Speaking of the Champions League groupings, this year's quarter-final draw is simply a shame.
UEFA has also been ridiculed by many people for indeed manipulating this link.
Today, almost none of the so-called drawings, evaluations, voting, and draws conducted by major institutions are absolutely clean.
Maybe not all are operated, but key positions, awards, and duels must be operated.
It's just that, like UEFA, there are really only a few people who are exposed in public.
Therefore, the leadership of UEFA this time is really amateur.
This year’s Champions League quarterfinals include Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Sanremo.
Who do you think the first group was drawn to face off against?
Real Madrid VS Sanremo!
Never despair?
There is no doubt that this year's Lafayette spent a lot of money to win the big gift package of Sanremo.
Real Madrid's will to win the Champions League this year is extremely determined.
And they are also a globally recognized super team this year.
Although in the last round of the Champions League, their main center forward Lema once again withdrew from the game due to the recurrence of an old injury, and their French midfielder Claude Joseph also left the field due to injury during a fierce battle with Perrotta, and I am afraid it will be difficult to return to the greenery in a short time.
But Sanremo is still an extremely soft persimmon for Real Madrid.
And... in the league, Real Madrid, which is missing two generals, still has not stopped their sweep of La Liga.
After Lima was injured, the Real Madrid coach directly moved Iseret to the center position, with Real Madrid Prince Enriquez on the left and Portuguese King Madeira on the right.
Zizzo appeared in his most familiar midfielder position and did not need to give up his position to Izelet.
4213!
Who would have known that this formation would perfectly solve the adaptation problem between Zizo and Izelet.
Real Madrid's offensive power has not declined at all.
So, this is pretty much still a “full horse”!
Real Madrid VS Sanremo not only defeated Real Madrid, but also had a strong gimmick.
That’s the battle between old and new Izelite!
Lu Yang, after Izelet left La Liga, was praised by the current Serie A as a super star who is not inferior to Izelet!
Because Lu Yang was still an attacking midfielder last season, playing the same position as Izelette, so although the two have completely different styles, some fans commented on them together at the time.
There was a feeling that people compared Lu Yang and Carlisle, who were still in Serie D and Serie C, together. It was an act of providing information to Lu Yang, and Carlisle and Izelette did not resist Lu Yang's behavior of "taking advantage of the popularity". .
Because they have a good relationship with Lu Yang in private.
This year, after Lu Yang entered Serie A, he directly tied the Serie A single-season scoring record.
Although I don't know if he can continue, judging from his performance this season, he is already comparable to Izlet and Gutierrez in Serie A.
UEFA arranges battles, but in fact the quarterfinals are often the most exciting.
Because the top eight have many choices, enough stories can be combined.
As for the semi-finals... to put it bluntly, many teams simply can't make it to the semi-finals. It's too random. Even among the previous super teams, there were many top eight teams that failed to reach the semi-finals.
So it is usually arranged in the top eight.
In addition, the Champions League schedule is already very exciting when it reaches the semi-finals, and there is no need to arrange more stories.
This is what everyone says, as long as you are strong enough and can withstand various behind-the-scenes operations at the beginning, you will finally get a chance for a fair duel.
There is no absolute fairness in this world, and fairness must be achieved through one's own strength.
But why did Sanremo previously say that Sanremo’s Champions League quarterfinal opponent is Paris Saint-Germain?
This has something to do with the next draw.
Next...the second group, Bayern Munich VS...Sanremo!
The scene was in an uproar!
Fans who watched the live draw were dumbfounded.
In Sanremo, this is...a woman marrying two husbands?
Is it so popular?
As soon as the lottery came out, Lafayette couldn't hold himself any longer.
RNM!
Get your money back!
Later, someone in charge came forward and simply explained that it was a system failure.
But obviously, this does not convince the public.
Fermentation will definitely continue after this point.
But the most urgent task is to draw lots again.
After all, hundreds of millions of eyes around the world are watching!
So in the re-drawn quarterfinals matchup, Real Madrid drew a team in the same league as themselves, Barcelona.
Spanish El Clasico!
Lots of fun to watch!
Real Madrid chairman Lafayette is beaming with joy in the camera.
Is there any difference between Sanremo and Barcelona for Real Madrid now?
Obviously not!
They have beaten Barcelona three times this season!
Coupled with the Champions League, they may beat Barcelona five times in one season!
It’s exciting just thinking about it!
And Barcelona chairman Daxiong was confused.
Damn it...it doesn't matter whether they lose or not, but the key is that Barcelona can't lose to Real Madrid again.
Being killed four or five times by Real Madrid in a single season would be a historic shame and very unfriendly to the Big Bear's re-election.
Barcelona, which originally focused on solving the team's internal problems, was suddenly forced into a desperate situation by foreign wars.
They must win this round of the Champions League!
Next, Bayern Munich, which had just been drawn to Sanremo, was drawn this time... Manchester United!
Bayern feels miserable.
Although they have some advantages against Manchester United in terms of strength and historical record.
But compared to Sanremo, Manchester United undoubtedly has a lot to chew on.
Manchester United is very strong.
And... Premier League style, you know.
Bayern is not afraid of anything except that some players will get injured.
Juventus, the Serie A hegemon, drew Chelsea, the current leader of the Premier League standings.
This is a close matchup.
Although Juventus is slightly behind in the league this season, it is now chasing points like crazy.
Ancarelli has fully recovered and Kolber has fully integrated into the team. Their overall strength is very strong and they have recently won eight consecutive league victories!
Chelsea is not willing to give in too much. The Golden Dollar team consists of Serie A nuclear warhead Gutierrez, Blues magic lamp Derek Clapp, Premier League's number one villain Tesri, Argentine genius Ferreira and other players. Their worth and salary are strong. It's more than one step ahead of Juventus.
But in terms of lineup comparison, they are second only to Real Madrid.
However, both Juventus and Chelsea actually have other pressures outside of the Champions League.
As for Juventus, they are not number one in the league after all.
Fiorentina has also taken some medicine this season, and is one step ahead of Juventus, who were a little stretched at the beginning.
Although Chelsea is number one in the Premier League, you may not believe it, but they are now facing the challenge of Arsenal!
You heard it right, it’s the Arsenal that was eliminated by Sanremo, didn’t even make it out of the Champions League group stage, and didn’t even get a chance to win the Europa League!
After Arsenal were eliminated from the Champions League, they learned from the painful experience and introduced the seemingly insignificant Real Madrid bench player Collert to the Champions League.
As a result, Arsenal dominated the second half of the season.
After the introduction of Collett, he swept into the Premier League and won 14 consecutive league victories! Directly catching up to second place in the Premier League standings! Launched a fierce impact on Chelsea at the top of the list!
For a time, Arsenal was quite invincible!
Mr. Winter was also very proud and was worshiped by Arsenal fans.
A group of Premier League commentators who had previously thought that Winter was old and should retire from the stage of history are now starting to make up for their previous words and have high praise for Mr. Winter.
It seems that Winter was able to lead Arsenal to fourteen consecutive victories because of their encouragement.
Arsenal performed well, and the top management told Real Madrid at that time: Collette is good, we want to buy him out, and we can pay any amount.
Real Madrid smiled: Do you think I look like someone who is short of money?
Arsenal had no choice but to kneel down: My emperor, sell it to us, and we will give you the captain!
Real Madrid shook their heads: I am not Barcelona. I don’t want your captain. I want your world’s number one left back Ashley Gordon and your newly introduced center French alien Nerka.
Arsenal cried: Mr. Winter said your center forward and left back are not worse than ours, why are they still more important?
Real Madrid: You won’t lose money if you stock up on good stuff, and it doesn’t matter if you lose money.
The conversation ultimately came to nothing.
Arsenal's top brass knew they had missed their best chance to buy Collett.
Collett, who has now activated the entire Arsenal, may even have been put into the lineup for next season by the Real Madrid coach.
well!
If I had known, I would have listened to Mr. Winter and bought Collet directly from Dongzhuang.
Rent yarn, rent it!
Now it is equivalent to helping others train soldiers.
I still have to practice.
And this training seems to have directly produced a top star!
What a big loss!
Wrong!
Back to the Champions League draw, so in the end only PSG and Sanremo were left.
Paris almost went crazy with joy.
As a wealthy team, they are not favored by UEFA.
It's another Ligue 1 team, and the treatment is even worse than that of the Bundesliga.
Unexpectedly, because the "conspiracy was exposed", UEFA's favorite quarter-final matchup was left to nature.
And God gave this candy to Paris.
Sanremo, the only weakling among the quarterfinals, was defeated by Paris Saint-Germain.
As the saying goes, when two armies are at war, public opinion comes first.
Although Paris Saint-Germain are not afraid of Sanremo at all, they still have to do a good job.
Therefore, the Paris media exposed the capital turnover difficulties of Sanremo owner Russell Group.
And the Russell Group does have problems.
So everyone started talking about it.
Such a voice will naturally affect the players' mentality.
The company is going to collapse, how can you still be as stable as a mountain?
How heartless is that?
However, the Russell Group moved quickly. After a short period of silence, they released some information, including a large loan from a trust institution.
If you don't check, you won't know. If you check, you will be shocked.
The person behind this trust turned out to be...Sofia!
"Turin Sports News": "That woman took action! Sofia angrily invested 100 million euros in a huge bet on the Russell Group!"
"Republic": "Crazy! Sophia is afraid that she will lose all her money! Once the Russell Group goes bankrupt, it will be difficult to recover the money!"
"Gazzetta dello Sport": "Sofia's net worth is huge! He is already rich, and his estimated income in the past three years is as high as 500 million euros! He has surpassed European and American stars and soared to the top of the list!"
"Bild": "Sofia has no real estate experience, so it is really irrational to invest like this!"
"The Times": "European Kiss came to rescue the market. Why is Russell Group so favored by her!"
"London Daily News": "Movie sharing is the bulk of Sophia's income. This investment may be related to Lu Yang!"
"Los Angeles Evening News": "Movie actor and film director? No! Sophia's true identity is an investor!"
"Hollywood Highlights": "Sophia didn't come to Hollywood to pursue success when she joined the group with capital. She came to conquer Hollywood with capital, scripts and her own acting skills!"
"Kicker": "A bold guess! Is Sofia's investment related to Sanremo Football Club?"
The media went crazy.
If it is a consortium, some large venture capital institutions or trust institutions, this investment is not too exaggerated.
But the problem is that it was confirmed that this organization was most likely created by Sophia herself.
This is fundamentally different from an organization united by dozens of super families.
Although the magnitude is small, its degree of freedom is very large.
Of course, it is very difficult for such an institution to survive in the long term. Unless it can repeatedly complete financial miracles, once it is targeted, it will soon be absorbed, merged and swallowed up by those large institutions.
Because of this, everyone was very surprised by Sophia's actions.
From the perspective of workers, Sofia is almost the ceiling.
But from a capitalist's perspective, Sofia is just getting started on an international scale.
At the beginning, he made a big bet on a real estate company and project that he didn't understand and whose future was unclear.
Sophia...isn't she afraid of being in debt?
Many media interpreted it from a professional perspective and did not quite understand the true purpose of Sophia's move.
There are always things that cannot be explained.
Until the Cosmic Truth Sun spoke out.
"The Sun": "Do you think it was Sophia who saved Russell? Why didn't you think that the money came from Lu Yang?"
In this regard, "The Sun" also rarely published three headlines in a row to explain its views.
"The Sun": "Be bold, this money was invested by Sofia to the Russell Group for Lu Yang! There is only one purpose, let Sanremo finish this season well, and leave a legacy for Lu Yang's Sanremo career A perfect ending, rather than collapse and disintegration!”
"The Sun": "Be bolder! This is Lu Yang's secret investment into his old club in order to make himself comfortable playing football! It seems silly, but rich people are so willful."
"The Sun": "Perhaps, Sanremo will belong to Lu Yang soon? This may be because he is circumventing the current Football Association regulations, but not necessarily!"
The Sun is going crazy!
After seeing the headline in The Sun, everyone cried with laughter.
Sure enough, the media that engages in gossip can no longer talk about serious matters.
Do you know what this investment is?
Return what Lu Yang gave you!
Lu Yang has so much money?
Even if there is, he will invest all his money in Russell Group?
How stupid that is!
Also, with so much money, could Lu Yang trust Sophia to take care of it?
In other words, would Sophia be willing to invest so much money for Lu Yang?
Stupid media!
The Sun was criticized miserably by colleagues.
…
Sanremo.
"Dad, oh no, Brother Lu, is the money Sophia invested really yours?" Molic asked while playing football training with Lu Yang.
Lu Yang smiled mysteriously, said nothing, and did not shake his head or nod.
It's not that I don't believe Molic, but it's really impossible to say this.
Once the Football Association finds out, he will be in big trouble.
Active football players cannot directly participate in the ownership of any football club.
This is also to avoid match-fixing.
But Lu Yang and Moliqi had a tacit understanding. Moliqi understood it with just one look from Lu Yang.
"Oh my god, how is this possible!" Moliqi emoted!
It’s true that we are all good brothers.
Then you can live a better life than me, but... you can't live that much better than me, right?
"Your annual salary is only 3 million. Although you also have a lot of bonuses, you didn't have much in the first two years... Your playing salary and various bonuses over the years, the total should not exceed 10 million euros!" Morrie! Qi started to help Lu Yang calculate.
In fact, this number is very scary.
The careers of professional players start at the age of eighteen, and most of them can play until they are thirty-two or thirty-three years old.
On average, about twelve years.
If you have an annual salary of one million, your total career salary may be around 15 million euros.
But previous players' annual salaries were not so high.
Before the Jinyuan era, an annual salary of one million was already the salary of stars, and other players were even lower.
It can be said that Lu Yang's salary for playing football in the past three years is already the total earned by many good stars in their entire careers.
This is a pretty high income in football.
Except for people like Izelet, Gutierrez, Lima, Moreira, and Zizzo, there are not many people who can beat Lu Yang in terms of real salary income.
"You made some money... from making movies, right?" Morich asked, "How much is it?"
He doesn't know much about box office splits.
Lu Yang frowned and calculated: "Maybe... about... 50 to 60 million euros?"
Morich was killed on the spot.
What the media says is true!
Lu Yang earns more money from making movies than from playing football.
The key is that the investment between the two is completely incomparable.
Lu Yang plays football all year round, and for movies...he just writes a script and invests some money.
"The main thing is that Sophia gave me the opportunity. She was willing to give me some investment shares." Lu Yang explained, "So the money seems to be earned by me, but I think it doesn't matter if it belongs to Sophia."
"None of us are people who care about money."
"Sofia also feels that I have a lot to contribute to the achievements of her movies, so she thinks these are what I deserve."
"It sounds a bit complicated, but it's actually very simple."
Moliqi nodded: "I know, it means you don't think of this money as anything, right? As expected, rich people don't respect money. Rich families are full of wine and meat, and their bones are frozen to death on the road!"
Lu Yang added: "In addition, the Russell Group actually had some cooperation with me before. I can't tell you the details, but I have a certain small share in the few stadiums they built."
Moliqi's eyes widened: "You don't have to emphasize that small word, damn...you have the money to participate in such a large-scale project? Where did it come from?"
It stands to reason that Lu Yang is done with all his money.
Even if there are endorsements, the total cost is probably around 15 million euros.
Lu Yang shook his head: "Not all investments require money. That business is mainly achieved through a series of operations and smart games. The money is just a little bit interesting. You can understand it as...technical investment."
Moric dies again!
Don’t invest money?
This is tantamount to saying... pie in the sky?
this……
"Well, the process is actually very difficult and the risks are also very high. The fact that the Republic Newspaper is still chasing me now has something to do with these investments." Lu Yang did not say it clearly.
In fact, he has many sources of income that ordinary people cannot find.
For example, the security company that provides VAR systems and their maintenance is a joint venture between Lu Yang and the Tang family.
With the application of VAR in many leagues around the world, this income is quite objective. The key is that it does not require any expenditure and it is a technology realization.
There are also many football projects in mainland China and Italian football. Lu Yang will not be able to collect anything from them, but these are normal business cooperation and will naturally generate some profits.
In fact, Lu Yang already got very little.
Domestic cooperation with the Premier League, La Liga or certain clubs will cost three to four times or even ten times more.
This can be proven.
Regarding Lu Yang's hidden income, Moric has already guessed part of it, which may be related to Maltifni's re-election.
Lu Yang has even been an in-depth participant in a series of reforms in Serie A, changes in the national team, etc.
Plop!
Moric knelt down on the spot.
"Momo, get up, don't do this just because I have money. I won't give you a dime if you do this, so why bother!" Lu Yang suppressed a smile.
Moric said seriously: "Brother Lu, teach me! I will definitely exert my football influence in Croatia in the future. I also hope that I can be like you and do it without making dirty money." accumulation."
"When I have enough financial resources and influence one day, I may be able to make an outstanding contribution to Croatia's long-term stability and prosperity."
Momo still cares about her hometown.
And because of issues such as his voice in the European Cup, his popularity in Croatia has indeed soared, and he has caught up with Manjujovic, who has won the Croatian Footballer of the Year for several years in a row.
After all, even though Manjujovic was the main center in a wealthy club during his peak period, he was full of honors.
But in terms of presence, Moric is now no less than Manju Jovic at his peak.
And Moliqi is only twenty years old.
As long as he doesn't have any problems, he will definitely become a Croatian "football player" in the future!
Look at the three-step stadium incubation plan Lu Yang is currently doing in China. How grand it is.
Once successful, Lu Yang will also become a football player in China!
Although they are both foot players, their positions are quite different.
Mo Mo is not greedy, not to mention catching up with Brother Lu, but at least he has to be worthy of himself and make a career in his hometown.
Lu Yang understood.
Momo is quite capable, what you need is to teach him to fish, not to teach him to fish.
This is very different from the group of street brothers around NBA stars.
God helps those who help themselves!
Lu Yang nodded: "That's definitely no problem. Speaking of which, a leader of a small country's football association like Jefflin can become the president of UEFA. If Croatia works hard, maybe one day in the future, it will be possible."
"Now that the major European countries are restricting each other, it is not easy for them to have opportunities. I guess... after Jefflin, Maltifni sold Serie A, and may have a chance to make a debut. Next, it should be several UEFA competitions from small countries. Connected."
"Huh?" Morich was stunned.
Maltifni?
Isn’t he the president of the Italian Football Federation?
Why is it related to UEFA again?
Never heard of this.
Lu Yang, who realized that he had made a mistake, whispered: "Low-key, this matter must not be spread. Maltifni... has a chance!"
Momo sweated furiously.
No wonder Brother Lu makes so much money.
When he was still playing football, was Brother Lu already involved in this kind of thing?
this……
