In last season's Champions League, Liverpool reversed AC Milan in Istanbul, won the Champions League, and staged a century-old classic final, and before the final, Liverpool's Champions League road has been stumbling, and several opponents encountered are all dangerous promotions, so when it comes to various honors, Liverpool is likely to get the biggest player honor - best player, and almost certainly get the biggest coach honor - best coach, but the other honors are difficult.

Although Liverpool's forward line and back line have players nominated, they don't even have a top three qualification, so only Gerrard, Alonso, Zhang Tiehan and Benitez went to the Champions League draw.

Often the top scorer in the Champions League will definitely be in the top three of the best striker nominations, but it is not easy to get the best striker, after all, it is not about the number of goals, but about the contribution to the whole team and the position of the player in the hearts of each judge.

Zhang Tiehan's biggest rival is Barcelona's Ronaldinho.

Ronaldinho is a two-time World Footballer of the Year, he is a true world superstar, but according to the table of Barcelona eliminated in the round of 16 last season, Zhang Tiehan has a lot more advantage - Roma fell in the quarterfinals, one more game than Barcelona, and Zhang Tiehan scored seven more goals than Ronaldinho.

In the pre-match interview, you can also see the media's confidence in Zhang Tiehan, "If you get the best striker, will you thank the Roma club when you come to the stage?" ”

'Of course, I would like to thank all my teammates at Roma and Mr. Drinel.'

"Do you have the confidence to beat Ronaldinho?" A reporter asked with a smile.

Zhang Tiehan shook his head, "I don't know, I hope so." ”

But Zhang Tiehan is not the most popular and sought after by the media, in fact, when he stands with Gerald and others. It's a bit inconspicuous in the hall, because on this stage, even if Liverpool won the Champions League last season, it is difficult to attract the attention of most journalists.

The biggest protagonist is Chelsea.

Not Chelsea FC, but a forty-three-year-old man, personable, mature, handsome...... That's Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. Jose Mourinho seems to have a temperament that puts everyone in the spotlight wherever he goes – even though they fell at the feet of Liverpool last season.

Jose Mourinho brought three stars of Cech, Frank Lampard and John Terry to the draw ceremony, and the formation was attractive enough, and after arriving at the venue, Mourinho began to talk about this year's Champions League shape, "Chelsea's goal is still to win the title. ”

'We have the quality to fight for the title and if it's a Premier League team that wins the title this year, it has to be Chelsea!'

Mourinho's words are really 'powerful'. The strength is also very strong, so that the Manchester United coach Ferguson who is standing on the side can hear it clearly, so the old jazz's face darkened, and he knew as soon as he heard it, Mourinho's words were the book for him, although there are Liverpool's Benitez in the hall, and Arsene Wenger of Arsenal, but Manchester United and Chelsea have become the biggest rivals. There has been a-for-tat battle in the domestic league, and Mourinho's words are clearly for himself.

Many media reporters also turned around. Ferguson snorted coldly and pursed his lips disdainfully.

There was nothing Mourinho could do about the opponents, and then he talked about the team, about the recent news and finally about the Champions League format. For example, turning around the Champions League group stage bracketing.

'We are a second tier team and I regret it's a question of the Champions League format and I don't think Chelsea are weaker than other teams at all, but because of the historical points. We just can't be in the first tier and it's hard for me to understand why some teams from a few years ago have affected what they are doing now. Mourinho pouted, "After five years, a team is completely equivalent to a different team." ”

That's the format of the Champions League grouping.

In order to ensure the balance of each group, the 32 teams are divided into four grades according to the points of the European competition, and each group has one for each of the four grades, so that the balance can ensure that the strong teams will not meet in the group stage, so as to ensure the level of the Champions Cup knockout stage.

Due to historical results, Liverpool and Arsenal and Manchester United, also from the Premier League, are seeded in the top half of Zone A, while Chelsea's Champions League history is not good and can only be divided into Zone B, and Everton, another team with Champions League qualifications, has poor results in qualifying and unfortunately failed to qualify for the Champions League, so in this season's Champions League, England is still Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool four teams participate.

Three of those teams are seeded, and only Chelsea have been squeezed, so it's no wonder Jose Mourinho talks about it.

Despite his high-profile appearance, more 'popular' than Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Rafael Benitez, Chelsea can only be a second-tier team, with the other three all in the 'heavyweight' tier, and because Liverpool finished fifth in the Premier League last season and were not eligible for this season's Champions Cup, only to receive last-minute UEFA clearance, Liverpool does not enjoy the 'national protection' clause, which is designed to prevent teams from the same country from meeting in the group stageIn this year's form, Chelsea are likely to meet Liverpool in the group.

Liverpool met Chelsea in last season's Champions League tie and after two quarter-final legs, the Reds won 1-0 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals.

Joining Liverpool in the top half of the A-zone are last season's Champions League runners-up Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan and Bayern Munich. The top half of Zone B seeds include Porto, Juventus, Vindhoven, Lyon, Ajax, Panescinaikos and Villarreal.

Among them, Villarreal, Real Betis, Thun and Artemdia are all participating in the Champions League for the first time, and these teams have also received some attention, after all, in previous years, the Champions League dark horses appeared from the teams that participated in the Champions League for the first time, what strength they have, what can they play, too many people are not clear.

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The grouping draw began.

The Champions League draw was interspersed with the award ceremony, with the host first announcing the winning players and the first announcement being the best goalkeeper accolade. The honour was won by Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech.

Petr Cech took the stage to receive the trophy and helped draw a sign to show everyone in the hall.

"Arsenal, Group B!"

Then invited guests took the stage to draw lots, and soon the seeded teams were divided into groups, and Manchester United were placed in Group D. AC Milan is in Group E, Inter Milan is in Group H, Real Madrid is in Group F, Bayern is in Group A, Barcelona is in Group C, and the rest of Group G naturally belongs to Liverpool.

The host announced the winner of the best defender, unsurprisingly John Terry from Chelsea.

Terry stepped forward to accept the prize and helped draw a lot, which was quite important. Because the first band group is fixed, the second bracket team can directly correspond to the group as long as it is drawn, and know which team will meet in the group.

Terry drew Lyon, "Lyon, Group F!" ”

Many people in the hall are also looking in the direction of Real Madrid, and in the second tier of teams, Lyon, Chelsea and Juventus are the most difficult teams. No team in the first tier wants to come across, but obviously Real Madrid are not very lucky. Terry pushes them to meet Leon.

A guest took the stage to draw Group C for Panathinaikos.

Then the player awards were announced, this time it was the best midfielder announced, Alonso, who was standing next to Zhang Tiehan, was a little nervous, he was nominated for this award, but in the end the host read out a player who even he thought could not compete, "Kaka!" ”

Kaka smiled gracefully and came on stage. He then drew Group B for Ajax.

Zhang Tiehan was comforting Alonso, "Look at what is so great about that guy, I hate him the most, look at that face, maybe it's a GAY." Those who are selecting, must have had something to do with him...... Maybe...... Probably ......"

If Kaka knew that Zhang Tiehan arranged him like this, it is estimated that he would rush down from the stage now and have a 1V1 hand-to-hand fight with Zhang Tiehan, which is very unwise, but Zhang Tiehan's words are annoying enough, and Alonso laughed directly when he heard it.

Zhang Tiehan didn't feel guilty about Kaka, he didn't like the little white face in the first place...... He himself is three or five thick, in short, he is not handsome, so he hates particularly handsome people, especially like Kaka, damn it, standing with Kaka, the beauty will definitely look at it, and ignore him, which is difficult for Zhang Tiehan to tolerate.

Once the best midfielder has been chosen, the best striker will be chosen.

Many people looked at Zhang Tiehan.

Zhang Tiehan's expression was very indifferent, as if he didn't care at all, just that kind of bearing made people look high, and many people looked at Ronaldinho, after all, the influence of the two-time World Footballer is still very great, and the host also read out the name, "Rome, Zhang Tiehan!" ”

Zhang Tiehan took a rough breath.

His originally indifferent face immediately flashed with excitement and joy, and at the same time, the corners of his mouth unconsciously grinned, and he seemed to be a little overwhelmed for a while, Gerald pushed him behind him, Zhang Tiehan reacted, strode forward, and laughed loudly, "Hahaha...... Sure enough, it's me, I know it's me, what a two-time World Footballer of the Year, no! The best striker is mine! ”

At this time, there was still a little indifference on his face.

Ronaldinho, who was still smiling and had some 'congratulations' on his face, immediately became even darker.

Many people who know Zhang Tiehan also rolled their eyes at the same time...... They knew that the 'indifferent' look just now should not have appeared on this monster, and Gerrard, Alonso, and even Benitez all took a step back at the same time, as if Zhang Tiehan, who had stepped on stage, did not know them.

Zhang Tiehan didn't care so much, when he took the trophy from the beautiful host, he touched her little hand by the way, which made the beautiful host wink, and then he also went to draw lots, and then it was Liverpool's turn to be in Group G, and he was helping Liverpool draw opponents.

Zhang Tiehan took out a sign, first looked at it for himself, and then looked at it carefully several times, as if he was confirming something.

The people in the hall urged him to show it, and Zhang Tiehan turned over the signing position, and a flash light shone over, only to see that the signing position was written exactly, "Chelsea!" (To be continued......)