Chapter 408: This Is Just the Beginning!
The winner of the 2005 European Ballon d'Or is, Cristiano Ronaldo!
As one of the most well-known and influential individual awards in football, the award ceremony of the European Ballon d'Or naturally attracts the attention of countless media and fans. Therefore, when the dust settled on this battle, the news of Ronaldo's award reached everyone's eyes through the Internet and TV almost at the same time!
"Let's go up and claim the prize, Chris. Glancing at Ronaldo, who was a little stunned with a stunned expression, as if he couldn't believe that he had really won the European Golden Globe Award, George smiled and patted the cheap brother next to him and said, "This is not the first time you have received the award on stage, how can you still be nervous like this?"
"Brother George, you're talking lightly. Ronaldo looked at George with a black line and emphasized in a low voice, "This is the European Ballon d'Or! One of the highest individual accolades a player can receive!
"Well, I hope you get used to this feeling as soon as possible. In full view, George could not continue to say anything tirade to Ronaldo, "Believe me, this will definitely not be the last time you will stand on the podium of the European Ballon d'Or." If you are always restrained on stage, it is very likely to give people the impression that you are not responsible, which will have a negative impact on your personal image!"
"Okay. Hearing George's words, C Roma cheered up and said categorically, "If that's the case, then I'll do my best to do whatever I say!"
The conversation between the two seemed long, but it actually took a fairly short time. In the eyes of outsiders, this conversation between George and Ronaldo is more like the former encouraging the latter, and it highlights the extremely close relationship between the two!
At this moment, I don't know how many people secretly envy the good luck of George and Ronaldo - the players are envious that Ronaldo can meet such a noble person and insist on winning him to the throne of the European Ballon d'Or, and the head coach and general manager envy George for being able to establish such a close relationship with a future superstar early, so that other teams have no chance to poach Ronaldo from Tottenham!
Unlike most players, Cristiano Ronaldo has an extremely strong entrepreneurial spirit, which makes him never relax his demands and pursuit of glory even when he reaches the peak of his career. Therefore, in his previous life, he chose to transfer to Real Madrid after Manchester United grew into a top superstar. Because he knows very well in his heart that compared to Manchester United, which is subject to the Glazer family everywhere, Real Madrid has hope to make him go further in his career!
Now, Tottenham can not only satisfy Ronaldo's pursuit of glory, but George, the club's number one boss, has a very close personal relationship with him. These factors make the possibility of the Portuguese leaving Tottenham almost zero!
At this time, Ronaldo has calmly taken the stage under the eyes of everyone or envy or jealousy or joy, and received the most important individual award in international football in 2005 from Eusebio, who served as the guest of honor!
From a penniless poor boy in Madeira to the new European Footballer of the Year, it took Cristiano Ronaldo less than seven and a half years to do so. If you count from the day he officially debuted for the senior team, the time spent by Ronaldo can be shortened to a little more than three years!
That's why people are so amazed at Ronaldo's achievements. Because throughout the history of football, players like Ronaldo who have risen at a rocket-like speed are really rare!
After winning the Big Ears Cup with the team in the year of the weak championship, and winning the UEFA Player of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, Ronaldo has taken a firm step towards the goal of becoming a football superstar!
Despite the perfect start to Cristiano Ronaldo's career and the amount of prestige he has earned, there are still a small number of media and fans who believe that it will be difficult for the Portuguese to resist all kinds of temptations and fully realize his potential to reach the heights he deserves!
This is not to say that these people are biased against Ronaldo. In fact, this is indeed a common problem faced by professional footballers from poor backgrounds after becoming famous – from Lampty to Lee Sharpe, from Gascoigne to Dejaminha to Kluivert, there have been too many examples to prove the idea that "too little is not necessarily better". Therefore, these people will be skeptical about Ronaldo's prospects, thinking that the Portuguese is likely to follow such a path after winning the European Ballon d'Or!
Naturally, George scoffed at this argument. You must know that Ronaldo in his previous life never relaxed his requirements for himself even after becoming famous, and it is not an exaggeration to describe him as a training maniac. Therefore, Ronaldo's ability to surpass Eusebio and the "golden generation" at the age of 31 and lead Portugal to win the first European Championship in the team's history is not just pure luck, but his hard training attitude also plays an extremely important role!
There are players whose success is based on unrivalled talent, such as Ronaldo and Ronaldinho. And Ronaldo's success depends on training harder than others!
In terms of football talent alone, Ronaldo is not to mention that compared with Messi, Ronaldo and Ibroben, even Quaresma, who was called the twin stars of Sporting Lisbon with him back then, is more talented than Ronaldo. Therefore, in the previous life, Ibrahimovic said in an interview that Ronaldo was a "superstar who has been trained"!
However, George did not refute this, but carefully collected all these reports, so as to put pressure on Ronaldo from time to time. Because George knows that these reports will not crush Ronaldo at all, but will become a source of motivation for him to work hard, prompting him to work harder to hone his ability, so that all those who doubt him will no longer have anything to say!
How can a mere European Ballon d'Or show Ronaldo's status? In George's vision, at least let Ronaldo surpass the number of awards in his previous life, so that he will not be worth crossing once! The current Ballon d'Or award is only the first milestone on Ronaldo's superstar road!
Soon, after giving an acceptance speech, Ronaldo stood together with Ronaldo and Lampard, who won the second and third places respectively in the selection, under the guidance of the host, and took a group photo!
Compared with Ronaldo, who is proud of the spring breeze and smiles from the heart, at this moment, the smiles of Ronaldo and Lampard, who passed by the Golden Globe Award, are full of bitterness - they were finally shortlisted for a three-person shortlist, but in the end, they were a green leaf for Ronaldo. Such a result is a big blow to the two!
That's the brutality of competitive sports. Years from now, most people won't remember who won the Bronze Globe and Silver Globe in '05, only the player who stood at the top of the podium!
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