roccoschili Chapter 303 European Golden Boy Award
Chapter 303 European Golden Boy Award
Chapter 303 European Golden Boy Award
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The selection results of the European Golden Boy Awards are released every year on December 12th, so as early as two days after the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League 20/1 finals of this season, the 8 media responsible for voting began to 'guess' who the final winner is.
The European Golden Boy Award was founded in 2003 by the Italian "Turin Sports News". Voted by important European media, the best young player of the year is selected. It is also considered a "mature ceremony" for young rookies.
Moreover, "Torino Sport" sends ballots to 20 European sports media every year, and each ballot can be cast with a maximum score of 10 points. In the end, "Torino Sport" is responsible for counting the scores and awarding the "Golden Ball".
The gold content of the European Golden Boy Award can be called the "Golden Globe Award under 21 years old". An expert jury composed of 20 European national media and 30 journalists, including French "L'Equipe", Spanish "Marca", German "Bild", British "Times", Dutch "Telegraf", Spanish "Mundo Deportivo" and French "French Football" and other European mainstream media will participate in the selection, so the final selection results are extremely authoritative.
It can be said that the European Golden Boy Award is the most authoritative selection award for young players in European football. The winner is also called "European Young Footballer", representing the future of football.
At the same time, this award is also the only award for 21-year-old young players. From another perspective, this award represents the uniqueness and importance of focusing on youth football.
The European Golden Boy Award, which started in 2003, is the third this year.
The winner of the first edition was van der Vaart, who had already transferred to the German club Hamburg this season. At the age of only 20 years old, he became the core midfielder of this Eredivisie giants, and also helped Ajax win the Eredivisie championship.
Compared with the first European Golden Boy Award, the competition for the second European Golden Boy Award is much fiercer, but this competition is a competition between Manchester United. In the end... With his outstanding performance in the European Championship in Portugal in 04, Wayne Rooney was elected with a slight advantage ahead of his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo.
This year is the third edition of the European Golden Boy Award since its inception. Compared with the previous edition, the selection of this edition can be said to be uncontroversial. Professional journalists who pay attention to European football know who is the best young player under the age of 21 playing for European clubs this year.
Ai Luo had too many honors this year, so many that these professional reporters forgot to vote for players other than him.
04-05 season UEFA Cup champion.
04-05 season La Liga best rookie, top scorer.
The best player and top scorer in the 2005 Netherlands World Youth Championship.
2005 UEFA Super Cup champion and best player.
After the start of this season, Ai Luo also continued his highlight performance last season. After the 20th round of the league, he scored 14 goals in the league. Although it was not as good as the 25 goals scored in the [-]th round of last season, he became more selfless this season, and the number of assists skyrocketed.
And in the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, it also surpassed the record of eight goals scored by Inzaghi, Crespo and Ruud van Nistelrooy in the group stage, creating a new record.
If it weren't for the overall downturn of the Valencia club in the 04-05 season, maybe he would have been selected as a candidate for the 2005 European Ballon d'Or.
So almost all the European media began to speculate that Ai Luo would be the final winner of this year's European Golden Boy Award after the 40-man roster came out.
Only a few media are admiring Barcelona's Messi, because the latter also had an amazing performance in this year's World Youth Championship in the Netherlands. He almost led the Argentine National Youth Team to the final with his own personal ability, but it was a pity that he lost to the perverted Aiello in the final.
Of course, when everyone thought that Aiello won this award, the two major newspapers from Catalonia, "Mundo Deportivo" and "Daily Sports", naturally refused to admit that Aiello was the winner of this award.
They think that Messi is more qualified to win this award than Aiello. Messi is quite a player on the football field. He thinks of his teammates all the time. There is a clear contrast with Aiello's "too independent" style. He is a selfless player.
In addition, the honest Messi is more well-behaved than Ai Luo in terms of image, and there is no negative news. Compared with Ai Luo who can form a football team'girlfriend', Messi is simply like a blank sheet of paper, so...
They think that Messi is more qualified than Aiello in every aspect.
But they forget that football players should use their performance on the pitch as a reference.
As a professional football reporter, I know that as long as an excellent football player performs well on the football field, no matter what role he plays in life, he is still an excellent football player!
There is no denying it!
It has to be said that the "World Sports Daily" had a strong subjective consciousness during the selection process.
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December 2005, 12, the day after Valencia beat Alaves away.
In the midst of much attention, the selection results of the European Golden Boy Awards finally came out.
On this day, "Torino Sport" published the result prominently in their newspaper and official website.
"The new winner of the European Golden Boy Award - 'Prince' Ai from Valencia!"
Under the eye-catching title, there is a large photo of Ai Luo clenched his fists, with a hideous expression on his face.
This result is not different from most people's guess. Ai Luo is the winner of this year's European Golden Boy Award!
There is no suspense! !
As soon as the news was published, Aiello received a call from Paul Drapau, editor-in-chief of "Turin Sports".
On the phone, Paul Drapau first congratulated Aiello on winning the European Golden Boy Award this year, and then implicitly expressed that if he is free, it would be best to come to the headquarters of "Turin Sports" to accept the award in the past two days, and accept the exclusive interview of this newspaper by the way.
For this, Ai Luo naturally agreed. The editor-in-chief called you directly to announce the good news and invited you to win the prize. Besides, participating in an exclusive interview will not lose your meat, and the key will increase your influence. It would be silly not to do such a good thing.
Not long after, the agent Papa Adrian also called. While congratulating Ai Luo, he also brought him countless good news.
The best news is that with Ai Luo's performance on the green field, Nike has been biting the treatment that refused to relax and began to let go. When the winter break, you can go to Nike's headquarters in Beaverton to sign.
I have to say that the European Golden Boy Award really came at the right time!
Only behind the honor can you be eligible for better treatment!
Later, Papa Adrian also expressed requests from countless well-known European media for interviews, but he knew Ai Luo's style, so he declined them all.
A little later, Aiello got some celebratory calls from some sponsors.
In the end, Ai Luo also received a call from He Puqi in San Francisco, USA.
In addition to expressing congratulations to Ai Luo, he also brought good news, that is, he has found Mark Zuckerberg in San Francisco, and according to the conversation between the two parties, He Puqi discovered that "Facebook" is indeed in short supply of funds. Regarding this good news, Ai Luo just said, "Now invest as much as you have! If you have no money, borrow it!!
You must know that Facebook will enter the road of rapid development after experiencing a shortage of funds this year and early next year. At that time, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy the current shares, so the more the better!
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The day after "Torino Sport" published the winner of the 'European Golden Boy Award', Aiello returned to the Valencia training base and received a great welcome.
First of all, a banner saying "Congratulations to 'Bat Prince' for winning this year's European Golden Boy Award" has been hung at the entrance of the training base. Since Ai Luo is always the first to come to the training ground, it can be seen that this banner should have been prepared last night.
Ai Luo nodded in satisfaction.
After the normal training started, Flores and the whole team expressed their congratulations to Ai Luo for winning the European Golden Boy Award this year.
Of course, at this time, the support from Valencia's most supportive fans is naturally indispensable.
During the training, many fans brought self-made slogans, banners or posters holding Ai Luo to express their support for Ai Luo's honor.
At the same time, the number of reporters gathering outside the training base began to increase significantly.
It is estimated that everyone is booking an exclusive interview. The failed media wants to know Ai Luo's personal feelings after winning this year's European Golden Boy Award.
Among them, there are the most journalists from China.
It is estimated that all domestic reporters stationed in Europe have rushed over, and there are more than [-] by visual inspection.
This is the largest gathering of Chinese journalists in Valencia history.
And that doesn't include the journalists who are rushing over from China.
This honor is the first honor for a Chinese player.
You must know that among the world-wide honors, only in the 1993 season, Gong Lei was nominated by the head coach of the Tahitian national team as a candidate for the World Footballer of the Year by virtue of his outstanding performance.
And with this nomination alone, it has become China's No.1 in world honors.
This is a great shame for China, the most populous country in the world!
However, Ai Luo actually won an award this year, not a nomination!
European Golden Boy Award!
Although it is only the best player under the age of 21 in Europe, for Chinese football, which has not had worldwide personal honors for a long time, this is like meeting nectar for a long time, which is gratifying.
They all believe that Aiello can become the best player in Europe under the age of 21 today, and will definitely become the best player in Europe and the best player in the world in the future!
Ai Luo will also enter the high-speed channel of his personal career. This is the expectation of the Chinese people for him, and it is also a wish.
The reporters from China are so excited, what about the fans from China?
That is naturally more happy!
Since yesterday, well-known domestic companies such as Sohu, Penguin, Xinlang, and Wangyi have long made headlines that Ai Luo won the 2005 European Golden Boy Award.
Although many domestic fans at this time did not know the meaning of this award that only started to rise in 2003, under the translation of major portal websites, domestic fans quickly understood the significance of this award to the Chinese.
PS: The national football match begins!must win! !
(End of this chapter)