On December 9, Depor's "Second Team" once again played in the Champions League. This time the opponent was French Ligue 1 Monaco. In this small town of Monaco, Wang Ai left a deep imprint: the youngest player to appear in the Champions League and the youngest to score goals
Player, the youngest player to score a hat trick, the youngest player to have five stars in a row!
In that game, facing the team's tragic 2:7 deficit, Wang Ai was moved by the professionalism of his Deportivo teammates who continued to struggle unyieldingly. In the negligence of Monaco's victory, Wang Ai scored five goals in a row and fought hard.
Due to injury, the group match reached an epic level, and the two sides finally shook hands with each other at 8:8.
It was also in Monaco that Depor fans gave him the nickname "Rey" for the first time.
Therefore, this small town is equivalent to Wang Ai's blessed place.
Visiting Monaco again, this small town has not changed much and is still so prosperous. However, Depor and Monaco have their own differences. The former was the Champions League champion last season, and the latter was the semi-finals of the Champions League last season. The former won consecutive championships this summer.
When it came to the European Super Cup and the Spanish Super Cup, Monaco lost all four trophies. The former lost Pandiani and Luque, while the latter lost coach Deschamps and main player Deco.
In the current group, Monaco leads the group with 9 points, Deportivo is second with 8 points, Olimpia is third with 7 points, and Liverpool is eliminated with 4 points. In the last round, the two groups started at the same time. It is difficult to say who will advance to the next round. Liverpool has this character
No one can say whether the team will give up in the last round or play a game of honor with passion.
Therefore, both sides can only strive to win with all their strength.
Wang Ai, who came to Monaco again, has not changed much, but the team has changed a lot. The main player still only has Duscher, and then there are a lot of substitute players, and there is one more Victor who is recovering from injury.
And Monaco went all out.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the two sides opened up at the Louis II Stadium and engaged in a promotion battle. At the same time, Real Madrid, who had a good qualifying situation but still had a certain danger, would face Roma. The day before, Real Madrid had enough points in the first five games.
Barcelona played as a substitute and lost to Shakhtar Donetsk 0:2, completing the group qualifying.
In this game, Depor played very hard. Under the impact of the experienced Monaco, the young lineup was full of loopholes. In just the first half, the opponent forced three goals. Fortunately, Depor's attacking lineup was driven by Wang Ai.
Full of energy, he returned the favor with two goals.
After returning from the second half, news of another game came. Liverpool and Olympiakos, who were unwilling to challenge, tied 0:0. This did not ease the intensity of the match between Monaco and Deportivo. In the second half, both sides invested heavily. Seeing what happens next in the Champions League
The game was about to be lost. Under the leadership of Duscher, the young people in Depor's defense tried their best to block Monaco's offensive, and they did not hesitate to use big moves to intimidate the French. Since they were leading the score, they contained Monaco to a certain extent.
The offensive. The attacking lineup led by Wang Ai was still trying to find opportunities to score goals, slowly pulling Monaco's formation back.
The score of 2:3 lasted until the stoppage time of the second half. Hao Haidong, who replaced Roberto, took advantage of the opponent's unfamiliarity with him to launch a surprise attack. The old guy took the ball from the wing and cut inside, and just shot the ball from between the legs of the opponent's defender. , just rolling into the goal next to the goalkeeper's feet.
Depor finally managed to score a point from their opponent, but they still had to pray that Liverpool could stop Olympiacos. When the final whistle blew, the whole team rushed to the sidelines. Halfway through, they saw assistant coach Shen Xiangfu jumped up holding his mobile phone and applauded with both hands.
Only then did everyone know that the other game was also a draw. As a result, in the group, Deportivo had a lucky break and advanced to the knockout rounds with 9 points in second place. The opponents in the next round will also depend on the UEFA draw results. On the same day, Real Madrid defeated Roma 3:0 and advanced to the knockout rounds easily. Unfortunately, Valencia was eliminated with two wins, one draw and three losses. So far, Barcelona, Deportivo, and Real Madrid are the top three in La Liga. All successfully made it out of the group stage.
After the game, the whole team held a small celebration at the club where they stayed and had a sumptuous lunch together. In the afternoon, other team members had to stay in Monaco to wait for the afternoon flight back to the club for repairs, while Wang Ai took Assistant Constance, team assistant coach Shen Xiangfu, guard Yan Zhu, and Zhao Dan took the bus across the border to Turin in the north.
After the restructuring, the European Golden Boy Award is no longer awarded on a season basis, but on an annual basis. Therefore, only half a year after Wang Ai won the European Golden Boy Award last time, he came to this beautiful city surrounded by mountains and rivers again. , it is also the fourth most populous city in Italy. This city has raised the Turin team and the Juventus team! Therefore, the award selected by this city's "Sports" itself has this powerful football city and football community. It can stand up because of its support. Otherwise, if "Tübingen Sport" offers any award, it will only become a laughing stock.
Well, let me explain, this newspaper was founded by the old Kugel after Wang Ai left. It is a typical tabloid with a circulation of less than 2,000 copies. It is still free. In addition to reporting some news about young people in Tubingen and leaving In addition to the development of Tübingen's players, the main thing is to report to the fan organization what souvenirs his store has bought.
Competing with Wang Ai for the Golden Boy this year include Manchester United's Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Atletico Madrid's Torres. At the award ceremony, Wang Ai sat with Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo. Torres did not enter the top three in the final stage, so he was not Came to the scene. In addition to the three of them, some well-known local stars in Turin also came to support them, such as the well-known goalkeeper Buffon, Cannavaro, Nedved and others.
Wang Ai didn't know Rooney or Ronaldo. The only time he was close to Ronaldo was at the summer Olympics. Unfortunately, Ronaldo risked offending Ferguson to participate in the Olympics but didn't even go out to the group. Therefore, Wang Ai and them They are relatively unfamiliar, but their attitude is good. After all, they also know that when they come to Turin this time, they are completely accompanying them. In 2004, Wang Ai scored more goals than them in both professional leagues and national competitions. With good results and high honors, especially various records in the Olympics, they did not show any hostility towards Wang Ai. Instead, they communicated with Wang Ai enthusiastically. Rooney even extended an invitation to Wang Ai on behalf of Manchester United.
At eight o'clock in the evening, under the attention of guests from all over the world, the editor-in-chief of "Turin Sports News" came on stage and announced this year's "European Golden Boy Award" winners. Wang Ai, Rooney, and Ronaldo stood up respectively.
Hug, come on stage.
Later, Wang Ai stood in front of the microphone holding the golden ball with a big smile.
This chapter has been completed!