After the Porto game, the Red Rebels began to focus on hosting Middlesbrough.

Liverpool's surprise 1-0 defeat at Everton before the game meant the Reds were starting to fall behind in the title race, but no one dared to underestimate this hard-blooded team that always surprises.

The highlight of this round is Arsenal's home encounter with Chelsea, which is also the first meeting between the two teams this season, which has attracted much attention, and relatively speaking, the Red Rebels won Middlesbrough at home and Manchester United won Fulham away There is not much suspense.

Jose Mourinho came on the pitch and David Beckham showed his best form again in this game, passing and shooting to help his side beat Middlesbrough 3-0.

At the same time, Chelsea beat Arsenal 1-2 thanks to Shevchenko's opener and Deco's second-half long-range strike, winning the battle and keeping the pressure on the Red Rebels.

Manchester United was unexpectedly drawn 1:1 by Fulham away, and the Red Devils' recent form has not improved in the slightest, but Fulham's goalkeeper Van der Sar performed eye-catching in this game, if it weren't for his high block and low reception, I am afraid Fulham was beaten into a sieve by Manchester United as early as the first half.

It is also with the excellent performances against Manchester United in recent seasons that Manchester United, who have fallen into a goal drought this year, reported the news of interest in Van der Sar after the game, especially Ferguson, who highly praised the form and ability of the Dutch veteran after the game.

But Arsene Wenger, who has also been looking for a suitable goalkeeper since Seaman, was also interested in Van der Sar when Lehmann made a series of mistakes and just made a low-level mistake against Chelsea that cost the team a win in a crucial battle.

On the second day after the 17th round of the league, the English media began to frequently speculate about the battle between Manchester United and Arsenal for Van der Sar, and no one noticed that Beckham missed the afternoon training on the 13th.

…………………… According to the agreement reached between [French football] and Canal+, the day before the magazine announced the winner of the Ballon d'Or, the evening of the awards must be broadcast live on Canal+ in the evening prime time.

The so-called awards gala is actually equivalent to a witness meeting, only some of the world's most authoritative media guests can be invited, they will participate in the canal+ TV awards gala to witness the birth of the new Golden Globe winner.

There are two conventions for the European Footballer of the Year Gala, one is to invite the new Miss France to participate in this football feast, and the other is to always arrange a special program at the party, which can often bring unexpected surprises to the winners.

Beckham knew very well as when Ernaux rushed to England that he was the winner of this year's new Ballon d'Or, and he had already received the Ballon d'Or trophy at home, which was witnessed by Xiao Yu and Victoria.

The awards party was booked at 18:50, but Beckham, accompanied by his agent, arrived at the live broadcast building of the canal+ headquarters in advance, perhaps considering Beckham's influence, or perhaps because of the larger number of invited guests, this year's awards party was specially changed from the original small No. 1 live broadcast room to No. 3 live broadcast room.

The scene invited 50 well-known media people from all over the world, including several authoritative media people from England, they all came on behalf of some authoritative newspapers.

The event starts at 6 p.m. and begins with an interview in the reception hall downstairs of the live broadcast room, which is hosted by Ernaux and the chairman of the team newspaper group, Chenu.

At the entrance of the hall, two [French Football] magazines will be put on sale tomorrow morning, and the cover is the photo and interview of Ernaux taken at Beckham's home before.

When the reporters walked into this hall, they already knew in their hearts that this year's Golden Globe Awards belonged to Beckham!

The Englishman has been outstanding in the past two seasons, with his Red Rebels defending the UEFA Cup and winning the Premier League title as a promoted horse with an astonishing unbeaten record, and until this season, the Red Rebels' unbeaten record has been held so far, with only three games left on Capello's record of 58 games unbeaten that year!

Topping the league table and topping the Champions League group, David Beckham is the Red Rebels' best performer in the past two seasons, last season's Premier League player of the year and the most impressive so far this season.

Beckham won both the league and the UEFA Cup against other high-profile stars, and although Ronaldinho performed well at Barcelona, the UEFA Cup defeat to the Red Rebels did make him a bit of a disgrace against Beckham.

As for Shevchenko, whether it is in AC Milan or now Chelsea, his goal rate is good, but he is not the core of the team, the core was Pirlo when he was at AC Milan, and after coming to Chelsea, the core became Deco and Veron.

The same goes for Thierry Henry, who has not contributed as much at Arsenal other than scoring goals!

If you say that in terms of personal strength, Beckham may not be as good as Ronaldinho and others, but his contribution to the team, his outstanding and stable performance in the Red Rebels, coupled with the strong rise of the Red Rebels in the past two years, these are the strongest support for Beckham to win the award.

In addition to the strong Red Rebels, Beckham as the core, and his stable and excellent performance, but also because of his previous turmoil in England, the gap between Beckham and Beckham is very obvious, and some people even shouted after England's big win over Northern Ireland that one Beckham is equal to half of the England team.

The media hype, as well as David Beckham's brilliant and consistent play, did play a role.

As Xiao Yu said, the selection of the World Footballer is unfair, and the selection of the Golden Ball Award is also unfair, because as long as it is an individual, especially the more professional and objective the person, the more they adhere to their own set of reading review standards, coupled with the current information environment, it is absolutely impossible to be fair and just!

For example, if the editor-in-chief of The Times invites Beckham to do an interview, but Beckham refuses, leaving a very bad impression on him, will he fill in his name despite his antipathy for Beckham when selecting the Ballon d'Or winner?

As long as it is a candidate, it is impossible to be absolutely fair and just!

Another thing that is not well known is that a large part of Nedved's selection last year was due to the increase in the voting power of Eastern European journalists in [French football], and according to the analysis of votes, a large part of Nedved's votes came from Eastern Europe, while the votes of Western European journalists were scattered among various players.

One is scattered and one is concentrated, and Nedved's selection is inevitably without this factor.

But this year, Western European journalists are clearly consciously focusing their votes to avoid repeating last year's mistakes, and David Beckham has won the most votes with his outstanding performance and performance.

........................ "Dear David Beckham, on behalf of [French football] magazine, I announce that you will be the first Red Rebels player to win the [Ballon d'Or], the fourth English player, congratulations! ”

In the live broadcast room of the awards party, Ernaux's hand held Beckham tightly, and at the same time sent the trophy coveted by countless players to Beckham's hands, which looked a little heavy.

Although he had felt the weight of this trophy at home before, at this moment, at the live awards party, witnessed by 50 authoritative reporters on the scene, he still felt trembling and pleasantly surprised!

In his life, what he dreamed of was to be able to prove himself, and when he left Manchester United, he thought that he would not have such a chance, but when he came to the Red Rebels, he successfully transformed, and with the help of the laboratory and the coaching staff, he maintained his form and performed better and better.

Beckham felt so satisfied with this trophy that countless players coveted, and he was so moved that he almost cried on the spot.

After the award was handed out, the projection TV on the pitch began to show special recordings of Beckham's introduction to football as a child, to his arrival in the Manchester United Academy, to his outstanding performances at Manchester United, and of course his sale to Manchester United in 2003 and his success after moving to the Red Rebels.

Looking at these pasts, Beckham felt vivid, as if these memories had happened yesterday.

After watching the film, Deniso, the head of sport at Canal+, took the appearance and conducted a brief interview with Beckham, in which he talked a lot about the reasons and mood of his departure from Manchester United and the Red Rebels.

Beckham has already stated in a previous interview with Ernaux that he loves Manchester United, even if he is ruthlessly sold, but he will still love this team for the rest of his life, but he also said that although he has only been with the Red Rebels for two years, this team has become the most important team in his career.

'I'm amazed and moved by everything that's going on in this team, I love it here, I'm eager to play here until I retire, and then maybe then I'll consider teaching at the Red Rebels, like Redondo.

Denisor smiled and nodded frequently, and asked, "Then if you had to choose the person you are most grateful for in your life, who would you choose?" ”

"A lot, my parents, friends!" Beckham replied with a smile.

Denisos laughed too, "What about the most helpful to your career?" ”

Beckham pondered for a moment, "First of all, it must be my mentor, Sir Alex Ferguson, who is like my father, and I respect him even though I have fallen out with him, all my life." ”

"Then there is my most beloved wife, Victoria, who has always been behind me and has always supported me, even at the lowest point of my career, some say that she was the one who prompted me to break with Sir Alex Ferguson, but it was not, she never did."

"Finally, I think I should also thank someone, my best friend, Xiao Yu, the boss of the Red Rebels, who constantly encouraged me, gave me advice, and helped me, and he was also the most important reason why I switched to the Red Rebels, which made me receive this award, I am very grateful to him, we have been the best friends for life!"

Hearing this, Denisor suddenly laughed, and asked with some expectation: "Then if one of these three people arranges for one of them to congratulate you on the spot, who will you choose?" ”

Beckham was stunned, but after seeing Denisot's very affirmative eyes, he knew that this was the so-called surprise.

Ferguson is certainly unlikely to be there, because he fell out with David Beckham, and coupled with Manchester United's poor recent form, Ferguson is even less likely to attend such an occasion; Victoria is at home with her young son, so naturally it is impossible for her to appear in France, the only thing that may appear is Xiao Yu!

"Could it be...... Is it Xiao Yu? "David Beckham was a bit of a surprise.

He had heard Xiao Yu say that he would not come to France before, because the guests invited by canal+ were all authoritative reporters, excluding Xiao Yu!

And when Beckham said this, Xiao Yu had already appeared in the TV camera with a smile!

The two best friends, no need to talk much, walked over to each other, hugged each other tightly, and the depth of friendship is self-evident!

(To be continued)