The strongest winger

Chapter 415 One Point Difference

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Due to the excessive number of users logging into the official website of "French Football" from mainland China, the official website was paralyzed. In the end, two servers had to be temporarily added.

This day can be said to be a headache day for authoritative journalists from UEFA member countries who have voting rights for the European Ballon d'Or.

The winners of the European Golden Globe Awards in World Cup years are naturally inclined to players who performed well in the World Cup, so their votes should naturally be given to the champions and runners-up of Italy and France.

But the problem is that Ai Luo's performance last season was definitely a superstar level!And it has continued well after the start of the new season, but Cannavaro, the captain of the Italian national team who transferred to Real Madrid in the new season, is a headache. His stable performance in the World Cup helped the national team win the championship. This should have been his advantage.

But the problem is that apart from his good performance in the World Cup, his performance to Real Madrid in the new season can be regarded as the lowest point of his career. It can be seen from the just-concluded Spanish national derby.

The same is true for Henry, who was the double runner-up in the Champions League and the World Cup last season and the top scorer in the Premier League, but the problem is that his Premier League status in the new season has declined too obviously, even more obvious than Cannavaro.

In other words, there is only Aiello left in the end. Only he performed very well last season, and he will continue to continue his excellent state in the new season, but then again, the stage of the World Cup is always an existence that cannot be ignored.

So it's normal to feel embarrassed, who is it for?
It is worth mentioning that the statement on the official website of the sister newspaper "L'Equipe" of "French Football" is fascinating. "From the perspective of the players elected in the past two World Cups, Zidane was in 1998 and Ronaldo in 2002. It can be said that it was the champion status of those two World Cups and the excellent performance of the two in the World Cup that helped them to be elected. This trend should not be changed in 2006..."

When "L'Equipe" reported on the official website, their official website quickly became paralyzed after the official website of "French Football". In the end, they had to temporarily add a server to cope with it.

Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello resolutely supported his disciple Cannavaro, "If Fabio is not elected as the winner of the European Ballon d'Or, it will definitely be a scandal! The speculation on the official website of L'Equipe directly killed the scandal!"

At this time, the imaginative media began to use their wild imagination that day. Real Madrid's big-name players basically supported Aiello, but the head coach chose to support Cannavaro.

So... does this mean that the generals are at odds?
But Capello’s subsequent remarks had to kill their unrestrained thoughts in the cradle, “This is just my personal opinion, and it does not involve other aspects. At the same time, I should also support Fabio in public and private, because he is a disciple brought out by me, and his professionalism is the best player I have ever seen, no one.”

Real Madrid's head coach started to speak, and Valencia's head coach Flores naturally needed to speak up, "Don't ask me why, I will definitely support Ai to win the European Ballon d'Or, why? You are not his head coach and you will never know how hardworking he is! Since I became the head coach of Valencia, there has never been a day when he didn't arrive at the training ground first, and there was never a time when he didn't take the initiative to stay for extra training. He told me that there is no shortcut to success!!"

If Flores’s words are not convincing, then the words of Kluivert, who had a competitive relationship with Aiello after the free transfer to Valencia before, which caused the relationship between the two to decline, are convincing. “Aside from our problems, that guy is indeed very good. During half a season in Valencia, he was always the first to arrive at the training ground and the last to leave the training ground…”

At the same time, Ranieri, who has promoted Aiello, also supported him in England. "There is no free lunch in this world, and there is no invincible genius. There is only one percent talent plus 90.00% sweat forging success. Ai is this type of player. His performance last season is obvious to all. I am proud of coaching him! If he does not win this year's European Ballon d'Or, it will definitely be the biggest shady scene in the history of the European Ballon d'Or selection!"

Henry, who has a good relationship with Ai Luo, also started to support Ai Luo after knowing that he missed the European Golden Globe Award, "I have never seen such an outstanding young talent! Ai Luo is definitely a superstar who will lead the trend in the future!!"

Even a number of media outlets that had followed up on Ai Luo announced the truth on their official websites.

Immediately, most of the media began to support Ai Luo, because there are many geniuses in this world, but geniuses who work hard to Ai Luo's level are like rare.

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Ai Luo, who was in the center of the storm, came to the training ground for training very early, and started training again after the day's training session.

So many reporters who were waiting for Ai Luo outside the training base secretly gave Ai Luo a thumbs up. He is really a big player!At such a critical time, he was able to easily prepare for the next round of the league.

In fact, Ai Luo is quite nervous. Although he knows that his chance of winning the European Ballon d'Or this year is very small, he still can't help looking forward to it. After all, his efforts in this year are obvious to all.

Outsiders can't see that Ai Luo is absent-minded, but his teammates can see it, because he has made mistakes one after another during closed training.

After the training, fans and reporters are allowed to come in to interview the players, but it is a bit restricted and there should not be too many people.

Under the leadership of the leader Joe Winnie, Valencia's die-hard fan group "Batguard" cheered for Ai Luo mightily. Banners were hung around the training ground, which moved Ai Luo very much.

For the reporter's interview, Ai Luo seemed quite low-key, and did not say anything that caught the reporter's eyes, so all hot topics can only be announced on the official website of "French Football" at 04:30 tomorrow afternoon.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon on November 11, all Valencia players stopped training under the call of assistant coach Paulo.

Ten minutes later, under the leadership of head coach Flores, they came to the team's usual meeting room for tactical lessons.

When everyone was puzzled, Flores turned on the projector connected to the computer, and opened the official website of "French Football" on the computer, and there was a striking title in the prominent position of the official website: European Ballon d'Or winner!

And there is a countdown next to this eye-catching title, and the number on it is exactly 20:09, which means that there are still [-] and [-] seconds before the announcement of the European Golden Globe winner.

At this time, there should be a lot of attention on the final winner of this year's European Ballon d'Or!
Because this year's "French Football" European Golden Globe winner, whether the winner follows the players who performed well throughout the year or the players who performed well in the World Cup, everything will be announced in 10 minutes.

The Valencia players in the meeting room did not chat in twos and threes because there were still 10 minutes left, but looked at Aiello collectively.

Even though Ai Luo's face was thick enough, he would still feel embarrassed to be stared at by nearly thirty big men in the entire conference room, so he shrugged, pouted his lips, and said awkwardly: "Don't look at me like that, I'm not a front-convex-back-up model."

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Everyone laughed subconsciously, and then played with their mobile phones, or looked up from time to time to see the countdown to the projector's light projection.

But after the burst of laughter, Ai Luo began to relax.

All his attention was on the cell phone lying on the table.

He knew that if he finally won the award, then... the editor-in-chief of "French Football" would definitely call to congratulate him, and then invite him to accept the award together. This step is the same as when he won the "European Golden Boy Award" last year.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Until five minutes before the countdown, nothing happened on Ai Luo's mobile phone except for the congratulatory text messages from domestic friends and former Valencia teammates.

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Meanwhile, the conference room at Real Madrid's training base.

Cannavaro was also anxiously looking at the mobile phone in his hand, until 5 minutes before the announcement time, his mobile phone rang, looking at the displayed remark name: Denis Chaumier
Cannavaro's excitement was beyond words, and he excitedly pressed the answer button.

"Congratulations, Mr. Fabio Cannavaro, you have won the 2006 European Ballon d'Or!"

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After 3 minutes, that is, the first minute of the countdown.

Ai Luo's mobile phone also rang, and the screen of the mobile phone did not display the name, which meant that someone he did not know called in, but there was an ID address on the screen of the mobile phone, Paris, France.

Everyone's attention was on Ai Luo, and the words of longing were written on his face.

Ai Luo forcibly suppressed the surging feeling in his heart, and pressed the answer button.

"Ai?"

"Hmm!" Ai Luo was very excited, but the tone of his answer was quite calm, but the smile on his face was very obvious.

His answer also made his teammates raise their middle fingers at him subconsciously, so good at pretending!

"Hello, I'm Denis Chaumier, editor-in-chief of "French Football"!"

"Good day, Monsieur Denis Chaumier."

A considerable part of the players in the conference room whistled.

But a second later, Ai Luo's smile froze on his face.

"Unfortunately, you are ranked No.2 in this year's European Golden Globe Awards with a one-point disadvantage..."

The time on the projector was still slowly counting down. Ai Luo's friend David Silva was the first to notice that something was wrong with him, and asked subconsciously, "What's the result?"

Ai Luo closed his eyes and shook his head.

When everyone saw Ai Luo's actions, they didn't seem to believe his reaction, so they turned their heads and looked at the countdown on the projector, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

On the eye-catching position of the official website of "French Football", at the same time as the number '00' appeared, a name appeared in that blank space: Fabio Cannavaro!
Suddenly, they understood the meaning of Ai Luo's expression just now.

At the same time, the unknown fire in their hearts also exploded, this is a shady scene! !
(End of this chapter)