Chelsea's successive away wins at Derby County and Bolton Wanderers were followed by a win over Club Brugge in the final round of the Champions League group stage to secure the 2008-2009 Champions League Group A top-off draw for the next Champions League quarter-finals.

At the same time, 14 teams from seven other groups have also been announced to qualify for the knockout stages of this season's Champions League.

It is worth mentioning that Group B broke out a big upset, last season's Greek league runner-up Panathinaikos beat Inter Milan to become the first group in Group B, which is amazing.

At the same time, the media in the cities where the teams that qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League began to speculate about which team they would face in the quarter-finals.

Because this year's Champions League 1/8 finals will be more difficult than in previous seasons, such as Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Valencia, Lyon, Arsenal, these strong teams are ranked second in the group, which makes many teams that have won the group feel insecure.

The Times also predicted for Chelsea that they could face next opponents, with the exception of Arsenal and Roma who could not be drawn together because they were in the same group and affiliated with the same football association, which means that the other six teams that are second in the group – Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Valencia, Lyon, Atletico Madrid and Sporting Lisbon – have a chance to meet.

According to various studies, the highest hit percentages will most likely be Valencia and Real Madrid.

"After three months and six group stage matches, the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League group stage has been completed, and the dust has settled on the 16 teams that have advanced to the knockout stage...... It can be said that this season, except for the upset in Group B, the teams that have qualified from other groups are relatively normal. Of course, by this time...... It should also be everyone's turn to speculate on the possibility of the draw for the next 1/8 finals, according to the style that UEFA has developed over the years, last season's Champions League winner Chelsea will be very likely to draw with last season's Champions League quarter-final opponent Valencia, and the possibility of drawing the best team of the 20th century, Real Madrid, is not small......"

After guessing Chelsea's potential 1/8 final opponents, he also talked about the Champions League scorer list after the end of the group stage, "All six group games in the 2008-2009 Champions League group stage are over, and the ranking on the scorer list is also strong and weak, Chelsea's leading scorer Ai has reversed the top scorer list with 7 goals, while Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Messi are tied for second place with 6 goals in 6 games, which is the second tight ranking after the end of last season's Champions League group stage, no one knows... … Who is the best striker this season, because they have played well in their respective leagues, Ai has scored 20 goals in the league, Cristiano Ronaldo has 15 goals, and Messi has also scored 16 goals, but ...... It is difficult to judge the final result from these numbers alone, so ...... The top scorer in the Champions League will be determined by where their team ultimately goes......

At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi were very unhappy, and when the five rounds of the Champions League group stage passed, they were still one goal ahead of Elloh, but what they didn't expect was that Chelsea, which seemed to be in poor form, would win a big victory under Elloh, so that the scorer list was reversed.

However, at this time, Iello did not focus on the end of the Champions League group stage.

In order to avoid revealing the 2008 Ballon d'Or winners in advance, the editor-in-chief, Denis Chaumiere, came to Elo's home in the affluent London district to inform him of the 2008 Ballon d'Or and invited him to Paris, France tomorrow to receive the award.

Excited to hear the news, Iroh invited his teammates to his home that night to celebrate.

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The next day, Iello appeared in the studio of France Télévisiono in the studio with Denis Chaumiere, the editor-in-chief of France Football, and in the presence of all the media reporters present, he received the Ballon d'Or, which symbolizes the European Ballon d'Or winner, which is also the second consecutive European Ballon d'Or trophy in Elo's career.

Immediately, the score of the European Ballon d'Or was also updated on the big screen at the scene, with Aylo ranking first with an absolute advantage of 490 points, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with 261 points, and Messi, who led the Argentine Olympic team to the Olympic championship, with 183 points.

When asked by reporters about Elo's acceptance speech, he joked: "I am very happy that France Football and the judges will vote for me, which is a recognition of my efforts in the past year...... Those are all farts! ”

Immediately, everyone at the scene laughed.

Iello continued: "I always thought I deserved the Ballon d'Or because I had a very stable year with no big ups and downs, and my team won all the titles that I could have won last season, and I would like to thank my coach, team-mates, family and friends...... And, of course, the boss Roman Abramovich, who promised us £50 million. Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the golden trophy in his hand, and then raised: "I really like this heavy feeling, this time next year...... I will come back here. ”

Then, without waiting for the beautiful hostess to react, she smiled: "I hope I can still see the beautiful you this time next year......"

It took about two or three seconds for the reporters on the scene to realize that Iello was now the sixth player to win two European Ballon d'Or awards after Di Stefano, Beckenbauer, Rummenigge, Keegan and Ronaldo, and only Cruyff, Platini and Van Basten, who won three European Ballon d'Or awards.

You must know that Iroh is only 22 years old now, and there is still a chance to win the European Ballon d'Or, as Iroh and Mourinho expressed at the beginning of the season, it is not impossible for Chelsea to win the European Ballon d'Or for the third time in a row if Chelsea defends all the titles this season.

However, this is different to the ears of the French media, who believe that Iello is completely underestimating the weight of the European Ballon d'Or, and one of the players who has won the most European Ballon d'Or is their country's football legend - Platini, the current president of UEFA.

So the unhappy French reporter couldn't help but sneer at Iell.

Iroh is also a superstar who has seen strong winds and waves, and he didn't care too much, just shrugged his shoulders: "We'll see!" ”

No one thought that the scene that was still lively just now would become extremely depressing, which made people feel incredible.

Fortunately, the beautiful hostess on the scene reacted quickly and came to the rescue, and Denis Chaumiere, editor-in-chief of "French Football", also said: "This is the fundamental reason why Ai was able to win the European Ballon d'Or in a row at the age of 22, because he can always maintain his insatiable honor!" ”

I have to say that after the rescue of the beautiful hostess and the French editor-in-chief, the scene was much happier than before.

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The next day, in addition to reporting that Iroh won the European Golden Globe Award for a second time, the mainstream European media focused on Iro's acceptance speech.

The Times immediately published a congratulatory message on its official website, "Congratulations to Ai for winning the trophy again after winning his first European Ballon d'Or trophy last year. ”

The text said: "At the age of 22, Ai was able to win the European Ballon d'Or two years in a row, which has to be said to be a remarkable achievement, leading Valencia to an unprecedented treble in La Liga in 2006-2007 and Chelsea to an unprecedented five crowns in the Premier League in 2007-2008. Of course, we have to be surprised at this time of year's hunger for honour, as he improves every day, and Chelsea's 63-game unbeaten run in the league is a credit to him......

It is worth mentioning that in his acceptance speech, Ai also said that he will go to the Paris headquarters of "French football" this time next year, which means that next year he will win the third European Ballon d'Or in his career, thus equaling the French legend, the current UEFA president Platini, the Dutch legend Cruyff, Van Bastet ...... At the same time, he will also become the youngest European Ballon d'Or winner to score a hat-trick in the history of world football, of course...... Now he is the youngest player to win the European Ballon d'Or two years in a row, come on! Mugwort!!! ”

"Valencia Sport", as the city newspaper of Ello's parent team, is naturally indispensable for praise, and the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Enrique Wien, is also a good friend of Ello, the words of praise are only unthinkable: "At four o'clock yesterday afternoon, Ai received the Golden Ball, which symbolizes the European Ballon d'Or, from the hands of Denis Chaumier, the editor-in-chief of France Football, on the live broadcast of France TV...... If I were to say that Ai is the best player in the world at this time, no one will doubt it, because he is the best player right now! He has proven it in the last two seasons! I believe that in a month's time at the FIFA annual awards ceremony, Ai will once again be the World Footballer of the Year, comparable to the legendary ......"

Of course, at this time, the Chinese media also inevitably reported indiscriminately.

The next morning, the morning news of CVAV-1 even gave Iroh nearly half a minute to report: "In the early hours of this morning, my national player Iroh received the European Ballon d'Or, which symbolizes European footballer of the year, at the headquarters ......of French Football in Paris, and this honor is also the second year in a row that he has won, congratulations to him."

While all the media reports about Iello winning the European Ballon d'Or for the second time, Iroh has returned to the Cobham training base to train with the squad in preparation for the team's final league game in Japan, which hosts West Ham.