Chapter 706 Sign up
The chat between Liu Feng and Piacenza did not last long. When the last team participating in the lottery arrived, the host who was responsible for hosting the lottery took to the stage.
After patting Wu Lei's shoulder standing beside him, Liu Feng turned around and walked to the left position of the first row where Arsenal was sitting.
As winners of the Champions League two consecutive championships, their position has not changed for two consecutive years. It is the position that the media camera takes care of the most and attracts the most attention.
Hosts Pinto and Veniger stood at the Grimalti Convention Center on time and introduced the process of this lottery ceremony and the award presentation of the European Best Player to the audience and the audience in front of the TV.
Yes, since the merger has not won the Golden Ball Award and the International Footballer Award, the UEFA official has played another confrontation.
Since last year, they have set up a new European Player Award to compete with the FIFA Goal Award, and the awards are naturally the players who performed well in the European football field last season.
Choosing a best player in Europe, where football is the most developed in the world, is actually enough to compete with the FIFA Golden Ball Award. However, if the voting at other national teams is included, it is still possible that the two award winners are not the same.
The award ceremony for this award was arranged after the lottery ceremony, but in fact, due to Liu Feng's performance in leading the Gunners to defend the Champions League and the League last season, people know that the suspense is not very big.
Therefore, more people focus on drawing lots. After all, it is more necessary to know who their opponents in the group stage than to pay attention to an award that has nothing to do with you.
Soon, the highlights of the Champions League champion Arsenal, who won the flag and finally defended the Champions League championship were played on the screen, and other teams present all gave applause.
Whether it is a team that is convinced and eliminated by the Gunners, or a team that is regrettably defeated and wants to try to revenge the Gunners, it is necessary to admit that Arsenal has indeed accomplished an achievement that many teams are difficult to achieve.
Subsequently, Manchester United legend Dennis Lou, the guest of this draw ceremony, came to the draw table, and will be the drawer for the whole season as the drawer.
The first screen behind Dennis Law is announced is the list of seed teams for this season's Champions League. The Champions League points are far ahead and still have won two consecutive Champions League titles in the past two seasons. Naturally, the first one in the seed team has been announced.
Then followed the Gunners with a number of other top giants including Barcelona, Manchester United and Real Madrid. To put it bluntly, several teams are still the leaders of major leagues.
Then, as all the participating teams announced their respective gears, the draw officially began.
The first draw was directly unfolded. Dennis Law drew out last season's La Liga champion Real Madrid. After the name of Real Madrid was announced, Liu Feng looked at the area where Real Madrid players were located, but unfortunately saw Kaka.
However, according to the news he has seen recently, Kaka seems to have caused a commotion after returning to the team. After various tests on his body, the Real Madrid Medical Room announced that Kaka had recovered initially.
Now, this Son of God, who has not played in the first few games of the league, may reappear in the eyes of fans at any time, should be constantly training at Real Madrid's training base to find the feeling of the game.
"Real Madrid, Group D. Then, the next team - Arsenal~"
Then the name of his team sounded, and Liu Feng's attention was quickly pulled back, and then he saw that Arsenal's name was drawn to Group B.
What needs to be paid attention to next is naturally the opponents the team will encounter in the group stage. Among other teams this time, there are still many top teams that have not been able to enter the seed team due to poor points in the Champions League in recent years.
However, the Gunners' luck this season seems to be much better than in the last two seasons. When Schalke 04, which can only be ranked in the middle level among the second team, appears in Group B, it seems that the Gunners will soon welcome their best signing tonight.
Last season's group opponent Olympiacos appeared in the third position. This opponent Arsenal was familiar with both matches, and there was no difficulty.
However, in the draw of the fourth-level team, their luck was only average. Montpellier, who created the team's first Ligue 1 championship in the history of the team last season, appeared in Group B.
This team is definitely a bit of a chance to win the final cup under the blockade of traditional French Ligue 1 strong teams such as Paris Saint-Germain and Lille, which have already made a lot of gold. It is also a dark horse that may appear this season.
However, it is unrealistic to say that such a team that hasn't even a big star in a rising team can pose a great threat to the Gunners' path to promotion.
Compared to Montpellier, Schalke 04, who is in the same group as the Gunners, looks like a team that can really defeat the Gunners in the Champions League.
When Wenger saw the names of all the opponents in the group stage this season, his body slowly relaxed. Compared with the death group formed with Marseille and Dortmund last season, this year's draw was really a sign-up.
Then, the new death group this season was born. The D in Real Madrid was then drawn into three strong teams, Manchester City, Ajax and Dortmund.
Just by name, you can see how nervous the promotion quota of this group will be. Almost no one dares to pat his chest to guarantee that he will definitely advance.
After the list of the last group was confirmed, Dennis Law's mission was completed. He smiled and chatted with Pinto and other two hosts before getting off the stage.
Then a new highlight of the top three European players of the year began to be played on the big screen.
Through the votes of journalists from 53 countries, Liu Feng, Iniesta and Ronaldo appeared one after another, while Messi ranked fourth.
As the defending triple crown, European Golden Boot three consecutive times, the Champions League top scorer and other many honors, there is no need to say much.
Iniesta's selection of the best player in the European Cup this year and the winning pass he gave in the final made countless people miss him. Similarly, this player was also one of the popular candidates for the Golden Globe Awards this year.
As for Ronaldo, his performance last season was excellent and impressive, and he was remarkable in the Champions League and helped the team finally break the Barcelona-based La Liga championship with more pressure. This is why he is favored by many reporters.
Chapter completed!