Aston Villa, who won five championships, is heading to Tokyo. This is a big event.

Japanese media reported on this matter with a complicated mindset.

Hundreds of fans were waiting outside the hotel. When Aston Villa arrived and got off the bus, it caused a huge commotion.

"Mr. Fang Jue."

"Coach Fang Jue!"

"Teacher Fang Jue!"

"Mr. Fang!"

"The most popular one is not Modric, not Suarez, nor Gareth Bale, not the player, but Aston Villa's head coach Mr. Fang Jue. When Mr. Fang Jue appeared in front of everyone, the young girl was already screaming... The girls screamed like movie stars..."

“He is even more popular than his players, and the handsome young coach not only makes the girls scream crazy, but even the housewife is fascinated by his charm…

The 27-year-old housewife Yumiko became fascinated by Fang Jue when Aston Villa visited Tokyo a year and a half ago. This time, she was dressed in beautiful clothes, crowded among the crowd, screaming and cheering. When Fang Jue waved her hand to show her, Yumiko's eyes seemed to be glowing..."

"Before this, the one who caused this sensation was Beckham... Kaka... Ronaldo, these are players. This is the first time that the head coach has stolen everyone's limelight."

Domestic media were also shocked by the popularity of Japan.

Everyone is even unable to understand the mentality of the Japanese people. If you think from the perspective of others, let alone a Japanese football coach, it is difficult for even a top Japanese star to cause such sensation and obsession in China.

Of course, the rumors about the Kurosawa wife and Hideho Nakada were different.

The Tokyo Daily summarized this as: handsome, talented, rich, and a sense of awe brought by its ability to conquer Europe.

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Fang Jue issued an order to the team: Nothing can be done that affects the image of Aston Villa club.

The implication is that those players who want to experience the customs and culture of Japan, please take it easy.

This is not an exaggeration. Before, many wealthy teams came to visit Japan and often caused some bullshit things.

Ronaldo left behind her genetic genes in Japan and took root and sprouted.

Ferdinand simply kept a Japanese action movie star and even brought it back to England, almost causing a divorce.

Every time Beckham visits Japan, hot girls must follow him, and the reason is obvious.

Aston Villa's entire team arrived in Tokyo on the morning of December 12.

This Club World Cup is also an important opportunity for Aston Villa Club to further develop the Asian market, especially the East Asian market.

"Who formulated this schedule?" Fang Jue asked.

"Is there any problem? Boss." Byron asked carefully when he saw Fang Jue's angry expression.

"Revoke." Fang Jue said seriously, "There is another point. At any time in the future, whenever you encounter the itinerary and event arrangements in Japan, you must submit it to me and I can only pass it after review."

"Sorry, boss, I didn't have a strict review." Byron said quickly, "Fortunately, it's tomorrow's itinerary, and it has not affected it yet."

"Remember, I am Chinese and Villa is a Chinese-funded team. In this island country, any behavior of Aston Villa must meet the most basic requirements of a Chinese-funded enterprise."

"I understand." Byron nodded solemnly. This was the itinerary given by Japan. Now it seems that he is smart. Considering the historical hatred between China and Japan, he asked Fang Jue for advice, otherwise there might be a problem.

Fang Jue was quite satisfied with Byron's attitude, but he also knew that it would be difficult for a British man to truly understand.

This incident reminded Fang Jue that he was considering carrying out basic "corporate culture" training within the Aston Villa Club, at least within the senior management.

The first thing is that the boss is Chinese, and Vera is a Chinese-funded team. He says bad things about China, disrespects China, and does what Chinese people hate, just opposes the boss and get out of here!

No wonder Fang Ji got angry.

The plan schedule shows that tomorrow, December 13, Aston Villa's entire team will go to a nursing home in Tokyo to express condolences and show Japanese fans the friendly and friendly side of Aston Villa.

Fang Jue directly rejected it, not to mention whether the Japanese side did it on purpose, but his intentions are punishable!

Go to the nursing home to comfort me? Who knows if there are any Japanese alive inside?

Most importantly, what day is December 13th?

Fang Jue will not forget, nor can he forget!

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On December 13, the entire Aston Villa team did not go out except for normal training, and it was very quiet.

The next day, after dinner, Aston Villa's team watched the draw ceremony for the 2011/2012 Champions League quarterfinals in Nyon, Switzerland at the hotel where they were staying.

After 6 match days in the group stage, all the top 16 in the 2011/2012 Champions League were produced.

Manchester City and Manchester United are quite unpopular in the match against Manchester duo, as well as Porto and Valencia's elimination.

Especially Manchester United has not been able to qualify from a good signing group, which is really unexpected.

There are dark horses when there are unpopularity, the Cyprus team Greeks compete, while the Swiss powerhouse Basel is a very good dark horse.

Among the 16 teams, 8 teams, including Aston Villa, have won the Champions League championship, and 2 teams have been the runner-up in the Champions League.

The only four Premier League quarterfinals are Chelsea and Aston Villa.

Serie A has Milan's two-man Milan and Naples advanced.

In La Liga, only Real Madrid and Barcelona remain.

Only Bayern Munich and Leverkusen are left in the Bundesliga.

In Ligue 1, Marseille and Lyon also survive.

According to UEFA's draw rules, after entering the top 16, opponents in the same national league and previous group will avoid it.

According to this principle, some strong dialogues may also occur in the first round of the Champions League knockout stage, such as AC Milan, who qualifies as the second in the group, is something that no one wants to encounter.

UEFA Secretary-General Mr. Infantino presided over the lottery. Before the draw, he first wished Aston Villa, who participated in the Club World Cup in Tokyo to achieve good results. The Champions League champion last season assumed the responsibility of competing for UEFA honors, or to put it more bluntly:

Aston Villa is going to bring back the Club World Cup for European football.

After introducing the 16 teams that advanced through a short film, the draw ceremony officially began. The Champions League final of this season was held at the Allianz Stadium, home of Bayern Munich. Therefore, UEFA invited German legend Paul Blackner to attend as a special guest.

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"We are likely to meet a Serie A team again," said Sebalos.

Fang Jue nodded, he also had this premonition.

Moreover, Fang Jue had a intuition that Aston Villa would likely encounter AC Milan again.

Bayern, Inter Milan, Benfica, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Aston Villa, Greek Athletics, Barcelona are the first to qualify in the group.

The second-qualifying teams in the group include Naples, CSKA Moscow, Basel, Lyon, Leverkusen, Marseille, Zenit, AC Milan.

Since Platini came to power, the scenes of fighting against Serie A in the Premier League have been staged almost every year, becoming the oldest way of acting.

AC Milan and Naples have a 28% chance of drawing Chelsea or Aston Villa in this draw.

Among them, Aston Villa, as the defending champion of the Champions League, is recognized as the strongest among the first team in the group; AC Milan is recognized as the strongest among the second team in the group.

Fang Jue thought about it. According to UEFA's urinary nature, it is really possible that Aston Villa and AC Milan will meet again.

Otherwise, the Champions League round of 16 will really be without a strong dialogue.

As expected, as Aston Villa guessed, Infantino drew AC Milan to Aston Villa.

Representatives of the clubs at the scene, except for AC Milan Vice Chairman Galliani, all smiled and others applauded.

The Ross and Blacks are the mines in the second group, and no one wants to touch them. UEFA assigned AC Milan to Aston Villa, which everyone likes to hear.

Galliani frowned, which was the worst draw result for AC Milan.

You should know that in the top 16 of the Champions League last season, the two teams met. At that time, Milan was 2-4 at home and 1-2 away. The total score was eliminated three-to-6, and he lost without any temper.

In addition to Aston Villa draws AC Milan, Chelsea also draws Naples. UEFA indeed once again "arranges" the Premier League Serie A duel.

In addition, Bayern Munich drew Basel, Barcelona drew Leverkusen, Inter Milan drew Marseille, Real Madrid drew CSKA, and they were both lucky.

BBC5's commentator Leinker also shook his head and said, "Assign AC Milan to Aston Villa, other teams will naturally be good signs."

Another commentator, Eddie Gray, sarcastically said that the Premier League had encountered Serie A and was familiar scripted again.

Last season, Aston Villa met AC Milan and Inter Milan in the knockout stage.

In fact, in the past five seasons, the Premier League has fought at least twice, which is why Platini and UEFA have become popular in conspiracy theories against Premier League Serie A.

In addition, this time, Ligue 1 giant Lyon actually drew the super gift package of Greek competition, which is regarded as the weakest team among the top 16, so the suspect of a trick in the lottery is even more serious.

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AC Milan drew Aston Villa, which is undoubtedly the most highly anticipated game in the Champions League 16-to-8 knockout match.

After the lottery was announced, AC Milan Vice Chairman Galliani said, "We won seven Champions Leagues, and Aston Villa only once! This is a good lottery, and we dream of revenge."

Galliani's meaning is very clear. AC Milan is a regular champion in the Champions League, and there is no reason to be afraid of a team that has only won the Champions League once.

Therefore, the best result for Milan is to go to London to complete revenge.

Milan coach Allegri pointed out cautiously that the key to defeating Aston Villa is that Milan cannot have too many injuries.

Compared to Gagliani's confidence in claiming to take revenge, the Italian media is not so optimistic.

"Roman Sports": Aston Villa is a tough opponent Milan can meet.
To be continued...