Chapter 214: Champions Cup Group Draw (1)

On September 8, when the World Cup qualifiers between Poland and England were in full swing, Wang Li and Brigi had already boarded the passenger plane to London.

Back in London, just got off the plane, Wang Li received a lot of calls, teammates, family, Angela, Rita and many other people were worried because he failed to make the squad in the Polish team, they took the trouble to ask the whole story, wanting to comfort, in this process, Wang Li also felt very warm, who doesn't want a lot of people to care about themselves?

But in fact, Wang Li didn't take this matter to heart at all, for him, it was his own choice not to participate in the competition, as for what other people thought and what the media thought, he didn't think about it at all before he asked Eriksen to clarify his thoughts.

In short, Wang Li has decided that if the national team does not have his own main position, then he will never play for England again.

And the reason for this incident, Wang Li also told everyone the truth, although many people are also angry that the Swedes did not send Wang Li to start, but Wang Li's approach also made most people noncommittal - however, in the eyes of many old people in the England team, this black-haired boy is only 17 years old, and he has been dancing with football since he was a child, which may make this young man not very mature in his heart, which is also understandable. So, this kind of thing is considered by them to be a sign of 'childishness': even the captain of the England team, David. Beckham has to bow to the manager when he has to do so, and how does he, a newcomer who has only joined the team for a few months, have some 'extraordinary' performances, who has the right to fall out with the manager?

In fact, most of the players in the England team who failed to play still secretly support Wang Li in their hearts, this time Eriksen called up so many players to participate in the game, they moved from Vienna to Northern Europe for several days in a row, but failed to play, except for the kind of 'low-end' people who just want to see the national team, almost everyone has some resentment towards Eriksen in their hearts.

And Wang Li made that annoying old Swedish man half angry, it's really just one word - cool!!

In short, no matter what other people think, this matter has already been spread, at least, after the match between Poland and England, these pervasive media have roughly known what happened to the whole thing!!

It is conceivable that many, many reporters are now sitting at their desks excitedly and starting to bury their heads in coding -- tomorrow's war of words between the pro-faction and the anti-faction will soon break out on a large scale!!

By this time, Wang Li had returned to Chelsea Football Club. After returning to London from Wroclaw, he first visited Angela at his villa at Stamford Bridge and then came to the club to report.

When Wang Li first walked into the club, he was told by the staff that the head coach Mr. Mourinho wanted to see him, so Wang Li went to the head coach's office again.

Seeing Wang Li walk in, Mourinho crushed the burning cigar cigarette in his hand in the ashtray, and turned his head to ask with concern: "Alan, I heard that you fell out with that Swede?" ”

Wang Li was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that the news of the Portuguese was really well-informed, but he still replied: "I just don't want to be a substitute player, so I came back." ”

In fact, Mourinho also just got the news, maybe Lampard was afraid that this incident would cause any harm to Wang Li's heart, so he called him to tell him, seeing the indifferent attitude of the black-haired boy in front of him, Mourinho's heart also slowed down a lot, but he still comforted: "Actually, it's nothing, you're not even 18 years old, and the Swede can't stay in that position for a few years." If you don't go to the national team, you can play at the club with peace of mind, as long as you perform well, no matter what happens, it will be the Swede's mistake, you know? ”

Wang Li lowered his head and thought about it, then nodded clearly, he understood what Mourinho meant, as long as he has been performing well, even if the whole thing is caused by himself, but the saliva of the media will still spray at Eriksen - such an outstanding player can't enter the main squad of the England team, it must be a problem with the manager's vision!!

If England were to perform a little bit worse, it would have been even worse for Eriksen, and most people would have thought: 'Look, this is the consequence of you not letting Allen in the squad.' ’

Of course, these will happen when Wang Li's performance is very good, but if he can't play well, of course, the pressure of public opinion will completely fall to himself - in the world of football, no matter on or off the field, only strength is everything!

Although Mourinho was a little worried about Wang Li's state at this time, he still felt a burst of joy when he saw Wang Li's indifferent demeanor. As a head coach of a club, what he hopes to see most is that all his players do not have to participate in the national team, so the club's results will be much better, and there will be no players injured in the national team and their physical strength will be wasted.

You must know that when a player is injured in the national team competition, it is the club that is responsible, this kind of regulation is really unreasonable, because the quality of the national team has almost nothing to do with the various clubs, and Mourinho is still a Portuguese, even if he goes to watch the European Cup and the World Cup, he will only support the Portuguese team.

But Mourinho doesn't have time to think about it now, because tomorrow, September 9, at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, there will be a draw for this season's UEFA Champions League group stage!

In the 1955/56 season, in order to facilitate the exchange of matches between clubs that were not in the same league, many clubs joined forces to create the UEFA Club Champions Cup, and in 1992 UEFA changed the format and name of this competition, and the UEFA Champions League was born. Now, the UEFA Champions League has become one of the most prestigious club competitions in Europe, and its trophy is called the St. Bride Cup, which is also commonly known as the Big Ears Cup because the two handles of the trophy resemble elephant ears.

For a European club, the St. Bride Cup represents the European champion, and it would be the highest honour for a team to get it, and the Champions Cup will bring a lot of money to the club, so this competition will be valued by all clubs.

Now in the European Cup, there are a total of 32 participating teams, after the draw ceremony, they will be divided into 8 groups, respectively, group confrontation, of which each group of 4 teams, will be home and away confrontation, that is, in the group stage, each team faces six Champions League group stage games, using the point principle of 3 wins, 1 loss and 0 to determine the final two teams.

According to the group stage draw, teams from the same country cannot meet each other, so it is unlikely that people will see a Premier League civil war, or a Milan derby, an Italian national derby, or a Spanish national derby in the group stage, and a group will include one seeded team that is determined by last season's results, a team in Pot 2, a team in Pot 3 and a team in Pot 4, so that the strong teams in each league are much less likely to meet in the group stage.

However, exceptions cannot be ruled out, for example, some clubs did not do well in the previous season, so they will be placed in the lower tier of teams this season, so it is likely to put several strong teams together, and this kind of group is often called the group of death.

At the same time, there could be a more extreme group in the group stage, with Sevilla, CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos and Debretsen making up the group that could distract most of the world's fans.

As Chelsea's head coach, Jose Mourinho will accompany the club's president, Mr Abramovic, to the draw tomorrow.

In fact, the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony is not only important for clubs, but also an official award ceremony for many players who performed well at the European Championship last season.

At the draw ceremony, the winners of last season's European Championship best player, best goalkeeper, best defender, best midfielder and other awards will be announced, and most of these players who have won honors will also participate in the draw ceremony.

Chelsea, on the other hand, are really star-studded right now, like Ricciardo who played for defending champions Porto last season. Carvalho and Claude at Chelsea. Makelele, captain John. Terry and Frank. Frank Lampard has several players going to the draw ceremony.

However, these have nothing to do with Wang Li, last season, he was still playing for Wolverhampton, who had just been promoted to the Premier League, and it was obviously impossible to participate in any Champions Cup and League Cup, so even if he performed well now, UEFA would not invite him to the draw ceremony.

So, after Wang Li reported from the club, he went straight back to his villa at Stamford Bridge.

Wang Li and Angela, this pair of young boys and girls who have just met the taste of men and women, it is really like three autumns after a few days, the two collided directly when they met, and they were out of control, and the moaning sound from upstairs made Diana, the nanny standing downstairs. Jones, hearing this, was shaken, her face flushed, and even while she was cooking, she broke a few dishes.

The next morning, Wang Li looked at the lovely child sleeping in his arms, and smiled contentedly, last night, Angela tirelessly demanded excessively, wanting to win the war, so that now she has no strength to get up, want that kind of ** taste, Wang Li felt that a certain part of himself had a tendency to look up, but looking at the sleeping demeanor of the girl in his arms, he still endured it, got up and got dressed, and went downstairs.

After breakfast, Wang Li went to the outskirts of London, and yesterday he made another appointment with Joyce. Miss Naira learned to drive, and although he didn't have a very good impression of this woman who was always pointing fingers and being stern, it was undeniable that Joyce was definitely a qualified driving instructor.

In order to get his driver's license as soon as possible, Wang Li can only endure and endure it again, but in fact, this is just his self-comfort, then again, Miss Joyce's figure is still very good - a normal man would want his driving instructor to be a beautiful woman, right?

(To be continued)