Chapter 247: PFA's Best Lineup! Best Young Player!
After accepting photos in the interview area and a few sharp questions from the host, Ling Feng and Mendes also walked into the venue together.
The venue was already bustling.
One is one of the hottest players in the Premier League right now, and the other is the most well-known agent predator in football, and the two immediately attracted a lot of attention.
During the period, whether it is a familiar Premier League player or a guest who does not know each other, the other party will take the initiative to come forward to greet Ling Feng and Mendes and say a few words of greeting.
As a result of being selected for the best of the two categories, Ling Feng can sit at the PFA Best Player nominee table or the Best Young Player nominee table.
After careful consideration, the PFA official placed him at the latter table.
Mendes, as for him, was placed at a table next door.
"Hey! Rahim! ”
"Harry!"
After hugging Raheem Sterling and Kane's two national team teammates, Ling Feng immediately shook hands with the Reds' new No. 10 Philippe Coutinho and the Blues' new goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
Eden Hazard, Raheem Sterling and Ling Feng are among the shortlisted candidates for the PFA Young Player of the Year award for the second year in a row.
However, the attribution of this year's award, compared with last year's Eden Hazard's final award, is even more unsuspenseful!
Prior to the award ceremony, Ling Feng had made 30 Premier League appearances this season, contributing 13 goals and 22 assists, winning 15 Man of the Match awards.
He scored 35 goals alone, the most of any of the nearly 500 players in the Premier League!
The number of chances created by individuals and the success rate of crosses are also the highest in the league!
On top of that, at the age of 19 years and 332 days, he became the youngest player to register 20 assists in the Premier League's history!
It took him just 29 games to break the 12-year-old record of assists held by former Arsenal legend Thierry Henry in a single Premier League season!
It even affected the Premier League to set up the Premier League assist king award in advance!
Therefore, in everyone's opinion, the award of PFA Young Player of the Year has long belonged to Ling Feng.
Even if another Tottenham supernova, Kane, breaks out this season and scores 30 goals in all competitions, it is unlikely that he will snatch the award from Ling Feng
The entire process of the award ceremony is not much different from last year.
The front is all inconsequential links.
Therefore, Ling Feng was mainly eating and drinking, while chatting with Sterling and Kane.
As they spoke, the three also talked about the upcoming European Youth Championships in the summer.
"By the way, Ling, Mr. Southgate, you will also participate in the European Youth Championships in the summer?"
With Kane's words, Sterling also looked at Ling Feng with some surprise:
"Is there such a thing?"
"That's right, Gary invited me to join the team and hopefully I can contribute to the team with what I'm good at."
After receiving an affirmative answer, Kane immediately showed a happy expression:
"That's great, too! I'm sure we'll at least make it to the final with you! ”
Hearing this, Sterling on the side pouted his lips on the side and complained in his heart:
Final?
It's small, the pattern is small!
Who do you think he is?
He was the best newcomer in the World Cup at the age of 18 and broke the Premier League's single-season assist record in his debut season in the Premier League!
With the strength of Ling Feng's Premier League assist king, coupled with Kane, who is in hot form this season, this pair of frontcourt combinations alone is absolutely unstoppable in the European Youth Championships!
Thinking of this, Sterling suddenly felt a little envious.
Made, missed the chance to win the championship!
Although it is only the champion of the European Youth Championship, the gold content is definitely not as good as the A-level competition of the national team.
However, the champion is always the champion!
You know, most players in football don't even have a decent championship.
And Sterling would never have thought that such a player would sit next to him!
Looking at Kane's slightly excited appearance, Ling Feng suddenly thought of a very interesting thing.
The super striker sitting in front of him, but he scored 300 goals, but there was no real champion without a crown!
If he can win the European Youth Championship this time, it will be the first title of Kane's career.
Ling Feng, who was reborn, definitely understands the importance of the championship to Kane.
scored like a goal, but did not win a championship in his career, which has almost become an exclusive meme that Kane is most talked about by fans.
For Kane's lack of a crown, Ling Feng also felt very sorry.
And now, I have this opportunity to help Kane make up for this regret with my own hands?!
Thinking of this, Ling Feng felt very interesting.
It also strengthened the determination to help England win the European Youth Championship in the summer!
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As several people talked and laughed, time passed quietly.
It wasn't until the halfway point of the award ceremony that the first more important link finally came:
"Ladies and gentlemen, let's take a look at the best eleven in the Premier League this season!"
"Look at the big screen!"
As soon as the words ended, the big screen in the venue began to play the selection of the PFA Team of the Year and its wonderful clips.
The 2014~15 PFA Team of the Year is a formation of 442 diamond-shaped midfielders.
In the goalkeeper position, it is Manchester United's big dad De Gea,
The back four are Southampton's Bertrand, Chelsea's Cahill, John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic.
It is worth mentioning that Bertrand was still a Chelsea player before the official transfer window in the winter window.
Strictly speaking, Chelsea's players have a monopoly on the entire backline in the best team!
In the midfield position, it is Nemanja Matic, who has performed well at Chelsea this season and is called "the first midfielder in the Premier League" by many fans;
Three attacking midfielders, Arsenal's thigh Sanchez on the left, Chelsea's absolute core Eden Hazard on the right, and Leicester City's golden boy Ling Feng in the middle;
On the top of the front line are Chelsea striker Costa, who ranks second and third in the Premier League's scorer list, and White Hart Lane striker supernova Kane!
Chelsea, who basically locked up the Premier League title, became the biggest winner, with a total of six players selected for the best team!
This also shows how good this Chelsea team is under the leadership of "Madman" Mourinho!
And this set of Team of the Year, although the candidates in all positions are well deserved.
However, if you really want to argue, there are still some things to consider.
And Manchester City fans, after seeing the announcement of the best team list, either spit fragrance directly into their mouths, or rushed directly to the official website of PFA to spray!
One of the biggest points of controversy is why Sergio Aguero, who scored the most goals in the Premier League and topped the scorer list, was not selected for the best team?!
Why can Costa and Kane, who are behind him, be selected in the best team?
In addition to Aguero, Joe Hart, Cesc Fabregas, Sigurdsson and other outstanding players were not selected, which also made other fans quite disagreeable.
However, in the selection of all awards, there will be joys and sorrows.
The 20 teams in the Premier League, each with their own supporters, cannot please everyone.
After the Team of the Year was announced, it was time for the Young Player of the Year award.
As is customary, the big screen first played the highlights of the wonderful matches of the candidates led by Ling Feng this season.
Then, former Leicester City legend Lineker appeared as the guest of honor in the applause of everyone in the audience.
"Over the past year, it's been great to see a lot of young players making their mark in the league. Among them are Ling, Eden Hazard, Kane.
"Next, let me announce the top three Young Players of the Year."
"In third place, it's Eden Hazard."
"Second place, Kane."
"The first place is Ling Feng!"
There is no suspense about the results of the awards!
When the live broadcast camera was aimed at Ling Feng, the audience immediately burst into warm applause.
Under everyone's attention, Ling Feng first accepted the kiss of his girlfriend Barbara on the side, and then hugged the head coach Pearson, his parents, and the agent who were sitting at the other table.
Finally, he tidied up the corners of his clothes and stepped onto the podium with an indifferent face.
"Dude, you deserve it!"
"Thank you!"
After receiving the silver trophy representing the PFA Young Player of the Year from Lineker, Ling Feng stepped into the microphone to deliver his acceptance speech.
"A big thank you to PFA and to all the players, coaches and referees who voted for me."
"I was here this time last year and competing for this award against a couple of equally good young players."
"I am very happy to have won the award. It's a recognition of what I've done on the pitch over the past year and I'm very honoured."
After a simple award speech, Ling Feng stepped off the stage amid another round of applause from everyone.
After Young Player of the Year, it's time for tonight's highlights:
PFA Player of the Year, also known as England's Footballer of the Year!
Strictly speaking, there are only two contenders for this award, Hazard and Ling Feng.
Others have a chance, but it's slim.
After all, Hazard and Ling Feng's performances throughout the season have been stable and excellent.
Eden Hazard has made 31 league appearances for Chelsea this season, contributing 12 goals and seven assists.
Although Ling Feng is a lot worse in personal data.
However, his importance to Chelsea cannot be summed up in more than just stats.
The Premier League averages 4.8 dribbles per game, and the success rate of dribbles is the first in Europe, even higher than Messi and Neymar in La Liga!
As Chelsea's ball-handling core, his presence is not only capable of solving problems on his own, but also creating more space and opportunities for his team-mates.
Seeing that the highlights of the six candidates' exciting matches began to be played on the big screen, Ling Feng already knew it.
Judging from the signs that he was placed at the table of the best young player and that he was the first to win the best young player award, Ling Feng felt that he was very likely to lose to Hazard.
Sure enough, when the award presenters finally said Hazard's name, Ling Feng was not surprised at all.
Seeing Hazard come to the stage to accept the award, Ling Feng also smiled and applauded him.
Although this result has long been guessed.
However, Ling Feng was still a little unwilling and lost in his heart.
In his opinion, his individual performance and statistics are better than Hazard's.
But I still lost!
The reason why he was defeated by Hazard, who has relatively poor personal data, and did not win the PFA Player of the Year is simple:
Eden Hazard plays for Chelsea, a giant side that has basically sealed the Premier League title this season.
And he only played for the promoted horses who were sixth in the league.
Even the record is very impressive, and it is a super dark horse in the league this season.
But in terms of attention and fame, Hazard is superior.
Moreover, the performance of both men is closely related to the team's record and is crucial.
Both have repeatedly helped the team to defeat their opponents on their own, and they have also single-handedly played against strong teams in the league
Judging from the strength and performance of the two, they both belong to the top of the Premier League.
Of course, there have been many cases where players have won the PFA Player of the Year award (English Footballer of the Year) when the team has not won the Premier League.
For example, Bale in the 10~11 and 12~13 seasons, and Suarez last season!
If Ling Feng can lead Leicester City to a top-four finish and have a better record, he will definitely be more deserving of the PFA Player of the Year award than Eden Hazard.
However, bringing the current Leicester City to the top six is already the result of his unleashed power.
You know, they have a very weak lineup, and they have to fight on two fronts.
However, no matter how you say it, they are only sixth in the Premier League.
Chelsea, on the other hand, are the champions of the Premier League.
The weight of the championship is heavy, and it can also add a lot of points.
Perhaps, this is the cruelty of sports
However, although the expression on Ling Feng's face was still the same, a raging flame had already ignited in his heart.
Wait and see!
Next year, I'll beat everyone and come back here again and take this damn best award!
In the evaluation of the Player of the Year award, losing to Hazard made Ling Feng determined that he must win it back next year.
However, in the eyes of Mendes, who had just touted Ling Feng, it was a shame!
In the eyes of this brokerage predator, Ling Feng's performance and popularity are higher than Hazard's.
The only thing that dragged Ling Feng to win the award was the poor record of the team he played for!
Although it is not possible to directly push Leicester City's team record to the top of the Premier League.
But helping your players improve their team performance isn't just a way to improve their individual strength.
There's another way!
For example, find a wealthy club for Ling Feng with stronger teammates and a more luxurious lineup!
Originally, in Mendes's career plan for Ling Feng, he planned to let Ling Feng train in Leicester City for two or three years, and then wait until he matured before transferring to a giant club and starting to compete for championships and personal honors.
It's just that what he never expected was that in just one year, Ling Feng broke several records one after another, fully adapted to the intensity and rhythm of the top league, and handed over an answer sheet that amazed everyone!
Except for the team's slightly worse record, there is nothing critical about his individual performance!
At this moment, Mendes suddenly felt that the small temple in Leicester City could no longer accommodate the great god Ling Feng
(End of chapter)