Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

After such an outstanding performance in the first game, the outside world's doubts about Manchester City have temporarily subsided. Of course, there are still different voices. The most angry one is, of course, Mr. David Jones, a reporter from the Guardian. He had already written an article to mock Manchester City before the game, but it was completely useless at this time. In desperation, he could only find another way: "Oh, it seems that Manchester City's management is smart, and they are right to change coaches at this time. It's a pity that West Brom has become a victim of their cleverness." But Yang Luo didn't have time to care about what he said, because at this time he was on a plane to Switzerland, preparing to participate in the draw ceremony of the Champions League round of 16. Originally, such occasions would usually invite the team's executives to attend, but Yang Luo couldn't resist his surging curiosity, so he followed Bernstein.

In his previous life, he felt that there was something fishy when he watched these draw ceremonies, and this time, he wanted to experience it in person to see if it was as fake as the legend said.

When they arrived at the draw ceremony, they found that there were really many big names here.

The person from Real Madrid was Florentino, the future most successful chairman of Real Madrid, who was facing great pressure at the moment because of the average performance of the Galaxy Battleship in the first period.

Of course, he was still very calm on the surface, chatting with a gray-haired old man.

Yang Luo looked closely and found that this person was the football emperor Beckenbauer!

Obviously, he came to participate in the draw ceremony on behalf of Bayern.

Yang Luo also stepped forward and greeted Florentino.

When he bought Makelele, he had dealt with the old man, and it was a very pleasant transaction.

And the old man also smiled and patted his shoulder: "Mr. Yang, you have run Manchester City very well recently! I want to learn from you!"

Yang Luo waved his hand quickly: "I dare not."

Florentino laughed and introduced Beckenbauer next to him: "Mr. Beckenbauer, this is the owner of Manchester City, Yang Luo."

Beckenbauer also smiled slightly: "This young man is now a big shot in European football. How could I not know him? Hello, Mr. Yang, I am Beckenbauer."

Yang Luo quickly responded: "Mr. Beckenbauer, your reputation is well-known. Hello, I am Yang Luo. "

Beckenbauer was very friendly: "Mr. Yang, we should get together more in the future."

Yang Luo smiled and said: "Of course, we also want to learn more from big clubs like you and strive to build a big club!"

Beckenbauer and Florentino looked at each other and laughed: "Young people are really ambitious, come on!"

After a few words, a bald man came over: "Mr. Florentino, Mr. Beckenbauer, hello!"

Yang Luo was happy when he saw the person coming. Isn't this AC Milan's CEO Galliani?

He subconsciously looked behind him, but didn't see his bicycle.

As time went by, Yang Luo also saw many big guys.

For example, Inter Milan's chairman Facchetti and Barcelona's chairman Laporta, they all came to the scene.

Yang Luo's previous transaction with Laporta was not very pleasant. Yang Luo wanted to ignore him, but Laporta smiled and greeted him as if nothing had happened.

I have to say that Laporta is quite thick-skinned.

Many bigwigs chatted in groups of two or three.

They are very familiar with each other. Although there are conflicts between the clubs, they are almost all on good terms.

Not to mention old iron teams like Inter Milan and Bayern, they are even more familiar with each other.

Facchetti and Beckenbauer chatted together, while Manchester United CEO David Gill talked to Florentino.

Bernstein has a wide network of contacts in Europe, and he was also pulled away to chat with his old friends.

At this time, Yang Luo's eyes fell on a person in the distance.

This man is about fifty years old, of medium build and round face. He is the future UEFA President Platini.

At this time, he is a member of the UEFA Executive Committee.

When he saw him, Yang Luo couldn't help but frown.

Although this man's football level is beyond doubt, he didn't do many good things as the UEFA President.

Not to mention his corruption and scandals, the Financial Fair Play policy is also a mess.

This so-called financial

Fair policy, in addition to regulating the poor like Milan and the two bears, the local tyrants such as Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City never care about this, which has instead caused the widening of the gap between the rich and the poor between the teams.

Wait, am I not the boss of the local tyrant team now?

But even so, Yang Luo couldn't help but feel disgusted with him from the bottom of his heart.

If there is a chance, he must not be able to become the president of UEFA!

It seems that Beckenbauer has thought about running for the president of UEFA?

I have to get closer to him in the future and see if I can help Beckenbauer get promoted.

When his thoughts were flying in his mind, the host's voice brought him back to reality.

"Gentlemen, our draw ceremony will start in five minutes. Please take your seats according to your seats. Thank you for your cooperation!"

The draw ceremony is about to begin.

Yang Luo and Bernstein hurriedly sat in the designated seats, ready to wait for the draw results.

Since Manchester City qualified as the first in the group, their opponents will only be drawn from the eight second in the group.

The second-placed teams in the eight groups this time are Monaco, Real Madrid, Bayern, Manchester United, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, ​​Werder Bremen and Porto.

Except for Monaco and Manchester United, who are unlikely to be drawn due to the principle of avoiding the same group and the same country, the remaining six teams are likely to become Manchester City's opponents.

According to Yang Luo and Bernstein's ideas, they naturally hope to draw one of PSV Eindhoven, Bremen and Porto.

Barcelona is also OK.

At this time, Barcelona without Ronaldinho should not be so difficult to play.

Anyway, as long as it is not Bayern and Real Madrid.

But obviously, his wish was soon unfulfilled.

When the guest of the lottery took out the note with the words Real Madrid, Yang Luo felt that the corners of his mouth twitched.

What you want is not what you want, this luck is also amazing.

Of course, it is not ruled out that UEFA is deliberately making trouble there.

Because another rich team, Chelsea, also drew Barcelona...

The broadcast screen cut to Yang Luo and Bernstein's faces, and both of them could only smile bitterly at this time.

Yang Luo came back to his senses and looked at Florentino not far away, only to see that he also turned around and smiled bitterly at Yang Luo.

It seems that he doesn't want to face Manchester City.

But all this has become a foregone conclusion and cannot be changed!