Morning, Southeast New District of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
When it was training time, Ajax players arrived at the Detok Most training base one after another.
The players were changing clothes, packing their things in the locker room, and preparing for the upcoming training session.
Captain Van der Vaart walked slowly into the locker room with an ugly look on his face, a bit like he had just experienced a serious car accident, which made everyone else in the locker room feel puzzled.
Van der Vaart shook his head, did not answer, lowered his head and walked to his closet.
"What's wrong?" Center defender Heitinga also came closer.
Not only him, but De Jong, Babel and other Dutch players also gathered around and stood behind Van der Vaart.
Everyone knows that there are two factions in the Ajax locker room. Van der Vaart is the leader of one of the factions. He is also the captain of Ajax and a Dutch rookie. This makes him very popular in the Ajax locker room.
Influential.
Seeing Van der Vaart like this, other players who followed him also frowned.
"Don't worry, Raphael, it's just a prize."
Veteran Litmanen came over and gently patted Van der Vaart on the shoulder to express comfort.
When Finn Skate said this, everyone woke up one after another.
"Is this the announcement of the European Golden Boy Award?" Sneijder asked Litmanen.
Litmanen nodded, "It was announced last night and reported by the media today."
"Is it really Su Dong?" Sneijder asked.
Litmanen nodded and said nothing more.
At this time, as Van der Vaart's teammates, they couldn't say anything more.
Ever since Turin Sports News announced the creation of the [European Golden Boy Award], the outside world has been listing famous young rookies in European football, among which several rookies from the Netherlands are the most outstanding.
Ajax's Van der Vaart and Ibrahimovic, and PSV's Robben, are all outstanding players in Dutch football.
Among them, Van der Vaart is also recognized as a super genius in Europe. He is known as the most talented genius in the Netherlands after Cruyff. Many people believe that he will become a new generation of superstar in the Netherlands.
There have been rumors of a scandal with Barcelona for two years, and everyone agrees that it is only a matter of time before Van der Vaart joins Barcelona.
Because Barcelona is inextricably linked to Dutch football, especially Ajax.
Although, this season, Torres of Atletico Madrid in La Liga and Eto'o of Real Mallorca have also performed well, and Rooney has appeared in Everton in the Premier League, but Van der Vaart is still the number one favorite.
Because he is the star of Ajax and the team captain!
Under such a halo, Van der Vaart deserves to be selected as the European Golden Boy Award.
But just recently, Su Dong, who plays for Valencia, has become famous, as if he was on a rocket, rushing into the mainstream of European football at an extremely fast speed.
This player from China, a football desert, made his debut in Sporting Lisbon, a third-tier league in the Portuguese Super League, but helped Sporting Lisbon win the double crown for two consecutive seasons, especially the Portuguese Super League and UEFA Cup double crown last season.
This is what allowed him to rise to prominence in European football.
But what is really convincing is his performance in La Liga. He scored 20 goals in 18 league rounds. This performance has even surpassed Ronaldo's back then and brought huge shock to the entire European football world.
Inter Milan, Barcelona, Juventus, Manchester United, Real Madrid...many wealthy teams have been involved with him, because everyone knows that Valencia cannot tolerate such a genius.
Leaving the team and transferring is a matter of time.
A few days ago, Su Dong scored a hat-trick in the Valencia derby, which made him famous.
Now, Turin Sports News has announced the winner of the first European Golden Boy Award in 2003. Su Dong was elected with an overwhelming advantage, which made Van der Vaart, who was originally the most vocal, feel very depressed.
He has always regarded himself as the best among his peers and the pride of heaven, but now he has lost!
Su Dong, when we meet on the court, I will definitely beat you with my own hands!
Van der Vaart gritted his teeth and thought in his heart.
Behind him, Sneijder, De Jong, Heitinga and other Dutch players who supported Van der Vaart also showed dissatisfaction and were obviously dissatisfied with Su Dong's election.
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Interestingly, in the same locker room, not far from them in front of another row of cabinets, an unusually tall player with long hair showed an evil smile.
"Zlatan, what are you happy about? Didn't you win an award too?" Brazilian left back Maxwell, who also had long hair, asked in confusion.
The Swedish center shrugged and said nonchalantly: "It doesn't matter whether I win or not. The most important thing is that someone's ambition to win the award has failed. This is what makes me happiest."
The conflict between him and Van der Vaart is well known in the Ajax team and even in the entire Dutch football world.
In the spirit of an opponent's opponent being a ***, er, not a teammate, Ibrahimovic felt that it was pretty good for Su Dong to win the award.
Although he was also very unconvinced in his heart.
"Is that guy really that strong?" Maxwell didn't believe it.
The corner of Ibrahimovic's mouth raised slightly, "Who knows? If I have a chance another day, won't it be clear if I try it on the court?"
"I heard that he is as tall and strong as you, has very good foot skills, and is faster and more explosive than you."
Before Maxwell finished speaking, the expression on Ibrahimovic's face turned from sunny to cloudy.
"That's fart! Have you ever seen anyone who is taller, stronger than me, and can run faster than me?"
"Never seen it." Maxwell shook his head.
"That's right, this is completely inconsistent with that damn law. It's unscientific anyway!"
After finishing speaking, Ibrahimovic patted Maxwell on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Remember, Maxwell, we have to believe in science!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Brazilian left back nodded seriously.
He also feels that the media always exaggerates too much.
For example, this friend next to him is a good football player, but he is... not reliable at all!
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Su Dong didn't know that he was being targeted, nor did he know that a newly established award would bring him several potential opponents, but even if he knew, he definitely wouldn't care.
He has many opponents, no more than a few, no less than a few.
On the afternoon of the day after the official announcement of the Turin Sports News, editor-in-chief French personally came to the Patna training base in Valencia, Spain, to award Su Dong.
Since the 18th round, Su Dong has won several awards one after another, such as Marca's Best Team of the First Half and Best Forward. However, such awards are usually announced in the newspaper, and some will
Send prizes.
But like Turin Sports News, the editor-in-chief comes to present the awards in person. It can be seen that they still attach great importance to this award. After all, it has just been established. God knows how many years they can continue to select?
But no matter what, Su Dong was very happy after winning this award.
Although this is the first selection, Turin Sports News still has considerable influence in the field of European sports. The European Golden Boy Award was awarded to Sudong, which is also a very important thing for Valencia, so not only the club arranged for the general manager
Manager Subilac came to the scene, and all the players of the first team also witnessed it. Many media reporters and fans were even invited to the scene.
This makes the entire awards process really look like it is, except that it is not held at the Zurich Opera House.
When Su Dong received the award from Franky, he still felt the weight of the award, and his joy increased a bit.
Later, he accepted an exclusive interview with Turin Sports News.
This is as it should be, after all, they came all the way from Turin to award the award, so it would be unreasonable not to give an exclusive interview.
In the exclusive interview, Su Dong gave all the credit for his goals to his teammates, focusing on teammates such as Aimar, Vicente, Baraja and Alberda, believing that it was their outstanding performance that created the Valencia team.
Season results.
"I'm just a lucky guy who happened to be lucky!"
If it were before, maybe some people would still believe these words, but in the two rounds of losing to Sudong, Valencia had a draw, a loss, and zero goals, which made everyone clearly feel the importance of Sudong.
Su Dong also praised the team's head coach Benitez, saying that he learned a lot from Benitez, including how to become a better center.
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In addition to Su Dong’s exclusive interview, reporters from Turin Sports News also interviewed Valencia’s general manager Subilac, head coach Benitez, chief assistant coach Yesterdam, and also the club’s
other players.
The topic of the interview undoubtedly revolved around Su Dong, and Su Dong's performance was highly praised by all parties.
Even Benitez, who has never been good at praising others, said that Su Dong is the most hard-working professional player he has ever seen. He firmly believes that Su Dong still has huge potential that has not been tapped and will definitely become a European football player in the future.
The best player in the world.
"I hope Su Dong will not be proud after winning the European Golden Boy Award, but continue to work hard and take European Footballer and World Footballer as his next goals. I believe he can do it!"
This is undoubtedly the expectation of Turin Sports News for the winner of the European Golden Boy Award.
Teammates also spoke highly of Su Dong, including Aimar and Vicente, who all sent a lot of praise to Su Dong, which made Turin Sports News come home with a full load.
But after seeing off the outsiders, the Valencia players all surrounded Su Dong.
At first, they all pretended to praise the trophy in Su Dong's hand and said some words of envy, but gradually, these guys became more sophisticated and their motives were not pure.
"Please have a meal! Otherwise, we will reveal the dirty information about you!"
"Yes, now that I have won the award, I am famous, and the media reporters are rushing to expose the scandal!"
