The strongest winger

Chapter 418 Accidentally selected (three more)

The six rounds of the 2006-2007 UEFA Champions League group stage are all over, and the top two teams in each group to advance to the top 1 are also settled. However, the draw for the 8/[-] finals will be held in Nyon, Switzerland, the headquarters of UEFA ten days later.

Valencia, the only team with a complete victory in the group stage, is naturally the team that has received the most attention. Among them, Aiello also scored twice in this game and scored 11 goals in six rounds of the group stage. He broke the record for the most goals in the UEFA Champions League group stage created by himself last season.

At the same time, the three major European bookmakers once again lowered the odds of Valencia's championship, catching up to No.2.

In this game, Ai Luo was able to break the scoring record of the UEFA Champions League group stage created last season, which was naturally recognized by the mainstream European media. However, these praises are equivalent to eating and drinking for Ai Luo.

The mainstream European media did not publicize it too much, but only briefly mentioned it. After all, Ai Luo's scoring efficiency over the past year is really terrifying...

"In the twelve games of the Champions League last season, Ai personally scored 16 goals, breaking Altafini's single-season scoring record in the Champions League for many years, and he broke the group stage scoring record created by himself in the six group matches of this season. I believe that at this time, many readers are interested in whether he has a chance to break the single-season scoring record he created last season..."

Summary of L'Equipe's Champions League column.

"The chief striker is in excellent form, and Valencia's opponents in the 1/8 finals will suffer? "---Guardian
"fear!10 goals last season, 11 goals this season"--Gazzetta dello Sport

"A moment of silence for Valencia's potential rivals! "-- Aspen

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As time goes by, except for the Chinese media who are still looking for the 'truth' about Ai Luo missing the European Ballon d'Or with a one-point disadvantage, the mainstream media in Europe are focusing on the final three candidates for the year-end World Footballer of the Year.

Originally, Aiello was nominated as a candidate for the 2006 World Footballer of the Year by the coach of the Spanish national team, Aragones, based on his perfect performance last season.

What is even more unexpected is that Ai Luo's name appeared in the final list of three candidates for the World Footballer announced on the FIFA official website today.

So the moment FIFA announced the result on its official website, all the media who paid attention to this year's World Footballer of the Year were quite surprised!
Because judging from the current reputation in international football, it is quite normal for German World Cup golden ball winner Zidane and silver ball winner Cannavaro to enter the final three candidates, but Aiello...

His popularity in the world is not as good as that of Ronaldinho, Henry, and Buffon.

In fact, what everyone doesn't know is that Ai Luo has become a hot topic in the world's major media due to his regret of missing the European Ballon d'Or by one point recently, so he has added a lot of impression points by accident.

Especially during the few days when the European Golden Globe Awards were presented, Aiello's search volume on Google search engine exceeded [-] million times, becoming the king of search volume on that day.

As we all know, the selection of the World Footballer is not as professional as the European Ballon d'Or established by "French Football". It is only voted by the head coaches and captains of the national teams. The competition is more about the player's impression points in the world football.

For example, you can’t expect those very poor and backward countries in Africa, South America, and Asia to have time to watch European La Liga and UEFA Champions League, so their national team coaches and captains learn more about famous players in the world from the media.

In this regard, Ai Luo can be said to have fallen into a comprehensive disadvantage. It must be known that the Chinese national team in the past two years has been notorious in the world.

But it just so happens that because of the hot discussion some time ago, Ai Luo has completely increased a lot of impression points in the backward football countries. When voting, he is naturally inclined to this rising star, because some national team coaches and captains who have votes feel that they are numb to always vote for those old and scumbag players...

Now, when the media from China learned that Ai Luo was selected as the last three candidates for FIFA's World Player of the Year at the end of the year, they were completely stunned!
The World Footballer of the Year award is different from the European Golden Globe Awards. Even if Aiello did not win the World Footballer of the Year award, even if he won the third place, he could still be on camera!
This is an excellent opportunity to enhance the popularity of Chinese football in the world! !

They're as excited as a cat smells fish! !

Of course, Ai Luo is also confused!
Aren't the last three of this year's World Footballer of the Year not Zidane, Cannavaro, who played well in the World Cup, and Ronaldinho, who won the Champions League?

Could it be that this little butterfly has completely disturbed the order of this world?
he does not know……

So when he was called to the office by the head coach Flores and saw the invitation letter from FIFA calling the final three candidates for the World Footballer of the Year in Zurich, Switzerland at 12 o'clock in the evening on December 18th, he froze in place in a daze.

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The reporters who had been lukewarm because of the conclusion of the European Golden Globe Awards came to Valencia like an aphrodisiac, looking for an opportunity to interview Ai Luo.

For these enthusiastic reporters, Ai Luo did not satisfy them, and still spent time in training and extra training blindly.

His behavior has also unknowingly infected Wang Xiaolei, who is currently the main goalkeeper in the Valencia B team, and has a deep influence on Jiang Zhipeng and Wu Xi in the Valencia U17 youth team.

As a result, these young players who pursued their dreams in foreign countries began to sigh: There is no shortcut to success!
Although most reporters were unable to interview Ai Luo, Enrique Wein, the editor-in-chief of "Valencia Sports Daily" and Qi Liuhai, the editor-in-chief of New Wolf.com, who had a very good relationship with Ai Luo, had exclusive revelations!

(Note: Because he has a good personal relationship with Ai Luo, Enrique Wien became the editor-in-chief, and Qi Liuhai, a middle-aged man with a Mediterranean haircut, was hired by New Wolf.com at a high price to be the editor-in-chief of the Sports Department of New Wolf.com in charge of football reports)

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Time flies, the 2006th round of La Liga in the 2007-14 season started in full swing, and Valencia, which has won [-] consecutive victories in the league, played at home against Deportivo, which had lost three rounds recently.

In this game, Aiello was placed on the bench by Flores, but with his second-half brace, he helped the team beat Deportivo 4-0 and continued to create a new record for the best start in the top European league.

After this game, Valencia has already led Barcelona, ​​which is ranked second in the league, by 13 points. This is definitely an incredible gap, and the league has only passed 14 rounds!
Spain's mainstream media can't wait to give Valencia the title of defending La Liga champion.

However, the head coach Flores and the players in the team are still quite modest and did not recognize this title. Otherwise, after the start of the second half of the season, they will definitely become the primary targets of attack by all La Liga teams.

After the No. 14 rounds of La Liga are over, everyone's attention is not on the final list of three candidates for the World Player of the Year, but on the draw ceremony for the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals in Nyon, Switzerland.

As the only winner of the six rounds of the UEFA Champions League group stage this season, Valencia naturally received the most attention. The second-ranked teams in each group except Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​and Roma were all panicked.

Because the draw ceremony of the UEFA Champions League 1/8 finals followed the avoidance principle of the same group in the group stage and the teams of the Football Association. That is to say, among the eight groups that advanced to the top [-] of the Champions League this season, the second-ranked Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid and Rome avoided Valencia.

And the remaining five opponents will be tragic, because Valencia this season is super scary!All competitions are still unbeatable so far! !

In such a terrifying state, it is natural to stay away.

Therefore, Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Celtic, Porto and Lille have become Valencia's definite potential opponents, and Inter Milan is naturally the strongest opponent among the second in each group, and one of the opponents that the first in each group least wants to meet.

It is worth mentioning that at the draw ceremony held that day, Aiello said again, "It should be Inter Milan!"

The next result can be imagined, Valencia really won Inter Milan.

Hey, everyone is used to Ai Luo's prophecy, so this time they were not surprised, but accepted the reality with a smile.

What's interesting is that after being drawn to Inter Milan, both Marchena and Baraja became very excited. After everyone asked, they found out that the two had a conflict with Ibrahimovic and Materazzi, who had spoken out loudly because of Aiello's threat to book next year's European Ballon d'Or.

So this game is destined to grab the attention of all fans of good things.

At the same time, there are two other games that attract the attention of fans: Real Madrid VS Bayern, Barcelona VS Liverpool!
The former is a direct dialogue with veteran teams, while the latter is the winner of the past two UEFA Champions Leagues, so it will naturally receive a lot of attention.

The reason why the UEFA Champions League will receive more and more attention is that apart from the gold content of the game itself, it is the media's hype on both sides of the game.

But the hype only lasted for a day.

Because next is the league match day of European countries, and... the final winner of this year's World Footballer!
At the weekend, all Valencia players came to Zaragoza.

Everyone thought that Valencia would win the game without any suspense, but the final result surprised all the media who paid attention to the game. Zaragoza drew Valencia 0:0 at home.

On the second day, in addition to reporting that Valencia had terminated its 14-game winning streak in the league, the media focused on the World Player of the Year award ceremony to be held in Zurich, Switzerland the next day.

PS: Ask for tickets in the new week! ! !
(End of this chapter)