With maxed-out heading ability from the start, I became the king of Arsenal.

The announcement of the final 25 nominees for the 2010 European Golden Boy award caused a huge stir throughout Europe.

European media outlets are scrutinizing each player's eligibility for selection with a magnifying glass.

The Premier League has eight players on the list, making it a truly large contingent.

As the host league for this award, Serie A has six players selected.

Only five players from La Liga, which boasts the trio of Barcelona, ​​Real Madrid, and Atletico Madrid, were selected.

With 19 spots secured across three leagues, it truly deserves its reputation as a powerhouse league for the European Golden Boy award.

In other leagues, 3 players were selected from the Bundesliga, 2 from Ligue 1, and 1 from the Eredivisie.

When Tuttosport published the list, the entire European media was thrown into chaos, a situation no less chaotic than the Shanxi-Northwest Incident of that year.

Sun Yu reviewed the players from every league.

Um......

To be honest, some players are just standard shockwaves.

Among the Premier League players selected, Manchester United, Manchester City, and Arsenal each have two players selected, while Chelsea and Stoke City each have one.

At first glance, Stoke City's presence on the English football map is reminiscent of the State of Wei during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.

This fully demonstrates its high value.

Sun Yu felt that he might be one of the few players on this list who didn't do any marketing and made it onto the list purely through his own abilities.

In comparison, Bebe and Macheda, who were selected for Manchester United today, are like water-injected pork, with a water content comparable to an ocean when placed on a body fat scale.

Arsenal's shortlisted players are Wilshere and Merida.

Wilshere is definitely a strong contender for the Golden Boy award, but Arsenal's five-year trophy drought is his biggest obstacle to winning it.

Merida has already transferred to Atletico Madrid, but is still counted under Arsenal.

Manchester City's nominees are the most talked-about Balotelli and Swedish prodigy Guidotti.

Let's not even talk about Balotelli. Sun Yu remembers that Guidotti was the answer in a certain version of FM, and in real life he even won the European U21 Championship with Sweden.

If he hadn't wasted his time at Manchester City, this guy would at least be a regular starter in one of the top five European leagues.

Chelsea's selected player is French midfielder Kakuta.

English media outlets are generally touting the globalization of the Premier League's youth training system, claiming that the world's best league attracts the world's best players.

This is the most positive way of putting it; it allows people to see the hidden dangers behind the Premier League by presenting it in a different light.

The Guardian's approach was more realistic: of the eight candidates, only Wilshire was a pure-blooded Briton, while the other seven were foreigners.

From another perspective, the Premier League is merely a "talent hotspot in Europe," with its domestic youth training foundation far inferior to that of La Liga and Serie A.

They also believed that including a player like Bebe lowered the overall quality of the list.

England has many knowledgeable media outlets that recognized Bebe as a potential disruptor, and his inclusion in the selection was entirely due to Manchester United's influence.

Spanish media outlets only have three viewpoints:

First, De Gea is the true god among this group of players; he is fully capable of winning the Golden Boy award as a goalkeeper.

Secondly, Bojan, Deulofeu, and Canales, three Barcelona talents, are destined for greatness, and the La Liga nominees are of higher caliber than those from the Premier League.

Third, the selection list is biased towards the English Premier League and Serie A.

Of course, AS took the opportunity to compare the youth academy players of Barcelona and Real Madrid, arguing that Barcelona's ability to develop young talent is unmatched, while Real Madrid simply doesn't know how to cultivate young players.

Bundesliga media regretfully stated that only three players were selected, entirely because Bundesliga youth players receive less exposure than those in other leagues.

Ligue 1 side strongly supports Hazard's ability, arguing that he is no less capable than any of the top picks. They believe the biggest reason for the low number of Ligue 1 players selected is that the domestic league cannot retain young talents.

Portuguese media outlets, whose members were not selected, collectively questioned the fairness of the list and published lengthy reports comparing Benfica and Porto, who have a large number of excellent players.

They believe the Golden Boy award is a self-indulgent exercise for the top five leagues, with many fringe players on the roster being less capable than those from Porto, Sporting Lisbon, and Benfica, and that the people who selected the list have never even watched the Portuguese league.

Big Mao, Second Mao, and Austrian Super League media stated that the selection process was too closed off, and they also believed that young players in the domestic league received too little exposure.

Sun Yu also noticed a very interesting phenomenon: before the 25-man roster was released, the media showed a lot of support for young players in the domestic league.

Once the list was finalized, the media's stance shifted again.

Italian media fully support Balotelli, believing that he won the treble this year and is the only player of his age group to secure a regular starting position in the World Cup.

They believe that Balotelli's talent is unparalleled among this group of players, and it would be an injustice if he didn't win.

The English media, on the other hand, strongly supported Wilshere, deliberately downplaying Balotelli's team honors and focusing on his professional attitude.

English media outlets have started digging up dirt on Balotelli; this guy has a lot of dirt on him.

The Sun reported that Balotelli, while playing for a Serie C team, once got into an argument with a teammate during training and then urinated on the teammate's jersey.

They also revealed that Balotelli once used darts to throw at his teammates.

The Mirror revealed that during a match between Inter Milan last season, Mourinho repeatedly told Balotelli, who already had a yellow card, not to get another one at halftime. As a result, Balotelli accumulated his second yellow card within a minute of coming on the field.

They revealed that Mourinho told his agent, "I will never coach a team with Balotelli again."

English media believe that Wilshere deserves the Golden Boy award because he can play in the high-intensity Premier League, has strong tactical execution and professional attitude.

They also cited Pato as an example, saying that young players in Serie A mature and decline prematurely, and that there is a lot of inflated value in the awards won by Serie A players, with Balotelli being a prime example of such underperformance.

English media collectively believe that Balotelli is "extremely talented but mentally like a three-year-old," adding that such a person will only grow old and will never mature, and that even if he wins an award, he is not worthy of being compared to Wilshere.

After scouring all the media, Sun Yu reluctantly realized one thing: his journey to win the Golden Boy Award this year was over.

This is no longer about analyzing the chances of winning; the English media only did two things regarding the Golden Boy award.

First, I strongly support Wilshire.

Second, go all out against Balotelli.

Apart from a few tabloids, influential media outlets don't mention him at all.

Sun Yu disappeared from the media spotlight, but he didn't care at all.

When you can't leverage external resources, you must first strengthen yourself.

Sun Yu has been learning a small off-the-ball movement technique from Jones these past few days.

The technical term for this technique is "blind spot start," which simply means running behind the defender.

The key to this technique is simple: first, you can't make eye contact with the defender; second, you can't look at the teammate with the ball; and finally, you need to combine slow jogging and lateral movement with a small retreat, and then seize the opportunity to suddenly accelerate.

11 month 20 day.

Stoke City will play away against West Bromwich Albion, a team with a similar style to their own.

West Bromwich Albion, playing at home, unleashed a barrage of speed on Stoke City's flanks in the first half, leaving Stoke City with no choice but to defend and counter-attack.

In the 55th minute, Stoke City, who had been under pressure from their opponents, suddenly launched a surprise attack.

Sun Yu consistently positioned the defenders between himself and his teammates. The moment the opposing center-back observed Wilkinson, Sun Yu suddenly accelerated.

Wilkinson delivered a high pass similar to the one from the previous match, and Sun Yu used the same tactic again, stretching out his leg to poke the ball to his right front, where the goalkeeper, still carrying momentum, knocked him to the ground.

Penalty!

Etherington made the free throw!

In the 85th minute, Sun Yu accelerated from behind again, and the center-back made a risky tackle, bringing him down in the penalty area.

Another penalty!

Substitute Walters scores the penalty!

In the 90th minute, Walters made a miraculous run, unleashing a world-class strike from outside the penalty area.

3 is better than 0!

Stoke City secured another victory despite having 11 fewer shots on goal than their opponents.

After the match ended, Sun Yu suddenly received a system notification:

[Congratulations, host, you have learned the skill: Jones teaches you hide-and-seek]

What the hell!

I actually learned a skill!

Dude, what kind of spiritual root is this?