Chapter 22 I am the best
The Champions League draw ceremony and award ceremony are held together. The award is presented during the draw. A team of a grade will be drawn and a prize will be awarded.
The first award was awarded the Best Goalkeeper Award.
Those who were selected for the shortlist for the best goalkeeper include Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas, Barcelona goalkeeper Valdes, and champion Hoffenheim goalkeeper Nyema. The award presenter was former world's number one goalkeeper Kahn, who had a humor before announcing who was the best goalkeeper.
"I'm surprised that there is no Chu on the shortlist."
The many players sitting below, the coaches and the club chairman laughed. Many people turned their heads to find Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian sat in his position, but he didn't expect that the serious Kahn would actually make jokes here.
Duan Bin, the CCTV commentator who was responsible for live broadcasting the lottery ceremony, burst into laughter when he heard this.
"Haha! Kahn is right. The best goalkeeper in the last Champions League should be awarded to Chu Zhongtian. His performance in the final was impressive and incredible! He may be the best player in the world football game to play the game!"
Of course, this is a joke after all. Unless Hoffenheim's entire Champions League match was Chu Zhongtian's guest goalkeeper in the middle of the Champions League, it is possible... The final best goalkeeper award was awarded to Barcelona's goalkeeper Valdes. Barcelona's most dazzling contributors to the Champions League final were offensive players such as Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, and Pedro, but in fact, the defensive players led by Valdes also made an indelible contribution.
However, when the Spanish national gate was presented, Kahn used the words "This award should be awarded to Chu", which made him look like a supporting role... Then he continued the lottery ceremony, and then he drew a group and then interspersed with the award ceremony.
Real Madrid successfully broke through the quarterfinals last season and entered the semi-finals, which earned him a lot of Champions League points, but their performance in the past few seasons was really unbearable, so this time Real Madrid is still a non-seeded team and has been listed in the second-level team.
After the award ceremony for the best goalkeeper, it is time to draw a second-level team. Which seed team will Real Madrid be with?
There are eight teams listed as seeds, namely Inter Milan in Group A, Manchester United in Group B, Bayern Munich in Group C, Barcelona in Group D, Chelsea in Group E, Arsenal in Group F, AC Milan in Group H, and Lyon in Group G.
Although Hoffenheim was the Champions League champion last season and received a large number of Champions League points, it only allowed them to rise from the third level to the second level, and it did not allow them to become seed teams.
And because he did not win the top two in the league, Hoffenheim finally participated in a round of qualifying matches as the defending champion, defeating Israel's Haifa Maccabi to advance to the main tournament.
Because of the second-level team at the same time, Chu Zhongtian doesn't have to worry that Real Madrid, who he is, will meet Hoffenheim in the group stage.
The draw guest Italian midfielder Zora drew Real Madrid, holding a note to show the people and cameras below. Then another draw guest next to him, the Spanish national team coach Boske drew Real Madrid's group - f.
Real Madrid and Arsenal were assigned to the same group.
It was not a good sign or a bad sign. When the TV broadcast to Mourinho, he had no expression on his face, neither regretting or ecstasy. He just turned his head and said something to the club chairman Florentino, who was sitting next to him.
Immediately after the TV broadcast, Arsenal's head coach Wenger was given a close-up shot. Arsenal's situation in recent years is very similar to Real Madrid, and he has not won the championship for several years, but their time without a championship is slightly longer than Real Madrid. Mourinho is fine. Since this season, they seem to have changed their luck, and at least they won the Spanish Super Cup, and they won the strongest opponent in La Liga. Wenger is under greater pressure. It is said that there is already a
Senna's senior executives began to get tired of this situation. Arsenal's football is indeed very beautiful, but they can't win the championship. What's the use of being beautiful alone? If you coach a team for a long time, your arch-rival Manchester United can win one championship after another. However, Arsenal can only rely on your beautiful playing style to be remembered, which makes people feel jealous and angry. Some senior executives are already considering whether it's time to change the head coach. Wenger has been staying in Arsenal for too long, maybe she has aesthetic fatigue?
If you want to keep your coach, Wenger must at least win a championship this season, league championship, FA Cup championship, league cup championship, no matter what the championship is. Of course, it would be even better if you can win the Champions League championship. Wenger can stay in Arsenal until retirement with this Champions League championship.
Before the draw ceremony, after the division of each team came out, some analysts believed that the most powerful team in the second level was Real Madrid, which had just won Chu Zhongtian. After adding Chu Zhongtian, Gareth Bale, and Adebayo, the strength of the three lines was enhanced. Especially Chu Zhongtian, the player who just led Hoffenheim to the Champions League championship came to Real Madrid, the changes he brought to Real Madrid will be worth looking forward to.
So which seed team meets Real Madrid, which one is unlucky?
When Real Madrid's draw was drawn, all other seed teams except Arsenal breathed a sigh of relief.
Barcelona does not, because according to the grouping principle of group stages, teams from the same country will not be assigned to one group, so they did not worry about this from the beginning.
In fact, it might be better to be divided into a group. Barcelona is now looking forward to revenge.
The final result is Inter Milan and Marseille in the same group; Manchester United and Lazio are in the same group; Bayern Munich and Valencia; Barcelona's group D is in the same group as last season's Champions League final, and they are in the same group as Hoffenheim. When Hoffenheim was drawn to the group where Barcelona is in the same group as laughter and whistle in the venue, Barcelona can be regarded as finding a chance to revenge... Chelsea in the e group and Villarreal are in the same group; Arsenal and Real Madrid are in the same group; AC Milan's Porto champion Porto is in the same group; the last group is Lyon and Celtics.
※※※After the second-level team draws, the award ceremony continues.
After the Best Goalkeeper Award was awarded, the next one was the Best Guard. This award had nothing to do with Chu Zhongtian, thinking that his position on the court was midfielder, not a defender.
The final winner was Hoffenheim's Serner. He performed outstandingly in this Champions League, with one goal and two assists, and played all thirteen Champions League games, and was named the best defender. He defeated Barcelona's Pique and Bayern Munich's Ram in the selection.
Serner stood up to receive the prize. He first hugged two teammates next to him and the head coach, and then walked up.
After receiving the trophy, he said to the microphone: "I want to thank my team, my teammates and coaches. Without them, there would be no such award. I am very happy that my team will win the final championship. In addition, I also want to thank my former teammate Chu..."
The TV broadcast gave Chu Zhongtian a shot. Chu Zhongtian didn't expect Serna would mention him in his thank-you speech, and was stunned for a moment.
"I wish him good luck in Real Madrid, thank you for everything he has brought us, thank you!"
After saying that, Serner held up the trophy and walked off the stage.
There were bursts of warm applause in the audience.
C. Ronaldo, who was sitting next to Chu Zhongtian, also touched his shoulder and blinked at him.
Chu Zhongtian was greatly moved, and his expression even became a little unnatural.
Hoffenheim had decided at another seat that if it was his turn to go up to receive the prize, he would run over and hug them.
He believes Mourinho will not care about this little thing. Because when he won the coach of the year awarded by FIFA, he hugged Inter Milan players, and at that time he was already the head coach of Real Madrid.
After the award of the best defender, the third round of draw will be held, and this time the team will be drawn in the third level.
Group a is Inter Milan, Marseille and Lille; Group b is Manchester United, Lazio and Glasgow Rangers; Group c is Bayern Munich, Valencia and Eindhoven; Group d is Barcelona, Hoffenheim, Moscow Tesparta; Group e is Chelsea, Villarreal and Dortmund; Group f is Arsenal, Real Madrid, Benfica; Group h is AC Milan, Porto and Dynamo Kiev; Group g is Lyon, Celtic and Kazan Ruby.
Nothing interesting happened this time, and these results are just average and cannot make people think of them.
However, the following award ceremony made Chinese audiences look forward to it.
Because this is the award for the best midfielder.
In fact, the result has not yet been released, but the award has lost its suspense. The three people who entered the shortlist are Chu Zhongtian, Xavi and Robben. Xavi and Robben cannot shake Chu Zhongtian's position at all. Hoffenheim was able to enter the finals and finally win the Champions League trophy. Chu Zhongtian made great contributions. He almost carried the entire team alone and fought against all opponents. Hoffenheim, without Chu Zhongtian, may not even be able to beat the group stage, let alone win the championship. In addition, his performance in the finals added a lot of points to him. Such an all-round player, if he can't win the best midfielder, it will be the biggest scandal of UEFA.
So when the award presenter German football emperor Beckenbauer appeared on the stage, everyone guessed the answer and applauded UEFA's arrangement - what could be more clever than asking the first generation of libero to give the trophy to the new generation of libero?
Beckenbauer stood in front of the microphone and smiled: "Actually, I don't need to be mysterious. Everyone knows who will win the award in the end..."
Nyema and Ibisevich shouted in the audience: "Chu!!"
It happened that the venue was quiet at that time, and everyone was listening to the football emperor's speech, so everyone heard their voices, and someone immediately started to laugh.
Beckenbauer also smiled: "I'm sorry that he didn't stay in the Bundesliga in the end. We lost an extremely excellent player in the Bundesliga. But no matter where he is, I am his fan. His performance in the Champions League last season made him deserve this award. He was the number one midfielder in Europe and even the whole world last season!"
These words are very skillful and extremely sensational, which makes Chu Zhongtian's supporters feel comfortable from the bottom of their skin and then from the bottom of their skin to the bottom of their skin.
Everyone could hear that he was talking about Chu Zhongtian.
Someone has turned his attention to Chu Zhongtian, and the TV broadcasting camera is almost locked on Chu Zhongtian. Casillas and C. Ronaldo around him are congratulating him.
"Chu--!" Beckenbauer elongated his tone and shouted the winner's name.
The applause was thunderous. Chu Zhongtian's performance last season was dominant, which convinced everyone. You should know that the best UEFA Champions League was voted for by the head coach of the 16 teams who reached the top 16 of the Champions League. The value of this prize is much higher than the selection of the World Football Master voted by the head coach and captain of the national team.
"Yes! It's Chu Zhongtian!" Duan Bin said excitedly. "Chu Zhongtian, a player from China, won the best midfielder in the Champions League last season! Deserved! Deserved! No suspense! I couldn't imagine anyone else who was qualified for that award except him. Everyone saw Chu Zhongtian's performance in the Champions League..." Duan Bin began to chatter and repeat the words Chu Zhongtian's great achievements in the Champions League. No wonder he was so excited. This was a historic moment in Chinese football - the first time a Chinese player won the best award in the Champions League. This was an affirmation of Chu Zhongtian, and it also made Chu Zhongtian's supporters ecstatic.
After hugging his teammates at Real Madrid, Chu Zhongtian walked out, but he did not go directly to the podium. He turned a corner in front of the podium, and under the gaze of everyone, he walked to the side where the Hoffenheim players and coaches were, and then hugged Nyema, Serner, Ibisevic, and head coach Rangnick one by one.
Applause came again for the warm scene.
Chu Zhongtian's actions also shattered the criticisms that Chu Zhongtian had been ruthless and unrighteous. He is a person who values friendship and righteousness. Leaving Hoffenheim is based on the future of his career, but this does not mean that he and Hoffenheim players will no longer be friends.
"You deserve it, Chu! You deserve it!" Enyema shouted to him in Chu Zhongtian's ear.
After the hug, Rangnick looked at Chu Zhongtian with some conscience and turned to the podium and accepted everyone's cheers.
Hoffenheim kept such an excellent player for three seasons, but finally still didn't keep him... Maybe this is Hoffenheim's fate? He doesn't know how many people he can retain after this season is over. Since Ditma Hope can no longer input funds to the team, the team will have to bear the profit and loss. In addition to the share of the team's revenue, the majority of the team's income is the income from player transfers. At that time, Hoffenheim will sell players who can bring funds to the team like any ordinary football club, and then use these funds to find players with good quality and low price... Chu Zhongtian walked to Beckenbauer when Rangnick was distracted.
Beckenbauer held the trophy in his hand and shook hands with Chu Zhongtian with one hand: "Congratulations, Chu. Your performance in the Champions League impressed everyone, now you are the best midfielder!"
After saying that, he handed the trophy to Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian took it with both hands, and thunderous applause sounded again in the venue.
He raised the trophy in his hand, then put the trophy aside, and said, "Thank you Mr. Beckenbauer, thank you for the head coaches who voted for me. But I want to thank all Hoffenheim's teammates. I am very happy that I have fought with you for three seasons and won the league and the Champions League. Thank you, without you, there would be no me, thank you!" He spoke in fluent English with a thank-you speech.
After saying that, Chu Zhongtian walked off the podium with the trophy.
But I believe he will come up later.
※※※Then we continued the lottery ceremony, and soon all the lottery results came out:
Group a: Inter Milan, Marseille, Lille, Manchester City.
Group b: Manchester United, Lazio, Glasgow Rangers, Donetsk Miners.
Group C: Bayern Munich, Valencia, Eindhoven, Bereda Bilek.
Group d: Barcelona, Hoffenheim, Sparta Moscow, Naples.
Group e: Chelsea, Villarreal, Dortmund, Twente.
Group F: Arsenal, Real Madrid, Benfica, Olympiacos.
Group h: AC Milan, Porto, Dynamo Kiev, Brady.
G Group: Lyon, Celtic, Kazan Ruby, Panasinakos.
In fact, how was the result of the lottery? Not many Chinese audiences were concerned about. Everyone was waiting for the final award ceremony.
The Best Forward was given to Messi because his goal was second only to Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian did not participate in the selection of Best Forward. He could only choose one of the best forwards and midfielders. It is impossible for him to have a good time. The Best Forwards and the Best Midfielders are the Best Midfielders. But everyone knows that there is no best scorer in the Champions League, otherwise it must be Chu Zhongtian. Ten goals can't explain anything?
Messi smiled when he went on stage to win the award, but he stared at Chu Zhongtian intentionally or unintentionally. Although the award presenter Inzaghi praised him as the number one person in the world today, he knew that this best striker should not belong to him... In his heart, he had made up his mind to use his own efforts to win a dignified Champions League Best Forward Award next season!
After Messi went down, it was the last heavyweight award - the Best Player Award. This is the king of kings.
The award presenter for the Best Player is not a retired star, but UEFA President Platini himself.
He stood in front of the microphone with the trophy in his hand and said to everyone: "Actually, there is no suspense in this award..."
As soon as he said this, everyone laughed, and some people even glanced at Chu Zhongtian. The TV broadcast even pointed the close-up shot at Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian in the camera smiled and looked at Platini on the field.
"In the past season of the Champions League, we can't find anyone who can be better and more brilliant than him. So he deserves to win the Champions League best player." After Platini said that, Chu Zhongtian, who was sitting under the court, waved: "Congratulations, Chu!"
The applause rang again, and Chu Zhongtian stood up and hugged the people around him. As he walked onto the stage, people kept shaking hands with him, congratulations and congratulations.
After Chu Zhongtian came on stage, the applause gradually subsided. He took his second trophy from Platini, looked down, then put it aside, and delivered his words of award: "Suddenly I don't know what to say... There are too many people to thank. I have already thanked me just now. Thank you again this time, thank you again! Thank you for my teammates and coach, thank you for my family, thank you for my agent, thank you. Of course, I also have to thank Mr. Platini who presented me with the award." He looked at Platini next to him and said, and everyone below laughed.
"I am proud of myself being able to stand on such a stage." Chu Zhongtian raised the trophy again and waved it. "I hope I can still appear on such a stage. I like to be a winner, thank you everyone!"
When he stepped down, the applause was thunderous. Although he was a little arrogant, he expressed the thoughts of almost all professional players. Who doesn’t like to be a winner?
After Duan Bin translated Chu Zhongtian's words, he sighed: "It's so good... 'I like to be a winner', so confident and proud! Congratulations, Chu Zhongtian!"
Chapter completed!