The Millwall trio flew together to Nyon, Switzerland, and halfway through the draw for the Champions League round of 16, Wilkinson thought the outlook was a bit pessimistic: "I have some gossip. ”

"I've spoken to a couple of FA officials and they all say that every year in the Champions League, some games are predestined, and the game should be played in terms of attractiveness and commercial sponsorship.

"So every year there will definitely be a focus battle, and most of them will be a battle between Nike and Adi's camp."

"There is news that we will draw a strong team, either Serie A or La Liga, and in addition, UEFA wants to strengthen the appeal of the Champions League by bringing the attacking giants to the top."

"The Premier League has been too outstanding in the past two years, winning the championship for two consecutive years, so several teams will be suppressed."

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Wilkinson said a lot along the way, most of it was gossip, as a person who has more contact with English football, he still has a lot of sources, some of which are recognized, but it is certainly okay, most of the news is meaningless, because there are many conflicts in it, but anyway, Zhang Yang and Wise both agree that 'the draw has an insider', which is also well known to various clubs in Europe.

No one will break it.

One is that there is no evidence, and the other is that the UEFA organizes the Champions League, the higher the commercial attractiveness, the more bonuses each participating team can share, even if some signings are operated internally, it can be beneficial to each team as a whole.

In addition, the draw is not really important, what matters is the strength of each team.

If you are really strong and perform well, you can have fun with any team you meet, and it doesn't matter if you draw a lot.

Zhang Yang didn't care too much.

It's too complicated to go to the draw and think about these things, he's just a head coach, he will play against any opponent he meets, the only thing he can do is this, as for whether he has an inside story or not, it doesn't have much to do with Millwall.

The Premier League as a whole has been suppressed, and at most it has encountered strong teams.

That's all.

Of course, Zhang Yang still hopes to meet the weak team, after all, the weak team is easy to beat some, after the virtual competition, a total of 16 teams from the eight virtual tournament to advance to the knockout round, the principle of the draw is that the eight first-ranked teams in the virtual tournament are seeded, and the eight second-ranked teams are determined by drawing lots, of which the teams that have met in the virtual matches will be avoided in the draw, and the club teams from the same country will also be avoided in the draw.

Millwall are likely to face Porto, Celtic, PSV Eindhoven, Lille, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan.

Among them, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan are all strong teams in the virtual second, and the other four teams are much easier to deal with, even if there is really a situation where the Premier League team is suppressed, the four Premier League teams Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Millwall, it is impossible for all to meet strong teams, and Millwall still has a great chance of encountering a weak team.

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When the draw turned out to be ugly, the Millwall trio immediately attracted a lot of attention.

When participating in the Champions League draw, few people took Millwall seriously, one Millwall trio, all of them participated in the Champions League draw for the first time, and they are absolute newcomers here, there are few familiar people at all, and Millwall is also not favored.

Now the situation is different.

In Group D of the Champions League, Millwall won the virtual first place with a crushing result, which is not worse than Manchester United and Chelsea in the same league, in addition, Millwall is still ranked first in the Premier League, which has also made more people face Millwall, they know that this is not a 'meteor' team, and the good results can at least continue this season.

Many reporters came around to interview.

Zhang Yang smiled at the reporters, and when talking about the draw, he said in a low-key manner, "Millwall is the first time to participate in the Champions League, and we are here with a learning attitude, so it doesn't matter what opponents we meet, I hope to meet strong teams, even if I lose the game, I will learn more experience." ”

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Every reporter almost burst out with a friendly word starting with 'F', especially those reporters who have interviewed Zhang Yang, and they all understand that the young man in front of him is purely fooling people!

Millwall is for the learning experience?

If the purpose is really to learn experience, how can the virtual race be so strong!

Looking to meet a strong team?

It is estimated that no manager will say this, even the managers of the top giants will want to meet weaker opponents, and any team will want to advance to the quarterfinals more easily.

There is nothing that can be done by media reporters.

After Zhang Yang finished speaking, he didn't give them a chance to ask questions, so he walked into the meeting with Wise and Wilkinson.

There are quite a few people who have learned the scriptures.

Mourinho's Chelsea team has just entered the meeting, Zhang Yang and Mourinho met, and the two looked at each other and seemed to feel a little uncomfortable not talking.

Zhang Yang nodded at Mourinho and was about to walk away, but he didn't expect Mourinho to really open his mouth, "I hope Millwall can have good luck and draw a good opponent." ”

Zhang Yang replied with a smile, "Of course, I also wish you good luck." ”

The two only said an inconsequential word, and then left with a disdainful snort to each other.

Zhang Yang glanced at the venue, there were many familiar faces, but found that they were either unfriendly 'enemies', or all kinds of disdainful eyes, in short, most of them were not very friendly.

Many people say that 'peers are enemies', and the meeting is reflected in the dripping leeks, and the head coach and the head coach are in direct competition, and it is indeed difficult to have any mutual friendship.

That is, Wenger is not bad.

Zhang Yang found the location of the Frenchman, greeted the other party, and immediately walked straight over.

The relationship between Zhang Yang and Wenger has always been very good, even if Millwall and Arsenal match, the two sides are only a competitive competition, and there will be no personal relationship.

In the whole European football world, it is Wenger who gets along well, and other old coaches such as Redknapp and Hart have either coached in the lower leagues or have retired.

Thinking about it like this, it's really a little cold!

When the time was about to be, a beautiful host came out of the stage at the venue, and the lottery ceremony officially began.

The draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League is not as good as the draw for the Champions League group, and there is no need to award so many awards.

The draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League is random, with the name of a team drawn first, then shown to the spectators, and then drawn from the new box to the team that may have been encountered.

The first to be drawn was AC Milan, their opponent was Celtic, when the name of 'Celtic' was revealed, many people in the venue called AC Milan lucky.

In the Champions League round of 16, Celtic can only be regarded as a weak team.

Next up is Bayern, and their opponent is Lille.

"Millwall?"

Hearing the shouts of the host on stage, many cameras pointed at Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang waved around with a smile, and also looked seriously, and then a name was displayed in the hands of the guests, "Real-Madrid)? ”

Real madrid?

Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, and his face was a little unsightly.

Real Madrid!

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Millwall are the strongest of the teams in the second place, and no seeded team would want to meet them.

Real Madrid is definitely not easy to deal with!

In recent years, with the rise of Barcelona, Real Madrid's one-of-a-year superstar strategy has failed, they were suppressed by Barcelona in the league, and the Champions League results have not been very good in the past two seasons, but anyone must admit that Real Madrid is one of the most difficult teams to deal with, because they have enough stars, and they are still considered to be the strongest team in the squad, and there are very few teams that can be compared.

Such a Real Madrid team was met by Millwall?

There's an insider!

Zhang Yang doesn't know if there is an insider, and it stands to reason that Millwall is not surprised to draw Real Madrid, but when it really happens, not the insider will think it's an insider.

Could it be that UEFA is deliberately suppressing Premier League teams?

Is Millwall out of the limelight too much?

Zhang Yang felt awkward no matter how he thought about it, and the feeling of bad luck was also very uncomfortable, and he was even worse when he saw Chelsea meet Porto and Arsenal meet PSV Eindhoven.

The other teams were drawn to the weak team, and Millwall was drawn to the strong team.

Even if he's in a bad mood, a manager can't do anything in front of UEFA's behemoths. Can't really do anything?

When he saw that the next name was revealed to be Manchester United, Zhang Yang suddenly remembered his supernatural ability - gambling.

With the addition of Manchester United, there are only six teams left, and the odds of pairing up are a third.

Gambling is ready to use.

Zhang Yang also suddenly remembered what Wilkinson said, "UEFA hopes to put the attacking giants on the top!" ”

So let Barcelona meet Manchester United, right?

Zhang Yang smiled slightly.

When the guests drew lots, Zhang Yang suddenly used his gambling ability, a mysterious power, which was immediately mapped to the guests' hands, and when the guests showed their names to the audience, the host immediately shouted their names, "Inter Milan!" ”

"Inter?"

"Inter??"

"Hula"

There was a commotion, for a long time, everyone couldn't hear what was said in the distance, and an official in the audience immediately reminded the host with his eyes, the host was stunned for a long time and was a little confused, so he turned his head to look at the big screen again, only to notice that a mistake had been made, and she immediately corrected, "Oh, sorry, it's Barcelona!" The expression was no longer as calm as before, but became full of nervousness, mixed with a puzzled expression.

Only a handful of people are stupid enough to think that the host made a small mistake.

Most people immediately think of the question: Inter Milan? Barcelona? The names of the two clubs almost don't even have the same letters, what kind of mistake can make such a big mistake?

I'm afraid it's not a simple mispronunciation, right?

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