Fox in the Penalty Area

Before the start of the European season at the end of August each year, UEFA will hold various award ceremonies and draw ceremonies for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup teams.

For European football, this is a great event.

At the same time, because of the position of European football in the entire world football, it can also be approximately equal to the world football event.

The European Ballon d'Or, which represents the highest honor for players playing in Europe, can also be compared with FIFA's World Footballer Selection by One Continent, becoming two peaks of personal honor for players in the world football.

Generally speaking, players who can win the European Ballon d'Or have a great chance of winning the World Player of Football.

Of course, the opinions of the two parties are not always unified, which is mainly related to the selection method of the two awards.

The FIFA World Player of Football is elected based on the votes of the head coaches and captains of all the national teams under FIFA.

The European Golden Globe winners are voted by the French "Golden Globe" magazine and European professional sports media.

The two are not the same in terms of professionalism.

Of course, the European Golden Globes scored higher in professionalism.

But the World Footballer can better illustrate the influence of the winners in world football.

The two awards have their own advantages and disadvantages. If someone can win the World Footballer and win the European Ballon d'Or in the same year, then at least that person's strength must be undoubted, and at the same time, the performance in this award cycle is impeccable. of.

Needless to say, the players who can achieve this kind of achievement are definitely the top ten superstars in world football at that time.

Because this year is the World Cup year, there is no suspense about the European Ballon d'Or winner. It must be the "Prince" Alexandra Cerrados who won the World Cup best player and led the Spanish national team to the World Cup championship. He may even get the World Player of Football at the end of this year.

Four years ago, in 2022, "Caesar the Great" Cerius Caesar, who helped Italy win the World Cup, won the European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the two important honors that year.

Although Hu Lai’s voice for winning the championship was particularly high, Chinese fans and the media paid special attention to the European Best Young Player Award this time.

But what the media and fans are most concerned about is always the number one prize.

Awards Ceremony The day before the UEFA Champions League group draw ceremony, UEFA and "Golden Globe" magazine held a very grand awards ceremony.

There was also a red carpet walk on the scene.

It is rare for Hu Lai to change into formal attire. Under the arrangement of the organizer, he and Pete Williams went to the award ceremony in the same car.

When Williams walked on the red carpet with a cane, Hu Lai was by his side to accompany him, walking slowly forward.

Then occasionally waved to fans and reporters outside the red carpet, showing a smile.

It can still be seen that Hu Lai is not actually the protagonist in this event as the winner of the European Young Player Award.

Most of the media and fans gathered on both sides of the red carpet did not come to him.

There will not be huge cheers, screams, and flashing lights that can reflect the night into the day.

Some took pictures and some cheered, but that was all.

These treatments may not be as good as the scenes when the two played in Leeds City.

Just as the two were about to walk out of the red carpet, there was a sudden commotion behind them, accompanied by huge cheers and screams, as well as the movement of photographers pressing the shutter.

These voices are so connected that they cannot be ignored at all.

Hu Lai and Williams also turned their heads and looked back.

I saw a person walking from the end of the red carpet.

No one else, it is the main player of the Madrid Kings, the super genius of Argentine football, and the candidate for the final five of the European Ballon d'Or...Melí Banega!

After seeing who came, Williams withdrew his gaze and continued to walk slowly.

Melly enjoys this treatment, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Hu Lai said, "This scene is much more exaggerated than we were just now!"

Williams laughed: "It's Melly after all."

He didn't explain much, because for Meli Banega, there was no need to explain anything. Everyone knew how good he was.

At the moment when the "four kings" are old and retiring, everyone thinks that Melly will compete with Kabangka for the leader of the new generation of players.

Of course, in this World Cup, Meli's results and performance are not as good as Brazil's Kabonka.

Brazil led all the way to the finals under the leadership of Kabangca, and finally lost to Spain.

And Meli's Argentina was eliminated in the quarter-finals by the later champion Spain.

Meli has only one goal and one assist in this World Cup. Whether it is personal performance or the team's results, he is not as good as the Brazilian super genius Kendor Kabonka, who is only one year older than him.

But this does not detract from his position in the hearts of many fans and the media.

Hulai heard what Williams said, but he curled his lips: "What about Melly? My men are defeated!"

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The people who have entered the venue took advantage of the fact that the ceremony had not yet started, not all sitting in their seats, but colluding with each other.

Those who can often participate in such activities are basically European giants, and they are somewhat related. Take advantage of this time to make a few words of greeting, retell the past, communicate with each other, and then blend in private, maybe a transfer transaction will be negotiated.

Although the players are their own masters, there are also people who maintain a good relationship in private, so it is normal to meet and greet each other.

For the fans and the media, the award ceremony is a grand event in football. For the players, especially those who are unlikely to win, it is a social occasion.

The young players are not so casual. Most of them sit in their seats and wait for the start.

At the same time, watch the live scene of walking on the red carpet outside on the big screen.

When Hu Lai appeared, the eyes of a few people changed.

After all, this is the person who is almost certain to win the best young player award. In a sense, it is the winner who has won all of them.

Mario Salado straightened up from the chair and stared at Hu Lai more intently.

It's as if you can pierce the opponent with your eyes like this.

But when Melly appeared, Salado's sharp eyes were nailed to the super genius of this domestic rival club.

After all, Hu Lai is only a competitor this time.

In Salado's heart, Meli Banega is his long-term challenge.

This is definitely not Salado's own arrogant goal.

For some well-known reasons, the Catalan media desperately leaned Salado on Meli, trying to create a feeling that "Salado and Meli are level geniuses".

There is even the Catalan media saying that "Salado is more talented than Meli".

Such remarks are not completely nonsense. After all, just looking at the performance of the two people in the youth teams of their respective clubs, Salado's data is indeed more eye-catching-he once created a season in the youth team and scored 80. The record of seven goals.

Melly had never been so vigorous.

So Salado took Meli as his goal of course.

In fact, not only Salado, but other young players who came to the award ceremony in the venue changed their expressions when they saw Meli Banega appearing on the big screen.

As peers, Meli Banega and Kendor Kabangka are like two big mountains across their careers.

People with a little bit of ambition and lofty ambition will probably regard them as their opponents.

The cheers and screams of the fans on the red carpet scene were also transmitted to the venue through the big screen, passed into the ears of these young people, and impacted their eardrums and hearts.

This is the pomp of a person who is at the peak of young players.

Although he was only twenty-three years old, everyone could see that Melly and Kabangka were already superstar embryos.

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"Hey, the number three ball is not as good as the number five ball..."

Yong Jun, who was watching the live broadcast in front of the TV, suddenly expressed such emotion.

Zhang Qinghuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized why Uncle Yong said this:

The European Ballon d'Or, also known as the best player award, is a football-like trophy made of pure gold, weighing 14 kilograms with a base. This trophy is made based on the 1:1 ratio of the ball used in the official game.

The official game ball is a number five ball with a diameter of approximately 21 cm to 22 cm.

The trophy of the Best Young European Player Award is exactly the same as the Goal Award, except that the size has shrunk, and it looks a little smaller, the size of the third ball with a diameter of 18 cm.

So sometimes, in order to avoid slurred titles, people will use "Golden Ball No. 5" and "Golden Ball No. 3" to refer to these two awards.

Zhang Qinghuan laughed and said, "What about the best? Isn't it Hu Lai's defeat?"

"The defeated general?" This time it was the Yong army's turn to froze.

"Olympics, Uncle Yong." Zhang Qinghuan reminded him.

Yong Jun reacted: In the Olympics, the Chinese Olympic team eliminated the Argentine Olympic team 3:2, shattering Meli's desire to win the Olympic gold medal. In that game, Meli scored twice, but Hu Lai performed better than him, a hat trick!

Therefore, both in terms of personal performance and team performance, Meli is indeed Hu Lai’s defeat...

Thinking of this, Yong Jun laughed: "What a loss, you kid! Which pot shouldn't be opened and which pot should be lifted!"

"Ha! I don't know if Meili saw Hu Lai, would he think of the Olympic Games that year..." Before Zhang Qinghuan's words fell, he saw Meili suddenly adjust his direction slightly and really walked towards Hu Lai!

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"The defeated man? What defeated the man?" After hearing Hu Lai's words, Williams raised a question mark. "We haven't played against the King of Madrid yet, Hu..."

"Olympics. I beat him at the Madrid Olympics." Hu Lai shrugged.

"Ah, yes..." Williams reacted. He remembered that it was indeed Hu Lai's victory over Meli...

At this moment, he noticed that Hu Lai beside him suddenly stopped: "How..."

Before I finished speaking, I found that there were more people around me, and I looked up-Meli Banega!

Williams was stunned.

Meli was standing beside him, but Hu Lai was watching.

He said, "We meet again, Hu."

Hu Lai didn't seem very enthusiastic: "What are you doing?"

Meili didn't seem to care about Hulai's attitude, but kept smiling faintly and continued: "I am very happy to see you on this occasion, because it shows that we will meet again on the field in the future. Then...I will Defeat you in the competition and report the Olympics' revenge!"

At the end, the smile on Melly's face disappeared, replaced by a sharp look.

This kind of sharpness shocked Williams next to him. He watched Hu Lai and Melly communicate in Spanish. He didn't understand at all. He didn't know what the two people said, which caused the atmosphere to change. !

He even had such a thought-I must ask Delphine if I can speak Spanish when I go back...

Meli didn't laugh, but Hu Lai laughed: "Be careful, how long has it been since the Olympics, do you still remember?"

Meli did not expect that he would send a challenge to Hu Lai~www.novelmt.com~ and the response he received was indeed such a lighthearted "careful eye", he was very broken-is this something I am careful!

He took a deep breath, calmed his mood, and continued to say to Hu Lai: "Don't think that you can escape this way. I look forward to meeting you again in the game."

After speaking, he ignored Hu Lai's response and turned and walked away.

It wasn't until he left that Williams recovered and hurriedly asked Hu Lai: "What did you say?"

Hu Lai shrugged: "Nothing, I want to get revenge on me. I've been stubborn about losing a game, remember to this day... Pete, do you think Melly is careful?"

Williams moved his lips and said nothing.

Because he doesn't know what to say...

Is this a serious question!

(End of this chapter)