Accompanied by Georges, Ronaldo arrived at France Football headquarters in Paris just before noon on December 8 to attend the European Ballon d'Or ceremony, which is scheduled to take place later that day!

In order to make the mystery of the guarantee ball prize as mysterious as possible, making it difficult to guess the real winner before the answer is revealed, France Football can be described as racking its brains. For example, this time, "French Football" sent photographers to London and Barcelona in advance, and at the same time took "photos of the new magazine cover and inside page posters" for Cristiano Ronaldo and other three players shortlisted for the final shortlist, so as to avoid people predicting the final home of the European Ballon d'Or by tracking the photographer's movements!

As is customary, France Football will shoot a photo of the new European Ballon d'Or winner in advance for the cover of the latest issue. In the previous European Ballon d'Or selections, many media used this way to determine which of the three candidates for the Ballon d'Or winner was the winner. Therefore, "French Football" will come up with such a trick this time, so that the outside world cannot judge the truth!

However, although the approach of "French Football" ensures the mystery of the Ballon d'Or, it also makes Ronaldo and others happy. You know, when he saw the photographer of "French Football" coming to London and saying that he was going to take a set of photos for himself, Ronaldo really thought that the Ballon d'Or was already in his pocket!

Therefore, when Ronaldo learned from the photographer that they would go to Chelsea to take pictures of Lampard next, and there was another team going to Barcelona, the loss in his heart could be imagined!

Although I can understand the pain of "French Football" doing this, but emotionally, Ronaldo is still a little resentful about this, thinking that this approach of "French Football" is really redundant - with the current level of publishing technology and logistics, as long as the corresponding layout is reserved in advance, even if you take pictures the day before the publication of the magazine, it will not delay the normal publication progress. Why do you have to take photos and typeset many days in advance, and go to great lengths to hide people's eyes?

Of course, no matter how much Ronaldo slanders, it is impossible for him to turn these photographers away, let alone refuse to accept the award in Paris. In that case, instead of having any positive effect, it will only have an irreparable negative impact on his image. With Ronaldo's wisdom and emotional intelligence, it is naturally impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake. Not to mention, who can resist the temptation of the European Ballon d'Or, the highest individual honour for footballers?

In this way, the time came to five o'clock in the evening, and the 2005 European Golden Globe Awards ceremony officially kicked off at this moment!

The first to take the stage to receive the award was Chelsea vice-captain Frank Lampard, known as the 'magic lamp'. Although the host's voice was unusually passionate, trying to stir up the atmosphere of the scene, and Lampard himself was smiling when he took the stage to accept the award, it can still be seen from the slightly stiff expression and disappointed eyes of the "magic lamp" that he is still quite frustrated that he has only won one bronze ball award this time.

And it's no wonder. You must know that the shortlist of the final three candidates for the European Golden Globe Awards is not enough to have top-level individual ability. Team results, the performance of the players during the year, especially in tough matches, as well as the status of the players in the club they play for, and even the competitive form of the players in the period before the Ballon d'Or is announced, all of which have a considerable impact on the results!

Vieri, for example. There is no doubt about the individual ability of the former world's number one powerful center forward, but after all these years, Vieri has not been shortlisted for this three-man shortlist once!

Even Vieri ended up in this ending, and the difficulty of being shortlisted is so great, which can be seen!

Therefore, for his shortlisting this time, Lampard naturally cherishes it very much, and has performed extremely hard in both club and national teams, hoping to beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldo Jr. to win the title. However, Chelsea's constant outpouring of Hotspur in the league and the fact that Tottenham won the Champions League and FA Cup double last season, and finished runners-up in the league due to refereeing factors, have negated Lampard's efforts.

In fact, Frank Lampard wouldn't have had a chance if it weren't for AC Milan's impressive defeat in the Champions League final – you know, even in non-major years, the European Ballon d'Or tends to focus more on the player's performance in European competition, and the performance in the league is more like a supplement based on this, and far less important than European competition!

After all, even if it is the big five leagues, there are certain differences between them in terms of overall level. To put it mildly, who thinks it's as difficult to finish second in the Bundesliga as it is to finish second in the Premier League?

Frank Lampard was followed by Brazilian star Ronaldinho. The Barcelona star obviously didn't expect to lose to Cristiano Ronaldo in the Ballon d'Or selection, so when accepting the award, the iconic smile of "Bugs Bunny" faded a lot!

The reason why Ronaldo was able to win the European Ballon d'Or that year when Barcelona stopped in the round of 16 of the Champions League in his previous life was mainly because Gerrard was dragged down by Liverpool's poor record, Frank Lampard's Chelsea was disgusted because of his unruly relationship, and Ronaldo himself led Barcelona to defeat Real Madrid in the Spanish national derby. The situation is quite different. Although Cristiano Ronaldo is not the absolute core and number one star of Tottenham, Tottenham's achievements this year are by no means comparable to Barcelona's, and Ronaldo also helped Tottenham win the Champions League and beat Chelsea in the strong dialogue. These factors are superimposed, and in the eyes of the judges, it has become a very debatable matter who is more worthy of the Golden Globe Award between Ronaldo and Ronaldo!

With Frank Lampard and Ronaldo coming to power, the final result of this selection is just around the corner – Cristiano Ronaldo, a young winger from Tottenham Hotspur who won the 2005 European Ballon d'Or!

Cristiano Ronaldo broke the record set by Ronaldo in 1997 and became the youngest European Ballon d'Or winner since 1956!

Ronaldo's award announced that the era of post-70s players is gradually coming to an end, and post-80s players have officially stepped onto the stage and will become the mainstream force in international football!

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the new people replace the old people. In this world, no one can escape the erosion of time, so even if there is no Ronaldo and Ronaldo, the post-70s generation will eventually grow old, and the era of the new generation of players will come sooner or later!

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