At noon on the second day of the second round of the Premier League, London Heathrow Airport.

In the waiting hall, Yang Yang, who put on a coat, hat and sunglasses, watched Su Ye walk in.

He really saw the tears rolling in Su Ye's eyes just now, but she stubbornly didn't let them fall.

And after turning around, she never looked back, but from her fading back, Yang Yang saw her twitching shoulders and guessed that she should be crying at this time, but she just didn't want to let herself see it.

Parting is always sad, but there is no way around it.

In the past two months, Su Ye has been with her, except for the period when he followed the team to Austria and Germany to play warm-up matches, they were together almost every day, and they had begun to get familiar with the days when each other was by their side.

But time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it's almost September.

The time for school is getting closer and closer, and the two crews who went to audition before Su Ye have successively notified her that she will find time to audition for the second round of auditions in the near future, so after seeing Yang Yang return from injury and scoring a brace in the game against Newcastle, Su Ye finally returned to China with confidence.

Yang Yang bought a lot of things for her to take home, some for relatives and friends, and some for her roommates and classmates.

At the airport duty-free shop just now, he also specially bought two bottles of wine and asked her to take them back to Su Wenhong.

As a result, she had to check in her luggage.

But Su Ye, who has never liked Yang Yang to buy things for her, is unusually well-behaved and obedient today.

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"Let's go!"

It wasn't until Su Ye disappeared that Winston Bogard patted Yang Yang on the shoulder and signaled him to leave.

Yang Yang took advantage of the break in the training session to go to London to see off the plane, and he had to rush back in the afternoon.

Winston Bogard listened to Yang Yang's advice and decided to stay at Liverpool to help for the time being, but he only waited until Liverpool found a suitable fitness coach, because he was busy going back to run his own gym.

During this period of time, he kept in touch with Wei Zhen almost every day, and the news that he went to Liverpool to help Yang Yang return from injury was also spread in China.

Yang Yang's reason for convincing him was also simple, "This is a rare opportunity to advertise our gym for free!" ”

UEFA originally invited Yang Yang to Monaco today to participate in the draw for the Champions League group stage, because he was shortlisted for last season's Champions League best striker.

As the double winner of last season's European Golden Boot and Champions League Golden Boot, Yang Yang is a popular choice for the best striker in the Champions League this year, and many media outside have rumored that Yang Yang will win this award.

But according to the first-hand information Raiola received from Monaco and UEFA, Yang Yang has not won the award.

The award should have been won by Barcelona striker Samu Eto'o.

The reason is very simple, although he did not score as many goals as Yang Yang, he helped Barcelona win the championship, which is the most convincing bargaining chip.

Yang Yang also felt helpless about this, because he and Ajax stopped in the semifinals.

If UEFA refuses to give awards, it's impossible to ask for it yourself, right?

Besides, it is not something that Yang Yang can decide whether to give it to or not.

Instead of going to the scene and watching others win awards, it is better to simply find an excuse not to go.

So, Yang Yang found a reason through Liverpool, saying that the right foot injury had not fully recovered, and he needed to recuperate carefully, seize the time to prepare for the game, and politely declined UEFA's invitation.

This is also a very good reason, and UEFA understands it.

But as soon as he thought that he had the opportunity to fly from Heathrow Airport to Monaco to receive the award, Yang Yang felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"It's just that there are many goals, and if you can't win the championship, it's in vain." Yang Yang said with a sigh.

Winston Bogard knew him and knew he was indignant about the Champions League season of the season, and smiled, "Then you should look at it the other way around, how many professional players want to score a goal in the Champions League, but you score a lot. ”

Yang Yang smiled, he knew that Winston Bogard wanted to comfort him.

But in reality, he didn't need comfort at all.

"Wait and see, Winston, I'm going to win this prize sooner or later!" Yang Yang's eyes were very determined.

Winston Bogard nodded, he knew that Yang Yang had always been a person with goals and ideals, and at the same time willing to endure hardships.

As long as he wants, he will work hard to achieve it.

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Although he didn't go to the scene, Yang Yang still cared about the lottery.

At 18 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, after the team's training, Yang Yang and his teammates stayed in Melwood to watch the draw ceremony.

The Goalkeeper of the Year went to Arsenal's German goalkeeper Lehmann, the best defender went to Barcelona's Puyol, the best midfielder went to Barcelona's Deco and the best striker went to Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o.

The grand finale, Player of the Season, went to Barcelona's superstar Ronaldinho.

It can be said that the Champions League champions won by a big margin, and the runners-up Arsenal got the best goalkeeper with the least weight.

This is mainly thanks to Valdés, because Barcelona's goalkeeper is really unreliable, which allowed Lehmann, who is also not very reliable, to win this award.

Judging from the award, it is indeed a bit meritocratic, but this is also normal, UEFA's award was originally based on the performance of the Champions League, and it is natural that he was elected.

Yang Yang was among the shortlists for the best striker as the winner of the Champions League Golden Boot, the other being Arsenal striker Thierry Henry, but as a result, both Yang Yang and Henry lost to Samuel Eto'o.

As for the best player, that's basically no suspense.

Interspersed with the Champions League award ceremony, the draw for the Champions League group stage has also resurfaced.

Liverpool are once again seeded in Pot 1 with the Champions League title in 2005.

In addition to Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United in the Premier League are also among the eight seeds, and although Chelsea have risen rapidly in the domestic league in recent years, they have not had a high status in European football, only finishing in Pot 2.

Later, in the draw, after staggering the teams of the same country, Liverpool drew PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie in Pot 2, Bordeaux in Pot 3 in Ligue 1 and Galatasaray in Pot 4 in Turkey.

"On the surface, our group was lucky not to meet a really strong team, but in reality, it was not easy to play at all." Captain Gerard analyzed worriedly.

Xavi Alonso also agreed, "The strength of the four teams is relatively average, the gap is not big, but the other groups, although there are strong teams, but the difference in strength is even greater, it is not difficult to qualify, our more average group, especially Turkey, is really a big challenge." ”

The Champions League has always had two major problems, one is to visit the Nordic and Far East in the cold winter, especially in the distant Ukraine and Russia, and the other is to travel long distances to the Middle East, both of which are very fatal problems.

However, according to the current schedule, Liverpool's visit to Galatasse is in December, which is very bad.

If you don't play well in the first five rounds, the pressure will be very high if you go to Turkey in the last round of the group stage.

'PSV Eindhoven are also very strong, last season in the Champions League group stage against AC Milan won one and drew one, but the only good news is that Hius is no longer in PSV Eindhoven and this could be our chance. Kuyt analyzed.

'Bordeaux is also a very good team defensively, so it will be a big test for our attack.

Teammates, you and I analyzed it word by word, and Yang Yang felt that it made sense.

'As things stand, we have to do everything we can to play the first five rounds so that we can play Galatasere away to be easy, otherwise it will be very dangerous.' Yang Yang said worriedly.

My teammates agreed.

The pressure on the Champions League is also huge.

This can be seen from the odds offered by the bookmaker subsequently.

Barcelona are seen as the favourites to win the title, followed by Chelsea, Real Madrid, Manchester United, AC Milan and Inter Milan.

Liverpool are second behind Arsenal in eighth place.

The other three teams in the same group are all in the top 20 of the bookmaker's odds, with PSV Eindhoven in 15th place.

While the bookmaker's odds don't necessarily reflect the strength of the team, they can be used as a proper reference.

Liverpool's group is very evenly balanced and very difficult to play.

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August 26, noon.

Liverpool sit at Anfield and host their opponents in the third round, the Hammers against West Ham United.

The team are currently even higher in the Premier League table than Liverpool, and Alain Pardew's side have also put on a tight defensive posture on the road, with Liverpool holding them down for the first ten minutes.

Yang Yang started again and was very active, frequently sending wonderful passes to his teammates.

Unexpectedly, in the twelfth minute, West Ham United played a counterattack, striker Zamora seemed to pass and shoot when he hoisted the ball towards the goal when there was no chance, but Spanish goalkeeper Reina made a fatal mistake.

Losing concentration, Reyna was caught off guard and the ball went straight into the net.

Subsequently, Liverpool continued to launch a wild attack, especially the left side where Yang Yang is located, which has become the source of Liverpool's attack.

Towards the end of the first half, Liverpool's 63 per cent possession and a dozen shots on goal finally paid off.

First, the unguarded Daniel Agger scored a long-range shot to equalise for Liverpool.

Then Yang Yang passed through to the edge of the penalty area and assisted Crouch to score the goal.

In the end, Liverpool also relied on these two attacks to defeat West Ham United 2-1.

Although Yang Yang failed to score, he also contributed an assist, and he was very active throughout the game, and was praised and affirmed again.

It's just that after this round, Kanu who scored twice, Zamora, who scored consecutive goals, tied for the top scorer with four goals, and Darren Bent scored two goals and ranked third with three goals.

Yang Yang still scored two goals, tied with the likes of Didier Drogba, Frank Lampard and Wayne Rooney.

As for the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, he still did not score.