On Wednesday, Valverde went to Monte Carlo, and Ruby was responsible for leading the team training, but today everyone's mind was obviously not on training. Although Ruby was helpless, she had no choice but to finish the training early.

Because everyone wants to know the results of the League Cup draw.

When Ruby announced the end of training early, Halke ran faster than anyone else, and even veteran Dela Pena ran forward happily.

I'm worried. If I get a super strong team, Espanyol's League Cup journey will be terrible.

The League Cup is even harder to play than the Champions League because there are many schedules and many opponents, so it is too difficult to advance.

Today is the first round of the main competition, which does not mean you can play in the group stage, but you can only go to the group stage after you have an opponent.

So drawing lots is very important.

Swish, the club conference room was already crowded with first-team members, coaching staff members and other staff members. Everyone was very concerned about the future of Espanyol.

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Monaco, Monte Carlo.

Valverde sat upright, not walking around like other coaches, constantly greeting other coaches. Here, he is no longer a rookie, after all, he led Espanyol to the League Cup final two years ago. And he sat here today, his goal is also clear. He hopes to set sail again and lead Espanyol to the League Cup final again.

Although it seems quite difficult, if you don’t have an ideal, why do you come here? Is it just to generate revenue for the club in the League Cup?

No,

He longs to return to the stage of that final...

According to the rules of the League Cup, 32 teams were generated from the qualifying round, 32 teams advanced directly, and 16 teams were from the teams that lost the third round of the Champions League qualifying round. A total of 80 teams were first divided into 8 groups, each group of 10 teams, and then the 5 seed teams in each group were determined based on the European Cup points in the past five years.

Although Espanyol won the runner-up in the League Cup last season, the points in the past five years are not enough, so it is definitely impossible to be a seed team.

The Bundesliga teams are quite strong in the League Cup, Schalke 04, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Hertha Berlin are all seed teams, while Dortmund and Wolfsburg are non-seeded teams, but four of the six teams have become seed teams.

As a result, the Spaniards fell into the fourth group, and their opponent was Finnish Honka.

The other matches in the fourth group are:

Everton vs. Standard Liege

Naples vs Benfica

Bellinzona, Switzerland vs. Galatasaray

Breda, Netherlands vs Dynamo Bucharest

The two rounds of the first round of the League Cup will be played on September 18 and October 2. The winner will enter the League Cup group stage, and the group draw will be played on October 7.

Anyway, the League Cup is the most difficult event. In this event this year, there are many wealthy families who accidentally came here.

For example, AC Milan, Dortmund, Ajax...

This is still the third place that was eliminated from the Champions League group stage, and there are more giants.

Therefore, it is more difficult to win the League Cup than to win the League Cup. The influence of the League Cup is a little worse now. If it were placed more than ten years ago, the three major cups of the League Cup, the League Cup, the Winner Cup, and the European Cup are almost all the same, and it is not easy to win any cup competition.

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"Finland Hongka? I haven't heard of it..."

"The Finnish Football League is nothing in Europe, we can definitely enter the group stage."

"The draw is good, we can play the league with peace of mind first."

After the lottery results came out, the Spanish conference room was full of joy, and everyone's prospects for the League Cup were full of hope.

"Stone, Tamudo invites the whole team to dinner tonight, you have to come."

After coming out of the locker room, Hark stopped Wu Sanshi.

As the captain of the team, before the start of each season, Tamudo will pay privately to invite his teammates to have dinner together, which has become a tradition. The captain has the responsibility and obligation to bring the team together.

Wu Sanshi naturally would not refuse to agree. He is a sociable child.

"I'll go."

After walking a few steps, a sound came from behind him again. This time it was Casilla. He turned his head and saw that a strange guy was standing with him. His face was thin and green, his eyes were pointed, and he looked a little thief.

It looks familiar, but I can't remember seeing it there.

Casilla hugged Karehon's arm and looked like a good relationship.

"Hey, Kiko, who is this?"

"Jose Callejon, just joined the Espanyol Club."

Casilla immediately introduced.

"Oh, welcome."

Wu Sanshi smiled and stretched out his hand, thinking that it was Callehon, no wonder he looked so familiar. He was the guy riding on Mourinho back then, but unfortunately he was unable to stay in Real Madrid in the end and finally left Naples, Italy.

His career is not bad, but he has not been able to play as a star. He can only be considered a good player.

"Hello, stone, I have long admired your name."

Callehon is still very gentle in speaking.

Wu Sanshi's memory of him is only in his previous life. Now Karehong knows nothing. In his memory, Karehong should be a winger, and he looks like a competitor in the new season.

"He is my friend at Real Madrid. From now on, everyone will be on the same boat. We have to take care of each other more when there is anything."

“Required.”

"I'll pick you up for dinner tonight? I bought a new car."

"Ha, okay, Kiko, I'll wait for you at home."

...

After saying goodbye to Casilla and Karehon, Wu Sanshi returned home, turned on the computer, and searched Karehon's files. He didn't know if he didn't read it, but was shocked when he saw it.

In the 2007-08 season, Callehon made 37 appearances with Real Madrid B team, scoring 21 goals, and won the B Golden Boot of the Spanish Second Division of the season.

"sharp."

"Spanish Second Division B Golden Boot."

"It seems that there is no competition..."

Wu Sanshi suddenly realized that the new season was not so comfortable, and the competition on the front line was still very large. Unless he did not pursue and was willing to roam between the main and the substitute, he would have to show off quite well.

There is no doubt that Valverde cannot put the B Golden Boot on the Segunda League B on the bench, and it will definitely give many opportunities. Garcia and Tamudo are both veterans and have proved themselves with too many performances. He also performed excellently last season...

At seven o'clock in the evening, Casilla drove his new car to Wu Sanshi's doorstep and picked Wu Sanshi up.

As soon as he got in the car, Casilla started bragging.

"Stone, the club has given me a raise this season. I officially become the No. 1 goalkeeper. You have to work harder and try to increase your salary. Although you are on loan, Ajax and Espanyol will pay you a salary, right?"

"How much is your weekly salary?"

"Hey, guess."

"10,000?"

"About...a little over ten thousand."

"Stone, I guess you'll get so much soon."

"Uh..." What can Wu Sanshi say?

"My Audi S4 cost me 35,000 euros, and I'm nearly a month's salary."

"Aou, I want to have this car, too."

Callehong in the back seat said enviously, "But my salary is too small now..."
Chapter completed!