Chapter 214 Champions Cup Group Draw (1)
On September 8, when the World Cup qualifiers between Poland and England were in full swing, Wang Li and Bridget had already leisurely boarded a plane to London.
After returning to London and getting off the plane, Wang Li received many calls. His teammates, family, Angela, Rita and many others were worried about him not being included in the Polish team's roster. They asked about the whole story tirelessly and wanted to comfort him. During this process, Wang Li also felt very warm. Who doesn't want many people to care about him?
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 thought and what the media thought, he had never considered it before he found Eriksson to clarify his thoughts.
In short, Wang Li has decided that if he does not have a main position in the national team, he will never represent the England team again.
Wang Li also told everyone the truth about the reason for this incident. Although many people were angry that the Swedes did not send Wang Li to start the game, Wang Li's behavior 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 has been dancing with football since he was a child. Perhaps this makes the young man immature, which is also understandable. Therefore, they think this kind of thing is a "childish" performance: even the captain of the England team, David Beckham, has to bow to the head coach when he has to. He is a newcomer who has just joined the team for a few months. Even if he has some "extraordinary" performance, what qualifications does he have to fall out with the head coach?
In fact, most of the England players who failed to play secretly supported Wang Li in their hearts. Eriksson had called up so many players to participate in the game this time. They had traveled from Vienna to Northern Europe for several days but failed to participate in the game. Except for those "low-end" people who joined the national team just to see it, almost everyone had some resentment towards Eriksson in their hearts.
Wang Li pissed off that annoying old Swedish guy, it was just one word - awesome! !
In short, no matter what others think, this matter has already spread. At least, after the match between Poland and England, these omnipresent media have roughly known the whole process! !
It is conceivable that many journalists are now sitting at their desks excitedly, and starting to write. Tomorrow, the war of words between the supporters and opponents will soon break out on a large scale! !
At this time, Wang Li had already returned to Chelsea. After returning to London from Wroclaw, he first went to the villa at Stamford Bridge to see Angela, and then reported to the club.
When Wang Li just walked into the club, he was informed by the staff that the head coach, Mr. Mourinho, wanted to see him, so Wang Li went to the head coach's office again.
Seeing Wang Li coming in, Mourinho crushed the burning cigar in the ashtray, then looked up and asked with concern: "Alan, I heard that you had a falling out with that Swede?"
Wang Li was stunned, thinking that this Portuguese man was really well-informed, but he still replied: "I just don't want to be a substitute player, so I came back."
In fact, Mourinho had just received the news. Perhaps Lampard was afraid that this incident would cause some harm to Wang Li, so he called him to tell him. Seeing the indifferent attitude of the black-haired boy in front of him, Mourinho's heart was also relieved a lot, but he still comforted him: "It's nothing, you are less than 18 years old, and the Swede will not stay in that position for a few years. Since you are not going to the national team, just play football in the club with peace of mind. As long as you perform well, no matter what happens, it will be the Swede's fault. Do you understand this?"
Wang Li lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded in understanding. He understood what Mourinho meant. As long as he continued to perform well, even if the whole thing was caused by him, the media would still spit on Eriksson - such an outstanding player could not enter the England team's main lineup, then the head coach must have a problem with his vision! !
If England had performed a little worse, the situation would have been even worse for Eriksson, and most people would have thought: 'Look, this is the consequence of not letting Allen enter the starting lineup.'
Of course, all these will happen if Wang Li performs well, but if he cannot perform well, the pressure of public opinion will naturally fall completely on him - in the world of football, whether on or off the field, strength is everything!
Although Mourinho was a little worried about Wang Li's current condition, he still felt a little happy when he saw Wang Li's indifferent expression. As the head coach of a club, what he wanted to see most was that none of his players had to participate in the national team, so that the club's performance would be much better, and there would be no situation where players would be injured and waste their energy in the national team games.
You know, if a player is injured in a national team match, the club he plays for is responsible. This rule is really unreasonable, because the performance of the national team has almost nothing to do with the individual clubs. Besides, Mourinho is a Portuguese, and even if he goes to watch the European Cup or the World Cup, he will only support the Portuguese team.
But Mourinho doesn't have time to think about so much now, because tomorrow, September 9, the draw ceremony for this season's UEFA Champions League group stage will be held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland!
In the 1955/56 season, in order to facilitate the exchange of competitions between clubs in different leagues, many clubs jointly created the European Club Champions Cup. In 1992, UEFA modified the competition system and name of this cup, and thus the European Champions League was born. Now, the European Champions League has become the most prestigious club competition in Europe. Its trophy is called the St. Bledsoe Cup. Because the two handles of the trophy are somewhat like elephant ears, it is also commonly known as the Big Ear Cup.
For a European club, the St. Bledsoe Cup represents the European Championship. Winning it will be the highest honor for a team. In addition, participating in the Champions League can bring a lot of funds to the club, so this event will be valued by all clubs.
There are a total of 32 participating teams in the current European Cup. After the draw ceremony, they will be divided into 8 groups and compete in groups. The 4 teams in each group will play home and away games respectively. That is to say, in the group stage, each team will face six Champions League group matches, and the two teams that finally qualify will be decided based on the points principle of win 3, draw 1, and loss 0.
According to the group stage draw principle, teams from the same country cannot meet each other. Therefore, people will not be able to see the Premier League civil war, Milan derby, Italian national derby, or Spanish national derby in the group stage. In a group, there will be a seeded team determined by the results of the previous season, a second-tier team, a third-tier team, and a fourth-tier team. In this way, the possibility of strong teams from each league meeting in the group stage will be much smaller.
However, exceptions cannot be ruled out. For example, some clubs did not perform well in the previous season, so they will be assigned to low-level teams this season. This may result in several strong teams being grouped together, and this type of group is usually called the group of death.
At the same time, another extreme grouping may also appear in the group stage. For example, the group composed of Sevilla, CSKA Moscow, Olympiacos and Debrecen may make most fans in the world lose interest.
As the head coach of Chelsea, Mourinho will accompany the club chairman Mr. Abrahammovich to attend the draw ceremony tomorrow.
In fact, the UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony is not only important for the clubs, but also for many players who performed well in the European Cup last season. It can also be regarded as an official European Cup awards 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 announced, and most of these honored players will also participate in the draw ceremony.
On the other hand, the Chelsea team is now full of stars, including Ricardo Carvalho who played for the defending champion Porto last season, Claude Makelele of Chelsea, captain John Terry and Frank Lampard who will all attend the draw ceremony.
However, these have nothing to do with Wang Li. Last season, he was still playing for Wolverhampton, which had just been promoted to the Premier League. It was obviously impossible for him to participate in the Champions League or the League Cup. So even if he performs well now, UEFA will not invite him to participate in the draw ceremony.
So, after reporting to the club, Wang Li returned directly to the villa at Stamford Bridge.
Wang Li and Angela, this couple who were just experiencing the taste of love for the first time, felt like they hadn't seen each other for a long time. When they met, they immediately collided with passion and it was out of control. The moans coming from upstairs made the babysitter Diana Jones, who was standing downstairs, feel shaken and blushed. She even broke a few dishes while cooking.
The next morning, Wang Li looked at the lovely girl sleeping in his arms and smiled contentedly. Last night, Angela had been tirelessly demanding, wanting to win the war, so much so that now she had no strength to get up. Wanting that kind of ecstasy, Wang Li felt that a part of his body was about to rise again, but looking at the sleeping face of the girl in his arms, he endured it, got up, dressed, and went downstairs.
After breakfast, Wang Li went to the outskirts of London. Yesterday he made an appointment with Miss Joyce Naira for driving lessons. Although he did not have a very good impression of this woman who was always bossy and extremely strict, it was undeniable that Joyce was definitely a qualified driving instructor.
In order to get his driver's license as soon as possible, Wang Li could only endure and endure it again, but in fact, this was just his self-consolation. After all, Miss Joyce had a good figure - a normal man would hope that his driving instructor was a beauty, right?
(To be continued)
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