Chapter 13: A New Galactic Battleship?
The news that Levi scored five goals in nine minutes and six goals in eleven minutes in La Liga quickly made the front pages of major media throughout European football.
"A comprehensive comparison of Cristiano, Messi and Torres?"
In the UK, Sky Sports frowned as it looked at the news content from its editor's newspaper.
"Are you crazy? Don't publish these clichés on the front page, do you know what news is? ”
He held out his finger and tapped at the crazy nine-minute goal reel.
"That's what the audience likes to watch!"
After that, he picked up his pen and wrote a title: "Crazy! Supernova demonstrates to the world with alien-level performance! 》
Torino Sport: "Miracle! This performance deserves all the awards! ”
As the organizer of the Golden Boy Award, such an evaluation is more like a final conclusion for the Golden Boy Award in a few days.
Le Monde Sport: "Messi, Sergio Busquets, Bojan. And Levi, the genius blowout erupted! What kind of magic does La Masia have! ”
Manchester Evening News: "Unbeatable! Great transfer! ”
The Times: "Arsene Wenger angrily denounced Barcelona as an immoral club. ”
The World Football column did a full hour of special program to analyze Levi's amazing growth history.
And named it with a resounding title: "Ninety-Five Supreme! 》
On December 7, the Golden Boy Award ceremony was held in the studio of France Télévision.
The award ceremony of the Ballon d'Or is different from the FIFA and UEFA award ceremonies, and the players and celebrities of the major clubs will not be specially invited to help, and the other unsuccessful players will participate voluntarily, and the football celebrities will only invite the friends of the winners.
As a result, most people can only watch the event on television.
Due to foggy weather, Ronaldo's private jet was forced to arrive late in Paris, and the award ceremony was delayed by more than half an hour.
Cristiano Ronaldo appeared in a dark suit.
When he walked into the scene, everyone in the audience stood up and greeted the new Ballon d'Or winner with a round of applause.
Messi, Torres and Casillas also sat in the audience, and the director was very careful to capture the expressions on their faces with the camera.
Fernando Torres looked a little unhappy, with the Spanish striker excelling at the European Championships, but the lack of accolades at club level made it difficult for him to compete for the Ballon d'Or.
Ronaldo, who strode into the venue, could not hide his anxious mood and took the trophy from Shomière.
"It's a little heavy, it's beautiful, it's my dream. I don't know how to put it into words, but it's amazing to get this award. ”
At the moment when he touched the Ballon d'Or trophy, Ronaldo's voice became a little trembling because of excitement.
Cristiano Ronaldo's mother and Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson were both on hand to witness the Portuguese star's ascension to the throne.
Ronaldo's mother cried out in excitement.
And Ferguson also seemed very happy, his eyes were firmly fixed on his beloved apprentice, and he was sincerely happy for him.
Immediately afterwards, the organizer made a very bad call to Manchester United's rival Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger at the scene, who sent his blessings to Ronaldo over the phone, after several football celebrities sent their blessings to Ronaldo through the big screen at the scene.
Ronaldo's eyes welled up with tears: "Thank you, thank you very much. I am an emotional person, and I am deeply touched to receive so many awards from my seniors, and I am very excited to receive the award here. ”
The host then asked Cristiano Ronaldo the usual questions, one of which was about what to think of the number 7 shirt worn by Manchester United.
'When I first came to Manchester United, I wanted to wear the number 28 shirt because I knew the number seven had a very special meaning for this team, but Ferguson insisted that I wear the number 7 and I had to accept the manager's arrangement.
After Ronaldo answered this question implicitly, the host immediately asked:
'We want to know if you're going to stay at Manchester United next season.'
As soon as this remark came out, Ferguson was very excited, and he subconsciously wanted to preemptively say to everyone: I want him to stay.
Openly courting players at such a grand event would be a sincere retention.
But then he thought of something, and one of the conditions Mendes negotiated with him was that Ronaldo and Levi would not play on the same team.
He had to make this difficult choice.
'He did a very good job, but it depends on Cristiano's own opinion.'
When Ferguson said this in French, most people didn't understand what it meant.
But some clever media people immediately began to hunt for the wind and prepared to make up bigger topics.
A hint of unhappiness flashed in Ronaldo's eyes.
He's a guy who cares a lot about the eyes and approval of others, and it's clear that Ferguson hasn't shown enough sincerity to hold back.
'I've had a great time here and I want to stay here and keep playing, now is not the time to talk about other teams because it doesn't make any sense.'
"Bless you, Cristiano."
Levi made a phone call to Ronaldo in the dressing room to express his wishes.
That evening, Espanyol travelled to Sevilla, the capital of Andalusia, to face Real Betis at the Stadio Lopera.
After facing Sporting Gijón, Levi reached an unprecedented state.
"Twenty-first league goal! It's coming so fast! Levi's shots are becoming more and more direct and effective! ”
'How many goals is he going to score this year? Breaking the record of 38 goals seemed to be far from enough to satisfy his appetite. ”
"Forty? Forty-five? Oh my God."
Just fifteen minutes into the game, Coentrão made a break down the flank and slipped the ball to Levi, who cut inside along the ribs.
After almost half a season, Coentrão conquered Pochettino with his performances.
The offense and defense are balanced, the running speed is fast, the assist ability is strong, and more importantly, the cooperation with Levi is more tacit.
and became the Spaniard's preferred choice at left wing-back, successfully squeezing Lacruz to the bench
After combining the experience of Cruyff and Ronaldo, two dribbling masters, Levi has a deeper understanding of tearing apart opponents' defences, after successive tempo changes and feints.
He unleashed a deflected shot that bounced off the ground and found the back of the net for Real Betis.
"In the twenty-seventh minute, it was Levi's rapid advance that tore apart Real Betis' central defense."
Under the watchful eyes of the Real Betis fans, Levi moved at high speed along the left rib and tucked the ball diagonally to the front with the outside of the instep.
Callejon, a young striker who started the game, scored in front of goal.
Real Betis midfielder Emana scored just before half-time.
The final score was set at 2-1.
After the game, Torino Sport published the winners of the 2008 Golden Boy Award.
The Golden Boy is an award created in 2003 by the Italian newspaper Torino Sport.
The award is voted for by major European media outlets for the Young Player of the Year and is also considered a "rite of passage" for young rookies. The selection must be for young players under the age of 21 who play for European clubs.
The inaugural Golden Boy winner was Levi's national team-mate Van der Vaart.
Levi overwhelmed Manchester United midfielder Anderson, Arsenal striker Theo Walcott, Atletico Madrid striker Sergio Aguero, as well as Barcelona's Bojan, Milan's Pato and Inter's Balotelli.
Although Levi does not have a championship by his side, he is not as good as Anderson, who won the Champions League and the Premier League with the team, but the data he handed in in just half a season is too scary.
At the same time, the club and the national team are blooming, and the data is still rising.
So much so that the reporters of the newspaper "Turin Sport" believe that not awarding him this award will make the Golden Boy Award lose credibility.
He will also become the sixth young player to win the award after Van der Vaart, Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Aguero.
After receiving the news that he had won the Golden Boy award, Levi received a call from Van der Vaart.
"Tut-tut, that's good, I saw that Ling won the Golden Boy Award, how do you feel?"
"It doesn't feel very good."
Van der Vaart had been fishing, and he was going to wait until Levi said something like happy and excited, and he would be angry that this was just an award I had already won.
After hearing Levi's answer, he was intrigued.
"How?"
"The thought that you can win this award makes me feel bored, and the selection process of their first edition looks quite sloppy."
"you!"
Van der Vaart, who took the bait, scolded on the other end of the phone, and then fought back.
"If you have a Golden Boy Award, you can steal the fun, is it possible that you still want to win the Golden Globe Award? It's your horse, who has been selected as the first place in the 'Rose Golden Globe Award' these days, hahaha. ”
At the mention of this, Levi's face darkened suddenly, and he hung up the phone at once.
At the same time as France Football selected the Ballon d'Or.
In order to gain popularity and interact with fans, "Daily Sports" conducted a selection of the "Rose Golden Globe Award", which is a selection activity that is completely attended by netizens and fans.
The "Rose Ballon d'Or" is for the wives or girlfriends of the players, and of course some girls who have been involved in an affair with a certain player, which is commonly known as "WAGs" in football.
Unlike the "Golden Ball" selection, the "Daily Sports" poll does not have any selection rules, as long as the fans are happy to watch, they can vote for whoever they want.
Because it is the year-end selection, "Daily Sports" selected 10 candidates, and these 10 candidates were not selected by the media themselves, but through more than 175,000 votes in the early stage.
Levi's current girlfriend currently has 18% of the votes on the website, and there is a high probability that she will win this award.
"Levi missed the Golden Globe squad because of a lack of accolades and statistics last year, but hopes that his new girlfriend winning this award can give him some comfort."
The reporter of "Daily Sports" said this, which made Levi disgusted.
The Spaniards will next face two strong teams, Valencia and Atletico Madrid, in quick succession.
And the head-on confrontation between Levi and Villa has also been hyped by the media before.
Hard to Lose? Can Valencia stop Espanyol's winning streak"
"Villa VS Levi, after the record is broken, the Bat Legion is determined to be ashamed! 》
Valencia lost 4-0 to Barcelona and Espanyol beat Barcelona 2-1. 》
Valencia, who had been on the ground at the beginning of the season, began to feel less comfortable after being slowly figured out in the middle of the league halfway.
In the last round, Barcelona poured four goals hard.
Thierry Henry shines in this game.
The Frenchman scored his second hat-trick since joining Barca, and after a season of adaptation, Henry gradually found his way to make a difference at Barca in his second season: instead of repeatedly attacking opponents with dazzling dribbling and long runs, he found a straightforward way to find the opposition goal in a clear, one-shot manner.
As for the Spaniards' offensive routines, they have long been figured out.
Pochettino, whether it is 352 or 4231, is nothing more than using strong running ability, high pressing in the front court and overall sappering to ensure Levy's performance.
But everyone knows the routine, but how to limit it on the field has become a big problem.
It is obvious that it is impossible to contain Levi's dribbling and getting rid of it with only one or two people, and once too many troops are invested to mark Levi, once he successfully transfers the ball, it will immediately form a situation of more and less in other positions.
The rest of the Espanyol's players are not vegetarians either.
Real Madrid, meanwhile, lost 3-4 at home to Sevilla in this round.
Calderón had just escaped impeachment at a shareholder meeting by pleasing the radical fans of the North Stand and passed the budget for the second half of the season.
But on the night of the defeat to Sevilla, most of the Bernabeu fans waved white handkerchiefs and chanted at the stadium: "Calderón, get out of class." ”
The scene of shame for Real Madrid fans did not happen on the pitch, nor was it a 3-4 scoreline, because in the middle of the second half and 30 minutes, they were even infected by the blood of the Real Madrid players, and it was Schuster who really displeased them.
The German dragged his tired body to the press conference when a reporter asked what he thought of the next game against Barcelona.
The answer of the Germans was rather amateurish and infuriating.
"I'm more concerned about playing against other opponents than this fight. It's impossible to win against Barcelona at Camp Nou, it's a season for Barcelona. With our current form, all we can do is play as hard as we can and not ask too much. ”
Such words are difficult for any coach to understand, and they amount to an open surrender to Barcelona in public.
A number of Real Madrid celebrities have since criticized Schuster's remarks, and Schuster's position looks precarious.
In particular, former Real Madrid president Florentino publicly condemned coach Schuster for the first time.
The call for his return to the campaign is also getting louder.
December 9th.
Pellegrini sat in a conference room in Palma, the capital of Mallorca, and spoke across the table with a cold, unquestioning man.
'I don't trust Juander Ramos, he's only going to make the team worse.'
"And Manuel, I think you're the right person."
Manuel Pellegrini took a deep breath, and the sudden sheer amount of information made him unable to cope for a while.
After calming down, he expressed his interest in the proposal and gave some advice on his experience.
"If possible, I would like to be able to sign these players."
"Too conservative, Manuel."
Florentino smiled, his eyes reflecting through the lenses with encouragement.
"Then we can sign Levi?"
"Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Levi, Benzema!"
Florentino held out four fingers and smiled.
"New Galactic Battleship."
There is really no eunuch, I have been working overtime on a business trip for the past two days, I am too busy and tired like a dog, and I just got home this afternoon.
I will take a vacation the day after tomorrow, and the minimum is guaranteed to be 10,000 per day
(End of chapter)