Chapter 423: Half-Way Champion

Although Iroh doesn't like to deal with political officials, sometimes when he reaches a certain level, he will naturally flock to him, so he can only go with the flow.

On the day of Elo's return to Valencia, news of his World Footballer of the Year award was pouring in.

Interestingly, in the mainstream European media, except for the Spanish media and a few media outlets who recognized Iello as the World Footballer of the Year, other media have questioned FIFA's selection.

So when Iroh saw the news of these doubts, he was a little stunned, this... That's, isn't it?

Damn, after I missed the European Golden Globe Awards by one point, didn't I express my support for myself? Why didn't I support the World Footballer of the Year this time?

A bunch of headline parties!!

However, many celebrities who have a good influence in European football and world football have praised Iello and deservedly!

Of course, there are also foreign media who have expressed support, such as the "Times", which has always been very supportive of Ayro, after the results came out, it did not express itself very objectively like other domestic newspapers: "The final selection of this year's World Footballer of the Year is relatively objective, but compared with previous years, the result is naturally unexpected, because the World Footballer of the Year was not awarded to the champion team as in previous World Cup years, if that is the result, then it is definitely quite boring, and it is easy to guess, we firmly believe." This year's World Cup year will set a very good example for future World Cups in 2010, 2014 and even 2018, that is... Whoever is the best in the overall table of that year, then he is the best ...... in the world"

There are praises and slanders, but relatively speaking, there are still mixed honors and disgraces.

After all, there are a thousand Hamlets for a thousand Hamlets, and no one is admired by everyone, like is like, dislike is dislike, very pure.

However, there are two points that Aelo has been recognized by everyone, that is, respecting teachers and respecting others, as can be seen from the fact that the first person he thanked was Ranieri who promoted him first, and then from his meticulous mention of the people who contributed to him are all named, it is not difficult to see that he is a player who knows how to respect others.

From these two points alone, it can be seen that he is a gentleman.

It is worth mentioning that the new word 'soy sauce' mentioned by Iroh in the FIFA awards ceremony became the most hotly discussed search question on the Chinese Internet that day.

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On the third day of his return to Valencia after Elo won the World Footballer of the Year, it was interesting to note that the team's last league game before Christmas was played at the Mestalla Stadium.

So Iroh can show off his Ballon d'Or trophy in front of all the fans at home.

This is the first World Footballer of the Year in the history of Valencia FC, so the whole club takes this appearance ceremony for Ello very seriously.

Compared with the two super giants in Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona, Valencia finally has a world footballer who can do it.

As we all know, Barcelona is very good at cultivating world footballers compared to Real Madrid, and in this year, Valencia also produced a world footballer of its own.

Thus changed the history of the club without World Footballer of the Year.

Of course, at this time, many die-hard fans of Valencia FC are beginning to worry about whether the club will be able to retain this great god with the addition of Aillo's honor?

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On December 20 at 8 p.m., Valencia's last league game before the end of 2006 was also at their home turf, against Mallorca.

Valencia held a very special appearance ceremony for Iro.

After the players from both sides of the game came out of the players' tunnel, they did not rush to play, but lined up in two lines from the sideline to the players' tunnel.

"Now we have the new World Footballer of the Year!!"

With an exciting roar on the radio at the Mestalla Stadium, Iello smiled and held up the Golden Ball trophy of the World Footballer of the Year with his right hand.

"-!! Ai"

The crowded stands of the Mestalla Stadium shouted out Elo's last name in unison!

This...... This is the first World Footballer of the Year produced by the club!!

At the same time, Elo's team-mate on the right and his opponent on the left applauded at the same time, which was a welcome to the new World Footballer of the Year!

In front of the 50,000 fans in attendance, Iroh showed off the golden Ballon d'Or trophy of the World Footballer of the Year.

At this moment, he was really moved!

The whole Mestalla stadium is different from the first time he stepped into this stadium, there are many photos of himself hanging huge posters around, and because of his excellent performance, his home country has also been loved by the fans of the city, so there are still a lot of Chinese elements in this stadium.

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"Son, do you see your father? It's handsome! The young girl hugged her nearly one-year-old son, looked at the TV and was loved by tens of thousands of fans, and said emotionally.

"Wow wow~~ Dad? Awesome~~"

The child in his arms seemed to understand his mother's words, and raised his arms at Iroh, who was holding the trophy high on the TV, and muttered milky noises.

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In the end, Valencia beat the visiting Mallorca 3-1 at home with a hat-trick from Ailo in their final game of 2006.

In this way, Valencia ended all the matches from the start of the new season to the end of 2006, and the result surprised everyone, winning all competitions except for a 0-0 draw away from Zaragoza in the previous round of the league.

Otherwise, the results are even more impressive.

It was at this time that Iroh was once again the subject of discussion in the mainstream media in Europe.

His hat-trick in Valencia's final game of 2006 and his previous 82 goals in the year meant he had scored 85 goals in the year.

Now...... Everyone was stunned!

It wasn't enough for Iello to break the single-season scoring record of Pacino and Altafini, as he equalled the German bomber Gerd Müller's record of 85 goals in 1972 in the final game of the year.

So the authoritative German newspaper "Kicker" used a ridiculous headline: "King of Records", the text said: "Valencia defeated Mallorca 3-1 at home in the last game of 2006, in which the new world footballer Ai shined, covering all three goals of the team, which means that he has equaled the record of 85 goals set by the legendary star of our country in 1972 in Zào, it is worth mentioning that in this year in addition to the league, the Copa del Rey, Outside of the Spanish Super Cup and the Champions League, there is no national team competition, otherwise... Gerd Müller's record will be a ...... forever"

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Aillo's excellent performances have also had a direct impact on Valencia's results this season, making them the best team in the 2006-2007 season, as they have not lost a single game!!

Such a horrific achievement naturally attracted the attention of the media, and they began to call for the coming era of Valencia.

However, a news item from Le Monde Sport made fans who fantasized about Valencia's impending dynasty feel like a blow in the face.

According to the latest news from the International Financial Times, the current chairman and largest shareholder of Valencia, his A&C company has been determined to have a serious crisis, and Bacon Bank has also been fully stationed to review the company's accounts, just when the company stopped operating due to a shortage of funds, the company's account suddenly increased by almost 40 million euros, allowing them to temporarily solve the current shortage of funds, but ...... According to the speculation of many experts, this huge amount of up to 40 million euros is very likely to be the profit generated by Valencia FC after the end of last season, that is, the club's largest shareholder Soler moved the club's liquidity, making the club lose money......"

When the news from Le Monde Sport was released to the market, all the local Valencia fans began to panic, and they all knew what the news meant.

You must know that the money that Valencia has purchased players in recent years is not all the money paid by President Soler and several shareholders, but it is similar to Real Madrid and Barcelona clubs, all of which are borrowed from banks.

The club's liquidity was immediately emptied by Soler, which means that Valencia's work in the second half of the year is likely to be problematic.

The reaction of the media and fans was quick and they wanted to find Soler for an explanation.

But at this time, how can you find Soler lightly?

As a result, the team's general manager, Carboni, suffered, and he became Soler's scapegoat.

Although Soler is the president of the team, in order to move the club's liquidity, he must also sign the position of general manager to be able to get the funds lightly.

In the end, Carboni could not stand the torture of both journalists and fans and had to hold a press conference, in which he admitted that the chairman had misappropriated funds from the club's account to his company's account.

Of course, these are not the concerns of fans, who are worried about whether the club will have to sell off their stars in order to start the budget next season.

However, Carboni was forced to play a package ticket, the operation of the team will definitely not be chaotic, and the club will not sell players because of this!

The assured fans chattered and dispersed.

However, someone with a heart still took advantage of Carbony's language loophole and started a new round of reporting.

After the 16th round of the 2006-2007 Spanish Primera Liga season was completed, an early holiday began for Christmas.

Valencia also finished the halfway title by a whopping 13 points ahead of second-place Barcelona!

Although Iroh had a ten-day vacation, he didn't go anywhere this time, but stayed in Valencia, spending and training in the city with Wang Xiaolei, Jiang Zhipeng, and Wu Xi.

As the Bundesliga league with the longest holiday in the five major leagues, Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin, and Hao Junmin all chose to return to China to spend with their families, as did Zhao Xuri and Chen Tao.