Chapter 329 Shortlisted for the Golden Boy Award

But although Manchester United lost the game, Dong Fangzhuo got another good news.

He received an invitation from Tuttosport, inviting him to attend the European Golden Boy Awards on the evening of January 25th.

"Turin Sports" personally sent an editor and photographer to China and told Dong Fangzhuo that he was among the top five finalists for the 2005 European Golden Boy Award.

They conducted an exclusive interview with Dong Fangzhuo, but Dong Fangzhuo knew that if he won the award, it would usually be the editor-in-chief himself, but this time it was just an ordinary editor. After a while, I felt that I had no hope at all.

Later, he also saw the five nominees for the Golden Boy Award online, and it was exactly as the English media had speculated. Argentina's Messi, Germany's Podolski, England's Rooney, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and he were all selected.

Compared with these people, Messi undoubtedly has the most advantage. After all, he won the 2005 World Youth Championship and the Ballon d'Or. Although Dong Fangzhuo has a relatively good number of goals, he does not have any championships in his hands.

Moreover, October 25th was a life and death battle for the Chinese team. Because the match between Uzbekistan and South Korea in the last round of qualifiers was tied. The South Korean team has 8 points, Uzbekistan has 7 points, and the Chinese team has 8 points after winning against Saudi Arabia.

Until the last round, the Chinese team doesn't know where it is ranked. If it is third, the Chinese team will have to fight the third place in Group B to compete for a place in the play-offs.

Is the Golden Boy Awards ceremony more important, or is it more important for the Chinese team to qualify? This is a no-brainer!

So even if he wins the Golden Boy Award, Dong Fangzhuo will not come to the scene in person...

But the Chinese media is already praising Dong Fangzhuo. They have listed the specific information of the five candidates:

Messi, in 2005, Messi, who was only 18 years old, made a sensation in the World Youth Championship. In the World Youth Championship, Messi, who is the core of the Argentina National Youth Team, not only helped the "Pampas Young Eagles" win the championship, but he also won the World Youth Championship Golden Ball Award. With his dazzling performance in the World Youth Championship, Messi began to get more "appearance" opportunities in Barcelona, ​​and he made his adult national team debut (Argentina VS Hungary on August 17, 2005), and began to secure his position as the main force of the national team.

So in the selection of the 2005 Golden Boy Award, Messi deservedly became the first in odds. This is likely to be the starting point for Messi to start his career as the world champion...

Podolski, the beloved prince of the city of Cologne. Podolski, who just turned 18, got a chance to play in the Bundesliga, but he quickly showed his amazing talent, and the entire Bundesliga was waiting for him. crazy.

Rooney, who made his debut on behalf of Manchester United, was capped. It has to be said that when he first came to Manchester United last year, Rooney showed far more talent than Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo, but this year, he started high and went low.

Cristiano Ronaldo's goals for Manchester United this year are second only to Dong Fangzhuo. Just the opposite of Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo drives low and drives high. In the first half of this year, his performance was quite mediocre, but by the end of the season and the beginning of this season, Ronaldo's performance was getting better and better, even surpassing Dong Fangzhuo in recent games.

Dong Fangzhuo, not to mention last season, just this season. Dong Fangzhuo currently has 6 Premier League games: 8 goals and 6 assists! Champions League: 2 goals and 2 assists! National team: 5 goals and 1 assist!

Messi?

Just after the shortlist was announced, Dong Fangzhuo's data finally blinded everyone.

What is Messi...

Dong Fangzhuo has such data, shouldn't he win the award?

Among all awards, the Golden Boy Award is undoubtedly the most special one. First of all, although it is somewhat similar to the Golden Globe Awards, the Golden Boy Awards are also voted for by European journalists. Not only are players eligible for the award limited to players aged 21 and under, but the player must only play in European leagues. Secondly, there is an unwritten convention for this award, that is, all players of appropriate age can only win it once.

So Rooney basically has no hope. He can only go through the motions because he already got it last year.

"Torino Sport" sends out votes to more than 30 European sports media every year. The maximum score that each ballot can get is 10 points. In the end, "Turin Sport" is responsible for tallying the scores and awarding the "Golden Ball". The European Golden Boy Award is the most authoritative young player selection award in European football. The winners represent the future of football.

The selection panel consists of 30 journalists from media outlets in 20 European countries.

Media: France Football (France), L'Equipe (France), The Times (UK), Marca (Spain), Mundo Deportivo (Spain), Bild (Germany) ), "Telegraph" (Netherlands)...

At first glance, these media are all European media. The "Manchester Evening News" has previously expressed concern that Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, Dong Fangzhuo and Rooney are likely to split the votes. Rooney, in particular, will definitely split the votes when there is no possibility of winning the Golden Boy Award.

This is the disadvantage of Cristiano Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo...

"Dong Fangzhuo should win the award the most!" Various media in China have made their voices heard, but they can only make their voices heard in China and have no influence in Europe.

This is sad.

The influence of Chinese media in Europe is zero, so it is naturally impossible for Dong Fangzhuo to create momentum, so he can only do it at home.

Sports Weekly, the only influential newspaper, tried to contact other media in Europe, but editor-in-chief Qu Youyuan received almost the same answers and opinions.

"Messi,"

"Messi,"

"Without a doubt, it's Messi."

As many as ten media outlets think so. Their editor-in-chief believes that only Messi meets the requirements for the 2005 Golden Boy Award.

There were 30 media outlets in total. He asked ten of them and the answers were all Messi. So is there still hope for Dong Fangzhuo?

He couldn't think of any possibility. Maybe Dong Fangzhuo could get second place, which was already a pretty good result. He could only comfort himself like this.

But don't lose confidence because of this, because sharp-eyed Chinese fans discovered on a betting website that Dong Fangzhuo's odds are actually right behind Messi, and the gap with Messi is not big. The most terrible thing is that as the awards are getting closer and closer, his level of winning is getting lower...

Is Xiaodong in trouble?

Those Chinese fans who like to gamble on football seem to have seen a little bit of the future...

Dong Fangzhuo didn't think much about it because he was actively preparing for the war.

The opponent is the South Korean team, the strongest opponent in Asia. He does not want to lose to South Korea and then go to the play-offs.

As for Dong Fangzhuo, at this moment, nothing is more important than the national team.

I want to go to the World Cup, I want to go to the World Cup in Germany!

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