There are two big events in European football at the end of August, one is the arrival of the summer transfer deadline and the other is the Champions League group stage draw, and the French media is focused on the latter, for the simple reason that there will be no superstars in Ligue 1 to be relegated, and the madness of the transfer deadline at the end has nothing to do with Ligue 1. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info and the Champions League has three teams from Ligue 1 to participate, and the group draw will largely affect the qualifying situation of these three teams, and then affect the European points of Ligue 1.

The UEFA Champions League is the highest-quality, most influential and highest-level club competition in Europe and the world. The French have a deep affection for the Champions League, which was created by Frenchman Gabriel Arnold, who is also the founder of the European Footballer of the Year campaign and writes for the French newspaper La Liga and French Football magazine.

Although the Champions League was first proposed and created by the French, French clubs have not performed well in the Champions League, with only Marseille beating AC Milan once in 1993.

The French are resentful of this, and although they know that it is difficult for Ligue 1 teams to do well in the Champions League in the current environment, it does not prevent them from dreaming of winning the Champions League at this time of year.

The Lille, on the other hand, are much more realistic, and to reach the Champions League twice in a row is a great thing for the city of Lille, who can only hope to get one step closer to last year and qualify from the group.

The group draw determines the difficulty of the team qualifying, so the eyes of the whole city of Lille have been focused on the upcoming Champions League group draw ceremony in Monaco these days.

August 29, Lille, the day of the draw ceremony.

Reeves, as usual, got up early, washed up and went out.

The time was only a little after six o'clock, and there were not many people going out at this point, and there was no one to see on the street except for the newsboy.

A couple of newsboys went door-to-door delivering newspapers on skateboards, occasionally stopping over to race Reeves for some distance.

Reeves knew a few newsboys well, running and laughing all the way, and the road was not lonely in the early morning.

The good times didn't last long, and when they arrived at the densely populated place, the newsboys disappeared one after another on the road, and this was not a single-door courtyard, but a multi-storey apartment, and they needed to go into the building to deliver newspapers.

As a result, Reeves became lonely again, but he had long been used to it, this was the norm, and he could endure the loneliness to enjoy the prosperity of the coming days.

When Reeves ran close to 7 o'clock, there were more people on the streets, and more people began to run in the morning.

Reeves is also a little famous in Lille, and there are often people who come forward to run side by side with Reeves, including many beautiful women, chatting and talking to autographs, Reeves does not refuse, but it is all about it, the request to exchange phone numbers has been rejected by Reeves, Reeves does not like to make friends at will, and it may be an affair if it is replaced by Cabaye and Debich.

As usual, Reeves took a break at the corner newsstand on Fila Avenue to rehydrate.

"Good morning, Uncle Batista!"

"Good morning, Reeves, are you going to Monaco today for the evening draw ceremony?"

"Unless it's to receive an award, how can the players be qualified to go, Mr. Puer and the chairman went yesterday."

"Haha, I really don't know about this." Uncle Battista scratched his head and continued, "Reeves, which teams would you like to be placed in a group with?" ”

"Real Madrid! Barcelona! Manchester United! ”

"Hey, it's impossible, it's all written in the newspaper, grouped by gear, these three are all in the first gear, we are in the second gear, and we will only meet one team in the first gear."

"Just to say, you're more really boring, which ones do you want?"

"Valencia, AEK Athens, Copenhagen!" These are the weakest teams in the first, third, and fourth gears.

"But it's not very likely."

"So I wish you all the best of luck."

It does take a lot of luck, but according to the memory of the previous life, Lille's grouping is good, and it is not difficult to appear, but the specific opponent Leves can't remember clearly, because he was not a Lille fan in his previous life.

After thanking Uncle Batista for his kindness, Reeves helped Uncle unload a bundle of newspapers from the car, and then bought a copy of the day's "Northern Sports Newspaper" to read.

Sure enough, the sports page is all about the group draw, which discusses various grouping possibilities, of which the Lille team is naturally the top priority, and the "Northern Sport" newspaper believes that the most favorable first opponent for Lille is Manchester United, Lille won 1 and drew 1 against Manchester United last season, and the newspaper believes that this familiar opponent is easier to deal with than the unfamiliar Valencia.

Reeves thinks it is unlikely, the water of the Champions League group is very deep, Manchester United is a world-renowned giant, UEFA needs to find some gimmicks in his group as a ratings highlight, as far as gimmicks are concerned, Bayern and Celtic have more advantages than Lille in the second gear where Lille is located, and Reeves is sure that Benfica in the third gear will definitely be in a group with Manchester United, because last year it was Benfica who beat Manchester United and Lille qualified for the group. Because it is impossible to have three teams in the same group two years in a row.

Reeves stood on the street studying the group, and suddenly Cabaye's voice came from behind him.

"Knew you were going to be here." This is accompanied by the sound of cars braking sharply and tires rubbing against the ground.

As the window rolled down, Cabaye poked his head out and leaned against the window, looking mysterious, "Did you hear that?" Kluivert is coming! ”

Reeves spread his hands and pointed to the newspaper again, "You're not kidding?" I didn't hear the news, there was no news in the newspapers. ”

"Hehe, the news of player transfers spreads the fastest in the circle of agents, and this news was told to me by my agent, but he advised me to stay away from that person."

Reeves was stunned when he heard this, Kluivert is a superstar who can compete with the alien Ronaldo, he is coming to Lille? Reeves' biggest impression of Kluivert was his textbook header against Brazil at the '98 World Cup and the big four at Euro 2000.

However, what Reeves admires most is Kluivert's way of shooting, although because of the lack of consistency in the goal, he can shoot almost without adjusting to the pass from any angle.

Someone at the Tiger Pounce Forum in later generations concluded:

Kluivert can handle super difficult balls to the point where even a cripple can get in.

Then he proved again and again that his shot was worse than a cripple.

Reeves felt that it made sense.

Despite this, Kluivert is not low in goals and is currently the all-time goalscoring record holder for the Netherlands.

It's just a pity, Reeves hasn't heard from him for several years, Kluivert is one of the three people in Reeves' heart who will waste the most talent, the other two are Adriano and Balotelli.

The consequence of wasting talent is that his peak period is very short, and his achievements are far inferior to that of Vanney, who was born in the same year, month and day as him, in the same country and in the same position.

Thinking of Vanney, Reeves found the two very interesting,

Some people say that God didn't want to create a perfect striker for the Netherlands, so he divided him into two, one black and one white, all the same height, one invincible in shots, one invincible in addition to shooting, one in front and one in the back, one called Kluivert and the other called Van Nistelrooy.

"Anyway, it's just a teammate, not a friend, so don't be too alienated in the club." Reeves has no resistance to Kluivert's arrival, because Kluivert does not threaten his position now.

"That's right, it's the coach who has a headache anyway. I won't tell you, I asked a beautiful woman to have breakfast, and I won't leave late. ”

"Someone again? It's not good for you to let Lisa know that you're going to quarrel again. ”

"She won't know, she's been in Paris for the past two days."

Combined with the suit prepared in Cabaye's locker the day before yesterday, Reeves felt that Cabaye was on the road to cheating, which turned out to be a precedent, no wonder Cabaye would cheat on his wife's best friend in later generations, so that the marriage failed. And Reeves feels that Cabaye's aesthetics have been degrading, his current girlfriend Lisa-Ellijie is very beautiful, his later wife Fiona is average-looking, and the cheating partner Leticia is ugly.

It's far away, don't talk about his aesthetics, let's talk about cheating.

French men are well known, especially after the news of French President François Hollande's affair with an actress, his public approval rating has risen instead of falling.

France is one of the countries most prone to cheating by men, and the cheating rate of up to 55% is simply incredible.

The French are known for their romance, and Reeves felt that it was appropriate to remove the comic word.

Reeves didn't like this, so Reeves decided to sabotage Cabaye's pleasure trip.

"John, wait, I don't have my phone with me, you call Mathieu for me and ask him to bring me the video in the morning."

"No problem, you wait, I'll call now."

Reeves took advantage of Cabaye's phone call to go around to the back of the car and stuffed a roll of newspaper in his hand into the exhaust pipe at the back of Cabaye's car.

This is the local method that Reeves learned in China in his previous life, which is simple and effective. After the exhaust pipe is completely blocked, the car will not start, even if it is barely driven, as long as the throttle is increased, the engine will be turned off.

Well, you can't watch your friend "red apricot out of the wall", Reeves decided to look at Cabaye in the future, and pile up the wall high to stop this "red apricot" that likes to climb out, otherwise he can't explain to Cabaye's girlfriend Elliejie, Alyse and Agron are best friends, and naturally they are good friends with Reeves, Reeves still hopes that the two of them will have a good result.

"Reeves!"

Reeves, who was a thief, hurriedly walked around the back of the car to the window, "Ready?" ”

"I told Mathieu and he said yes."

"Alright, you go first, and I'll talk to Uncle Battista again."

Cabaye started the car, and sure enough, the car stopped after a short distance and stopped on the side of the road.

Reeves trotted all the way up and saw Cabaye in the cab on the phone,

"Baby, it's not that I don't want to go, it's really a car that broke down, ah? Where are taxis available at this point? Baby? Baby? ”

Apparently the other party hung up the phone.

"What's wrong?" Reeves asked, feigning concern.

"My luck was terrible, the car broke down, and the beautiful woman who made the appointment thought I was making an excuse to miss the appointment."

"Did you call the repair shop?" Reeves steers the conversation as he looks for an opportunity to expunge evidence of the crime.

"No, I'll call the repair shop."

Taking advantage of Cabaye's head down to make a call, Reeves went around the back of the car again, pulled the newspaper out of the tailpipe and threw it into the bin next to him.

Reeves breathed a sigh of relief and walked back to the window, just as Cabaye had finished the call.

"A bunch of lazy bugs, they said they would wait until 9 o'clock, they haven't gone to work yet."

"Come with me for a run to the club."

"Well, that's all there is to it."