Sheva and AC Milan have no idea of changing, Abu's wish is almost impossible to come true, in fact, as early as last season, Abramovich had three offers for Sheva, and also directly talked to Sheva on the phone, but it was unsuccessful, Crespo's table is good, but it is impossible for AC Milan to sell their own star.

In fact, Shevchenko is not without the fate of joining the Premier League, he himself said: "In my last days at Dynamo Kiev, AC Milan, Manchester United, Real Madrid all wanted me to join, but AC Milan made the most specific offer, so I accepted it without hesitation. ”

Speaking about Manchester United, Sheva said, "Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo are both very promising new stars and they have the privilege of joining a big club like Manchester United with a great future. ”

Damiani called Sheva a "top five in the world", while Basten had a higher opinion of him, "The three greatest stars in the history of football are Pele, Maradona and Cruyff, and the three greatest stars in football today are Shevchenko, Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho. ”

Speaking about his 'successor', Ibrahimovic at Juventus, Basten said: "Ibrahimovic is taller than me, better with the ball than me, but of course he needs to continue to grow and improve.

In addition, Basten also commented on Zhang Tiehan and Gilardino, "Those are two brilliant young men, but they need to be more stable if they want to prove themselves." ”

The old-timer's comments do have some truth.

Zhang Tiehan's goal figures surprised the whole of Italy and even Europe, but he only landed in the top league in his first season, and there were too few games he participated in, and no one could guarantee whether this was a flash of fireworks, in fact. The reason for his skyrocketing value, in addition to scoring more goals, is more due to the increase in fame, with the increase in goals, his fame also grew rapidly, and not many people knew about him before. Most fans in Italy now know his name.

As fame increases, so does business value.

In other words, the reason for Zhang Tiehan's skyrocketing value is also due to the increase in his commercial value, rather than being recognized for his ability in football.

……

On December 11, there was good news for AS Roma – Totti was back from injury and was back in normal training.

When Totti appeared at the training ground, the surrounding fans immediately cheered for Totti, and Totti responded by kicking a football in the direction of the fans. As a result, there was a scramble outside the field.

"Football belongs to the club, and you actually give it to the fans without permission......"

Zhang Tiehan saw that Totti was so popular with fans, and said with some envy and jealousy, of course, it was just a joke, he still put his arm around Totti's shoulders and welcomed, "Congratulations on being able to walk normally!" ”

Totti's face darkened as he listened.

But he was really in a good mood and was injured for more than a month. Totti's biggest concern is the team's results, and the league results are naturally a mess. But what he didn't expect was that the team could beat Real Madrid in the Champions League to reach the last 16 knockout round, which is really something to be happy about, and it also means that after Christmas, they can prepare for the Champions League knockout round.

"Thank you." Totti said sincerely.

Zhang Tiehan rolled his eyes, "Francisco." I'm also part of Rome, so I don't have to thank anything. ”

"Sure, haha, but Zhang. Seriously, why do I feel the urge to beat you up as soon as you speak......" Totti said as he looked at Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan nodded and raised his fist, "That's because I wanted to beat you for a long time, you look at my fist, the muscles on it are trembling, and it is already excited." ”

"Luckily, you're talking about fists." Totti rolled his eyes.

"Or else?"

Totti pointed between Zhang Tiehan's legs, "If you mean below, I will definitely not come within ten meters of you in the future." ”

"Forehead......" Zhang Tiehan thought for a while, "You don't say that I haven't found it yet, in fact, I'm the same below, but I didn't pay much attention to it just now......"

The two were joking here, and the head coach Drinel had already walked over.

Drinel inquired about Totti's injury, gathered the players together and exclaimed, "We beat Real Madrid, but this is just the beginning!" Just the beginning! I hope you can continue to train hard and pay attention to every game, because we are not doing well, especially in the league, and then we need to play well in every league. ”

The players agreed together.

Then began to train normally, Totti returned from injury, tactical training changed, Totti returned to the core position, but his appearance was not very good, it seems that more than a month of rest made him a little unable to feel, as a result, Drinel instructed De Rossi and Totti to take responsibility to help Totti find his form.

The other players are training on their own.

The training did not go very smoothly, during the small cooperation training, Cassano did not pay attention to the fall to the ground, and as a result, he went down with a limp, the doctor said that the muscles were contracted and swollen, and he had to rest for at least two weeks before returning to the court to participate in the fierce competition, otherwise he was likely to suffer a more severe injury.

Drinel immediately recognized the problem.

Cassano is injured, although it is said that it is bad luck, but the biggest reason is physical problems, the recent team has a series of injuries, the main lineup is unavailable, Cassano, Zhang Tiehan and others have played too many times, they are still playing the whole game, and it is difficult to hold on in the winter in the case of third-line combat.

It's okay to post Han, his physical fitness is not too problematic, but Cassano and the others can't.

As a result, Drinel decided to abandon the Coppa Italia and focus on the league around Christmas, otherwise it would be bad because the cup would affect the league results, after all, Roma had reached such a point that they were not in the mood to compete for any chicken ribs in the Coppa Italia.

Two days later, in the Coppa Italia, Roma sent all their main players and eventually lost to Bologna.

Next is the league, the game with Brescia, Roma is away, Brescia is a piece of fat on the chopping board, they are third from the bottom of the league, it is a team that wants to take a bite, and it is better to get three points in Shunlì, Drinel sent all the main players for this, only Totti has not yet found his form and is sitting on the bench.

The results were not satisfactory. Roma scored a goal in the first half, and it was Montella who received a pass from Zhang Tiehan and pushed it home.

The advantage of one goal is not safe, and it is still away from home, Totti was sent by De Rinel in the second half, but the result Totti is not good. Brescia played more and more smoothly, although in the end Roma still held the goal, but the game was very thrilling, Rome as a whole was chaotic, even Zhang Tiehan was the same, he didn't have a chance in the whole game, and he didn't know what his teammates were doing, and he himself had to admit that he didn't play well.

Drinel knows why. It's still a fitness issue for the team.

The game against Real Madrid consumed too much physical energy of the team, and the team doctor's test pointed out that half of the team's physical fitness was more or less dangerous, and Zhang Tiehan was also one of them, and he played almost all the games in the past two months, and his condition was also excellent. But people are human beings after all, and Zhang Tiehan is also a normal person. He can't be fit all the time.

Thankfully, the team won.

The next step is to breathe a sigh of relief that there is only one game against Parma before Christmas, and then there is a two-week winter break where all the players can rest for a while.

Until then, there is also the draw for the round of 16 of the UEFA Champions Cup on December 20.

Drinel has already flown to Sweden for the draw ceremony, at this time. Roma FC has already begun to analyse the opponents they may encounter, and for Roma, it is of course best to meet a weak team, but their best possibility is to meet English teams, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal. This season's European Champions Cup, can almost be said to be the battle between Italian football and English football, after the group stage, Italy's four teams and England's four teams all entered the round of 16, according to the principle of the national team in the top 16 do not meet, the collision of Italian teams and English teams is almost inevitable, Rome naturally does not want to meet English teams in the round of 16, which means that the quarterfinals will be difficult to play.

The same is true for English teams.

Like, Manchester United.

The Champions League round of 16 has all been decided, with United topping their group and facing a total of five opponents in the knockout round, including two Serie A sides. However, Ferguson and his players are confident in the prospect of the draw, and they would even prefer to play against an Italian team.

Roma and Inter Milan are the Italian teams that Manchester United may draw, and according to the probability, the probability that the Red Devils will draw a Serie A team is 40%. Perhaps the old Jazz has a lot of experience against Italian teams in the past, and he said that he is very confident that he will reach the quarterfinals.

"In the past, only the champions of the Champions Cup could participate, but now the best three or four teams from each country can participate, which makes the Champions Cup the most important competition, no matter which team is against it, it is a huge challenge."

'We could draw Inter Milan or Roma, we're going to give it our all and then fate will decide the final result, I believe in the experience of my players, whoever they play against them, they have the confidence to deal with it.' Ferguson's experience is referring to United's experience in the Champions League in recent years, with the second-most wins in the Champions League, with 56 wins behind Real Madrid with 61 and the second-highest goal tally with 200 goals against Real Madrid's 219.

In contrast to Ferguson's cautious optimism, Manchester United star Phil Neville is more confident, saying that he wants to play against a side in Serie A, because the results in recent years give the Red Devils a psychological advantage, "We like to play against big teams, such as Juventus, playing with them brings out our energy, we have played against them before and won, there is no reason why we can't win again." ”

What Phil Neville didn't expect was that his statement greatly offended Roma because he said Juventus without mentioning Roma at all, as if Roma were not an Italian team.

But there's no denying that Manchester United have arrogant capital.

United have played Juventus the most in recent years, having lost just one away from home in six meetings in seven years, most famously the Reds beating Juventus 3-2 away to reach the Champions League final in '99 and beating them 3-0 away the previous season, which was also Juventus' biggest defeat at home in Europe.

It's no wonder that Phil Neville ignores Roma, as Manchester United and Roma don't have any head-to-head records in the Champions League in history.

Compared to Serie A sides, Neville said that United are really reluctant to play against Monaco or PSV Eindhoven, and that the Reds have always struggled to motivate against these so-called relatively weak teams. Inexplicably dropped the chain. They were knocked out by Monaco in the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 1998, lost to Bayer Leverkusen in the semi-finals in 2002 and fell to non-giant Porto last season.

'When we drew Porto last year, people thought we had a good draw and we were eliminated by them. This proves that anything can happen, so I think that at this stage, any opponent is not easy to deal with anyway, so it is better to draw a big club and have a real strong matchup. ”

Manchester United are looking forward to the results of the draw.

Rome is also looking forward to it.

In recent days, local media in Roma have been reporting the news of the Champions League.

From the teams that qualified from the eight groups of the Champions Cup, to the analysis of each team, to the teams that are likely to play each other, and so on. They must admit that among the sixteen teams in the Champions League, Roma is one of the weaker teams, and there is no need to compare other league teams, just look at the four Italian teams, AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus, all of which are much better than Roma.

Because of this, Roma are more concerned about the results of the draw.

A loyal Roma fan in a live interview with Roma Sport. "I hope the team will meet Portugal (Porto) or the Netherlands [PSV Eindhoven]. But teams from Germany and France can also ...... If it's an England team, the game will be difficult to play. ”

In addition, many fans still expressed their expectations for the knockout round of the Champions Cup.

"No matter who the opponent is, I'm sure Roma will play well!"

"Zhang will score again, he will be the Champions League Golden Boot!"

"I hope Roma can go further and go a few rounds before they win the title! It doesn't matter who the next opponent is, it's important. Rome will win! ”

After the daily training, Zhang Tiehan also accepted an interview, and he came up to express his doubts, "Draw lots? Of course, I know. The coach went today, but I know he can't go up to the draw. I don't quite understand why he can't go to the draw and also needs to go to the ceremony, it doesn't make sense. ”

The surrounding reporters could only smile wryly.

There are only 16 teams in the round of 16 of the Champions League, and there are eight people who can go to the draw, including various officials of UEFA, and most of the remaining places are famous in football, and they can't be ranked on the unknown Drinel.

'I didn't think about the opponent, but it's not bad to meet teams in England, Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, I'm all familiar with it, I've been at Manchester United for five years, and last year I was at Wigan Athletic, and I beat Chelsea and Arsenal with the team, and they weren't anything remarkable. Zhang Tiehan said conclusively.

The surrounding reporters could only smile wryly.

But they suddenly realized that what Zhang Tiehan said was right. Compared with the entire Roma team, Zhang Tiehan has the most experience in playing against the England team, he knows Manchester United quite well, and has defeated Chelsea and Arsenal when he was at Wigan Athletic, as well as other teams in the Premier League.

And Rome ......

Their best results in Europe date back to the 1983-1984 season, when Roma finished runners-up in the Champions Cup, and since then, Roma has been in decline, especially in Europe, the European Champions Cup has hardly made any breakthroughs, even in the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 seasons, when Roma had the best results, but they also folded in the second leg of the Champions League group stage that was restructured at the time (before the Champions League was restructured, there were two legs in the group stage, There is no direct knockout round of 16, the round of 16 will be divided into four groups, and then enter the group stage to select the quarterfinals), and now to enter the round of 16, regardless of whether they can beat their opponents or not, is also the best result of Rome in the past two decades.

When it comes to the opponents of the top 16, think about it...... England's teams are also good, because they don't know anything about other teams, and in the knockout rounds, dark horses are a regular occurrence, like Porto last year, who went all the way to the end to win the European Cup.

In this regard, it is not necessarily a good thing to meet other teams, not to mention, such as Bayern Munich in Germany and Barcelona in Spain, which are definitely more difficult bones to gnaw than English teams.

……

The draw for the round of 16 of the Champions League was held in Sweden that night, and the representatives of the various clubs took their seats as guests, and as soon as they were ready, the UEFA champions and football legends took the stage to help the teams draw their opponents.

The first was the draw on behalf of Monaco, who drew Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven; The next to come to power represented Dynamo Kyiv, who siphoned off Liverpool; Then there was Bayern Munich, who drew the 'Gunners' Arsenal.

After three rounds, the two English teams are 'famous', and this result is a pity for many media who are looking forward to the collision of Italian football and English football.

The fourth to take the stage was UEFA commissioner Michel Platini, who took the stage to draw opponents for Manchester United, and countless people in the stadium and in front of the TV stared at the former Juventus legend, and when he unfolded the origami in his hand and showed it to the audience, the United supporters were excited, and the media were not very happy with the result.

In the guest position, Drinel stood up in shock.

I saw the name on the origami between Platini's hands - 'A.S. Roma', Rome. (To be continued......)