Volume 1 Chapter 362 Drawn to the hard bones
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At the end of the match between Fiorentina and South Korea, the draw for the third round of Champions League qualification was taking place in Nyon, Switzerland.
According to UEFA rules, the top three leagues in UEFA points: La Liga, Premier League, and Serie A have 4 teams participating, with the top players in the league participating directly, and the 4th place participating in the third round of qualifying first.
The countries ranked 4th to Uth: Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Eredivisie are involved, with the top players in the league participating directly, and the 3rd place going to the third round of qualifying first.
The 7th to 9th ranked countries participate, with the league winners going straight to the group stage and the runners-up going to the third qualifying round.
The countries ranked 10th to 15th have one team participating, the league champion participates in the third qualifying round, and the league runners-up play from the first round of the qualifying round.
The 16th-ranked countries have l teams participating, and the league championship starts from the first round of qualifying.
The 28th to 47th ranked countries have l teams participating, and the league winner has to start from the first round of qualification
Fiorentina finished third in Serie A last season and, according to the rules, they will go straight to the third qualifying round.
For Fiorentina, it is not easy to participate in the group stage of the Champions League, which can capsize in the gutter if you are not careful, and in fact, the third round of qualifying cannot be said to be a gutter, most of the teams in the third round of qualifying are the champions and runners-up of various countries outside the five major leagues, and the defending champion Liverpool, who was allowed to start from the first round of qualifying by UEFA because they only finished fifth in the Premier League.
Therefore, even if the South Korean team was defeated by a big score, after the game, the players did not have the heart to be interviewed by reporters, and everyone simply coped with the reporters and hurried back to the hotel, waiting for the news from the club manager Gary who was far away in Nyon, Switzerland.
"We can almost qualify without meeting teams from the top five leagues, and the other teams are still a bit of a threat like Celtic, Sporting Lisbon, Dynamo Kyiv, etc." The veteran Donadaire has played for Milan and is familiar with these European teams.
"It doesn't matter if you run into teams in the big five leagues, as long as you don't run into Liverpool, Inter Milan or Manchester United." Montolivo has played three warm-up games in a row and has played very well, and he is now full of confidence.
Donaderle glanced at Montolivo and said: "Don't underestimate other teams, Bremen, Everton, Dynamo Kyiv, and Sporting Lisbon are not easy to play." Don't look at the fact that we can beat Inter Milan to win the Coppa Italia, but we may not be able to win them, the major leagues play differently, and even fight each other. ”
Chen Yu said: "There are many players in our team who have not played in the Champions League, so we must not be careless, if we are really lost in the qualifying round, it will be a loss." ”
Donadale said mysteriously: "In fact, the draw is not random, there are also some "related households" or protection objects, they are not strong, but they play the Champions League all year round, and the third round of qualifying rounds always draws good lots, such as Anderlecht, Kiev Dinamo, Sparta Prague, Sparta Moscow of Athens, Rosenberg and other teams. “
Chen Yu smiled: "This means that we may not be able to meet these teams. ”
Everyone was enthusiastically discussing which teams might be encountered in the draw, when suddenly the manager of the hotel knocked on the door and came in, and said to Chen Yu: "Mr. Chen, someone is looking for you outside, do you see it or not." ”
Chen Yu said in surprise: "What person, is it a fan?" ”
The hotel manager said, "I don't know. ”
Chen Yu frowned and said, "I don't know who still comes to me, is this how you are the manager?" ”
The hotel manager hurriedly said: "No, Mr. Chen, these two people are special, they are two well-known new stars in our company." ”
Before Chen Yu could answer, the eyes of his teammates lit up, and Pazzini said, "What's it called, where is it?"
Montolivo said: "Let's go and see." ”
Ma Qiao took Chen Yu's arm and said, "Captain, go and take a look, it's too ungentlemanly to disappoint the two girls." ”
"Damn, pervert."
Chen Yu was helplessly pulled by Marjo, surrounded by young people such as Montolivo and Pazzini, and walked downstairs to the hall.
"Ahh
"The face is so delicate."
Montolivo and Maggio couldn't help but scream when they saw the two little beauties standing in the hall.
"You gentlemen are not good at all, as if you have never seen a woman."
Chen Yu glared at Montolivo and Maggio.
"Hello, Mr. Chen, remember me?"
The little beauty with a more neutral face and a little cuter raised a bouquet of flowers in her hand to Chen Yu and greeted Chen Yu in fluent Chinese, while another little beauty with a small and innocent face secretly looked at Chen Yu on the side.
Chen Yu took the flowers, tried his best to think about them, and said with some embarrassment: "Give me a hint." ”
"In Belgium." The cute-looking little beauty looked at Chen Yu with some apprehension and nervousness, for fear that he would completely forget.
"Ah, Ha Luha, I remember, you are Xiao Yuan."
If it weren't for the time when he attended the Paris fashion festival with Hideju Nakata, met the Korean star Jun Ji-woo, and talked about Kim Hyo-yeon, Chen Yuzhen forgot the little girl he saw when he played the warm-up match with Anderlecht in Belgium.
Jin Xiaoyuan almost jumped up when he heard Chen Yu think of her, "I'm Jin Xiaoyuan, Xie Lu Xie You still remember me." ”
Chen Yu laughed and said, "Why don't you call me uncle." ”
Jin Xiaoyuan's face turned red, "I'm sixteen, you're only a few years older than most of me, and it's almost the same as calling your brother."
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Yes, I have grown up and become more and more beautiful." ”
Jin Xiaoyuan said: "When you were competing today, we also had a performance, and we didn't come to cheer you on, I heard that you will go back to Italy tomorrow morning, so please don't be angry when you come to disturb you so late." ”
"It's nothing, and I didn't sleep." Chen Yu said.
Pazzini smiled and said in English: "There is a beautiful woman looking for it, and the captain is too late to be happy, how can he be angry."
Jin Xiaoyuan was a little embarrassed and took the hand of the girl next to him and said to Chen Yu: "Yun'er likes you very much, let's take a photo." ”
The little beauty named Yun'er said to Chen Yu a little shyly: "Hello, I'm Lin Yun'er, your ball is really good." ”
"Xie Lu Xie praised,
Of course, Chen Yu couldn't refuse the request of the two little beauties, he stood in the middle of the two beauties, asked Ma Qiao to take a photo, and signed his names on the clothes for Kim Hyo-yeon and Lin Yun'er.
Back in the conference room, Ma Qiao was still complaining about Chen Yu, "Captain, why don't you want the phone number of a beautiful woman."
Montolivo said: "It's good to have a PNh." “
Chen Yu shook a small note with a phone number in his hand, and said with a smile: "Isn't it cheap to ask for a phone number, you perverts, people are still children, don't you see?" “
Pazzini said, "Didn't you hear? Both are 16 years old, only four years younger than me. “
Chen Yu said: "If you want to pick up a girl and find it yourself, I should not be an accomplice." “
Rigano smiled: "You young people still don't understand, can you share good resources with you?" Your captain must have had a phone call for a long time ago. “
While everyone was laughing, the news came, the draw ceremony was over, Fiorentina was unlucky, and the runner-up of the last UEFA Cup and the Portuguese Super League runner-up were drawn Sporting Lisbon, and the other Serie A team that played in the qualifying round Inter Milan was drawn Shakhtar Donetsk, the champion of the Ukrainian Premier League. The other two teams that were unlucky were Everton and Villarreal, who had to knock their opponents to the next to advance.
However, the Red Devils Manchester United and the Reds Liverpool are both good luck, Manchester United drew the belly of Hungary's Debretzen, and Liverpool's opponent is CSKA Sofia.
The "related households" Anderlecht, Kyiv Dinamo, Sparta Prague, and Rosenberg were all lucky and drew good lots.
Hearing this news, everyone's hearts suddenly became heavy.
Sporting Lisbon were runners-up in the last edition of the UEFA Cup and one of the kings of the Portuguese Super League, having won the league 18 times, 17 cups and once in the European Cup Winners' Cup, behind Porto and Benfica, who won the Champions League in '04. Figo, Ronaldo and Quaresma were all from Sporting Lisbon.
"Damn, us." Pazzini said angrily.
"Grandma's, bully us and have no one in the court, give us a hard bone to gnaw." Ma Qiao was very angry and felt wronged.
Veteran Donadale shrugged and said: "This result is normal, we haven't played in Europe for a long time, and there will definitely be no good signing." “
Prandelli's expression was not good, but he still comforted the players: "The result of this draw cannot be changed, we can only prepare and try to reach the group stage of the Champions League, otherwise, our efforts last season will be in vain." This is not only a monetary loss, but also a damper for our confidence and morale. ”
Chen Yu had been silent, and said at this time: "Milan and Juventus are very powerful, we only lost to them once, is Sporting Lisbon stronger than them?" Don't be afraid, drawing a weak brigade may make us capsize in the gutter, and now we have the spirit of scoring, maybe it will be better. ”
Prandelli said: "Chen is right, we are not worse than Sporting Lisbon, don't be afraid of them, maybe they are still afraid of us, but from now on, we all have to train hard and prepare for the two matches of No. 10 and Sporting Lisbon and play them as finals." ”
Lu Casey had been answering the phone just now, and now he also said: "The boss just called, let us rest assured, he will give us the greatest financial support, now the negotiations with Palermo are progressing very quickly, maybe soon Toni will become a member of Fiorentina." ”
Hearing that Toney was coming, Prandelli and the players in the central midfield were beaming, but the forwards were secretly pondering whether their position would be affected, and Ricano's face changed, because if Tony made a successful transfer, his departure from Fiorentina would not be far off.