unspecified friend.

He smiled slightly at the newcomer who blinked at him. This was just out of politeness. He didn't expect to make the other party think that Chen Yingxiong was also interesting to him. As a result, he kept winking at Chen Yingxiong in the subsequent live broadcast.

Unfortunately, after that, Chen Yingxiong stopped paying attention to her brows...

Before the lottery officially began, the male hosts interviewed several Naples players who participated in the show one by one, just like a normal talk show.

Of course, the topic is still relatively time-sensitive and revolves around recent events. For example, Chen Yingxiong won the European Golden Boy Award and the result of the draw.

The host also made a small interaction, that is, let the four players write down the opponents they most hope to meet in the eighth-finals and the opponents they least want to meet.

The answers written by everyone are different, but in short, the weaker the opponent you most want to meet, the better, and the opponent you least want to meet is a strong team. This is very understandable. Only when they encounter weak teams can they have more chances to go further in the Champions League knockouts.

Chen Yingxiong is an exception, he wrote "whatever."

"Is there a ‘whatever’ team?" The rookie beauty host interjected, thinking that he was smiling charmingly, saying that there was actually no laughing matter, just pretending to be silly and cute. But the male viewers in front of the TV still eat this set...

The male host had to laugh a few times to show that this sentence is really funny.

Chen Yingxiong didn't smile, just replied: "Of course not. I think it's the same with everyone. We will win when we meet Olympiacos. We will also win when we meet Real Madrid..."

Cassano waved in beside him: "I don't want to run into Real Madrid..."

Real Madrid is the second most powerful team in the group. They were double-killed by AC Milan at home and away, so the final group ranking was lower than AC Milan and became second in the group.

The eight teams currently second in the group are Bordeaux, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Porto, Lyon, Inter Milan, Stuttgart and Olympiacos. The second most powerful group in this group is probably Manchester United, Real Madrid and Inter Milan.

According to the principle that the same league teams do not meet in the eighth-finals, Napoli will definitely not be able to split with Inter Milan, so that only Manchester United and Real Madrid may be drawn.

Manchester United seemed to be looking for a sense after losing Cristiano Ronaldo. The state was fluctuating, which was the main reason why they ended up only second in the group. Instead, CSKA Moscow became the first place in that group, which surprised many experts.

This season, Real Madrid has two superstars, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, as well as powerful players like Benzema. The offensive firepower in the frontcourt is very powerful, making many people daunting.

Meeting Real Madrid in the eighth-finals is definitely the first thing that all groups want to happen.

The male host also smiled and said: "The probability of meeting Real Madrid is too low, and I don't think it is possible."

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Mazzari sat at the draw, surrounded by the managers and coaches of the teams that entered the knockout stages of the Champions League and Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup).

He was a little nervous.

According to the lottery process, the eight blue **** represent the second place of the eight teams and are placed in the lottery pool. The first team to be drawn is the home team in the first knockout round, which means it will play at home first. The computer program will list the first place of all groups that can play against the team in accordance with the lottery rules, indicated by a white ball, and put it into another lottery pool. According to the lottery rules, teams belonging to the same national football association will not be drawn together, teams in the same group will not be drawn together in the group stage, the first place in the group will not be drawn together, and the second place in the group will not be drawn together. Will be drawn together, so the team that can actually be selected is very limited.

The guests selected a team from it as the visiting team in the first game, and played against the first selected group.

Then repeat the above process to draw the remaining six pairs, until there is only one team left, then there is no need to draw, directly assigned to the last empty group waiting for the second is.

Take Naples as an example. After being eliminated according to the UEFA Champions League draw rules, the only opponents they may encounter are Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, Porto, Stuttgart and Olympiacos.

It seems that it is operated by a computer program, and the guest randomly draws a small ball in the lottery pool and opens it to see which team it is, so there is no possibility of cheating.

But for the rule-makers and organizers of UEFA, it is too simple to want to be able to arrange some matches. This has also been verified many times in the previous Champions League draws. For the sake of commercial interests and TV gimmicks, UEFA can operate in a dark box and arrange a lot of strong dialogues in the first round. This can spur the attention of the Champions League and allow those commercial sponsors to get more advertising benefits. It can be described as a multitude of things in one fell swoop.

Before the lottery ceremony, some media have already revealed some information about the match, such as Manchester United will face ac Milan, Chelsea is likely to face Inter Milan. Because these two games are really gimmicky, ac Milan's Beckham comes from Manchester United and has a deep affection for Manchester United. He represents ac Milan back to Old Trafford this time. What a memorable game this is.

On the other side, Inter Milan coach Mourinho will return to Stamford Bridge, who still loves him so far. It's also worth the hype, and it's quite interesting.

And "Premier League vs Serie A" is also the Champions League show that Platini has been pushing hard since he came to power. Since he defeated Johansson and was elected as the new UEFA president in 2007, the collision between Premier League and Serie A teams in the Champions League knockouts has become more frequent, and has even reached the point of "aesthetic fatigue".

Mazzari feels that Naples is not a strong team. If you play against other strong teams, there is no hype value or gimmick. Therefore, it is unlikely that you will encounter a strong team in the first round, perhaps a mid-level or even a low-level team. In this case, Naples can go further, play better, and reach the quarterfinals... This is considered an overfulfillment of the task. If luck is better, the opponents you encounter in the quarterfinals are not strong, and you can enter the quarterfinals.

After entering the semi-finals, Mazzari does not expect to meet any weak teams. There is no weak team that can reach the semi-finals. But being able to reach the top four is simply a miracle, and he won't think about it more.

The first group drawn out is Stuttgart second. Their match is the first eighth-finals, and their opponents are...

"Barcelona." The lucky draw guest held a note and said the name expressionlessly.

The camera quickly gave close-up shots of the representatives of the two teams.

Barcelona coach Guardiola has a smile on his face and is very satisfied with this sign. Stuttgart is definitely not a strong team. Barcelona has no problem playing them. And Barcelona's sports director Begiristan seemed very relaxed if nothing had happened.

The Stuttgart club representative smiled bitterly and kept shaking his head, feeling very helpless for drawing Barcelona in the first round. Stuttgart only got the right to qualify in the last round of the group stage, and the strength is not strong.

The representatives of the other teams second in the group were obviously relieved-Barcelona was drawn out from the beginning. What does this show? It shows that they don't have to worry about meeting Barcelona afterwards.

The biggest mine was stepped on by Stuttgart.

The TV broadcast also knew the thoughts of those club representatives, so they gave close-up shots one by one and told the world about their relaxed expressions.

This demonstrates Barcelona's current status in Europe from the side-as it is in the sky, no one wants to face them face-to-face.

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"Stuttgart is really unlucky, ha!" Cassano couldn't help laughing after seeing the wry smile on Stuttgart's representative, a little gloating.

There are many Naples fans who are just as gloating as him. Now they feel more and more that it was correct to desperately grab the first place in the group, otherwise it might be time for others to watch their jokes now.

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After each team was drawn out, Chen Yingxiong and the others also made some comments on those teams that were drawn out. For example, "Bayern Munich is so lucky that they have drawn Olympiacos!" "Sure enough, it was AC Milan and Manchester United. ..."

When Lyon was drawn together with CSKA Moscow, all four of them were taken aback.

Among the eight first teams in the group, CSKA Moscow is recognized as the weakest. They also rely on their home court advantage, only one point more than Manchester United to get the first place in the group. It can be said that this group is ranked first. One has a lot of luck.

Lyon and CSKA Moscow are drawn together. It must be said that Lyon has drawn a good lot.

Sure enough, Lyon's coach Puel was happy. He had been in fear before, for fear of winning strong teams such as Real Madrid, AC Milan, and Arsenal. How could he have thought that it would be CSKA Moscow in the end? It was really unexpected to him!

Mazzari was also taken aback when he saw the result.

He didn't expect Leon to be drawn to the first place in the weakest group... He frowned and glanced at the podium. Platini's face was expressionless and serious.

I don’t know why, Mazzari’s heart suddenly started beating...

He has a bad feeling.

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Cassano blew his whistle: "The result of the draw..." He shrugged, everyone knew what that meant.

The result of this draw is really intriguing.

But they don't have much time to discuss the result of this draw, because the draw for the next game has already begun.

Group second Real Madrid was previously drawn in the fifth game, and just drawn is the fourth game, Lyon and CSKA Moscow.

Who will Real Madrid's opponent be?

According to the rules, there are only three teams that can still meet with Real Madrid-Chelsea, Naples and Arsenal. The odds of choosing one of three...

Mazzari watched the lottery guests stretch their hands into the lottery pool, and he couldn't help holding his hands, as if he had already drawn the ball of fate.

The lottery guests fumbled for a while in the lottery pool, and finally caught one of the white **** and took it out.

Who will be the poor opponent of Real Madrid with Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Raul, Casillas, and Benzema?

The guest unscrewed the ball, took out the note, and then unfolded it to show it to the camera lens, and said the name on it at the same time.

"Naples."

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ps, the first one is here!

In other words, at the end of this month, is there a double *** I don’t know, it seems that I haven’t heard of it so far?

The editor didn’t tell me anyway...

But I still want everyone to ask for votes!

Because it's the end of the month, do you have any surplus food in your hand?

Three consecutive days of outbreaks, oh dear!

Don't you mean it?