It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 309: Drawing Lots & Golden Boy Award

A few days later, the draw ceremony for the Champions League round of 16 officially began.

The 16 clubs that have entered the group stage are Roma, AC Milan, Valencia, Inter Milan, Lyon, Arsenal, Marseille, Barcelona, ​​Copenhagen, Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern, Schalke 04, Tottenham and Shakhtar Donetsk.

Since Inter Milan, AC Milan and Roma all advanced as runners-up in their groups, Chelsea is very likely to meet them in the round of 1.

Last season, Chelsea was defeated by Inter Milan. If they meet the two Milan giants again this time, especially when the Premier League is about to enter the Christmas express, Chelsea will be under great pressure both in the league and the Champions League.

It may even lead to an eventual collapse.

Fortunately, the 1/8 finals still retain the principle that teams with the same football association and the same group cannot meet, so Chelsea will not draw Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham and Marseille.

The first team to be drawn was Roma, followed by AC Milan, Valencia, Inter Milan and Lyon.

Charles counted in front of the TV. Roma drew Shakhtar Donetsk, AC Milan drew Tottenham, Valencia drew Schalke 04, Inter Milan drew Bayern Munich, and Lyon faced Real Madrid again. So the only ones left for Chelsea were Barcelona and Copenhagen.

Not far away at Arsenal, Wenger was watching the live broadcast with his assistants.

Rice clasped his hands together nervously, muttering to himself, "Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Copenhagen..."

Soon, the guest reached into the lottery jar and took out a small ball.

I opened the lid and took out the note inside, and saw "Arsenal" written on it.

The assistant teacher's prayers became more and more frequent.

The draw continued, and under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Barcelona's ball was drawn.

Seeing this, Pat's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally died.

Similarly, Vilanova, who was far away in Spain, almost couldn't catch his breath.

Arsenal, are they going to repeat the course of last season?
But at least it wasn't against Chelsea. As the former coach of Chelsea's No. 7, he has not yet found a way to limit him.

Only Chelsea and Copenhagen are left, and the draw is to confirm the home and away order.

Copenhagen was drawn out before Chelsea, but as they played at home first and then away, there was no smile on their faces.

Their Champions League journey probably ends here.

A smile will not disappear, it will only shift. Look, Abu’s face is full of smiles.

This is the first time for Copenhagen to enter the Champions League knockout stage. Among the eight groups, Chelsea is definitely the one with the best draw.

In history, Chelsea and Copenhagen have only met twice, in the 2-1998 European Cup Winners' Cup, Chelsea tied with the opponent 99:1 in the first leg at home, and in the second leg, Chelsea won the opponent 1:1.

If we go back a little further, the last time Chelsea met a Danish team was in 1959, and the Blues won 7-2 in two rounds.
Compared to Chelsea's record against Danish teams, Copenhagen has faced English teams more times, a total of six times, but the results are not as good as Chelsea's 100% winning rate.

2006-07赛季的欧冠小组赛，哥本哈根客场0：3不敌曼联，但回到主场他们1：0小胜挽尊；

在2008-09赛季的欧联杯淘汰赛上，哥本哈根首回合坐镇主场2：2战平曼城，但次回合他们却在客场1：2不敌曼城从而被淘汰。

But no matter how ecstatic he was in his heart, Abu still maintained the necessary humility when facing reporters.

The Copenhagen coach who came to participate in the draw couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he heard Abramovich say, "Copenhagen is a very strong team, Chelsea must not take it lightly. I still remember that they defeated Panathinaikos of Greece both at home and away, and also defeated Rubin Kazan at home. Moreover, when facing the top team Barcelona, ​​they were able to tie them 1:1 at home."

Apart from Chelsea's jubilation and Valencia's excellent draw, the two La Liga giants did not have many smiles on their faces.

For Real Madrid, this draw is simply a cycle of history.

After sending Charles away, they have been competing back and forth with Barcelona in the league this season under the leadership of Mourinho, but in the Champions League, it is unknown whether Real Madrid can recover under the leadership of the new coach.

Last season, Real Madrid lost to Lyon and ultimately failed to reach the quarterfinals. In addition, Real Madrid did not win once in all the encounters.

At the Gerland Stadium, the Galacticos never even scored a goal.

Compared to Barcelona, ​​which Real Madrid has never encountered in the past few seasons, Lyon is the real victim of Real Madrid.

12 month 23 day.

The European Golden Boy Award ceremony.

Charles did not go to the scene because there was absolutely no need.

Hazard, who was sitting at the award ceremony, looked around but didn't see Charles, and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

His girlfriend stood behind him, looking at his phone, and couldn't help but feel curious.

"Eden, what are you looking at?"

Hazard handed over the phone. It was a news website, but his favorite part was the fantasy module, which was a novel in plain words.

"Char: Hazard's Final Template".

This is what he has been watching recently.

Ever since Golden Boy was nominated, he has been following this, and as he was following this he saw this.

Although the author's writing is unprofessional and contains many unrealistic things, he likes it very much.

Just like the title of the book says, the author boldly assumes that he will win this year's Golden Boy Award and then join Manchester City. Because Mancini's position as Manchester City's head coach is very unstable now, the author fantasizes that Guardiola will join Manchester City next season as head coach.

Later, Manchester City spent a high price to bring him from Ligue 1 to the Premier League, and finally, under Guardiola's training according to Charles' template, he slowly grew into the new Ballon d'Or story.

Well, the last sentence, becoming Mr. Golden Globe was his own imagination, which is not written in the book yet.

"It would be great if this were true," Hazard whispered to his girlfriend.

The girlfriend handed the phone back to Hazard and said, "Why not?"

"I'm not even sure I can win the Golden Boy award now," Hazard whispered.

"You can do it for sure."

"What if I can't?"

The girlfriend thought about it, and finally hugged Hazard, "Then let's go eat hamburgers after we finish. We can go to Inter Milan. The hamburgers there are the best."

Hazard hesitated for a while and finally nodded seriously.

If not, reward yourself.

The award ceremony begins soon.

"2010 European Golden Boy Award third place: De Gea!"

"2010 European Golden Boy Award runner-up: Hazard!" "2010 European Golden Boy Award first place: Balotelli!"

The girlfriend turned on her phone, "Eden, I bought the plane ticket."

Hazard also laughed. Although he felt a little disappointed, his mood instantly improved when he thought about going to Milan to eat hamburgers with his girlfriend.

Is there any problem that a burger can't solve?
If so, eat two.

Balotelli, dressed in black, stood up for the interview.

"In 2010, I hope to achieve at Manchester City what I failed to achieve at Inter Milan. I will win the league title..."

As more and more media reporters arrived, Balotelli became irritated and soon forgot everything his agent had told him.

"I told Ibrahimovic to keep calling me to Milan and that one day we would make our wish come true and I could play for the Rossoneri wearing the Milan shirt."

The media reporters who were interviewing were in an uproar, but more reporters were just excited.

"Mario, compared to the previous seven Golden Boy Award winners, do you think you are better than them?"

Balotelli shook his head impatiently. "There is only one person who is slightly better than me, that is Charles. The rest are behind me. I am very happy to get this award, but if not me, who else deserves it?"

"Two years ago, I was sixth, last year, I was fourth, and now it's my turn, isn't it normal? My goal is to win the Ballon d'Or without any restrictions in the future, and the Golden Boy Award is a good sign for me."

Five days later, the focus match of the 2010th round of the 11/19 Premier League was staged.

Arsenal face Chelsea at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal have only won 18 of their last 2 official matches against Chelsea.

Vermaelen will be out until the end of January next year due to an ankle injury. Koscielny and Djokovic will replace Vermaelen, with Van Persie going forward and Fabregas retreating to provide support.

As for Chelsea, Charles is not injured and has remained healthy, but Alex, Benayoun and Zhirkov are all out due to injuries;
At the same time, Anelka also needed to recuperate due to a knee injury. Lampard, who had been recovering from injury, returned to the game. Drogba, who had rested for a while, also recovered to full health.

阿森纳（4-2-3-1）：21-法比安斯基/3-萨尼亚、6-科斯切尔尼、20-朱鲁、22-克利希/19-威尔希尔、17-亚历山大·宋/8-纳斯里、4-法布雷加斯、14-沃尔科特/10-范佩西

切尔西（4-3-3）：1-切赫/19-费雷拉、2-伊万诺维奇、26-特里、3-阿什利·科尔/5-埃辛、12-米克尔、8-兰帕德/15-马卢达、11-德罗巴、7-夏尔
The Emirates Stadium was unusually lively today, and the atmosphere was close to frenzy.

Arsenal, taking advantage of their home advantage, played very actively.

However, Arsenal's initiative did not bring a good start, but instead they were hit hard by Chelsea in the fifth minute.

After Ivanovic intercepted the ball in the backcourt, he immediately launched a quick counterattack. Lampard dribbled through the midfield and attracted the defense before passing the ball.

Charr lifted the ball into the penalty area from the edge of the penalty area. Drogba and Koscielny rushed towards the ball at the same time. In the end, Drogba overpowered the Arsenal players and headed the ball into the goal.

Chelsea 1:0 Arsenal.

The enthusiasm on the scene did not die down.

The Gunners are still cheering.

Soon, Chelsea took control of the rhythm on the field.

In the 11th minute, Lampard made a straight pass from the midfield, Drogba got the ball and shot with his right foot in front of the penalty area, but the ball went wide of the far corner. Charles made a follow-up shot, but the shot was finally saved by goalkeeper Fabianski.

The Gunners can't seem to find the right form at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal didn't have many crosses, and none of them turned into shots.

In the 15th minute, Arsenal finally got into shape. Clichy tried a low shot, but it posed no threat to Cech.

Chelsea counterattacked again. Charles made a cross and Drogba headed the ball. This time, the ball was successfully cleared by Djokovic who was defending closely.

After that, neither side found a chance to score.

In the 33rd minute, Drogba received the pass and broke into the penalty area and shot hard. The ball finally hit the post and bounced out. Mikel grabbed the ball and passed it accurately to Charles without taking any more steps.

After receiving the ball, Charles did not choose to pass it, but dribbled inside, created an angle and shot with his left foot. This time, the ball once again passed Fabianski's gloves.

Chelsea 2:0 Arsenal.

It seemed that the outcome of the game was already foreseeable.

But Wenger was still standing on the sidelines, and the Gunners on the field had no reason to give up.

Ten minutes later, Alexander Song and Wilshere cooperated. Wilshere made a straight pass, Fabregas poked the ball lightly before falling to the ground in the penalty area, and Alexander Song, who was not far on the left, shot with his left foot, and the ball finally rolled in from the far post.

Arsenal finally scored a goal.

Chelsea 2:1 Arsenal.

In the 51st minute, Van Persie got the ball in the middle, Essien returned to defense and poked the ball to Walcott, who passed it directly to the attacking Cech. Fabregas made a generous cross pass to the empty goal near the penalty spot. This was also the first time that Fabregas scored against Chelsea in the Premier League.

Arsenal equalized the score!

Seven minutes later, Chelsea responded when Mikel's pass was blocked and eventually passed to Lampard.

Lampard immediately made another through ball, Charles took the ball and accelerated to get rid of the defender, and finally cut inside to the top of the penalty area and shot.

Zhu Lu sacrificed himself to intercept the ball, and the ball hit Zhu Lu's back during flight, and finally changed direction and passed Fabianski and successfully entered the net.

Chelsea 3:2 Arsenal.

In this game, Arsenal chased Chelsea relentlessly, but in the end neither of them was faster than the other.

In the 65th minute, Walcott intercepted the ball from Malouda in the midfield and quickly passed it to Fabregas.

In a flash, Fabregas passed the ball directly to Walcott.

After receiving the ball, Walcott scored with a low right-foot shot from the edge of the right penalty area into the far corner.

Arsenal successfully equalized the score.

Ancelotti immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately took Malouda off the field.

But Arsenal, who equalized the score, was far from being the same as before, and Chelsea was never able to change the score.

In the final stage, Chelsea launched a series of attacks, one of which sent the ball into the Arsenal goal, but the goal was ruled out because Kakuta, who replaced Malouda, was offside.

After the extra time, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

At the Emirates Stadium, the two sides shook hands and made peace.

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