On the second night of Manchester City's Champions League campaign, the draw for the 2009-2010 Champions League group and the 2008-2009 Champions League awards ceremony took place at the Grimaldi Convention Centre in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

After the home game against Celtic, Manchester City manager Rafael Benitez and club president Fasime left Manchester for Monaco.

They are only supporting roles in the celebration of the entire Champions League, not too many people pay attention to them, if the glory comes, there may be more people, but it will definitely not steal the limelight from Barcelona and Messi.

From the moment he got out of the car, Messi was screamed and cheered by the fans present.

With a shy smile on his face, he waved to the fans, whose screams intensified.

The other Barcelona players who walked with him became Messi's best green leaf at this time, Messi walked in the front, and they followed behind.

Let Messi alone enjoy the cheers and adoring gazes of those fans.

Along the red carpet, the camera flashes in the hands of reporters on both sides barely stopped, far more than any of the stars and big-name coaches that appeared before.

From this point alone, Messi is already the best player in football today.

Debora sat on the sofa with Yaoyao in her arms, watching the lottery and award ceremony on live TV, and when she saw this scene, she thought of the appearance of Rong Guang walking on this red carpet at the beginning, which was also all shouting, and the flashing lights flashed like a bright Milky Way...... And now it's a different person.

She glanced back at the gate, and through the gate, through a small garden, which was the football field of Glory.

Rongguang did not sit next to her to watch the live broadcast, but went outside to practice his own free kicks.

Although he scored against Celtic with a lift ball, Rongguang thought that his elevator ball was still not stable enough and he had to continue to practice.

The praise from the media and fans did not make him complacent at all.

He had little interest in the draw and the award ceremony, and in the end he just had to know which group City were in with the three teams.

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At this awards ceremony, Messi's Barcelona became the biggest winner, with the Premier League and La Liga sharing the five best prizes.

The best goalkeeper award went to Manchester United's main goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, who also reached the final last season for the second time the Dutchman has won the honour.

The best defender went to Chelsea's captain John Terry.

The award for best midfielder went to Barcelona's assist king Xavi.

The best striker and best player both belong to the Golden Boot Messi, who scored a total of nine goals in the Champions League last season.

However, since Glory scored 17 Champions League goals in the 2006-2007 season, setting a new record, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have scored a bit of a tally in front of Glory - both of them have scored more than 10 goals, with the Portuguese being the top scorer in the Champions League that season with eight goals, while Messi had nine......

In addition to these five awards, UEFA also presented a special award, which was awarded to AC Milan captain Paolo Maldini, who retired this summer.

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While Messi was holding two football trophies, one large and one small, Rongguang was training at night on the field.

He carefully and carefully placed the football on the turf, which took the most time.

Then he stepped back, ran up, kicked the ball, watched the ball hit the wall, or go around the wall, and then either flew into the goal, or flew out of the goal, or smashed on the crossbar......

Next, he took the soccer ball from the basket next to him and repeated the previous series of movements.

Without a break in between, he just remained silent and kicked the valve core of the football......

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After the award ceremony, it was the draw for the Champions League group stage that everyone was most concerned about.

All the suspense will be revealed at this moment.

Which teams will be placed in one group, and will there be a group of death?

After the draw began, the first to be seated were the eight first-tier teams.

Bayern Munich have been drawn in Group A, Manchester United have been drawn in Group B, Lyon in Group C, Chelsea in Group D, Liverpool in Group E, defending champions Barcelona in Group F, Sevilla in the first pot of Group G and Portuguese powerhouse Porto in the eighth pot of the first group.

In fact, if Arsenal can reach the main stage of this season's Champions League, they should be the eighth team in Pot 1.

But it's a pity that they didn't even finish fourth in the league last season, so naturally they are not eligible for this year's Champions League, they are playing in the Europa League......

So Porto replaced them and became the eighth team in Pot 1.

And what about Manchester City? Because they have not participated in the Champions League for 39 years, and the same is true for the Europa League, they have not participated in the Europa League during the validity period of the European points, so their European points are ...... Zero!

According to the rules, they will be placed in the fourth pot team.

As a result, they may be in the company of some strong teams, which will make it more difficult for them to qualify from the group, and it will be very difficult......

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Kaka sat on the couch in his home, watching the live televised draw with Caroline.

He is now concerned about which teams the two teams will end up in a group with.

The first team is Real Madrid, where he is now playing, Real Madrid has been placed in the second tier of teams because of the round of 16 in consecutive years, and may also be in a group with a strong seeded team, although Kaka is still very confident in Real Madrid, but he does not spend too much energy in the group stage.

The other team is Manchester City.

He wants to see which teams City will be in a group with, with the fourth-tier teams likely to be the biggest in a group with strong teams.

He doesn't want Glory to not even be able to make it out of the group stage......

In that case, if you don't meet in the knockout round, you have to wait another year, and who knows if Manchester City will be able to reach the Champions League again in a year?

This team is always unsubstantiated, and people have no confidence in their future.

They are different from Real Madrid, Real Madrid has Champions League genes, can you imagine that Real Madrid can't participate in the Champions League?

It's unimaginable.

With Manchester City, it's always easy to worry that they may not be able to play in the Champions League next season, so he cherishes this opportunity and hopes to seek revenge this season.

defeated Glory, and the obsession in his heart was over.

The teams in Pot 1 were quickly drawn, followed by teams in Pot 2.

The teams are drawn first, then the group is drawn, and the first to be drawn is Real Madrid.

Then they began to draw the group where Real Madrid was, and everyone on the scene held their breath, expecting and worrying.

Real Madrid is the strongest of the second-tier teams, especially after buying people on a large scale this summer, the strength should not be underestimated, although they have not broken through the hurdle of sixteen into eight for several years, and are nicknamed "Sixteen Lang", and their Champions League points are too few to be counted as the second-tier team, but in Europe, no team dares to underestimate them.

None of the teams in the first bracket that have been drawn want to be in a group with Real Madrid.

The hands of the lottery guests stirred in the glass basin, and then grabbed a small white ball the size of a ping-pong ball.

The presenter took the ball and unscrewed it, took out the folded note from it, opened it, glanced at it, and showed a somewhat strange smile on his face, and then he flipped the note over and showed it to the camera lens and the audience below.

At the same time, he said: "Group A. ”

The scene was in an uproar.

Many people turned their heads to look at the seats of the Real Madrid representatives, while others looked at the Bayern Munich people.

This is really a very surprising result, no one expected Real Madrid to be in a group with Bayern Munich!

European Derby ...... It was staged in advance in the group stage!

It's lively.

All eyes are on these two teams. The two games where the two teams meet are expected to be the most watchable games in this group, as well as the two games that will determine who will qualify as group winners.

This group, no matter what the signing is after that, it can be said that there is no suspense about the qualifying places, it must be Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, but the ranking of these two teams is still a little unclear......

The other two teams in this group are playing soy sauce, and no one cares about the two unlucky guys, anyway......

At that time, the representatives of the third and fourth teams present were a little apprehensive - no one wanted to be with these two giants, they wanted to go one step or a few more......

The TV broadcast swept past the managers of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid, and both Van Gaal and Manuel Pellegrini had serious expressions on their faces, and it was clear that they also knew what it meant to be in a group with each other.

There must be a fierce fight......

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Kaka, who saw this scene, also frowned in front of the TV.

Being in a group with Bayern Munich was the worst result.

It's really the strongest of the teams in the first tier that Real Madrid could come across.

Real Madrid really didn't find anything cheap against the German team, and it was not easy to play against Bayern Munich, and it seems that his hopes of Shunshun Lìli to qualify from the group stage have been disappointed.

This time it will definitely be to beat Bayern Munich and strive to win the first place in the group stage, only in this way can there be hope of meeting Manchester City - in Kaka's mind, if the Manchester City where the glory is located, if it can qualify from the group, it may also be the second in the group, and the first group will meet the second in the other groups after appearing, this is the lottery rule, so Real Madrid must win the first place in the group, and he Kaka and the glory may meet in the knockout round of 16 into 8......

Then he turned his gaze to the lot-drawn glass basins lined up on the table, one of which was Manchester City.

Which three teams will Glory be placed with?

I hope it's not too strong a group, but I can still qualify as the second in the group and meet when we enter 16 into 8......

At this moment, an idea suddenly popped into Kaka's mind, and his eyes widened!

Because he thought of another possibility!