This is Yan Jing's second visit to Monte Carlo, and the time is similar, and the object of his companionship is still Zorke, but their mood is very different from last season.

They didn't expect much from the start of the Champions League last season and it was a pure surprise to beat Real Madrid to reach the quarter-finals.

The ability of the teams to start this year's Bundesliga has given the Dortmund hierarchy higher expectations for Yan Jing's results, but of course, their primary goal is still to qualify from the group stage.

The draw will be preceded by UEFA for the 2005/06 Champions League awards ceremony at the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monaco.

When Yan Jing walked into the conference hall last year, almost no media focused their cameras on him. This year's situation is slightly different, with last season's win over Real Madrid earning Yan Jing plenty of attention, and the God's prediction during the World Cup has skyrocketed his popularity.

Of course, as soon as she appeared on the camera many times, the fan girls who were attracted by Yan Jing's appearance also skyrocketed geometrically.

This time, many media reporters noticed Yan Jing, who wanted to enter the venue in a low-key manner, and they raised their cameras one after another to take pictures of Yan Jing's figure.

However, Yan Jing was not worried that the reporters would surround him, as he caught a glimpse of the Barcelona team behind him as he entered the stadium.

The issue has also been discussed in the media recently, with the unanimous opinion that Barcelona, last season's Champions League winners, is destined to be the biggest winner of the ceremony.

In the final 12-man squad announced by UEFA not long ago, in addition to the best goalkeeper candidates, the best defender, best midfielder, best striker and most valuable player all have the names of Barcelona players.

Sure enough, when the Barcelona group stepped into the hall, the media, who were still paying attention to Yan Jing, immediately changed their goals and surrounded Barcelona's superstars.

However, there are still those who choose to abandon Barcelona and continue to move closer to Yan Jing, that is, reporters from several newspapers and TV stations in Chinese mainland.

For more than a year, he has been tracking and reporting on the tension of the German national team to Yan Jing, and he has not gotten a scoop about Yan Jing for so long, which makes his immediate boss very annoyed.

After confirming that Yan Jing would come to participate in the lottery ceremony held in Monte Carlo, Zhang Zhang also followed: "Brother Yan, is it convenient to say a few words?"

Hearing the familiar language of his hometown in a different place, Yan Jing couldn't help but turn his head and look at Zhang Zhang more. He still had a little impression of this Chinese who had interviewed him before, and nodded friendly: "I know you, the reporter of "Sports Weekly", right?"

His name was read out by Yan Jing, and Zhang Zhang was a little flattered, but he didn't expect Yan Jing to remember himself as a soy sauce reporter: "Yes, Brother Yan, you have a really good memory." ”

In fact, the tension is greater than Yan Jing's, and Yan Jing is a little embarrassed when he hears the title "Brother Yan": "I only have two minutes, so I can't accept too long an interview." ”

Zhang Zhang hurriedly spoke: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll finish asking right away." Now the fans in China are interested in your news and they want to know how you became the manager of Dortmund......"

Yan Jing listened to Zhang Li's words, and felt that once this really started, it might not be something that could be solved in two minutes. So he gave Zolke a helping look at him to the end, and Zolke came over with understanding.

"Yan, let's go up first, it's about to start. ”

"Eh?" Before Zhang Li finished speaking, he heard Zorke's words, his face was embarrassed, and he looked at Yan Jing pitifully, "Brother Yan, just ...... for a while"

Yan Jing smiled apologetically at Zhang Li: "I'm sorry, let's talk about it next time." ”

If you leave, then I don't know what day you have to wait for next time! Zhang Zhang was anxious, but he couldn't do anything about Yan Jing who turned around and left.

Yan Jing's low-key personality is clear to him, if he forcibly asks the past at this time, if he gives people a bad impression, maybe there will be no chance to interview him in the future.

There's no way, who makes people better than you.

Yan Jing followed Zolke into his seat, and as soon as his butt was next to the chair, he was slapped twice on the shoulder.

"Yan, we're meeting again. ”

The male voice was all too familiar, and he turned his head to find that behind him was none other than Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

Yan Jing smiled and said to Mourinho: "Jose, congratulations on winning another Premier League trophy." ”

Mourinho bowed slightly, and also replied with a compliment: "Thank you, Dortmund's results are also quite good." ”

"How is Andre lately?"

"It's still the same, it's the same as before. ”

Chelsea continued to go strong in the Premier League in 2005/06 and eventually won the title with 91 points, eight points ahead of second-placed Manchester United.

As for the defeat in the Champions League, Yan Jing did not mention it.

Chelsea's Russian boss remained bold this summer, with Mourinho willfully signing a number of big-name stars whether he needed it or not.

German star Ballack, who originally played for Bayern Munich, moved to Stamford Bridge on a free transfer, Arsenal full-back Ashley Cole joined for 7.4 million euros, Fiyenoord Ivorian striker Kalou spent 12 million euros, Dutch defender Bolaruz from Hamburg was finally worth 13 million euros, and Nigerian striker Mikel was worth 23.6 million euros......

Of course, none of these deals can be as shocking as the arrival of AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko.

Shevchenko's €51 million is the biggest bomb in the European football transfer market this summer.

He has been chasing Ukraine's "nuclear warhead" Shevchenko since he took charge of the Blue Bridge three years ago, and now he has finally got the striker he has been dreaming of.

Yan Jing talked about this with a smile: "How about Shevchenko? This powerful striker has cost your boss a lot of money. ”

Abu's liking of Shevchenko is a well-known fact to passers-by, and Mourinho's dislike of Shevchenko is also well known.

Hearing Yan Jing talk about this topic, Mourinho spread his hands helplessly: "He's a good striker, well, I have nothing else to say." ”

Speaking of Shevchenko, his old club AC Milan was originally second in the standings last season, but was affected by the phonegate incident and was deducted 30 points by the Italian Football Federation.

Even so, AC Milan remain fourth in the league and have qualified for the Champions League qualifiers.

The draw ceremony was presided over by UEFA CEO Christ Olsen who walked out of the backstage, and the otherwise noisy hall was a little quieter.

"Welcome to Monte Carlo, where we have to present the best goalkeeper of last season before the draw ceremony. Three candidates for the best goalkeeper, look at the big screen ......"

Lyon goalkeeper Kupet, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon and Arsenal goalkeeper Lehmann appeared on the huge screen.

The three goalkeepers excelled in last season's Champions League fixtures, and Lehmann managed to win the award with an even more prominent appearance.

After the award for best goalkeeper, the award for best defender was taken away by Puyol from Barcelona.

The draw ceremony was immediately underway, with the eight most seeded teams in Europe being drawn first.

Group A Chelsea, Group B Bayern Munich, Group C Liverpool, Group D Valencia, E Lyon, Group F Manchester United, Group G Porto, Group H AC Milan.

Yan Jing joked with Mourinho before the start of the second phase of the draw: "Jose, I think you will draw Barcelona again." ”

"Yan, do you think UEFA will do this?" Mourinho's expression was very relaxed, "Your guesses have always been accurate, I have heard of it, I hope it will not come true this time." ”

Since the 2004/05 quarter-final meeting between Chelsea and Barcelona caused a lot of controversy, UEFA seems to be deliberately trying to make the two teams bitter rivals. Chelsea were also drawn to Barcelona in last season's quarter-finals, where they were unfortunately knocked out.

Fans watching the live stream in front of the TV were expecting the Group of Death, and the start of the second round draw really wowed them.

Puyol, who won the best defender, was involved in the draw as a 'draw assistant', starting with the team in the same group as Chelsea in Group A.

He watched as the ball was unscrewed, and he was a little surprised by the words printed on the slip of paper inside.

“FCBarcelona。 ”

The draw scene immediately resounded with a discussion, Yan Jing heard Mourinho behind him spit out a Portuguese national curse in a trance, and the fans also shouted that there must be a ghost in this draw after seeing it.

If you hadn't done it, how could it be so coincidental?!

Yan Jing looked back at Mourinho, quite gloating: "Jose, you see I'm not wrong." What is UEFA afraid to do?"

Mourinho glanced at Yan Jing: "Maybe it's a coincidence - if someone told me that, I would definitely send him to the hospital for a full brain examination." ”

There are a number of big clubs in Pot 2 this year, such as Inter Milan, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Arsenal, and the media generally believes that it is easy to have a group of deaths.

Inter Milan have been drawn to Group B of Bayern Munich, while Real Madrid have met last season's group stage rivals Leon in Group E.

As soon as the results of the second phase of the draw came out, fans around the world exploded.

In a large fan network community forum in Europe, Real Madrid fans have said that they are disgusted by UEFA.

Who doesn't know that Lyon won against us last season, so putting us together would create some kind of revenge hype...... UEFA doesn't even want to face.

- If you look at Group C, Valencia, Roma, and then look at Group B where Bayern is located, why is there such a big gap?

- Hahaha, if there is no topic to hype, how can the sponsors pay a lot of money? As long as you can get more money, UEFA said that the draw is a little trick, and you will not be very energetic at that time.

Dortmund, Germany, although Yan Jing was not there this time, the veteran players still spontaneously organized the team to watch the draw ceremony in the conference room.

Before the start of the third phase of the draw, UEFA will award the Best Midfielder, Best Striker and Most Valuable Player awards.

Last season's Champions League winners Barcelona emerged as the biggest winners of the ceremony, with four other categories won by their players in addition to the best goalkeeper – Puyol was the best defender, Deco was the best midfielder, and the best striker trophy was awarded to their striker Samuel Eto'o, while Ronaldinho was deservedly named the Most Valuable Player.

In the middle of the medal ceremony, Coentrão walked past the players with cardboard boxes in hand.

"It's time for the exciting guessing session again, all you need to do is put a hundred euro bills in the carton and your predictions, and maybe you'll be able to give birth to dozens of bills later—"

Since Yan Jing took charge of the team, every time there is a draw ceremony related to the team, the Dortmund players will participate in a small gamble, not much to win or lose, but also a way to regulate their mood.

'I think we're going to be drawn out of Group C for sure. Thuram, who has made great progress in his German, pulled out his money and analyzed it with a straightforward expression: "I can see from the first two rounds of the draw that UEFA likes the gimmick of 'revenge'. If you think about the fact that we beat Real Madrid in the quarter-finals last season, it is very likely that we will be drawn together according to UEFA's urine. ”

"Oh, Lelian, I think you have a point. Thiago Silva nodded solemnly, "So I decided to go for Group F." ”

Coentrão looked up at the grouping on the screen, and the two teams drawn from Group F were Manchester United and Celtic: "Do you want to play Manchester United so much? ”

Lichtsteiner stuffed the money into the box: "I'm in Group H, I'd love to go back to Lille." ”

Franck Ribery made the same choice as Lichtsteiner: "Although Stam and Shevchenko are gone, AC Milan is still strong. ”

"Ah, I want to see Anfield...... I choose Group C."

"I think it's still Group D, Valencia and Roma must be the weakest group. ”

The players were chattering, and the awards on TV had all ended, and captain Metzelder hurriedly called a halt.

"Stop, stop, let's get started! Look at the screen!"

The first team to be drawn will be drawn into Group A, which already has Chelsea and Barcelona, and it is unknown which unlucky team in Pot 3 will be drawn into this Group of Death.

With a grin, Coentrão turned his back to the TV and placed the carton with the banknotes on the table, while muttering, "Haha, whoever makes it to Group A, that's unfortunate enough." But don't worry, it won't be Dortmund ...... anyway."

Before he could finish his sentence, dozens of resentful gazes □□ all over his body like knives.

Receiving the resentful eye knives of his teammates, a bad premonition rose in Coentrand's heart, he turned around sharply, looked at the small note opened by the lottery guests on the TV screen, and 10,000 grass and mud horses roared past in his heart.

What the hell is UEFA poisonous!