Chapter 003 Good Sign
At this moment, the large and small bars in Marseille are overcrowded, and everyone is holding beer glasses and looking up to watch TV. Looking forward to the result of the lottery.
The TV broadcast gave Fernandez a close-up. He was staring intently at the stage with a serious expression on his face.
Zhang Yang, who appeared in the rebroadcast camera, looked forward to it.
The first thing that comes out is Group A. Maybe this is the fate. Barcelona and Chelsea have met in the UEFA Champions League for the third consecutive season. Unlike the previous two when they met in the knockout stage, the two giants met in advance in the group stage. In the first two seasons of knockout matches, Chelsea and Barcelona each won one victory. Group A can be said to be the group of death. In addition to the defending champion Barcelona and the Premier League champion Chelsea, there is also the Bundesliga runner-up Bremen; the other team is Sofia Levski. Interestingly, in the European Champions League last season, Bremen was also in the same group as Barcelona, and Barcelona won both home and away games.
The lucky draw guest, Rheinkel, drew a signature and opened it. It said that it was Marseille.
All Marseille players and fans are starting to get nervous. Let's see which group another lucky draw guest, Eusebius, is drawn.
Eusibio pulled out the signature ball, opened it and looked at it by himself. He smiled at the camera first, and then showed the result - H!
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"Group H, AC Milan, who advanced through the qualification, will be challenged by AEK Athens, Anderlecht and Marseille. I believe that the first qualifying of the Rossoneri group is imperative. The other three teams are about the same strength and will compete for the second qualifying opportunity in the group. The announcer of Sky TV immediately made footnotes for the group's qualifying situation.
Hearing Sky TV say this, the Maasai in front of the TV is not happy. You say that AC Milan is the strongest in this group. We have no problem with this, because AC Milan is really strong, but we can't accept that we are at the same level as Athens AEK and Anderlecht.
Seeing that the team was drawn to Group H, Fernandez's heart fell a stone. This is a group that made him very satisfied. In addition to the Serie A giant AC Milan, the strength of the other two teams Anderlecht and Athens AEK is very average, which belongs to a relatively small competitive group.
The head coach of Marseille also specially looked at his proud disciples. He saw an excited expression in Zhang Yang's eyes, but there was a slight smile at the corners of his mouth.
When Fernandez saw the boy's expression, he shook his head and smiled.
Zhang Yang is unconvinced that AC Milan looks down on him. As for the specific details of AC Milan's purchase, after Mendes' analysis, Zhang Yang later understood that it was Galliani and Braida who strongly promoted the deal, while AC Milan's chairman Berlusconi and Leonardo, who had the right to speak in AC Milan's transfer, all held negative opinions. Berlusco Ni felt that Zhang Yang was too young and unfamous to be worthy of AC Milan, while Leonardo was pushing Ronaldo's transfer to AC Milan. Naturally, he did not see this young position in his eyes. In addition, AC Milan's head coach Ancelotti was not interested in this Ligue 1 golden boot. What he wants is Ibrahimovic or Drogba.
Now, if you meet AC Milan who look down on you in the Champions League, how can Zhang Yang not be excited?
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The four teams in Group B are Inter Milan, Bayern, Sporting Lisbon and Spartak Moscow. Inter Milan was the champion of Serie A last season, while Bayern was the champion of last season's Bundesliga. It doesn't seem to be a big problem for the two champion teams to qualify together.
The four teams in Group C are Liverpool, Eindhoven, Bordeaux and Galatasaray. It should be said that Liverpool is not lucky, and the other three opponents in the group are not easy to deal with.
Group D is the weakest of the eight groups in the Champions League. Valencia and Rome are likely to win the top two. It is very difficult for Olympiakos and Shakhers Donetsk to qualify.
In Group E, Real Madrid and Lyon are in the same group for the second consecutive year. In last season's Champions League group stage, Lyon beat Real Madrid 3-0 at home, and Real Madrid was tied 1-1 by Lyon at home. For the "Galaxy Battleship", this time they have a chance to revenge.
Group F Manchester United is in the same group as Benfica, Celtics and Copenhagen, and the "Red Devils" should not have a big problem in entering the top 16.
Arsenal in Group G is not bad luck. Group G, where the Gunner is located, is not too strong, but not too weak. Porto, Hamburg and CSKA Moscow will compete for the second place in the group.
The final result of the 2006/2007 UEFA Champions League group draw was displayed on the big screen:
Group A: Barcelona, Chelsea, Bremen, Sofia Levski;
Group B: Inter Milan, Bayern, Sporting Lisbon, Spartak Moscow;
Group C: Liverpool, Eindhoven, Bordeaux, Galatasaray
Group D: Valencia, Rome, Olympiacos, Donetsk miners;
Group E: Real Madrid, Lyon, Bucharest Star, Dynamo Kiev;
Group F: Manchester United, Celtics, Benfica, Copenhagen;
Group G: Arsenal, Porto, CSKA Moscow, Hamburg;
Group H: AC Milan, Marseille, Athens AEK, Anderlecht;
"Coach, this is really a good sign." Zhang Yang said with a smile.
"That's right." Fernandez laughed and nodded.
This is indeed a good sign.
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The fifth round of the league has ended. Now we can take a good look at the situation of the league scorer list..." Roman. Roland continues the promising job of "showing black" in a football program he hosts.
It is indeed "very promising", because he has been sneering and criticizing Zhang Yang in the column of The Feigaro. Although many fans hate him very much, there is still a certain market. So France National 1 found him and let him speak freely in the special commentary program after every round of Ligue 1 on the sports channel, which made Roman. Roland was overjoyed. At first, he attacked Zhang Yang completely out of the need to work in the Figaro newspaper. Later, he was slapped in the face by Zhang Yang, completely resented, and it became even worse. However, he did not expect that he would get such a well-paid new job. It seems that swearing is also a promising thing.
The French National One naturally knows Roman. The feud between Roland and Zhang Yang, but this kind of gimmick has always been very popular. Of course, in order to avoid disputes, it is still stipulated, Roman. In his program, Roland's words are sharper and sarcasm is nothing, but he can't swear directly or make personal threats. Soon Roman. Roland's program received a good response, and the ratings soared all the way, Roman. Roland is also vaguely about to become an ace host.
However, this has also led to the sharp deterioration of Zhang Yang's good relationship with the French National One. He now refuses all the interview requests of the French National One, and even the Marseille Club has protested, believing that the program of the French National One is a publicity scandal.
However, France National One has tasted the sweetness of the surge in ratings and ignored the protests from Zhang Yang and the Marseille Club. The high ratings are not because many fans hate Zhang Yang, but because people really want to watch Zhang Yang and Roman. Roland has a war of words. I like Zhang Yang and want to see Zhang Yang slap him in the face. Roland, if you don't like him, you want to hear Roland. Roland's cynicism immediately refreshed.
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"In this round of Marseille, they lost 4-2 away to Nantes. This is their first defeat this season, five games, one win, three draws and one loss. Ha, such a Marseille team wants to compete for the championship... Tut. Well, their striker Zhang Yang continued to score a shortage of goals. Oh, I forgot that he was suspended from this game. Roman. Roland smiled, "Scorer list, well, on the top scorer list, Lille's Odem Wingee scored five goals, Paris Saint-Germain's Pauletta scored four goals, Lyon's young player Benzema surprised us, he scored four goals... Well, it's a pity that I didn't see the No. 9 name of the Marseille team on this? He raised the piece of paper in his hand, "It seems that he hasn't scored yet, Christopher?"
The guest invited to this program is retired former French international Christopher. Dugari, a meritorious international player who won the French team's Hercules Cup in 1998, retired from the Qatari League in 2004. In addition, Dugari has played for three seasons with Marseille. Because this program is about Marseille and their striker Zhang Yang, he invited Dugari, who has a deep relationship with Marseille.
"I don't think Zhang Yang's luck is very good. He used to be so close to the goal, but the beam and post have become his enemies, and even the ball that enters the goal may be blown off." Dugari said rudely that he was still more supportive of Zhang Yang and admired this young man very much. As for his partner Roman today. Roland's unscrupulous sarcasm, and Dugari didn't like it.
"Christopher, it seems that you still have confidence in this boy?" Roman. Roland asked with a slanted look.
"As long as he finds the feeling of scoring, scoring is not a problem for him." Dugari said. He suddenly looked at Roman. Roland glanced at it and said, "Would you like to make a bet?"
"Oh?" Roman. Roland was alert. After going through last season, he is now very good at betting.
"I think Zhang Yang will still get the league golden boots this season, and obviously you don't think so. Let's bet?" Dugari said.
"Uh - this." Roman. Roland pondered. Of course, he doesn't believe that Zhang Yang may still get the league golden boots. It's good for this boy to score double digits this season. If it was in peacetime, he might not dare to bet, but when he thought of Zhang Yang's bad state and luck, he suddenly had the confidence, "Bet, my favorite bet, no problem, bet!"
"What is the bet?" Dugari asked with a smile.
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