After defeating Real Madrid, George arranged for John Smith to take the first step and go to Japan to handle matters related to Tottenham's participation in the Club World Cup.
As in its previous life, with the strong intervention of FIFA and David Blatter, the 25-year-old Toyota Cup finally came to an end last year. Porto, the winner of the UEFA Champions League in the 2003-04 season, took away the last Toyota Cup. cup championship trophy. Starting this year, the Toyota Cup will be replaced by the Club World Cup, which is strongly promoted by FIFA. Tottenham, the winner of last season's Champions League, will become the third European team to participate in this event! (Note: FIFA held the first Club World Cup at the end of 2000. Manchester United and Real Madrid were both invited to participate. However, due to the intensive schedule at that time and the lack of attention to the Club World Cup itself, the two teams were not included in the Club World Cup at that time. The performance is not good.)
Although he is not very interested in trivial events like the Club World Cup, since he has agreed to participate, George will naturally strive to do his best. Moreover, the title of Club World Cup champion is also what Tottenham needs now. Therefore, George has only one goal in this competition, and that is to win the final championship trophy!
However, before that, George still had two things to solve. One is the team’s 16th round match against Portsmouth in the Premier League on December 10, and the other is accompanying Ronaldo to Paris to attend the European Ballon d’Or awards ceremony as a group of relatives and friends!
That's right, at the invitation of "France Football" magazine, Ronaldo left for Paris after finishing the game with Real Madrid to participate in the annual European Ballon d'Or as one of the three shortlisted players. Award ceremony!
"Brother George, do you think I have a chance to win the Golden Globe Award this time?" Sitting on George's private plane, Ronaldo asked George excitedly, "The 20-year-old European Golden Globe Award winner! This is Something that Ronaldo couldn’t do back then!”
"Calm down, Chris." Looking at Ronaldo, who was jumping up and down on his seat like a monkey, George slapped the latter on the back angrily and funnyly, "You are a twenty-year-old guy, you Can't you make me more stable?"
"Hey~" George, whom he regarded as his elder brother, said something. Cristiano Ronaldo giggled twice and quickly returned to his seat and sat down obediently - he knew that George's ability to make such an action meant that he did not regard him as outsider. If you treat him politely at all times, that would be the worst situation in Ronaldo's opinion!
"Originally, I thought that your boy still had a good chance of being elected." George looked at Ronaldo seriously first, and then said seriously, "However, I guess your chances of winning the award are slim. After all, Ronaldo Dinho and Lampard are both long-established stars, and their performance this year is no worse than yours. This should be taken into consideration by the judges, allowing them to gain more advantages in the votes."
George's words were not without purpose. In the 1965 European Ballon d'Or selection, the judges hesitated for a long time between Facchetti, who created the "Great International Era" as the captain of Inter Milan, and Eusebio, and finally chose the more senior Portuguese Panther. Because they feel that Facchetti is "still young and will have plenty of opportunities in the future." And the result? After that, Inter Milan declined, and Facchetti was robbed of the limelight by Rivera, and he never had the chance to get on the European Ballon d'Or podium!
"Ah?" After hearing George's words, Ronaldo suddenly lowered his head in disappointment. But soon, he reacted and looked at George suspiciously, "Brother George, let me tell you, are you trying to scare me on purpose?"
"Haha, you actually discovered it~" Seeing Ronaldo's drastic change in facial expression, George couldn't help but laugh, and he rolled his cheap brother's well-kept hair into a ball of chicken coop, " How's it going? You should be feeling a little more relaxed now than before, right?"
Although he said this verbally, in fact, George knew very well in his heart that it was not an easy task for Ronaldo to defeat the other two competitors and win the Golden Globe Award!
Different from the UEFA Player of the Year selection that has just been born and needs time to prove and settle, the European Ballon d'Or awarded by "France Football" has a longer history and more authoritative influence, and its selection results are even more popular among people. Widely recognized. Therefore, George naturally attaches great importance to the selection results of the European Golden Globe Awards. Because if the Ballon d'Or finally goes to White Hart Lane, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance Tottenham's popularity around the world and its appeal to players!
However, as George thought before, although he has two championship trophies, the FA Cup and the Champions League, and even won the honor of UEFA Player of the Year before the season, in this European Golden Globe Award In the selection, Ronaldo did not have such a huge advantage as he did in the previous selection of UEFA Player of the Year. Because "France Football" measures the performance of players over the past year rather than a single season. In this regard, although Tottenham performed well on all fronts after the start of the season, Ronaldo's performance was not very eye-catching, far less impressive than when he scored two goals in the Champions League final last season to help Tottenham overtake the score. People are impressed.
It is inevitable that such a situation will occur. Although under George's careful training, Ronaldo's growth rate and personal ability have far exceeded his previous life, and his reputation is much greater than in his previous life. However, there are too many good players in the Tottenham team, and Ronaldo is not needed to always step forward. Turn the tide. Coupled with Tottenham's tactical style of play that focuses on the team rather than relying on the individual abilities of a certain star, Ronaldo does not have many opportunities to perform.
Although like Manchester United in the previous life, establishing a style of play with Ronaldo as the core of the offense can allow Ronaldo to produce better data and his performance will be more eye-catching, but in this way, the difficulty of Tottenham's victory will also increase. increase. The most important thing is that once Ronaldo is absent, Tottenham, which is accustomed to having the Portuguese as its core, is likely to fall into the dilemma of weak offense!
Let’s look at Ronaldo’s two competitors. Although Ronaldinho has grown into a world-class star and his performance in Barcelona is also extremely eye-catching, Ronaldinho's shortcoming is that he can only win one La Liga championship. The Champions League only stopped at the top 16, and even more in the new season. Being firmly suppressed by rival Real Madrid in La Liga! These will all become Ronaldinho's points deductions in this selection!
Not to mention Lampard, the Chelsea he plays for is almost completely suppressed by Tottenham on all fronts. If it weren't for Clattenburg's help last season, I'm afraid the Blues wouldn't have had a chance to win a Premier League title. Therefore, among the three, the "Magic Lamp" has the lowest chance of winning!
Each of the three candidates has strengths and weaknesses. In George's view, who will win this year's European Golden Globe Award can really only be announced on the day of the awards!
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