Chapter 429 is predestined

After drawing the 8 seeded teams in the first pot, soon the UEFA president and secretary general Taylor took the stage to draw the teams in the second pot.

And unlike the first grade of the completely meaningless lot, this second grade draw is so interesting!

Due to the strong rise of Crystal Palace last season, it squeezed out Liverpool, which was definitely the first tier, and let the French champion Lyon have the honor of becoming the first tier team, so most of the teams on the scene, except for the first tier, and the teams also from the French league, have a little idea about being in a group with Lyon!

In the end, Sporting Lisbon was fortunate enough to be the lucky winner in the same group as Lyon.

After the draw of all the teams in the second pot is completed, the situation of the eight groups in the Champions League is as follows:

Group A: Chelsea, Roma

Group B: Inter Milan, Bremen

Group C: Barcelona, Villarreal

Group D: Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven

Group E: Manchester United, Villarreal

Group F: Lyon, Sporting Lisbon

Group G: Arsenal, Porto

Group H: Real Madrid, Juventus

With the draw proceeding here, it can be said that the situation of this Champions League has become relatively clear!

Next, there is the third draw of lots.

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Since there is no team with strong strength in the third tier, it is better not to talk about it!

After the draw of the third team, the draw ceremony finally came to the most exciting moment, after the current Premier League player Frank Lampard came on the field, which means that Crystal Palace, which can be called the perfect spoiler, could be drawn at any time!

"Whoa!" Symbolically shaking twice in the glass container containing the eight balls with his eyes closed, and with three fingers strained, Lampard took one out of the glass container with his eyes closed for the whole time.

Unscrewed the ball in his hand, spread out the note inside, and placed it in front of the camera lens facing him, and the first fourth-grade team to be drawn was born!

This, I don't know if it's really that coincidental, God knows, all the giant teams sitting here today are eager to know which group Crystal Palace will be divided into, this is your sister, Lampard casually fished out a small ball from the glass bowl, with a probability of 1 in 8, it was so coincidental that the Crystal Palace was directly out!

Well, when Lampard saw the team he drew from, he was obviously surprised, and he was slightly stunned, Lampard jokingly said to the field: "Haha, it seems that God also wants to know which group Crystal Palace will be divided into so quickly, and I was drawn out so quickly!" So, which group will Crystal Palace be divided into next? ”

Listening to Frank Lampard on the podium say this, and walking towards the other side of the draw table, responsible for drawing the group numbers, most of the team leaders on the scene have their hearts raised!

Why the majority? Some teams have given up in advance, don't they think about this Champions League again? Naturally not, the reason why some people are not worried is that the fundamental reason is one of the lottery rules - the principle of avoiding the same country in the group stage!

That's right, it is this rule that makes Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea leaders, who are also from the Premier League, not care at all about where Crystal Palace will be distributed!

This is not, anyway, after the group stage, the round of 16 will be redrawn, at this time it is impossible for Crystal Palace to come to his own group, he likes to go wherever he wants, doesn't he?

Looking back at the rostrum, I saw that the commentators on the rostrum also reminded the same country to circumvent this lottery rule at this time, and then took out the small balls of Group A, Group E and Group G containing Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United from the glass bowl!

And with the action of the commentator, it directly means that the Crystal Palace, where Li Yi is located, will be divided into which group will be divided into next, which is relatively clear!

Is it to go to Group B where Inter are located? Or Group C for Barcelona? Or Bayern's Group D? Or the weakest group, Group F, Lyon?

No, no, no, neither! I saw that Frank Lampard, the guest of the lottery at the lottery site, took out the group number that represented the Crystal Palace was going to from the glass bowl, and unscrewed it, and the scene immediately resounded with a sound of mourning!

Group H!

Looking at the Group H note in Lampard's hand, which was extremely eye-catching at this moment, for no reason, Li Yi was angry!

Similarly, after seeing that Crystal Palace was actually drawn to Group H, the representatives of Real Madrid were also angry, and the representatives of Juventus and Zenit St. Petersburg, who were also victims, were also angry!

It is no exaggeration to say that the Champions League at this time in 08, just from the group stage, is far less than as many grievances in later generations.

Let's take the first three draws as an example! It can be said that in fact, the draw for this year's Champions League has basically been announced, and there can be no group of death! Even if the Crystal Palace, where Li Yi is located, is a good spoiler. However, in this kind of situation where there is a big gap in the strength of the 7 groups and there is only one top team, even if UEFA wants to operate a group of death and leave them room for operation, it is really not a big deal!

Who would have thought, though? UEFA really carried forward the spirit of no shamelessness today, only more shamelessness to the limit, and by the way, the blow to the Premier League was also to the limit, in front of fans all over the world, so fearless, yin Crystal Palace?

It's just that, although the guests sitting in the audience now know that UEFA must have operated this draw, but most of the people on the scene are beneficiaries, and the tragedy is only a few.

With the European upstart Crystal Palace being drawn, the next draw turned into a pure formality, and soon, the participating teams in 8 groups were all produced!

The grouping situation is as follows:

Group A: Chelsea, Roma, Bordeaux, Cluj

Group B: Inter Milan, Bremen, Panathinaikos, Anososis

Group C: Barcelona, Villarreal, Basel, Shakhtar Donetsk

Group D: Bayern Munich, PSV Eindhoven, Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid

Group E: Manchester United, Villarreal, Celtic, Aalborg

Group F: Lyon, Sporting Lisbon, Bucharest Star, Polynos

Group G: Arsenal, Porto, Fenerbahce, Dynamo Kyiv

Group H: Real Madrid, Juventus, Zenit St. Petersburg, Crystal Palace

At the scene, after the lottery ceremony officially ended, it came to the main meal. It's time to present the Euro of the Year 08 award!

First of all, naturally, it is the candidates who take the stage.

With Ronaldo and Messi together, they went to the rostrum together and stood with the two stars at close range, although Li Yi's self-confidence attribute is very rebellious, it is inevitable to be excited!

This is really not a joke, self-confidence is self-confidence, self-confident people, does not mean that they will not be excited. On the contrary, since he was just a star-chasing dick in his previous life, waiting for Li Yizhen to stand with the two emperors on the spot, waiting for Platini to present the award to him, this kind of excitement is really not enough to be with outsiders.

Finally stabilized his mood, and gently glanced at the two people beside him, Li Yi, who was excited because he was standing with the two favorite stars in his previous life, was unhappy!

Looking at the two beside him, posing as a "star" with a stinky face that he owed them 1 million, Li Yi couldn't help but complain in his heart, "Cut, isn't it just robbing you of your grand prize?" Is this necessary? It's like mom and dad are dead! ”

In fact, Li Yi didn't want to think about it, if he didn't get the award today, and even knew that he was destined to be a guest before the lottery, would he still be in such a free and easy mood now? Come to think of it, there is no player in the world who is willing to act as a green leaf and make wedding dresses for others, right?