The draw for the 2013-2014 Champions League was conducted under the chairmanship of UEFA Secretary General Gianni Infantino, who introduced the rules of the group stage draw in accordance with the usual practice before the draw began, which means that the 32 teams are divided into four tiers and divided into eight groups equally, while the same league teams in the same group do not meet.

Immediately, the draw ceremony officially began.

Celtic legend McNeil and Portuguese legend Figo are responsible for drawing the first tier team and which group the team will be placed in.

McNeil's first team to be drawn was Premier League Arsenal, and Figo drew him to Group C.

Chelsea were drawn to Group E, Real Madrid were drawn to Group B by McNeil and Figo, Barcelona to Group H, Bayern Munich to Group D, Borussia Dortmund to Group F, Porto to Group G and Manchester United to Group A.

Under Infantino's introduction, Cruyff and Figo are in charge of the final ownership of the second-tier team.

Owen and Figo are in charge of the attribution of the teams in Pot 3, while Sousa and Figo are in charge of the attribution of the teams in Pot 4.

With the last fourth-tier team, Vienna, placed in Group G, the draw for the 2013-2014 Champions League group stage is complete.

Tang Zheng's Real Madrid was drawn to Group B, and the other three teams except Juventus were still strong, Galatasaray from the Turkish Super League and Copenhagen from the Danish League had no way to pose a threat to Real Madrid, which means that the situation in Group B was clear at the moment when the draw results came out.

Real Madrid topped the group, Juventus finished second, with Galatasaray and Copenhagen battling it out for a Europa League spot.

As in previous years, the group of death is the most noticeable.

Tang Zheng's old club Borussia Dortmund was unfortunate and entered the group of death again.

After losing Tang Zheng, Dortmund's overall strength has declined to a certain extent.

Although the league is top of the league on goal difference at the end of the three rounds, the ranking is not convincing considering that the first three rounds of the league were against Augsburg, promoted Brunswick and Werder Bremen.

Borussia Dortmund's Group F teams are also drawn from Marseille, Napoli and Benfica.

However, compared to the four league winners in the 2012-2013 Champions League group stage, Dortmund's draw this season is quite acceptable.

Despite this, Tang Zheng still turned his head to look at the area in front of his teammates, Klopp's expression was serious, and Hummels, Lewandowski, and Gotze, who were appointed as the second captain in the new season, all performed very complicated.

The media who followed the results of the 2013-2014 Champions League group draw shook their heads, they had expected this season's draw to be very interesting, but there was no other group draw other than the Group of Death.

Because the results of the draw of the other seven groups are all strong and weak, and the qualifying situation is clear.

Of course, the draw has been out, and everyone's attention has shifted to the selection of the European Player of the Year awards.

The scene was handed back to BBC announcer Pedro Pinto and Miss Swiss Melanie Vienig, who first explained the scope of the European Player of the Year selection, which means that players from UEFA member states can participate.

Media representatives from UEFA's 53 member associations will be on hand to vote for the finalist three, with each media having a chance to vote, with the highest number of votes being the Europa Player of the Season 2013.

In fact, the election of the best European player in 2013 is very clear, 2013 is not a big year, so it will not be awarded to Barcelona player Andres Iniesta who has made outstanding contributions to the national team as in 2012.

Throughout the 2012-2013 season, no one was better than Tang Zheng.

The league championship was led by Tang Zheng to Dortmund for most of the season before finally surpassing Bayern Munich to successfully defend the title and achieve three consecutive league championships.

At the same time, He Wei, the central 5 commentator sitting in the Beijing studio, said with a smile: "I think in the history of UEFA, there will be a new history next, the fans in front of the TV, your ideas should be reconciled with me, throughout the 2012-2013 season, no one is better than my country's player Tang Zheng!"

After Pedro Pinto explained the selection rules and what could happen, the big screen took turns showing the highlights of the three candidates.

Since this was the first live voting, Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, who came to the scene, all looked a little nervous.

Especially Tang Zheng, who was the most likely to be elected, his feet kept shaking, so much so that Cristiano Ronaldo, who was sitting next to him, rolled his eyes and pouted and muttered to himself.

If anyone notices the shape of his mouth, they will definitely be able to hear the meaning of "unproductive".

A short time later, after the highlights of the three candidates were played, Melanie Vinig's melodious voice resounded throughout the Grimalti Convention Center: "Now we invite the three candidates to the stage. ”

The close-ups of the live broadcast were explained to Tang Zheng, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi in suits and leather shoes.

They got up from their seats and walked to the middle of the room.

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Although 53 votes have been cast and the results have been in, it will take some time for UEFA's official engravers to engrave the names of the winners on the trophy, which symbolizes the best player in Europe.

So the hosts Pedro Pinto and Melanie Vignig had to give full play to their hosting skills, interviewing and ridiculing the candidates on the spot.

Perhaps intentionally, Pedro Pinto first asked Lionel Messi, who followed Barcelona to the Champions League semi-finals last season.

Messi has also experienced countless big scenes, and even though he has realized that his chances of being elected as the best player in Europe are not high, his mentality has always remained at a very good stage.

The same is true for Cristiano Ronaldo, who had a poor overall performance at Real Madrid last season, failing to win the league, the Copa del Rey or the Champions League, and he is also self-aware that if Messi is not likely to be elected, he is even less likely.

On the contrary, Tang Zheng is a bit of a loser, he knows that he was the best player in the whole of Europe last season, but it is precisely because of this that he seems worried.

In the past few days, the mainstream media in Europe have been reporting on the 2013-2014 Champions League group draw and the European Best Player Award Ceremony.

And the content is reasonable, and the top three analysts in recent years are the Tao.

Whether it is the best European player or the European Ballon d'Or or FIFA Ballon d'Or, the final winner is either Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi.

So this time...... Will it still be their two-person turn?

Unknown, no one can say.

After interviewing Cristiano Ronaldo, Pedro Pinto's eyes fell on Tang Zheng, who had an indifferent face but a turbulent heart.

"Don, a lot of the media think you were the best player in Europe in the past 2012-2013 season, what do you think personally?"

Tang Zheng was still calm on the surface, nodded his head in the face of Pedro Pinto's question, and then shrugged his shoulders and said: "I don't think so, my outstanding performance is based on the dedication of my coach, teammates and tens of thousands of fans in attendance, so I don't think it's how good I am, it's that my coaches, teammates and fans at Dortmund are good enough, I'm just the one who comes out, that's all." ”

As soon as the words ended, there was a burst of laughter at the scene.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei smiled awkwardly through the instant translator: "I always thought that Tang Zheng played football well, and I didn't expect that he was also very good at slapping sycophants, he said that his excellent performance came from the selfless dedication of coaches, teammates and fans, of course...... He's not wrong, it's just that I personally feel a little interesting, haha......"

Commentator Xu Yang also smiled: "This shows that Tang Zheng's emotional intelligence is very high, although he has now changed the court, but the bits and pieces of the past are remembered in my heart, we have an old saying in China called drinking water and not forgetting to dig wells, Tang Zheng is now not only a world-class star, but also represents the country's comprehensive quality, the ball is played well, and the quality is also high, this is the huge difference between world-class stars and many Chinese Super League players who like to play big names......"

During the conversation, another host, Miss Switzerland, Melanie Wienig, asked Tang Zheng again: "Tell me who you would like to thank the most if you won the title of the best player in Europe?"

"Thank whom?" Tang Zheng looked at the beautiful Melanie Vinig, and after seeing the other party nodding, he looked at the guests in the audience, and grinned: "Of course, I have to thank my coach, teammates, and fans in Dortmund, right...... And my mom and dad, girlfriend ......."

"Poof—"

Compared to the previous burst of laughter from the Grimaldi Convention Center, this time it was helpless.

Tang Zheng's expression changed, and he shrugged his shoulders innocently and looked at the breathless guests who were laughing at the scene: "I'm not wrong, I really want to thank my coach, teammates and ...... at Dortmund."

The same reaction as a few seconds ago, only to be met with another burst of laughter.

Pedro Pinto couldn't stand it anymore, he pulled Tang Zheng and said, "Hey~ man, I think your words can end here!"

"Yes? But I haven't said enough. Tang Zheng said naughtily.

The close-up of the live director did not give Tang Zheng a close-up, but a shot that was enough to see the other two candidates, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

If the fans sitting in front of the TV pay a little attention, it is not difficult to see that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have strange expressions.

Seeing that Tang Zheng was about to speak again, Pedro Pinto finally received the backstage message from the headset, so he preemptively said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the 2013-2014 Champions League group draw and the European Player of the Year award ceremony have come to ......the most critical moment!

Michel Platini and Rainer Holzschu each walked to the center, while Miss Manners with the trophy also appeared backstage.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice became a little nervous: "It is normal for Platini to be the president of UEFA to be responsible for presenting the award, but will the chairman of "Kicker" magazine Holzshu as the guest of honor imply anything? Tang Zheng played for Dortmund in the Bundesliga last season, and the chairman of the German "Kicker" magazine was the guest of honor, will it?"

Platini and Holtzshu, the president of The Kicker magazine, shook hands with the host and the three candidates, respectively, and Platini walked to the middle podium and said a few inconsequential polite lines, before the hostess placed the trophy on the shower.

Immediately afterwards, Platini glanced at all the guests on the scene, and then at the names engraved on the back of the trophy, and smiled mysteriously, satisfying the taste of the guests and candidate players on the scene.

For about two seconds, Platini held his ears as the best European player trophie, then raised his head and said aloud, "Don—"

At the same time, he engraved Tang Zheng's name on the back with the English "Zheng· Tang" to all the guests.

When he heard Platini say his surname, Tang Zheng suddenly burst into joy, but his excellent psychological quality made him forcibly press down his body and mind, and clap his palms calmly like Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi next to him.

Zhao Lina, who followed Tang Zheng to the scene, rolled her eyes when she saw Tang Zheng like this, because maybe she was the only one at the scene who knew that Tang Zheng was pretending to be calm.

He Wei, the commentator of Beijing Studio Yang 5, was stunned for half a second, and then said ecstatically: "Before the selection results were decided, we thought that this would be the result, because we all know who performed the best in the whole 2012-2013 season! But when the results come out, we will still be unable to suppress the excitement in our hearts! I think the fans in front of the TV are as proud of Tang Zheng as I am!"

Presenter Holzshu, president of The Kicker, received the silver trophy for Europe's best player from UEFA President Michel Platini, and host Pedro Pinto walked up to Tang Zheng and signaled that he could accept the trophy.

Tang Zheng's psychological fluctuations are very strong, but fortunately, his psychological quality is very strong, and he walked in the direction of the host Pedro Pinto's fingers.

But he had just walked halfway when he suddenly remembered something, froze in place, and stretched out his right hand towards the nearest Messi.

Messi was slightly stunned, but he reacted quickly, stretched out his right hand, and met him.

With a light shake, Tang Zheng came to Cristiano Ronaldo, and also smiled and stretched out his right hand.

Although Cristiano Ronaldo and Tang Zheng were a little unhappy outside the arena, they had to be graceful at this time, and he also smiled and stretched out his right hand.

Accompanied by the background music of the Champions League theme song, Holzshu handed the trophy in front of Tang Zheng.

Tang Zheng was also unequivocal, and after taking it, he held it high.

Fans watching the live broadcast on TV can clearly see the subtitles typed by the broadcaster - Tang Zheng, the best player of the year in Europe in 2012-2013.

Naturally, you should be happy to receive the supreme glory, but after the joy, there is still an acceptance speech waiting for Tang Zheng.

He Wei, the commentator of Yang 5, did not speak, and looked at Tang Zheng in the broadcast camera intently, concentrating.