Chapter 170: Good Sign! (First Update)
The Champions League draw was also the best award ceremony for last season's Champions League.
This has nothing to do with constant victory.
But it has something to do with the ever-winning enemy.
Real Madrid eventually won last season's Champions League, and that classic final went ahead as scheduled.
Although Real Madrid have failed in the domestic league, they have had good luck and quality in the Champions League.
In the final against Bayer Leverkusen, Raul scored a goal for Real Madrid to take the lead.
But then Lucio equalised for Bayer Leverkusen.
The game then came to a stalemate.
In the end, Zinedine Zidane, the superstar who spent more than 70 million euros on the club last summer, showed his value at a crucial moment and proved that Real Madrid's money was well spent!
He blasted the Leverkusen goal open with one of the best goals in the history of the European Champions League. The main core of German football's future, Ballack stood behind Zidane when this goal happened.
Relying on this goal, Real Madrid took the lead again.
In the final moments of the game, another hero was born.
Real Madrid's main goalkeeper Cesar was injured and Casillas came on as a replacement. A series of excellent saves followed, keeping the goal clean and keeping the title for Real Madrid.
Although Casillas made his debut early and won the Champions Cup with Real Madrid at the age of nineteen, many people believe that it was his performance in this Champions League final that made Casillas completely the main force of Real Madrid.
Before that, Casillas had already played in the first team, but there were many problems.
This season he was replaced by Cesar as a substitute.
Unexpectedly, this Champions League final allowed him to seize the opportunity and become famous in one fell swoop.
Since then, Casillas has never left the position of Real Madrid's first-choice goalkeeper......
So in this Champions League best selection, Real Madrid naturally became the biggest winner, winning a number of bests.
Chang Sheng watched them accept their awards on stage. A smile on his face.
What he thought in his heart was that this was Real Madrid's last Champions League trophy.
Since then, Real Madrid have never been able to win a Champions League title again. The 10 Champions League titles they have coveted are still far away......
It seems difficult to overtake Real Madrid. After all, Real Madrid already has nine titles. And I don't have any of them.
But he's a manager, not a player, he's only 30 years old and he has 30 years to do that.
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The award ceremony was followed by the draw ceremony.
Valencia were drawn to Group B. They were in a group with Basel of Switzerland, Liverpool of the English Premier League and Spartak Moscow of Russia.
It's a nice grouping for Valencians.
Because they believe that neither Basel nor Spartak Moscow can threaten their qualification, the group is basically Valucia and Liverpool battling it out for top of the group.
When he saw the results of this draw, Pitage next to him had a relaxed smile on his face.
Chang Sheng also breathed a sigh of relief and did not meet too strong opponents in the group stage. What kind of death group was assigned to, and the luck was really good.
Although Liverpool is not the Red Army that has not won a championship for n years in the future, the chances of both sides are equal, and Chang Win does not think that his team is weaker than Liverpool.
Basel, the opponent, Chang Sheng felt that he was here to play soy sauce, and he had absolute confidence to defeat his opponent.
It's just that Sparta in Moscow is a little tricky.
Since we don't know the exact schedule, it's hard to say how the game will be won if the away game against Spartak Moscow is in November.
Winter has already entered Moscow in November. The weather was bad.
If Valencia encounters, Chang Sheng may have to choose to give up and avoid injury. So he's going to try to get his goal of qualifying before this game.
After the draw ceremony, only a few Spanish media, mainly local media in Valencia, interviewed Chang Sheng.
Those were still swarming up before. None of the reporters who wanted to interview Changsheng's big media came up. On the one hand, many coaches are interviewees at this time, unless they are particularly popular. Otherwise there is no phenomenon of swarming, a group of people interviewing one person. On the other hand. These reporters deliberately ignored Chang Sheng, because he was so awesome and coaxed before, which made reporters very uncomfortable. Interview after the draw? Hey, we're not interviewing you yet!
Chang Sheng didn't care about the attitude of these reporters towards him, he knew that sooner or later he would make these people kneel down and beg him for an interview. Because as long as victory can be achieved, the initiative will always be on his side.
The loser needs others to defend himself, and the winner will always only need to enjoy the pursuit of others.
In the face of local reporters in Valencia, he seemed relaxed.
"We got a good draw." He said.
Torla laughed: "Aren't you afraid that this will cause criticism again? ”
Tsunga shrugged: "I'll be honest, I have confidence in my team. If we can't even break through such a group, we have to frown carefully and say that the opponent is strong, and it depends on our luck to qualify...... I don't think we'll be in the Champions League at all. ”
Despite Chang Sheng's temper, the local media in Valencia already know very well. But in the past, he only felt like he was in the Spanish nest, and now in the Champions League, he even spoke wildly.
It still made a lot of Valencia and Spanish media feel a lot of pressure......
The local media reporters in Valencia were worried about Chang Sheng's doing, and the pressure was completely different from that of Spain as a whole, and as an enemy of Europe as a whole.
Non-Valencia local reporters sneered in their hearts - they are usually arrogant in Spain, and they will make you suffer on the stage of the Champions League! Do you think the Champions League is the same as the UEFA Cup? Stop dreaming!
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The next day, what Chang Sheng said in an interview appeared in the media, and it was not a local media of Valencia's level, but Spain's national media newspaper, the newspaper Marca.
As a newspaper with a high reputation and authority in European sports, their influence in European football is very high.
was reported by them so high-profilely, and it was also related to the Champions League, so naturally there will be eyes from Europe that will start to pay attention to Chang Win.
This is naturally the result of the media's encouragement.
In fact, the idea of the "Marca" newspaper is that Spain can no longer tolerate Chang Sheng, and if he continues to toss, there will be no new highlights and gimmicks, so it is better to lead the troubles to the outside world, let Chang Sheng confront the whole of Europe, and then they will reap the benefits of the fisherman.
It's also a great pleasure to watch Chang Sheng fight with the European media and other teams in Europe every day.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the side to respond to Chang Sheng's remarks.
The first to speak was the head coach of Basel, Switzerland. Jorgen. Gross, who was unhappy with his winning remarks: "It would be great if Valencia thought they had a good draw and would have no problem qualifying, we like to play against an opponent who is proud and underestimated!" ”
Gross has been in charge of Basel since 1999 and is now in his third season in charge.
Chang Sheng doesn't know this person, but in fact, Gross is a famous coach in Switzerland and has won many championships. However, before he took charge of Tottenham Hotspur, he did not have a good reputation in mainstream European football. After he took charge of Basel, he built Basel into a powerhouse.
His Basel, like his character, is tough and unyielding.
So in the face of the arrogance of the perennial victory, Gross seemed very unhappy.
The Spartans of Moscow also responded with theirs. The head coach of Spartak Moscow Oleg. Ivanovich. Romantsev replied to the words of the perennial victory: "La Liga champions? We are not afraid of any champion. Because we are the champions of Russia! ”
The coach is also a legendary coach of Spartak Moscow, and in his two spells in charge of Spartak Moscow, he brought home eight Russian top-flight championship trophies and three Russian Nations Cup titles. He is currently the second-most manager in the history of Spartak Moscow.
He has also been the head coach of the Russian national team twice.
He is also a famous coach in Russia.
He knows his team very well and this team listens to him.
It's not an easy opponent to deal with.
The last speaker was Liverpool manager Steven Gerrard. Hollier.
It's like the best team has to come out last, and the last team to speak is the team that seems to be the strongest in the group, apart from Valencia.
As the manager of Premier League giants Liverpool, Houllier also looks personable, and he simply said of his winning words: "I think as a manager, you should respect your opponents first, otherwise you can't lead by example. ”
His graceful demeanor is in stark contrast to the image of the ever-winning ** nouveau riche.
The English media said that Chang Sheng should keep his dog's eyes open and take a good look, this time it is the demeanor of a successful manager!
He just won a league title and a Copa del Rey in Valencia. Hollier is the European coach who led Liverpool to the 2001 five-time crown!
In the 2000-2001 season, Houllier's Liverpool, except for the Premier League title, won all other titles. These include the FA Cup, English League Cup, Charity Shield, UEFA Cup and UEFA Super Cup. It was the era of the "five crowns" that Liverpool fans talked about.
With such a brilliant result, Houllier didn't say anything like "we drew a good draw".
In addition to Houllier, Gross is a Swiss coach and Romantsev is a Russian coach.
You are often better than a young man, what qualifications do you have to be so dragged and crazy in front of these three famous marshals?