Volume I, Chapter 447 Ballots
When the league was in full swing, the selection of the European Ballon d'Or finally came to an end, and Barcelona's Brazilian international Ronaldinho received the Ballon d'Or trophy from Ernaux, the editor-in-chief of France Football, becoming the 50th winner of the European Ballon d'Or. Chelsea's Frank Lampard and Liverpool's Steven Gerrard are three in the picture.
It was Ronaldinho's third international honour after winning the World Footballer of the Year in '04 and the World Professional Footballers League of the Year in '05. Prior to this, two Brazilians had won the European Ballon d'Or: Ronaldo (Inter Milan in 1997, Real Madrid) and Rivaldo (Barcelona in 1999).
Although Barcelona were unfortunately knocked out of the round of 16 by Chelsea in the Champions League last season, Ronaldinho's individual and team performances were still outstanding.
In La Liga last season, Ronaldinho scored nine goals in 35 appearances as Barcelona won their first league title since 1999. In the Copa America, he led Brazil's second-tier squad to defeat the mighty Argentina and win the Copa America in '04.
In addition to last season's wonderful performance, this season, Ronaldinho continued to lead Barcelona to La Liga with nine goals, scoring his ninth goal of the season. In five Champions League matches, Ronaldinho also scored five goals to help Barcelona advance to the round of 16 of the Champions League in the group stage.
Of course, such a team result cannot overwhelm Gerrard, who won the Champions League, and is only one more Copa America title than Chelsea lamp Lampard, but in terms of individual performance, Gerrard and Lampard cannot be compared with Ronaldinho, fantastic passing, imaginative passing, Ronaldinho has turned football skills into an art, if Gerrard and Lampard are craftsmen, Ronaldinho has become an artist, It was also for the sake of what he won the World Footballer of the Year last season without any team results.
Although Chen Yu has nothing to do with who wins the European Ballon d'Or, but because Chen Yu was selected into the list of 50 candidates, this also makes many Chen Yu's fans wonder if Chen Yu can break through the embarrassing history of Asian players who have not won votes at the Ballon d'Or. Although Chen Yu did not have any team results last season, he scored an astonishing number of goals, won the European Golden Boot, and has a good chance of entering the European scoring team.
It turns out that Chinese fans and Chen Yu's fans are thinking a little too much, although Chen Yu has historically got 10 votes and ranks 13th, but there are only two forwards in the Golden Ball squad, almost by the former Golden Ball winner Shevchenko and the second place Henry twice in a row, even if the strikers are expanded to 3, there are Ibrahimovic and Eto'o in front of Chen Yu, Chen Yu still has no hope.
However, there are still a few media who are upset with Chen Yu, such as the "La Repubblica" based in Florence, the reporter thinks that Shevchenko, who is in front of Chen Yu, is okay, AC Milan reached the Champions League final last season, but Henry, Adriano, Ibrahimovic and Eto'o, at least three people should not be ranked in front of Chen Yu, Chen Yu can lead the promoted horse to the third place in the league, which is definitely more difficult than winning the championship in the giants, Moreover, Chen Yu has scored more goals than any two of these five strikers combined, and ranking Chen Yu behind these people is actually unfair in selection.
This time the Argentine player is the big loser of the Golden Ball Awards, Argentina's "Clarion" believes that the selection is not completely fair, because the judges often consider the qualifications and prestige of the players, rather than the performance of the players this season, although Chen Yu is not well-known, but last season's performance was not bad, although it is not enough to enter the top three of the Golden Ball Awards, but to reach the top eight, or even the top five should be, and now it is ranked 13th. Riquelme's skills have been perfected, but he is not in the eyes of the French, and he only got one vote, ranking behind Adriano and Chen Yu.
As for the Chinese media, while cheering for Chen Yu's historic breakthrough of breaking the zero votes of Chinese and Asian players in the Golden Ball Awards, while criticizing the unfair selection of "French Football", Chen Yu got too few votes, and he couldn't compare to Adriano, Adriano except for a Confederations Cup and Copa America, which point can compare to Chen Yu, and Henry, although he won the second Ballon d'Or twice in a row, Henry's performance last season was definitely not as good as Chen Yu, but now Henry has entered the Golden Ball lineup, And Chen Yu didn't have a chance to advance, which is simply a contempt for Chinese football.
Chen Yu is already very satisfied with receiving so many votes and such a high ranking, although the Ballon d'Or is a little fairer and more professional than the selection of the World Footballer of the Year, the 50-man shortlist almost covers the outstanding stars of the world who play in the top European leagues today, and is generally measured by the performance of 05 years, which can better reflect the reality of the development of world football. However, European football people still have a certain prejudice against players outside Europe and the United States, Asian football is hovering outside the mainstream, Chen Yu is the first time to enter the European Golden Ball Award selection list, and there is no qualifications and prestige, it is difficult to think about how many votes to get, how high the ranking is, unless he can get team results that people can't ignore, such as the Serie A championship, the Champions League champion, and a Coppa Italia championship is really a bit reluctant.
Chen Yu hopes that by this time next year, he will be able to finish in the top five in the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year, or at least the top eight, and of course to achieve such a goal, Chen Yu will need to win at least the Serie A title or reach the last four of the Champions League this season.
As the proverb goes, blessing is incomparable, disaster is not a single line, Chen Yu has just made a breakthrough in the selection of the European Golden Globe Awards, and has historically won ten votes, becoming the first Asian player in the history of the Golden Globe Awards, and on the other hand, there is good news that his first film "One Ball Fame" shot with Hollywood has finally had its European premiere.
Although Chen Yu does not play the leading role in this film, it is a good beginning, just like Kayla. Knightley said that he can't play professional football for a lifetime, but movies can be performed for a lifetime, and if Chen Yu has an outstanding performance in this film, there will definitely be Hollywood directors who will come to Chen Yu to act in the future. “
Although Chen Yu is not interested in going to Hollywood to develop, Chen Yu is still very curious about the films he shoots, and he wants to see how his true performance is.
After Chen Yu came back from training in the afternoon, he was about to wash and scrub, change clothes, and go to the cinema to watch the premiere ceremony of the movie, and Zhao Muyu came back first.
Seeing Chen Yu walking out in a suit, Zhao Muyu said, "Brother Xiao Yu, what are you going to do with such a formal dress?" What about blind dates? ”
Zhao Muyu is wearing a school uniform today, but the school uniform of the Fashion Design Institute is also very beautiful, and Zhao Muyu looks more youthful and beautiful in addition to being delicate.
Although Zhao Muyu is not an extroverted person, when he is with people he is familiar with and relatives, Zhao Muyu is much more lively than outside, and sometimes he even feels a little elf.
Chen Yu smiled and said, "Mu Yu is back, I'm going to watch a movie." “
What the? Zhao Muyu said in surprise: "Watching a movie? You're going to the movies? God, looks like you've found a new girlfriend and want to spend time with her? ”
"No, there's no new girlfriend, I watched a football movie, I played it myself."
The relationship between Chen Yu and Zhao Muyu is a bit sensitive now, after Zhao Muyu broke the window paper, Chen Yu didn't dare to get too close to Zhao Muyu, because now he didn't know how to get along with Zhao Muyu, so he could only keep a distance, but what Chen Yu didn't expect was that Chen Yu's immediacy made Zhao Muyu fall deeper in the whirlpool of feelings.
"Ah, I remember, isn't it "One Ball Fame"? It was so hot some time ago that it had already begun to be screened. Zhao Muyu also knew that Chen Yu participated in the filming of the movie "One Ball to Fame", but this is a football movie, and Zhao Muyu's female classmates are still not interested in such films, so Zhao Muyu also didn't know that Lu Dao started the premiere ceremony of "One Ball to Fame" today.
"Well, it's just the beginning, do you want to go and see, let's go together."
Chen Yu regretted it again after speaking, he and Kayla today. After Knightley passed, he went to the movies with Zhao Muyu, and he felt sorry for Knightley, although the two had not been together for a long time.
Zhao Muyu was not polite at all, and said: "Okay, I don't have anything to do, I finished the homework assigned by the teacher in school, Brother Xiaoyu, you wait for me, I'll go with you to change my clothes." ”
Zhao Muyu went to her bedroom to change clothes, Chen Yu was about to transfer the newly bought Hummer out of the garage, and Zhang Shubin also came back at this time.
"Xiao Yu, what's the matter with going out?"
Chen Yu smiled: "Yes, Uncle Zhang, I'm out to watch a movie, Uncle Zhang." ”
Zhang Shubin smiled bitterly: "Xiao Yu, do you think I'm still twenty or thirty years old, watching movies is outdated for me, it's better for me to read the newspaper at home and have a cup of tea." ”
Chen Yu smiled and said, "I went to see the movie "One Ball Fame" that I had a performance in.
Zhang Shubin also said "ah", "Recently, I forgot about it just for the winter transfer period, I have to go, Xiao Yu, you wait for me, I'll put my things down, let's go together." ”
Chen Yu was a little relieved, because with Zhang Shubin, there would be no problem for him to take Zhao Muyu there, but in the bottom of his heart, Chen Yu had a slight feeling of loss, which made Chen Yu can't help but hate his shamelessness.
After a while, Zhao Muyu came out, and when he saw Zhang Shubin coming back to watch a movie with them, he couldn't help but have a trace of gloom on his face, Chen Yu saw it, but Zhang Shubin didn't care.