The draw for the Champions League group stage takes place at 6 p.m., and from 4 o'clock onwards, the gates of Monte Carlo's Grimaldi Convention Centre are already crowded with journalists and fans.

"Where's Xiao Donggao?"

"Is Messi coming?"

"Messi is here to do the gods, as a background?"

"It's the era of Xiao Donggao. ”

"I'm curious now about which award the little winter melon will get?"

"It's got to be the midfielder! ”

"But the little winter melon is the top scorer in the Champions League and the league. ”

"Where's Zanetti?"

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Seeing that the lottery ceremony is about to be held, fans are talking a lot and start looking for their idols everywhere.

"Ahh......h

With the fans shouting, hundreds of fans ran in the direction where the United participants had come.

In England, Wayne Rooney's popularity is the strongest, even after the transfer gate and prostitution door, it has little impact on Rooney's popularity.

But out of England, David. Gil and Ferguson found that Gao Xiaodong, who had just debuted for three years, surpassed Rooney in popularity, and the number of fans and reporters who welcomed Gao Xiaodong far exceeded Rooney, approaching Ronaldo, who played for Manchester United back then.

David. Gil nodded thoughtfully, in Manchester United, which focuses on commercial operation, whether it can become the team's top name, popularity is definitely an important factor.

When Ronaldo didn't leave, as an outsider, why he was able to beat Rooney to become the top brand was mainly because Ronaldo was more handsome, better looking, and more popular.

Although the current Gao Xiaodong is not as handsome as Ronaldo, he is definitely better than Rooney, and his football skills are more comprehensive than Rooney, and there is a huge Chinese market behind Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong casually signed a few fans who squeezed to the front, and then followed Ferguson and David. Jill walked into the Grimaldi venue, which is known as the best overseas conference center.

At this moment, most of the managers and managers of the top 32 teams who were invited to participate in the draw for the Champions League group stage have already taken their seats, and most of them got up to say hello when they saw Ferguson, David Gill, Gao Xiaodong, Rooney and others coming.

Among the fans, Gao Xiaodong is admired by tens of thousands of people, but at this level, there are very few acquaintances with Gao Xiaodong, and he is not even as popular as Rooney.

Mourinho also came to participate in the draw ceremony, he was catching up with the players of Inter Milan, Gao Xiaodong walked over and said respectfully: "Good coach." ”

Mourinho glanced up at Gao Xiaodong and said lightly: "It's okay." And he spoke no more. For Gao Xiaodong, Mourinho is still a little emotional, as a member of Mendes, and another year of mentor-apprentice friendship, Mourinho thinks that Gao Xiaodong should go to Real Madrid to help him, but Gao Xiaodong still went to Manchester United under his strong invitation, in the face of the powerful Barcelona, it is strange that Mourinho can not be angry.

The atmosphere was a little awkward at this time, because the normal situation was that Mourinho greeted Gao Xiaodong again, and then the conversation could continue.

Just when Gao Xiaodong was about to say goodbye and turn to leave, Ferguson came over and said to Mourinho: "Jose, what do you say to Xiaodong, you can't dig my horn." ”

Mourinho smiled half-truthfully: "Sir, it's clear that you dug my horn." ”

Ferguson laughed and held Gao Xiaodong's shoulder, "Xiaodong was my fancy last season, and I was robbed by you, and now I can only return it to its original owner." ”

Mourinho gave a thumbs up and said: "Grabbed Xiaodong, and left Rooney, the lord played high this summer, Manchester United won the championship." ”

Ferguson smiled: "You have Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema, and the championship is Real Madrid." ”

Jose Mourinho laughed and said: "Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Chelsea will have two finalists, hopefully it will be me and the lord." ”

Ferguson laughed: "I'll have a glass of wine at Old Trafford." ”

After speaking, Ferguson took Gao Xiaodong to his seat, and after Mourinho and Gao Xiaodong said "it's okay", they never looked at Gao Xiaodong again.

With guests seated and reporters in place, the Champions League group stage draw and last season's awards ceremony officially began under the auspices of UEFA Secretary-General Taylor.

The draw was preceded by the presentation of the Goalkeeper of the Year, with candidates for the best goalkeeper including Inter Milan's Cesar, Manchester United's Edwin van der Sar and Barcelona's Valdés. Ferguson, Jose Mourinho Benitez and many other coaches voted. In the end, Champions League winner Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar was elected without controversy. The guest of honour, Spanish legend Subisareta, presented Cesar with the trophy for the best goalkeeper.

After Cesar's speech, he joined England's legendary goalscorer Lineker in the draw for the first seed. The first team to be drawn was Manchester United, with the Red Devils being drawn in Group C and Barcelona in Group D, followed by AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Lyon, Inter Milan, Arsenal and Chelsea in Group G, Group E, Group B, Group A, Group H and Group F respectively.

The first draw didn't make much sense, and the next step was the selection of the best defender.

Candidates for the best defender include Inter Milan's McConn, Barcelona's Gerard Pique and Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic. In the end, McConn was elected. Bremer on the left foot, one of Germany's three carriages, presented McCone with the trophy for the best defender.

Next, there will be suspense about the draw of the second pot team, and no one wants to be with Real Madrid, Valencia, and Roma in the second pot.

McCone deserves to be in the Nella group, he first sent Valencia to Group C where Manchester United is located, and then drew Real Madrid, the most popular in Pot 2, to Group G where AC Milan is located! and then sent Roma to Bayern, Inter Milan only drew Bremen, the other four brothers in Pot 2, Benfica and Lyon in Group B, Shakhtar was drawn to Arsenal's Group H. Marseille are in the same group as Chelsea. Barcelona had the best luck, as he was drawn against Greek side Panathinaks in Pot 2.

After the draw for the second pot, UEFA presented the midfielder of the year.

Candidates for the best midfielder include Manchester United's Gao Xiaodong and Paul Scholes, Bayern Munich's Arjen Robben and Barcelona's Xavi. In the end, Gao Xiaodong was undisputed as the best midfielder. Italy's "Bantam" Zola presented the award to Gao Xiaodong.

Gao Xiaodong was very excited to walk on the podium and receive the trophy for the best midfielder from Zola, and then accepted an interview with the host Sylvia.

Gao Xiaodong said: "I am very happy to win the award, I want to dedicate the trophy to my parents, without their full support, I would not be comfortable playing here, and then thank the Inter club, thank President Moratti, thank Coach Mourinho, thank Inter teammates, thank you to the Inter fans who support me," Gao said. Without their support, I wouldn't have won this award, and here I hope that the Inter people will forgive me for not continuing to fight with you, it's not that you are not good enough, it's that I like new challenges, I hope you continue to be brilliant and I hope I have the same success at Manchester United, thank you. ”

Gao Xiaodong then drew the team in Pot 3, and he was the first to draw Glasgow Rangers in Group C, alongside Manchester United and Valencia.

Rangers are strong and as soon as they enter Group C, the situation for qualification from Group C becomes tense.

After smoking, Gao Xiaodong also smiled bitterly.

Then Gao Xiaodong drew Premier League upstart Tottenham into Group A, in the same group as Inter Milan and Bremen, which is also not a good sign.

Then Gao Xiaodong drew Ajax into Group G where AC Milan and Real Madrid are located!

After Gao Xiaodong finished smoking, the guests at the scene laughed and said that this Chinese kid specializes in his own owner.

Scandinavian powerhouse Copenhagen then moved on to Group D, alongside Barcelona and Panathinachs. Russia's Spartak Moscow, alongside Chelsea and Marseille in Group F. Swiss powerhouse Basel is in the same group as Bayern Munich and Roma. Portuguese Super League dark horse Braga meets Arsenal and Shakhtar Donetsk. Schalke 04 are in the same group as Lyon and Benfica.

After the third pot team was drawn, the selection of the best striker was held, although Gao Xiaodong was the top scorer in the Champions League and the league, he was put in the midfield, so Milito became the best striker this season.

In fact, there is no suspense in the selection of the best player of the season in the following season, Messi and Scholes are not as good as Gao Xiaodong in terms of individual performance and team results, and finally Gao Xiaodong was indisputably elected the best player of the season again.

Finally, there was the draw for the fourth-tier teams, with Turkish upstart Busasburg drawn to Group C with Manchester United, and Romanian side Cluj drawn to Group E. Kazan Ruby was placed in Group D and met Barcelona again. Srina is in the same group as Chelsea. Hapoel Tel Aviv were drawn from Group B, FC Twente were drawn from Group A and Partizan Belgrade were drawn from Group H. AJERRE were drawn from Group G to form the Group of Death with AC Milan, Real Madrid and Ajax.

After the draw of the fourth team and the group photo of the four winners, the Champions League group stage draw ceremony and award ceremony officially ended, which also means that all the honors are in the past, who can stand in the middle of this stage again, need to show their most dazzling performance in the new season of the Champions League, and lead the team to win the Champions League.