After the Premier League game against Portsmouth, the league went into a period of hiatus, and the next two weeks were spent in international time. There are not a few internationals in the Manchester City team, and the Manchester City table is quite good since the start of the new season, which has also led to an increase in the number of internationals in the team. Wright Phillips was re-selected for the England national team, while Richards was also on Capello's radar, Lescott and Gareth Barry were also regulars in the England national team, in addition to Kompany, Bellamy in the Welsh national team, Petrov is a veteran of the Bulgarian national team, Kolo Toure, Zabaleta, De Jong, Tevez and Adebayor are also regulars in their respective national teams. So, the day after the game against Portsmouth, City's training base was empty and the players were heading to report to their respective national teams.

For Chinese fans, they are also excited, because this will also be Yang Fan's first real time playing for the Chinese team.

On August 15, the Chinese team played a warm-up match against the Malaysian team in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, this game was played at the Shah Alan Stadium, where the national football team lost 0-3 to Uzbekistan in the group stage of the 2007 Asian Cup. This time, there were relatively few fans at the scene, about 1,000 people came, including about 30 Chinese fans who also came to cheer. As a result, the two sides drew 0-0, and after the start of the national team training camp, Gao Hongbo's team was winless in 90 minutes for two consecutive games. After the game, the weak attacking ability of the national football team also caused overwhelming criticism here.

Under such circumstances, fans are more eagerly looking forward to Yang Fan's return. They are fed up with the weakness of the national football team and are waiting for Yang Fan to save the national football team.

However, Yang Fan was not able to return to China for the first time to participate in the national team's training camp, and he still had important things.

On August 31, 2009, the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monte Carlo, Monaco, was full of friends and big names.

Sitting here are some of Europe's top sports journalists from 53 countries, who will be the judges. The 2008/2009 UEFA Awards Ceremony will be held here, and the top journalists will be the judges who will select the best of Europe for the past season.

In addition, there are 32 teams including managers of big clubs, all of whom have reached the round of 32 of the 2009/2010 UEFA Champions League. They came to participate in the draw for the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in the 2009/2010 season.

Yang Fan was also present at the Monte Carlo Awards Ceremony this evening, along with Manchester City CEO Gary Cook.

Of course, Manchester City did not enter the group stage of this season's Champions League, and they did not even qualify for the Europa League, they are here not because of Manchester City FC, but because of Yang Fan's personal reasons, as the top scorer in last season's Champions League and the biggest contributor to helping Manchester United win the Champions League, Yang Fan will be the best striker in the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions League and the best player in European football.

As for Cook accompanying Yang Fan to appear, this is also the club's arrangement, to put it mildly, this is also a blessing for Yang Fan, and the CEO of Manchester City also came here to see the big scene...... Participating in the group draw of the Champions League, which is still relatively far away for Manchester City for the time being, is still relatively far away for the time being, and here the giants gather, Manchester City, a local tycoon, is really a completely neglected place.

Of course, Manchester City is despised, which does not mean that Yang Fan is also despised, as the most terrifying goalscorer in football today, his arrival immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Yang Fan met his old acquaintance, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, outside the venue. In the league the day before yesterday, Arsenal was reversed 1-2 away by Manchester United, and Arsene Wenger was also sent to the stands for strongly protesting that Van Persie's goal was blown off because of Gallas's offside position in the 95th minute of the game, but Wenger was obviously in a much better mood tonight.

Although he always missed Yang Fan, as the first person to discover and pay attention to Yang Fan's football talent, Wenger's appreciation of Yang Fan is well known to the entire football world, Yang Fan and Wenger's personal relationship has always been good, and when Yang Fan joined Manchester United, when applying for special talent qualifications, Wenger even left behind his prejudices with Ferguson and appeared at the special hearing of the English FA to testify for Yang Fan, which also shows his appreciation for Yang Fan. Yang Fan has always been more respectful and grateful to Arsene Wenger.

Before the award ceremony and the diving ceremony, Yang Fan and Wenger chatted for a while, Wenger congratulated Yang Fan on becoming Manchester City's captain, and praised his performance at Manchester City, and Yang Fan also wished Wenger good luck in the upcoming group stage draw ceremony.

Arsene Wenger also joked that if Yang Fan is not happy at Manchester City, don't forget to call him as soon as possible, Arsenal's door will always be open to him.

Yang Fan laughed when he heard this, and did not take the kind words to heart, although he also knew that Wenger's words were half-joking, but they also meant the truth, but he didn't think that he would have a bad time in Manchester City, he was determined to start a career here. And, even if he leaves Manchester City, that's after he left a legend here and achieved great things.

The two men chatted for a while and then parted and sat down in their respective seats.

Yang Fan then nodded to Manchester City manager David Moyes, and the unpleasantness between him and Moyes was also reduced a lot by the conversation between the two before he left Manchester United, at least he no longer disliked Moyes.

The 2009/2010 Champions League group stage draw was first played, and the award ceremony was interspersed with the draw ceremony.

The first thing to reveal is the best of each position.

The winner of the best goalkeeper was Manchester United's veteran goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, and the Dutch goalkeeper deserved to win the award.

The best defender was Chelsea captain John Terry, and despite being knocked out by Barcelona in the semi-finals, Chelsea still conceded the fewest goals of any team, which is inseparable from the excellent performance of their formidable backline, especially the captain of the team, John Terry.

The best midfielder was won by Barcelona midfielder Xavi, as Barcelona's midfield brain, Xavi is undoubtedly the most important one in the Barcelona team, and he deserves to win the best midfield award.

Before the best player, the biggest suspense is undoubtedly in the competition for the best striker, Yang Fan's table is terrifying, he is also the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League last season, but, don't forget jì, Barcelona's Messi's table xiàn is also a phenomenon, and the media is not one-sided in the previous predictions, there are many people who support Yang Fan, and there are also many people who support Messi.

In the end, Yang Fan won the award for the best striker, which made the English media jubilant, while the Spanish side, especially the Catalan media, was uneven, and then, they also comforted themselves, Yang Fan won the best striker, just because he scored more goals than Messi, Messi lost to Yang Fan here, and in the subsequent competition for the best player, he will definitely be able to get it back, and the award for the best player is the most golden.

The draw for the group stage of the 2009/2010 UEFA Champions League was announced when the award for the best striker was announced.

Group A: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi Haifa;

Group B: Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Beśktaş, Wolfsburg;

Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, Zurich;

Group D: Chelsea, Porto, Atletico Madrid, Atletico Greece;

Group E: Liverpool, Lyon, Fiorentina, Debrezen;

Group F: Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dynamo Kyiv, Rubin Kazan;

Group: Sevilla, Glasgow Rangers, Stuttgart, Uniria;

Group H: Arsenal, AZ Alkmaar, Olympiacos, Standard Liège;

The matchups of the 32 participating teams have all been revealed, except for Group G, which is the most average and each team is slightly weaker, Group A, which has Bayern and Juventus, Group C where Milan and Real Madrid are located, and Group F, where Inter Milan meets Barcelona, is immediately recognized by everyone as having some group of death, because in addition to these six teams, there is also a team with the strength to disrupt the game in the group to which they belong, and the strength of these six teams is needless to say.

Let's start with Group A. Bayern, who spent more than 50 million euros this summer and invited former Ajax, Barcelona and Dutch national team coach Louis van Gaal, if the Bundesliga giants only qualify as second in the group, this will definitely make the club's top management a little embarrassed and will feel quite worried, because once they only finish second in the group stage and meet the top giants, the situation of home and away in the rematch will definitely be a headache for Bayern. As for the reason, it is nothing more than Bayern's average home record in the European knockout rounds in recent years, AC Milan and Barcelona and other teams have embarrassed Bayern in Munich, in addition, Bayern's away face against the top giants is really not ideal, last season's 1-5 away defeat to Barcelona can be seen.

Bayern needs to worry about much more than that, because now this Juventus team after last season's Champions League wash, the Bianconeri, who can beat Real Madrid twice, now do have the strength to compete for the title, and more importantly, this summer Juve not only lost elites, but also signed Melo, Cannavaro, Diego and other well-known players, and the latter is precisely Bayern's nemesis in the Bundesliga. As for the other two teams in this group, Bordeaux, who are the new champions of Ligue 1, is very strong, and Maccabi Haifa, who is basically half of the Israeli national team, and most of the players in the team also have considerable European experience. Therefore, the death of this group is not to be underestimated.

The camera gave Bayern Munich giant Rummenigge a close-up, and his face was a little dignified.

Let's move on to Group C. The visual impact of the three former Champions Cup winners standing side by side is already strong, and it's worth mentioning that all three teams have a number of super-class stars, and many of them have some intertwined relationships with their upcoming opponents. The fact that Morientes and Heinze will play for Marseille against Real Madrid, Kaka who will bear the main responsibility for defeating AC Milan and Huntelaar who will have to score in San Siro or the Bernabeu in a red and black striped shirt proves just how foolish Florentino's decision to sell him this summer was. In addition, like the former Barcelona top Ronaldo against Real Madrid, the former Juventus superstar Didier Deschamps ushered in a 1997 Champions League final defeat, and Pato needs to prove that he is already the star of Milan in front of Kaka, it is clear that the matchup in this group is full of highlights.

Of course, the highlight is the highlight, and for the three former Champions Cup winners, winning the qualification spot is obviously the most important thing. Regardless of the overall strength of the players, in terms of the manager's ability alone, Pellegrini and Deschamps seem to be slightly better than Leonardo, the former has led Villarreal to the Champions League semi-finals, and the latter led Monaco all the way to the Champions League final in 2005, and also completed the amazing feat of defeating Real Madrid during the period. Therefore, as far as the shape of this group is concerned, under the premise that the Zurich team can only accompany the prince to study, Real Madrid, Milan, and Marseille will definitely be in the dark in the group stage, and as for the final two winners, I believe they will also be out of breath at that time.

And Group F, the collision of Barcelona and Inter Milan also caused a burst of laughter on the scene, Mourinho and Barcelona's grievances have long been famous in Europe, the collision of these two teams, is also particularly expected, Mourinho has always had a hand against Barcelona when he was in charge of Chelsea, and the two teams have each other's veterans, Ibrahimovic hopes to be able to prove himself in the Champions League, and Inter Milan, Mourinho now has Eto'o, Motta, Quaresma, the three Barcelona veterans. And the meeting between Mourinho and Pep Guardiola is also particularly eye-catching, one is a European madman, and the other is the most elegant young coach in European football......

Mourinho and Pep Guardiola both had stern expressions on their faces.

The camera also gave a close-up of Wenger and Moyes and Benitez and Ancelotti, the four big four managers of the Premier League, surprisingly, the signing of these teams is not bad, but, at least Wenger and Benitez have solemn expressions on their faces, and interestingly, the camera then gave a close-up of Platini in the VIP seat......

There are English clubs in the finals of five consecutive seasons, the Premier League teams occupy three of the top four in three consecutive seasons, and the Premier League big4 has all advanced to the 1/4 finals in the past two seasons, Manchester United has successfully defended the title last season under the leadership of Yang Fan, becoming the first team to successfully defend the title after the Champions League restructuring, and the strength of the Premier League in the Champions League can be clearly reflected from the group stage draw all in the first gear,

Although it seems that the signing luck of the Premier League BIG4 is good, but a careful analysis can show that the difficulty coefficient of the Premier League to create Zào glory again this season may be far greater than the previous two seasons.

UEFA President Michel Platini is known to hate Premier League teams, and it is completely contrary to the overwhelming strength of English teams in recent years that Platini pursues a balanced strategy to support the weak. The French famously said, "Excessive football will be tarnished." Therefore, when Eduardo faked a fall in the qualifying round, Platini, as the president of UEFA, came out and said that "there is a possibility of a ban." 'When Chelsea met Barcelona in the semi-finals of the Champions League last season, Ballack and Drogba were furious because of the referee's unfair decision, and the scene of rage is still unforgettable.

Looking at the current grouping, in the group stage, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal did not meet the big teams, and first avoided Real Madrid, which has Ronaldo. If you look at the other groups, Bayern Munich PK Juventus, AC Milan PK Real Madrid, Barcelona PK Inter Milan are much heavier than the top four of the Premier League. On the surface, the Premier League semi-finals seem to have an advantage, but if you consider the rules and depth, UEFA is actually not benevolent to England clubs.

As the rules for the first round of knockout rounds are the avoidance of the same club, as well as the avoidance of the same group in the group stage, it is very likely that the Premier League BIG4 will face a strong resistance in the round of 16, as it did last season. With two superpowers in Group A, Group C and Group F, it is possible to ensure that no matter whether a Premier League team qualifies first in the group stage or advances in second place, they will have a strong opponent on the way to the quarter-finals.

Of course, according to UEFA's usual practice, it is very likely that the most championship-looking team will be "reserved" before the semi-finals, and if the Premier League big4 once again "fiercely" clears all the obstacles in the first round of knockouts, then what awaits them will be inevitable "internal attrition", because only in this way is the safest way to "annihilate" English clubs.

So, that's why Wenger's face isn't very good-looking.

Manchester City CEO Gary Cook is a little puzzled, in his eyes, the Premier League team's signing is still quite good. Yang Fan explained to the club boss on the side, which made Cook relieved, and then, Cook looked at Yang Fan with surprised eyes, watching Yang Fan tell the story, it is not easy to be able to see through these in the first time, even ordinary coaches also need to ponder to be able to understand the meaning, Yang Fan can see through it at a glance, how can this not surprise Cook?!

"Yang, I really think it's a great blessing for Manchester City to have you. "Gary. Cook lamented that Yang Fan's terrible football talent shocked him, as a player, to be able to have such a situation in this big picture, which shows Yang Fan's football talent, and further, this is also extremely helpful for Yang Fan to become a great team leader. This is the embodiment of the overall situation.

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