Ultimate Demon Sword

Chapter 267 Taking a Small Step Successfully
"Ha! Qi Dan, let me say that you are whimsical! This is not realistic at all."

After Wen Zhihao left, Zidane called Real Madrid chairman Florentino and got such a reaction.

Zidane snorted, "It's impossible now, but what about in three to five years? I'm not only the head coach of the first team, but also the manager of the sports department. Any potential talent is on my radar. Isn't this the club's consideration for me to have two jobs?"

"What did he say?" Florentino still had expectations in his heart.

"From a personal point of view, I don't feel that he is very repulsive to us...I suggest that the club list him as a key target. Even if we can't dig him during his six-year contract at Atletico Madrid, even if his six-year contract ends, he is only about 24 years old, which happens to be the beginning of the golden age of his career. We must not miss a talent with such a high starting point."

Zidane firmly believes that Wen Zhihao's future should belong to Real Madrid, but unfortunately Wen Zhihao has no such plan at all now.

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After winning the derby with Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid can then turn their focus to the league and the Copa del Rey - the next round will be a battle between Barcelona and Valencia, and Atletico Madrid will face Levante, a team on the edge of the relegation zone.It is not a big problem to win the opponent with normal performance. If the two championship opponents can draw after a fierce battle, Simeone can wake up with a smile when he falls asleep.

Valencia, whose main players have all returned, faces Barcelona, ​​which has injured half of its central axis, and Messi is still absent. An away draw is a high probability event.

Simeone completely shifted the focus of preparations to the strong dialogue between the Champions League quarter-finals and Manchester United, which will reignite the war three days later.Although Atletico Madrid will play the away game first, holding the advantage of the schedule first, but Simeone also knows the difficulty of being a guest at the Dream Theater.Although Manchester United lags behind Manchester City by many points in the league and ranks second, the Champions League is very strong.In the quarter-finals, Sevilla won two rounds with zero concedes, especially a three-goal win at home, which proves that although Manchester United does not have the absolute strength to hit the championship like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​it is definitely not an opponent that can be easily dealt with.

Atletico Madrid arrived in Manchester three days ahead of schedule. This is Wen Zhihao's second consecutive year as a guest at Dream Theater.Manchester United's opponent, huh, huh, it seems that the road to enemies is really narrow.

Compared with Juventus VS Bayern Munich, Barcelona VS Liverpool, Manchester City VS Real Madrid, the confrontation between Atletico Madrid and Manchester United did not have special attention, but with Chinese elements, the situation is quite different.In the terminal building of Manchester Airport, many yellow-skinned faces can be seen these days.

But what surprised Wen Zhihao was that these Chinese media asked about another piece of news that he didn't pay attention to at all.

On the second day after the end of the Madrid Derby, the Italian media "Torino Sport" announced the 2018-person preliminary list for the 70 European Golden Boy Award.

Wen Zhihao, who missed the opportunity to compete last year because he was not shortlisted at the beginning, got his wish this year and was ranked among the [-] most outstanding rising stars in the world.

Whether it is personal performance or team performance, there is no dispute that Wen Zhihao was shortlisted.The European media didn't even pay much attention - the list of 70 people was just the initial audition, and with Wen Zhihao's performance, it should be big news that he wasn't shortlisted.

The gold content of the 70-man primary election is not large, and European mainstream media will often pay a certain amount of attention after the 25-man list is released in July.

But Chinese media is different.Even if Wen Zhihao only entered the shortlist for the Golden Boy Award, it would be a historic victory for Chinese players studying abroad.

This news received even more attention in China than the upcoming quarter-finals of the Champions League. Fans of Wen Zhihao quickly occupied portal websites and well-known sports forums, and began to predict Wen Zhihao's potential competitors for the European Golden Boy Award this year.

Wen Zhihao's personal fans now account for a considerable proportion of Chinese fans, especially the group of young students who like to be Internet worms.Most fans firmly believe that Wen Zhihao will definitely be shortlisted for the final top three, and only a few people including last year's Golden Boy Award winner Mbappe can stop him from winning.

Moreover, with the momentum of Atletico Madrid this season, the league championship is close at hand. If Wen Zhihao can reach the final of the Champions League, Wen Zhihao is very likely to hold two team titles, and his personal and two-line combat goals and assists are all among the best in individual performances.It doesn't make sense to not get an award.

The European Golden Boy Award is not like the Golden Globe Award. It is not voted by the captains and coaches of national teams around the world. Instead, the voting rights are handed over to 2010 well-known European media. The result is relatively fair.There will be no controversy in the selection of Messi for the [-] Ballon d'Or relying on his global popularity to overwhelm Sneijder for the award.

Sneijder held the Serie A title, the Champions League title and the World Cup runner-up, but still lost to Messi, who only won the La Liga title. Even Messi's Barcelona teammates, Iniesta and Xavi, who aspired to the World Cup title, did not win the award. The mainstream media around the world questioned the fairness of the Ballon d'Or selection: Why does a Pacific island country like Tonga, which has never even heard of its name, have the same voting rights as football powers?

Based on this reality, the selection system for the Golden Boy Awards should be more convincing, and the voting rights should be handed over to authoritative media, so that everyone can see the performance of the players.

Compared with the Golden Globes, the popularity of the Golden Boy Award candidates is not a key factor.Regardless of face, fame is not the most important factor.The result is determined entirely by strength.

And Golden Boy Award winners tend to receive more mainstream media attention.Because these young people are almost recognized as the future of world football.

That's why the Chinese media and fans are very enthusiastic about Wen Zhihao's nomination for the Golden Boy Award.He now has a certain degree of popularity, but there is still a big gap from being globally famous.Regardless of the media or the fans, they all eagerly hope that Wen Zhihao can become a business card for Chinese football to go to the world.

As for the Golden Boy Award, this is an opportunity for Wen Zhihao to step onto the center of the football stage and be truly understood by the whole world.

Now, it is a small step towards success.

The Chinese reporters found Wen Zhihao immediately, but the first answer they received left them quite speechless.

Wen Zhihao looked at the reporter, flashed a flash of surprise, and said: "This is indeed good news. Since last year, I have made it a goal to win this year's Golden Boy Award. As you said, this is a small step towards success... Well, I didn't know it at first, thank you for telling me the news in time."

The other Chinese reporters present couldn't laugh or cry, and didn't know how to continue asking.

Nima, people didn't know about it for a long time, and we, the well-informed media, entertained ourselves with the news!
(End of this chapter)