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The European Golden Boy Award is a selection standard that also pays attention to the personal honor and collective honor of the candidate players.Generally, only four things are looked at, which are club honors, personal honors, and national team honors. If the player is in a wealthy club, then there is also the halo bonus of the wealthy club.

Although there are 40 candidates on the list, there are only a few popular candidates every year, that is, three or four, at most five or six.Last year's favorites were Messi, Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo. Among them, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo competed most fiercely. In the end, Messi from La Liga giants Barcelona won the 2005 European Golden Boy Award.

From the submission of the short list of candidates in September to the awards in January 9, during the nearly three months, the "Turin Sports News" will periodically investigate the approval ratings of the candidates, make rankings, and publish on newspaper.

However, generally speaking, after the 40-man roster comes out, the media can roughly guess which players are the most popular candidates. After all, the real genius is beyond others.

Now, in the eyes of the media, these four people are the ones who really have the strength to win the '2006 European Golden Boy Award':

Barcelona's Messi, Manchester United's Rooney, Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas.And Marseille's publicity.

Among them, Messi was the winner of the 'European Golden Boy Award' last year.The little Argentine player was hailed by the media as the successor of 'Maradona'.

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Argentine football has never lacked talents. The unruly monsoons of the Pampas grassland and the rushing water of the La Plata River have bred generations of superstars.However, since Diego Maradona, Argentine football seems to be unable to find a handsome talent with leadership qualities: Batistuta scored goals like weeds, but it is difficult to motivate the team; Redondo has the ability to command the entire army Talented, but abandoned the national team for his long hair; Ortega Kong has amazing skills, but it is difficult to correct the bad habit of loving diving.Therefore, since Maradona was found to be taking banned drugs in the United States in 1994, the Argentine team has never performed well in the World Cup.

Unlike "crow mouth" Bailey who likes to predict the champions of major competitions, after retiring, Maradona, in addition to dealing with illegitimate child lawsuits, detoxification and weight loss, is most passionate about finding a successor for himself.In the past 10 years, there have been at least six or seven successors appointed by Maradona. Before Messi, the most famous one was Saviola.

Being able to win the honor of South American Footballer before the age of 18, Saviola is No.1 in all ages.Since entering the A-League at the beginning of 1998, Saviola became the top scorer in the Argentine League in just one year. Another year later, he scored 20 goals in the Argentine League in the spring and autumn, setting a new record. personal career record.At the beginning of his fame, countless people began to compare Saviola with Maradona. Later, the media finally asked the old horse to comment on which of the rising stars in Argentina was most similar to him. Maradona said without hesitation Saviola's name came out.

The 2001 World Youth Championship made Saviola famous. In order to compete with Real Madrid, which owns Zidane, Barcelona chairman Gaspart finally paid nearly 2600 million US dollars to buy Saviola.In the first season of La Liga, the 20-year-old "Little Rabbit" scored 17 goals without taking a firm position as the main force, and the start was quite good.However, since the second year, Saviola has caught up with the high-level shocks of the Barcelona club and the frequent changes of head coaches.Rexach didn't know where to put him, and Van Gaal tried to revive the "Dutch Gang" and gave Saviola some shoes.Antich, who reused Saviola, was quickly ousted.After Laporta took over the club, he began to clear Gaspart's old department. The innocent Saviola became the target of being cleaned up and was loaned to Monaco.Although he performed well in Monaco, Barcelona has made it clear that it will not take back Saviola, and what is waiting for him is the next transfer.

In the national team, Saviola's situation is also not good.Although Pekerman, the mentor of the former national youth team, favored Bielsa after get out of class and entrusted him with heavy responsibilities almost every game, Saviola could only return with very few goals. Scores against Venezuela in World Cup qualifiers and Tunisia in the Confederations Cup drew fierce media criticism.For the "Successor of Maradona" who became famous as a teenager, the chances to prove himself are running out.Saviola, with the huge expectations of the Argentines, may become the successor of 'Maradona' who disappointed the Argentines the most.

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Fortunately, at this time, Messi turned out to fill the empty hearts of the Argentines.

Messi started in the European arena and is familiar with the European style of play. The skills of South American players and the tactical influence of the European arena will make Messi become sharper, and his combat ability and adaptability will also be stronger.From this perspective, Messi is more worth looking forward to than many of his predecessors.

The blockbuster at the World Youth Championship has made Messi the target of media hype.In the history of Argentine football, no player has ever had the opportunity to compete in the World Cup with the adult national team in the second year after participating in the World Youth Championship.Pekerman decisively brought Messi to Germany in this summer's World Cup in Germany.Although this small player failed to help Argentina turn the tide, the future is limitless.

Under his fame, Messi still maintains his usual calm and introverted, even taciturn, as if the scenery in the World Youth Championship has never caused waves in his heart.Although many people say that he is like Maradona, Messi is not complacent about it. He said, "Diego is unique. I never expected to reach his height."

In this regard, the Argentine media joked, "Ten years later, after Messi wins the Grand Slam, will he still say that?"

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In addition, Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas was praised by the Spanish media as the successor of 'Guardiola'.

Therefore, there are also media jokes that the 2006 "European Ballon d'Or" competition is a contest between "Papin's successor", "Guardiola's successor" and "Maradona's successor".Well, if you look at it this way, Messi has the greatest hope of winning the championship, and Zhang Yang has the least hope of winning the championship.

Why?In front of Maradona, Guardiola is not enough, let alone Papin.

Of course, Manchester United star Wayne Rooney, who once won the 'European Golden Boy Award', is also favored by some media and fans, becoming the first player to win the 'European Golden Boy Award' twice.

It is worth mentioning that Rooney was born on October 2005, 10.Because the scope of the European Golden Boy Award is for young players under the age of 24, he almost couldn't get this opportunity again.

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Zhang Yang made AC Milan suffer in the Champions League, which undoubtedly attracted the attention of the Italian media. The Marseille media joked that this is Zhang Yang's major advantage.

To be honest, Zhang Yang really doesn't know much about the 'European Golden Boy Award'. He only knows that there is a 'European Golden Boy Award'. A kid who knows about training and competition is almost an otaku.

Zhang Yang heard that he had been selected for the 'European Golden Globe Awards' and that there was a high demand for winning the title. He was surprised, but also excited when he learned about the authority and importance of the 'European Golden Boy Awards'.

This is called the 'Little Ballon d'Or'. Although young players who win this award may not win the European Ballon d'Or one day, being able to stand out among their peers is a good thing for those who seem honest and like to show off in their bones. For Zhang Yang, this is definitely an opportunity he doesn't want to let go!

Therefore, when he was interviewed by "Voice of the North", Zhang Yang was not polite at all, and he expressed his ambition that he was bound to win this award.

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The reporter of "Voice of the North" looked at this confident boy, but he was a little surprised. It was strange. Don't all Asians like to say modestly, "I'm not good enough, others are better than me"?However, thinking of what this young man has done after joining Marseille, he will be relieved if he is a little bit 'self-effacing and cautious'.

However, the reporter still asked, "Why do you think you will definitely win the Golden Boy Award?"

Uh——Zhang Yang was stunned for a moment, this question is really an idiot question, he almost blurted out, 'Idiot, that's because I'm the best! ', he is not willing to admit that among these peers who are better than him, maybe there are indeed better than him among those people, but this morale cannot be lost, if the young people have this kind of domineering!

You can say that Zhang Yang is overly arrogant, or you can say that he is very confident.

However, this is the character of this young man. Normally he is a very sunny and peaceful young man, but on the field and when he is competing for honors, he is absolutely ostentatious!In fact, whether you like this young man or not, you have to admit that those true legendary shooters seem to have this virtue.For example, Mr. Cantona.

Of course Zhang Yang can't just say that I am better than those guys, he is confident, even a little arrogant, but he is not stupid, that is too arrogant.Uh, does he think that his current statement is very gentle?

He began to settle accounts with the reporter with his fingers, look, I am a shooter.

The reporter nodded.

The standard of consideration for shooters is the number of goals scored.He said.

The reporter nodded in agreement.

I scored 33 goals last season.he said again.

The reporter nodded again.

My goals are the most among these people, and if you look at the statistics, I have the most advantage.

The reporter looked at Zhang Yang, you really know how to count, you are a shooter, Messi is not a pure shooter, especially Cesc Fabregas.However, he suddenly felt in his heart that Zhang Yang really seemed to have the greatest chance of winning the 'European Golden Boy Award'.

The Golden Boot of Ligue [-], this is Zhang Yang's biggest asset!

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"Why are you so confident?" At the end of the interview, the reporter asked another idiotic question. When he asked this question, he knew he was wrong. He really wanted to slap himself. Sure enough, he saw When Zhang Yang looked at him in surprise, he seemed to be saying, I have confidence in myself, is that wrong?

Well, you are right, everyone has the right to have confidence in themselves, he actually wanted to say, young man, you have to be humble, but he still didn't say it after thinking about it, and he made up his mind, he must In the report, it is not a good thing for this kid to suffer a little bit, because young people are too powerful.He felt that he didn't have the slightest malice, it was just out of protection for this young man.

Therefore, in the second day's report, the reporter of "Voice of the North" chose the title: Zhang Yang is full of confidence and threatens to win the Golden Boy Award!

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ps: The second update is here.