As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 174 Golden Boy Award

On November 11th, at 4 o'clock local time in Russia.

In the fourth round of Group C, Leverkusen took the lead in an away game against Zenit.

The starting lists of both sides were only announced a moment before the game.

For the Leverkusen team, compared with the first round, Schmidt only made two adjustments.

Jedvaj served as left-back, replacing the suspended Wendell.

Brandt served as the right winger, Bella Rabi played the front midfielder position, and Charhanoglu retreated to the back midfielder position to replace Lenac, who was absent due to injury.

Statistics show that the average age of Leverkusen's starters is only 24 years old, making them the youngest Champions League starters in the team's history.

As for Zenit, Boas also has two adjustments.

Shatov and Korzakov got the chance to start, while Rondon and Fajzurin sat on the bench.

In the 13th minute after the opening, Zenit almost scored the first goal.

Hulk took a free kick with his left foot from the right and drove directly into the penalty area.

Many Zenit ambushed here in front of the gate.

Jose didn't dare to act rashly, so he could only be ready to make a save at all times.

However, Hulk's free kick went untouched.

Skimmed directly over the heads of the crowd before hitting the far post and bouncing out.

Jose was frightened into a cold sweat.

In the 21st minute, Zenit had another chance.

Danny took the ball in the midfield, broke through two Leverkusen players, and passed it directly to the gap behind the pharmaceutical factory.

Kerzakov came out from behind and got a single shot.

However, Korzakov's shot angle failed to open, and Jose opened his arms and directly blocked it with his body.

Two minutes later, Danny made a direct pass behind Toprake again.

Kerzakov once again got a single chance.

This time, he was not in a hurry to shoot, but wanted to wade past Jose and then hit an empty goal.

How could Jose let him do what he wanted?

Attack directly, and use time and space to pause at the same time.

No surprises, no danger, directly snatched the ball from the opponent's feet.

In the first half, neither side achieved anything.

Although Jose kept the goal without conceding the goal by himself, if he still fails to score, his wish to qualify early will come to nothing.

The second half.

Shortly after the opening, Schmidt took the lead in making substitutions.

Delmic came off the bench and replaced Brandt.

This is a simple counterpoint substitution.

In the 68th minute, Leverkusen broke the deadlock with a clever free kick.

Charhanoglu sent a through ball to the front of the penalty area.

The unmarked Bella Rabbi gets the ball.

Bella Rabi did it back and passed the ball to Sun Xingmin behind him.

Sun Xingmin hit the goal from 26 yards in front of the goal. The ball drew an arc in the air, and then hit the net against the right post.

1:0.

Leverkusen lead.

In the 73rd minute, Kisling made a direct pass from the middle.

On the edge of the penalty area, Sun Xingmin pushed with his left foot, and the ball went straight to the lower left corner of the goal.

the ball went in again
2:0.

After scoring twice, Sun Xingmin scored 7 of the pharmaceutical factory's 3 Champions League goals this season, and also scored 2 goals in the qualifying round.

In official games this season, Son Heung-min scored 10 goals, tied with Kisling as the team's top scorer.

Two goals behind, Boas began to make substitutions and adjustments.

Longdong, Ryazantsev and Arshavin came off the bench successively.

It's just that their shots all deviated from the direction.

1 minute of stoppage time.

Zenit scored a face-saving goal.

Long Dong crossed.

Ryazantsev stopped the ball at the top of the penalty area and picked a pass.

Long Dong counter-offsides a volley shot from 7 yards from the goal.

Without using the plug-in, Jose touched the ball, but still couldn't prevent the ball from entering the net.

In the end, Leverkusen defeated Zenit 2-1 away.

After four rounds, Leverkusen accumulated 10 points, only conceded two goals, and got the right to qualify ahead of schedule.

In another game in the same group, Benfica beat Monaco 1-0 at home and scored a valuable three points.

With two rounds left in the game, Benfica's right to qualify is no longer under their control.

In the Champions League, the Leverkusen team, which was triumphant, returned to the league, but there was a phenomenon of frontal weakness.

On February 11, the 8th round of the Bundesliga continued.

The Leverkusen team, which was playing at home, faced the ninth-ranked Mainz. In the end, the pharmaceutical factory contributed 26 shots and shook hands with their opponents 0-0.

Mainz had only one shot on target.

On the eve of the Golden Boy Awards, Jose made just one save.

There is no doubt that the best player in this game is naturally the opposing goalkeeper Karius.

After this campaign, although the ranking of the Leverkusen team remained unchanged, the point difference with Bayern was widened.

Jose sighed in his heart, to win the Bundesliga championship, it seems that it is not enough to rely on himself.

After the match with Mainz, Jose flew to Italy by plane alone.

When we arrived at the hotel arranged by the organizer, it was already late at night.

After a simple wash, Jose lay down and rested.

The next day, Jose woke up early.

After breakfast, he discovered an important problem.

He didn't have the proper attire for an awards ceremony.

Just as Jose was considering whether to go out and buy a dress, the doorbell rang.

After opening the door, Jose saw a man and a woman.

"Hello, Mr. Jose, we are from the Marketing Department of Armani." The visitor directly identified himself.

It turned out that when they learned that Jose was likely to win the Golden Boy Award, they intended to cooperate with him in promotion, but it was too late, so they came directly to the door.

It was not the first time for Jose to endorse in an advertisement, so he easily understood the other party's thinking.

First of all, they are willing to provide Jose with costumes to attend the awards ceremony, and then give Jose a certain amount of compensation.

Afterwards, they discussed specific cooperation matters with Jose.

In this regard, Jose has no reason to refuse.

In this way, Jose accidentally solved the clothing problem.

Originally, Jose made a request, that is, he should wear the tie that Saito Asuka gave him.

But Armani's staff told him that in order to show respect to the organizers, José had better wear a full set of costumes to attend.

That being the case, Jose no longer insisted.

The award ceremony is scheduled to start at 19:[-] in the evening.

While waiting for the awards ceremony, Jose chose to walk out of the hotel. He wanted to see the customs of this world-famous city.

But, soon he returned.

He never imagined that here in Italy, there are also crazy female fans.

After Jose visited European countries, he found that, except for the British women, the beauties in other countries were more beautiful than the other, especially the Italian beauties.

Here, you can see tall, fair-skinned, beautiful, cheerful, and passionate Italian beauties everywhere. Their unique charm made Jose suspect that "Sage Heart" was a fake, because he was almost seduced. .

Fleeing back to the hotel in embarrassment, Jose chose to sleep well.

At 19:[-] local time, the "Turin Sports" Annual Awards Ceremony was held at the scene. Players, coaches, managers, etc. from various leagues gathered together.

Jose met passing superstars including Modric and Buffon.

The host first briefly introduced the history of the founding of the Metropolitan Awards, and then told about various events in European football in the past year.

After the brief introduction, the award ceremony officially began.

The first award is: Golden Player Male Athlete of the Year.

The winner was Modric from Real Madrid.

As Real Madrid's hero in winning the Champions League last season, Modric won the award, which can be said to be well-deserved.

The second award is: Golden Player Female Athlete of the Year.

The winner was Jansen, a women's soccer player from Wolfsburg.

Last season, Yang Sen led the Wolfsburg women's football team to win the women's UEFA Champions League and the Bundesliga women's football team. It can be said that winning the award is undisputed.

The fourth award is: European Football Chairman of the Year.

The winner was Juventus president Andrea Agnelli.

The fifth award: Vittorio Pozzo Award, the best coach of the year.

The winner was Juventus coach Antonio Conte.

The best chairman and best head coach awards are very Italian, so everyone knows everything.

Next is the Gatno-Sirea Award, the best agent in European football, the best U21 player in Italy, the Golden Boy Career Award, the Golden Boy Award for women's football, the best U21 female football player in Italy and so on.

There are many winners, but Jose is not familiar with most of them.

"He, it's your turn." Suddenly, Modric, who was sitting next to Jose, said to Jose.

Sure enough, the host began to introduce Jose's achievements in the last season.

"In the past year, there was a player who single-handedly led the team all the way to the Europa League final and won the final championship. His performance in the game." He talked for a full 5 minutes.

If it weren't for the host's narration, Jose wouldn't have known how powerful he was.

"Please, Jose, the winner of the Golden Boy Award for Men's Football of the Year, is on stage." The host shouted in Jose's direction.

Hearing the host calling for him to go on stage, Jose couldn't help feeling nervous.

This is the first important personal award he has won in his life.

Although the Golden Boy Award cannot represent future achievements, at least in this year, among the younger generation of players, Jose is the one with the best performance.

Taking a deep breath, Jose started walking towards the podium.

At this moment, he is not only the focus of the audience, but also the focus of football in Europe and even the world.

In the days to come, Jose is destined to become the focus of people's attention.

Coming to the center of the podium and receiving the glittering football model trophy from the presenter, Jose was so excited that he was almost speechless.

After calming down, Jose began to think in his mind, what should he say?

"First of all, I would like to thank "Torino Sport" for awarding me this award. I am very happy to be recognized by "Torino Sport" and friends from various media."

"Secondly, I would like to thank one of my teachers for guiding me on the right path."

"Finally I want to thank my head coach, my teammates."

Jose said a lot in one breath.

As a Chinese who knows how to be grateful, he will never forget everyone who has helped him.

Of course, at this moment, in the limited time, it is impossible for him to read everyone's names once.

After the awards ceremony, Jose called his parents immediately.

Jose's parents were naturally very happy, which became their capital to show off to their relatives and friends.

(End of this chapter)