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At the beginning of the draw ceremony for the round of 16 of the Champions League, UEFA invited the bigwig-level executives of various clubs to participate, especially when entering the venue, and arranged a process for the guests to be interviewed by reporters, which is a bit similar to the red carpet of the Oscars.

In this draw ceremony, UEFA obviously tasted the sweetness, so it continued to use this set in the draw ceremony for the top 8 knockout stage and semi-finals.

When Xiao Yu and his entourage arrived outside the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, the reporters were divided into two rows in front of the door by the security guards, and the magnesium lights flashed frequently, slamming at Xiao Yu and his party, while the bigwigs of the Red Rebels greeted the media with smiles on their faces.

At the entrance, UEFA has opened a special section for media interviews, and anyone who wants to enter will have to pass through here, and there is no doubt that the reporters will not let them pass easily.

"Hello, Mr. Xiao Yu." A foreign reporter greeted Xiao Yu with a smile.

"Hello, journalist friend!" Xiao Yu responded politely, not far from him, Mourinho and others were also being interviewed by reporters.

That's the benefit of the interview area, where many-to-many interviews can be conducted.

"As the third consecutive Champions League winner, what are the Red Rebels' goals for this season?" The reporter asked with a smile.

Xiao Yu saw behind the reporter at this time, there was a group of people, I don't know if it was fans or fans, anyway, he raised Xiao Yu's sign and waved it towards Xiao Yu, which made him immediately feel a sense of pride, but he didn't expect that there were also his fans here, so he raised his hand to greet them, and this move immediately attracted a more enthusiastic response from that group of people.

"Of course, there is no doubt that our goal is the championship!"

"It can be seen that the Red Rebels are still hungry for glory, and just a few minutes ago, Mr. Laporta of Barcelona FC was also interviewed, saying that the biggest regret of Barcelona this season is that they did not meet the Red Rebels in the draw for the round of 16......

"That's because they were lucky, they drew the weak team and won a group first!" Xiao Yu sneered.

The grievances between Barcelona and the Red Rebels seem to be showing signs of resurgence recently, especially when Guardiola said that he wanted to touch the Red Rebels, and then Barcelona's mouthpiece newspaper published a so-called leak that Barcelona is secretly operating a number of Red Rebels stars, including Messi, Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas and Cech.

Valdés' performances have always been unreassuring, sometimes he will be solid, but sometimes there will be inexplicable mistakes, and Barcelona have always been looking for a good goalkeeper to replace Valdés.

Of course, what is said here is only Barcelona's unilateral leak, and the Red Rebels have not received any news so far, but Xiao Yu feels very disgusted by Barcelona's strategy.

How so? Barcelona are understandably interested in these players, after all, these are the top stars in their position, but do they have the money?

If you take a closer look at Barcelona, you will find that they have no money to buy any of the superstars on the so-called leaked list, among which the lowest value is Cech, and the market valuation is still as high as 25 million pounds, but if you want to impress the Red Rebels, you must at least come up with a higher price than this, and Barcelona can get it?

Even if Barcelona can really get the money, will the Red Rebels be willing to sell it?

Although Xiao Yu was cut off, the reporter was not disgusted or embarrassed at all, but recorded Xiao Yu's words very satisfied, and then continued to ask questions.

"Then which team does Mr. Xiao Yu want the Red Rebels to draw in the top 8 knockout rounds?"

At this time, not far away, the reporter who interviewed Mourinho happened to ask a similar question, Xiao Yu looked over, and it happened that Mourinho also heard Xiao Yu's question, looked over, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"Barcelona!" Mourinho replied in the affirmative.

Xiao Yu shrugged his shoulders, "Look, he said it, it's Barcelona!" ”

"But Barcelona have been strong this season...... 'The journalist who interviewed Mourinho asked.

Who knew that Mourinho interrupted him, "Haven't you watched La Liga for a long time?" At present, the top team in the standings of the Spanish Serie A is Real Madrid, and Barcelona is already clearly not good! ”

"But Pep Guardiola's side are clearly better than Real Madrid, at least from the pitch, yes!"

"Oh," Mourinho pointed to the reporter with some abruptness, "You're a Barcelona fan?" Spanish journalists? ”

The reporter found that the people around him were looking at him, and he was a little flustered, but he still puffed up his chest and nodded: "Yes, Mr. Mourinho, I'm not afraid to admit it, I'm a Barcelona fan!" ”

"Very good, journalist friend, you are very brave, I admire you, but I have to tell you, if Barcelona are really willing to press out and fight us, as Guardiola said, the end will be worse than Werder Bremen, do you know why?"

Before the reporter could react, Mourinho was already laughing, "because their defense was very, very bad!" ”

The reporter was immediately greeted with a laugh from those around him, who were clearly aware that there were not many people who could win a verbal battle with Mourinho.

"But, Mr. Mourinho, will you still be the head coach of the Red Rebels?" The reporter got angry and sneered.

Mourinho was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood that what this reporter was talking about was that many media outlets have recently linked him with Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid and other teams, especially Chelsea.

After a 6-1 defeat at home to the Red Rebels, Chelsea players are said to include Frank Lampard, Joe? Cole, Ballack and other main core of the team have spontaneously organized player meetings at the club's training base, inviting Chelsea's senior management to attend, among which Abu heard the news and participated in this internal meeting, but Grant was excluded.

Captain Frank Lampard spoke on behalf of the players at an internal meeting and hoped Grant could leave on his own initiative.

Abou reassured Chelsea's key players at the meeting, and although he was in some ways messy, he knew better than anyone that if these players were separated, Chelsea would really be finished.

It is said that after attending this meeting, Abu immediately held a high-level meeting to negotiate the possible surname of Grant's departure, but at present, the major leagues are in full swing, and it is not easy to find a suitable head coach immediately, so the basic final result is that it is best to let Grant work until the end of the season, or fire him and let Clark come up as the head coach of firefighting.

But having two firefighting coaches in one season is really embarrassing.

At present, Chelsea is said to be focusing on contacting Mourinho, Rijkaard and other outstanding coaches, especially Mourinho, and the newspapers have even listed the timetable for Mourinho to join Chelsea, and it is said that the Portuguese has submitted a reform of Chelsea's current situation, as well as the introduction of new seasons and other things.

Now, this journalist is clearly doubting Mourinho's loyalty to the Red Rebels!

"Mr. Reporter, maybe you will be a man who is very susceptible to temptation and cheating, where do you live? Barcelona? Oh, it's a great place for a night out, but you shouldn't force your shallow thoughts on others, especially me, I'm so loyal to my wife, so she doesn't need to worry about me messing around. ”

Mourinho was clearly sneering when he said this, believing that the most vexatious thing for journalists was to make up the reasons for him to join Chelsea, why he had no motivation in the Red Rebels, and that he and the Red Rebels hierarchy had disagreements on the direction of development, etc., which were all nonsense.

In the Red Rebels, Mourinho really can't get all the power, but he can get the most power, Xiao Yu's series of policies have ensured Mourinho's status, he will always be the most special one in the team!

If this is the case, where is the disagreement?

Xiao Yu walked over with a smile and patted Mourinho's shoulder hard, signaling that he should not be angry with these reporters who were chasing after the wind, and the scene of the two walking into the UEFA headquarters side by side was captured by countless reporters behind them, I believe this move is more convincing than any argument and clarification.

Those who say Mourinho wants to leave the Red Rebels are either ill-intentioned or brain-dead!

........................ "Hey, Xiao Yu!" As soon as he walked into the venue, Xiao Yu immediately saw Florentino coming towards him.

The relationship between this Spanish bigwig and Xiao Yu is not ordinary iron, when he wanted to seek re-election, it was Xiao Yu who finally sent Ribery to Real Madrid, which won him enough popularity to promote him to continue to serve as the president of Real Madrid.

Although Robben did not go to Real Madrid in the summer of 07, it had nothing to do with Xiao Yu, more because of the club's way of doing things, and the agreement signed between Robben and Bayern, after all, he was unwilling to go to Real Madrid to compete with Ribery for the status of the star, he wanted to become the number one superstar at Bayern.

In fact, he really did!

Many people say that the Red Rebels are superstars, and the current number one superstar in the four major European leagues is a player from the Red Rebels, not to mention the Premier League, Xiao Xiaoluo, Messi and others are red and purple, Serie A is Palacio, AC Milan now simply treats the Argentines as a treasure, he is the top star of Serie A.

The top name in La Liga is Ribery, but Villa also performed very well after switching to Barcelona, and did not lose to Ribery at all, and both stars came from the Red Rebels; The Bundesliga is naturally Robben, after switching to Bayern, Robben's football career has improved by leaps and bounds, although Bayern has performed poorly in the Champions Cup this season, but Robben is still the brightest superstar in the Bundesliga.

The top names in the four major leagues are all from the Red Rebels, which naturally makes the Red Rebels a major player in European football.

"Perez!" Xiao Yu and Florentino hugged tightly, and then walked to a place where they would not be disturbed by others.

"I heard you're going to sell Kaka and Fabregas?" Florentino asked with concern.

Although Kaka has not played a minute due to injury this season, his strength and fame are still there, as for Cesc Fabregas, for Real Madrid, who is anxious to find a successor to Juninho Jr., is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate, and the introduction of Fabregas can also hit the sworn enemy Barcelona.

"You should know that that's impossible, Perez!" Xiao Yu replied in the affirmative.

Florentino shrugged helplessly, Xiao Yu said impossible, then it was absolutely impossible, everyone knew that he had always been true to his word, "If there is anything to discuss, remember to let me be the first to know!" ”

Some of the most shrewd and cost-effective transfers of the old man were from the Red Rebels, which made him seem to have an inexplicable superstition about the players of the Red Rebels, but the Red Rebels' calf guards and the loyalty of the players were famous.

"Just Johnsson's assistant took me and David? Dunn made an appointment to meet and talked. ”

"What's the good thing?" Xiao Yu is now less and less involved in these things.

If he wanted to, he could have been a representative of the European Professional Club League, but he didn't want to, so the Red Rebels were represented by Walsh in the European Professional Club League, and the position was vice-president.

"He's plotting to reopen the European Cup Winners' Cup!"

"Rerunning the European Cup Winners' Cup?" Xiao Yu was taken aback.

Isn't this tantamount to another major earthquake for the whole of European football?

UEFA decided to cancel the European Cup Winners' Cup that year, the main reason was the pressure from the big clubs, in order to improve the influence of the Champions Cup, they forced to relax the entry threshold of the Champions Cup, which made more strong teams aim at the Champions Cup, making the Cup Winners' Cup level of competition plummet.

On the one hand, in order to meet the interests of the giant clubs, on the other hand, in order to continue to control the Champions League and get the right to distribute the largest profit cake in European football, UEFA decided to carry out reforms, cancel the Cup Winners' Cup, and let the champions of the national cups enter the League Cup.

But in this way, the influence of the Champions League has increased, but the influence of the Winners' Cup has plummeted, completely reduced to chicken ribs, and finally it was simply canceled and the Champions Cup was focused on.

However, since the decision to reform the League Cup last year, this season's League Cup is very hot, and the round of 16 knockout matches are full of confrontations, although there is only Bayern, a traditional giant, but Everton, Arsenal, Manchester City, Villarreal, Atletico Madrid, Ajax, Sporting Lisbon, Fiorentina, Marseille, Eindhoven and other strong teams have poured into the round of 16.

People die for money, birds die for food, don't think that these powerhouses suddenly have a conscience and value the UEFA Cup, and don't think that the little bonus raised by UEFA motivates them, in fact, the reason why these teams value the League Cup is to participate in the Champions League next season.

The level of competition in the UEFA Cup has been improved, and the joining of these powerhouses has also increased the influence of the League Cup, especially the direct participation in the group stage of the Champions League next season, which has made these teams grab their heads one by one.

It can be said that although the reform has only been one season, everyone can see that the reform is in the right direction, the League Cup is moving towards recovery, and the benefits of the Champions Cup are being shared.

At this time, UEFA naturally set its sights on another cup competition, the European Cup Winners' Cup!

(To be continued)