Chapter 576: World Cup Draw (1)

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"Welcome to Sochi."

In the streets of Sochi, where you can see this phrase in English and Russian, you are welcome in Sochi.

The draw for the World Cup is the most important event before the start of the World Cup in Russia, and the fate of the top 32 managers and representatives of the Football Association will be revealed in Sochi.

In the past four years, FIFA has changed too much, and the president has also changed, from the cunning Blatter to the bald Infantino.

The rules of this draw ceremony are the same as in Brazil four years ago, but the difference is that the host of this draw ceremony is very special, it should be said that it is unprecedented.

To be precise, he's not human.

Rather, a robot that brings together the latest technology, he is a pivotal figure in Russian literature - Dostoevsky, Chinese respectfully called Toon.

There are very few people in history who can be called Weng, one is Shakespeare, known as Shakespeare, and the other is Dostoevsky in Russia.

At the opening ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics, Toon appeared, and at the World Cup draw ceremony, the Russians even invited Toon to be the host.

Li Guo lamented that technology is too developed, maybe in another 20 years, humans will go to the World Cup with robots.

The scene of the draw ceremony was quite modern, with a blue background flashing, and when the draw ceremony began, the roof of the hall was transformed into a screen with a map of the world appearing, and the top 32 countries were lit up in turn.

"It's so dazzling," Li Guo exclaimed.

"yes, it's the first time I've seen such a creative lottery ceremony."

The first country to be lit up was Russia, that is, the host, and the huge territory was lit up, which is the largest country in the world by land area.

Then there is Europe, starting with the defending champions Germany, followed by France, England, Switzerland, Portugal......

After Europe, the map of Africa was lit up, Cameroon, Algeria, Ghana.

When it was Asia's turn, the first to be lit up was China, because China was the champion of the Asian Cup, then South Korea, Japan......

The Americas are divided into South America and North America, and the first to light up in South America is Chile, then Argentina, Brazil......

The first to light up in North America was Mexico, followed by the United States, Costa Rica.

The last one that was not lit up was Oceania, this time there was no team in Oceania, Infantino smiled after watching it: "That's why I strongly advocate that the World Cup should be expanded to 48 teams, so that Oceania can also have a place." ā€

The guests at the scene laughed, this is a rather controversial topic, and now no one can say whether it is good or bad.

More teams means more games, and as FIFA, of course, you can make more money, but at the same time, as a fan, it means more garbage games, and it's okay in countries like China to watch football for free, and in some countries that need to pay to watch the World Cup, it's a cheat.

As soon as Infantino saw that the situation was not good, he did not continue, and he began to introduce the rules of the draw, except that the teams are different, and the others are the same as in the last World Cup.

Finally, Infantino smiled and said to Toon, "Then I'll leave it to you." ā€

"Don't worry."

The robot didn't expect to joke, "So here we go, have you seen my work?" ā€

There was a burst of laughter from the audience.

"In addition to playing football, you should also read books, reading can enrich your spare time, of course, gossip tabloids don't count, such as the Sun." ā€

"Hahaha."

"It's funny," Mr. Chen said.

"Chen An, when this technology matures, the work of assistant coaches can be handed over to robots in the future."

"Hahaha, it's funny, will the robot go skiing with you? Do robots care about your life? ā€

"Why are you doing this, I'm just kidding."

"Okay, no kidding, we're going to have our first guest," he said. ā€

As soon as the lights flashed, Gullitt slowly walked up to the stage, he was the first guest to draw lots today. The round of 32 has been divided into four pots, with the first being the top 10 in the FIFA rankings, the second being African and South American teams, the third being Asian and North American Caribbean, and the last being European teams.

First of all, what Gullit has to do is draw a team from fourth pot and put it in second pot, which is the mysterious X.

When Gullit finished, Toon asked him to wait a while, his work was not done, and then the eight seeded teams were in place, and Russia automatically entered A1 as the hosts.

I don't know why, at this time, the camera suddenly showed Li Guo, that is to say, if the Chinese team still plays the host killer this time, then the Chinese team will be in the upper half, preferably in Group B.

Li Guo is a little helpless, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, he can only smile at the camera, now all 4 gears are 8 teams, and the most exciting part of the draw ceremony is about to begin.

Toon continued to greet Gullit, "Please stand aside, for in the end X is revealed by you." ā€

Everyone was happy, because the tone used by Toon was very humorous, which may also be the benefit of finding a robot to be the host.

"Now for the second guest who drew lots."

Another flash of light, a handsome man with long hair walked onto the stage, he was the Argentine god of war Batistuta.

"Hello Barty, long time no see."

"Have we met? You seem to be an ancient. ā€

There was another burst of laughter.

"I've read a lot of books, so I can predict the future, and I knew in my time that there would be an Argentine star and his name was Batistuta," said Toon. ā€

"Well, since you're so good, then you predict who will win the World Cup next year."

Tuo Weng was stunned, this can be regarded as falling into the pit, and there was a coax at the scene, "Predict, predict." ā€

"Quiet, quiet, do you think this question is going to stump me?"

"Yes."

"Well, I'll admit I did get stumped."

"Hahaha."

"Who laughs so loudly?"

I don't know why, the camera was given to Li Guo again, this time Li Guo was more wronged than Dou E, because Li Guo didn't laugh at all.

"Okay, then I predict that the Chinese team will win the championship."

Barty is happy, the audience is also happy, Li Guo is very embarrassed, why does the director of this scene always cut my picture, can you still draw lots?

"Alright, no more kidding," Toon pointed to Barty, "Your task is to draw the teams in Pot 2 and divide them into eight groups." ā€

"I see."

"But remember to do me a favor, Group A is my motherland, and you will be merciful."