FIFA's headquarters are in Zurich, Switzerland, and UEFA is headquartered in the Swiss town of Nyon. It is here that almost all of the best football coaches in Europe are gathered today.

The draw for the quarter-finals of this season's UEFA Champions League will be held here, and the media will flock to report on it, waiting for the suspense to be revealed.

The lottery ceremony was held in the afternoon, and from the afternoon, there were many cars in front of the hotel where the lottery ceremony was held. The reporters who were waiting at the door of the hotel began to get busy, and the people they were waiting for appeared one by one.

It's as if these coaches have discussed it in advance, and the heads of non-giant teams who came early are all the head coaches of non-giant teams, and none of the real big-name giants have appeared.

And then at the last moment, this group of people was belated.

The first person to appear in front of the media was Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson, who gave a brief interview after stepping out of the car. His arrival has re-energized those who have been waiting for a long time – and everyone still loves to see the big managers here.

While Ferguson was being interviewed, a white Audi pulled up in front of the hotel behind him, and the person who stepped out of it was none other than his nemesis, Arthur Ferguson. Wenger.

Wenger walked past him as if he didn't see Ferguson, and when he saw the Arsenal manager here, he immediately diverted half of the people to bet on Wenger, and Wenger strode away and stopped for an interview after a distance from Fogensen.

Tang Jing, who came to cover the lottery ceremony, saw this scene, and his eyes lit up. Thanks to Da's media, these coaches' grievances in the English league are often more interesting than the gossip of the stars. In leagues in other countries, coaches may not have this kind of exposure, and it is impossible to imagine the "grudge" between Wenger and Ferguson for more than ten years.

Starting with Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger, big-name coaches have come to the fore.

Bayern head coach Heathfield, Inter Milan head coach Roberto Mancini, Real Madrid head coach Fabio Capello ......

The presence of each person causes a rush and commotion among the memories.

Don and Don sat in a dark red sedan provided by UEFA, chatting casually. He slowed down, so he looked out. Soon he shrank back and smiled at Don and said, "I think it's almost there." ”

"It's very lively." Don said casually as he looked at the cars parked along the road.

"It's really lively." Don chuckled. A large group of people with this kind of grievances get together, and it's hell if it's not lively.

When Don and Don could read the notes gathered around the door, the car stopped. The driver turned around from the front door and said, "Here we are, gentlemen." ”

"Thank you." Don thanked the driver, then pushed the door open to get out of the car. was pulled by Don.

"Wait a little longer." He pointed out to Don, who was puzzled.

Don looked through the window and saw the man walking down from the car parked in front of them was none other than Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho.

Oh - Don suddenly realized.

Jose Mourinho looks popular. From the moment he got out of the car, the flashing lights outside never stopped. Chronicles flocked to it. Countless microphones reached out to him, and he stood in the crowd with a smile on his face, looking personable. Some English media have said that Mourinho is the most handsome of the coaches, and it doesn't seem to be entirely flattery.

The question about Mourinho was not over, and Don was not in a hurry to get out of the car, but just sat in the car and looked at Mourinho outside.

The driver was surprised that the two men had not gotten out of the car, and he turned back several times. I hope to remind the two of you with this action. But Don turned a blind eye to this. Tang knew what the driver meant, but Tang En didn't go down, so he had to pretend that he didn't see it.

It was only after about two minutes that the reporters became interested in the dark red Mercedes that had stopped at the door but had not moved. The glass windows of the car are specially treated, so that you can't see anything from the outside, but you can see the outside very clearly from the inside.

Someone left Mourinho behind. Turn your attention to this side. The other car parked behind the car also honked its horn impatiently, and almost everyone's attention was turned, even Mourinho, who was answering a question in an interview, turned his head at the whistle.

Sitting in the car, Don took out his sunglasses from his shirt pocket and put them on. Then he gave Don a sly smile: "It's our turn, Don." ”

After saying that, he took the lead in pushing open the car door and leaned out.

Don reluctantly followed him. He knew that Tang En's mind was in his mind, and if he had changed himself, he would never have been able to do this kind of limelight-stealing thing.

As soon as Don showed up, everyone didn't feel surprised by the strange behavior of the car just now.

I'm afraid everyone's first thought is this-it's this guy!

Don En wore sunglasses, smiled brightly, and waved to many media: "Yo, good afternoon, everyone." ”

The crowd looked up at the sky - the overcast sky was cloudy, and there was not a trace of sunshine......

Taking advantage of these stunned efforts, Tang Jing squeezed in front of Tang En. "We'll meet again, Mr. Donne." She greeted in Chinese, and Don answered in Chinese.

"I didn't expect to see you anywhere, Miss Tang."

The Chinese conversation between the two made the surrounding memoraries confused. Tang Jing quickly switched back to English and threw out her own question: "Do you have any expectations for this draw, Mr. Tang En?" ”

This is the question that was asked by the others, and as soon as someone had already asked it, many microphones, voice recorders, and mobile phones were stuffed in front of Donne's mouth.

Don coughed and was about to answer......

Anyway, as soon as Don got out of the car, the Mercedes-Benz couldn't wait to drive to the parking lot. Then the car that had been lining up behind them drove up and stopped behind Donn, the door opened, and a man in a dark suit with countless pigtails on his head stepped out.

Someone laughed right away in the middle of the note, not in the type of person who laughed, because they had seen enough. Instead, laugh at the coincidence.

Mourinho has also been interviewed by several Portuguese chronicles earlier. Because of Tony. With Don En appearing, most of the other chronicles flocked to Don Grace, ready to hear what he had to say. Then, just as Donn was about to open his mouth to speak, Rijkaard came out from behind him again.

These three enemies......

Donn was distracted by Rijkaard's presence, but he quickly turned his attention back to the question, only this time he raised it a little louder: "What to expect from the draw?" Ah, I'd love to meet an old friend. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Rijkaard, who was walking up the steps, and held out his hand to him with a smile on his face. Hello, Mr. Rijkaard. ”

Rijkaard had intended to ignore Donn. walked straight over, but now people took the initiative to reach out in front of them. It wouldn't be nice if you didn't say anything...... He had to smile as well, and Donn's hand shook slightly, and then let go.

"Hello. Mr. Donn. ”

After Rijkaard finished speaking, he wanted to leave, but was stopped by Donn: "Mr. Rijkaard, what are your expectations for this draw?" "He exercised his right to remember on his behalf.

Rijkaard didn't expect Donn to ask such a question, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied, "There's nothing to look forward to, the result is what it is." We play our own football, it doesn't matter who we play against. ”

"That's a good point. Mr. Rijkaard. I think so too. It doesn't matter who the opponent is. With that, Don lined up and walked straight inside with a playful smile, not answering any more questions.

As he walked past Mourinho, the Portuguese, who had finished his interview, seemed to be waiting there on purpose, and he whispered: "You have a lot of confidence." Aren't you afraid of what UEFA will use in secret? You embarrassed UEFA so much last season...... Think of us at Chelsea. Well? ”

Don turned his head to look at the gray-headed Mourinho and laughed: "I suddenly want UEFA to do that now. ”

With laughter, Donn walked away.

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Don walked away in style. Don was left behind by the journalists.

The person who pulled Tang in his hand was Tang Jing, and he insisted that the Chinese assistant coach be interviewed by himself to talk about his thoughts on coming to the draw for the European Champions Cup.

After half a season, the media has also accepted the Chinese assistant coach who often "doubles in and out" with Don. So, seeing that he was pulled by Tang Jing to answer questions, other media also rushed over. Don wanted to ask Don to take him away, but Don seemed to have completely forgotten that there was another person with him, so he walked straight in.

"Don't look at it, Coach Tang." Tang Jing smirked. It was he who kept this man smartly. "Or answer my question?" She felt that compared with that man, the taciturn Tang in front of her was more pleasing to herself, because she didn't worry about not being able to pry this mouth open. In the face of Don, what she needs to consider is how to distinguish the truth and falsehood of every word that person says.

"After last season's Champions League final, Coach Donn embarrassed UEFA on the spot. Tang Jing repeated in English, and now the surrounding Diji could understand what the problem was. "As the team's assistant coach, are you worried about what UEFA will ...... at this draw ceremony? Well? ”

Tang knew that he couldn't escape today, so he said helplessly: "I don't know." But in the group stage, we drew the top draw. ”

"But now it's going to be a new draw." Tang Jing reminded him that the past was just the past, and nothing could be explained.

"So I don't know, I don't know anything about what I didn't give birth to."

Tang Jing pursed her lips, and this answer suddenly made her feel like the person standing in front of her was Tony. Donn's delusion.

"So can you make a bold prediction? Or who would you like the Forest to meet in the quarter-finals? She had to ask in a different way.

"Anyone can do it." Forced to face all this on Don's behalf, Don chose the tactic of "passive resistance", prevaricating with the most unnutritious answers to these questions.

Coach Tang ...... Don't you have any particular team in mind that you want to meet or avoid? ”

"Nope." Tang's answer was concise and clear, but Tang Jing was about to smoke.

"Is this all the kind that Don taught you to deal with the media?" She suddenly frowned and asked in Chinese. The people around me are confused again.

Tang was stunned for a moment. Then he shook his head: "No." ”

"That's what you learned from Donn, right? What's not good to learn, you learn from him?! Oh my God...... One Donn is enough, I don't want another one...... Please, Mr. Tang. I can't write a manuscript if you do that...... I can't say that my interviewee doesn't know anything, right? ”

Looking at Tang Jing's expression begging for mercy, Tang hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I really don't have any personal ideas, which team is drawn, we will take out the information of the team that has been prepared - we have prepared the information of all the other fifteen teams in advance." That's why I say that...... I'm not trying to prevaricate you, Miss Tang. But it's true. ”

Although Tang said it very sincerely, this did not satisfy Tang Jing. Such an answer does not satisfy the curiosity of the reader at all. She grimaced. Look at Don pitifully.

Tang was silent for a while, and finally sighed: "Okay...... Tony didn't say anything to me. But I want to ...... I guess he'd love to meet the teams he's played against. ”

This answer was what Tang Jing wanted, she immediately came to her senses, the expression on her face changed, and she asked, "Why do you say that?" Is it because you are familiar enough to know the roots? ”

Tang shook his head: "No." What he has overcome, he wants to continue to win. Never won. He thought...... Avenge. ”

Hearing the last sentence, Tang Jing suddenly realized. She smiled sweetly at Tang: "Thank you so much, Mr. Tang." It's exclusive to me. ”

In this conversation just now, they have been communicating in their native language, Chinese, and a group of foreigners next to them can't understand it at all.

"You are not allowed to tell anyone." Tang Jing turned her back to her foreign counterparts and winked at Tang.

Don nodded obediently. Then he looked at Tang Jing: "Can I go, Miss Tang?" ”

Hearing this, Tang Jing burst out laughing: "I didn't imprison you." Why are you asking me that? ”

"Uh......" Tang only then felt that it was not appropriate for him to say that. That...... I'm leaving. ”

A somewhat embarrassed Don struggled to squeeze out of the crowd and chase after Don.

The journalists threw all sorts of questions at Don, but Don didn't just bury his head in the woods—he was the best at doing it.

Tang Jing looked at this somewhat rickety back from behind, and suddenly thought of a text he learned in middle school - "The Man in the Suit".

Now some domestic media say that Don is a grassroots hero and a talented coach who has gone abroad from non-football. But does anyone know what happened behind it?

She had learned about Tang's previous experiences, and people around her said that he was not an easy person to get along with, that he was withdrawn and unlikable. When he was in middle school, all boys played football, but because he didn't play well and didn't have many friends, he was so excluded that he could only watch others play football on the sidelines.

Tang Jing didn't know the specific situation at that time, but she could imagine whether Tang at that time would be like this? Enclose yourself in a black condom and deal with the whole world with silence.

A special feeling suddenly struck her heart.

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When Don pushed open the door and entered the hall of the lottery ceremony, there were not many people inside, and he easily found Don who was talking to others. He walked briskly, then stood behind Don in silence.

The person who was talking to Don was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, and he saw Don appear behind Done, and it seemed that there was something bad to say in front of others, and Don didn't seem to know that there was someone behind him. So he cleverly made an excuse to end the conversation, and then took his leave.

"Tony......" Don said only when he saw Wenger leave.

"How does it feel?" Tang En asked without looking back.

"What?" Don didn't understand what Don was asking again.

"What did she ask?"

"Throw me the question you're going to ask you." Don was a little dissatisfied.

Don smiled and apologized to him: "I'm sorry, I'm using you as a shield." ”

Don didn't pick up the topic, he asked instead, "I'd like to know what you think, Tony, too." What kind of draw results do you hope for? ”

"Of course it's the opponent...... The weaker, the better. Don smiled.

'I don't think it's going to be as good as you would have liked for UEFA.

Don turned his head to look at the drawing platform. The staff is still busy, but it's already in the finishing stages. When the time comes, UEFA bigwigs will draw round balls from transparent glass boxes and open them in public to show the results of the draw as a sign of "fairness, fairness and openness".

In the background is a huge TV screen, which is playing some of the highlights from the Champions League group stage. UEFA and the eight five-star logos symbolizing the Champions League appeared around the stage.

"Don. The result of the lottery is not something we can control, so what will happen at this time, what will we do? Whoever draws it is whoever it is. Are you still worried that we will be eliminated early if we draw a strong team? ”

"I'm not worried."

"Isn't that what it takes? No matter who is drawn, we are not afraid. God blocks and kills God, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha. Football Lenovo plays with our words...... Lao Tzu accompanied! ”

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An hour later. Nottingham, England.

Eastwood was calling his teammates one by one: "Hey, guys. Watch TV! Watch TV! The lottery is coming soon! What the? I'm all watching...... Well, then I won't talk about it. Watch TV! ”

He threw down the phone, clasped his hands together, pressed his chin to his chin, and stared at the TV screen with bated breath.

Forest players stayed home to watch the draw live, as did countless Nottingham Forest fans.

Kenny. Burns' bar was packed, with everyone holding beer glasses and looking up at TV. Looking forward to the results of the draw.

Nottingham Forest have been drawn out, but their opponents are yet to be determined.

The television broadcast gave Don a close-up of him staring intently at the stage, but there was a smile on his lips.

Taxi driver Randy. James now only hopes that the signal light at the intersection in front of him is broken, and he has been stopping at the red light. The announcer's voice was heard on the radio in the car, announcing the latest lottery to listeners.

“…… Real Madrid's opponent is Bayern Munich. This is the fourth meeting between the old rivals in European football in the last seven years, and it is eye-catching. Inter Milan will face Valencia for the fourth time in six years that the two teams have met......

Randy stared ahead. His eyes were not focused, his fingers tapped lightly on the steering wheel, and the car horn was already sounding behind him, and he didn't know it.

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Nearly half of the matchups have been drawn, and the suspense left is getting less and less. Don looked at Don who was sitting next to him, and now he was not nervous at all, and looked at the people on the stage with the same concentration. So he smiled and turned his attention back to the draw ceremony.

"The next thing to draw out is...... Nottingham Forest faced opponents in the quarter-finals. The moderator announced. Then UEFA's No. 2 Platini walked up to the glass box and slowly reached for the few balls left in the box.

At this moment, half of Nottingham held their breath.

Randy. James's fingers were not knocking, but hanging in the air, and a traffic cop outside the car was knocking on his window, but he was petrified as if he was enchanted, deaf to everything in the outside world.

Eastwood sat on the sand, leaning forward, ready to get up, words in his mouth.

Kenny. Burns stopped wiping his glasses and looked up at the television with everyone else, and the overcrowded bar was quiet except for the sound of the television.

Platini fumbled around the box for a while, grabbed a ball, pulled it out, and opened it with his head down. Then he took out a folded note, unfolded it, and looked at it. At this point, the TV broadcast gives Platini a close-up of him, the French man is expressionless, and you can't predict the answer in advance from this shot.

And then...... He suddenly laughed, flipped the note over, and faced the many managers in the audience, in front of the camera, in front of the audience.

He pronounced the name on the note clearly:

"Barcelona."

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"Barcelona."

Randy slapped the horn with a slap.

Eastwood leapt from the sand with his fists in the air, along with other Forest players and coaches...... Even ordinary training ground workers.

The forest bar, which had been silent just a moment ago, suddenly erupted in loud cheers.

"Well done, French!"

"Cheers! Cheers to this *** good sign! ”

"Whoa——! This is the best result I've ever seen! ”

On the TV screen, Don threw a punch, then stood up from his seat with his fists raised in the air, spun in a circle of pride like a victorious general. His flamboyant move once again made him the focus of attention of the audience. There was an uproar in the hall, with whistles, applause, laughter, and chatter, and the media all focused their cameras on the man who had caused the commotion.

Rijkaard was not far from Donn's position, separated by only four chairs. He lowered his arm, strode over, and then took Rijkaard's hand without saying a word, and took the initiative to shake his hand.

"Mr. Rijkaard, we meet again!" He had a big smile on his face, and Rijkaard didn't know what to do......

Regardless of the fact that the lottery ceremony is not over, the scene has become a mess, and it is as noisy as a country market. The UEFA officials on the stage had their own thoughts, trying to maintain a polite smile on their faces, looking at the center of attention and all the commotion.

At the same time, half of Nottingham was roaring.

"Barcelona, we're back! Are you ready?! ”