The strongest winger

Chapter 688 Winning the Golden Globe Award (3 more)

Chapter 688 Consecutive Golden Globe Awards (Three Changes)

After Chelsea won Derby County and Bolton successively in the away game, they defeated Brugge in the last round of the Champions League group stage, thus securing the first place in Group A of the UEFA Champions League group stage in the 2008-2009 season.

At the same time, the [-] teams from the other seven groups that have advanced to the knockout round of this season's Champions League have also been announced.

It is worth mentioning that there was a big upset in Group B. Panathinaikos, the runner-up of the Greek League last season, beat Inter Milan to become the first group in Group B, which is amazing.

At the same time, the media in the cities where the teams that advanced to the top 1 of the Champions League began to speculate for the teams they supported, which strong team they would meet in the 8/[-] finals?

Because this year's Champions League 1/8 finals will be more difficult than in the past few seasons, such strong teams as Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Valencia, Lyon, Arsenal, etc. are ranked second in the group, which makes many teams that have won the first place in the group feel insecure.

"The Times" also predicts the opponents that Chelsea may encounter next, except that Arsenal and Roma cannot be drawn together because they are in the same group and the teams under the same Football Association, which means that the other six teams that are second in the group, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Valencia, Lyon, Atletico Madrid and Atletico Lisbon, have the opportunity to meet each other.

According to the research of various data, the highest hit rate will most likely be Valencia and Real Madrid.

"After three months and six group matches, the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League group stage has all come to an end, and the 1 teams that have advanced to the knockout stage have been settled... It can be said that this season, except for the upset in Group B, the qualifying teams in other groups are relatively normal. Of course, at this time... It is also everyone's turn to speculate on the possibility of the next 8/1 final draw. According to UEFA's style formed over the years, last season's Champions League champion Chelsea is likely to draw with last season's Champions League quarter-final opponent Valencia. And the possibility of drawing the best team of the twentieth century, Real Madrid, is not small..."

After guessing Chelsea's potential opponents in the 1/8 finals, he also talked about the scorer list after the UEFA Champions League group stage. "In the 2008-2009 UEFA Champions League group stage, all six group matches ended, and the scorer list is also divided into strengths and weaknesses. Chelsea's leading striker Ai reversed the top scorer list with 7 goals, while Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Messi tied for second place with 6 goals in 6 games. Ranking, no one knows... who will be the best striker this season, because they have performed very well in their respective leagues, Ai scored 20 goals in the league, Cristiano Ronaldo 15 goals, Messi also scored 16 goals, but... It is difficult to judge the final result from these statistics alone, so...the decision of the top scorer in the Champions League will be where their teams will go in the end..."

At this time, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi were very unhappy. After the five rounds of the Champions League group stage, they were still one goal ahead of Aiello, but what they didn't expect was that Chelsea, who seemed to be in poor condition, would win a big victory under the leadership of Aiello, and the scorer list was reversed.

But at this time, Ai Luo did not pay attention to the end of the Champions League group stage.

Because "French Football" magazine "delivered to the door", in order to avoid leaking the 2008 European Ballon d'Or winner in advance, they canceled the traditional activity of players shooting the cover for the magazine. The editor-in-chief Denis Chaumier personally came to Aiello's home in the wealthy area of ​​London to inform him that he had won the 2008 European Ballon d'Or, and invited him to Paris, France to accept the award tomorrow.

Ai Luo was very excited when he heard the good news, and invited his teammates to his home to celebrate that night.

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The next day, Aiello and the editor-in-chief of "French Football" Denis Chaumier appeared in the studio of France TV. Under the witness of all the media reporters on the scene, he took over the Golden Globe trophy, which symbolizes the winner of the European Golden Globe Award.

Immediately, the scores of the European Ballon d'Or were also updated on the live big screen. Aiello ranked first with an absolute advantage of 490 points, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo with 261 points and Lionel Messi, who led the Argentine Olympic team to the Olympic champion, with 183 points.

When the reporter asked about Aiello's acceptance speech, he joked: "I am very happy that "French Football" and the major judges will vote for me. This is a recognition of my efforts in the past year. Many experts said that the Golden Globe Award in the competition year must belong to the key players of the championship team, but my award told everyone... Those are farts!"

Immediately, everyone on the scene laughed.

Aiello continued: "I always thought I deserved this European Ballon d'Or, because my performance this year was very stable, there were no big ups and downs, and my team also won all the championships that could be won last season. Here I would like to thank the coach, teammates, family and friends... Of course, there is also the boss Roman Abramovich who promised us 5000 million pounds." At this point, he turned his head to look at the golden trophy in his hand, and then raised his hand: "I really like this heavy feeling , this time next year... I will still be here."

Then, without waiting for the beautiful hostess to react, she smiled and said, "I hope I can still see the beautiful you at this time next year..."

It took about two or three seconds for the reporters on the scene to realize that Aiello has now become the sixth player to win two European Ballon d'Ors after Di Stefano, Beckenbauer, Rummenigge, Keegan and Ronaldo. Above him are Cruyff, Platini and Van Basten who have won three European Ballon d'Ors.

You must know that Aiello is only 22 years old now, and there is still a chance to win the European Golden Globe Award. As Aiello and Mourinho expressed at the beginning of the season, if Chelsea defends all the champions this season, it is not impossible to become the European Golden Globe Award for the third time in a row.

But this is different to the ears of the French media. They think that Aiello is completely underestimating the weight of the European Ballon d'Or. One of the players who has won the most European Ballon d'Or is their country's football star-Platini, who is also the current UEFA president.

So the unhappy French reporter couldn't help but sneer at Aiello.

Ai Luo is also a superstar who has seen strong winds and waves. He didn't care too much, but just shrugged: "We'll see!"

No one thought that the lively scene just now would become extremely depressing, which made people feel unbelievable.

Fortunately, the beautiful hostess at the scene responded quickly and came to the rescue. Denis Chaumier, editor-in-chief of "French Football", also said: "This is the fundamental reason why Ai was able to win the European Ballon d'Or consecutively at the age of 22, because he can always maintain an insatiable appetite for honor!"

I have to say that after the rescue of the beautiful hostess and the French editor-in-chief, the scene was much happier than before.

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On the second day, in addition to reporting that Aiello won the European Ballon d'Or, mainstream European media focused on Aiello's acceptance speech.

"The Times" immediately published congratulations on the official website, "Congratulations to Ai for winning the trophy again after winning his first European Golden Globe trophy last year."

The text said: "Ai was able to win the European Ballon d'Or for two consecutive years at the age of 22. It has to be said that this is a remarkable achievement. In the 2006-2007 season, he led Valencia to win the unprecedented La Liga Triple Crown. In the 2007-2008 season, he helped Chelsea win the Premier League. The unbeaten league game is due to him..."

"It is worth mentioning that when he delivered his acceptance speech, Ai also said that he will go to the Paris headquarters of "French Football" at this time next year. The unspoken meaning is that next year he will win the third European Ballon d'Or in his career, thus tying the French legends. The current UEFA President Michel Platini, the Dutch star Cruyff, Van Baster... At the same time, he will also become the youngest hat-trick winner in the history of world football. Of course...he is now the youngest player to win the European Ballon d'Or for two consecutive years. Come on! Ai!!!”

"Valencia Sports", as the city newspaper where Aiello's parent team is located, naturally has some praises. In addition, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Enrique Wien, is also a good friend of Ailuo. Saying that Ai is the best player in the world, no one will doubt it, because he is the best player now! He has proved this in the past two seasons! I believe that Ai will be named the World Footballer of the Year again at the FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony a month later, which is comparable to a legend..."

Of course, the Chinese media at this time is also indispensable for some indiscriminate reports.

The morning news the next morning even gave Aiello nearly half a minute of reporting time: "In the early morning of this morning, Chinese player Aiello received the European Ballon d'Or, which symbolizes the European Footballer of the Year, at the headquarters of "French Football" in Paris.

While all the media reported that Aiello won the European Ballon d'Or, Ailuo has returned to the Cobham training base to train with the team, preparing for the team's last league game in Japan, against West Ham at home.

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