Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 210 Champions Cup group draw (1)

On September 9th, when the World Cup qualifier match between Poland and England was in full swing, Wang Li and Bridget had already leisurely boarded the passenger plane bound for London.

Back in London, as soon as he got off the plane, Wang Li received a lot of calls. His teammates, family members, Angela, Rita and many others were worried because he failed to enter the squad for the Polish team. They asked tirelessly The whole story, I want to comfort, in this process, Wang Li also feels very warm, who would not want many people to care about themselves?

But in fact, Wang Li didn't take this matter to heart at all. For him, not participating in the competition was his own choice. As for what other people think and what the media thinks, he asked Eriksson to clarify his thoughts. Before, I didn't think about it at all.

In short, Wang Li has decided that if the national team does not have his own main position, then he will never play for the England team again.

And the reason for this incident, Wang Li also told everyone the truth. Although many people were also aggrieved by the fact that the Swedes did not send Wang Li to start the game, but Wang Li's approach also made most people noncommittal- ——
However, in the eyes of many old people in the England team, this black-haired boy is only 17 years old, and he has been dancing with football since he was a child. Perhaps this makes this young man immature, which is understandable.Therefore, this kind of thing is considered by them as a 'childish' performance: even the captain of the England team, David Beckham, has to bow to the head coach when he has to. He has just joined the team for a few months Even if a rookie has some 'supernormal' performance, what qualifications does he have to fall out with the head coach?
In fact, most of the England players who failed to play still secretly supported Wang Li in their hearts. This time Eriksson called up so many players to participate in the competition. They moved from Vienna to Northern Europe for several days in a row, but failed to participate In the game, except for the 'low-end' people who join the national team just want to see it, almost everyone has more or less resentment towards Eriksson in their hearts.

And Wang Li pissed off that nasty Swedish old man to death, really just one word - cool! !

In short, no matter what other people think, this matter has already spread. At least, after the match between Poland and England, these pervasive media have already roughly known what happened! !

It is conceivable that many, many reporters are now sitting at their desks excitedly, starting to bury their heads in typing—tomorrow, the war of words between the support faction and the opposition faction is about to erupt on a large scale! !

At this time, Wang Li has returned to the Chelsea club.After returning to London from Wroclaw, he first went to see Angela in the villa at Stamford Bridge, and then came to the club to report.

When Wang Li just walked into the club, he was notified by the staff that Mr. Mourinho, the head coach, wanted to see him, so Wang Li went to the head coach's office again.

Seeing Wang Li walk in, Mourinho crushed the burning cigar in the ashtray, then raised his head and asked with concern: "Alan, I heard you had a falling out with that Swede?"

Wang Li was stunned for a moment, thinking that the news about the Portuguese was really well-informed, but he still replied: "I just don't want to be a substitute player, so I'm back."

In fact, Mourinho just got the news. Maybe Lampard was afraid that this incident would hurt Wang Li's heart, so he called and told him. Seeing the indifferent attitude of the black-haired boy in front of him , Mourinho also slowed down a lot, but he still comforted: "Actually, it's nothing, you are only under 18 years old, and the Swede can't stay in that position for a few years. Since you don't go to the national team, Just play at the club with peace of mind, as long as your performance is outstanding, no matter what happens, it will be the mistake of the Swede, do you understand that?"

Wang Li lowered his head and thought for a while before he nodded clearly. He understood what Mourinho meant. As long as he performed well, even if the whole thing was caused by himself, the media would still slobber at him. Ericson ---
If such an outstanding player cannot enter the England team's main lineup, it must be because the head coach has a problem with his vision! !
If the England team performed a little worse, the situation would be even more unfavorable for Eriksson. At this time, most people would think: 'Look, this is the consequence of you not letting Allen into the main team. '

Of course, these things will happen when Wang Li's performance is very good, but if he can't perform well, of course, the pressure of public opinion will completely fall on himself——
In the world of football, no matter on or off the field, only strength is everything!

Although Mourinho was a little worried about Wang Li's state at this time, he still felt secretly pleased when he saw Wang Li's indifferent demeanor.As the head coach of a club, what he wants to see the most is that none of his players need to participate in the national team, then the club's performance will be much better, and there will be no players injured or wasted in the national team. This is the case with physical strength.

You must know that when a player is injured in a national team match, the responsible club is the responsibility. This kind of regulation is really unreasonable, because the performance of the national team has almost nothing to do with each club, and Mourinho is still a Portuguese. People, even if they go to the European Cup or the World Cup, they will only support the Portuguese team.

But Mourinho doesn't have time to think so much now, because tomorrow, September 9, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw ceremony for this season's UEFA Champions League group stage will be held!
In the 1955/56 season, in order to facilitate the exchange of matches between clubs not in the same league, many clubs joined hands to create the European Club Champions Cup. In 1992, UEFA revised the competition system and name of this cup. Therefore, the UEFA Champions League was born.Now, the UEFA Champions League has become the most prestigious club event in Europe. Its trophy is called the St. Blair Cup. Because the two handles of the trophy resemble elephant ears, it is also commonly known as the "big cup". ear cups.

For a European club, the St. Blair Cup represents the European championship, and winning it will be the highest honor for a team. In addition, participating in the Champions Cup can bring a lot of money to the club, so this The competition will be valued by all clubs.

In the current European Cup, there are a total of 32 participating teams. After the draw ceremony, they will be divided into 8 groups for group confrontation. Among the 4 teams in each group, Both home and away matches will be held separately, that is to say, in the group stage, each team will face six UEFA Champions League group matches, and the two teams that will eventually qualify will be determined using the points principle of wins, 3 draws, 1 loss and 0 points.

According to the principle of drawing lots for the group stage, teams from the same country cannot meet each other. Therefore, it will be impossible for people to see the Premier League civil war in the group stage, or the Milan Derby, the Italian National Derby, or the Spanish National Derby. , will include a seed team, a second-tier team, a third-tier team, and a fourth-tier team determined by the results of the previous season. The possibility is much smaller.

However, exceptions cannot be ruled out. For example, some clubs did not perform well last season, so they will be assigned to low-level teams this season. In this way, it is very likely that several strong teams will be grouped together. Often referred to as the Group of Death.

At the same time, there may also be another extreme grouping in the group stage. For example, the group composed of Sevilla, CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos and Debrezen will probably make most fans in the world lose their interest in paying attention.

As the head coach of Chelsea, Mourinho will accompany the club chairman, Mr. Abrahimovic, to attend the draw tomorrow.

In fact, the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony is not only very important to the club, but for many players who performed well in the European Cup last season, it can also be regarded as an official European Cup award ceremony.

At the draw ceremony, the winners of last season's European Cup best player, best goalkeeper, best defender, best midfielder and other awards will be revealed, and most of these honored players will also participate in the draw ceremony .

On the other hand, the Chelsea team is really star-studded, like Ricardo Carvalho who played for defending champion Porto last season, Claude Makelele, captain John Terry and Frank Lampa in Chelsea Several Germans are going to participate in the lottery ceremony.

However, these have nothing to do with Wang Li. Last season, he was still playing for Wolverhampton, who had just been promoted to the Premier League. No matter how good his performance is now, UEFA will not invite him to participate in the draw ceremony.

Therefore, after Wang Li reported at the club, he returned directly to his villa at Stamford Bridge.

Wang Li and Angela, this pair of boys and girls who have just met men and women for the first time, it's like three autumns since they saw each other for a few days. The nanny, Diana Jones, was shaken by hearing this, her face was flushed, and she even broke a few dishes when she was still cooking.

The next morning, Wang Li looked at Keren who was sleeping soundly in his arms, and smiled contentedly. Last night, Angela demanded tirelessly and wanted to win this war, so much so that she couldn't even Without the strength to get up, Wang Li felt that a certain part of himself was tending to look up again, but seeing the sleeping girl in his arms, he still endured it, got up, put on his clothes, and got off the bed. upstairs.

After breakfast, Wang Li went to the outskirts of London. Yesterday he made an appointment with Ms. Joyce Naira to learn how to drive. Although he didn't have a good impression of this woman who was always dictating and stern, it was undeniable that , Joyce is definitely a qualified driving instructor.

In order to get his driver's license as soon as possible, Wang Li could only endure and endure, but in fact, this was just his self-consolation. After all, Miss Joyce's figure is still very good——
A normal man would want his driving instructor to be a beautiful woman, wouldn't he?
(End of this chapter)