Every year at the end of August, the eyes of the world's media and fans fall on the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monaco.

The Champions League group stage draw and award ceremony were staggered, with the time set for 18pm.

By nightfall, the Grimaldi Congress Center is already lit up as bright as day.

Outside the gate, media reporters from all over the world gathered, as well as some fans who heard the news.

The invited guests also came to the scene one after another.

Unlike the FIFA awards ceremony, UEFA's event was not attended by many guests, mainly representatives of the 32 teams that entered the group stage of the Champions League, as well as some players and managers who were invited to participate.

Especially for managers, after this event every year, UEFA will hold its annual head coach summit at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, a few days after the event, and will invite the managers who have performed well in the past year to exchange.

With Liverpool winning the Champions League for the second time in three years, Rafael Benitez has also become a headline in this manager's summit.

Since both Liverpool and Sevilla arrived in Monaco to prepare for the upcoming UEFA Super Cup, Liverpool was invited to participate in this event, and basically the number of players in the team received invitations.

The only thing that is sad is that the St. Bride Cup, which was brought back to Liverpool from Athens last year, has been handed over to UEFA.

In the past few months, the Liverpool Hall of Honour, which houses the St. Brover Cup, has always been a favorite place for local fans and tourists to visit, and after handing over the real cup, Liverpool can only put a replica souvenir in the future.

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The arrival of the Liverpool players at the Grimalty Convention Centre at the same time immediately attracted the attention of the audience.

The main reason is that the stars of this team are not shining, and even to some extent, Liverpool is not as good as AC Milan, but before last season's final, Liverpool was considered to be better than AC Milan overall.

Rafael Benitez's tweaking has been a key factor in Liverpool's success.

Of course, only those within Liverpool know that Jesterdam's support is also crucial.

Without the lubricant of Jesterdam, Benitez's character does not know how many people to offend, and it is difficult to harmonize in the dressing room.

Although they arrived at the same time, they were divided into different locations.

For example, Yang Yang was named the best striker, Steven Gerrard and Xavi Alonso were named the best midfielder, Carragher was named the best defender, and Lei was named the best goalkeeper, so they were all placed in the front row.

When Yang Yang and others came to the front row under the guidance of the staff, they found that many players were already seated.

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"Hey, Kaka."

"Hello, Yang!"

As soon as he saw Yang Yang, Kaka immediately stood up with a smile and shook hands and hugged him.

"Hello, Paul."

Yang Yang also politely shook hands with Maldini, Pirlo and Drogba and others.

Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech is seen as the most promising goalkeeper to win the award tonight, because after Gianluigi Buffon sank with Juventus and Casillas and Real Madrid were in the round of 16 in a row, Cech is almost one of the top goalkeepers in the world, and no one can compete with him.

Even last season, whether it was Liverpool's Reina or AC Milan's Dida, they were not stable enough.

Yang Yang has always felt that successful professional players may have different personalities, but everyone is very direct, and will not secretly engage in any small actions in private.

For example, AC Milan's Brazilian goalkeeper Dida, he didn't seem to like Yang Yang very much, so he just met Yang Yang and shook hands, and then simply let it go to the side and refused to say a word.

Yang Yang is not stupid enough to hope to be liked by everyone, after all, he is a scorer, always breaking through the opponent's goal, and it is natural that he is not liked by the goalkeeper.

On the contrary, it was Cech who took the initiative to talk to Yang Yang about the direct free kick a week ago, and said a lot.

Yang Yang's position is next door to Kaka, which also means that in UEFA's mind, the status of the two of them is equal.

"You've been in a really good state lately." Kaka said with a smile.

He was always so kind, and he couldn't hear any other meaning in his tone, just admiration and congratulations.

How so?

Whether it is his treatment of people or his performance on the court, Kaka belongs to the type that people can't hate.

Yang Yang also smiled, "Aren't you too?" ”

"I'm also being forced by you." Kaka smiled unabashedly.

In the just-concluded Serie A opener, Kaka scored a brace to help AC Milan beat Genoa 3-0.

Obviously, the Brazilian superstar is also being stimulated and is trying to show himself and prove himself.

This is a gentleman's dispute between him and Yang Yang, above board.

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With the advent of the information age, many things are becoming less and less secret.

In the award ceremony that followed, Chelsea's Petr Cech won the best goalkeeper award, which was a recognition of his consistent performance last season, but also a motivator for Dida and Reina.

This was followed by the grouping of the teams in Pot 1, with defending champions Liverpool being placed in Group 1.

It is worth mentioning that all four teams in the Premier League have been placed in the first pot, which shows the strength of the Premier League teams.

After the phonegate incident, the decline of Serie A has been very obvious, and the Premier League has begun to rise strongly, gradually replacing the position of Serie A, and even faintly surpassing La Liga to become the world's first league.

The selection of the best defender is also quite unsuspenseful, because Maldini is guaranteed to be elected.

It didn't take much to do at all, because Maldini's own performance, as well as the special meaning and aura he carried, made it impossible for this award to be left behind.

Many believe that this could be the last Champions League final of Maldini's career.

In the subsequent draw in Pot 2, Liverpool drew Porto from the Portuguese Super League.

This team is a good team, and has been seeded many times before, but after the departure of a group of stars such as Mourinho and Deco, Porto has gradually declined, and as long as the two sides play normally, it will be difficult for Porto to shake Liverpool's position.

There is also no suspense in the selection of the best midfielder, if Kaka does not participate in the election for this position, Gerrard should be safe to win the award, but after Kaka is placed in the midfield position, it will be difficult for Kaka to shake the best midfield position even if he is the captain of the Champions League winning team.

In the draw for Pot 3, Liverpool drew Marseille from Ligue 1.

Like Porto, this team will also struggle to shake Liverpool's position, but the overall quality is still okay.

There is also no suspense in the selection of the best striker, because Yang Yang scored thirteen goals last season, far ahead of other players, so he has no objection to winning the best striker.

Among the major awards tonight, the only suspense is the best player.

It should be said that this is also an inevitable problem in all the best player selections.

Liverpool's overall strength is slightly superior, Yang Yang performed the best, and won the championship, all kinds of situations are impeccable; But on the other hand, Kaka led the weaker AC Milan all the way to the final, although he lost to Liverpool in the end, but Kaka's personal performance was played to the limit.

Is Yang Yang better? Or is Kaka better?

This is a question of the wise and the wise.

It's not just that this year's UEFA player of the best game is hard to choose, but even the subsequent European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year are equally difficult to choose.

That is, in the midst of everyone's entanglement and anxiety, the draw for the fourth gear is over.

Liverpool drew Besiktas from Turkey in Pot 4.

Porto, Marseille and Besiktas, the strength of these three teams is not bad, but to say that they can shake Liverpool, it is not very realistic, as long as Liverpool is steady and steady, play their own strength, there should not be much suspense to defeat the opponent.

Therefore, for such a draw, Liverpool is very satisfied.

After the draw was over, Gerard secretly leaned over to Yang Yang's ear and said with a smile, "It's stable!" ”

Obviously, the Liverpool captain was also extremely pleased with the draw.

In contrast, Chelsea's draw was not very smooth, with Valencia, Schalke 04 and Rosenborg drawn, and the competition is definitely more intense, especially Valencia and Schalke 04, both of which are likely to challenge Chelsea.

Manchester United have met Roma, Sporting Lisbon and Dynamo Kyiv, which are also not easy to play.

Arsenal, on the other hand, met Sevilla, Slavia Prague and Steaua Bucharest.

Judging from the draw for the top four of the Premier League, as long as you basically play at the level you should have, it is nine out of ten to advance to the top 16, and it is not too difficult to win the first place in the group, but you still can't be careless.

Whether it's Liverpool's Porto and Marseille, or Chelsea's Valencia and Schalke Zero-Four, Manchester United's Roma or Arsenal's Sevilla, they could all take the top spot in the group.

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After the teams in Pot 4 of the eight groups were drawn, the draw results of the final eight groups were also played on the big screen on the stage.

UEFA President Michel Platini then slowly stepped onto the stage.

Everyone gave a round of applause to the former legend, the UEFA president who had just taken office at the beginning of the year, and they were all well aware that the biggest suspense of the night was about to be revealed.

After Platini took the stage, he took the lead in speaking a few words on behalf of UEFA, introducing the work of UEFA in the past year, as well as the achievements made, and also expected the Champions League in the new season, the most interesting of which is of course the benefits of the Champions League.

In the past few years, the Champions League has been making money, and it is getting more and more, and all the participating teams have also got a piece of the pie.

Platini said this trend will continue.

Finally, he also commented on the two best performers in Europe in the past season, Yang Yang and Kaka, saying that they both represent the highest level of European football.

But the cruel choice of one or the other, so that there is only one winner in the end.

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