Chapter 6: The Wish Is Unfulfilled

Monaco's Monte Carlo Grimaldi Convention Center, where the heads of Europe's major giants gather, are full of stars. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info not only has active superstars such as Ronaldo, Kaka, and Messi to help, but also retired superstars Zinedine Zidane and Figo.

With so many football superstars gathered for one purpose, the UEFA Awards Ceremony. Some people came to receive the award, such as Ronaldo and Messi; Some came to present the awards, such as Zinedine Zidane and Figo; Of course, there are also some people who come to participate in the group lottery ceremony, and they act as lottery guests; Of course, there are still some people who come to join in the fun, such as Yu Liang.

After the third round of the Premier League, Manchester United packed their bags and flew straight to Monaco, where they came to prepare for the UEFA Super Cup.

Before the competition started, Yu Liang, who had no training tasks, came to the award ceremony.

In fact, Yu Liang was still a little uncomfortable about not being able to be shortlisted for the top three best players in UEFA. He played a big part in Manchester United's 45-game unbeaten run in all competitions last season, winning the title in all competitions. But as he thought before, the light of all of them was overshadowed by Ronaldo alone.

However, this does not prevent the personal friendship between Yu Liang and Ronaldo.

Yu Liang did not come to the venue alone, accompanied by Rooney and King Dong.

Upon entering the venue, they quickly spotted Cristiano Ronaldo. There is no way, this person really likes to be in the limelight, especially on this occasion, Ronaldo, who was besieged by reporters, did not notice Yu Liang and them, he was talking to reporters.

“…… I'm very happy to be in the top three, but I'm surprised that Yu, who performed so well last season, didn't even make it to the top three......"

Yu Liang, who passed by outside the crowd, heard Ronaldo's words, and immediately showed a smile on his face, which is quite a bit of conscience!

After entering the venue, Yu Liang and the others found Manchester United in the camp, and then sat down and quietly waited for the award ceremony and the draw ceremony to begin.

The first is to enter the Champions League 32 teams into categories, according to the Champions League points to classify.

Manchester United, Bayern Munich, AC Milan, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, Sevilla and Arsenal are placed in Pot 1. The remaining teams were placed in Pot 2, 3 and 4 at one time.

After the end of the division, the draw ceremony officially began.

Before the start of the lottery ceremony, the host introduced the rules of the lottery, such as the principle of avoiding the same group. In fact, the lottery ceremony is not much to look at, and the only gimmick of the lottery ceremony is the topic of the death group and revenge.

Therefore, when the first team was drawn, there was no spectacle or pressure, there was calm in the venue, and Manchester United were placed in B.

After the first pot team was drawn, the next draw ceremony was full of tension.

Because among the eight teams in Pot 2, there are many teams with outstanding strength such as Real Madrid, Juventus, and Inter Milan.

Manchester United were lucky, though, as they were in Pot 2 of the same group with CSKA Moscow from the Russian Premier League.

As the draw continued, the atmosphere in the venue became more and more tense, as it was about whether many teams could make a profit in the Champions League.

As it turns out, gimmicks can't be lacking without creating a group of death.

There was no group of death in the strict sense of the word, but the revenge gimmick created several.

The focus is on Kaka, who transferred to Real Madrid, to return to San Siro, Ibrahimovic to Barcelona and Meazza to return to Meazza, and Eto'o, who was regarded as Ibrahimovic's head, vowed to take revenge at Camp Nou......

In short, this Champions League is also very interesting.

After the Champions League group draw, some people were happy and some were worried.

For Manchester United, the result was not bad, the only regret was to endure a long away journey.

After the group draw was over, it was time for the awards ceremony.

Manchester United players don't have to worry about this anymore, because Cristiano Ronaldo, the only one in the top three who has a relationship with Manchester United, has transferred to Real Madrid.

However, from the bottom of their hearts, Manchester United still hope that Ronaldo can win the award of the best player, after all, the achievements made in the past season were created by Manchester United.

However, Ronaldo's performance last season was not outstanding, compared with his 07/08 season, and even did not perform well as Messi, but in the case of four crowns, he finally defeated Messi by a narrow margin and won the UEFA best player award.

After the draw and award ceremony, the annual European football event came to an end.

However, there are still a number of people who remain in Monaco who want to catch a glimpse of United's five-time crown.

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The Stade St. Louis II in Monaco was packed.

Although the UEFA Super Cup is a show-heavy event, there is no shortage of fans. Because in such a competition, many people take it for granted that the winner of the UEFA Champions League can beat the winner of the UEFA Cup, but the opposite is true, in the last 11 seasons, the UEFA Cup winner has beaten the UEFA Champions League winner to win the Super Cup on seven occasions.

Before the start of the game, the captains of both sides entered the pitch with the Champions League trophy and the UEFA Cup trophy in their hands. The UEFA Cup will be restructured into a Europa League next season, so Shakhtar Donetsk will be the last winner of the UEFA Cup.

After the two sides appeared, the game began.

Manchester United kicked off first, and although the UEFA Super Cup is a show-heavy game, Ferguson still values such a game, and he only wants to have a championship in 2009 and make up for not being able to win the UEFA Super Cup last season.

In order to ensure that they win the UEFA Super Cup, Ferguson is the main force.

Although King Dong has performed average in the past three Premier League games, he still has the trust of Ferguson and forms a forward trident with Rooney and Berbatov.

In the first three minutes, King Dong completed a steal in the front court, but was interfered with by the opposing defender when shooting, did not hit the power, and was directly confiscated by the opponent's goalkeeper.

Ferguson, who saw this scene, frowned.

King Dong has had good chances to open the scoring in the last three games, but he looked lacking in confidence when he was on the verge of a goal, especially when there was a defensive interference. Ferguson knows that this is the impact of the injury, but if he wants to get rid of this effect, he must come out of the shadows, otherwise no one can save him.

"Damn!"

Yu Liang, who was sitting in the stands, also regretted King Dong's kick. Standing up to celebrate the goal, he held his head in his hands and cursed there. In a few games in a row, he could feel that King Dong had reservations, but he didn't know why.

After King Dong's shot was saved, the game continued.

There are no weak teams in Europe, and Shakhtar Donetsk, who are Ukrainian giants and won the UEFA Cup, is naturally not a belly team.

On the contrary, the attacking line is made up of a group of young players, and the attack is full of power. Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho shook off Carrick's defence and fired a diagonal cross straight to compatriot Luis Adriano. Adriano slammed his heel and shook off Vidic in front of him, and without waiting for Ferdinand to make up for it, he fired a long-range shot from the edge of the area that went over the crossbar.

This knocking shot scared the Manchester United people into a cold sweat.

At the start of the game, both sides showed confidence that they would win.

Although the Super Cup seems a bit chicken, today's game, the two sides played the taste of the Champions League final.

After the opening offensive, the two sides did not take advantage of the situation to launch a crazy offensive, but played relatively conservatively and cautiously.

Neither side was able to score in the first half, and although the two sides stepped up their offensive in the second half, they were unable to tear apart the opponent's defence.

With a score of 0-0, the two sides went into extra time.

At this time, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, the physical strength of the players on both sides has been almost exhausted, and even the substitute players are difficult to find support if they want to attack.

Just when everyone was expecting a penalty shoot-out, Shakhtar Donetsk seized the opportunity. Brazilian midfielder Willian successfully tackled Carrick, shook off the hasty Grappler Fletcher, and directly penetrated the Manchester United defense with a straight stopper, and the agile Adriano formed a single knife against offside and pushed the goal into the near corner.

1-0, Shakhtar Donetsk scored in the 119th minute of extra time to seal the win and win the 2009 UEFA Super Cup, and Manchester United lost the UEFA Super Cup for the second year in a row.

Watching Adriano score the ball, Ferguson, who was standing on the sidelines, let out a regretful sigh. Although he led Manchester United to win the Champions League three times, he has never won the Super Cup as the Champions League champion, and the only time he won the Super Cup was 18 years ago as the European Cup Winners' Cup champion, and it is inevitable that there are some regrets in my heart!