Chapter 376 New season: Portugal and Argentina compete for talent, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi invit

Chapter 376 New season: Portugal and Argentina compete for talent, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi invite Martin

"aoaooaoooooo——"

The Philip II Stadium has completely become a sea of joy for Arsenal fans, and every Arsenal fan is jumping for joy and dancing.

The heavy-faced Manchester United fans naturally became the best background. They looked at the passionate Arsenal fans and felt very envious.

How long will it take to be as happy as our ancestors?

they do not know……

It was as if Ferguson's success had drained all of Manchester United's championship potential.

Fortunately, we also won the Europa League this year.

The look in Mourinho's eyes also became enthusiastic.

You can win the Europa League championship in your first season as coach, but what about the legendary second year of Mu?

Will he beat Arsenal to win the Premier League title again?

It is undeniable that Arsenal is extremely dominant, but the season is a long season. They have introduced many players in the new season. Running-in is a problem. Maybe... they can try a wave.

As a result, many Manchester United fans are looking forward to the new 2017-2018 season.

UEFA staff are very efficient. Arsenal players have just interacted with fans for less than ten minutes, and they have set up a simple award podium in the middle of the stadium facing the main stand.

The most enthusiastic moment in the entire stadium was when the captain presented the trophy.

Captain Martin received the UEFA Super Cup trophy from UEFA President Ceferin. Arsenal fans at Philip II Stadium were already impatient, even though they had won this trophy at this time last year.

"aoaoaoaoooooo——"

When Martin came to the C position in the trophy display area and held up the trophy, overwhelming cheers swept the audience instantly.

Time often passes quickly when interacting with their own fans. Half an hour later, the entire Arsenal team bid farewell to the fans who were still lingering and returned to the dressing room.

Since the new season was about to arrive, the team returned to their hotel and did not continue to celebrate.

After all, this trophy is not difficult to win.

[Arsenal defends its six-time crown! 】

[Attack to defend the seven-time crown? 】

[Who can compete with the invincible Arsenal? 】

[The Gunners Dynasty was created by Martin! 】

Such hot topics on major social media platforms were instantly dominated by the just-concluded UEFA Super Cup.

The star player Martin has undoubtedly become the best business card.

European mainstream media, led by the British, reported vigorously, and Martin's popularity grew again around the world.

It is worth mentioning that his number of fans on major social media platforms has officially surpassed Ronaldo, becoming No. 1 in the sports world.

The next day, the entire Arsenal team took a flight back to London.

After a half-day rest, I resumed training on the morning of the 11th to prepare for the first round of the 2017-2018 Premier League against Leicester City at the Emirates Stadium at home.

At 10 p.m. that day, FIFA announced on its official website that this year’s FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony will be moved forward to October 23 at the Paladin Theater in London.

In addition, it was also announced that the shortlist of major awards will be announced on the 17th of this month. Fan votes, which account for 25% of the voting share, will start on August 8st and end on September 21th. The winners of various awards will then be announced in late September. Final candidate.

Compared with previous years' eight major awards including World Footballer, Miss World Football, Best Men's Football Coach of the Year, Best Women's Football Coach of the Year, Puskas Award, Fair Play Award, Best Fans Organization Award, and Best Team of the Year, this year The best goalkeeper of the year will be added.

The official website also mentioned that the new World Footballer, World Miss Football and Best Men's and Women's Football Coach of the Year trophies will be made of platinum and designed exclusively by Croatian artist Anna Cadik.

Sports media and fans around the world know who performed well throughout 2017, and the final selection will naturally not be an upset. After all, this is a non-contest year.

Who performs better at the club level is known to the media and fans who pay attention.

In the eyes of many media and fans, there will be no surprises in the World Footballer of the Year and the Best Men's Football Coach of the Year.

None other than Martin and Wenger.

Throughout the first half of 2017, no men's football player or men's football coach could beat the two.

Even though Arsenal's performance has plummeted before the start of FIFA's annual awards ceremony.

Since the beginning of 2017, we have won the Premier League Champion, EFL Cup Champion, FA Cup Champion, Champions League Champion, Community Shield Champion and UEFA Super Cup Champion!

Six major awards!

……

The opening game of the 2017-2018 Premier League season starts at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea hosting Burnley.

Traditional morning game on August 8 at 12:12 noon.

People never expected that only 12 minutes into the game, captain Cahill lost control of the football and kicked the opponent player down with his spikes and received a direct red card.

Burnley, with one extra player, was full of firepower and scored three goals against last season's runner-up Chelsea in the first half.

It was not until the second half of the second half that Chelsea, with one less player, woke up from a dream. Morata and Giroud, who came off the bench, scored a goal each to tie the score to 2:3.

It's just that after playing with one less player for a long time, the players' physical energy is exhausted.

At the end of the game, the score displayed on the scoreboard remained unchanged.

As a result, Chelsea encountered a bad start.

As the opening game comes to an end, the first round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season is officially underway.

Multiple games will begin at 4 p.m.

The most unpopular one was Watford's 3:3 draw with Liverpool at home.

In other games, the stronger team wins, while evenly matched teams receive one point each.

Arsenal's first league match of the season will be played on the last night of the 13th.

It is said to be the latest, but in fact it is also very early.

It is 12pm local time on Sunday and am Dragon Kingdom time.

Leicester City, which has lost many of its main players, is no longer the runner-up team in the 2015-2016 season. Visiting the Emirates Stadium will only result in a beating.

At the end of the game, the scoreboard showed 5:0.

Martin was blocked in the first round and directly topped the scorer list.

Also ending was another game at Old Trafford.

Manchester United, which lost in the UEFA Super Cup, ushered in the league's first match of the second year.

With Lukaku scoring twice and Martial and Pogba scoring one goal each, they beat West Ham United 4-0 at home.

The first round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season has ended. Arsenal beat Manchester United to top the list with their goal difference. Other first-round winners include Huddersfield, Manchester City, Tottenham, Burnley, and West Bromwich Albion. , Everton ranked 3~8 respectively.

Four days later, FIFA’s official website announced the shortlist for the 2017 awards.

Among them, the most attention-grabbing focus is the preliminary list of World Footballer.

The headlines reproduced by major media outlets are almost the same.

[Martin, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi lead the 2017-person shortlist for the 24 FIFA World Player of the Year]

Arsenal, which won the Grand Slam in all competitions in the 2016-2017 season, has a much larger share this year than last year, reaching seven.

Martin, Sanchez, Cavani, Xhaka, Van Dijk, Kante, Bellerin.

Real Madrid, the opponent in the Champions League final, accounts for nearly half of the candidate list.

Ronaldo, Modric, Navas, Ramos, Marcelo and Kroos.

Barcelona has only Messi, Suarez and Neymar selected, becoming the fewest players to be shortlisted for the preliminary round in the past nine years.

If you don’t count Neymar who has left, Barcelona only has two people left...

Juventus has Bonucci and Dybala selected, but Nanjing King is more miserable this year, with only Lewandowski shortlisted.

The remaining four preliminary candidate list players are: Hazard, Harry Kane, Ibrahimovic, Aubameyang and Griezmann.

The most watched list, hot topics on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, scarf, know a ball, slow hands and other social platforms are almost all around the world footballer.

Different from previous years, the media and fans this year are very sensible.

Many media fans, including many who support superstars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, believe that Martin is the undisputed World Footballer.

The reason is very simple. You can't compete in a competition year, let alone a non-competition year?

In 2017, Martin did not receive too many goals and honors.

There are countless records.

Many media and fans even stated that if Martin is not elected as the 2017 World Footballer, it will be the biggest shame of modern football.

Ronaldo and Messi who were interviewed by the media also admitted that Martin's performance in the 2016-2017 season was impeccable.

Against this background, there are almost 100% no surprises.

In the blink of an eye, two days have passed, and the second round of the 2017-2018 Premier League season has begun.

Arsenal, who were away to challenge Stoke City, won 2-0 with captain Martin passing and shooting.

What makes people feel a little incredible is that Manchester United's performance was particularly eye-catching. Manchester United once again won the game 4:0 as a guest at the Liberty Stadium, thus beating Arsenal to the top of the league with a goal difference advantage.

Regarding this result, Manchester United fans all over the world can't wait to shout that Manchester United is invincible in Mu's second year!

What Arsenal, what Martin, get out of the way!

Some prominent players from Manchester United have also praised Mourinho on social platforms, believing that Manchester United will definitely return to the top under the leadership of Mourinho.

Naturally, the Arsenal legend would not give his former rival a chance to show off his power, so he immediately stood up and ridiculed him.

The Manchester United star, who felt like they were all back, responded on the spot, and even some fans joined in.

The focus of the media was not on Manchester United's ascension to the top of the Premier League standings. Apparently, they believed that Manchester United's two consecutive victories in the beginning were somewhat accidental.

In addition, the overall strength of West Ham United and Swansea can only be in the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, so a big victory is not convincing.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the mainstream media in Europe focus on the 2017-2018 Champions League group draw and the best player in Europe last season.

Everyone knows who was the best player in Europe last season.

The one that attracts the most attention is undoubtedly the Champions League group draw.

Regardless of the avoidance rules of the same football association, the probability of a death group appearing is not small.

Taking into account the tensions between the warring countries and Ukraine, the Champions League group draw is an additional avoidance principle for participating teams from the two countries.

UEFA divides the 32 teams into four levels. The defending champion Arsenal is also the Premier League champion, so the seven league champions with the top eight UEFA league coefficients become the seed teams.

This results in the second and third tiers having many strong teams.

Barcelona, Atletico Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Dortmund, Manchester City, Manchester United, and Chelsea are all in the second tier. Napoli, Tottenham, Roma and Sevilla are the third-tier teams.

The fourth level also includes the new generation of Leipzig Red Bull, the ice-cold Russian Central Army, Sporting CP and Feyenoord...

In this way, the probability of forming a death group increases a lot.

As usual, the Champions League group draw ceremony will be held in Monte Carlo, Monaco in late August.

Marchetti, the director of the competition department, is still the host. Since the final is held in Kiev, Ukraine's legendary superstar Shevchenko serves as the final's image ambassador and draw guest.

After nearly half an hour of drawing, the eight groups of 32 teams were finalized.

Defending champion Arsenal has been drawn into the group of death. The other three teams in Group C are Atletico Madrid, Roma and Qarabak.

However, in the eyes of many people, the group of death is for Atletico Madrid, Roma and Qarabag.

Arsenal's overall condition is at its peak and they will inevitably occupy a qualifying spot, which means Atletico Madrid, Roma and Qarabag will compete for the remaining spots.

What’s interesting is that in addition to Group C, which is the group of death, there are also Group G and Group H.

Group G: Monaco, Porto, Besiktas, RB Leipzig

Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham, APOEL

Among them, Group G has the strongest atmosphere of death. Monaco sold almost half of its main players this summer, and its strength has dropped significantly. It is said that the strength is not much different from Porto, Besiktas and Red Bull Leipzig.

The level of competition will inevitably be extremely fierce.

The situation of Group H is the same as that of Group C. Real Madrid is the only strong team, the fourth-tier team APOEL has given away points, and Dortmund and Tottenham compete for another place to advance to the top 16.

Manchester United, which returned to the Champions League, received a big gift package and was drawn in Group A with Benfica, Basel and Moscow Central Army.

The other groups are not that interesting, with clear strengths and weaknesses. At a glance, it can almost be concluded that the top two teams will advance to the top 16 of the Champions League this season.

During the drawing ceremony, the best men's football player, women's football player, best goalkeeper, best defender, best midfielder, best forward and the UEFA President's Award of last season's UEFA Champions League were also announced.

Martin won two awards for best midfielder and best men's football player.

Roma legend Totti, who hung up his boots this summer, was elected to the UEFA President's Award.

The best forward is Cristiano Ronaldo, the best defender Van Dijk and the best goalkeeper are picked by Buffon.

At the end of the 2017-2018 Champions League group draw, it stands to reason that the draw of the death group and the wealthy teams will become the focus of coverage and analysis by mainstream European media.

No one thought that the focus of mainstream media and fans around the world would be attracted by a list updated by the Portuguese Naturalization Administration.

The general content is to accept the application materials submitted by Martin, the star player for Arsenal, and restore Portuguese citizenship.

Because his adoptive father and mother are Portuguese and Argentinian, it is equivalent to regaining Argentinian citizenship.

Portugal deliberately kept a low profile, but it was still noticed by interested people.

As a result, it caused an uproar.

The official website of the Portuguese Naturalization Administration was directly paralyzed by the huge influx of traffic.

【Danger! The favorite to win the 2018 Fighting Nations World Cup has now appeared! Portugal or Argentina? 】

【What are you still hesitating about? Grab people quickly! ! 】

【Oh My God! Is this the huge effect brought about by superstar Martin? 】

[Thank you to the Dragon Football Association for the green star, I love it~]

[How exciting will next year’s World Cup be? 】

……

The sensation in the Dragon Kingdom was the greatest.

The media and fans were divided into two groups in a short period of time.

One part is confused and angry, the other part is understanding and supportive.

An insider previously revealed that when Martin was packing up his adoptive father's belongings, he saw a note written by his adoptive father many years ago, so he may choose to regain his Portuguese citizenship in order to repay the kindness of raising him, help his late adoptive father realize his dream, and pay homage to his spirit in heaven. .

The most important thing is that the Dragon Football Association wants to save face and has been unwilling to recruit Martin, who has grown into a superstar in world football.

The media and fans who supported Martin vented their dissatisfaction to the Football Association. They believed that if Martin had been drafted into the national team early to play in an international A-level event recognized by FIFA, even if Martin read the notes, he would not have the idea of transferring to another country to realize his dream. The childhood dream of my late adoptive father.

In other words, it was the FA that gave Martin the opportunity to change his nationality and play in the World Cup.

Let’s look at what Portugal does. How many days does it take from submitting application materials to naturalization?

As a result, the official website of the Football Association was also paralyzed.

The Portuguese domestic media and fans and the Argentinian domestic media and fans were all happy and called on their respective national teams to start robbing players.

With Martin's super personal ability, joining any national team will bring huge hopes of winning the World Cup.

……

Martin had already guessed that there would be a sensational result after submitting the application, but he still underestimated his huge influence.

Not long after, his cell phone on the coffee table rang, and the screen displayed Ronaldo's note.

There is no need to guess at all, you know the purpose of Ronaldo's call.

Definitely inviting myself to join the Portuguese national team.

It is a difficult decision, so some do not want to take it, even though they have completed the naturalization procedures.

But Ronaldo's phone kept ringing.

Clara Anna, the adoptive mother who was watching the show, asked, "Why don't you answer the phone?"

"Harassing phone calls."

Martin made a random excuse.

After finally waiting until the screen showing the incoming call faded away, Messi's phone called again.

Martin thought for a while but didn't answer.

What he didn't expect was that WhatsApp's unique application voice call sound sounded.

When I picked it up, I saw that it was him, Ronaldo, and Messi who had just joined a group of three people called "I am the number one superstar on the green field".

"Hey~"

He sighed and pressed connect.

"Hey, Leo, let's agree first. It's a fair invitation."

"Okay, okay, should I say it first or you?"

"I'm older, I'll go first."

"No, no, no, I have something else to do later, so I'll talk first."

"Ha~"

"Wait~ I think I heard that boy Martin's laughter?"

"Huh...it seems so."

Martin connected to the voice call and was about to speak when he heard the conversation between Messi and Ronaldo, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise.

"Ahem~ Then...who will say it first?"

Ronaldo coughed lightly.

"Respect the old and love the young, you first."

Messi thought for a moment.

"You said you respect the old and love the young. I love the young, you first."

Ronaldo was also a little embarrassed at this time.

"No, no, no, you go first."

"Don't worry, Leo, you go first."

"Forehead……"

Martin felt ignored and suggested: "How about... you continue to be humble? I'll quit first?"

"Don't."

Messi reacted quickly, but he humbly said to Ronaldo: "Cristiano, you are more eloquent, you can tell me."

"OK."

Cristiano Ronaldo was no longer humble, and was silent for two seconds before saying: "Leo and I have talked privately. You have regained dual citizenship of Portugal and Argentina. We are captains of our respective national teams. Next year will be the World Cup of the Fighting Countries, and we both want to be invited." You joined, and then we thought about it, and we should leave the choice to you, that... Brother Ma, if you choose Portugal, I promise that the captain’s armband and even the legendary No. 7 jersey can be handed over to you, ahem. ~Leo, it’s your turn.”

"I have nothing to say. I'll pay double what Cristiano gave me."

Messi blurted out.

Martin: "..."

"..."

Cristiano Ronaldo was speechless: "What's the use of your Argentina No. 14 jersey?"

"Then it's okay if I give you the No. 10 jersey and the captain's armband?"

Martin: "..."

"Brother Ma, how do you choose?"

"Don't worry about your choice. No matter what, we are good friends."

Messi added.

"Yes, they are all good friends."

Ronaldo also followed suit.