Chapter Seventy-Seven: Stand High to See Far
"Well, last season's European Player of the Year award will be presented now, and the three nominees are Lin Yun, Messi and Cristiano. Ronaldo.
The highest demand for the award is undoubtedly last season's Champions League top scorer Lin Yun, although he joined in the middle of the season and did not play many games, but in the limited number of games, the Arsenal striker came up with jaw-dropping statistics.
Messi's Champions League journey last season ended in the semi-finals and was defeated in a head-to-head duel with Lin Yun, so the disadvantage in this award is quite obvious, but the Argentine led the team to the La Liga title last season and scored 46 goals in just 32 league appearances, ranking as the top scorer in La Liga.
C. Ronaldo...... Well, because he was participating in the charity friendly match between Real Madrid and Laco, he didn't come to the scene. β
Every year before the UEFA Super Cup, UEFA traditionally awards the best of last season's European competitions, but since 2011, UEFA President Michel Platini has cancelled the best of each category and instead launched a new "European Player of the Year" award in partnership with the European Sports Media Union to compete with the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Europe's best players are voted for by journalists from all UEFA member states, regardless of nationality, and based on their performance in the past season for the national team and club.
The voting is divided into three stages: 26 to 10, 10 to 3 and the final 3 to 1.
In the 26-in-10 vote, reporters can choose from 1 to 5 of their minds;
10 into 3 stages, reporters voted again.
At this stage, Lin Yun, Messi and Ronaldo have the highest points, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that the probability of Ronaldo accompanying him is very high, and the possibility of Messi winning the award is also very small.
Because Lin Yun's performance in the Champions League is too much.
Now is the final three-election stage, and the reporters will re-vote on the spot, that is, the 10-in-3 ballot will be invalidated, and each person will have only one choice at this time.
"The winner of the first European Player of the Year award is Messi, the second is Andres Iniesta, if Messi still wins this time, then Barcelona will monopolize this award for three consecutive years."
"Lin Yun's performance last season was obvious to all, whether it was the Premier League, the Champions League, the World Cup qualifiers or the World Youth Championships, he came up with convincing statistics, especially in the semi-finals with the team's double victory over Barcelona, which gave him the upper hand in the competition with Messi."
Close-ups of Lin Yun and Messi appeared on the live screen, and as for Ronaldo, there was only one image instead.
The 57 reporters on the scene also seized the time to press the voting machine in their hands.
Lin Yun and Messi were both smiling.
In fact, everyone knows that if you really rely on performance, Lin Yun is almost the best in Europe, but it is too terrifying to be unable to stand up to Messi's influence, and no one knows what will happen before the real result comes out.
"Okay, the results are out......
Cristiano. Ronaldo, 3 votes;
Messi, 12 votes;
Lin Yun, 42 votes!
Congratulations to Lin Yun for becoming the best player in Europe at the age of 18!
27 games, 62 goals, two championships, this is the report card handed over by Lin Yun in the first half of his debut!
Best Player, Well Deserved! β
18 goals in the league, 15 goals in the Champions League, 15 goals in the World Youth Championships, 9 goals in the World Preliminaries, plus 5 goals scored in the first round of the Premier League this season, Lin Yun's annual goal count has exceeded 60, and there are only 29 left from the annual record of 91 goals set by Messi last year.
There are still four full months to go until this year, and no one knows if Messi's 91-goal miracle is about to become history just a year after it has been staged......
The audience applauded thunderously, Lin Yun stood up, turned around and hugged his parents who were sitting in the back row.
"I made it, Mom."
"Well, I see you, you're our pride, son."
Lin Ming patted him on the shoulder, "Go up." β
Lin Yun nodded, only to find that Messi beside him also stood up and stretched out his hand to him, "Congratulations." β
"Thank you." Lin Yun stretched out his hand to shake him and walked onto the podium.
Mr. Big Scene seems to be only useful for the game, because looking at the dense crowd of all kinds of people in the audience, Lin Yun only felt that his head was blank.
Stiffly took the heavy trophy from Platini's hand, thanked him, and came to the microphone.
The applause and cheers gradually stopped, and everyone looked at Lin Yun on the stage.
Compared with when people first saw him, he has gradually faded into youth, and with a handsome suit and an adult-like hairstyle, it is hard to believe that he only spent his 18th birthday more than ten days ago.
"At 18 years old, many people are even just starting their career path...... Well, he's actually just starting his career path...... But I would say that a lot of people have struggled all their lives without getting a chance to win this honor, and he did it in his first season.
The end that many people dream of but can't get is just the starting point. β
Lin Yun took a deep breath and always dragged his soul back into his body.
'Thank you UEFA, thank you to the judges and of course, thank you to Arsenal, thank you Wenger, thank you to my team-mates, well, and my mom and dad, I love you......
The live broadcast camera also shifted to Lin Ming and Isabella in a timely manner, and their outstanding appearance and temperament caused heated discussions.
And Lin Yun thanked him incoherently, and finally calmed down a little.
'We've had a successful season and a lot of people have worked hard for it, but it's not fair that I'm the only one standing here, but my parents told me it's sports, that's life. They taught me at a very young age: you have to stand tall to see far.
It's simple, but it's hard to do, and luckily, I succeeded.
The scenery is beautiful and I loved it.
Thank you. β
"Bang Bang!"
Under the warm applause that rang out again, Lin Yun bowed and thanked him and stepped off the stage with the trophy.
At this point, the highlight of the day is over.
Because they had to participate in the European Super Cup on the second day, Wenger, Mourinho, Lin Yun and their respective entourages did not stop long, and they did not even wait for the official end of the ceremony before leaving the venue and heading to Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
The popularity of Lin Yun's award even overshadowed the draw results of the Champions League group stage, causing a wide range of heated discussions.
After the draw for the Champions League group for the new season, UEFA announced the results of the voting for the best players in Europe, and in the end, Arsenal's Lin Yun beat the two superstars Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to win the title.
He is the first Arsenal player to win the honour and the third Premier League player in history to become Europe's best player after Steven Gerrard in 2005 and Cristiano Ronaldo in 2008. β
"Arsenal sold last season's Premier League player of the year and bought last season's European best player, making the most successful deal in world football, and all Arsenal fans should be grateful to Arsene Wenger for appearing in the stands for the youth team that afternoon, for taking Lin to the Emirates Stadium before anyone else, and for the audacity he gave Lin almost unlimited trust."
In the midst of the praise, some people also found another way to interpret this event.
For example, the report of the Spanish newspaper "As" has almost nothing to do with Lin Yun, but "Ronaldo doesn't like the atmosphere in Monaco".
Lin Yun and Lionel Messi both dressed up for the best player in Europe ceremony, while Cristiano Ronaldo, who was also a candidate, disappeared because he was travelling with Real Madrid to Deportivo La Coruna for a traditional charity match, and about 300 fans welcomed Real Madrid at the airport.
Why does Ronaldo not like Monaco? Because the past year has not been a pleasant experience for Cristiano Ronaldo.
He deeply knew that Lin Yun's performance was better than his own, and he also knew that he had no hope of winning the award, he didn't want his life to be too troublesome, and he didn't bother to pay attention to Platini's grand event.
The results were not unexpected, Lin Yun was elected the best with 42 votes, followed by Messi with 12 votes, and it was a little surprising that Ronaldo once again got an embarrassing 3 votes.
Cristiano Ronaldo will never forget the summer two years ago, when he gracefully attended the UEFA Champions League group stage draw and UEFA European Player of the Year award ceremony, witnessing his arch-rival Lionel Messi win the title with 38 votes, second place Xavi with 11 votes, and himself at the bottom with 3 votes.
Since then, Ronaldo has gained a nickname: Ronaldo three votes.
This year, the number of voters increased to 57, but this time the story was repeated, but fortunately, Ronaldo wisely did not attend the award ceremony, avoiding another embarrassment.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was holding back the fire, vented his anger on this match against Laco.
Although it was only an inconsequential charity game, he still showed himself quite desperately, not only contributed an assist, but also jumped over the shoulders of the opponent's defenders in order to grab a header in the game, fell hard when he landed, and his face almost hit the ground directly, he is still the Cristiano Ronaldo who never admits defeat.
Former Real Madrid president CalderΓ³n spoke to The Telegraph about his opinion on the matter: 'Cristiano Ronaldo is very unhappy right now, and it was Florentino who caused it. Real Madrid's money from Bale was supposed to motivate the players, but Florentino chose the wrong path and went further and further. β
BarΓ§a's sporting director Subisareta used Messi's performance to mock Ronaldo: 'Messi knows that he is not recognized by most of the voting judges, but he still insists on coming here, and his smile shows me a great personality. Of course I want Messi to win, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't. β
In fact, before the start of the party, "World Sports" had predicted that Messi would not be selected as the best.
As the only Spanish media outlet with the right to vote for the Ballon d'Or, the editor-in-chief and reporters of the newspaper are quite familiar with the voting media of other countries, and they have long known the voting tendencies of their colleagues from the alternation of cups, but Messi still attended the banquet generously......"
The Sun praised Lin Yun's performance.
From his dress to his hairstyle to his speech to the hostess's peeking at him, she didn't let him go, as if she wanted to make him the world's top performer.
Lin Ming and Isabella were tirelessly collecting the lace for this award, but they didn't expect that they would also be remembered by others.
Just because of the stunning glimpse at the awards ceremony, the two became a little popular on the Internet, and some businesses immediately hit them with their ideas, wanting to invite them to shoot advertisements or even endorsements, of course, there are countless programs that want to invite them to talk about parenting......
The two laughed and refused almost without any hesitation, but there were also some disagreements between them.
Lin Ming felt that he should reduce his appearance in the future, and it was better to completely become two invisible people, and silently support Lin Yun behind his back, but Isabella felt that it was a basic principle to go with the flow and not to use Lin Yun's name to make trouble and rain, but there was no need to deliberately keep a low profile.
Lin Yun, who couldn't argue for a while, and didn't want to disturb Lin Yun, who was preparing for the game, could only listen to Mendes, a professional, for advice.
Mendes couldn't figure out why these two men were so sane.
He had to hack one of his own patrons again, and his family members were so capable of making trouble......
"I support Ms. Isa's opinion," Mendes said, "Lin is a public figure, the outside world is naturally very interested in his family, his parents, girlfriend, wife, children, etc. will affect other people's impression of him, good plus points, bad deductions, these people are too exposed to the public is really not a good thing, but as long as you maintain a positive image, there is nothing wrong with showing yourself in front of the camera at the right time." β
Lin Ming still disagreed, and shook his head, "He's not a traffic star, it's enough to play football well, and I'm satisfied that I don't want to be his point deduction." β
Isabella suddenly recked, "I don't want to be judged by the whole world like the wives ......of the England team."
As soon as he was inspired by her, Mendez immediately went crazy and divergent thinking, "Mom group! That's a good idea, maybe you can organize the mothers of those players......"
"Stop, I can't," Isabella shook her head, "okay, that's the end of the conversation, excuse me, I think we know what to do." β
"Okay, okay, maybe you're right, Lin just needs to play well, his template is really not Beckham......"
On the other hand, Lin Yun has been non-stop into the game against Chelsea.
For the first time since 1998, the UEFA Super Cup was not held at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco, but at the Eden Stadium in the Czech Republic.
All Arsenal people believe that a new king of Europe will be born on this new venue......
Chelsea have twice won the UEFA Super Cup as Cup Winners' Cup winners and once last year as Champions League winners in 2011-2012, but only won the title in 1998.
Arsenal also played in the tournament as Cup Winners' Cup winners in 1995, when the UEFA Super Cup was still played over two legs, home and away, Nana played 0-0 at home to AC Milan, but was beaten 2-0 by the Serie A giants at the San Siro, thus missing out on the first European Super Cup in the team's history.
"Jose Mourinho has led Porto and Inter Milan to win the Champions League, and has been able to participate in the UEFA Super Cup twice, but unfortunately both times ended in defeat, which also shows that in the competition between the Champions League and the Europa League, the former will not be stronger because the Champions League is more precious......"
At the pre-match press conference, all the reporters focused on the confrontation between the two big-name coaches.
Arsene Wenger was the first to be attacked.
ββ¦β¦ You have had eight direct meetings with Mourinho but have never won once, have you ever wondered why? β
Not only other reporters, but even Mourinho squinted his eyes slightly, and looked at him with a slight mean smile on the corner of his mouth.
Arsene Wenger has drawn four and lost four against Jose Mourinho since their first meeting in 2004, and has not won against Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in either league or cup competitions, and the nightmare of eight years without a title came after the Community Shield defeat to the Blues.
It wasn't until Jose Mourinho's departure that Arsene Wenger's Arsenal won against Chelsea.
One is a suave professor, the other is an unruly madman who is born to be impulsive.
In the face of reporters' difficulties, Wenger seems to have been prepared.
'These are just superficial records, but football is the current challenge and I won't remember it until I retire and all I want to do now is play now and every game in the future.
And I haven't done the math, but I reckon Chelsea should have spent more than ten times as much on the transfer market over the years as Arsenal, and I don't think there is anything to be proud of when money buys a win. β
This is a typical hatred of the rich, and Mourinho not only did not get angry, but took advantage of this to turn against the army.
"Money really can't buy a title, but when a team is stingy with even the most basic investment, it's normal not to have a title, obviously, Arsenal have realised that, well, 50 million, it's a lot of money, I heard that before that, their highest transfer record was 15 million? It's a remarkable step forward. β
"Compared to Chelsea and Real Madrid, 50 million is really just a small investment, but considering that we only spent 2.8 million to win the Champions League, so I don't think it makes sense to dwell on the transfer numbers, you know, Real Madrid was one of the teams with the highest transfer fees in the whole of Europe last season, but they couldn't even reach the Champions League final, well, it's a bit contradictory to what I said earlier, sometimes money can't buy a win, that's the ...... of football."
Mourinho was a little angry, "If you want to talk about Chelsea, I can stay here until 4pm, but if you keep asking me questions about Real Madrid, I won't be there. β
Is it unaffordable?
Arsene Wenger.
"Well, talk about Chelsea...... Forget it, it doesn't seem like there's much to say, do you guys have anything else to ask? β
"Yes," the Daily Telegraph reporter raised his hand, "do you have anything to say about Lin winning the best player in Europe?" β
"I don't really have much to say about that," Wenger said, spreading his hands, "isn't it normal for the best player in the world to win the European Player of the Year award......
said "There is nothing to say", but what followed was a small essay of 500 words with only one word: Lin Yun is very dick, I found it, praise us.
In La Liga, to see Pep Guardiola desperately praise Messi, and when he returned to the Premier League, he had to endure Wenger's fancy blowing of Lin Yun, Mourinho was so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit, but after thinking about Chelsea's lineup carefully, he was depressed and found that he couldn't defeat magic with magic.
Because the current Blues really don't have any competition.
Who do you let him boast about?
Romelu Lukaku?
The pre-match press conference ended in peace and the game started on time.
After coming to the dugout, the two managers were still one of the biggest focuses of the game.
Both of them looked like dogs, and they were both well-fitting Armani, but they wore completely different tastes.
One is chic and uninhibited, and the other is serious.
Mourinho took his small notebook to write and draw on the sidelines after the opening, as if he had encountered some problem, impatiently unbuttoned an extra shirt, while Wenger on the other side stood there with his hands in his pockets, his posture was straight and his expression was serious, and his trademark red tie swayed in the wind, which contrasted with Munirio on the other side.
Of course, when the players actually enter the field, there is only one protagonist left.
ββ¦β¦ This is Lin Yun's first match since winning the European Player of the Year, and if he can win, he will win his third title of the year! If we can win the Club World Cup again at the end of the year, it will become an unprecedented quadruple winner of the Champions League, World Youth Championship, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup! β
There is still a great chance of the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, and Club World Cup treble, but if you mix in a World Youth Championship, it will be a bit non-mainstream.
'For Chelsea, new signings Samuel Eto'o and Willian did not arrive in Prague with Schurrle, who joined from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer, on the right wing, with captain John Terry on the bench.
Modric, who has just joined Arsenal, is in the squad, but not in the starting line-up, and Arsene Wenger still uses the starting eleven for the Champions League final.
Chelsea 4-2-3-1.
Goalkeepers: 1-Cech;
Defenders: 2 - Ivanovic, 24 - Cahill, 4 - David Luiz, 3 - Ashley Cole;
Midfielders: 7-Ramirez, 8-Frank Lampard (C);
Midfielders: 14-Schurrle, 11-Oscar, 17-Hazard;
Forward: 9 - Torres.
Arsenal are in the same formation.
Goalkeepers: 21-Fabianski;
Defenders: 25-Jenkinson, 4-Mertesacker, 5-Vermaelen, 17-Monreal;
Midfielders: 7-Rosicky, 8-Arteta;
Midfielders: 19-Cazorla, 10-Wilshere, 14-Walcott;
Forward: 11-Lin Yun. β
"With a whistle from referee Eriksen from Sweden, the game officially began."
Looking at Torres on the other side, the Arsenal players are actually a little hairy in their hearts.
Torres made it to the final, just like Ruud van Nistelrooy went into the penalty area, and it was a real mystery.
Winners in life are not called for nothing......
Happy Children's Day to all of you...... Recommend the big guy's new book, "Those Things After Being Sold to Inter by Barcelona"
(End of chapter)