However, although Manchester United lost the game, Dong Fangzhuo still received another good news.

He received an invitation from Turin Sports News to invite him to attend the European Golden Boy Awards on the evening of the 25th of the month.

Turin Sports personally sent an editor and photographer to China and told Dong Fangzhuo that he was shortlisted for the top five European Golden Boy Awards in 2005.

They conducted an exclusive interview with Dong Fangzhuo, but Dong Fangzhuo knew that if he won the award, it would usually be the editor-in-chief who came here personally, but this time he was just an ordinary editor. I feel that I have no hope at all.

Then he also saw the five candidates for the Golden Boy Awards online, which was indeed as speculated by the English media before. Messi of Argentina, Podolski of Germany, Rooney of England, Rooney of Portugal and him were all selected.

Compared with these people, Messi is undoubtedly the most advantageous. After all, he won the World Youth Championship and the Golden Globe Award in 2005. Although Dong Fangzhuo scored awesome goals, he did not have any championships.

Moreover, October 25th was a life-and-death battle for the Chinese team. Because Uzbekistan and South Korea tied the game in the last round of the qualifiers. South Korea scored 8 points, Uzbekistan scored 7 points, and after the Chinese team beat Saudi Arabia, they scored 8 points.

Until the last round, the Chinese team doesn't know which one they rank. If it is third, the Chinese team will have to fight the third place in Group B to compete for a playoff spot.

Is the Golden Boy Awards Gala important or is it important for the Chinese team to qualify? There is no need to think about this at all!

So even if you win the Golden Boy Award, Dong Fangzhuo will not be there in person...

However, Chinese media are already praising Dong Fangzhuo, and they listed the specific information of the five candidates:

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

So in the 2005 Golden Boy Awards, Messi deserved to be the number one in odds, which is likely to be the starting point for Messi to start his career as the King of Football...

Podolski, the beloved prince of Cologne, has just turned 18 and has got a chance to play in the Bundesliga, but he quickly showed his amazing talent and the entire Bundesliga is crazy for him.

Rooney had a hat when he made his debut for Manchester United. I have to say that when he first came to Manchester United last year, Rooney showed far more talent than Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo, but this year, he started high and closed low.

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

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

Messi?

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

What is Messi...

With Dong Fangzhuo holding such data, 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 Ball Award, the Golden Boy Award was voted for by European journalists. Players who are eligible to win the award are not only limited to 21 years old and under, but also the player must only play in the European League. Secondly, there is an unwritten practice for this award, that is, all players of the right age can only win once.

So Rooney basically has no hope, he can only go through a formality because he has already received it last year.

The Turin Sports Daily sends votes to more than 30 European sports media every year, with the highest score of each vote being 10 points. In the end, the Turin Sports Daily is responsible for counting the scores and awarding the "Golden Ball". The European Golden Boy Award is the most authoritative young player selection award in European football, and the elected person represents the future of football.

The selection team consists of media from 20 European countries and 30 journalists.

Media: French Football (France), Post-League (France), Times (UK), Le Marca (Spain), World Sports (Spain), Biography (Germany), Telegraph (Netherlands)…

At first glance, these media are all European media. The Manchester Evening News had expressed concern that Manchester United's Ronaldo, Dong Fangzhuo and Rooney would likely divert the votes, especially Rooney, who would definitely divide the votes if there was no chance of winning the Golden Boy Award.

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

"Dong Fangzhuo should win the award the most!" All Chinese media made voices, but they could only make it in China and had no influence in Europe.

This is very sad.

The Chinese media has zero influence in Europe, so it is naturally impossible to create a sensation for Dong Fangzhuo, so they can only yy at home.

The only influential "Sports Weekly" attempted to contact other European media, but the answers and opinions received by editor-in-chief Qu Youyuan were almost the same.

"Messi,"

"Messi,"

"No doubt it's Messi."

As many as ten media outlets think so, and their editor-in-chief believes that only Messi meets the 2005 Golden Boy Award requirements.

There are only 30 media outlets in total. He asked ten of them and the answers were all Messi. So is Dong Fangzhuo still hopeful?

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

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

Is Xiao Dong a chance?

Those Chinese fans who like to bet on football seem to see a little bit of the future...

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

The opponent is the Korean team, the strongest opponent in Asia. He doesn't want to lose to South Korea and then play the playoffs.

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

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