Chapter 409 Portsmouth of Cups
Ronaldo won the 2005 European Golden Ball Award! As soon as this news came out, the entire English football world was shocked!
Following Michael Irving in 2001, another European Golden Globe winner has been born in the English football world! For the English football world, which has been waiting for the Golden Globes for many years, this time interval is not long, but it is enough to make everyone feel unbearable!
Therefore, even if the winner of the award this time is not an English player, the British media will never miss this publicity opportunity that I finally got. English clubs are increasingly strong in the European court, and the development momentum of the Premier League is very good. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur have won the Champions League trophy one after another. The Premier League wants to surpass La Liga and Serie A in a comprehensive way. The only difference is Ronaldo, a Golden Ball winner!
Why was Serie A able to quickly replace English football after the Heisel tragedy and become the No. 1 European league? Isn’t it because after that, the Serie A team introduced a large number of well-known stars, performed strongly in the European arena, and also cultivated a bunch of Golden Globe winners?
English football is also unlucky. After Dennis Law, Bobby Charlton and George Best, the three Manchester United champions, Kevin Keegan, also won the European Golden Ball Award twice. However, when Mickey Mouse won this award, he had already transferred from Liverpool to Hamburg, and the honors he received were basically not related to the UK. In addition, the Heisel tragedy and the Hilzburg tragedy occurred one after another. The English team was sentenced to a five-year European ban by UEFA. English football fell into a trough, and it was not until the turn of the century that he recovered.
When it came to the Premier League era, although Beckham had a very high popularity and popularity around the world, even Ronaldo and Zidane were far inferior to him, the title of "Foundie" became a further drag for Beckham, which directly led to him winning a silver ball award at the peak of Manchester United. Irving beat many strong opponents such as Figo and Raul in 2001 to win the European Golden Ball Award. At that time, people did see hope for the rise of English football, but then the Fengfeng boy and Liverpool went to the reality of sinking together, especially the disgraceful role Irving played in the transfer to Real Madrid, which made almost everyone give up the plan to make him a top star!
Henry had a great hope of taking this task from Irving, but the King of Highbury was questioned because of his sluggish performance in the French national team. He failed to be shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards several times, making him always far from the top superstars in the true sense!
The lack of top stars in the league is the direct reason why the Premier League is difficult to surpass Serie A and La Liga. Now, Ronaldo won the European Golden Ball Award, which undoubtedly allows the British media, which has always been determined to make the Premier League the number one league in the world, to find an excellent breakthrough!
Is a player who won the Champions League and the European Golden Ball Award not worthy of the title of superstar?!
In terms of authority and influence, the European Golden Ball Award selected by "France Football" even surpasses the World Football Master launched by FIFA, the "official" organization. At least in Europe, whenever the Golden Ball Award and World Football Master are different players, people often choose to trust the results of the European Golden Ball Award!
Not to mention anything else, when looking at the selection of World Footballers, there will be a national team coach who voted for some unknown players, or voted entirely based on personal preferences or player popularity, which is enough to show how imprudent this selection is!
The most important thing is that Ronaldo is not like Beckham. Because of his handsome appearance, he is regarded as a creamy actor who makes a living by his face. Instead, he has achieved his current height with his real performance on the court. So this time, the British media finally no longer need to worry about the voices of other peers, and praise Ronaldo as the top player in the Premier League!
George naturally enjoyed seeing this situation. Because the more the media promotes C Ronaldo, it is not only beneficial to C Ronaldo himself, but also has great benefits to Tottenham. Not to mention anything else, according to the information sent back from Adele, after C Ronaldo won the European Golden Ball Award, the amount of sponsorship offered by major manufacturers for Tottenham has also increased a lot!
If nothing unexpected happens, when the new batch of sponsorship contracts are completed, Tottenham's fiscal revenue will rise significantly!
After winning the European Golden Globe Awards, Ronaldo did not rest and immediately flew with George back to White Hart Lane and devoted himself to intense training and preparations. Although he became the youngest European Golden Globe winner, Ronaldo's mind was still sober and knew that only by playing a convincing performance on the court could those who questioned him shut up completely!
Although most people think that Ronaldo deserves his reputation for winning the European Golden Globe Award, there are also many opposition voices, including Barcelona's mouthpiece "World Sports" who worked hardest. After the election results were announced, the media has been calling for justice for Ronaldo's defeat, believing that Brazilians are more qualified to be the winner of this year's European Golden Globe Awards than Ronaldo!
To be honest, George really didn't see any reason for Ronaldo to win the European Golden Ball this year. Is it just because he is the core of Barcelona, leading the team to win a La Liga championship and reaching the top 16 in the Champions League? Nedved won the award that year with a Champions League runner-up and a Serie A championship. In addition, Maldini has a natural disadvantage in the selection as a defender. Why is Ronaldo even more special than the Czech Ironman?
If AC Milan hadn't encountered a shocking reversal in the Champions League final, Ronaldo would have been unable to compete with the Golden Globe Awards in this Golden Globe Awards!
Therefore, if you can win awards with Ronaldo like this, that is the biggest unfairness!
Before the start of the game with Portsmouth, Ronaldo surrounded the stadium with the Golden Globe trophy high and shared the joy of winning the award with Tottenham fans on the scene. Then, under the guidance of the staff, Ronaldo came to the interview area where the reporter was in his hand to take photos as a souvenir, and clearly came into the eyes of every fan through the big screen, which pushed the already warm atmosphere in the stadium to a new peak!
Although I was mentally prepared, the scene in front of me still made Portsmouth feel very depressed - nothing, it can better hit the morale of the visiting players than watching the home team show off the trophy in a big way before the game, and the top personal honor award like the European Golden Globe Awards!
Despite the embarrassing situation, Portsmouth has no way to protest Tottenham's actions. After all, the home team posted the trophy before the game to congratulate their players on winning the award is one of the customs in international football, and their protest is useless.
Chapter completed!