princely elegance

Chapter 309 "Non-determined" World Footballer
Real Madrid, who won the Club World Cup in Japan and was crowned a five-time champion, was praised by all the media when they returned to Spain.At this time, the limelight of the war of the century has passed, and everyone kept praising that this Real Madrid team is already invincible in the world, surpassing the "Galaxy Battleship", and is advancing towards the whole universe.

Anyway, no matter how disgusting and boastful, although only the league champion and the Champions League champion are recognized among the five champions, they are five champions after all, and this kind of honor is real.

Gago, who performed the best within one year and led Real Madrid to win the five championships, will shake off the other four candidates in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year in January next year.

Gago looked very happy with a smile on his face during training in recent days, which made Schuster very strange.You must know that although Gago is not a naturally cold-faced person, he has a calm and steady personality.It is impossible for ordinary good things to keep him entertained for so long.

"Fair, what is it that makes you so happy?"

Ramos was the first to ask, but Gago shook his head and refused to say anything.

Things start from the day before yesterday, when Real Madrid defeated Liga University and won the Club World Cup for the first time in the club's history, and then the FIFA boss Blatter presented him with an award with a kind face.Afterwards, Redondo on the side pulled him aside and said a few words after the award ceremony.

"Congratulations, Phil!"

"Where, this is the credit of the whole team."

Sometimes, Gago still expresses his humble character. Now his sunny, modest, and elegant brand effect has been deeply rooted in the hearts of fans with the continuous spending of money by major sponsors. In public, he must maintain himself. brand efforts.

"I'm not talking about the Club World Cup, but your personal honor!"

After hearing this, Redondo shook his head and said with a playful smile.

"what?"

Just when Gago was puzzled, Redondo approached him, the two made a gesture of hugging, and then whispered something in Gago's ear.

"I am the presenter of this year's World Footballer of the Year!"

Redondo's words directly made the humble expression on Gago's face disappear. At that moment, shock, joy, and a trace of expectation intertwined into his face.

"what do you mean……?"

Although Redondo didn't explain it clearly, but FIFA invited him to be the guest of honor, and at the same time contacted Blatter to give him a medal with a friendly look, one can imagine that this year's "World Footballer" has been pre-determined to be him.

"I didn't say anything."

Of course, Redondo would not admit that he knew the final result. Although most people believed that Gago would be elected, there was a word called "accident".And this time Blatter invited him to present the World Footballer of the Year award. If this news is known, it is basically a certainty that Gago will complete the individual Grand Slam.

Throughout 2008, there was no star more dazzling than Gago. He won five championship trophies within one year. This speed of winning championships made all the stars jealous.Some people may not be able to get one of them after playing for a lifetime, but Gago is about to complete the club's Grand Slam honor in the second year of his career.

Some impatient Argentine media can't wait to add the title of "ball king" to Gago. Of course, the title must have the word "future".

It was because of this news that Gago couldn't help but be overjoyed for the past two days. In addition, there is only the last game left this year, so he can take a good rest after the game.

Behind the glory of professional players is hard training every day, and the year-round holidays excluding the national team's games add up to less than two months.Although the winter break is only half a month, it can allow them to recover well after fighting for half a year.Although the whole holiday is only a little over a week with the pre-match training camp, no matter how small the legs of a mosquito are, they are still meat. Compared with the hard-working players in the Premier League, La Liga is already a paradise.

Real Madrid's final opponent in 08 was Valencia. As the most popular five-time champion of the year and the best club of the century, of course they don't want the finale at the end of the year to be imperfect.

In this game, only by winning can they be worthy of their name, and the fans don't want to have a less than perfect Christmas.

But before that, the chairmen of the major clubs need to do one more thing, and that is the draw ceremony for the top sixteen of the Champions League.In Nyon, Switzerland, top figures from major European clubs gathered together to complete the draw ceremony this time, and the result was naturally mixed.

After the group stage, the eight teams that won the first place are Roma, Panathinaikos, Barcelona, ​​Liverpool, Manchester United, Bayern, Porto and Real Madrid.And their opponents are 8 teams that qualified second in the group: Chelsea, Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon, Atletico Madrid, Villarreal, Lyon, Arsenal, Juventus.The principle of the lottery is: the first in the group is the second in the group, and the teams in the same group and the same football association are avoided.

It took place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, so Club Manager Bruno Conte was a guest of honor at the draw.

When Conte took out the first small ball, the relaxed atmosphere at the scene suddenly became solemn. The reason is very simple, because the first one to be drawn out was...Real Madrid.

As the most dazzling football in today's world, the "White Army" has been crowned "Invincible" by countless fans.

No one wants to meet Real Madrid led by Gago in the top [-], because it is basically impossible to win. In this season, the Argentine prince has undergone a gorgeous change, and was pushed from the position of the midfielder by Schuster. After the frontcourt, he scored more goals, and his excellent state led Real Madrid to go hand in hand on three fronts and won the supreme glory of the "Five Crowns".

During this period of time, anyone who met him would be "dead". The second representatives of several groups began to frown, but some of them looked normal, and even gloated a little.Among them, the faces of a group of people represented by Atletico Madrid and Villarreal made the media very excited.

"Although I was bullied by Real Madrid in La Liga and couldn't hold my head up, I finally got some interest in the Champions League. It's great to avoid the rules of the Football Association."

Atletico Madrid coach Aguirre said to Pellegrini very sadly.

"The rules of avoidance in the same group are also good!"

Beside them, the white-haired Tinker, the head coach of Juventus, responded sympathetically.Only after playing against the all-out Real Madrid did they know how difficult it is to win them. As long as Gago plays normally, there is basically no team on this planet that can kill the Blancos with their strength.

Compared with the relaxed and even gloating faces of the three of them, the other five group second head coaches are a little restless.

Chelsea, Inter Milan, Sporting Lisbon, Arsenal, Lyon, these are the five teams that may face Real Madrid.The media frequently switched between Scolari, Mourinho and Wenger. As for the coaches of Sporting Lisbon and Lyon, they completely ignored them.

According to UEFA's consistent urine, it is impossible to arrange an easy schedule for Real Madrid. In order to prevent a team from defending the title, Platini has racked his brains.

Gradually, most of the people at the scene turned their attention to Scolari. The old fox like Ferguson, who is as clear as his own toilet about UEFA's usual methods, even showed his anger to the head coach of the current sworn enemy. A sympathetic look.

Under the gaze of most people with "you're out of luck", Scolari gradually couldn't sit still.He was cursing in his heart, isn't the result out yet? Maybe it's Inter Milan or Arsenal.

But the piece of paper in Conte's hand told him the brutal truth.

"Chelsea!"

When this noun was pronounced, the entire venue erupted instantly.

Godfather Pu, you are so awesome. Everyone gave Platini their thumbs up while heaving a sigh of relief.This Real Madrid has just come out of the death group and staged last year's Champions League final again. This duel between the rich and the upstart is really eye-catching.

Obviously, Conte was also very surprised when the first lottery was drawn, but he was also relieved. It would be good to draw out the two troublesome teams, Real Madrid and Chelsea, after all, it still has to be given to other teams. A way out.

But I have to say that this lottery is really eye-catching. Even if the second group of giants picks for Inter Milan vs. Manchester United was drawn later, the attention is not as good. The duel between Mourinho and Ferguson is popular among fans and the media It was still a bit worse in his eyes.

Compared with Inter Milan, which has been weak for a long time in the Champions League, and Manchester United, which has not been in the Champions League for many years, last year's championship matchup was obviously more attractive.This kind of influence cannot be offset by Mourinho and Ferguson.

After the whole lottery ceremony, Scolari was not in a very good mood, it can be said that it was cloudy and rainy. On the other hand, although Schuster was not relaxed, he did not have any timidity.

"Chelsea is a very tough opponent. I knew this in Moscow. Although the head coach has changed, the players are still the same. I clearly understand their strength. It is not easy to beat them, but I Trust the players at Real Madrid to do it. Last season we won the Champions League to prove it."

Compared to Schuster who was still in the mood to accept an interview, Scolari directly rejected the reporter's interview and took the fastest flight back to London.It's not easy to work under Abu.

"Rival Chelsea, make a signing!"

After Gago watched the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony at his home, he rubbed his forehead in distress. Platini was really eccentric. He gave the second weakest Sporting Lisbon in the group to his godson Barcelona, ​​while the strongest Chelsea gave it to Real Madrid to eat.

(End of this chapter)