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Chapter 664 Congratulations!
As the World Footballer of the Year and European Ballon d'Or winner, Yang Yangfu quickly became the focus of attention as soon as he appeared at the Grimaldi Convention Center in Monaco. Whether he knew him or not, he would come over to say hello.

Liverpool general manager Rick Parry participated in the draw ceremony as a representative of the club. Yang Yang, Gerrard and others were invited by UEFA to participate in the awards ceremony, and the two were interspersed, but the guest positions were separate.

With Ronaldinho's sluggish performance, Yang Yang has begun to replace him after last season's performance and has become the number one star in European football. This can be seen from the seat arranged for him by UEFA.

Even though Liverpool failed to have the last laugh in the UEFA Champions League last season, Yang Yang was still seated in the most prominent front row, next to Cristiano Ronaldo, Lampard and others.

Barcelona star Lionel Messi was not at the scene.

Last season, AC Milan player Kaka, who sat here and competed with Yang Yang for the best player, dropped a lot last season after a season of peak performance. On the one hand, injuries and the adjustment of the players themselves also have a certain relationship, so they were not shortlisted for any awards.

Many people even speculate that Kaka is likely to experience a big decline in various awards this year.

Yang Yang doesn't really care about this. It's normal for professional players to have ups and downs. The key depends on whether Kaka can return to the top as soon as possible.

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Although they are direct competitors, when Yang Yang and Cristiano Ronaldo met, they still chatted and laughed, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious. Obviously, the Portuguese was also in a good mood. He must have known that he had won the best player in advance, because this award is usually given to the championship team.

Even if it is not given to the championship team, there are runners-up Lampard and Didier Drogba, and it is not Yang Yang's turn.

But looking at it now, none of Chelsea's players is good enough for Ronaldinho, including Drogba, so it should be a certainty for the Portuguese to win the best player, so he is in a good mood.

Yang Yang also asked about his injury with concern, hoping that he could recover as soon as possible.

Ronaldinho said that he has no big problem and should be able to catch up with the match against Liverpool in mid-September.

It was the fourth round of the Premier League. Liverpool played at home against Manchester United. This will also be the first double red game of the season.

"Then I'll wait for you at Anfield!" Yang Yang replied neither humble nor overbearing.

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According to the usual practice, the meeting was presided over by UEFA Secretary-General Infantino, who took the lead in introducing the situation of the UEFA Champions League in the past year, and Yang Yang was mentioned in particular.

UEFA has evaluated that as an Asian player, Yang Yang has been able to perform excellently in the Champions League for three consecutive seasons, and has won the Champions League top scorer for three consecutive years. At the same time, last season he also won the World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or, as well as a series of other major awards, which greatly enhanced the influence of the Champions League and the European League in Asia.

The award ceremony started first, and the first award was the best goalkeeper, which was given to Chelsea's Peter Cech without any suspense.

Even though the Czech goalkeeper suffered serious injuries and his performance declined a lot, he is still one of the best goalkeepers in the world.

Then entered the draw for this season's Champions League group stage.

Last season's UEFA Champions League semi-final was hailed as a civil war in the Premier League. All four places were taken by Premier League teams. This has caused a lot of repercussions in European football. Many people even believe that the Premier League is becoming the world's number one league.

This has also led to the fact that among the 32 teams participating in the Champions League group this season, four of the eight first-tier seeded teams are from the Premier League, and the remaining four seeded teams are Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Lyon.

Among them, Real Madrid, which has been in the top sixteen for many years in a row, was almost dragged out of the ranks of the seeded team.

Liverpool were assigned to Group D, which is not much different.

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The subsequent best defender was awarded to Chelsea's Terry, and the award was presented by the legendary AC Milan captain Baresi.

This is somewhat controversial, because Manchester United's Ferdinand and Vidic also performed very well. Manchester United was one of the best defensive teams last season, but it may be considering the combination of Ferdinand and Vidic, and Terry is one person.

This kind of selection is always accompanied by various controversies, and it is impossible to satisfy everyone.

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In the second tier of the UEFA Champions League, there are Bayern Munich, Villarreal, PSV Eindhoven, Juventus, Roma and Porto and other very strong teams, especially strong teams like Bayern Munich and Juventus.

But this time Liverpool was lucky, they drew Eindhoven. Although they are not bad, they are old opponents. Yang Yang still remembers that in the season when Liverpool won the Champions League in [-], they also met Eindhoven in the group stage.

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Then the best midfielder was awarded, this time to Chelsea's Lampard, he was the first Chelsea player to receive this honor, and the award was presented to him by Manchester United legend Sir Bobby Charlton.

Lampard has already entered the shortlist once before, but that time he did not have the last laugh, and this time he was able to beat the midfielder Scholes of the championship team Manchester United to be elected. It is indeed not easy, even Lampard himself feels a little flattered.

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Compared to the draw in the second pot, Liverpool's luck in the third pot is bad.

The eight teams in this tier are basically weak, but only Marseille from Ligue [-] has good overall strength.

This team is no stranger to Liverpool, because the Red Army encountered Marseille in the group stage last season, and it was not easy.

Unexpectedly, this time, Liverpool once again drew the strongest team in the third tier.

After seeing this, Yang Yang, who was sitting in the front row, turned around and smiled wryly at Gerald and the others behind him.

"It seems that our luck is really good, we are old opponents." Yang Yang said.

Gerald nodded, "Old opponents are good, if you can't fight, you're not unfamiliar." He seemed eager to try.

Eindhoven was their opponent in the group stage of the [-]-[-] season, and Marseille was their opponent in the group stage of the [-]-[-] season. It is really possible to meet old opponents again.

Yang Yang took a special look at the roster of the fourth-tier team, and the result was regrettable.

"There is no old opponent in the fourth gear, otherwise, it might be more interesting."

"There are two teams that are the most difficult to play, Fiorentina and Atletico Madrid, especially Atletico Madrid, this team is a headache." Gerrard said with a frown.

Liverpool's draw is one draw short of one draw, and this fourth draw should not be so unlucky.

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Before the fourth gear was drawn, the awards ceremony entered the most suspenseful part of the game, which was the awarding of the best striker.

Yang Yang and Cristiano Ronaldo are undoubtedly the two most popular players. Yang Yang relies on solid performance, but Cristiano Ronaldo is even better in terms of performance by virtue of Manchester United's championship.

It can be said that the competition between the two is very similar, and each has its own strengths.

Not only the selection of the best striker in the Champions League, but also the selection of the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year, both of them are in full swing. No one knows who will win the award in the end.

So, to some extent, this best striker is undoubtedly an appetizer.

But what is interesting is that the award presenter was the famous black panther Eusebio from Portugal, which also made many people think that it should be Ronaldinho who won the award.

The media and fans who support Yang Yang are definitely not convinced, because Yang Yang is slightly better than Ronaldinho Ronaldinho in terms of attacking power, scoring goals, and performance on the field. Even in the semi-final against Manchester United, Liverpool forced Manchester United into an extremely embarrassing situation.

If it weren't for two misjudgments, Liverpool would not have lost the penalty shootout at all.

Therefore, in this case, who can win the prize is still full of suspense.

After Eusebio took the stage, the atmosphere at the scene obviously became very tense.

Although he got it once last year, Yang Yang definitely doesn’t mind taking more. Compared to last year, his mentality is indeed much calmer. Looking at Cristiano Ronaldo next to him, the Manchester United star is obviously very nervous, with his hands clenched tightly on his thighs.

When seeing Yang Yang turn his head to look at him, Cristiano Ronaldo managed to squeeze out a smile.

Yang Yang can understand his mood at this moment. He wants to win the two awards of best striker and best player, because this will make his award more valuable.

Otherwise, if he only gets the best player but loses the best striker, it will undoubtedly depend more on Manchester United's overall performance than the individual performance of the players, and the gold content will be greatly reduced.

Comprehensible belongs to understanding, the dispute still has to be contested.

If he wasn't on the shortlist, then Yang Yang could simply look away, but since he was shortlisted, he definitely wanted to win, and there was no need to talk nonsense like helping others.

He was invited to the Grimaldi Conference Center just to compete, otherwise he didn't have to come at all.

"In the [-]-[-] season, the best striker of the UEFA Champions League season, the winner is..."

Following Infantino's words, the atmosphere in the audience was extremely tense, and some people even held their breath, watching the two people on the podium with concentration, especially Infantino.

He will announce the final winner, which is...

"Yang Yang!"

Following Infantino's shout, there was a burst of warm applause and cheers from the audience.

Yang Yang stood up from his seat, turned around, hugged Gerrard, Carragher and other teammates across the seat, and then stretched his hands towards Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Portuguese's complexion became very ugly, because he knew very well that even if his best player was sure, he was still inferior to Yang Yang tonight, and even tomorrow all the media reporters would praise Yang Yang.

Because his best player will get no gold content.

But what could he say about it?

With [-] goals and [-] assists, Yang Yang is worthy of this award with just this report card.

In desperation, the Portuguese could only step forward, hugged Yang Yang, and said sadly, "Congratulations!"

(End of this chapter)