Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 163 The Secret Behind the Golden Globes and Golden Boy Awards

But in the final analysis, whether a superstar can win the Golden Globe mainly depends on the statistics and honors he has won this year.

Messi and Lewandowski were able to bite so tightly this year, and there were even fierce debates among the fan groups, mainly because neither of them could completely crush their opponents.

But it is undeniable that as long as it is a man-made evaluation, there will be personal concepts and emotional factors mixed in it.

This is also the reason why Asian media often choose Messi and Ronaldo first in the selection.

Compared with the Golden Globe Awards, the selection method of the Golden Boy Awards is much simpler, but the basis for selection is much more vague.

The selection method is simple because only players aged 21 and under who play in the top leagues of UEFA's countries are eligible for the award.

The judges covered the most famous football newspapers in European countries, such as French "L'Equipe", German "Bild", "French Football" for the Ballon d'Or, British "Times", Spanish "Daily News" and so on. 40 reporters.

Although there are also Greek and Russian newspapers, they are mainly concentrated in the five countries of the five major leagues.

This also means that the selection targets are very concentrated. Since the first edition in 2003, only Van der Vaart in 19 and Dericht in 2003 among the 2018 winners are from Aja, the Eredivisie outside the five major leagues. x.

In terms of nationality, except for 2 Brazilians and 2 Argentines, the rest are all Europeans.

Of the 19 players, 18 are from traditional football powers. Only the 2020 winner, Harland, who is now a big hit in European football, is Norwegian and does not belong to the top European teams.

In terms of position, there are 10 forwards, 8 midfielders, and the only defender is Dericht who is now playing for Juventus.

The only midfielder who is barely similar to Chen Xiaoliang is Renato Sanchez in 2016.

After so much introduction, Portman finally got to the point.

The odds have already explained something. Among the actuaries and analysts hired by the gaming company, there are a large number of senior football media professionals. Now the odds of 4 and 5.5 mean that the number of votes they can get is very close. Any balance The swing will determine the ownership of the final award.

Portman can use the resources in his hands and the family's resources to operate under such tight odds.

This is what she just said about the ambiguity of the selection basis.

Young players are not like the core of those giants. It is rare to have a stable start every game, let alone have superhuman beautiful statistics.

When the reporter selects the Golden Boy Award, it is to a greater extent based on the hard data such as the number of games played, the team's honors, personal honors, and the average score of the game, combined with comments from major media, public opinion, and other players. evaluation to be taken into consideration.

To put it bluntly, the emotional factor is very large.

Pedri's biggest plus point is the chance of Barcelona's giant platform and the Spanish national team. Barcelona won the Copa del Rey in the 2020-21 season, while Spain reached the semi-finals of the European Cup.

But his weakness compared to Chen Xiaoliang is the data, and he has not been able to play since the end of September due to an injury.

And Chen Xiaoliang's disadvantage is that he participated in the Scottish Super League last season. Compared with the Copa del Rey, the champion of the Scottish Super League is still slightly inferior. Similarly, the quarterfinals of the Europa League are also slightly inferior compared to the semifinals of the European Cup.

But Chen Xiaoliang's advantage lies in the new season when he came to Rome. His performance is getting better and better. Not only is he in the leading position in the Serie A statistics in terms of steals, interceptions and running distance, he has also scored several goals in the past two months.
At this juncture, if the media can build momentum one-sidedly, it will definitely have a major impact on public opinion. At the same time, she can also influence the selection results of several Italian media, which can completely help Chen Xiaoliang make up for the small gap. In the end, Reversal wins.

Chen Xiaoliang didn't understand why the female reporter in front of her cared so much about whether she won the Golden Boy Award or not. There is no free lunch in the world, and it is impossible for someone to put so much energy into winning the award for no reason.

condition?What are the conditions?
Portman explained why.

First of all, although "Torino Sport" is well known as the mouthpiece of Juventus, in the final analysis, it is a newspaper based on Italian football, especially Serie A.

Although the Italian national team shined brilliantly this summer and conquered Europe, Serie A is still the third largest league in Europe, but the gap with the Premier League and La Liga is gradually widening, and the league's purchasing power, attention, and overall competitiveness are gradually declining. Indisputable fact.

The Turin Sports Daily "operated" once on De Ligt's award. At that time, Juventus had already negotiated with the Dutch central defender in Ajax about the sky-high transfer in the second summer, and De Ligt did indeed Spent a successful season at Ajax, won the Eredivisie League and the Dutch Cup double, and reached the semi-finals in the Champions League.

Spending 7500 million euros for a centre-back is a big deal for any team.

Juventus fans also hope that he can inherit Chiellini and follow the example of Van Dijk joining Liverpool and become the new backbone of the team.

But the Dutch have never been able to make much noise in Juventus, and even lost their position as the main force of the national team after Van Gaal regained control of the Dutch national team in August this year.

Juventus was a little disappointed, "Torino Sport" was a little disappointed, and Serie A was also a little disappointed.

In the selection of the Ballon d'Or, there are no players in Serie A who have lost Ronaldo. What's more, this award has been won by Messi and Ronaldo 13 times in the past 12 selections. It is difficult for others to win one. ascend to heaven.

After finally getting through the age of the double prides, Benzema and Lewandowski became popular again, and after them, Mbappe and Harland are also rising strongly.

Today's five major leagues, the Premier League is far ahead, the stars are bright, and the sensational effect caused by Ronaldo's joining Manchester United;

Although Barcelona in La Liga has become a little darker than before after Messi left, the influence of the two heroes in La Liga is still unshakable. Not only the superstars such as Benzema and Modric have not diminished, but also Frankie De Jong, Pooh Young people like Hughes have risen, and now there is another Pedri;

The attention of the Bundesliga itself is concentrated on Bayern. In the past two years, Harland has appeared again, and his whereabouts next season has already aroused heated discussions across Europe;

Ligue [-], which was the worst in the past, also brought a large number of fans after Messi joined Paris, coupled with Neymar and Mbappe, the attention has soared;

And Serie A, what?
Repeated misjudgments by referees and mild punishments from the League Committee?
How many players among the major teams moved here today and returned there tomorrow?

Or is it that the 40-year-old Ibrahimovic now and then says something surprising that sparks a little discussion?

Even in the gossip news, there is no player in Serie A who can match the pair of life treasures in Paris-Icardi and his green wife Wanda.

In the midst of the chaos, Mourinho arrived.

As the last head coach who led the Serie A team to win the Champions League and achieved the first treble in Italian football, although the 28-year-old Portman was only 17 years old at the time, he still clearly remembers the Portuguese from his parents The crazy impact on Italian football.

This summer, Mourinho's return once again brought new life to this increasingly lifeless league.

Some people watched him swearing, he was sent to the auditorium for punishment, some people watched his laughing and cursing at the press conference, and even the scene where he led the team to train at the Trigoria base was watched by a large number of people.

The arrival of Chen Xiaoliang made Serie A gain such a high degree of attention in the distant East Asia region for the first time after entering the Internet era. Even in the live broadcast sessions at the same time, the number of viewers of the Rome game can far exceed that of any other game. Premier League, La Liga and Champions League matches.

Roma's away game against Tottenham in the UEFA Europa League group match, the number of viewers in East Asia even set a record for a UEFA club event!
This was unimaginable before, because even the arrival of Ronaldo did not cause such a sensational effect in the populous Far East.

Portman is willing to help Chen Xiaoliang operate, and also hopes that after Kaka, he can create a superstar who belongs to Serie A and can represent Serie A in the future. Ciara and others are fighting against each other in European football.

At the same time, it will make a natural publicity and pave the way for the Chinese version of "Turin Sports News" in the red country.

"That's it? Purely for the league? For the newspaper?" Chen Xiaoliang couldn't believe that the female reporter in front of her, who would sway her head from time to time, wear eye-catching clothes every time she interviewed players in the stadium, and frequently appeared on the football lace page, would be so selfless.

"The players have the pursuit of the players, and of course the journalists also have the pursuit of the reporters. Just now they were talking about business affairs, and now they are talking about private affairs."

After Portman finished speaking, Chen Xiaoliang knew that the real theme was coming.

"You must know that if you want a piece of news to attract traffic, you must meet two points, one is exclusive and the other is timely.

I worked and paid for your award, and of course I hope to get your return. I hope to know the first-hand exclusive news of the Roma team, especially your own. Of course, what is inconvenient and cannot be said, You don't need to say it, I know that even if you want to, your head coach will not allow you to do so. "

Chen Xiaoliang could tell from the first time she saw Portman that this woman was not simple, and her calculations were like old sows wearing small clothes with steel rings and double rings - one set after another.

It's no wonder that she tried her best to refuse Riise to go with her. It's not because one more person participates, which makes it more likely to expose her speaking skills.

"Secondly, all your future personal interviews will be handed over to me. Even if I have other matters and cannot conduct the interview, I must leave it to other reporters from our newspaper."

"Third, when you are ready to leave Roma, tell me the transfer offer of other teams and the personal terms you agree to, Juventus will try to match or even exceed the personal terms, and you also promise that in that case , you will choose to join Juventus."

"Finally, if things go well, I will use all my strength to run other awards for you, such as the best player in Serie A, the best foreign aid, the best team, and the Globe Football Awards overseas, etc., and even the Golden Globe Awards, As long as you have results, I will do my best to help you operate.”

Chen Xiaoliang chuckled: "So good? Turn me into a Golden Globe? Then the conditions you mentioned just now are probably not enough?"

Portman took a sip of the black tea on the low table: "Of course there will be further cooperation conditions at that time, in short, mutual benefit."

Chen Xiaoliang: "I'm afraid it's to let me expose with you from time to time, or even go to the hotel to show my face, and then deliberately release the rumors so that other media can catch up with the rumors, which will greatly increase your personal traffic, just like you once did to Mba before changing your name. Pee did that?"

Portman laughed: "I didn't change my name. Portman is just my pseudonym as a reporter, just like Kaka's original name was Ricardo Izeksson dos Santos Wright. The name has always been Maria Luisa Jacobelli, Portman is a code name, if you don't like it, you can call me Maria, or Jacobelli, it doesn't matter.

In addition, I did talk with Mbappe about topics similar to what I talked about with you today, and I really wanted to use some...different news to create hot spots, but he is different from you, he is too selfish, and he rejected my proposal It is because he thinks that the Golden Globe will be awarded to him in a few years, and he will soon become a better player than Ronaldo and Messi. "

Chen Xiaoliang was silent for a moment, then said: "I'm sorry, I have to reject you too."

Portman didn't seem very surprised: "The reason? Do you think this year's Golden Boy Award belongs to you?"

Chen Xiaoliang: "I was able to rise from No. 6 to No. 2 because of the club, coach, teammates, and myself, not you.

Also, not getting this award is not a big deal for me. "

Portman snatched the words: "You can become the first Asian ever to win a major award in Europe!"

On the contrary, Chen Xiaoliang seemed very calm: "Then the way to win the award is based on your so-called operation? I don't want to say anything. If the head coach didn't send me a text message, I wouldn't want to get involved with these messy things at all."

Portman waved his hands and tried to explain: "This is not cheating, nor is it a black box operation. This is a common thing in the football world."

Chen Xiaoliang stood up: "I know, the fake news is all over the sky, who is leaving the team, who is asking for a salary increase, who the coach likes and doesn't like, who fought with whom in training, and who went to the nightclub again, there is really no news But if you edit it, you can rank the list, whether Messi is ranked first or Ronaldo is ranked first, or if you have nothing to do, you have to compare players from different eras forcibly, the purpose is to encourage fans to quarrel and get traffic.

This is your way of life, and my way of life is much simpler, helping the team win and doing my job.

It is of course a great thing to win an award. If you are willing to help me, I have no reason to refuse, but I do not accept those conditions.

I will never disclose to you what happened in the locker room of the team. If you want to have a formal interview with me, you can go through the compliance process or make an appointment with my agent. I will not refuse you.

In addition, Juventus is a great club, I don't care whether what you just said represents their ideas, or just represents your own interests, but I am now a player of Roma, and my goal is to win the championship for Roma, I Do not accept any private promises and transactions.

Finally, if you are really thinking about your newspaper and the award you are sponsoring, you really hope that one day the Golden Boy Award will become a world-renowned award like the Golden Globe Award. I hope you can make this award even better. Be purer, less controversial, more authoritative.

Sorry to excuse you. "

After finishing speaking, Chen Xiaoliang wanted to leave, but Portman quickly stopped him: "Wait! Mourinho taught you these?"

Chen Xiaoliang turned back: "Hehe, do you think that a 17-year-old player should be choked up in front of you, and you can coax him into the bait with a few words, and then sell a very important part of my portrait right like a deed?" Just got it?
Obviously you think highly of yourself, and you look down on me.

But I'm really curious, what is the relationship between you and the head coach? "

"When my father was the editor-in-chief, he gave him a lot of support."

Chen Xiaoliang didn't ask any more questions: "I'll ask him when I get back." After speaking, he walked out the door.

David saw him come out, threw the cigarette butt, stamped out the fire, got in the car and started it.

Portman chased to the door, but still refused to give up: "We can talk about the conditions of cooperation."

"No need, big reporter, I'm just a simple player."

"If you leave like this, you will definitely not get this year's award!"

Chen Xiaoliang walked to the side of the car, turned around and waved to Portman with a smile: "Go home early, don't waste time on me."

After all, David stepped on the accelerator, and the two left.

In the afternoon, Chen Xiaoliang appeared at the Trigoria base to train with the remaining players.

The training intensity of the main players is very low, mainly for recovery training to adjust the degree of body fatigue.

Several players with minor injuries were directly put on leave and asked the team doctor for physical treatment.

After training, Chen Xiaoliang came to Mourinho's office.

The Portuguese laughed when he knocked on the door and came in: "What? Dumped the big beauty?"

Chen Xiaoliang nodded, thinking that Mourinho knew everything.

Mourinho cut to the chase: "Her father helped me a lot when I first arrived in Italy, you know, with my character, I will cause a lot of criticism wherever I go.

Of course, his help was not one-sided, we cooperated in many things. "

Chen Xiaoliang asked: "For example?"

Mourinho handed Chen Xiaoliang a bottle of water, then sat on the desk, put his hand in and said: "I'm glad you are interested in these things, he will help you understand some rules of European football and make you a more mature players.

I worked with her father a lot.

For example, if I want to buy a certain player, he will help me out in the newspaper. Sometimes he will write that the scouts of Inter Milan have fallen in love with such and such, and sometimes he will directly write that I have fallen in love with such and such.

Then the news is released to see the reaction of the opposing club and the player. If the opposing club reacts strongly and the player has no intentions, then our transfer team does not need to waste time.

On the contrary, it means that this transfer may have something to do.

There are also matters within the team. Although the locker room is private, he cannot be separated from the entire club.

When the team's performance is not good, the locker room will become tense. At this time, whether the media will help you excuse, create loose public opinion for you, or add insult to injury and criticize the team as useless, will greatly affect the fans' perception of us.

Just imagine, if you lose the game and hear the fans booing at home, this situation will only make the team's record worse.

Finally, my personal career, as a Portuguese, I cannot deny that Real Madrid is the palace of dreams, but between the two parties, public opinion is very important.

Even the chairman of Real Madrid has to take into account the acceptance of the fans, because they are a membership-based club. Once the club chairman messes up and the team's performance is not good, he will be voted out in the next general election.

We beat Barcelona that year, and her father took advantage of this and made a big fuss in the media, completely portraying me as a traitor and sworn enemy of Barcelona.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, a label that immediately won me over to the Real Madrid fans.

Of course, the result of the Triple Crown is the most important thing, and this is not something that can be controlled by the media or anyone else. "

Faced with Mourinho's frankness, Chen Xiaoliang relaxed a lot: "So, you want me to cooperate with her?"

Mourinho laughed heartily: "If you are willing to cooperate with her, will you still sit with me at this moment?"

As he spoke, he walked to the side cabinet, opened the cabinet door, took out a file box, and handed it to Chen Xiaoliang.

Chen Xiaoliang opened it and was shocked!
It turned out to be his own scouting report!

There are more than 200 pages in a thick stack!
He opened and turned many pages, including personal ability analysis, position analysis, and analysis of almost every game in the Rangers.

There are also personality analysis, media handling ability analysis and so on.

In short, many conclusions about himself in this report were seen by Chen Xiaoliang himself for the first time!
"This is the basis for me to convince the boss to spend 4100 million euros to buy you. This is Serie A. Your transfer fee is astronomical. You are no longer the weekly salary that I could rent out with a phone call to Gerrard in August last year. Only a little boy of a few hundred pounds."

Chen Xiaoliang continued to read while listening. In the report, there were detailed reports including what products he had endorsed, what restaurants he usually went to in Glasgow, and what he would choose to do when he was not playing games.

He was very shocked, not to mention this is a transfer report, it is about politicians, it is probably so detailed at most
"Is this also her father helping you?"

Mourinho: "Some are, you can turn to the last chapter."

Chen Xiaoliang immediately flipped through the page. The title of that chapter was "Media Evaluation".

Sure enough, there were transfer speculations from "Torino Sport" and "Corriere dello Sport", but none of the rumored clubs contacted was Roma.

"Torino Sport" said that in the case of Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool and other Premier League giants, Juventus must do something, otherwise they will miss "the best midfielder in Europe in the next 15 years."

"Corriere dello Sport" suggested that the Milan duo rent themselves out. In addition to their own abilities, they also consider that the two giants have a large number of loyal fans in the Red Country. At the same time, renting can also avoid the risks of young players.

Then there was the press conference, where the two media interviewed the head coaches or officials of the three major Serie A clubs.

Also specially attached Allegri's answer: "Chen is a very talented player, let's see what happens next."

Well!The so-called "toilet newspaper" does not come in handy!

"The boss sells cars, and his son, that is, our little boss, only knows football at the level of fans. Although there are professional players like Totti as consultants, the decision-making power is always in the hands of their father and son.

Such a report, with the help of the media, will be tempted by anyone who reads it. "

Chen Xiaoliang nodded.

Indeed, there is not a single word mentioned here about Rome, but how can the words of those wealthy families not stimulate an American owner who has great ambitions to acquire Rome?
Mourinho put away the file box and put it back in place: "Now it's just an archive, it doesn't make any sense, things change.

So you also know now that even I cannot do without the help of the media and those reporters. "

"But I don't like this kind of cooperation, and her terms are unacceptable."

"Hahaha!" Mourinho laughed again, and handed Chen Xiaoliang an envelope, "I'm just going along with the flow as a favor, to do her a small favor for her father's sake.

This woman didn't learn her father's ability to be successful in European football. The calculations in her heart were too obvious, and she treated everything as a business.

She also approached me and wanted me to transfer the partnership from her father to her, but I also refused.

As for your rejection of her, I guessed it a long time ago, otherwise I would definitely not agree to you meeting her. "

Chen Xiaoliang felt relieved, but opened the envelope in his hand suspiciously.

"The club wants you to win a prestigious award, not only for yourself but also for the team to develop a winning mentality.

Their editor-in-chief will conduct an exclusive interview with you in the next few days. I will help you take it on behalf of the club. Don’t miss this opportunity. Their judges are not those journalists who want to see money. Those people are at the top of the football field. legend. "

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