Chapter 041 Champions League Draw and Awards Ceremony (2)
Zhang Yang blinked, and he looked at the beautiful female host, his heart was like boiling boiling water. He had many question marks, but unfortunately, now is not the time to speak.
He looked at Melissa Terrio in confusion. The beautiful host had returned to normal and could not see any clues.
Of course, in addition to doubting, it is fake to say that Zhang Yang is not proud or happy in his heart. If there is such a beautiful woman, a man will not reject it. Almost everyone will be overjoyed.
"Zhang, you won the European Golden Boot Award. You were the player with the most goals last season. Do you have anything to say to the fans?" said the male host.
Zhang Yang smiled, his face full of spring breeze. He picked up the golden boots in his hand and raised them, "Hello everyone, I have to say that I received the best gift just now. Of course, I'm not saying that this trophy is not good!"
Looking at Zhang Yang's smirk, the people in the venue also smiled kindly.
"Well, I finished all the remarks I should say when I received the award just now. I won't say much this time, thank you. Thank you everyone! See you next year!" Zhang Yang said cleanly and neatly. Finally, he also booked the award for next year with great confidence!
Zhang Yang's words are not just a saying. He firmly believes that he will be the protagonist here next year!
Because Zhang Yang knew that the most popular protagonist this year was not him, because he was definitely not the most valuable award for the best player. Everyone on earth knew that the award must be Kaka. AC Milan's Brazilian star deserved the award! In the 2006/2007 European Champions League, Kaka's performance was phenomenal.
Subsequently, Zhang Yang, as the fourth-tier team draw for the 2007/2008 Champions League group stage draw, completed the draw with the help of two UEFA officials.
Zhang Yang's luck is not good or bad. He drew the Ukrainian giants Donetsk miners to the D group where AC Milan is located. Although this draw is not good, it is also a good result to avoid the two Turkish teams Besiktas and Fenerbahce. The Turkish team's away game away is something that all European teams are unwilling to face.
After the fourth-level team was drawn, the top 32 in the Champions League and the eight groups were settled.
The specific results are as follows:
Group a: Liverpool Porto Marseille Besiktas;
Group b: Chelsea Valencia Schalke 04 Rosenberg;
Group c: Real Madrid Werder Bremen Lazio Olympiacos;
Group d: AC Milan Benfica Celtic miners Donetsk;
Group e: Barcelona, Anstutt Glasgow Wanderers;
Group f: Manchester United Roma Sporting Sporting Dynamo Kiev;
Group g: Inter Milan Eindhoven Moscow CSKA Fenerbahce;
Group h: Arsenal Sevilla/Athena Aek Bucharest star Prague Slavia;
At this draw ceremony, the two groups presented a pattern of colliding between the Premier League and La Liga giants. In Group B, Chelsea must lament why they draw the Death Group every year. Last season, they barely defeated the powerful Valencia team with stoppage time. After Valencia's expansion this year, there is no doubt that she wants to avenge a single shot. At the same time, Schalke 04 in the group has a strong physical advantage and Rosenberg's cold weather at home will further make the qualifying situation of the two strong players further serious. If you are not careful, the two strong players may be jealous in order to qualify.
In Group H, Arsenal may be happy that they have drawn a good draw, but the existence of two-time League Cup champion Sevilla may have to make Wenger have a lot of brains to fight for the first place in the group. Sevilla's strength cannot be underestimated in La Liga. The Bucharest star team, who has returned from Nirvana and Slavia, the Czech powerhouse, will also build momentum for the two strongmen.
In addition, in this Champions League, since most of the strong teams were concentrated in the first and second levels, there was no longer the situation where Chelsea became the second level and Bremen became the third level like last year, so there was no such terrifying death group as last year. However, this also laid the foundation for the emergence of the dark horse.
In Group A, Turkey's Besiktas has the ability to dream of qualifying. Leave Ribery's Marseille and Pepe's Porto are not enough to block all their qualifying possibilities. In Group D, the fourth-level team Ukraine Donetsk Miners is completely possible to challenge Benfica and the Celtics; Sporting Lisbon and Dynamo Kiev in Group F, H in Bucharest Stars and Slavia in Prague, can also create miracles.
With the premise that the strength of major European leagues has made great progress, perhaps people can truly understand what it means to have no weak teams in the Champions League this year.
In addition, the encounter between some players or coaches and the old master has also become a major highlight. In addition to Rui Costa, who will lead Benfica back to San Siro, Nani from Sporting Lisbon will also fight with his former teammates with Manchester United. In the summer, the exchange of players between European giants has become frequent, resulting in endless stories of "the old generals hitting the old master" in the Champions League. In addition, there is Schuster, who leads Real Madrid to return to Germany to fight. This is also an alternative "the old generals hitting the old master". I wonder if these people will receive applause or boos?
Just like last year, the four teams in Serie A attacked, but only one team from AC Milan got a good draw.
In terms of the Ross and Blacks, whether Benfica, Celtics or the Miners, it is even difficult to confront AC Milan head-on. As long as the Ross and Blacks themselves do not make any mistakes, it is very difficult to qualify in the group. It is no exaggeration to say that AC Milan has drawn the lottery. The only difficulty lies in that time that AC Milan will have to face the cold weather in Donetsk.
Inter Milan is completely different. Eindhoven is the champion of the Eredivisie. This team has even complained about AC Milan in the past years; the CSKA Moscow is rich and the existence of many Brazilian marginal internationals in the team will infinitely amplify the defects of Inter Milan's lack of technical content in the midfield; Fenerbahce has the devil's home court. The most terrifying thing is that if Inter Milan draws such a group, they have to run to Moscow in the cold season for the second consecutive year. The cold weather and back-and-forth flight will make the Nerazzurri team qualify and say hello.
In terms of Rome's two strong players, Roma drew Manchester United. Because Sporting Lisbon and Dynamo Kiev were eyeing each other, the Romans might not be entirely focused on revenge on Manchester United. Lazio drew Real Madrid and Bremen in front of him, and if the Blue Eagles wanted to qualify, they had to open a bloody road.
It is no exaggeration to say that among the semi-finals of Serie A, AC Milan drew the top draw, while the other three semi-finals only drew the winning draw, or even the draw.
After the draw, the famous Italian coach Saki was invited to the stage.
He announced the winner of the Best Coach last season.
AC Milan head coach Ancelotti won the award for Best Coach.
Now, the best coach is AC Milan head coach Ancelotti, the best defender is the team captain Paul Maldini, the best midfielder is Dutch veteran Saidov, and the best forward is Zhang Yang. AC Milan Club has won four awards. The limelight is nowhere to be seen.
The camera also gave Manchester United head coach Ferguson. The old Sir Joe led Manchester United to the league championship last season and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. This result was also quite outstanding. However, it was precisely because he was eliminated by Ancelotti's AC Milan in the Champions League semi-finals that this was also what made the old Sir Joe lost points.
After the awards for Best Coach, UEFA President Platini came on stage. People also know that the most important award tonight will be announced soon, that is the award for the best player in European football last season!
When Zhang Yang returned to his seat, he shook his eyes at Kaka: "Hey, Kaka, we're ready to go up! Let's hug first."
"Haha, this is not necessarily the case? Everyone has hope!" Kaka replied modestly.
Zhang Yang curled his lips. This is the difference between him and Kaka. If Zhang Yang was in Kaka's current status and situation, he would never be so humble. This guy would definitely say bluntly, "Haha, thank you."
Galliani smiled on her face, and Kaka would obviously be the winner of the Best Player. In this case, AC Milan won five of the six awards: Best Head Coach, Best Goalkeeper, Best Defender, Best Midfielder, Best Forward and Best Player. At this award ceremony, it can be said that tonight, the real winner must be AC Milan.
At this time, Platini also finished speaking on the stage, and it was time to reveal the best player: "Last season, the best player in Europe was... Kaka!!!"
This was a result without any suspense, and there was also warm applause at the scene!
"Kaka, who led AC Milan to the Champions League last season, scored a total of ten goals in the Champions League events!! His performance last season was completely dominant, and he is the well-deserved...the best player!"
Zhang Yang stood up, and after hugging Zhang Yang, Maldini, Siddorf and head coach Ancelotti around him, he walked towards the podium amid warm applause from the audience!
Kaka accepted Platini's congratulations and hugged the former French superstar who had just defeated Johnson and became the new leader of UEFA. The Brazilian star then took over the trophy that symbolized the best player from UEFA president Platini.
"I'm very happy to be on the podium! The 2006/2007 season is destined to be an unforgettable season for AC Milan. This year is also a year of harvest. We stand at the top of Europe. Of course, this is not my credit, because I have very outstanding teammates. It is their close cooperation that has enabled me to perform so well and win the European Championship! Thank you for joining, thank you coach, please allow me to call you Carlo, thank you, coach, thank you teammates, thank the club, and also thank UEFA for your hard work this year. The glory of last season has become a thing of the past. I hope to create greater glory with this great team!" Kaka said with a spring breeze.
The AC Milan fans in front of the TV burst into huge cheers. This night, this stage, the Red and Black Legion is undoubtedly the biggest winner. They shine with stars. Before the 2007/2008 season championship was born, they were the kingly army of Europe!
AC Milan fans love Kaka crazy and regard him as the team's new banner. Seeing Kaka with high spirits, they are increasingly looking forward to the new season. They firmly believe that with Kaka and so many champions, they can definitely lead AC Milan to continue their glory.
Zhang Yang was also applauding. Zhang Yang was not jealous of his teammate Kaka winning the Best Player Award because Kaka deserved it. The performance of this Brazilian star in the last season was simply a phenomenon.
However, looking at the energetic Brazilian teammates, Zhang Yang also felt a sense of fighting spirit in his heart.
Kaka, this year is yours, congratulations.
But you have to be careful,
Next year, this trophy is mine!
Men should have such ambitions!
ps: Please collect it, red ticket.
Chapter completed!