shadow striker

For the players of the five major league clubs, they are always so busy, and there always seems to be endless activities arranged.When the league, cup, and Champions League triple matches come at the same time in a week, even players who pay attention to physical training on weekdays will say that they really can't stand it.

However, they may be able to comfort themselves with bitterness. As a player, having the ball is always better than not having it.

That is, on a day in mid-October, although four players in the current Turin team have been selected for the ten-man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or, in the morning, they are still earnestly completing the head coach. And the training plan made by the physical coach for them.

That's right, four players.

Yue Yihuang, Francisco, Tiar and Cassel are all on the ten-man shortlist for this year's Ballon d'Or.Among them, although Kassel did not play too many games for his club last season.But this year, as a major year for the World Cup, his performance in the French national team is enough for him to be selected for this ten-man candidate list.

It's just that Kassel's ten-man candidate list should have been counted on Real Madrid's head, but now it's counted on Turin's head.Among the ten candidates, Turin has four of them alone. From this point alone, people can see how important this Serie A club currently occupies in European football.

"Yihuang, where did you put the clothes you plan to wear for tonight's voting meeting? Show them out and let me see! Eh? Why is it a black suit? Didn't you say you want to wear beige?"

After the training in the morning, Kassel and Yingfeng, who felt refreshed after taking a shower, exchanged their evening attire, but saw that the other party took out a set from the bag, which was completely different from what he thought. clothing.

"Ah... well, I asked around later and found that most of you still chose dark colors. I was afraid that if I wore light colors alone, it would be too..."

Francisco on the side felt his heart hang when he heard Cassel ask that question.That kind of feeling is particularly embarrassing, I want to throw some reminders to Kassel to let him stop talking, but because his lover is standing in the same position now... it is between him and Kassel, So I didn't dare to make any sound.

But can you expect Cassel to notice Francisco's mood when talking to Yue Yihuang?This is obviously impossible!

"I wear it!! Why didn't you ask me! I prepared a white suit! Didn't you say that blonde hair looks good with a white suit!!"

Sure enough, before Yue Yihuang finished speaking, Cassel protested with Yingfeng excitedly and aggrievedly, and complained: "Is it true that I am the only one wearing light colors today? It's not true for the favorites to do so." Okay! Yihuang, you must not love me anymore."

"Huh, I'm sorry Cassel..."

Seeing that the youngest team favorite in the Turin team felt that he was out of favor, Francisco immediately coughed and said, "Cassel, have you prepared a white suit?"

Cassel: "Yeah."

Francisco: "Put it on and see?"

In this way, the captain called his teammates to come together to see whether Cassel looks handsome and charming in this new suit.After receiving unanimous praise from everyone, the mood of the French winger improved a lot.So Prince Turin went to ask his lover for credit, but only got the expression of raised eyebrows from the other party.

Tonight, the captain and vice-captain of the Turin team, the former favorite of the team, and the shadow striker will all fly to Zurich, Switzerland.However, before that, they need to go to Milan first.Because there are only a few times a day there, and it only takes one hour from departure to arrival in Zurich, Switzerland, on a Swiss Airlines flight.

Fortunately, it is not far from Turin to Milan. They can reach Milan in only five to ten minutes by taking the express intercity high-speed rail from Turin to Milan.Moreover, in recent years, the intercity express high-speed rail from Turin to Milan has launched a derivative section directly to Milan Airport.

Therefore, after some consideration, the generals of the Turin team decided to charter a VIP compartment on the intercity high-speed rail, take the train to Milan and take the plane.Of course, given how popular they are, it is indispensable for Yingfeng to do some modification and camouflage for everyone.

The tickets they bought departed at four o'clock in the afternoon.Therefore, before two o'clock in the afternoon, they had to take the intercity high-speed train to Milan.

"Gentlemen, you can stay in the locker room for a while, but we have to hurry to the restaurant!"

Francisco interrupted the discussion of his teammates, and after he finished speaking, everyone burst into louder laughter and expressed their wishes one after another.

In this way, the captain and deputy captain of the Turin team took their two teammates to the restaurant together.Cassel, this guy was provoked by the captain, and he dragged Tiar directly to the restaurant.While Francisco was walking briskly, his eyes continued to look at the front, as if he had inadvertently grabbed Yingfeng's hand, and just like this, he pushed the door of the utility room next door neatly, turning himself The lovers caught in together, and then locked the door.

As soon as he entered the door, Francisco put his arms around his lover, and kissed his lover's lips before Yingfeng came back to his senses.

Yue Yihuang only struggled a little when he was kissed by the other party, but when he felt that the other party just wanted to kiss him very simply, he finally couldn't make up his mind to break away from the other party.Feeling this change in his lover, Francisco felt a surge of joy, and after letting go of the other, he looked deeply into the other's eyes, as if his eyes could finish all the words for him.

"Don't be angry, okay?"

Francisco spoke these words very slowly with a mumbled voice.That was unconsciously carrying a hint of coquettishness and flattery.Such an expression, voice, and tone appeared on Francisco, with an indescribable sense of disobedience.It's as if a ferocious beast just went through a thrilling fight and caught a huge prey, but turned around and threw itself into your arms, trying to curry favor with you, even acting like a baby to you.

But Yue Yihuang understands... that this kind of behavior just means that this man has already regarded him as the most special in his heart, the one with the deepest bond, and the existence that can be relied on.

So, didn't someone say that even the most mature man has a side that will never grow up, if you can't see that side, it means that he hasn't loved you that deeply yet?

Ying Feng knew that, but he was covering it up. Under the gaze of the other party, he finally smiled, hugged the other party, kissed his eyebrows, and said, "You are already 28 years old."

When Francisco was about to be moved by it, and to do something further, Yue Yihuang continued with a funny face: "Fran..."

Hearing that address, Francisco was in a bad mood!He tried his best to complain to Yue Yihuang about his dissatisfaction, but he could only make Yingfeng laugh non-stop.

"Okay, okay." Yue Yihuang said, and under the gaze of Francisco's eyes full of accusations, he put his hands on the back of the other's head, and put the other's ear close to his lips, and then... Yue Yi Huang stuck to the other party's ear like this, and whispered in a voice that seemed to be whispering, but was more touching than whispering:

"I forgive you, Sisko."

When Yingfeng said the name "Sisko", he flicked his tongue lightly on his teeth, his breath was more than his voice.That voice was so sexy. After one night, Prince Turin heard his lover whisper his name again, and his body trembled uncontrollably, feeling a wonderful electric current slipping through the other party's voice. all over his body.

"Call me one more time. Baby call me one more time!"

The phantom child really didn't expect that just such a sentence could make his lover so excited, hug him tightly, and make such a sound.So he thought about what he did just now, and then turned his head and called out the other's name in the other's ear.

"Sisko..."

"Sisko..."

Then, Yue Yihuang discovered unfortunately... his lover, the Italian who was hugging him tightly now, seemed to have undergone some terrible changes in his lower body...

Yue Yihuang: "Ahem, let me tell you, if I call you again like last night, will you...will you be fine?"

Francisco: "If you want to try to treat me so cruelly, then I would also like to try to do something inappropriate in the utility room at the training base."

Yue Yihuang: "..."

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At seven o'clock that night, ten of the hottest football stars today came to Zurich, Switzerland.Some of them came from Turin, Italy, some came from Barcelona, ​​Spain, and of course... some came from Madrid, Spain.Among these ten people, there are also guests from Germany.

Just over a month ago, in the same place, FIFA held the group draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage of the new season.

To be honest, Torino's signings this year have been very bad.They were divided into this year's "death group", Manchester City from the Premier League, Borussia Dortmund from the Bundesliga, and Galatasaray from the Turkish Super League were all in a group with them.

Whether it is the absolute strength of Manchester City and Dortmund, or Galatasaray's hell home, it is not easy to win.

"Gentlemen, please come here and take a picture!"

When General Siyuan from Turin came to the main venue in the vehicle that the organizer came to pick up the plane, the on-site staff responsible for leading the way waved to them and asked them to stand in the photo booth in front of the red carpet to sign and leave a message. Time for media reporters to take pictures.Igles, who came from Barcelona, ​​arrived shortly after they arrived. After taking pictures at the same place, he quickly walked forward and hugged his boyhood partner very happily.

"Congratulations! Although I said this to you in the charity match, I still want to say it to you again. Congratulations, congratulations!!"

Even after many years, the Argentine's smile is still full of enthusiasm and sunshine from South America.Recorded by many cameras and video cameras, the two stars who studied together in the youth training camp when they were young sincerely wished each other.

Although Igles only uttered this simple sentence, Yingfeng could understand that the Argentine's wish for him was not limited to that.

Those words took him back to the distant past.

When they were still in the youth academy, Castilla once said that in consideration of his future can be better developed, the youth academy coach who is like a father to him suggested He was able to become a Spanish citizen.

Because, if not, the future development of the Chinese Yue Yihuang will definitely be greatly restricted, and his path will become narrower than others.After all, football is not a competitive sport where one man can save the world.

But now, Yingfeng insisted on his choice, and also won a huge success that even Castilla didn't expect at that time.What could be more exciting than this?

With a sense of foreshadowing, Yue Yihuang, Igles and Francisco stood together and took a photo at the suggestion of the media reporter.

Due to the popularity of football on a global scale, it has been showing an upward trend in recent decades.Therefore, the selection of the FIFA Ballon d'Or is getting bigger and bigger every year.

In this round of voting from ten to three, the votes of football journalists from 208 media around the world played a vital role.The final decision on who will win the Ballon d'Or will be made by football journalists from these 208 media, national team captains and coaches from 208 associations under FIFA.

The voting rules mainly include the personal honors and team honors the players have won this year.And this team honor includes the club and the national team.The voting rules also include the player's talent, fair play spirit, career history, personality and outstanding performance, and his image as a football player.

These rules explain why sometimes some unpopular clubs have achieved amazing results in the UEFA Champions League, but their leading players still cannot win the Golden Globe award among the popular clubs. players.

Many football journalists have publicly stated that the reason why they put more votes on the players of the Torino team is because of Torino's impressive performance in the Champions League semi-finals this year.

There is no doubt that what these football journalists are talking about is that the players of the Torino team, despite the threat of death, dedicated to the world a game that fully embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and a high level of excitement.The game earned Torino unanimous praise from all over Europe.The Turin team's German goalkeeper Aubrey won this year's fair play award without controversy.

After the chairman of FIFA made a short speech and summarized the performance of the ten candidates this year, the virtual screen on the top of the main venue dropped images, which was exactly the tenth place in this year's Golden Globe Awards Football journalists from 208 media have the right to vote in the third voting meeting.

And in the center of the stage, there is a fax machine.

As the host called out the media names of the football reporters one by one, these football reporters who had already been sitting in front of the fax machine passed their ballots one by one to the fax machine in the center of the main venue on board.On the front of this facsimile paper are the names of the media to which the football journalists belong, and on the back... it is written who they chose.

The hostess standing on the stage folded all the ballots neatly and placed them in order.

This is a brand-new voting procedure set by FIFA to eliminate all shady and forged.

And the best way to put an end to those shady scenes is to let the people who cast those ballots read out their ballots one by one after all the ballots are ready.At the same time, ask the staff to open the faxed ballots and display them in front of the high-definition cameras.And until the final decision on the number of Golden Globes, votes for captains and coaches of national teams will be added in the same way.

The more primitive the way to deal with such a significant vote, the more convincing it is.

However, until the final decision on the number of Golden Globes, because the number of people with voting rights is too large, the process of faxing the votes to the scene at the voting meeting will be omitted.It's just that everyone will read aloud the choice they have given before, either on the spot or through a video connection.

The transmission of the ballots took more than 20 minutes.After that, the exciting moment came, and football reporters from various sports media read out the ballots that were previously rumored.

The live camera footage continued to show the ten candidates as the names of the players were read on the ballot.

Among them, in addition to the four stars from Turin, there are Real Madrid's Luchetti and Gudes, the two Bundesliga superstars from Bayern and Dortmund, and Manchester United's head striker.

Just when the votes reached the No. 40 seven media votes, the shadow forward of the Turin team clearly realized that something was wrong. His name...appeared more frequently in the votes than he expected.Originally, he came here just to join in the fun and watch his friends enter the final three-man list of this year's Golden Globe Awards, but now he finds out... everything is different from what he expected!

That made Yingfeng subconsciously look at the votes scored by the players on the big screen behind the stage.

The 109th media...

[I choose, Francisco, Rosetta, Yue! 】

The 147th media...

[I chose Igles, Tiar, Kassel! 】

The 173th media...

[I chose Francisco, Igles, and Yue! 】

With football journalists representing their media outlets reading their votes aloud, the final ten-man shortlist became clearer.

The two favorites to win the championship this year, Francisco and Igles, are as expected, and they have far surpassed the other eight votes when more than three-quarters of the votes have been counted.It can be said that anyone can see that these two people will inevitably enter the final three-person list.

But apart from these two, there was another person who stood out beyond many people's expectations.

That was Yue Yihuang, the No.1 Asian who played in the top five European leagues.

This feeling is so amazing... You know, you have to know that although these 208 media are 208 media worldwide, everyone knows that the media from Europe accounted for more than half of them.It is precisely because of this that many rational analysts believe that it is impossible for Yue Yihuang to enter the final three-person list.

Many Chinese fans who stayed up late watching the live broadcast widened their eyes that should have been sleepy when they saw this, and even made incredible voices, and even some people who knew nothing about English were stupid and loudly shouted:

“Amazing!!!”

The 190th media...

"Yue Yihuang!!"

"Yue Yihuang!!"

"Yue Yihuang!!"

In every bar where Chinese fans congregate, they are chanting that person's name before the football journalists open their mouths to say their votes.

"I choose, Francisco, Tiar, Yue!"

When the counting of votes reached the 200th media vote, Francisco and Igles had already entered the final three-person list ahead of schedule.And what needs to be competed now is the last one on the list of three.Even Yue Yihuang, who had never thought about those before tonight, seemed nervous.

The 202th media...

"Yue! Yue! Yue!"

"Yue Yihuang!!!"

"Choose Yue Yihuang!!!!"

[Tiyar, Kassel, Gudes! 】

Such votes made Chinese fans utter annoyed voices.But the next sports reporter said the name of the Phantom Son with a smile.

This voting meeting is about to reach its final climax. The ballots between German Rosetta from Bayern, Frenchman Kassel and Yue Yihuang are clinging to each other, and they seem to be unwilling to let people know until the last moment. Who is the No.3 candidate for the Golden Globe Award?

The 205th media...

【I choose Francisco, Iglesias, Rosetta】

When this ballot was read out, the Chinese fans were all angry, what time is it! !What about Francisco Igles! ! !Think of Yue Yihuang! !Damn, think about Yue Yihuang, can you know it! ! !I can't think of it, brother will teach you! !Yueyueyueyueyue! ! !

However, at this time, everyone could no longer continue to follow along, chanting Yingfeng's name over and over again.They could only silently shout in their hearts, anxiously, extremely fast, wishing they could rush over to snatch the votes from the group of media and read it out.

The 207th media...

【I choose Francisco, Tiar, Yue Yihuang】

The 208th media...

At the moment when Yue Yihuang's name was finally read out on the last ballot, the Phantom Son of the Torino team was stunned, with an incredible expression clearly written on his face.

Francisco and Igles, who had previously been announced as part of the final three, were on stage before this.And when Yue Yihuang's name was read aloud by the host as the last of the final three candidates for this year's Golden Globe Awards, the Italians and Argentines who had already stood on the stage spoke to him respectively. Smiling, they even waved at Yue Yihuang.

Not knowing whether it was out of joy or to cover up his emotions, Yue Yihuang covered his mouth with his hands.Then, with the encouragement of someone around him, he stood up, put down the hand covering his mouth, and showed a bright smile that seemed to be able to infect people's hearts.

He walked towards the podium step by step, his footsteps were firm, and his eyes showed calmness despite joy.

He embraced Francisco and Igles, the two most important partners in his career, and accepted their blessings for him.For the first time ever, Francisco took the initiative to get out of the way and let his lover stand between himself and the Argentine, receiving the attention of the whole world.

"Then, these three gentlemen are the final three nominees for this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or! Francisco! Igles! And Yue!!"

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At this moment, it is nine o'clock in the evening of European time and four o'clock in the morning of Beijing time.

At this moment, the light from the sun did not seem to favor any of them.

However, the light of the stars has silently moistened all of them.

This night, the first Asian player entered the final three-man list of the FIFA Ballon d'Or.