Chapter 407: The Biggest Favorite at the Golden Globe Awards

Winning the national derby made the morale of the Real Madrid team high.

On December 28th, in the eighth round of La Liga, they were a guest at Tarragona. The newly promoted team scored one goal as the home team, but Roberto Carlos, El Guerra and Ricardo scored three goals in a row, allowing Real Madrid to continue to lead the standings.

8 games won 24 points. Although it is not the best start in Real Madrid's history, it is also the best start in recent years.

Not only AS and Marca boasted about this Real Madrid team, but almost all major European media praised this team, thinking that they are entirely likely to win the league title this year and possibly defend the Champions League title.

However, the teams that have been fighting continuously are also a little tired, especially players who have participated in the World Cup such as Ricardo, Kaka, Ruud van Nistelrooy and so on.

Capello doesn't like rotations. Once he catches a suitable formation and suitable players, he will continue to use them.

However, for the consideration of the following league, he still rotated players in a large area in the UEFA Champions League group match against Steaua Bucharest at home on November 2. Some players who had rarely had a chance before were able to play, such as Beckham, Salgado, Pavon, De La Reid, Cassano and others all went into battle.

Star Bucharest defended across the board, so Real Madrid didn't take advantage of much in the game, and in the end it was only a small 1:0 victory.

On November 6th, Real Madrid played against Celta Vigo at home. Before the game, everyone thought it would be an easy game to win, but Real Madrid unexpectedly lost 1:2, narrowing the points gap with Barcelona to 2. point.

The loss of this game did not arouse the vigilance of the fans. A season is long, and the state of the team also has ups and downs. No one can guarantee that they will not lose once.

So for the loss, the fans did not express disappointment.

But they are not satisfied with this team either. reason? It was too ugly to play.

Real Madrid fans are the most picky fans in the world. They want the team to win and win beautifully. Therefore, the coach of Real Madrid can be said to be one of the most tormented positions in football. Few people can occupy this position Sitting for a long time is comparable to the handsome position of Inter Milan during the turbulent period.

Ricardo and the others don't care about losing. Winning or losing is only temporary, and the competition for the championship will last throughout the season.

But some media began to jump out and point fingers.

"Real Madrid's 8 consecutive victories this season are based on the fact that their opponents are not familiar with them. Once everyone understands their style of play, they can easily restrain themselves. This Real Madrid midfielder lacks organizational players, which is also It means that they lack the ability to fight positional warfare and attack tough battles. They always rely on defensive counterattacks to win the game. Once the opponent does not attack, they will have nothing to do." This is the statement of the World Sports Daily.

It really makes sense.

The loss to Celta was because Celta set up a bus in the away game. Real Madrid was disorganized and lacked offensive skills. Instead, the opponent scored a goal with a set kick and was stolen by a counterattack.

If you want Ricardo to say in private, the midfield organization of this Real Madrid team is worse than that of Inter Milan.

On November 13th, in the 10th round of the league, Real Madrid challenged Osasuna away.

In the 81st minute, Ricardo took the lead in the scuffle in the penalty area and blasted past Osasuna's goal.

"Riccardo Goalllllllll!" The commentator was completely insane, "This is his fourth goal in this game! Terrifying scoring efficiency! Terrifying state! Ricardo is simply invincible! This is his career. It's the first time to stage a big four, but I believe this will never be the last!"

"Ricciardo has played 14 times for Real Madrid so far,

Scored 23 goals, and now Real Madrid fans probably don't miss Ronaldo anymore! The 20-year-old has completely replaced Ronaldo's role! "

"He will be the biggest favorite for the Ballon d'Or this year! At present, the list of three candidates for the Ballon d'Or has come out, and Ricardo is among them. The other two are Cannavaro and Buffon. As the goalkeeper, Buffon takes The possibility of winning this award is very low; and although Cannavaro performed well last season and in the World Cup, his performance this season is mediocre," the commentator analyzed, "and Ricardo not only scored 5 goals in 5 games in the World Cup When it comes to the top scorer and the World Cup Golden Globe, this season has continued to be in a state of horror, and he has a very high possibility of winning the Golden Globe!"

"20-year-old Mr. Golden Ball! He is probably the first young man to win this award after Ronaldo!"

Relying on Ricardo's big four, Real Madrid defeated Osasuna 4:1 away and continued to lead the standings.

In the subsequent 11th round of the league, Real Madrid also won. Ricardo made a pass against Racing Santander and continued to maintain a good state.

However, in the Champions League group stage, they lost to Lyon at home, giving up the top spot in the group.

What was even more unlucky was that Ricardo strained his groin in this game and was substituted in the 40th minute. He needed to rest for 3 weeks.

On November 27th, Real Madrid defeated Valencia 1-0 in the 12th round of the league, and Raul scored the only goal.

The injured Ricciardo did not watch the game from the stands. At this time, he was already in Paris to participate in the award ceremony of the 51st Golden Globe Awards.

The Ballon d'Or is an award organized by a French magazine to award the best European football players every year. It has been held since 1956 and is also one of the most prestigious and influential football awards in world football.

Before 1994, the selection objects of the Golden Globe Awards were limited to players with European nationality, so Pele and Maradona missed the Golden Globe Awards; since 1995, the selection objects of the Golden Globe Awards have been relaxed to play for European football Players of the football clubs belonging to the member countries of the Association Union; only in 2006 did the selection scope expand to all professional football players in the world. Of course, this is meaningless, because the influence of the football leagues in Asia, Africa and Latin America is completely incomparable with the mainstream European leagues.

In fact, no player who has played in the Asian, African and Latin American leagues has ever been named Mr. Golden Ball.

The editorial department will vote to produce a list of 50 candidates, and each judge will select 5 players from it, and rank them according to 5 points, 4 points, 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point. The player with the most accumulated points wins the Ballon d'Or for that year.

As for the selection of judges, from 1956 to 2005, the Golden Globe judges were composed of media reporters from UEFA member countries. Since 2006, the scope of judges has expanded to the whole world. The qualifications for judges outside Europe are: the country to which the judge belongs has participated in the World Cup finals at least once, and the media to which the judge belongs should be a local authority.

This change means that the possibility of Ricardo winning the Ballon d'Or has increased dramatically. Because his evaluation in Asia and America is much higher than that of his opponents Cannavaro and Buffon!

Moreover, Cannavaro and Buffon are also from Italy, and the competition between them will spread a large part of the votes, which will benefit Riccardo.

More importantly, Ricardo's performance this year is indeed outstanding!