Chapter 555: Winning the Golden Globe Awards
After packing up Fenerbahce, Vardy finally ushered in the gold list title.
France Football has already announced the shortlist for this year's European Ballon d'Or, with Jamie Vardy, who was extremely strong last season, leading the list.
Obviously, no one would think that Vardy would not be able to claim the honour, and even if he thinks about it, he already has the trophy in his pocket.
Although the results are kept secret before the award ceremony, let's not forget that it is customary for France Football to shoot the magazine cover for the final winners before the awards are announced.
As a result, even though the editor-in-chief of "French Football" was secretive, he was still photographed at Milan Airport, and then the suspense that was not a suspense was completely revealed.
Jamie Vardy won the European Ballon d'Or '07 and became the new European Footballer of the Year.
Last year, Jamie Dardy won the World Footballer of the Year award, but he missed out on the Ballon d'Or, losing to World Cup-winning captain Cannavaro.
But it's not a big year, so the awards are based on the performance of the players in their respective leagues and the Champions League.
Jamie Vardy won both the Premier League and the Champions League for Manchester United, and won the Golden Boot in both competitions.
If such Vardy can't win the European Ballon d'Or, I'm afraid it's not just a shady problem.
Of course, Kaka has also been outstanding, almost single-handedly taking Milan to the Champions League final, and has performed well in a series of matches for the Brazilian national team, and is arguably arguably the best attacking midfielder in world football today.
However, Milan lost to Jamie Vardy's Manchester United in a direct duel in the Champions League final, and Milan were also suppressed by their rivals in Serie A.
Therefore, there is no suspense that Vardy will win the European Ballon d'Or, and even the least suspenseful one in recent years.
Three days later, Vardy flew to Paris to accept the award.
When he received the Ballon d'Or trophy from the editor-in-chief of France Football, Vardy was indeed very excited, even if he knew that this honor would not be lost at all, but on this day, there was still a lot of emotion in his heart.
Compared with the World Footballer, it is obvious that the European Ballon d'Or has a higher gold content, or is more professional.
If you look at it from this point of view, then Vardy is already at the pinnacle of world football in terms of honor!
Vardy didn't make any deep comments, because everyone knows that teasing is difficult to say any deep language, which doesn't fit his personality, so he just expressed his excitement, thanked Alex Ferguson and his Manchester United team-mates, and expressed his expectations for the future.
But what surprised him was the distribution of the votes.
Vardy scored 799 points this time, setting an unprecedented new record, which is almost double the score of previous years.
Even Kaka's outstanding performance was overshadowed by Vardy's brilliance, and the 100-point score showed the huge gap between him and Vardy.
In the previous life, Kaka was first, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi were in second and third place, which was generally the beginning of the competition between the three superstars.
However, this time, Ronaldo does not have such a high ranking, and so does Messi.
Cristiano Ronaldo was injured late in the season, missing the Champions League semi-finals and finals, as well as the final rounds of the Premier League's crucial games, and although he played well before, he still lost a lot of points in the judges' minds.
Wayne Rooney has risen to the top of the rankings, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in third place, and he is also a contributor to Manchester United's double, and his goal tally is also very impressive, which is an important reason why he can rank so high.
Messi ranked fourth, and he showed the level of a superstar last season, perfectly replacing Ronaldo to become the core of Barcelona, but Barcelona was empty of the four last season, the league was suppressed by Real Madrid, and the Champions League was eliminated early, and the collective honor dragged him back.
Cristiano Ronaldo is fifth, and of course, if there are no injuries, he should be higher.
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Soon, the news of the European Ballon d'Or was fermenting in world football, and everyone once again lamented Vardy's dominance, which absolutely no superstar could have done before.
Sure enough, Vardy's commercial value has been further enhanced, and if Vardy relaxes the restrictions, it will not be difficult to buy Inter for endorsement money that season.
Of course, Vardy's worth is already terrifying, and there is no need to make money in this way, and the main purpose of receiving endorsements is to increase his influence, nothing more.
As soon as he returned to Milan, Vardy received a call from Cristiano Ronaldo, who was a little jealous of Vardy's winning the European Ballon d'Or.
"Jamie, if you don't have a treat, I'll find a peerless thief to steal your Golden Globe trophy!" Cristiano Ronaldo is intimidating Vardy like this.
Of course, Ronaldo also knows that it is almost unrealistic to let Vardy have a treat now, because neither of them has time to get together as often as they used to.
"Seriously, you're the first of the three of us to win the Golden Globe, and Wayne and I are bigger than you!"
Ronaldo's emotion is not unreasonable, in the former Manchester United trident, Ronaldo was born in 85, the oldest, followed by Rooney who was born in 86, and Vardy was the youngest, born in 87.
Now, there is no doubt that the tridents have all stood at the top of world football, and with the glory of superstars, they have all come this far.
But there is only one winner of the European Ballon d'Or, and Vardy performed better than them, so Vardy won the honor first.
If you say not to be jealous, it is definitely fake!
"Wait, next time, it will be me standing on the top podium, and I will definitely beat you in the Champions League!"
Cristiano Ronaldo swore as if he had really beaten Vardy.
It is no wonder that Ronaldo is confident that Manchester United is in a good situation at the moment, leading the league points ahead of its biggest rival Chelsea, while also showing good momentum in the Champions League, and most importantly, Ronaldo's statistics have improved a lot compared to last season, and currently leads the Premier League scorer list with 11 goals.
After full discussion with Ferguson, Quiroz established Ronaldo as the core of the attack and transformed into an all-round goalscorer, and Ronaldo did not live up to his expectations, although it was impossible to completely fill the void left by Vardy, but still teamed up with Rooney to carry the offensive banner of Manchester United.
And according to the development of the previous life, this season is indeed a season for Manchester United, winning both the league and the Champions League, and it is no wonder that Ronaldo has the confidence to call Vardy.
Hehe, with a smile, Vardy hit Ronaldo mercilessly: "I know you scored 11 goals to lead the scorer list, but I have scored 14 goals, how do you feel?" ”
Ronaldo on the other end of the phone was quickly speechless.
But before Vardy could continue to prick his heart, there was an argument on the other end of the phone, and then a rough voice rang, "What about Monica Bellucci?" Have you forgotten? ”
There is no need to guess, this voice belongs to Rooney, only this thing thinks about the all the time.
After chatting with two good friends for a long time, Vardy was in a very good mood and he had a hunch that they would definitely meet in the Champions League this season.
Let's catch up on the old days when the time comes!
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Back in Serie A, Inter Milan host Lazio to challenge.
Before the start of the game, Jamie Vardy entered with the European Ballon d'Or trophy and accepted the congratulations and cheers of the fans.
Vardy is the third European Ballon d'Or winner in Inter Milan's history, ahead of Mateus and Ronaldo.
However, Ronaldo had already transferred to Real Madrid when he won the Ballon d'Or, so strictly speaking, it cannot be regarded as the Ballon d'Or won by Inter Milan.
Finally, Inter Milan has a real first man in football again.
The excited fans cheered passionately throughout the game, creating a lot of pressure on Lazio.
Jamie Vardy put on a show of the Ballon d'Or winners, scoring in each half and opening the scoring with a rare header, which opened the door to victory even though it was a win.
In the end, Inter defeated Lazio by three goals at home and maintained their strong posture.
This time, the Italian media did not stand against Vardy again, and Vardy's Ballon d'Or award was simply indisputable, without any black spots.
On the contrary, the English media was a bit upset about Ronaldo and Rooney, in their opinion, Vardy occupied a lot of the ball when he was at Manchester United, so that Ronaldo and Rooney did not get full play.
No, as soon as Vardy left, the performances of Ronaldo and Rooney seemed to have gone up a level.
Vardy will not pay attention to the media's remarks, because after the battle with the Italian media, he has fully understood the essence of the media, argues with them, and in the end only increases their sales, just ignore them.
Speaking of which, Vardy feels that his days at Milan are really laid-back, both in terms of games and daily life.
Serie A and the Premier League are two completely different leagues, especially after experiencing it yourself, you have more say.
In the Premier League, even if he is the vice-president of the league, he also has the power to fight against the league leader, maybe the scene is passive, but the result is really difficult to say.
But in Serie A, it is completely different, when the middle and lower reaches of the league face the giant teams, they really have no power to fight back, even if they counterattack, they can't play, even if they get into the shell of the turtle, it may end up being a fiasco.
Therefore, the relatively loose schedule, coupled with a lot of games that are not too intense, makes Vardy feel like he is coming to Serie A for retirement.
At least only against Milan or Roma will allow Vardy to find a little passion.
Inter's dominance in Serie A is beyond receiving, and it is clear that their real battleground is in the Champions League, although the knockout stages of the Champions League will not begin until February next year.