Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 245 The UEFA awards ceremony is coming soon. As long as he says it, I will believe it (please vote for me)

"He is simply not human!"

The next night, at Leicester City's training base, Odegaard, standing on the sidelines, couldn't help but complain.

On the dimly lit court, Chen Yufeng took off his shirt, exposing his tendons, and was sweating profusely during a combination training session.

Maguire, Achraf, Chilwell, and Klose, who were standing next to them, also had something wrong with their expressions at this time.

They are all new to the team this year. After starting to practice with Chen Yufeng, everyone has become a small group, including Klose and his four young brothers.

Today, the day after the match day, is Leicester City's rest day, and the players have a rare day off.

Originally, on days like this, everyone would go out for a walk, buy something, or go on a date with the girl they had recently contacted.

Klose was the first to suggest going out for training today, and called on four young players, saying that everyone should follow Chen Yufeng's example and improve their physical level.

They felt that they had been very diligent, but they didn't expect Chen Yufeng to come earlier?

This is actually quite shocking. Apart from Klose, Chen Yufeng's achievements and honors are now higher than them all, and yet he still works so hard.

"When I heard some of his stories in the media, they were very impactful, but I didn't have any particular feelings."

Maguire, who is tall and heavy, said in a daze at this time: "Now that I see it with my own eyes, I understand what makes a veteran who is a late bloomer."

"His role as a benchmark is really rare."

"Yes." Ashraf echoed from the side: "Looking at his appearance, I only have one thought in my mind now, and that is to practice!"

"Then what are you talking about? Practice!"

Klose took off his clothes next to him and walked onto the court shirtless.

Others quickly followed suit and started to warm up with Klose.

After the warm-up, everyone came to Chen Yufeng's side and seemed to want to join Chen Yufeng's combination training.

"I'm done practicing, it's time to go home."

Chen Yufeng just walked over with a sigh of relief, picked up the clothes and put them on his shoulders, "Just leave the logo plate here, everyone knows what combination it is."

"After it's over, you can also conduct different training through different positions."

After saying this, Chen Yufeng turned around and left the field, walking very weakly, as if his physical energy had been drained.

But in the eyes of a few people, his back was very chic, and those few steps did not look weak. On the contrary, he looked like he was stepping on the red carpet of an award ceremony.

"practice!!"

Several roars appeared in the venue, and everyone stepped onto the turf of the training base and began additional training.

On the administrative floor on the side of the training base.

Ranieri leaned against the window again, looking at the people below, his expression slightly thoughtful.

Next to him was Steve Walsh. The two of them seemed to have been having a conversation but had just stopped.

"The feeling Chen Yufeng gives me now is priceless." Steve Walsh sighed as he played with a medal in his hand.

After waiting for a long time but no reply from Ranieri, he couldn't help but said: "What are you thinking about? How to reach the Champions League final?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Ranieri turned his head, left the window and came to his work station, and began to check some information.

"By the way, I really want to ask you. The outside media are going crazy. Don't we have any speculation about this season?" Steve Walsh stopped playing with the medal in his hand and threw it away. on the table.

"This thing, everyone wants a new one."

He pointedly shook the medal, and then said: "Don't you have any plans? Mr. Forty Points."

Walsh must still be poking fun at Ranieri's caution, highlighting it with his often-talked-about 40 points last season.

"What's your plan? Win the Champions League, the Premier League? Or the FA Cup?"

Ranieri looked up at Walsh and continued: "Those are too difficult, Walsh, we have to go step by step to know the result."

"Leicester City's investment this year is good, but other big clubs are even more terrifying. Our competitiveness is too small, so we can only keep our goals in front of us and compete step by step."

"But we obviously have very good players. Chen Yufeng can even compete for the annual Golden Globe Award." Walsh said again.

"Yes, without players like Chen Yufeng, Mahrez and Klose, this team would be just a small team."

Ranieri stood up from his seat again, walked to the sidelines and said with his hands behind his back: "With them, we dare to think about this."

"As for whether or not we will do it in the end, and how we will do it, we just have to take it one step at a time."

"Of course I hope we can achieve something this season, but it's not irresponsible to say it now."

"Go forward and see again."

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As time goes by, the focus of the new season gradually turns to this year's Champions League draw ceremony.

On the upcoming September 9, UEFA will conduct the Champions League draw for the 1 season and award some UEFA player and coach awards.

In the past few years, UEFA has merged with FIFA to jointly award various football honors to players. This was also the honeymoon period for both parties.

However, by this year 2016, both parties had already disintegrated and began to distribute awards separately.

In terms of gold content, the FIFA annual awards ceremony is definitely the only one in the football world. It is the Oscar ceremony in the football world and the Grammy Awards.

But UEFA's is definitely not bad. This is a very good honor and an award that many players are eager to win. Many players who were unable to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or began to set their sights on UEFA's Best Player and other awards.

The awards are approaching, and there has been a lot of excitement online about this year's UEFA Best Player and Best Forward awards, and many people have begun to discuss the final results.

Among them, the names of Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, and Chen Yufeng have been mentioned the most.

Especially when the European Cup has just ended, Chen Yufeng's voice is unexpectedly loud.

He and Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the Champions League this year, are considered the two most powerful competitors.

This is the first time in Chen Yufeng's career that he has joined the Melo battle in terms of personal honors, and he is also the first person besides Neymar in recent years.

"Chen Yufeng, who is the Premier League champion and the European Cup champion, must be very competitive. He has already won four minor championships this year. Counting the League Cup and Community Shield, he also won the best player and top scorer."

"The only weak point may be his career achievements and honors. This is a player who has not scored 100 goals at his current age."

"But isn't that an advantage? Doesn't football need such inspirational representatives to inspire those unknown people to continue playing?"

"I feel that the Champions League and the European Cup have similar gold content. Cristiano Ronaldo scored many more goals in La Liga last year than Chen Yufeng. He should win this award."

"And UEFA's awards have always been given directly to the players in the Champions League winning lineup of that season. This is also a key point. Chen Yufeng didn't even score in the Champions League."

"Yes, the Champions League champions will usually win most of the UEFA awards in the second year. There are only exceptions in rare cases."

"It's nothing to argue about. Even if he doesn't win the best player, Chen Yufeng can still be in the best lineup."

"This is actually a small warm-up for the Golden Globe Awards. Anyone can win it, but you still have to watch the annual Golden Globe Awards Ceremony."

"I hope Chen Yufeng wins it once. The selection of the Ballon d'Or depends more on career achievements and international reputation. UEFA will really award it to the player with the best performance."

"..."

Discussions abounded, and European football seemed to be once again igniting a storm of public opinion.

Many people have also begun to expect Chen Yufeng to be the first to break Melo's dominance at the UEFA awards ceremony and win UEFA's best player.

This is a very meaningful achievement, and it has a huge impact on Chen Yufeng's influence and historical status.

It can be regarded as a small Golden Globe Award.

Generally, those who win this award will never fall out of the top two at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony at the end of the year.

As the days went on like this, the discussion on the Internet became louder and louder.

While people are looking forward to the awards ceremony, they have also begun to watch the performances of Cristiano Ronaldo and Chen Yufeng in recent games so that they can better distinguish the status of the two.

This has actually been a success for Chen Yufeng.

No matter what, his achievements last season have made people start to notice him and think that he is a strong competitor besides Melo!

At this time in London, the Puma Administration Building.

The person in charge, Peter, was running up and down in a hurry, and at the same time, he made an appointment with Chen Binghua to meet in the office.

When Chen Binghua arrived, he also hurried to the office.

"Mr. Chen Binghua, finally here."

Peter stretched out his hand towards Chen Binghua. After the two shook hands, he started preparing coffee again, "Have you paid attention to the recent news on the Internet?"

"Of course." Chen Binghua nodded slightly, seemingly paying attention.

"Chen Yufeng is really promising for UEFA's Best Player, and we should strive for it with all our strength."

Peter made a cup of coffee and placed it in front of Chen Binghua's eyes, and then said with an excited expression: "For you, this is your son, and you definitely want to see him walk better."

"For Puma, this is our best player at the moment. We must also fight for something for him for mutual benefit and win-win."

"I have a plan, what do you think?"

"Stir up scandals and raise the profile to create some conflicts in front of the media?" Chen Binghua guessed it and said bluntly.

"That's true, but it can be more detailed." Peter nodded and replied.

"There are two different concepts between a player's father being an agent and someone else being an agent."

Chen Binghua shook his head slightly, and then said: "I hope Mr. Peter understands that I don't want to do anything that will damage my son's reputation to win awards for him."

"To this day, I already believe that he can win these awards based on his own abilities and achievements."

"Even if it doesn't work now, there will be opportunities in the future."

Peter was really taken aback when he heard this, as if he didn't expect it, but after thinking about it, he actually understood it.

Just like Messi, there are very few negative reports in all aspects. In addition to himself cherishing his reputation, his agent father must also be doing less work.

Even if she is not doing work, she certainly will not actively seek news exposure of confrontations and scandals.

"I really didn't expect this, but if you don't fight for it, the success rate of winning the award may not be very high." Peter was a little reluctant and tried to persuade him.

He still wanted to fight for it, not only for Puma, but also for Chen Yufeng himself.

The relationship between the two parties has been very good since the cooperation, and all aspects of communication and negotiation are very harmonious.

"It's okay, I always believe he can succeed."

Chen Binghua raised his eyebrows and took a sip of coffee, then smiled and said: "Just like in the first half of my career, as long as he says it, I believe it."

(End of this chapter)