Accompanied by George, Ronaldo arrived at the "France Football" headquarters in Paris before noon on December 8, preparing to attend the European Golden Globe Awards ceremony scheduled to be held later that day!
In order to ensure the mystery of the Ballon d'Or as much as possible and make it difficult for people to guess the real winner before the answer is revealed, "France Football" has racked its brains. For example, this time, "France Football" sent photographers to London and Barcelona in advance to take "photos of the new issue's magazine cover and inside pages of posters" for Ronaldo and three other players who were shortlisted. This prevents people from predicting the final winner of the European Golden Globe Award by tracking the movements of photographers!
According to past practice, "France Football" will take photos of the new European Ballon d'Or winners in advance as the cover of the latest issue of the magazine. In the previous selections for the European Ballon d'Or, many media used this method to determine which of the three candidate players the winner of the Ballon d'Or was. Therefore, "France Football" will come up with such a trick this time so that the outside world cannot judge the truth!
However, although "France Football"'s approach ensured the mystery of the Golden Globe Awards, it also made Ronaldo and others happy in vain. You know, when he saw the photographer of "France Football" coming to London and saying that he wanted to take a group of photos for himself, Ronaldo really thought that the Golden Globe Award was already in his bag!
Therefore, when Cristiano Ronaldo learned from the photographer that they were going to Chelsea to take pictures of Lampard, and that there was another team heading to Barcelona, he was naturally disappointed in his joy. You can imagine!
Although I can understand the difficulties of "France Football" in doing this, emotionally, Ronaldo is still a little bit worried about this. He believes that this approach of "France Football" is really unnecessary - with the current publishing technology and logistics level , as long as the corresponding layout is reserved in advance, even taking photos the day before the magazine is published will not delay the normal publishing progress. Why do you have to take photos and layouts many days in advance and go to great lengths to hide them from others?
Of course, no matter how much Ronaldo denounces, he cannot turn away these photographers, let alone refuse to go to Paris to receive the award. If you do that, not only will it not have any positive effect, but it will only have an irreparable negative impact on his image. With Ronaldo's wisdom and emotional intelligence, it is naturally impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake. Not to mention, facing the European Ballon d'Or, which symbolizes the highest personal honor for football players, who can resist this temptation?
Just like that, the time came to five o'clock in the evening, and the 2005 European Golden Globe Awards ceremony officially kicked off at this moment!
The first person to take the stage to receive the award was Chelsea vice-captain Frank Lampard, known as the "Magic Lamp". Although the host's voice was extremely passionate and tried to heat up the atmosphere at the scene, Lampard himself was smiling when he came on stage to receive the award, but it could still be seen from the slightly stiff expression and disappointed eyes of the "Magic Lamp" , he was quite frustrated that he only won one Bronze Ball Award this time.
No wonder. You know, to be shortlisted for the final three candidates for the European Golden Globe Award, top personal abilities alone are not enough. The team's performance, the player's performance during the year, especially in tough matches, the player's status in the club where he plays, and even the player's competitive state during the period before the Ballon d'Or is announced will have a considerable impact on the selection results. Impact!
Take Vieri for example. There is no doubt about the personal ability of this once world's most powerful center, but after so many years, Vieri has not been shortlisted for this three-person candidate list!
Even Vieri ended up like this, which shows how difficult it is to be shortlisted!
Therefore, Lampard naturally cherishes his shortlisting this time. He has worked extremely hard in both the club and the national team, hoping to defeat Ronaldo and Ronaldinho to win the championship. However, Chelsea has always been outnumbered by Tottenham in the league, and the fact that Tottenham won the Champions League and FA Cup double last season and finished second in the league due to referee factors has made Lampard's efforts less effective. Not a small discount.
In fact, if AC Milan hadn't lost so impressively in the Champions League final, Lampard might not have had a chance - you know, even in non-competition years, the European Ballon d'Or is often chosen during the selection process. There will be more emphasis on players' performance in the European war. Performance in the league is more like a supplement based on this, and is far less important than the European war!
After all, even among the five major leagues, there are certain differences in overall levels between them. To put it bluntly, does anyone think that winning second place in the Bundesliga is as difficult as winning second place in the Premier League?
Following Lampard on stage to receive the Silver Ball Award was Brazilian star Ronaldinho. The Barcelona star obviously did not expect that he would lose to the junior Cristiano Ronaldo in the Ballon d'Or selection, so when accepting the award, the iconic smile of "Bugs Bunny" also faded a lot!
The reason why Ronaldinho in his previous life was able to win the European Ballon d'Or that year when Barcelona stopped in the top 16 of the Champions League was mainly because Gerrard was dragged down by Liverpool's poor record, and Lampard's Chelsea also The unruly relationship is off-putting, coupled with the fact that Ronaldinho himself led Barcelona to defeat Real Madrid in the El Clasico. The situation now is completely different. Although Ronaldo is not the absolute core and number one star of Tottenham, the results achieved by Tottenham this year are by no means comparable to Barcelona. Moreover, Ronaldo also helped Tottenham win the Champions League. In the strong dialogue The highlight of beating Chelsea. These factors are added together, and in the eyes of the judges, who is more worthy of the Golden Globe Award, Cristiano Ronaldo or Ronaldinho, has become a very debatable matter!
With Lampard and Ronaldinho taking the stage one after another, the final result of this selection is naturally about to come out - Cristiano Ronaldo, the young winger from Tottenham Hotspur, became the 2005 European Ballon d'Or. Award winner!
The 20-year-old European Ballon d'Or winner! Cristiano Ronaldo broke the record set by Ronaldo in 1997 and became the youngest European Ballon d'Or winner since 1956!
Cristiano Ronaldo's award announces that the era of players born in the 1970s is gradually coming to an end. Players born in the 1980s have officially entered the stage and will become the mainstream force in international football!
The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and new people replace old ones. In this world, no one can escape the erosion of time, so even if there is no Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldinho, those born in the 1970s will eventually grow old, and the era of the new generation of players will come sooner or later!
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