Chapter 274 - European Golden Boy Award Shortlist

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The next day, almost all of Spain's football newspapers featured Elo in the headline, especially the photo in the background, with a gesture of three fingers in the corner kick area.

Interestingly, the applause gestures of the home fans, weakened at the far end of the camera, also appear in the photo.

Therefore, these football newspapers tacitly reported the latest La Liga news with the theme of "conquering the Bernabeu stadium".

It has to be said that after the hat-tricks at the Camp Nou and the Bernabeu, Elo's fame has also grown, especially during the international break, signing as a global ambassador for Versace.

All of a sudden, it was a big hit in the whole of Europe!

And the negative news about Iroh before this game also seemed to disappear without a trace overnight, and even the "World Sports Newspaper", a 'black Ai special user', sang the praises of Iro.

Interestingly, Juan Carlos originally wrote an article about Iro, but was rejected by the editor-in-chief during the final review process, because he wanted to continue to contradict the mainstream at this time.

But Iroh has been recognized by the editor-in-chief as having a very strong momentum at the moment, and it cannot be ruled out that this excellent state will continue.

If this form continues, it is not ruled out that Iroh will really enter the first-line star or top superstar, because now anyone with a discerning eye can see his potential.

Just kidding, could it be a coincidence that they scored hat-tricks on Real Madrid and Barcelona in quick succession? So in other words, Iro's potential is unlimited, and if I can't interview Iroh because of this little thing, it will really be a sesame seed and a watermelon.

In the end, Juan Carlos slammed the door.

The other highlight of the game was a 3-3 draw at home to Barcelona who remained sixth in the league and a position that did not match last season's league title.

Therefore, after the end of the seventh round of the league, in addition to singing the praises of Valencia to counterattack the traditional giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, they also did not forget to step on these two giants.

After all, Spain's economy has not been very good in recent years, and the two giants Real Madrid and Barcelona occupy most of Spain's resources, which can be said to be the envy of many people, so at this time, there are many people who can step on it.

Valencia, on the other hand, continues to top the table with 19 points from seven rounds, six wins and one draw.

I don't know if it's because of pride, but in the midweek game at home to Malaga, they lost 1-2 to Mallorca, who were hovering in the relegation zone.

Although Elo was active in this game, his teammates were really poor, and one of his goals once gave the team a lead of 85 minutes, but the next game made him desperate, allowing Malaga to score two goals in five minutes and get the first defeat of the new season.

In fact, it is no wonder that everyone's psychology has not adjusted, to be able to defeat Barcelona and Real Madrid away from home is a great achievement for the player himself, in this world is very rare team can beat Barcelona at the Camp Nou and then defeat Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, so pride is inevitable.

Of course, in another way, the new coach Flores is not very capable of controlling this team and cannot enlighten the players at the first moment of disorientation.

Four days later, Valencia welcomed the ninth round of the league at home, facing Sevilla at home, although Valencia played at home and dominated most of the time, but they were scoreless, at one point in the first 70 minutes were 0:2 behind the away team Sevilla, leaving many people blind.

But...... In the final 20 minutes, Airo was the man who played a big role in Valencia's comeback, first using his individual ability to score a penalty and then heading in the last 10 minutes to help his side avoid two consecutive league defeats at home.

He also remains at the top of La Liga's top scorer list with 12 goals in nine league games.

At the same time, he is also the only player in Europe's top five leagues to reach double figures in goals.

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Flores was going to discuss the change in mentality since the win over Real Madrid, but ...... The second round of the Champions League in midweek had to change his mind.

This time they are against Bratislava from Slovakia, who are very new to many people, and they appear more often in competitions such as the UEFA Cup and the UEFA International Toto Cup, and rarely in the Champions League.

But this team is a traditional powerhouse in Slovakia, and basically this team won the championship of the Slovak First League, and at the same time, it ...... They also contribute the highest number of internationals to the Slovak national team.

It's far away, back to the point.

Bratislava is basically the role of accompanying the prince in Group H, and there is no opponent in this group that they can afford to mess with, so they lost a 3-0 away to European black store Porto in the first round of the Champions League group stage.

Although they faced Valencia at home in this round, no one was optimistic about Bratislava, after all, the strength was there, and this game was as everyone expected, Valencia beat the home team Bratislava by two goals.

As a result, Valencia also won two consecutive Champions League group stage games, laying the foundation for the team to qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League.

In the other game in the same group, Inter Milan beat Porto by a narrow goal at home, and Adriano, who had a poor performance in the first round of the Champions League, seemed to find his form in this game, winning or losing in the final five minutes.

Therefore, after the second round of matches, Valencia won all two games and ranked first with 6 points, while Porto, although losing this game, was also ranked second because of the advantage of goal difference, Inter Milan was also in third place with three points, and Bratislava was at the bottom of the table after losing both games.

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The victory in the second round of the Champions League group stage also made the team temporarily forget the unhappiness of losing in the eighth round of the league, and Flores did not have the heart to put it here, because the next November was a test for the team.

This month is not only the three Champions League games, but also two international breaks, and finally the domestic league.

Of course...... There is good news for Valencia as they don't have a Copa del Rey mission yet, but it's not just good for Valencia, it's also good for other teams that have European mandates.

Because the Copa del Rey was reformed before the start of the season, the lower divisions have to go through a few knockout rounds before meeting the first division, which reduces the number of matches played by La Liga teams and reduces the likelihood of upsets.

The reformed Copa del Rey format is also very complex: in the first round, the first round of the competition is a knockout round between the C division teams and the qualified D teams, and the 18 participating teams are decided; The second round of matches will be played in La Liga, where the top 20 teams from last season will decide 10 teams. In the third round, the 10 teams that won the second round and the 18 teams in the first round, 4 teams relegated from La B and 2 designated teams from La C were mixed with 34 teams to draw lots to determine 17 teams; In the fourth and fifth rounds, 7 teams from 17 teams plus 11 La Liga teams that do not have to participate in European competitions will be decided after two knockout rounds.

In the sixth round, the above seven teams plus the nine teams in La Liga that have participated in the European competition form 16 teams, from here the two legs of home and away matches will be played until the winner is decided.

That is to say, Valencia will not have the task of the Copa del Rey until January next year, which also avoids the physical consumption of the team's personnel.

Two of those matchdays were a desperate pace, as the two legs were the 2006 World Cup play-offs in Germany, which were full of gold and increased the risk of injury to the players who were tasked with the World Cup play-offs by the clubs.

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On October 29th, a notice from the "Torino Sports Newspaper" made the media from Spain and China excited, because the new edition of the European Golden Boy Award 40-member roster came out.

Among them, Spain occupies nine places, which is the league with the most places in the five major European leagues, so the Spanish media will be happy, and the reason why the Chinese media are happy is because Iello was also selected for the 40-man squad for the European Golden Boy Award, and according to his performance this year, there is a 90% chance of being selected.

Iello was a phenomenal performer in the year, helping the team win the UEFA Cup, and then helping China win the World Youth Championship at the 15th World Youth Championships in the Netherlands, and he himself became the top scorer and best player of the tournament.

It is worth mentioning that Padovan, the editor-in-chief of this issue of "Turin Sports Newspaper", gave the list of 40 people for this year's European Golden Boy Award, and at the same time, he was a little suspicious, "For the list of this year's European Golden Boy Award, it is actually equivalent to making up the number, why?" Because this year is a big year for young players, I believe that when I give this list, there will definitely be many people who can guess the names of the winners this time, but ...... According to the rules of the game, I can't tell this person directly, so if you want to know the final result, stay tuned for the announcement before Christmas......"

That evening, not long after the publication of the Torino Sports Newspaper, the Chinese students studying in Turin posted the report on Ello's personal fan site, The World of Ai Shen.

The staff on the website also responded quickly and immediately refined the post.

In just half a day, this post has been viewed tens of millions of times, and there are millions of replies, which still seems to be a bit insufficient for a website with two new servers.

Although the website is a bit stuck, it is also famous and high-quality hindering the passion of these netizens.

Although many people don't know what the European Golden Boy Award is, there is something called Baidu and Google in this world, so they quickly know that the European Golden Boy Award is the best player of the year for players under the age of 21 who play for European clubs.

Thereupon...... That's amazing!

There is another round of hype in China.

ps: There are only two guarantees tonight, sorry!