"2010-2011 season, UEFA Coach of the Year, Gao Shen!"
When Platini stood on the podium and shouted Gao Shen's name loudly, the entire Grimaldi Conference Center suddenly burst into deafening applause. Many people could not help but stand up and applaud vigorously.
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For example the Manchester City players sitting nearby.
Although he had known the result for a long time and had been mentally prepared, Gao Shen was still quite excited at this moment.
After standing up, he immediately turned around and hugged Su Qing beside him, then raised his hands to greet the Manchester City players from a distance, then bowed deeply to greet the guests, and finally walked quickly up.
podium.
"Congratulations, Gao!" Platini handed the trophy over with both hands.
"Thank you." After Gao Shen took it, he hugged Platini politely.
When I came to the microphone on the podium, I usually pride myself on being very knowledgeable, but at this moment I suddenly felt powerless.
"I need to calm down." Gao Shen confessed.
The audience immediately burst into even more enthusiastic applause.
"This is the first heavyweight professional award in my coaching career. Thank you very much to UEFA and Michelle!"
Gao Shen has met Platini several times, and he usually calls him Michel.
"In the past two years, we have achieved some incredible results, such as the first Premier League title in the history of the club, such as our unbeaten victory last season, and the treble. These achievements belong to the players and staff.
,Without them, we would not have been able to achieve this success.”
As soon as Gao Shen finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause again.
"The Champions League is a very difficult event. Winning the championship is very difficult for any team. I am very happy that we have spent two years and made great efforts to achieve this goal.
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"Here, I would like to thank all the players who are and have played at Manchester City, especially the players in our current first team. They are all the best, and they are all very dedicated and have extremely high professionalism.
, I am proud and proud of them."
"I would also like to give special thanks to my team, including Fernando Lucas, Rodolfo Borrell and Sarri, who have left, and to all my assistants, because only with their assistance can I be better able to
Manage the team.”
"I would like to thank the club's owner Mansour, chairman Mubarak, and the CEO, as well as other management, staff, employees and staff. The success of the team comes from the joint efforts of everyone behind the scenes.
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"I know that many people say that we are a team built on money, but I also want to take this opportunity to tell everyone that Manchester City's success is not just about money."
"I hope that in the coming season, we can prove this to everyone with greater and more brilliant success!"
Finally, when Gao Shen bowed, the audience burst into deafening applause and cheers.
Three Champions Leagues!
Gao Shen definitely deserves this honor.
More importantly, no one will doubt that he and his Manchester City do have the ability to continue their glory.
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Gao Shen won the Coach of the Year award, but Suarez unfortunately lost to Messi in the competition for Player of the Year award.
This is actually expected.
Superstars like Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the focus of attention from major wealthy teams.
Manchester City is indeed very good on the court, but in terms of building stars, it is much inferior to these traditional teams.
Gao Shen can even say that based on Manchester City's performance last season, if they were in Real Madrid or Barcelona, they would definitely take over the top three, and they would not be able to lose even the best player of the year.
But there is no way, this is reality.
Manchester City is indeed inferior to traditional giants in this regard.
Of course, Messi's performance is also undisputed. He scored 53 goals and provided 24 assists in a single season. This report alone is impressive enough.
Suarez beat Ronaldo and finished second in the second round of voting.
This can barely be considered a comfort.
After the awards were awarded, the drawing process began.
Before the draw ceremony, Kompany, the captain of the previous champion Manchester City, slowly appeared on the stage holding the Big Ears Cup.
This is also a fixed part every year.
Later, before the draw, UEFA reported on the big screen the European War points and brackets of the thirty-two teams currently participating in the Champions League group stage.
Before this season's Champions League group stage, an episode occurred.
In July, 30 people in Turkey were accused of participating in match-fixing, which involved the Turkish first and second tier leagues last season. Among the people accused was Aziz, the chairman of Turkish giant Fenerbahce.
Z Yildirim.
Fenerbahce was the league champion last season, so Turkey deprived Fenerbahce of their qualification to participate in the Champions League and replaced them with runner-up Trabzonspor.
This caused some controversy, and Fenerbahce sued the Turkish Football Association to UEFA.
But soon, things were settled, and it was Trabzonspor who finally participated.
What really attracted attention was not the Turkish team.
The one ranked last in the second round of points is La Liga's Real Madrid, which is undoubtedly quite surprising.
You know, Real Madrid has one of the most luxurious lineups in world football.
But that's not the point.
The point is, the third tier team includes the defending champion Manchester City.
Among the teams in the fourth tier is Bundesliga champion Borussia Dortmund.
That's quite outrageous, isn't it?
Many people have speculated that judging from the current situation, there is no suspense in drawing Manchester City and Dortmund into the group of death. The real suspense is whether these two unlucky teams will be drawn into the same group.
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Don't tell me, the probability is really not small.
Among the eight groups, Bayern and Leverkusen are in the first and third pot respectively. That is to say, if Manchester City does not draw the group Bayern is in, there is a high probability that it will draw Dortmund.
Because many people have ignored the superimposed impact of the same country's avoidance on the draw.
In other words, as long as you are ranked in the third or fourth bracket, you will be quite disadvantaged in the draw.
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The first draw guest was Figo. He was the most relaxed and stress-free, and he directly drew the eight seeded teams into eight groups.
The second gear is Bobby Charlton, who also has basically no pressure.
But when it comes to third gear, the pressure becomes even greater.
Zenit, Ajax, Leverkusen, Lille... these are not vegetarians.
The one that everyone is most afraid of and wants to avoid the most is Manchester City.
But the teams drawn from the eight groups, except for Porto, are all giants from the four major leagues.
The last thing Gao Shen wants to encounter is the group that Barcelona and Naples are in.
This is an absolute nightmare!
"If we are really drawn into Group H, and Dortmund is added to it, damn, that would be awesome!" Gao Shen leaned into Su Qing's ear and said with a chuckle.
This is really fatal.
Assembling the championship teams of the four major leagues, isn't this life-threatening?
"Isn't that true?" Su Qing frowned.
"If you look at the third pot, Lille will definitely not encounter Lyon and Marseille, and we will not encounter Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool, leaving us with not many choices."
Su Qing is a top student, and you will understand after just a few clicks.
"It would be interesting if Barcelona and Naples were drawn." Su Qing smiled bitterly.
Gao Shen smiled faintly, if that was the case, there was nothing we could do.
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However, Gao Shen's luck was quite good this time and he didn't get the draw.
The first team in the third pot drawn by Gullit was Borisov of Belarus, which was drawn into the group where Barcelona and Naples are located.
But as one team after another was drawn out by Gullit, the look on Gao Shen's face gradually became solemn.
He found that there were fewer and fewer options left for Manchester City.
Bayern and Villarreal? Or Porto and Real Madrid?
"We won't really meet Real Madrid in the group stage for two consecutive seasons, right?" Gao Shen couldn't make up his mind.
The remaining two groups are all Premier League teams and basically have nothing to do with Manchester City.
Gullit quickly pulled Manchester City's ball out of the glass jar and then divided it into groups.
It is clearly a D group.
Porto and Real Madrid!
Gao Shen immediately became happy, turned around, and found Valdano not far behind, and found that the latter's face was also quite ugly.
It's not that enemies don't get together.
It is worth mentioning that Porto is still Manchester City's next opponent in the European Super Cup.
Last season, Villas-Boas led Porto to win the Europa League and the Portuguese Super League.
Yes, after playing in the European Super Cup, we have to meet in the group stage. It's fate.
Even more fateful is Real Madrid.
"Trouble!" Gao Shen smiled bitterly and shook his head.
The eight teams in the last tier are all from weak football countries, but Bayern and Leverkusen have been divided into two groups, so the probability of Dortmund drawing Manchester City is one of six.
This probability is not high, but it is not low either.
The guest of the draw was German star Matthäus, and the German reached in for the first time and the one he caught was Dortmund.
Everyone in the audience was quite surprised.
As soon as I got started, I went straight to the core, which made me really nervous.
After removing the small balls from the group of Bayern and Leverkusen, the remaining six small balls were stirred in the glass jar.
Matthäus showed his palm to everyone, reached in, and quickly took out one of the small balls.
As soon as he opened it, there was an English letter on the note inside that made everyone gasp.
d!
Gao Shen smiled bitterly and covered his mouth with his hand, feeling really speechless.
He even began to wonder if this was a shady operation by UEFA?
Otherwise, how to explain that Manchester City met Real Madrid in the group stage for two consecutive seasons?
The key point is that they are all groups of death.
It would be better if you choose a weaker team in the fourth round.
It turned out to be Klopp's Hornet. This is simply a deadly rhythm.
Who doesn't know how difficult Dortmund is to play?
"Now I'm starting to have some doubts. This draw was all deliberately arranged." Su Qing looked at Gao Shen with a wry smile and said.
Gao Shen nodded repeatedly, so why didn't he?
Porto, Real Madrid, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund.
Champion of the Portuguese Super League, Premier League and Bundesliga, runner-up in La Liga.
The most important thing is that these four teams have all won the Champions League!
If you really want to say that there is no shady story, who will believe it?
In comparison, Shady is actually a bit more bearable.
Otherwise, Gao Shen really couldn't accept that his fortune could be so bad.
