Chapter 362
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At the end of the match between Fiorentina and South Korea, the draw ceremony for the third round of the Champions League qualifiers was held in Nyon, Switzerland.
According to UEFA's rules, the top three points in the UEFA league: La Liga, Premier League, and Serie A have 4 teams participating, the top names in the league will directly participate, and the fourth place will first participate in the third round of qualifying match.
Countries ranked 4th to U: Bundesliga, Ligue 1, and Eredivisie will participate. The top names in the league will directly participate, and the third place will participate in the third round of the qualifying round first.
The countries ranked 7th to 9th are participating, and the league champion will directly enter the group stage and the runner-up will participate in the third round of qualifying.
There is a team in the country ranked 10th to 15th. The league champion will participate in the third round of the qualifying round. The league runner-up starts from the round of the qualifying round.
There are 1 teams in the country ranked 16th, and the league championship starts from the round of the qualifying round.
There are 1 teams in the country rankings 28 to 47, and the league champions must start from the first round of the qualifying match.
Fiorentina won third place in Serie A last season, and according to regulations, they will directly participate in the third round of qualifying.
For Fiorentina, it is not easy to participate in the UEFA Champions League group stage, and it may fall into the gutter by accident. In fact, the third round of the qualifying round cannot be said to be the gutter. Most of the teams in the third round of qualifying round are already the champions and runners-ups of various countries outside the five major leagues, and the defending champion Liverpool, who was allowed by UEFA to play from the first round of qualifying round because they only won the fifth place in the Premier League.
So even though they beat the South Korean team with a big score, after the game, the players had no intention of accepting interviews from reporters. Everyone responded to the reporter's words and hurried back to the hotel, waiting for news from the club manager Galli, who was far away in Nyon, Switzerland.
"If we don't encounter teams in the five major leagues, we can almost advance. Other teams are Celtics, Sporting Lisbon, Dynamo Kiev and others are still a bit threatening." Veteran Donadal has played in Milan and is very familiar with these European teams.
"It doesn't matter if you meet teams in the five major leagues, just don't meet Liverpool, Inter Milan, and Manchester United." Montolivo played in three consecutive warm-up matches and performed very well. He is now full of confidence.
Donadal glanced at Montolivo and said, "Don't underestimate other teams, Bremen, Everton, Dynamo Kiev, and Sporting Lisbon, are not easy to play. Don't think we can beat Inter Milan to win the Italian Cup, but we may not be able to beat them. The playing styles of major leagues are different, and they are even mutually rebellious."
Chen Yu said: "Many players in our team have never played in the Champions League. Don't be careless. If they are really lost in the qualifying round, they will lose to death."
Donadal said mysteriously: "In fact, the draw is not random. There are also some "relationship households" or protection targets. They are not strong, but they play in the Champions League all year round and always draw good draws in the third round of qualifying. Teams like Anderlecht, Kiev Dinam, Prague Sparta, Athens Moscow Sparta, and Rosenberg are the ones."
Chen Yu smiled and said, "This means we may not be able to touch these teams."
Everyone was enthusiastic about discussing which teams they might encounter when the lottery draw suddenly knocked on the door and said to Chen Yu: "Mr. Chen, someone is looking for you outside, but you will still not see you."
Chen Yu said in surprise: "Who is a fan?"
The hotel manager said, "I don't know."
Chen Yu frowned and said, "I don't know who is coming to me, is your manager just like that?"
The hotel manager hurriedly said, "No, Mr. Chen, these two people are quite special. They are two famous stars in our company."
Before Chen Yu could answer, his teammates' eyes lit up, and Pazini said: "What's the name? Where is it?
Montolivo said, "Let's go and have a look."
Marjo pulled Chen Yu's arm and said, "Captain, go and have a look. It's too ungenius to disappoint the two girls."
"Damn, a pervert."
Chen Yu was helplessly pulled by Marjora, surrounded by young people such as Montolivo and Pazini, walking towards the hall downstairs.
“Ah so beautiful”
"The face is so delicate."
Montolivo and Marjo couldn't help but scream when they saw the two little beauties standing in the hall.
"Are you gentleman good at all? It's like you have never seen a woman."
Chen Yu glared at Montolivo and Marjo.
"Hello, Mr. Chen, do you still remember me?"
The little beauty with a more neutral face raised a bouquet of flowers in her hand to Chen Yu and said hello to Chen Yu in fluent Chinese, while the other little beauty with a small and pure face was secretly looking at Chen Yu.
Chen Yu took the flowers and tried his best to remember them. He said awkwardly: "Give me a reminder."
"In Belgium." The cute little beauty looked at Chen Yu with some anxiety and nervousness, as if she was afraid that he would forget it completely.
"Ah, haha, I remembered that you are Xiao Yuan."
If I hadn't attended the Paris Fashion Festival with Nakada Hideho, I met Korean star Jeon Ji-woo, and talked about Kim Hyo-yeon, Chen Yu had forgotten the little girl he met during the warm-up match with Anderlecht in Belgium.
Kim Hyoyeon heard Chen Yu remember her and almost jumped up when he told her, "I am Kim Hyoyeon, thank you for remembering me."
Chen Yu laughed and said, "Why don't you call me uncle?"
Kim Hyoyeon's face turned red, "I'm sixteen, you're only a few years older than me, I'm almost the same as calling you brother.
Chen Yu laughed and said, "Yes, as he grew up, he is getting more and more beautiful."
Kim Hyo-yeon said: "We also performed during your competition today, and we didn't come to cheer you up. I heard that you will go back to Italy tomorrow morning, so please don't be angry when you come so late."
"It's nothing, I didn't sleep either." Chen Yu said.
Pazini smiled and said in English: "There is a beautiful woman coming to see her. The captain is too happy, so why would he be angry?
Kim Hyoyeon took the hand of the girl next to him with a little embarrassed expression and said to Chen Yu: "Yona likes you very much, let's take a photo of us."
The little beauty named Yoona said to Chen Yu shyly: "Hello, I am Yoona, you played so well."
"Thank you for the compliment,
Of course, Chen Yu could not refuse the request of the two little beauties. He stood among the two beauties and asked Ma Qiao to take a photo, and signed his own name on the clothes for Kim Hyoyeon and Lin Yoona.
When he returned to the conference room, Ma Qiao was still complaining about Chen Yu, "Captain, why don't you want the phone number of a beautiful girl?
Montolivo said: "It's good to have a PNh."
Chen Yu shook a small note with a phone number written in his hand and smiled and said, "Isn't it cheap to ask for a phone number? You perverts are still children. Haven't you seen it?"
Pazini said: "Didn't you hear it? He is 16 years old, only four years younger than me."
Chen Yu said: "You want to pick up girls and go find them yourself, but I won't be an accomplice."
Rigano smiled and said, "You young people don't understand yet. Can you share with you with good resources? Your captain must have had someone else's phone number long ago."
While everyone was joking, the news came over. After the lottery ceremony, Fiorentina was not lucky and drew the runner-up of the last League Cup and the runner-up of the Portuguese Super League. Another Serie A team that played the qualifying match was Inter Milan, who drew the Ukrainian Super League champion Donetsk Miners. The other two teams with bad luck were Everton and Villarreal, who had to fight their opponents to advance.
However, the Red Devils and Manchester United and the Reds Liverpool both have good luck. Manchester United draws the bottom Hungarian Debrecen, and Liverpool's opponent is Sofia CSKA.
The "relationship households" Donadal just mentioned Anderlecht, Kiev Dinam, Sparta Prague, and Rosenberg were all lucky and got a good draw.
When everyone heard this news, their mood suddenly became heavier.
Sporting Lisbon was the runner-up in the last League Cup and one of the kings of the Portuguese Super League. They won the league championship 18 times, the cup championship 17 times, and the European Cup Winners once, second only to Porto and Benfica Figo, Ronaldo and Quaresma, who won the Champions League championship in 2004, both came from Sporting Lisbon.
"Damn it, we're going to be the ones," Pazini said angrily.
"Grandma, bullying us no one in the morning, giving us a tough trick." Ma Qiao was very angry and felt wronged.
Veteran Donadal shrugged: "This result is normal. We haven't played the European game for a long time, so there will definitely be no good sign."
Plandelli's expression was not good-looking, but he still comforted the players: "The result of this draw cannot be changed. We can only be prepared to strive to enter the Champions League group stage, otherwise our efforts last season would be in vain. This is not only a financial loss, but also a burning of our confidence and morale."
Chen Yu had been silent at first, and said at this time: "Milan two heroes and Juventus are very good, we only lose to them one game. Is Sporting Lisbon stronger than them? Don't be afraid, drawing a weak team may make our gutter capsized. Now we can score better."
Plandelli said: "Chen is right. We are not worse than Sporting Lisbon. Don't be afraid of them. Maybe they are still afraid of us. However, from now on, we must train carefully and prepare for the 10th, No. 1 and Sporting Lisbon two games, and treat them as the finals."
Lucasey has just been answering the phone and now said: "The boss just called me. Rest assured that he will give us the greatest support in funds. Now the negotiations with Palermo are progressing very quickly, and Tony may soon become a member of Florence."
Chapter completed!