Returning to Lille from Saint-Etienne the next day, Reeves immediately went home to check the security system and make sure that no one had broken into his away game before reassuring. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After cleaning up, Reeves didn't go out for dinner, but ordered his own noodles to eat at home, and the clear soup noodles with a soft-boiled omelette were also delicious.

After a brief clean-up after eating, Reeves went upstairs and turned on the computer.

With the draw for the Champions League round of 16 taking place tomorrow, Reeves is curious about the opponents he might face.

At this time, the situation is already different from the previous life, and the result of the lottery will naturally not be the same.

With their own efforts, the team beat AC Milan to win the group, while in the previous life, although Lille also won one and lost one, they lost a lot of points against other opponents in the group, and finally qualified as the second in the group.

Therefore, Lille will definitely not meet their previous opponent Manchester United in the round of 16, because the winners of each group are unlikely to meet in the quarterfinals.

It's a pity, the Theater of Dreams is also where Reeves is looking forward to fighting, but Reeves is a little glad that since he can't meet it, he won't encounter that controversial goal. (In the first leg of the match between the two teams, Giggs took a direct free kick without the referee blowing the whistle, and the unprepared Lille defenders failed to prevent the ball from flying into the goal, which was a clear invalid goal, but the referee ruled that the goal was valid, and Lille protested and left the game)

Reeves can't guarantee that he won't do anything to the referee in that situation.

Opening the football website, Reeves first looked at the latest odds of each team after the group, the defending champion Barcelona is at the top of the table, Chelsea, Lyon, Real Madrid, Inter, Manchester United, Arsenal, AC Milan, Valencia, Bayern, Liverpool are in the top 11. LILLE ARE JUST SECOND FROM BOTTOM AHEAD OF SCOTTISH LEAGUE GIANTS CELTIC AT 120 AND WILLIAM HILL AT 67.

Reeves is a little resentful, although he doesn't think Lille has a chance to win the Champions League, but he is ranked behind Eindhoven, Porto, you must know that the current Eindhoven is not the treble team of the Dutch coach Hiddink, and Porto is not the champion of the "magic bird" Mourinho three years ago, this year's Eindhoven and Porto are obviously inferior to Lille in the group stage.

BUT WHAT REEVES DOESN'T KNOW IS THAT LILLE'S ODDS RANKING THIS TIME HAS IMPROVED COMPARED TO BEFORE, BEFORE THE GROUP STAGE, LILLE RANKED FIRST IN THE ODDS OF THESE SIXTEEN TEAMS, EVEN INFERIOR TO SOME ELIMINATED TEAMS, THE ODDS AT THAT TIME WERE 270 (BETFAIR) AND 145 (WILLIAM HILL), RANKING TWENTY-THIRD AMONG THE THIRTY-TWO TEAMS.

Of course, the odds have nothing to do with the strength of the team, but only show how optimistic they are in the eyes of the outside world. In the eyes of the outside world, although the Lille team appeared as the first team in the group stage, it was very watery, and the third and fourth teams in the group were the weakest of all the groups, and in the last game to determine the top spot in the group, Lille won AC Milan, which played most of the substitutes, which was not enough to reflect Lille's true ability. The odds are reasonable to be in the penultimate position of the round of 16.

Reeves took another look at the odds of Lyon, another French team, and ranked third over many giants. Reeves was surprised at first, and then thought of Lyon's excellent European results in recent years, and couldn't help but suddenly, beating the "Galaxy Battleship" Real Madrid to qualify first in the group for two consecutive seasons, and even advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons, such a record makes Lyon in the Champions League not to be underestimated.

After studying the odds, Reeves began to look at possible opponents against the group standings.

Group tops: Chelsea, Lyon, Manchester United, Arsenal, Valencia, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Lille

Group runners-up: Barcelona, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, AC Milan, Roma, PSV Eindhoven, Porto, Celtic

The draw rules simply mean that teams from their home league will not meet, and the first team in the group will play the second in the other group.

Following the draw rules, after Lyon and AC Milan are removed, then Lille's possible opponents are Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Roma, Porto, PSV Eindhoven, and Celtic.

As a time-traveler who has been immersed in the community of football forums for generations, Reeves doesn't think that these teams could be Lille's opponents in the next round.

There is no absolute fairness in commercial events, and it is difficult to achieve absolute fairness in everything that involves interests.

Moreover, future FIFA President Seppat and UEFA President Michel Platini were both banned from participating in all football-related activities for eight years for financial problems and abuse of power.

Even the head of the company cannot be trusted, so in the face of such a big cake as the Champions League, it is difficult for UEFA to convince Reeves that this profit-making institution will be innocent.

Therefore, Reeves believes that UEFA will definitely do everything possible to ensure ratings in order to earn broadcast rights in the coming year, and compared with directly manipulating the game, manipulating the group draw is undoubtedly much less risky and much safer.

There are many ways to do hands and feet, such as "hot ball method", "size method", "elastic method", "light and heavy method", "magnetic method", "eye method", "frequency method" and so on.

Among them, the most likely ones are the "hot bulb method" and the "frequency method"

The hot bulb method refers to the installation of a remote control device in the small ball to make the ball emit different temperatures when needed; Or warm or cool the ball beforehand to improve discrimination.

"It's technically possible, we don't have it here at FIFA, but I've seen it in Europe, before the draw, they put some balls in the freezer, and when they touch the ball, they know if it's hot or cold, and then decide which ball to pick." In an interview with the Argentine newspaper El Nacional in 2016, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said.

The second "frequency method" is to control the vibration and frequency of the ball, it seems that these balls are moving irregularly, but the fact is that every time there is a ball, the movement of the ball is different, the guests can easily distinguish, and then take out the ball.

Kakar, a former Turkish international referee who officiated at a number of top-level competitions, including the Champions League and the European Championships, replicated the process on a 2013 sports show – but perhaps to avoid suspicion, he opted for a repeat of the Europa League quarter-final draw. As a result, Kakar was very accurate in drawing the match match from the eight sealed balls that matched the results of the UEFA draw.

However, the above two methods are only suitable for people like Pele, and it is better for a cynical person like Maradona not to participate, so as not to do things according to the rules when he gets them, and these methods are best rehearsed in advance and practiced in practice, otherwise it is easy to show his feet, such as Mateus was caught cheating because he had drawn another ball before drawing the small ball with the note of the American team into Italy's group, but Mateus put down the ball and finally picked up the "American team". And then there's Robert Carlos' bizarre move in the Champions League draw: after taking a small ball out of the draw container, Carlos puts it in again and then picks a new one.

The many lottery revelations made Reeves unlucky.

As the weakest team in the eyes of the outside world in the first group, in order to ensure the ratings, UEFA will definitely not let Lille meet weak teams such as Porto, Eindhoven, and Celtic.

So Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, the three strongest group runners-up will be the opponents that Lille is most likely to face. It is also a possible opponent for Bayern and Liverpool, as Bayern and Liverpool are only above Lille in the odds to win the top eight teams in the group.

All three teams are star-studded, and Reeves would love to meet Barcelona or Inter Milan.

"Dream Team II" Barcelona has Ronaldinho, the "football elf" that Reeves loves, and other great stars: "Cheetah" Eto'o, "Super Marco" Deco, "Little Lion King" Puel, "Brain" Xavi is in his prime, "Little Flea" Messi and "Little White" Iniesta have just played in the main team.

Platini is not in charge at the moment, as long as it is not Norwegian referee Tom Henin who will be in charge, Reeves is willing to meet Barcelona just to catch a glimpse of the fantastic footsteps of the football elf, after all, this may be the last time Ronaldo will appear in the Champions League. (In '09, one of the most controversial matches in Champions League history was administered by Norwegian referee Tom Henin, and the match was played against Barcelona and Chelsea, and it was Barcelona who advanced.) ）

Inter Milan are naturally also full of stars, "God" Ibrahimovic, "The Rock" Samuel, "Youngster" Zanetti, "Future Warrior" Figo, "Saint Se" Cesar, "Chinese Kid" Recoba, "Malaysia" Materazzi, "King" Adriano, future first right-back McConn, former Arsenal captain Vieira, oh, and the great Italian left-back Grosso, who is often possessed by Maldini's soul.

Today's Inter Milan is rampant in Serie A, and the "phonegate" makes them unable to find opponents in the country, which seems to be very strong, but their head coach is Mancini, who is not good at playing cup games. Reaves would have preferred that Lille's opponents would be Inter Milan, which is relatively easy for the three teams to deal with.

And the last thing Reeves wants to meet is Real Madrid.

Real Madrid has Reeves' idol - "alien" Ronaldo, although it seems that Ronaldo will transfer from Real Madrid this winter in the history of the previous life, but Real Madrid's lineup is still star-studded: "Lord of the Rings" Raul, "King of the Penalty Zone" Van Nistelrooy, "heartthrob" Beckham, "Little Giant" Carlos, "Golden Wolf" Guti, "New Berlin Wall" Cannavaro, "Bad Boy" Cassano, "Bicycle Boy" Robinho, "San Cassie" Casillas, etc., oh, and the future" The King of Lore "Ramos."

There is never a shortage of stars in the Galaxy Battleship, but Reeves doesn't like the current Real Madrid, because his head coach is Capello, the Italian coach has always been known for his iron fist + defense, and his team emphasizes discipline very much, so you can imagine what kind of style Real Madrid is today.

The utilitarian Real Madrid, which is the last thing Reeves wants to meet.

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The next day, after the morning training, Reeves and the whole team gathered in the conference room of the training base after dinner, waiting for the draw for the Champions League 1/8 final at 12 o'clock at noon.

"To bet or not?" There was still an hour to start, and Cabaye was a little bored.

"Bet on what?"

"Bet on our opponents!" Cabaye took out a pen and paper and wrote down all the possible opponents, apparently doing his homework in advance.

Everyone gathered, how could Cabaye's gamble be missed, the winner was different every time, but there must be Cabaye among the losers, "What the bet is has to be said first." ”

"The loser in the next round feeds the winner together."

"Good!" Everyone agreed, because the bet seemed to be a loss for Reeves alone, after all, Reeves is the one who usually gets the most opportunities to feed the ball.

Everyone looked at Reeves.

Reeves pretended to think for a moment, then agreed.

It doesn't matter if you win or lose, anyway, the next game is against a weak team at the bottom of Ligue 1, and even if no one feeds the ball, he can score.

"But with seven options, there must be more than one winner."

"Then add Leon's opponent and guess together in two groups."

Everyone nodded.

Reeves first identified Lyon's opponent, because he remembered that in his previous life, the two core midfielders of Juninho and Totti, would meet in this edition, and Totti's team had a poor European record, and the two would only meet in the quarterfinals, so Lyon's opponent should be Roma.

Then there is Lille's opponent, Reeves admits that he has always had bad luck and often the least desirable thing will always happen, so Reeves naturally chose the opponent he least wanted to meet: Real Madrid.

Buy and leave.

An hour later, when the dust settled on the draw, Reeves couldn't help but smile as he looked at the results on the screen.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if it's really boring, Lille, Bayern, and Liverpool, the teams with the lowest odds to win the championship in the three group leaders, are really up against Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Inter Milan, who have the highest odds of winning the second place in the group.

Barcelona vs Liverpool

Inter Milan vs Bayern

Real Madrid vs Lille

Let's take a look at the other matchups:

Valencia vs AC Milan

Porto vs Chelsea

PSV Eindhoven vs Manchester United

Celtic vs Arsenal

Roma vs Lyon

The dust settled, and Reeves won the gamble, but welcomed the most difficult team in the second group: the first phase of the Galactic Battleship, which was on the verge of collapse.

Figo in 2000, Zidane in 2001, Ronaldo in 2002, David Beckham in 2003, Owen in 2004, plus the original Carlos and Raul, seven superstars gathered at the Bernabeu --- "Hollywood of football", the stars shined, but with the departure of Real Madrid President Flarentino in February 06, the Galaxy Battleship is in a stage of collapse, Figo left Real Madrid in June 2005 to switch to Inter Milan, and in August 2005, Owen transferred to Newcastle, In May 2006, Zidane announced the end of his professional league career at the Bernabeu, and Ronaldo, David Beckham and Carlos were also on the verge of leaving.

Although on the verge of collapse, this does not mean that Lille can easily challenge Real Madrid, and the pragmatist Capello's team is the scramble of all attacking teams.

Perhaps, Real Madrid, with their flashy style of play, is the opponent Reeves expects to meet. (To be continued.) )