However, although Manchester United lost the game, Dong Fangzhuo still got another piece of good news.

He received an invitation from the newspaper Torino Sport to participate in the presentation of the European Golden Boy Award on the evening of October 25, 2005.

Torino Sport sent an editor and photographer to China and told Dong that he had been shortlisted for the top five of the 2005 European Golden Boy Awards.

They conducted an exclusive interview with Dong Fangzhuo, but Dong Fangzhuo knew that if he won the award, the editor-in-chief would usually go out in person, but this time it was just an ordinary editor, and I felt that I had no hope at all.

Then he also saw the five finalists for the Golden Boy Award on the Internet, as predicted by the English media. Argentina's Lionel Messi, Germany's Podolski, England's Wayne Rooney, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo and him were all selected.

Compared with these people, there is no doubt that Messi has the most advantage, after all, he won the 2005 World Youth Championship and the Ballon d'Or. Although Dong Fangzhuo has a good number of goals, he does not have any championship in his hands.

Moreover, the day of October 25 was a life-and-death battle for the Chinese team. Because in the last round of qualifiers, Uzbekistan and South Korea played a draw. South Korea has 8 points, Uzbekistan has 7 points, and China has 8 points after winning Saudi Arabia.

Until the final round, the Chinese team does not know what their ranking is, and if it is third, the Chinese team will have to compete with the third place in Group B for a play-off place.

Is it important to win the Golden Boy Award Gala, or is it important for the Chinese team to qualify? You don't even need to think about it!

So even if he won the Golden Boy Award, Dong Fangzhuo would not be present in person......

But the Chinese media are already singing the praises of Dong Fangzhuo, and they have listed the details of the five candidates:

Messi, in 2005, at the age of 18, Messi made a splash at the World Youth Championships. In the World Youth Championships, Messi, who is the core of the Argentine national youth team, not only helped the "Pampas Young Eagles" successfully win the championship, but also won the Golden Ball Award at the World Youth Championships. With the dazzling performance of the World Youth Championships, Messi began to get more opportunities to "show his face" in Barcelona, and made his senior national team debut (Argentina vs Hungary on August 17, 2005), and began to sit firmly in the main position of the national team.

So in the 2005 Golden Boy Award selection, Messi deservedly became the first in odds, which is likely to be the starting point for Messi's career as a football king...

Podolski, the beloved prince of Cologne, was just 18 years old and got a chance to play in the Bundesliga, but he soon showed his incredible talent and the whole Bundesliga went crazy for him.

Rooney, who wore a hat on his debut for Manchester United, has to say that when he first came to Manchester United last year, Rooney showed much more talent than Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo, but this year, he started high and went low.

Ronaldo, this year's goal in Manchester United, second only to Dong Fangzhuo, and Rooney is just the opposite, Ronaldo is low and high. His performance in the first half of this year was quite lackluster, but by the end of the season and the beginning of this season, Ronaldo's performance was getting better and better, and he even surpassed Dong Fangzhuo in recent games.

Dong Fangzhuo, not to mention last season, just this season. At present, Dong Fangzhuo has 6 rounds of the Premier League: 8 goals and 6 assists! Champions League: 2 goals, 2 assists! National team: 5 goals, 1 assist!

Messi?

Just after the shortlist was announced, Dong Fangzhuo's data finally blinded everyone.

What is Messi......

Dong Fangzhuo has such data in his hand, shouldn't he win the award?

Among all the awards, the Golden Boy Award is undoubtedly the most special one. First of all, although it is somewhat similar to the Golden Globe Awards, the Golden Boy Award is also voted for by European journalists. Not only are players eligible for the award limited to those aged 21 and under, but the player must only play in the Europa League. Secondly, there is an unwritten convention that all players of the right age can only win the award once.

So Rooney basically has no hope, he can only come and go through a cutscene, because he already got it last year.

Every year, Torino Sport sends ballots to more than 30 European sports media, and the maximum score for each ballot is 10 points, and the final score is counted and awarded by Torino Sport. The European Golden Boy Award is the most prestigious award for young players in European football, and the winner represents the future of football.

The jury consisted of 30 journalists from 20 European countries.

Media: France Football (France), La Le Varnix (France), The Times (UK), Marca (Spain), Le Monde Sport (Spain), Bild (Germany), The Telegraph (Netherlands), ......

If you look at these media, all of them are European media. The Manchester Evening News has expressed concern that Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, Dong Fangzhuo and Wayne Rooney are likely to split the votes, especially Rooney, who will definitely split the votes when there is no possibility of winning the Golden Boy Award.

This is the disadvantage of Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo......

"Dong Fangzhuo deserves the award the most!" The Chinese media have voiced their voices, but they can only do so within China, and they have no influence in Europe.

It's sad.

The influence of the Chinese media in Europe is zero, so naturally it is impossible for Dong Fangzhuo to create a momentum, so he can only YY at home.

The only "Sports Weekly" with a little influence tried to get in touch with other media outlets in Europe, but the editor-in-chief Qu Weiyuan received almost the same answers and opinions.

"Messi,"

"Messi,"

"There is no doubt that it is Messi."

As many as a dozen media outlets think so, and their editor-in-chief believes that only Messi is eligible for the 2005 Golden Boy award.

There are a total of 30 media, and the answers he asked ten are Messi, so is there any hope for Dong Fangzhuo?

He couldn't think of any possibility, maybe Dong Fangzhuo could get a second place, which was already quite a good result, he could only comfort himself like this.

But we can't lose confidence because of this, because sharp-eyed Chinese fans found on a spinach website that Dong Fangzhuo's odds are actually close to Messi, and the gap with Messi is not big. The worst thing is that he is getting closer and closer to the awards, and his championship level is getting lower......

Xiao Dong has a play?

Those Chinese fans who like to gamble seem to see a little bit of the future......

Dong Fangzhuo didn't think much about it, because he was actively preparing for the war.

The opponent is South Korea, the strongest opponent in Asia, and he doesn't want to lose to South Korea and then go to the play-offs.

As for Dong Fangzhuo, at this moment, there is nothing more important than the national team.

I'm going to the World Cup, I'm going to the World Cup in Germany!