阿根廷球星梅西榮膺2009金球獎(jiǎng)

阿根廷球星梅西榮膺2009金球獎(jiǎng)
Messi beats C.Ronald to win European Player

[ 2009-12-02 15:05]

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Argentina's Lionel Messi poses with the Golden Ball on December 1, 2009. [Titan]

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Argentina's Lionel Messi has won the Golden Ball awarded to the European Footballer of the Year, becoming the sixth Barcelona player to take the award and the first since Brazilian Ronaldinho in 2005.

Messi beat last year's winner Cristiano Ronaldo into second place while Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez finished third in the poll results released by France Football magazine early Tuesday.

Hailed by Argentina great Diego Maradona as his successor, Messi won an unprecedented treble in Spain last season with Barcelona as the Catalan side swept the Champions League, the Spanish title and the Copa del Rey.

The 22-year-old Messi, the first Argentine to win the prestigious trophy, was the top scorer in last year's Champions League with nine goals, including his superb header in the 2-0 victory over Manchester United in the final.

Messi, who tallied 473 of a possible 480 points, largely dominated the voting and won with a record-margin of 240 points. Real Madrid winger Ronaldo had 233 and Xavi had 170.

"Honestly, I knew that I was among the favorites because Barcelona had a fruitful year in 2009," Messi was quoted as saying by the magazine. "But I didn't expect to win with such a margin. The Golden Ball is very important to me. All the players who won it were great players, and some great players never won it."

Barcelona had three players in the Top 5 with Andres Iniesta taking fourth ahead of former Barca player Samuel Eto'o.

In an outstanding season, Messi netted 38 goals in 51 games in all competitions, often leaving defenders in his wake with a combination of speed, exceptionaldribbling abilities and his effective left-footed strike.

Messi, who led Argentina to next year's World Cup in South Africa, recently signed a new contract with Barcelona through 2016 and has a buyout clause of 250 million euros ($368 million) included.

Messi had a good start to this season - already scoring nine goals - and put on a great display to help his club defeat archrival Real Madrid 1-0 last Sunday.

"It won't be easy to confirm after a year like the one we just went through," Messi said. "I hope the next one will reach the same standards. But to win the Golden Ball two years in a row is not an easy thing."

(Read by Guanny Liu. Guanny Liu is a multimedia journalist at the China Daily Web site.)

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2009年“金球獎(jiǎng)”日前揭曉，阿根廷足球明星里奧?梅西獲此殊榮，當(dāng)選“歐洲足球先生”，成為巴塞羅那俱樂部歷史上第六位獲此殊榮的球員，同時(shí)是該俱樂部繼2005年巴西球員羅納爾迪尼奧后首位獲得該獎(jiǎng)的球員。

“金球獎(jiǎng)”評選結(jié)果由《法國足球》雜志于本周二早些時(shí)候公布。去年的“金球獎(jiǎng)”得主克里斯蒂亞諾?羅納爾今年屈居第二，巴塞羅那俱樂部中場球員哈維?赫爾南德斯位居第三。

被阿根廷球王迭戈?馬拉多納譽(yù)為自己接班人的梅西上一賽季戰(zhàn)績輝煌，這位邊鋒球員幫助俱樂部完成了歐冠聯(lián)賽冠軍、西甲聯(lián)賽冠軍和西班牙國王杯賽冠軍的“三冠王”偉業(yè)。

現(xiàn)年22歲的梅西是首位獲“金球獎(jiǎng)”的阿根廷籍球員。他憑借九粒進(jìn)球成為去年歐冠聯(lián)賽的頭號射手，這其中包括他在巴薩與曼聯(lián)的對決中所進(jìn)的一個(gè)精彩頭球，在這場決賽中，巴薩以2比0贏得勝利。

在“金球獎(jiǎng)”的評選中，梅西力壓群雄，得到473分（滿分480分），比第二名高出破紀(jì)錄的240分。皇家馬德里隊(duì)的邊鋒羅納爾多得到233分，哈維得到170分。

《法國足球》雜志援引梅西的話說：“說實(shí)話，我心里有點(diǎn)底，因?yàn)槲宜诘陌腿_那俱樂部在2009年收獲頗豐，但是我沒想到自己會以這么大的優(yōu)勢勝出。金球獎(jiǎng)對我來說很重要。所有贏得金球獎(jiǎng)的球員都很偉大，而還有一些偉大的球員沒有獲得過這個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)。”

在金球獎(jiǎng)評選的前五名中共有三位巴薩俱樂部球員，其中，安德雷斯?伊涅斯塔名列第四，前巴薩俱樂部球員薩繆埃爾?埃托奧位居其后。

在上一個(gè)戰(zhàn)果輝煌的賽季中，梅西共效力51場比賽，貢獻(xiàn)了38個(gè)進(jìn)球，他常常憑借自己的速度、超強(qiáng)的控球技術(shù)和有力的左腳進(jìn)攻讓防守球員猝不及防。

最近，梅西與巴薩俱樂部續(xù)約至2016年，但違約金高達(dá)2.5億歐元（合3.68億美元）。梅西將帶領(lǐng)阿根廷隊(duì)參加明年在南非舉行的世界杯足球賽。

梅西在本賽季開了一個(gè)好頭，他已經(jīng)打入9個(gè)進(jìn)球，并于上周日憑借絕佳表現(xiàn)幫助他所在的俱樂部以1比0打敗勁敵皇家馬德里隊(duì)。

梅西說：“保持2009年的巔峰狀態(tài)很難。我希望下一賽季能夠達(dá)到同樣的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。不過連續(xù)兩年獲得金球獎(jiǎng)一定不是一件容易的事。”

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Vocabulary:

treble: treble the amount, size, etc. 三重

header: a pass or shot made in soccer by heading the ball （足球）頭球

tally: to score (a point or goal) in a game or contest 計(jì)（分）（He tallies his own marks. 他把自己的得分記了下來。）

net: to hit (a ball) into the net 把（球等）踢進(jìn)網(wǎng)

dribble: to move (a ball or puck) by repeated light bounces or kicks, as in basketball or soccer 運(yùn)球

buyout: the purchase of the entire holdings or interests of an owner or investor 買斷

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