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Chapter 122 Golden Boy Award

12 month 18 day.

Day two of the big win over Tottenham.

Wang Yi trained in the morning, and was supposed to rest in the afternoon.

As a result, I received a call from assistant coach Anderson.

"Wang, Torino Sport has sent a telegram to the club and will contact your agent soon."

Wang Yi immediately realized that the European Golden Boy Award was the only thing that Torino Sport could do about himself.

"Golden Boy Award!"

"Bingo! Congratulations."

In the evening, Wang Yi got the news, and on the 19th, the person in charge of the Turin Sports News will come to Manchester to personally present the European Golden Boy Award to Wang Yi.

The whole Manchester City team knew about it.

Guardiola called Wang Yi to congratulate him.

Some of the teammates also called and some sent text messages.

Although the European Golden Boy Award is hosted by the Turin Sports News, it is not the only media to select.

The judging panel is composed of 20 journalists from media outlets from 30 European countries.

Media: "French Football" (France), "L'Equipe" (France), "The Times" (UK), "Marca" (Spain), "World Sports" (Spain), "Bild" (Germany) ), The Telegraph (Netherlands).

It was selected by 5 media from 7 countries together, that is, the media from the five major leagues plus the country where the Eredivisie is located.

Authority is sufficient.

Although the winners of the Golden Boy Award in the past two years seem to be a bit cursed, this award can still be said to be the highest award for players under the age of 21 in Europe.

Of course, it has been a long time since Ronaldo won the Ballon d'Or at such a young age.

In fact, the competition for this year's European Golden Boy Award is really fierce. Mbappe is a talented player who turned out this year, and Wang Yi is a player who has been popular since last year and can no longer be summed up as a genius.

Of course, if you look at the data, Wang Yi is far ahead of Mbappe, so no one will question this year's European Golden Boy Award in the second half of the year, because Wang scored 25 league goals in less than half the season. Mbappe failed to score more than 15+ goals in Ligue [-]. You must know that Wang Yi is in the Premier League.

Not to mention, in the UEFA Champions League group stage, although Wang Yi was not as good as last season, he still scored 4 goals, while Mbappe only scored 2 goals.

So the time has entered November, and everyone who pays attention to football knows that Wang Yi must be the winner of the European Golden Boy Award in 11.

"Actually, the winners of the past two years are not good enough. One is Martial and the other is Renato Sanches. Where is this person now? It seems that he is no longer in Bayern?"

"It seems to be rented out."

"Looking at the list like this, Manchester City has two Golden Boy Awards, and your teammate Raheem Sterling is also a Golden Boy Award. Anyway, everyone on the list of Golden Boy Award winners is a star and famous. "

"My goal is not just to be famous."

Minsk looked at Wang Yi, he knew that Wang Yi's goals or dreams were getting bigger.

"It's really hard to say whether you will be included in this year's Golden Globes list."

"Can't I make it to the 30-man squad? Anyway, I have scored 25 goals this season. If you count my goals this year, it will definitely be in the top five."

"The Golden Globe Awards have a lot of inertia. Many of them have been famous before. Even if they didn't perform very well this year, the inertia will allow them to continue to be selected, so every year you can see some unbelievable long-list candidates."

Wang Yi chatted with Minsk for a while.

I went to sleep and prepared for the small awards ceremony the next day.

It was in the honor room of Manchester City that Andrea, the editor-in-chief of the Turin Sports News, presented Wang Yi with the Golden Boy Award.

The next day, Wang Yi put on a suit. This was the second time Wang Yi wore this custom-made suit. The first time he wore it was when he signed a contract with Manchester City. At that time, he wore a very formal suit for the photoshoot of the contract. .

But today's awards, there is not so much red tape.

The editor-in-chief of the Turin Sports News came to present the award to Wang Yi. Wang Yi won the award and then took a photo. After that, Wang Yi had to take a photo of his acceptance speech.

This afternoon, the video will be posted on the official website of the Torino Sport newspaper and various social media platforms.

The process is too simple.

Wang Yi's speech was also very simple.

In Wang Yi's opinion, this is just a side dish.

But the news spread back home.

"No.1 in Asia, Wang Yi became the first Asian player to win the European Golden Boy Award!"

"The competition is fierce, Wang Yi vs. Mbappe, Wang Yi has the last laugh!"

There are countless article titles like this, and now Wang Yi has become the largest traffic in the country.

"I didn't know there were so many football fans in China before?"

"What do you think, when we broke into the World Cup in 01, the school dismissed get out of class early to celebrate that day. In 02, the World Cup school had a holiday to watch the game. What an impact, it's just that the national football team has pulled their hips for so many years. Now Isn't there a super genius?"

The domestic football atmosphere immediately rose.

Zhan Jun remembered what a football practitioner in South Korea said before.

"One Park Ji-sung is more useful than youth training worth hundreds of millions."

It refers to the fact that after Park Ji-sung joined Manchester United, the number of youth trainees in South Korea skyrocketed, basically showing a geometric growth.

Wang Yi is even more so for the current Chinese football. Park Ji-sung is just a supporting role, while Wang Yi is the well-deserved protagonist of the Premier League this season.

18 goals in 25 rounds.

"Wang Yi is very likely to become the top scorer in the Premier League this season."

"I really can't think of any team other than Manchester City who can win the Premier League title. Basically, it is Manchester City. They are 2 points ahead of No.15 Manchester United. None of the latter can win, and this is still Manchester City. The two central defenders performed at such a high level. According to this media report, Guardiola plans to buy a central defender in the winter window, either Van Dijk or Laporte. So after making up for the shortcomings, we can still Looking forward to what Manchester City do in the knockout rounds of the Champions League."

The major domestic football programs are also emerging one after another, which are all the economic benefits brought by Wang Yi.

Back to Manchester.

"Wang, I x, you are on the big list!"

As soon as Wang Yi walked into the restaurant of the training base, he heard Sterling shout.

"The game against Bournemouth, of course I was in the squad, what are you thinking?"

"What are you thinking, what about Bournemouth, the shortlist for the Ballon d'Or has just been announced, and only two people from our team have been selected, namely Kevin and you."

"real!"

As soon as Wang took the mobile phone handed over by Sterling, he looked at it.

"The 30-man roster for the Golden Globe Award was announced. Two people from Manchester City were selected, namely Kevin De Bruyne and Wang Yi. Wang Yi is also the youngest player in the 30-man roster for the Golden Globe Award. He is only 18 years old. .”

(End of this chapter)