Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 162 The Secret Behind the Golden Globes and Golden Boy Awards

After Roma replaced most of the main players, the large gap in strength made Venice feel a little bit discouraged.

The only counterattack was played, taking advantage of Karlsdorp's failure to return to the defense in time, and Mancini's physical strength declined and turned slower. Oaklake received a pass from Harpers on the left and rushed all the way.

But in the end, he was caught up by Chen Xiaoliang who was chasing back at full speed. Oaklake saw that the boy from the red country had a psychological shadow, and did not dare to make physical contact with him, so he had to go outside, and finally shot from a small angle and hit the anti-aircraft gun. end.

However, Venice's 8-2-0 formation also left Rome with no better way.

After all, Chen Xiaoliang's creation just now has a very large element of luck in it, and no one expects this kind of thing to happen again in a short time.

After Mourinho went against his original intention and sent Chen Xiaoliang, Zaniolo and others, he was still determined to let Sesco rest to the end.

And without the fulcrum, Abraham, Pellegrini and others who were double-teamed by the muscles in the penalty area could not stand up. In this case, even if Chen Xiaoliang's cross was accurate, these people did not have body balance to support them. It is difficult to pose a threat to the goal with a header.

What's more, there is an experienced old goalkeeper Romero standing in front of the goal.

Although his worth has dropped to only 70 euros, after all, he has played for many years and won many championships. He even participated in the 2014 World Cup final as the starting goalkeeper-that is also the eternal pain of his career.

Although Manchester United has not been able to get too many opportunities to play, the hard work of the Argentine has been recognized by all parties.

After coming to the newly promoted team in Serie A, he didn't show off because of his previous qualifications, and he still fought every game with his teammates.

At this moment, he defended the team's final dignity with his high-speed defense again and again, and let time pass by quickly.

In the end, Roma blasted 27 shots, 12 shots on target, and scored 3 goals;
The Venetian took 9 shots, 7 shots on target, and also scored 3 goals.

Possession rate is 39% to 61%.

Unable to overcome difficulties and weak defense, Roma once again missed and sent 3 points.

But it's a coincidence that the top four teams in the standings all played to a draw this round.

Naples drew 1-1 with Verona at home and continued to lead with 31 points;
The Milan Derby was also tied 1-1. Inter Milan scored two goals. Charhanoglu scored a penalty kick in the first half, and Dumfries scored an own goal in the second half. The first Milan Derby this season came to an end in such a slightly humorous plot;
AC Milan ranked second with 30 points, and Inter Milan continued to rank fourth with 2 points;

Juventus defeated Fiorentina 1-0, scored a valuable 3 points, and returned to the seventh place in the league;

The fifth place is Atlanta, which performed well and accumulated 5 points. They defeated Cagliari 21-1 in this round of away games;
In sixth place is Lazio with 6 points, beating Salertania 18-3 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

The post-match press conference was lackluster, with Mourinho not talking about the referee, although he still believed the penalty awarded to Venice was a myth.

But he has been in the stands three times this season, and if he is punished again, it may be the kind of stricter suspension and not even being able to enter the stadium.

The board have reminded him "tactfully" that they respect Mourinho's personality, but the club don't want to project an image of a "troublemaker".

Compared with Mourinho's rare steady speech, Venice's head coach Javorzic praised the players' performance. He thought it was a pity not to win, but getting 1 point against a strong team is important for relegation is very precious.

And Romero, who performed well and contributed 9 saves, also joined the "Bright Blow" team after the game.

He attended the press conference with the head coach Javorzic, saying that Chen Xiaoliang's ability can make him a main player in the Argentine national team without a doubt, and besides Messi, he has not seen any player That game-changing ability at 17 years old.

However, he also implied that if Chen Xiaoliang hadn't come off the bench in the second half, then Venice would definitely score more goals and take away the victory.

In the minds of the vast majority of Argentines, Maradona and Messi are symbols of inviolability, and they are also well-deserved best players in the world. It is a kind of "political correctness" to praise Messi's world number one.

And being able to compare Chen Xiaoliang with Messi when he was young is enough for reporters to write half-page reports in weekend newspapers.

However, for the exhausted Chen Xiaoliang, the long-awaited international competition period finally arrived, and he also got a rare wave of rest and adjustment time.

I went back to the hotel that day and fell asleep for a night. The next day the team rushed back to Rome together, and the players who had international competition tasks directly flew to various places to join their respective national teams.

In the last game, he defeated Mu La 1-0 and gained 7 skill points. In addition to the bonus of doubling the rewards of the European war this season, he finally got 14 skill points.

Skill value 25→39
In this game, they drew with Venice 3-3. They neither won nor conceded a goal. They only got a pitiful 3 training points. Including the fragmented training time in the past few days, the total training value has increased. 8 o'clock.

Training value 16 → 24
However, Chen Xiaoliang has already made a 12-day training plan, and he wants to greatly improve his training value.

But on the second day off, Mourinho sent him an intriguing text message:
"Chen, find time to meet the female reporter in Turin as soon as possible."

What?Chen Xiaoliang was at a loss after reading it.

Why did the head coach suddenly say that?Could it be that the female reporter went directly to him for public relations?

However, Mourinho, who never interfered with Chen Xiaoliang's time outside of training, said this for the first time, and he must have a reason, so Chen Xiaoliang sent a text message to Portman.

The other party quickly replied:
"It seems that my charm is not enough. I can only see our big stars alone by relying on the head coach."

It turned out that she really looked for Mourinho.

Chen Xiaoliang didn't entangle her in text messages, and directly made an appointment to meet her.

Portman insisted on having a private meeting and refused the appearance of an agent, while Chen Xiaoliang was very reluctant to be photographed having a private meeting with a hot female reporter, especially as Portman once borrowed the private meeting with Mbappe as an excuse for himself. Earn traffic.

If he is photographed by the paparazzi of other media, then he will occupy a place in the lace news for a long time again.

Portman chose a country park and sent him the address. It happened to be the place where Helena and Helena studied for the driver's license test last time.

It is necessary to be defensive, and he still doesn't know the reason why Portman wants to meet with him again and again.

In case she had ulterior motives, she secretly took a picture of the two of them meeting in the suburbs, again in the car.

Then I can't tell at all.

In the end, Chen Xiaoliang chose a location that made Portman very satisfied - the godfather's estate in the suburbs of Rome.

Unexpectedly, Portman immediately agreed.

Chen Xiaoliang also wanted to understand why Portman was able to call to inform him when he was targeted by the Mafia last time in Chinatown.

In addition, anyone who wanted to enter the manor would be strictly searched, so Portman couldn't bring any equipment for secretly recording or filming.

Chen Xiaoliang told Helena about this matter, after much deliberation, he decided to play a safe hand first, in case something happened, it would be clear.

Helena had seen Portman interview Chen Xiaoliang in the previous game, when she was accompanying Erica to recuperate from her injury in Germany.

"Chen, how old is that female reporter?"

Helena has lived with Chen Xiaoliang for more than a year. Helena, who has been to the Red Country for exchange and study, has learned Chinese. At this time, her Chinese level is already very good, and the two often use Chinese when they talk together.

"Eh..." Chen Xiaoliang hesitated.

"What's wrong with you? I'm just curious, she is older than me."

"Uh...seems like she's older..."

"How big?"

"It's estimated that there are about 38 Ai..."

"Huh? Is this female reporter so old? I thought she was 30 years old at most."

"Ahem..." Chen Xiaoliang was glad that he only said "Ai" just now, and didn't have time to say the following "Fu"...

"I may have read it wrong, it should be you who saw it more accurately..."

After Helena told Chen Xiaoliang to be careful, David drove Chen Xiaoliang and set off.

Beforehand, Chen Xiaoliang had already called the phone number that his godfather had left for him last time, and when the godfather's confidant heard that what Chen Xiaoliang said was just such a trivial matter, he immediately agreed.

No matter where you go, East or West, the rules of the rivers and lakes are the same, and you must be trustworthy when you come out.

What the godfather said, they had to do as their subordinates did.

When I came to the godfather's manor, I didn't expect that the people guarding the gate at the foot of the mountain turned out to be those people who made trouble for Chen Xiaoliang in Chinatown last time.

A few minions were specially sent by the godfather's confidants to meet Chen Xiaoliang, and it was considered to be repaying the previous favor again.

When they saw that it was David driving the car, they were even more respectful. After all, that old punch was something they would never forget...

Chen Xiaoliang and David got out of the car. A few minions touched their waists and pockets politely, and then scanned them with a metal detector. After confirming that there was nothing but their mobile phones, they asked them to go back to the car. Then they boarded a 70s-style car to clear the way ahead, and soon brought Chen Xiaoliang to a grape orchard halfway up the mountain.

"Mr. Chen, your friend has arrived, we are waiting outside the orchard, so we will not disturb you."

Chen Xiaoliang couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw the mafioso gangsters who were arrogant and aggressive in Chinatown last time become submissive and humble now.

David gave Chen Xiaoliang a look, beckoning him to be careful, then drove the car to the open space on the side, stood outside the car, lit a cigarette, and waited silently.

Chen Xiaoliang walked in. It was a room where red wine and cigars were hidden. As expected, Portman had arrived and was looking at the wine hidden inside at the front of a wine cabinet.

"Hey! The big players are coming!"

Seeing Chen Xiaoliang's arrival, Portman was full of joy.

Seeing her turn around, Chen Xiaoliang's nose immediately became sour, almost bleeding from his nose...

This...isn't F anymore, okay...

The two sat down opposite each other, and Chen Xiaoliang pretended to look at the surrounding displays and decorations, trying not to focus on Portman.

"What does the big reporter want from me?" Chen Xiaoliang asked.

"You used to be someone who likes to go straight to the point?"

"You let me meet you through the head coach, isn't it just to chat with me?"

"Yes, there is indeed something, but don't you have any other questions you want to ask me first?"

When Chen Xiaoliang saw that he had reached this point, he just said it straight.

"The last time I was in Chinatown, why did you know that the Mafia here were coming to trouble me?"

"That's it?" Portman smiled smugly.

"What is the purpose of your proactive tipping off? What is it?"

"Hmm." Portman nodded, "Any more questions?"

"Your original name was Maria Luisa Jacobelli, why did you call me by Portman's name?" Chen Xiaoliang continued to ask.

"Hey, the big football star is quite interested in me, is there any more?"

"No, that's all."

"Okay, let me answer you."

Portman started her introduction.

In European football, the relationship between the media and the club cannot be decoupled.

Clubs that are more obscure will secretly establish a cooperative relationship with the media to spread the word, publicize, and even stand up for themselves to influence the public opinion of local fans.

In La Liga and Serie A, it is even more undisguised that the club has its own dedicated mouthpiece media.

Even these media itself are operated by the club's funds.

The most famous are Real Madrid's "Marca", "Aspen", Barcelona's "Mundo Deportivo" and "Daily Sport". These four newspapers are also the largest sports newspapers in Spain.

AC Milan's "Gazzetta dello Sport", Juventus' "Torino Sport", and Rome's "Roma Sport", like La Liga, these three newspapers are also the top three Italian sports newspapers.

In the Premier League, Manchester United has the "Manchester Evening News", Arsenal has the "London Evening News", Liverpool also has the "Echo".

But because these mouthpiece media in the UK are not as naked and one-sided as their counterparts in the West and Italy, even black ones have to be whitewashed, so in terms of popularity, they lack some.

Of course, small and medium teams also have mouthpiece newspapers, such as Real Sociedad's "Basque Journal", Athletic Bilbao's "Basque Post", and so on.

Portman's father, Javier Jacobelli, once served as the editor-in-chief of the two media "Turin Sports" and "Corriere dello Sport", and he is also a pivotal figure in Italian football.

This involves another complex concept, the connection between the media, agents, transfers and awards.

Take those giant teams as an example. Every summer, even when the league is about to come to an end in March and April, various giants will sign a certain player, or news about how many giants have paid attention to a certain player. It will emerge overwhelmingly.

According to Portman, among the ten pieces of news, only one has a definite source, so how did the other nine come out?

It was deliberately disseminated by the club or agent contacting the media.

The purpose is also obvious, to increase the player's exposure, and to get the player to get the attention of other media and scouts by contacting the giants. Once the publicity is successful, it is very likely that it will really attract tentative inquiries or even direct transfers. offer.

If it is unsuccessful, the player's fame and transfer scandal will also have a positive impact on the player's contract renewal and salary increase at the current club.

This is why those newspapers that know that they are being criticized as "toilet newspapers" by the outside world will continue to release news indiscriminately.

There is no shame in making money.

But such an approach would also have disadvantages.

In Portman's view, Sesco is a counterexample.

After the Salzburg Red Bull bought in the future, it didn't take long to start releasing news in the media, labeling him "Haaland Second".

The Red Bull team, which is good at discovering young players and achieving premium value through youth training and competitions, has its own football clubs and scouting networks in Germany, Austria, the United States, Brazil and Ghana—every continent except Asia.

They wanted Cesco to transfer to the Bundesliga Leipzig Red Bull after finishing this season. After 2-3 seasons of training, they would tear off the label of "Haaland Second" on Sesco and truly become "Sesco No. [-]", I didn't expect that the premature fame attracted Riser, an uninvited guest... Halfway through, he paid liquidated damages and poached him away.

However, these are for general players. For high-level players, especially the core players of giants, it involves another important matter-award evaluation.

Behind every giant, there is a huge lobby group.

Appearing in front of the stage are the media and team celebrities, who will frequently speak out for the players supported by the club during the awards season.

The most typical representative is when Ronaldo and Messi competed for the Ballon d'Or in those years.

In fact, behind it is the all-round contest between the two giants clubs.

Behind the scenes are club officials, player agents and the football association of the host country.

When there are obvious differences in the performance of players, such as the years when Real Madrid won the Champions League for three consecutive years, it will not play a significant role. After all, awards like the Ballon d'Or have a long history and are influential and credible in world football. , or to take the performance of the players as the most important basis.

And when the performance of the players is very close, and it is difficult for the outside world to guess who will win the championship in the end, it is the time when these lobbying groups play a huge role.

Portman naturally mentioned the 2021 Golden Globe race.

Lewandowski performed exceptionally well at the club, Jorginho captained Italy and led the team to the European Cup and the Champions League at Chelsea.

And in front of them, the one who leads the odds is still the eternal favorite-Messi.

Chen Xiaoliang asked Portman who she thought would be the final winner. After all, Chen Xiaoliang, who came back from time travel, already knew the answer.

However, Portman told Chen Xiaoliang with a unique self-confidence that Messi must be the winner.

The reason is also very simple. The Golden Globe Award is voted by a total of 170 journalists from all continents. Each person selects 5 people. The first place gets 1 points, the second place gets 6 points, and then 2 points, 4 points, and 3 point.

"Corriere dello Sport" and "Turin Sports Daily" naturally also have reporters who have the qualifications for awards.

From the mutual understanding in the reporter circle, they have known for a long time that in Europe and Africa, which is very close to European football, most reporters will choose Lewandowski as the first player, followed by Jorginho. In my eyes, the European Cup and the Champions League are far more important games than the Copa America.

In addition, Messi's start in Paris was very unsatisfactory, and the data was very bleak, which also strengthened the position of European journalists to support Europeans.

Naturally, the efforts of the Italian Football Association, the Polish Football Association, Bayern Munich and Chelsea's public relations teams are indispensable.

But it cannot be denied that even if a European reporter puts these two in the top two, he will not refuse to register Messi on the third and fourth.

However, in South America and North America, except for Brazil, Argentina's deadly rival, journalists and football associations in other countries will support Messi to win the award.

And the nakedness of their selection is far higher than that of relatively objective and neutral European journalists. While Messi is placed first, in order to ensure that Messi wins, Lewandowski will not even appear on this ballot.

In Portuguese-speaking countries headed by Brazil and Portugal, their awards reporters will put Neymar and Ronaldo first.

Although the tickets for these places will not go to Messi, they will also not go to Lewandowski.

Speaking of this, Portman finally revealed her true purpose. She wanted to see Chen Xiaoliang again and again, and she came here for the European Golden Boy Award under the "Turin Sports News"!

　Thanks to the club director [Esonger] for the monthly pass!

　　Thanks to the club director [Mr.WU] for the monthly pass!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)