Text Volume Chapter 17 Melli is a small-minded person. Before the start of the European season at the end of August every year, UEFA will hold various award ceremonies and the Champions League and Europa League group draw ceremonies.
For European football, this is a grand event.
At the same time, because of the status of European football in the entire world of football, it can also be approximated as a major event in world football.
The European Ballon d'Or, which represents the highest honor for players playing in Europe, can be compared with FIFA's World Player of the Year award, becoming the two peaks of personal honor for world football players.
Generally speaking, players who can win the European Ballon d'Or have a great chance of winning the World Footballer.
Of course, the opinions of both parties are not always unified. This is mainly related to the selection methods of the two awards.
FIFA's World Player of the Year is selected based on voting by the head coaches and captains of all FIFA national teams.
The European Ballon d'Or winner is voted for by the French "Golden Ball" magazine in conjunction with European professional sports media.
The two are not the same in terms of professionalism.
Of course, the European Ballon d'Or scores higher in terms of professionalism.
But the World Footballer of the Year better illustrates the influence of the winner in world football.
Both awards have their own advantages and disadvantages. If someone can win the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or in the same year, it at least shows that this person's strength must be beyond doubt, and his performance in this award cycle is impeccable.
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Needless to say, a player who could achieve such an achievement was definitely one of the top ten superstars in world football at the time.
Because this year is the year of the World Cup, there is no suspense about the winner of the European Golden Globe Award. It must be the "Prince" Alexandra Cerrados who won the World Cup Best Player and led the Spanish national team to win the World Cup. He even has
He may win the World Footballer of the Year award at the end of this year.
Four years ago in 2022, "Caesar" Celius Caesar, who helped Italy win the World Cup, won the European Golden Globe Award and World Footballer, two important honors, in that year.
Although Hu Lai's call for winning the title was particularly loud, Chinese fans and media paid special attention to the European Best Young Player Award this time.
But what the media and fans pay the most attention to is always the top prize.
Award Ceremony The day before the Champions League group draw ceremony, UEFA and "Golden Ball" magazine held a very grand awards ceremony.
There was also a red carpet walk at the scene.
It was also rare for Hu Lai to change into formal clothes. Under the arrangement of the organizer, he and Pete Williams took a car to the award ceremony.
When Williams walked the red carpet on crutches, Hulay was by his side, walking slowly forward.
Then he occasionally waved to the fans and reporters outside the red carpet and showed a smile.
It can still be seen that as the widely rumored winner of the Best Young Player Award in Europe, Hulay is not actually the protagonist in this event.
Most of the media and fans gathered on both sides of the red carpet were not here for him.
There will be no huge cheers, screams, or flashing lights that can turn night into day.
Some people took pictures and some cheered, but that was all.
These treatment may not be as good as the scene when the two people played in Leeds City.
Just as the two people were about to walk out of the red carpet, there was a sudden commotion behind them, accompanied by huge cheers and screams, and the sound of photographers pressing their shutters.
These sounds are connected together and cannot be ignored at all.
Hu Lai and Williams also turned to look back.
I saw a person coming from the end of the red carpet.
It is none other than the main player of the Kings of Madrid, the super genius of Argentine football, and the one who was selected into the final five candidates for this year's European Ballon d'Or... Melly Banega!
After seeing who was coming, Williams looked away without surprise and continued to walk forward slowly.
There is nothing wrong with Merry enjoying such treatment.
Hu Lai, on the other hand, laughed: "This scene is much more exaggerated than what we just did!"
Williams smiled and said: "After all, it's Mellie."
He didn't explain much, because there was no need to explain anything to Mellie Banega, everyone knew how powerful he was.
At a time when the "Four Kings" are getting old and retiring, everyone thinks that Melli will compete with Kabangka to be the leader of the new generation of players.
Of course, in this World Cup, Melli's results and performance were not as good as those of Brazil's Kabangca.
Under the leadership of Kabangca, the Brazilian team made it all the way to the final, but lost to Spain in the end.
Melli's Argentina was eliminated in the quarter-finals by later champion Spain.
Melli only had one goal and one assist in this World Cup. Whether it is personal performance data or team results, he is not as good as the Brazilian super genius Kendall Kabangca who is only one year older than him.
However, this does not damage his status in the hearts of many fans and media.
When Hu Lai heard what Williams said, he curled his lips and said, "What about Meili? My men are defeated!"
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People who had already entered the venue did not sit in their seats before the ceremony started, but visited each other.
Those who can often participate in such activities are basically wealthy clubs in Europe, and they are more or less related. Use this time to chat, catch up on old times, keep in touch with each other, and make plans in private, maybe a transfer deal
The deal was done.
Although the players are their own masters, some of them maintain good relationships in private, so it is normal to say hello and exchange a few words of greeting when they meet.
For fans and media, awards ceremonies are football events, and for players, especially those who are unlikely to win, it's a social occasion.
The young players are not so casual. Most of them sit in their seats and wait for the game to start.
At the same time, watch the live action of the red carpet outside on the big screen.
When they saw Hu Lai appear, the eyes of several people changed.
This is, after all, the almost certain winner of the Young Player of the Year award, a winner over them all, in a sense.
Mario Salado straightened up from his chair and stared at Hu Lai more intently.
It's like you can pierce the other person with your eyes.
But when Melli appeared, Salado's sharp eyes were fixed on the super genius of the domestic rival club.
After all, Hu Lai is just a competitor this time.
In Salado's heart, Melly Banega is his long-term challenge target.
This is definitely not Salado's own arrogant goal.
For some reasons that everyone knows, the Catalan media tried their best to put Salado closer to Melli, trying to create a feeling that "Salado and Melli are geniuses of the same level."
Some Catalan media even said that "Salado is more talented than Melli."
This kind of statement is not completely nonsense. After all, just looking at the performance of the two in the youth teams of their respective clubs, Salado's statistics are indeed more eye-catching. He once scored 87 goals in a season in the youth team.
record.
Melly has never been so aggressive.
So it's natural for Salado to regard Melli as his target.
In fact, not only Salado, but also other young players in the venue who came to attend the award ceremony also changed their expressions when they saw Mellie Banega appearing on the big screen.
As peers, Meli Banega and Kendall Kabangka are like two mountains standing between their careers.
Anyone with a little bit of ambition and ambition would probably regard them as their opponents.
The cheers and screams of the fans on the red carpet were also transmitted to the venue through the big screen, reaching the ears of these young people, impacting their eardrums and hearts.
This is the status of a young player who is at the top of his game.
Although they are only twenty-three years old, everyone can see that Meili and Kabangka are already superstars.
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"Hey, ball three is just not as good as ball five..."
Yong Jun, who was watching the live broadcast in front of the TV, suddenly expressed such emotion.
Zhang Qinghuan was stunned for a moment, and then realized why Uncle Yong said this:
The trophy of the European Golden Globe Award, which is the best player award, is a football-shaped trophy made of pure gold and weighs 14 kilograms with the base. This trophy is made according to the 1:1 ratio of the official match ball.
The official game ball is a No. 5 ball with a diameter of about 21 cm to 22 cm.
The trophy for the European Best Young Player Award is exactly the same as the Goal Award, except that the size has been completely shrunk. It looks a bit smaller, and is about the size of a No. 3 ball with a diameter of 18 centimeters.
So sometimes, in order to avoid confusing names, people will use "Golden Ball No. 5" and "Golden Ball No. 3" to refer to these two awards.
Zhang Qing said with a smile: "So what if you are more powerful? Isn't Hu Lai's subordinate defeated?"
"Defeated general?" This time it was Yong Jun's turn to be stunned.
"The Olympics, Uncle Yong." Zhang Qinghuan reminded him.
Yong Jun reacted: In the Olympics, the Chinese Olympic team eliminated the Argentine Olympic team 3:2, shattering Melli's desire to win the Olympic gold medal. In that game, Melli scored twice, but Hulay
Better than him, hat trick!
So whether it's in terms of personal performance or team results, Melly is indeed Hu Lai's loser...
Thinking of this, Yong Jun laughed: "What a loss, you kid! Which pot should I not open?"
"Ha! I wonder if Meili will think of the Olympic Games when she saw Hu Lai..." Before Zhang Qinghuan finished speaking, he saw Meili suddenly adjust his direction slightly and actually walked towards Hu Lai!
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"The defeated general? What kind of defeated general?" After hearing Hu Lai's words, Williams had a question mark. "We haven't fought against the King of Madrid yet, Hu..."
"Olympics. I beat him at the Madrid Olympics." Hulay shrugged.
"Ah, yes..." Williams reacted. He remembered that it was indeed Hu Lai's victory over Melly...
At this moment, he noticed Hu Lai beside him suddenly stopped: "Why..."
Before he finished speaking, he noticed that there was someone else around him. He looked up and saw Mellie Banega!
Williams was stunned.
Meili was standing next to him, but it was Hu Lai who was looking at him.
He said: "We meet again, Hu."
Hu Lai didn't seem very enthusiastic: "What are you doing?"
Meili didn't seem to care about Hu Lai's attitude, but kept a faint smile and continued: "I am very happy to see you on this occasion, because it means that we will meet on the field again in the future. Then... I will
Defeat you in the competition and take revenge on the Olympics!"
At the end of the sentence, the smile on Melly's face disappeared and was replaced by a sharp expression.
This sharpness startled Williams next to him. He watched Hu Lai and Meili communicating in Spanish and couldn't understand it at all. He didn't know what the two people said, which caused the atmosphere to change.
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He even came up with the idea that when I go back, I must ask Delphine if he knows Spanish...
Meili didn't laugh, but Hu Lai smiled: "Smug, how long has it been since the Olympics? Do you still remember it?"
Meili didn't expect that when he issued a letter of challenge to Hu Lai, the response he received was such a light "small-minded". He was devastated. Is this a matter of my small-mindedness?
He took a deep breath to calm down again and continued to say to Hu Lai: "Don't think you can escape like this. I look forward to meeting you again in the game."
After saying that, he ignored Hu Lai's response and turned around and walked away.
It wasn't until he left that Williams came back to his senses and hurriedly asked Hu Lai: "What did you say?"
Hu Lai shrugged: "It's nothing, you want to take revenge on me. After losing a game, you have always been worried about it. I remember it to this day... Peter, do you think Melly is a small-minded person?"