Football King Bale

At 5:00 pm GMT on December 2nd and 7:00 pm local time in Ukraine, the draw ceremony for the 2012 European Cup group stage was officially held, and Bell also appeared at the draw scene.

Bell was the only active player to appear at the draw, and the only team captain to attend the draw instead of the head coach.

Because five days ago, the Welsh men's football coach Gary Speed ​​died unexpectedly, and before he had time to accept the new coach, as the captain of the team, Bell had to accept the temporary dispatch of the Welsh Football Association. Together with the officials, they flew to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, to participate in the lottery ceremony.

The draw ceremony was presided over by the Ukrainian beauty host Olga Fremut and the Polish male host Piotr Sobchski, while the UEFA Secretary-General Gianni Gianni presided over the draw process. Infantino.

Before the lottery began, the Ukrainian National Folk Dance Troupe presented a dance with Ukrainian national characteristics on the spot. Subsequently, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych went to the scene to deliver a welcome speech. After the welcome speech by President Yanukovych, the promotional videos of the eight host cities of the European Championship finals were played live.

After the promotional video, the famous Ukrainian singer Yamara presented a beautiful song. Subsequently, representatives of 13 former European champions, including Van Basten, entered the arena. Bonedernick, Zidane, and Capdevila also accepted interviews with the host as representatives.

Immediately afterwards, the official ball for the finals of the European Championships in 2012 was officially launched, and Ukrainian pole vault legend Bubka made his debut with "TANGO 12". And UEFA President Michel Platini came to the stage holding the Delaunay Cup after the wonderful moments of the last European Championship were played.

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After the introduction of the 16 teams participating in this European Championship, the draw ceremony officially began. The draw process was presided over by UEFA Secretary-General Infantino, with Van Basten, Zidane, Schmeichel and Hrubesch as guests of the draw. Before the draw began, Infantino sent his blessings to the Welsh coach Gary Speed ​​who had just passed away, and then the live animation explained the draw process and rules in detail.

The first draw is the first-tier teams. Poland and Ukraine have been determined to be in the positions of A1 and D1. Then the Netherlands enters the position of B1, while Spain enters the position of C1.

Immediately afterwards, the draw for the fourth-tier teams was carried out. Wales was the first to be drawn and entered the A4 position, Denmark entered the B2 position, Ireland entered the C3 position, and France entered the D3 position.

After the draw for the fourth tier, the draw for the third tier begins. The first to be drawn is Greece. They entered the A2 position and will play the opening game against Poland. Subsequently, Portugal entered the B4 position, Croatia was drawn to the C4 position, and Sweden was drawn to the D2 position.

In the end, the second-tier teams returned to their positions, and Russia entered the A3 position and was drawn to the super lottery. Germany entered the B3 position, forming the group of death. Italy entered the C2 position, while England was drawn into the D4 position.

In this way, Wales' grouping is very clear, they are drawn with hosts Poland, Greece and Russia. For this grouping, Bell is quite satisfied, and the other three teams in the same group as Wales are also very satisfied with this grouping, because the strength of these four teams is not strong, and everyone thinks that they have drawn a good opponent. It is the soft persimmon of Wales that has been drawn, and the hope of qualifying has greatly increased.

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The lottery ceremony ended, and Bell walked out of the hall of the venue.

There is a lounge outside the hall of the venue. When Bell walked over, he saw several rows of high sofas and coffee tables in the middle. The environment was relatively warm, as if it was a tea bar.

After he sat down, a waiter ran over and asked him if he needed anything. After Bell asked, he found out that this place is dedicated to providing various auxiliary services for the participants.

So he asked: "So, what recreational activities do you have here?"

"Recent periodicals and magazines are relatively comprehensive. For beverages, there are tea, coffee, and fresh milk." The waiter didn't know Bell, but seeing that he was so young and just walked out of it, he thought about this in his heart. This person is probably the son of someone's boss, but I didn't expect him to be the world-famous Gareth Bell.

"Then have a cup of green tea and show me some football magazines." Bell said after thinking for a while.

"Okay." The waiter agreed and turned to leave.

Within a few minutes, the waiter brought Bell freshly brewed green tea and five or six new football magazines of various colors. The waiter was very attentive, and all the magazines he brought were in English.

"Thank you." Bell was quite satisfied with the service attitude here.

"You're welcome, just ask us if you need anything." The waiter smiled slightly, then turned and left.

Bell nodded, and while drinking tea, he flipped through the magazine casually.

As time approaches the end of the year, there are naturally many topics about the Ballon d'Or in these football magazines. Bell took a look, and it can be said that most of the opinions think that this year's Ballon d'Or is already in his pocket.

Of course, there is no shortage of topics related to the European Cup, but it is no surprise that they are pessimistic about the prospects of Wales. After all, they have just lost their team coach.

However, Bell found a local Ukrainian magazine, which believed that the impact of Speed's death on Wales was not as great as everyone imagined, because the core of this Welsh team was not Speed, and the number one star in the team Bell. Because as far as Speed ​​himself is concerned, he has only been the head coach of Wales for a year, and his impact on the team is not too deep. As long as the newly hired coach of the Welsh Football Association and Bell can get along well, there will be no major fluctuations in Wales' combat power.

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"Mr. Bell, can I have an exclusive interview with you?" Someone's voice interrupted Bell's thinking.

Bell looked up, only to find that the beautiful Polish host Olga Fremut, who had just held the home ballot ceremony, was standing beside him at the side and rear, looking at him with a smile on his face, and holding the ball in his hand. Magazine.

Turning his head in his direction, he saw Olga Fremut's plump peak, of course, through his clothes.

Probably Olga Fremut was not used to seeing her height from this angle, so she hugged her handbag to her chest and looked at Bell, as if waiting for his answer.

Bell also felt that it was a little indecent to look at others like this, so he stood up, closed the magazine, and stood face to face with Olga Fremut. He asked curiously: "Fremut Miss, I heard that this is your first home football program, have you decided to change careers?"

Olga Fremut is the hostess of the well-known local breakfast program "Wake Up" in Ukraine. At the age of 28, she was once named one of the 25 most beautiful women in Ukraine. What Ukrainians love about Flemute is not only her eloquence, graceful figure, but also her outstanding talent.

After studying at City University in London, Flemute became a reporter for the BBC fashion program, and wrote a good article. After returning to Kiev, she joined Ukrainian Channel 5 and became one of the most popular female anchors in the country.

Last year in New York Spring/Summer Fashion Week, she also attended the fashion show of Ukrainian designer Oksana Karavanska as a model.

Today's European Cup draw ceremony is the first time for Flemut to host a football program. She cooperated with her partner, Piot Sobchski from Poland, and left a deep impression on the fans.

Olga Fremut smiled and said, "Isn't it normal for us to change careers? Let alone I have such a good opportunity today?"

Bell nodded and presided over a large-scale football event such as the European Cup draw ceremony. It is indeed a godsend for this man to take advantage of the situation to switch to football.

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Olga Fremut said: "Thank you, Mr. Bell, I just saw that you were reading the report on the European Cup next year, why don't you talk about your views on this issue first?"

"Did I agree to an interview?" Bell asked with a smile.

"At least you have no objection," Olga Fremut laughed.

Bell laughed, and then said: "Actually, I don't really want to talk about this question, but since you asked it, I might as well say a few words casually."

"All ears." Olga Fremut took out the recording pen, then took out the notebook, placed it on the table very seriously, sat down by herself, and looked at Bell intently.

Bell saw Olga Flemute's actions and said: "Miss Flemute, your posture is a bit too formal. It made me feel a little uncomfortable, as if at a press conference Same."

Bell beckoned casually, and immediately called a waiter over, told him to bring Olga Fremut a cup of coffee, and then said to her: "If you want to talk about the European Cup next year, you have to talk about today I find this grouping very interesting."

"Can you be more specific?" Olga Fremut asked while typing on the keyboard in her notebook.

Bell nodded and said: "I think one word can describe the lottery of this group stage very well, that is, the group of death. Let's take Group A where we Wales and your Poland are. Many people think that Group A It's easy, but the strength of any team is similar, and everyone's strength is relatively close. This is another form of death group, just like Group G in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season. And any team participating The teams in the European Championship are very strong, and it is also Group A, but there are two former European champions in it. For me, I think this group will allow us to play more exciting games.”