Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2005 European Ballon d'Or! As soon as this news came out, the entire English football world was shaken!

After Michael Owen in 2001, English football finally has another European Ballon d'Or winner! For English football, which has been waiting for the Ballon d'Or for many years, this time interval is not long, but it is enough to make everyone feel difficult!

Therefore, even if the award-winning Ronaldo is not an English player, the British media will never let go of this hard-won publicity opportunity - the performance of English clubs in the European competition is getting stronger and stronger, the development momentum of the Premier League is very good, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have won the Champions League trophy, the Premier League wants to comprehensively surpass La Liga and Serie A, and the difference is that Ronaldo is such a Golden Ball winner!

Why was Serie A able to quickly replace English football as Europe's No. 1 league after the Heysel tragedy? Isn't it because Serie A teams have brought in a lot of well-known stars, performed strongly in European competitions, and produced a bunch of Ballon d'Or winners?

To say that English football is also unlucky, after Dennis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best, the group of Manchester United triumvirate, and Kevin Keegan, an Englishman, has won two European Ballon d'Or awards, but "Mickey Mouse" has transferred from Liverpool to Hamburg when he won this award, and the honor he received has little to do with England. Coupled with the subsequent Heysel and Hirtsburg massacres, England teams were banned from European competitions for five years by UEFA, and English football fell into a slump until the turn of the century.

In the Premier League era, although Beckham has a high popularity and popularity around the world, even Ronaldo and Zidane are far from him, but the title of "heartthrob" has also become a further drag on Beckham, which directly led to his peak at Manchester United was only a Silver Ball award. Owen won the European Ballon d'Or in 01 against many strong opponents such as Figo and Raul, which did make people see the hope of the rise of English football at that time, but then the reality of the young man chasing the wind and Liverpool sinking together, especially the disgraceful role played by Owen in the process of transferring to Real Madrid, made almost everyone give up the plan to praise him as a top star!

Henry was hopeful of taking over the task from Owen, but the King of Highbury was questioned because of his sluggish performance in the French national team, and he was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or several times, making him always one step behind the real top superstar!

The lack of top stars within the league is a direct reason why the Premier League has struggled to overtake Serie A and La Liga. And now, Ronaldo won the European Golden Ball Award, which undoubtedly made the British media, which has been planning to make the Premier League the world's first league, find an excellent breakthrough!

Isn't a player who has won the Champions League and the European Ballon d'Or not worthy of the title of superstar?!

In terms of authority and influence, the European Ballon d'Or selected by France Football is even more than the World Footballer of the Year launched by FIFA, the "official" organization. At least in Europe, whenever the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year are different players, people tend to trust the results of the European Ballon d'Or!

If nothing else, if you think about the selection of the World Footballer of the Year, there will be national team coaches who vote for some unknown players, or vote entirely based on personal preference or player popularity, it is enough to see how unrigorous this selection is!

The most important thing is that Ronaldo is not like Beckham, who is regarded as a cream boy who eats with his face because of his handsome appearance, but has reached his current height by virtue of his solid performance on the court. So this time, the British media finally stopped worrying about the voices of other peers and touted Ronaldo as the top name of the Premier League!

George was naturally happy to see this happen. Because the more the media promotes Ronaldo, it is not only beneficial to Ronaldo himself, but also to Tottenham. Not to mention anything else, according to the information sent back from Adele, after Ronaldo won the European Ballon d'Or, the sponsorship amount offered by major manufacturers to Tottenham has also increased a lot!

If nothing else, when the new batch of sponsorship contracts is negotiated, Tottenham's financial income will rise by a large margin!

After winning the European Ballon d'Or, Ronaldo did not rest, and immediately flew back to White Hart Lane with George, devoting himself to intense training and preparation - although he became the youngest European Ballon d'Or winner, Ronaldo's mind is still clear enough to know that only a convincing performance on the pitch can completely silence those who question him!

Although most people believe that Ronaldo deserves to win the European Ballon d'Or, there are also many opposing voices, among which Barcelona's mouthpiece "World Sports" is the most hard-working. After the results were announced, the media has been crying out for Ronaldo's defeat, believing that the Brazilian is more qualified than Ronaldo to be the winner of this year's European Ballon d'Or!

To be honest, George really doesn't see any reason for this year's Ronaldo to win the European Ballon d'Or this year. Is it just because he is the core of Barcelona, led the team to win a La Liga championship and broke into the round of 16 in the Champions League? Nedved won the championship runner-up and a Serie A champion when he won the award that year, plus Maldini has a natural disadvantage in selection as a defender, why is Ronaldo more special than the Czech Iron Man?

If it weren't for AC Milan's shocking reversal in the Champions League final, Xiao Luo might not even be able to do Shevchenko and Maldini in this Ballon d'Or selection!

Therefore, if Xiao Luo's results can be awarded, it will be the biggest unfairness!

Before the match against Portsmouth, Cristiano Ronaldo circled the pitch with the Ballon d'Or trophy held aloft and shared the joy of winning the award with the Tottenham fans in attendance. Subsequently, under the guidance of the staff, Ronaldo came to the interview area where the reporter was taking pictures with the trophy in hand, and clearly met the eyes of every fan through the big screen, which pushed the already warm atmosphere in the stadium to a new peak!

Although they had been mentally prepared, the scene in front of them still made Portsmouth feel very depressed - nothing can dampen the morale of the away team more than watching the home team show off the trophy before the game, and it is also the top individual honor such as the European Ballon d'Or!

Despite their awkward situation, Portsmouth had no way to protest Tottenham's move. After all, it is a common practice in international football for the home team to display trophies before the game to congratulate their players on their wins, and it is useless for them to protest.

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