Chapter 267: Candidate for the Golden Boy Award
() When he was in La Masia's academy, Tang Wu was just a rookie who had just "changed careers", but Xiaofa was a high-profile Spanish talent.
At that time, whether it was Xiaofa or Messi and other players, although it was not difficult to score Tang Wu's goal, it was still very easy.
But after almost 70 minutes of this game, Xiaofa didn't have a single shot on goal.
This is the Premier League, not the Academy!
There are attackers like Henry, Reyes, and Pire in front, and the right to fire is concentrated in the hands of these guys. Aside from using his nimble movement and accurate passing to provide assists to his teammates, Xiaofa didn't have a very impressive performance.
A fresh dribble forward could have resulted in the best goal of the season and could have made him instantly famous with the Gunners. But at the last moment, it fell short, and Tang Wu, who was extremely familiar with the pace of Xiaofa, shoveled the ball out by a millimeter.
Now Tang Wu's attitude is "disdainful" again, and the young Xiaofa once again ignites the young man's competitive heart, and wants to give Tang Wu a little color in the next time.
Tang Wu didn't care about the little law because he became "passionate", and the tempering of the first season in the Premier League has made Tang Wu grow into a mature goalkeeper. With the exception of a few appearances in the League Cup and FA Cup, as well as in some leagues where opponents are not very strong, Jfa has not made appearances for the Gunners in some important games, let alone made a contribution.
Football is eleven people, and the two sides together are twenty-two.
Perhaps the match of 22 people will change the tide of the game because of the active performance of one player, but Tang Wu is sure that the current Xiaofa is not Ronaldo, nor is it Ronaldo Jr.
The cruelty of the Premier League will not change because of Xiaofa's "dissatisfaction".
Just like this game.
Sure enough, the moment Liverpool almost breached the Gunners' goal, the whole of Anfield was boiling again.
Both fans and players are tired of the 0-0 draw and they desperately need a goal to change the team and change the status quo.
The Reds don't care whether the person on the other side is the Gunners or AC Milan or Real Madrid or any other powerful guy, the Reds at this time have only one thing in mind: that is, to score!
The offensive has gained momentum, what else can stop the Red Army?
Arsene Wenger gritted his teeth on the sidelines and made the first substitution of the game in the 67th minute.
Reyes, who was also unsuccessful in this game, was substituted, and when he came off the field, the Gunners fans who watched the game did not say anything, as if they were replaced by someone who had nothing to do with them.
The so-called rising Spaniard star has long since lost his former glory, having started the Gunners this season and has now failed to score in seven consecutive games.
I don't know if he can't get used to Arsenal's high-intensity continuous campaigns, and this game is like an invisible man, and he didn't show his face in the camera until he was substituted.
Ferguson, who was in the stands, chewed gum and looked at the dejected Spanish star, sneered and shook his head.
"If he had the skills of Cristiano and Wayne, he wouldn't have been bought by that Wenger guy, I would have taken him down a long time ago..."
This guy, who was clamoring to use Tang Wu as a pedal last season, was excluded from the list of 20 candidates for the Golden Boy Award just announced at the beginning of the month.
The Golden Boy Award was founded in 2003 by the Italian newspaper Torino Sport, and was voted by the major European media to select the outstanding players under the age of 21 who play for European clubs of the year.
Unlike the Ballon d'Or, the award is announced on 1 July by the Torino newspaper Sport with a list of 100 candidates, and then 20 are screened at the beginning of each month.
Now that it's November, the Golden Boy roster has been narrowed down to the bottom 20.
In other words, in another month, the winner of the Golden Boy Award will be announced.
Among these 20 people, the most vocal are Rooney and Ronaldo, two Manchester United rookies, and there are other young talents such as Robben, Podolski, and Messi. Among them, the name of Fernando Torres, who is tied with Reyes as the "Spanish twin star", is also at the top of the list.
Fernando Torres, 19 years old, is the youngest captain of the sheets.
Torres' glory in the Sheets has overshadowed Reyes' fame, even if Arsenal won the title last season without defeat, but what does that have to do with Reyes?
Apart from helping the Gunners knock out Chelsea in the FA Cup, Reyes hasn't had much of a standout performance in any other big game. Even if it was a goal, it was the icing on the cake after Henry and others sealed the win in advance.
This season, since Reyes was dumbfounded, he has been on the verge of the Gunners' starting line-up. If it weren't for Bergkamp's injury, for the professor, as long as a better "replacement" is found, perhaps Reyes will not be seen in the starting lineup of the Gunners in the next game.
In addition, the most exciting thing for Chinese fans is that Tang Wu, who is only 20 years old, is also on the final 20-man list. Despite the low votes and rankings, he is the only Asian player and the only goalkeeper.
This is already a rare thing for Tang Wu.
Even if Tang Wu didn't win the award in the end, just from the fact that he squeezed into the list of the last 20 people of the Golden Boy Award as an Asian goalkeeper, it was enough to make him famous in the world.
And in the two months that Liverpool has fallen into a slump, even the most pessimistic and disdainful media for Liverpool have never said a bad word about Tang Wu - they have to admit that at the critical moment, it was the young player who silently kept Liverpool's last hope.
For now, Tang Wu was still standing at the back of Liverpool's half, while Reyes lowered his head, high-fived his team-mates on the sidelines, and disappeared into the crowd on the bench.
The substitute Reyes was also a youngster, and he, along with Reyes, was also in the 40-man squad for this season's Golden Boy Award.
But the reason he stopped was not because he was not good on his own, but because he had a bad time with his coach at the club last season, so he didn't get much playing time.
This season, he joined the Gunners for £275W and, according to Arsene Wenger, he will be groomed to be the successor to Bergkamp, the Ice Prince.
Now, with Bergkamp out injured and Reyes in a slump, the professor can only send him on in hopes of creating a "miracle".
For such a young general, Tang Wu didn't know him very well.
But Tang Wu did not underestimate it at all, because not everyone can wear the Gunners' No. 11 jersey.
"Oh, Arsenal have made a change!" Huang Jianxiang was a little surprised.
Although Pongler received Tang Wu's long pass from the backfield just now, his steps seemed to be a little staggering after landing, and it was conservatively estimated that he might have a little cramp or strain.
I thought that Liverpool would be the first to make substitutions by taking advantage of the dead ball, but the professor obviously couldn't sit still and made the first substitution.
Zhan Jun looked down at the information on the table, lifted his glasses, and read in a flat tone: "In the 67th minute of the game, Arsenal took the lead in substitutions. He was replaced by No. 9 Reyes, and he came off the bench with No. 11 Robin. Van Persie. ”