Chapter 118: The European Golden Boy Award
Jennifer is gone.
Returned to London with her parents.
This is also an obvious thing, it has been two months since she "ran away from home", and since her parents have come to Madrid in person, even if she is reluctant, she can only follow her parents back.
What's more, she still has her own job, although because of her family background, even if she doesn't report to the police station for a few years, no one dares to remove her, but the Royal Police is a career that Jennifer loves, she doesn't want to give up easily, she has to go back and continue to patrol the streets of London.
Chris and Julia spent two days in Madrid, and during these two days, Qin Shou took leave from head coach Simeone and accompanied his elders with peace of mind.
Chris is also a talkative person and a fan, and although he supports different teams, there are still many common topics, and the two can talk together. This also invisibly shortened the distance between each other - on the whole, Chris is still very satisfied with Qin Shou, sunny and positive, and very responsible.
Of course, his demands will not change. After all, no matter what, as a father, he has to put forward his own tests and take care of his daughter.
But Julia, under the service of Qin Shou's saddle before and after the horse, is also more and more satisfied with this Chinese guy, a "son-in-law" and "uncle", that is called a smooth slip.
This made her husband Chris roll his eyes - he was still holding the shelf, and you would tear it down for me, which was really helpless.
No matter how well they get along, the parting still comes as scheduled.
At the airport, Jennifer and Qin Shou reluctantly hugged each other goodbye.
Watching the plane carrying his beloved slowly fly towards the sky, Qin Shou felt a little more burden in his heart in addition to being reluctant, but also feeling a little more burden-it was not easy to fulfill his father-in-law's request.
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In the days after Jennifer left, Qin Shou's life returned to the track of the past, almost a life of home and training ground.
Aside from training, Qin Shou had no other entertainment. When Jennifer is around, dinner will be made for him. After his training, the two would hold hands after dinner and walk around the neighborhood, chat, and watch movies when they had time.
But now, there was only one person left in Nuoda's room, and Qin Shou felt that he couldn't lift his spirits by doing anything.
In addition to training.
Only by constantly sweating on the training ground can he temporarily forget the pain of lovesickness.
Qin Shou's training in the past few days has been a little crazy, and he is also extremely positive, which makes his teammates curious. In the past, Qin Shou's exercise volume was much larger than theirs, and now it has reached a higher level. Do you want people to live?
The coaches are also very worried, although they all like hard-working players, but it is not good to work too hard, people are not machines, and it is easy to have problems with overwork.
The feedback was given to Simeone, and the head coach with a strong wrist and an iron personality was also at a loss, and he didn't know which one Qin Shou was playing, so he had to talk to Qin Shou in person.
After some exchanges, I realized that the main reason was from Jennifer. The departure of his girlfriend made Qin Shou can only draw lovesickness for training.
Simeone couldn't laugh or cry, but he had to pay attention.
In fact, in many cases, the private life off the pitch is also a major factor in the player's ability to perform well on the pitch. Some players value the concept of home. Having a stable relationship and a warm home will make the whole person's mental state different, and the performance on the field is also extraordinarily positive. And some players are disordered because of their private lives. Even because of emotional matters, the state was affected, and the performance on the court plummeted.
For Qin Shou's private life, and it is still an emotional matter. Simeone really didn't want to meddle. He can only warn Qin Shou that he has to train to a certain degree, as a professional player, he must understand what he is doing, and he must put football first.
Qin Shou nodded and said that he knew very well that he was just a little uncomfortable with Jennifer's departure now, and he would quickly adjust his mentality.
Now that Qin Shou had already said so, Simone didn't say anything more. Qin Shou's character and character he is very clear and confident, and he believes that the other party is a person who does what he says.
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Qin Shou really didn't disappoint Simeone, and he proved with practical actions that there was no problem with his state.
Four days later, Atletico Madrid visited the Sardine Man Stadium to challenge Racing Santander, and Qin Shou, who returned to the starting lineup, performed well, although he did not score, but his two direct assists helped Costa and Koke score one goal each, and also helped the team win the game by two comfortable goals away from home.
Qin Shou's outstanding performance also completely put Simeone at ease, in the last round of the comeback battle with Valencia, Qin Shou's performance after coming off the bench can be called phenomenal, but there are still many people who question that this is just an accidental phenomenon, but after this game, presumably the voice of doubting Qin Shou's return from injury will disappear without a trace, and the continuous highlight performance cannot be refuted.
The back-to-back wins made the whole Atletico Madrid team extremely excited, but what they didn't expect was that on the second day, there was even more exciting news waiting for them.
Qin Shou received a call from Anderson in the early hours of the evening, and after the match with Racing Santander, the team took the bus back to Madrid, Qin Shou slept soundly, but was woken up by the ringing of the phone "Ring Ring Ring ~".
Before he had time to complain, as soon as he picked up the phone, Anderson's excited voice came from his ears: "Qin! Qin! Congratulations! You've become the European Golden Boy of the Year! You've won this year's European Golden Boy Award! You're the No.1 among young players! You're the Youth Footballer of the Year! ”
Qin Shou, who was woken up, was a little dazed and confused, and it took a long time to react, and Anderson's call was to tell him that he had won the award...... Wait, winning? What awards?
"What award?" Qin Shou asked again.
Anderson yelled, "European Golden Boy Award!" The highest honor for the best young player in the world! Qin, your worth is going to rise again! ”
"Oh, got it."
Qin Shou didn't listen to the next words, he just subconsciously replied, covered his head with the quilt again, and continued to sleep - he really hadn't woken up yet.
Until the next morning. Qin Shou, who slept beautifully, realized what Anderson's good news call meant.
Founded in 2003 by the Italian newspaper Torino Sport, the European Golden Boy Award is voted for by more than 30 influential and important media outlets in Europe to select the best young player of the year, who must be under the age of 21 who play for European clubs. This is seen as a "rite of passage" for young rookies, a great affirmation of their natural abilities and potential.
It can be said that the European Golden Boy Award is the most authoritative award for young players in European football, and the winner is known as the "European Youth Footballer of the Year", representing the future of European football.
Many of today's household names have won the award, such as Van der Vaart, Wayne Rooney, Cesc Fabregas, Sergio Aguero and ...... and the top superstar in today's football, Leo. Messi. The star-studded names also illustrate the unique vision of this award, which is an award for young players. It is indeed very weighty, and it is a great affirmation and honor.
In fact, last year's Qin Shou had a chance to be shortlisted for this award, but because of the result of "Lao Yan" with Arsenal, he no longer had the conditions to be shortlisted when he returned to the major leagues, so he had nothing to do with last year's Golden Boy Award selection. Last year's Golden Boy Award winner was Gotze, who is now playing for Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich and is also popular in European football.
This year's Qin Shou was shortlisted, but he also had too much hope, after all, he had a congenital weakness, that is, he was from Asia. Since the inception of the European Golden Boy Awards, no Asian player has won this distinction – or rather, no Asian player has been ranked in the top 10 of the Golden Boy Award.
But I didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly. Qin Shou didn't expect much, but this award hit him. This also reflects the fact that Qin Shou's performance this season is indeed outstanding, so good that no one can ignore it.
Qin Shou, who confirmed the news, looked very excited and excited. In any case, this is also a very important award, although it is not as good as the FIFA Ballon d'Or and the European Ballon d'Or. But it also represents the NO.1 among young players, since it is the first, it must be the best, since it is the best, then the first requirement of the old man, is it completed?
Of course, such an idea can only be nagged in his heart, if he really uses this award to fool his father-in-law, Qin Shou will probably be kicked out of the door by the other party.
Qin Shou, who was excited, immediately picked up the phone and wanted to call to share it with Jennifer, but the phone rang first.
"Congratulations, Qin, you are a big cow now, not only are you thriving in Madrid, but you have even won the Golden Boy Award, and our brothers haven't won it yet. Everyone said that the next time we meet, we will let you have a drink. Walcott's voice came over the phone, and there was a group of chirping voices next to him, presumably old Arsenal friends.
Qin Shou coped with a few words and couldn't keep falling off the fairy tale with Walcott, because another phone call came in.
This time it's Henry's.
"Boy, it's not bad, you have won one of the grand prizes this year, should you come back for a treat?"
Henry teased a few words, and also expressed his congratulations to Qin Shou.
But the call didn't stop, and Juninho's voice was quickly heard.
"Congratulations, Qin. I said why is your phone so hard to call, honestly busy. ”
"Hey, Qin Shou, I'm Uncle Huang, I heard that you won a Golden Boy Award in Europe, when will you go back to the United States, let's celebrate for you."
"Congratulations, Qin, who am I? …… Damn, you can't even hear me? What, I'm too busy, I'm tired when I answer the phone...... Bastard! I'm Simeone, Diego. Simone ......"
All morning, Qin Shou hadn't heard his phone call, and his friends almost completely burst his phone. Originally, I wanted to show off to Jennifer, but alas, I had to postpone it...... (To be continued.) )