If the previous year's Federation Cup was the prelude to a warm-up game before the World Cup, then the lottery ceremony sounded the horn of charge for the World Cup, and all teams with the opportunity to participate in the World Cup have begun to prepare to sprint for the most watched and influential football feast in the world.

Although the draw ceremony is still much worse than the annual fifa night, the organizing committee is not vague at all. It carefully prepares every link. At the same time, it also laid a long blue carpet at the gate of the venue, so that all the world-renowned coaches, stars, and officials from FIFA and football associations from all continents can show off on it, making it a hot spot for this grand event.

In order to prepare for this feast, the organizing committee specially arranged the time when the European League entered its winter break, which also allowed many top stars to receive invitations. The head coach of the national team and captains from various countries came to the scene to participate in this event, and there were also many well-known domestic stars in Brazil or former stars.

Hyundai Motor from South Korea is the main sponsor of the World Cup, so this time they also arranged their own flagship models to be responsible for the welcome work of the lottery ceremony.

One after another, Hyundai Yakes, which claimed to be the president's car, parked on the blue red carpet at the entrance of the venue. Celebrities arrived at the venue one after another. Many of them attended with their families, because after the lottery ceremony, the organizing committee also held a cocktail party, and of course some people chose to arrive alone.

When another Yakos parked at the gate, the reporters at the scene habitually raised their cameras and took a photo, but they were already numb and gave up guessing who was in the car, because they had guessed enough and were tired of it. Anyway, they would know when they came out.

However, when the car door was pushed open and Yang Cheng stepped out of the car, everyone at the scene was surprised. Then there was a burst of cheers and a loud sound of camera shooting. Many people even regretted it. If they knew, they should have taken the whole process as soon as possible.

Yang Cheng was wearing a black suit and a white cotton V-neck T-shirt inside. It was simple and distinct from black and white, but it gave people a refreshing and fashionable feeling. Especially with his iconic confident smile, countless fans present shouted out loud. There were also many reporters trying to keep him. I hope he stayed for a while.

Indeed, Yang Cheng did not walk into the venue as soon as possible, but went around to the other side of the car, which made everyone present wonder. The reporter also took a lot of photos because there were not many people who could make Yang Cheng take the initiative to open the car door for him. Who is the sacred person?

When the car door opened and Charlize Theron walked out of the car slowly, everyone felt dazzled and then was amazed!

It is no exaggeration to say that Charlize Theron is the perfect goddess!

Any tall woman usually has a kind of aura that is striking, but a woman with a tall figure and beautiful face at the same time is simply the goddess of all men. What's more, this woman seems to be born with a good taste and fashion skills, and is simply synonymous with perfection.

A small midnight blue strapless dress looks like the starry sky at midnight, and the sequins dotted on it look like the stars in the night sky, close to her delicate and perfect body, especially her exposed white shoulders and her blonde hair that is straight down from the waterfall, giving people an incredible visual impact.

Although she knew that the woman in front of her had given birth to two children, she was still so perfect, regardless of her figure and appearance. Especially when wearing this tight dress, she fully highlighted her flat belly without any fat and soft snake waist.

Standing beside Yang Cheng, the two of them were handsome and beautiful, which made everyone present amazed. This was definitely a perfect combination!

After asking reporters and fans to take a few photos outside, Yang Cheng and the others waved to everyone's guilty, turned around and walked into the venue. From beginning to end, Charlize Theron held Yang Cheng's hand like a little woman, and Yang Cheng also cared for her, giving people a feeling of being inseparable.

"What we just saw was the head coach of the German national team, Caesar Yang Cheng, and his girlfriend, Hollywood goddess Charlize Theron, and appeared at the draw ceremony together. It was indeed a handsome man and beautiful woman. It caused a huge response and sensation on the scene. From our live broadcast camera, you can hear the cheers of fans."

"Now, we meet Caesar at the gate, let's ask him a few questions!"

When he said this, the camera was given to Yang Cheng, and Charlize Theron stood beside him with a smile on his face.

"Hello, Mr. Yang Cheng!" The outdoor host handed the microphone to Yang Cheng and received a response greeting, "May I ask, do you have any ideas about the next lottery ceremony? For example, which team do you want to meet? Or which team do you don't want to meet?"

Yang Cheng knew that this lottery ceremony was broadcast live around the world, so he specially accepted an interview with the live TV station when he entered the venue, which was also something the organizing committee requested before.

"I don't want to meet, or want to meet, the same team for me and my team!"

"Wow!" The outdoor host laughed, "I look so confident."

"But we all know that during the European Cup, the German team unfortunately drew the Death Group. This time you were selected as the seed team. Is there any blessing to let you escape?" the host asked again.

Yang Cheng shook his head and curled his lips, "I don't have this feeling. Although it is difficult to encounter the death group, our knockout round in Europe also missed the two strong rivals France and Portugal, so I think it's the same for anyone to draw!"

The host nodded, expressing his agreement, and then pointed the microphone and camera at the beautiful Charlize Theron.

"Hello, Miss Theron!" After receiving the response, he continued to ask: "We all know that this time you received an invitation from the South African World Cup ambassador. Do you think, from a fair and neutral standpoint, which team do you prefer to win the championship?"

After a pause, he solemnly reminded him, "Please note. I am talking about a fair and neutral position, and it cannot bring personal feelings into it, otherwise you will definitely say Germany!"

Charlize Theron laughed, "You want me to tell me other answers besides the German team, right?"

The host made a small conspiracy and nodded constantly, "Do you dare to say it?"

"Dare!" Charlize Theron nodded without hesitation. "But I really can't think of any team besides the German team. Which team can win the championship? Can you tell me?"

"Uh..." The host was speechless. "You can say that Brazil, Spain, or the United States can do it!"

"But I still think Germany is the strongest!" Charlize Theron grabbed Yang Cheng's arm tightly and replied with a smile.

The host really had no choice but to sigh, but nodded, "Indeed, everyone is optimistic about Germany!" Then they could see that Yang Cheng had dealt with it a few times and his mind was thrown into it, so he asked a few more questions and sent Yang Cheng and the others to the venue.

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The sensation before the draw ceremony obviously could not help the German team gain advantage in the draw ceremony, but the host was right. This time, the German team was finally ranked among the seed team based on its own strength.

The first-tier seed teams include host Brazil, defending champions Spain, Germany, Italy, Argentina, England, the Netherlands and Uruguay. These eight teams will become seed teams in eight groups to avoid early encounters, but this does not mean that other teams are very weak.

The second team comes from Asia, Oceania, Central and North America and the Caribbean, the third team comes from Africa and South America, and the fourth team comes from Europe, which is also very competitive.

According to the draw rules, teams on the same continent, except Europe, cannot be in the same group. The host Brazil won the title of the seed team in Group A, followed by Spain, and Germany won the title of the number one seed team in Group C, and then they drew out other seed teams and placed them in the No. 1 position in eight groups.

After the second draw began, the team that the German team in Group C encountered was Japan from Asia.

This should be the second time that the German team encountered Japan after the Federation Cup. They met in two consecutive competitions. The Japanese team was considered unlucky, so after seeing the lottery results, Zachelloni looked at Yang Cheng and showed a helpless and depressed expression, because he was in the same group as the German team, which means that Japan can only compete in the second place in the group.

The third-tier team, the German team draws Colombia, which is not a top-level team, so overall, the German team's group draw is indeed good luck, at least the first three rounds of draws were smooth, but the German team will encounter teams from Europe in the fourth round.

Teams that failed to enter the ranks of seed teams include France, Portugal, Switzerland, Russia and other teams will be strong opponents of the German team, but the final result was Croatia, which also caused the German team to encounter a very good draw when drawing lots.

"It seems that you are lucky!" Charlize Theron grabbed Yang Cheng's hand and smiled softly.

Yang Cheng smiled and said, "The teams in the World Cup final circle are of varying quality, and there are 32 teams. In order to ensure attention, they must avoid the early appearance of strong dialogues. Therefore, they have seed teams, but at the same time they will take appropriate care of those strong teams with market influence and appeal!"

Charlize Theron listened silently, she was not unfamiliar with all this, because almost all draws were like this.

Now it is said that football is a professional sport, and the national team's events are also highly market-oriented. Since it is market-oriented, it naturally has to do things according to the laws of the market. Therefore, keeping the suspense to the end is definitely the most eye-catching, so the organizing committee's approach is understandable.

"However, it is easy to qualify in the group stage. If you want to win the championship, luck is only part of it. The key is to rely on strength!" When he said this, Yang Cheng smiled confidently, "We Chinese have a saying that we must be strong by ourselves!"

The group draws of this World Cup are calm. The groupings of those strong seed teams are pretty good, either the difference in strength or the relatively average, which basically ensures the interests of strong teams, so that these seed teams basically have the opportunity to qualify unless they encounter problems themselves and perform poorly.

Of course, even if this is the case, it is impossible to completely prevent the birth of unpopular people. Especially those teams with strong strength, such as the other three teams in the same group of the German team, are not completely incapable of fighting against the German team.

Colombia performed well in the South American qualifiers. Falcao, the team's number one star, is one of the most popular forwards in football today. He is a killer forward with a lot of goals and is also the hottest super forward in European football today. Faced with such an opponent, who dares to say that he will not capsize in the gutter?

As for Croatia, the strength of this team cannot be underestimated. Players such as Modric, Eduardo, Kranica are all powerful stars who are well-known in Europe. Such a team must not be underestimated. It is possible to make a surprising unpopularity anytime and anywhere.

At least, in the European qualifiers, Croatia beat Belgium and Serbia to win the first place in the group, and the team's defense is excellent. Although the offense is a bit problematic, the defense is good. It can be said that it won the first place in the group by relying on tenacious defense.

There is a saying that is right, the league depends on offense and the cup matches rely on defense. Such teams with excellent defense are often more likely to be upset in the cup matches, so Germany must not be careless when facing such opponents.

Needless to say, the Japanese team is sure, and Germany has a strong advantage in strength, but the same thing is said, be careful to sail a thousand-year-old ship, Japan is not easy to deal with than Croatia and Colombia.

Because of this, after the lottery ceremony, Yang Cheng said that he had enough confidence in qualifying in the group, but the premise was that everyone must do their best.

"I know that many people are optimistic about us, but I don't think we are the favorites to win the championship at all. On the contrary, I have always regarded our team as a young and rapidly growing team because there are a lot of young rookies in our team, and we still need more time to accumulate and grow."

As for his three opponents, Yang Cheng said that he did not know anything about Colombia, and even his understanding of Croatia was not as good as that of Japan. At least he played in the Federation Cup and was quite familiar with Zacheroni's team.

Yang Cheng laughed, and he knew that he had been touched by Beckenbauer, "Then I'll take a look. If you have time, go there, don't have time...even if you don't have time!" He still looked indifferent.

Beckenbauer laughed loudly, he knew that Yang Cheng had taken the bait!
Chapter completed!