One day after Ronaldo won his third Golden Globe Award in his life, UEFA held a draw for the Champions League knockout ceremony at his headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Although it has attracted much attention, the ceremony is actually very simple, and it takes less than half an hour from beginning to end. Most club head coaches and player representatives will not attend, and will only send one or two staff members in charge to make up the numbers.

The lottery ceremony was held at 19:00 in China and at noon in the UK.

The Liverpool players who had just finished their morning training were watching the live broadcast while changing clothes and eating fruits in the locker room.

Long Shute also asked Gerald casually:

"Steven, which opponent do you want to meet?"

Gerald's face was filled with a relaxed smile:

"The stronger the better, isn't it?"

Long Shute laughed:

"Real Madrid, Bayern, Paris Saint-Germain, you choose one?"

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Hearing this laughter, Rogers suddenly felt his heart almost jump out of his mouth...

Although he followed Boss Long for a year and a half, the essence of the little coward was exposed when an emergency occurred.

On the contrary, Liverpool players were not afraid after hearing the conversation between Long Shute and Gerald, but were ready to go.

"I'm looking forward to competing for the header with Ramos!"

This is the Red Army Air Dominant Benteke.

"I'm looking forward to ravaging Benzema!"

This is French defender Sarco.

"I want to teach Neymar to be a human being!"

This active and cheerful guy must have gradually emerged from the shadow of cuckold...

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"After the six-round group matches, there are only 16 teams left in the Champions League. According to the group points, they are divided into two levels..."

After the former Secretary-General Infantino was promoted, no newcomer was replaced at the moment, so his previous partner continued to be in charge of the draw of lottery by Marchetti, the head of the Athletics Department of UEFA.

With his introduction, the teams and rankings that stood out from the group stage were displayed on the big screen in turn:

Group A: Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain.

Group B: Naples, Leicester City.

Group C: Barcelona, ​​Tottenham Hotspur.

Group D: Atletico Madrid, Bayern Munich.

Group E: Monaco, Leverkusen.

Group F: Dortmund, Real Madrid.

Group G: Liverpool, Porto.

Group H: Juventus, Sevilla.

Traditional giants like Paris, Bayern, and Real Madrid unexpectedly ranked second, which also left a foreshadowing for the possible strong confrontation.

Just as Long Shute and Gerrard said, Liverpool is in a hot state now, and they are not afraid of any opponents, and they are even looking forward to meeting top teams like Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, and Juventus earlier to win the championship with the most convincing results.

But the draw result disappointed them a little:

Long Shute's old club is also the only opponent he doesn't want to meet - Bayern Munich was drawn by Arsenal, Ancelotti must have been very happy, and Wenger can concentrate on preparing to maintain the fourth place in the league.

Paris Saint-Germain was drawn by Barcelona, ​​and Neymar will rebel against his former teammates, which is a big highlight.

Real Madrid did not meet Liverpool either, and the defending champion drew Naples, and Real Madrid's general manager Jose Sanchez didn't seem to worry at all.

Dortmund encountered Tottenham, and it was another passionate collision between two rounds.

Atletico Madrid and Leverkusen met on a narrow road, and Atletico Madrid, which has been in excellent form in recent years, has almost secured a spot in the quarterfinals.

Monaco met Leicester City, which was the weakest group, and met the weakest group, and the second, and was recognized as a rafty chicken pecking at each other...

Group G and Group H are freely matched:

Juventus vs Porto, and Liverpool's opponent...is Sevilla!

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"Trump UEFA!"

"I want to play Real Madrid!"

"I want to beat Bayern!"

"I want to teach Neymar a lesson!"

"I want to compete with the Plum King!"

When he saw the final draw result, a strong resentment suddenly erupted in Liverpool's locker room.

But Rogers patted his chest happily:

"Sevilla is also a strong enemy. After all, we have put a lot of effort into killing them in the Europa League. This time we must kill them and convince them!"

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On December 19, the 16th round of the Premier League.

There was nothing special about this round. Longshute made 5 goals and 1 pass, and Liverpool swept Middlesbrough 8-0 away.

After the game, all members of the Liverpool Club were invited to attend the team's Christmas party.

Compared to a year ago, the Christmas season in 2016 was larger and the content of the event was richer. The club even invited 100 loyal fans from all over the world to participate in the grand event.

Liverpool even sold the exclusive copyright of the banquet to a video website. With some sponsorship, he earned hundreds of thousands of pounds in small amounts, and easily regained the cost of the banquet...

"Dragon," Gerald raised the goblet in his hand, "Thank you for everything you have done for this club."

Long Shute smiled and raised his glass, touching the old captain gently:

"Thank you too for finally accepting my invitation, Steven."

Reflecting the wine in the glass, Gerald's eyes seemed to be rippling:

"I should thank you..."

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"UNBELIEVABLE! SIX-NIL! Unbelievable! 6-0! Liverpool won Everton six goals cleanly on the away game! The Merseyside derby, known as the most intense Merseyside County derby in England, came to an end with the overwhelming victory of the Red Army!"

"Long Shute once again became the hero of the Reds! Four goals and one pass! If Salah and Mane hadn't had the shooting skills of too bad, the Toffees might have even lost ten goals!"

"UNSTOPPABLE! It's hard to stop! Liverpool, who returned to home, performed a massacre to their fans at Anfield! 7-1! Stoke City should be happy because they can score a goal in a devil hell like Anfield!"

"On the first night after Christmas, Long Shute seemed to have weak legs. Maybe his little Emma witch made him unable to do it? 90 minutes later, the omnipotent Long Shute only handed in three goals and two assists. For those harsh critics, such data will only reduce Long Shute's average goal efficiency of 5.34 goals per game..."

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In the two rounds of the league around Christmas, Liverpool, which took a large-scale rotation, still won easily without a doubt. Neither Everton nor Stoke City could stop them from moving forward.

But perhaps as Gary Leinkell said, Emma Watson, who returned to the UK for vacation, seems to have really affected Long Shute's goal efficiency. Anyway... his average goal count has dropped from 5.34 to 5.27. If the national team's data is included, it has dropped from 5.18 to 5.06, and it is about to fall below 5 goals per game!

This is simply too dangerous!

Long Shute swore that he must defend his average of 5 goals per game, so he cheered up and prepared to welcome the next opponent.

On December 31, the last day of 2016, Anfield Stadium is about to usher in the 19th league opponent.

Currently ranked third in the league, with the world's number one coach, Josep Guardiola's Blue Moon, Manchester City.
Chapter completed!