Chapter 404 Honor Cabinet without Honor, Champions League Draw(1/2)
“Aren’t you tired of it?”
"Bored? Every year will be different. You don't know what the result will be until the end. Liverpool has never lacked the desire and ambition for the championship, but it hasn't waited for the right person yet."
"Benitez?" Wu Sanshi asked.
"Raphael actually did a good job, but lacked luck. I felt that after Alonso left, it would be difficult for him to succeed this year. Maybe my concerns were unnecessary. I talked to other friends about this and they said I was hitting morale, but in fact, we were not stable."
"Liverpool still needs something."
"Last year we were already very close to the championship. If Alonso doesn't leave, I believe there is a lot of hope this year, but now..."
"Maybe it's only temporary." Wu Sanshi comforted.
"Yes, it's all temporary. Maybe you can use more goals to fill in such instability. Maybe..."
Actually, this old fan is not that sure.
"But no matter what, we won't give up."
"Thanks."
Wu Sanshi continued to walk on the pier.
It was not a good weekend, but the Liverpool people still lived as usual, discussing the game they lost, and heard fans discussing Wu Sanshi's goals along the way.
"Stone has scored 4 goals. If it weren't for the defensive trick, we should have won."
"We need more goals and better defense."
"Oh, the league is so difficult to play, what should I do if the Champions League? The Champions League draw is about to be drawn."
They also talked about the Champions League draw to be held tomorrow.
...
It's really a football city. Wu Sanshi smiled and walked around the pier before he went home.
On the taxi, Wu Sanshi asked the same question. This time the taxi driver gave almost the same answer.
“This city is rock, industry and football.”
“Great rock, great industry, great football.”
"This is in the blood."
“People are used to it.”
“Football is a part of life.”
"We are always hopeful for football and hopeful for life."
...
When Wu Sanshi got off the bus, the taxi driver realized that it was Wu Sanshi because he recognized Wu Sanshi's mansion.
Then he poked his head out of the window and asked loudly.
"Hey, stone,"
“Will you be the one who led our revival?”
Wu Sanshi was stunned and turned around.
After being silent for more than ten seconds, he asked back.
"Do you want me to be that person?"
"I have no idea……"
"But I'd rather believe you are that person."
Wu Sanshi smiled slightly and waved at him.
When he got home, he called Zhong Jiabei, and then poured himself a cup of tea, opened the laptop in the study, and began to click on the official Liverpool website.
He is an Arsenal fan. He rarely paid attention to Liverpool before, but he also watched Liverpool's games, but he never had an in-depth understanding. Even before joining Liverpool, he was familiar with Liverpool's team songs and had a brief understanding of Liverpool's history.
But tonight, he plans to learn about Liverpool, which has the strongest history in the football world...
Everything started in June 1892.
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The next day, the streets were filled with news about Liverpool's home loss, and even the news media in London were not criticizing it.
Manchester is no exception, they even put Liverpool news on the headlines.
Usually, Liverpool fans rarely buy the Manchester Evening News because they have their own Daily Mail. However, today the Manchester Evening News put Liverpool on the headlines, and the title is particularly angering, "Is this kind of Liverpool worthy of competing for the championship?"
Full of barefoot ridicule.
Even when Liverpool fans were about to get angry when they saw the title.
Some extreme fans immediately bought all the Manchester Evening News in the newspaper booth and burned them directly on the street with a lighter.
The Daily Mail is more about discussing the reasons for Liverpool's failure, Liverpool's players and style of play, as well as whether Benitez was dismissed, and whether American bosses can sell Liverpool.
Wu Sanshi practiced on the training ground for a whole morning, and when he came back, he also read the news and read it casually, but there was still a report on him.
Especially the song "Stone's Song" written by fans on the court was put on the page. Then he folded the section and placed it in front of his honor cabinet.
The cabinet is very big. It was shipped from Barcelona before. It was bought by Zhong Jiabei for him, saying that he wanted to motivate him to play football and let him fill every corner of the cabinet of honor.
Today, there is little stuff in the honor cabinet. There is only one Spanish League Best Rookie Award, Dunhill Cup Best Player, and several smaller awards, all of which are inconspicuous.
But it’s not that there are no jackpots, the best scorer in the League Cup 08/09!
He placed this grand prize in the middle, which is the most important grand prize at present, so it should be placed in the most conspicuous position.
And he placed this "Stone Song" on the far left side in a flat manner, which was not eye-catching. There were so many empty places next to it, and it was obvious that the trophy was needed to be enlarged.
What is the biggest trophy? Of course it is the Golden Globe, but he does not have such an opportunity at the moment.
Of course, he is likely to win a grand prize this year, that is, the European Golden Boy Award. If nothing unexpected happens, he can beat Pato to win this prize.
Now, I'm really looking forward to it...
He raised his hand and looked at his watch. He walked to the TV and turned on the TV. At this time, the Champions League draw ceremony had just begun. Benitez had also appeared at the scene.
BBC's camera was aimed at Benitez. Benitez's expression looked very serious, and his big eyes were staring at the rostrum.
The Champions League has always been the stage for Liverpool and Benitez. Perhaps Benitez will put his treasures on the Champions League again. As a master of tactics, his performance in the Champions League is no less than that in the league.
However, winning the Champions League championship was also in 2005, it was far away!
Four years have passed, and now Liverpool is thirsty again.
At the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monte Carlo, Monaco, 32 teams will be divided into 8 groups to fight.
The first to be selected in the draw were eight seed teams. Their groupings were: Bayern Munich, Manchester United, AC Milan, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, F, Glasgow Rangers, and H, Arsenal.
Liverpool is a seed team in the e-group. Being a seed team means that you can avoid many powerful people, but it does not mean that you can draw a lottery. There are no weak teams in the Champions League. If the group is not good, the group may not be able to qualify.
Then there is the most eye-catching second-level team group. Real Madrid was drawn to Group C. They will meet the Serie A giants AC Milan, Inter Milan was drawn to Group F and will meet the defending champion Barcelona; another highly-watched team, Juventus, was assigned to Group A where Bayern Munich is located.
Fortunately, Liverpool's second-tier team is good, and he drew Lyon. Lyon is no longer the Lyon in the past few years, and there is nothing to be scary.
The draws of the third and fourth teams in the following third and fourth teams were calm and failed to appear in the absolute sense of death group.
Here are the complete results of the group draw:
Group a: Bayern Munich, Juventus, Bordeaux, Maccabi, Haifa (Israel)
Group b: Manchester United, CSKA Moscow, Besiktas (Türkiye), Wolfsburg
Group C: AC Milan, Real Madrid, Marseille, Zurich (Switzerland)
Group d: Chelsea, Porto, Atletico Madrid, Greek Athletics (Cyprus)
Group e: Liverpool, Lyon, Florence, de Brezen (Hungary)
Group f: Barcelona, Inter Milan, Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine), Kazan Ruby (Russia)
Group g: Spaniards, Glasgow Wanderers, Stuttgart, Uniriya (Romania)
Group h: Arsenal, Alkmaar, Olympiacos (Greece), Standard Liege (Belgium)
"Espanyol's lottery is also good. I wonder if there is any hope of qualifying?" In addition to paying attention to Liverpool, Wu Sanshi also paid attention to Espanyol, and the camera also came to Ruby.
Ruby was very happy, her big teeth were almost falling off, and this grouping was so comfortable. Glasgow Wanderers, Stuttgart, and Uniriya really had hope of qualifying. I just didn't know if Dela Pena was going to be successful. Dela Pena also postponed his retirement plan in the summer because his injuries were not as serious as he thought, so he chose to continue fighting the Spanish.
Thinking of this, Wu Sanshi's left eyelid twitched. He was a little superstitious, with the left eye twitching and the right eye twitching and wealth twitching. It seemed like something was going to happen, but he didn't know what it was.
"Pooh,"
"What are you thinking about?" He waved his bad thoughts and pulled his attention back.
Liverpool's pick is also good, including Lyon, Fiorentina and Hungary's De Brezen. As long as Liverpool doesn't play fools by themselves, there is no problem qualifying.
Soon, he received a call from Karehon.
"Hey, man!"
To be continued...