It didn't take long for a strange call to Zhang Yuan's mobile phone, Zhang Yuan looked at the Italian one, it should have been called by "Turin Sports Newspaper", just now Raiola had reminded him that "Torino Sports Newspaper" would definitely call him and let him pay attention. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Hey, hello! This is Zhang Yuan!" Zhang Yuan said politely.

"Oh, Zhang Yuan, hello! I'm Paul Depaola, editor-in-chief of Torino Sport, and I'm very happy to tell you the good news that you have won the 2008 European Golden Boy Award!

"I'm glad I won this award, thank you, thank you for the recognition!" Zhang Yuan is far less excited than he was just now.

"Haha, Zhang Yuan, you are a very talented young man! I hope you can take this award as an incentive and continue to work hard to reach new heights!" Depaola said kindly, full of expectations in his words, and "Turin Sports Newspaper" also voted for Zhang Yuan this time.

"I'll keep trying, Mr. De Paula!" Zhang Yuan replied affirmatively.

"Well, I'm sure you will!" DePaula said in the affirmative.

In addition to reporting the good news to Zhang Yuan, De Paula also said that the Golden Boy Award is not the Golden Globe Award, and the "Turin Sports Newspaper" has not held an award ceremony since the beginning of the event.

Generally, a time and place are discussed with the winners and their clubs, and the Torino Sport newspaper will send the trophy over.

De Paula needs to confirm with Zhang Yuan here, Zhang Yuan has no idea, I have to say that Schalke 04 is a little slow this time, and he did not expect a charter in advance, and now Zhang Yuan has to hang up De Paula's phone and discuss with the club how to deal with this matter.

Schalke 04 also got the news for the first time, according to the past practice, people are going to come over to present the award, the high-level is discussing this matter, it is Zhang Yuan who won the award, but the honor still has Schalke 04 a credit.

So Schnusenberg made a decision, and asked the "Torino Sports Newspaper" to present this award to Zhang Yuan before the game of Inter Milan on December 9, firstly, Schalke 04 can show his face well on the big stage of the Champions League, secondly, it has the effect of motivating morale, and thirdly, compared with Schalke 04, fans are willing to see their team out of a golden boy.

Zhang Yuan called Muller, the senior management just communicated, Muller explained to Zhang Yuan the club's ideas, Zhang Yuan felt that it didn't matter, he could accept how the club arranged.

Schalke 04 immediately contacted De Paula, who agreed to Schalke 04's proposal on behalf of Torino Sport.

The next day, De Paula came to the Schalke 04 club with the Golden Boy Award, Zhang Yuan and his teammates were training in the field, and during the break, "Torino Sports Newspaper" asked Zhang Yuan to pose a few poss, and they took pictures with the official website of Schalke 04.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yuan did not participate in training, but was interviewed by the "Torino Sports Newspaper" under the arrangement of the club.

"Turin Sports Newspaper" was not famous before the Golden Boy Award, and it was not considered a sports newspaper in Italy, and its sales were basically around Turin.

The reporter who interviewed Zhang Yuan this time is called Peduria, he is the deputy editor of the Torino sports newspaper and a well-known Italian football journalist.

In the restaurant café of the Schalke 04 training base, Pedulia fully considered Zhang Yuan's age and took the initiative to put the interview location here, the atmosphere is not as rigid as the studio or conference room, which is conducive to adjusting the atmosphere.

He was a little worried that Zhang Yuan was nervous, in fact, he was too worried, Zhang Yuan was interviewed a lot by sports newspapers, Germany's "Kicker", "Bild", etc., and he was also interviewed in the official publicity before the Bundesliga season, as for Schalke 04's internal interviews, there were even more. It's just that the Italian media doesn't seem to have interviewed him, because he was far less famous in Italy than he is now, and the most successful season was in Serie B, and the attention of Italian people in Serie B is not very high.

The two sat down opposite each other at the coffee table, and the two posed for the photographer to take a picture before officially entering the interview session.

Pedulia asked for a cup of coffee, Zhang Yuan asked for a cup of water, Pedulia was wearing a suit and leather shoes, Zhang Yuan was still wearing a training jacket, originally he had a down jacket outside, but now he entered the café with air conditioning, and he threw away the down jacket like Pedulia took off his coat.

Besides, the two of them were too ugly to take pictures in coats and down jackets, and Pedulia asked, "Zhang, I'm glad you were interviewed by us! Are you okay in Italian?"

Zhang Yuan secretly scolded himself, this interview is whether it is good or not that I must accept it, it is no problem to use Italian, compared to German, he feels that he speaks Italian better.

When he first arrived in Italy, he worked this, and it was difficult to integrate into the local football environment and living environment if he didn't know Italian.

On the contrary, he did not work as hard as he used to be, but after the start of the season, he decided to go to university and began to study hard.

It is difficult for foreigners to learn Chinese, and it is also difficult for Chinese to learn foreign languages, but it is not so difficult to go abroad, because the environment forces you to learn, and the environment trains you every day.

Zhang Yuan is young, has a good brain, and coupled with his own understanding of the importance of language, he can learn foreign languages quickly.

"No problem!" Zhang Yuan nodded and replied in an affirmative tone.

"Winning the European Golden Boy Award, can you describe how you feel right now?" asked the first question, setting the recorder on the coffee table.

"I was very excited and proud to hear the news! I am very happy to be recognized by everyone!"

"You are the first winner from the Bundesliga, how do you feel about that?"

'I'm very proud, it shows that the Bundesliga is getting more and more attention, we have a lot of young players like me in the league and the club is very willing to give us opportunities, the Bundesliga is one of the best leagues in the world, full of energy!'

"Do you also include Rakitic, who was shortlisted with you?"

'Of course, I think he's a very good midfielder!' We have Hevedes, Neuer, Degan, Farfan and other young players in the team, they are all very good!'

"What about the other teams?"

"Quesut Ozil from Werder Bremen, Kroos from Bayern Munich, Bruno Bruno, Bayer Leverkusen Augusto, they were all good and they were on the shortlist with me!

"You are also the first Chinese to win the Golden Boy Award, tell us about the reaction of Chinese domestic football?"

The response was of course enthusiastic, and when the shortlist was announced, the domestic media was like a frying pan, touting Zhang Yuan as if he had won the Golden Boy Award.

And when it became a reality, the news media reported this matter even more, Zhang Yuan's personal website was completely paralyzed because of the congratulations of netizens, and various sports portals were full of all Zhang Yuan's related.

Zhang Yuan didn't know about these situations, because he went to celebrate with his teammates last night, and he was busy training today, and he didn't know the reaction at home.

He didn't know that his sister and brother-in-law had been picked up, Zhang Caiying and Li Jun got up early in the morning and were surrounded by the media, and it was impossible to operate normally today.

"Well, I don't know very well now, so I can't tell you how to react! I think everyone will be proud of me! Because I'm Chinese!"

"Do you think you're a genius? You didn't have systematic training in China, but you started systematic training in Italy, and your progress is rapid!"

Zhang Yuan himself couldn't explain this matter, because it was true that as Peduria said, he had no systematic training at all before the age of 16, and the so-called training was completely explored by him and Gu Lin themselves.

When he went to Italy and Germany, he really made rapid progress, and he was like two people before, if he wasn't a genius, what was it?!

"I think I'm a genius, but I'm also very hardworking, when I was a child, I learned that success only requires one percent of talent, but ninety-nine percent of the effort! I think this is the best interpretation!" Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and replied to Peduria, because he really couldn't find anything else to explain what he had achieved now except for talent and hard work. (To be continued.) )