Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 36 UEFA Ballon D’Or (Second Update Guaranteed)
Chen Yingxiong indeed provided a good gimmick for the media, and it was also a big gimmick.
If he can really be selected for this year's UEFA Ballon d'Or, then he can replicate the legend of Stanley Matthews.
Became the second player to win the European Ballon d'Or at the age of 41.
And everyone knows in their hearts that in today's football world, if Chen Yingxiong can achieve this result, he will be even more amazing than Stanley Matthews!
You must know that in Matthews' time, players did not play many games in a season. Apart from domestic leagues and domestic cups, there were not many European competitions. Unlike today's players, who have to play 60 games in a season.
Therefore, Stanley Matthews' ability to play until he was fifty had a lot to do with the fact that the competition at that time was not intense enough.
But now...
With such a background comparison, we can know how arrogant Chen Yingxiong was to say such a thing.
Even if he is in good form in January, can he beat others for a whole season in half a season?
You must know that no matter how good Chen Yingxiong is, today's football world is not dominated by Chen Yingxiong alone.
In La Liga and Serie A, there are superstars. In particular, Clayton Quick, the star of Barcelona in La Liga, was once called "Messi II" after his debut. He has a similar figure to Messi and a very similar playing style. In the past few years, during the blank period when Liverpool did not win the Champions League, he led Barcelona to win the Champions League once. In La Liga, Barcelona led by him has so far completed two consecutive league championships. If they can still win the championship this season, they will have completed three consecutive league championships and created a dynasty.
And he is still quite young, only twenty-four years old this year. After Chen Yingxiong retired, everyone believed that European football, and even world football, was dominated by Clayton Quick and Giovanni Leon Amoruso. Who can become the number one in the world was the topic that people cared about most at that time.
But now, Amoruso has not landed in Europe. The most popular person in European football is Clayton Quick.
He has also been in great form this season, with Barcelona currently leading the league by eight points over arch-rivals Real Madrid.
If this situation continues, Barcelona is likely to win the league championship for three consecutive seasons and re-create a dynasty.
With such a performance, how could it be possible not to give Quick the UEFA Ballon d'Or?
Therefore, if Chen Yingxiong wants to still win the UEFA Ballon d'Or at the age of 41, he will have to face the challenge of Quick.
And it’s still a very serious challenge.
To be honest, few people are optimistic that Chen Yingxiong can win this competition.
Although Chen Yingxiong's current state can be said to be very good. But Quick is just as good, and he has half a season more outstanding performance than him. This is a plus.
When both of them perform equally well, why should Chen Yingxiong compete with Quick?
Even if he can help Liverpool win the league title, so what?
Quique can also lead Barcelona to win the La Liga championship. Everyone is the champion of the top league, and the status of the Premier League and La Liga is similar. Why should I give you Chen Yingxiong but not Quick?
The most important thing is that Chen Yingxiong was suspended for nine months. Having him miss all the games in the first half of the season was a fatal injury.
But Chen Yingxiong himself doesn’t see it that way.
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"The half-season gap is exactly my advantage." Chen Yingxiong said to his agent Dracula. "Think about it, it only took me half a season to do what others took a whole season to do, and I did it better than him. If not me, who will give this Golden Globe Award?"
Dracula didn't come to talk to him about this recently known matter. He came to talk to Chen Yingxiong about commercial development.
The forty-year-old Chen Yingxiong still has a lot of commercial value, which makes people feel incredible. This is the reality.
Before the ban, Chen Yingxiong had always been the champion in the annual income rankings in world football. This has been the case for more than ten consecutive years. The annual endorsement fee that Nike gives him alone is equivalent to the total endorsement fee of most players in a year.
But a nine-month ban caused his earnings to slump. Some sponsors immediately canceled Chen Yingxiong's contract because they believed that Chen Yingxiong's kicking of Manchester City fans would damage their brand image. Of course, although their approach was later ridiculed as a foolish move, the impact on Chen Yingxiong had already been caused - this incident caused Chen Yingxiong's endorsement fees to drop by 20% last year, and this was only the impact of last year. That’s all, it’s this year that will really be affected. Because last year's endorsement fees have actually been paid out, the impact of previously canceled contracts will begin to appear this year.
This year it is estimated that Chen Yingxiong's income will be reduced by as much as 40%.
Of course, Chen Yingxiong no longer plays football to make money, otherwise his annual salary in Liverpool would not be so low.
This is actually a matter of face.
Everyone can tell who is the number one player in the world today based on their income.
Chen Yingxiong has always monopolized this position before, and his own performance and honor are indeed worthy of this status.
Now his income has dropped. Naturally, some people think that he is no longer the world's number one star. Add in a nine-month ban, and even more people will think so.
The future belongs to Quick. This guy’s current annual income ranks second. If Chen Yingxiong really loses 40% of his income this year. Under this situation, Quick will be able to sit on the throne of the highest income in world football.
This thing is so symbolic.
Through this incident that seems to have nothing to do with football, everyone can see the end of an era, the process of an old legend being replaced by a new one.
But after Chen Yingxiong came back in January, more and more companies approached Chen Yingxiong to sign new contracts.
They hope to be endorsed by Chen Yingxiong, and for this they are willing to pay high endorsement fees.
So those who were still cheering for Quick were dumbfounded - it seems that Chen Yingxiong has not yet handed over his crown with the highest annual income so easily.
The symbolic meaning suddenly became the collective obsession of Quaker fans.
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Chen Yingxiong naturally knows what Quaker's supporters think, because these people have expressed their thoughts openly before.
When he was suspended for nine months, it was not just Liverpool's opponents in the Premier League who were elated, but also Barcelona supporters. Because of Chen Yingxiong's existence, Barcelona has been in decline for many years. Now that Chen Yingxiong has been suspended, they seem to have seen the hope of Barcelona's re-emergence in Europe.
So during that time they were very proud and rampant, completely ignoring Chen Yingxiong and nakedly promoting the decline of Chen Yingxiong and Liverpool, claiming that this meant that Barcelona could rise. For this reason, they kept looking for evidence for their arguments. Those sponsors abandoned Chen Yingxiong one after another, which was naturally the most powerful evidence they found. Seeing the sponsors abandoning Chen Yingxiong and fearing to avoid them, they felt very happy - Chen Yingxiong, Chen Yingxiong, you never thought that you, a bastard, would have such a day, right? !
Chen Yingxiong dismissed the complacency of these losers, and did not pay attention to their rise theory.
They think that making less money is a sign of Quick's turnaround. They are really naive.
Because of the huge age gap between the two sides, perhaps after he retires, the position of the boss of European football will indeed be handed over to Quick. But at least until he retires, no matter whether it is Quick or anyone else, don't even think about Chen Yingxiong!
No one can beat him unless he quits himself.
The competition for the European Ballon d'Or is also for this purpose. Of course he knew that the situation was not good for him, but it was precisely because of the difficulty that he was willing to try. Chen Yingxiong wouldn't do it if it wasn't difficult.
If he can defeat Quick and win the UEFA Ballon d'Or, which everyone thinks the opponent is bound to win, it will undoubtedly be the best gift for his retirement. Even if he leaves, he must leave behind a figure tall enough for everyone to look up to, so that future generations will admire him and never climb up.
He also knew the boy Queckna very well. After all, the two sides had been rivals for so many years.
This kid is indeed very talented. There are not many people who can be called "Messi II", unlike Maradona II who was so widespread. There are even fewer people who can be called "Messi II" and can finally be kicked out and really look like Messi. He is the only one.
But in the final analysis, the second generation is the second generation. I can even suppress this kid's template Messi I. Are I still afraid of a copycat?
So what if you're younger than him? Chen Yingxiong never thinks that when he gets old, he is not as good as those lively young people. In his opinion, the only way for young people in football to become famous is to wait for them to retire!
Half a season was enough for him to sweep across Europe.
This time he will not only help Liverpool win the 15th Premier League title in history and the 33rd top league title, he will also help Liverpool win the 15th Champions League title in the club's history.
He believes that as long as he does it, he will definitely win the UEFA Ballon d'Or. Among those experts and authorities, my performance combined with my age gives me an overwhelming advantage. How can Quick, who has no hair at all, argue with him?
Those authorities should know who is more difficult, who has achieved more, and who deserves the award.
He wants all those people who are waiting to see his hero's twilight years and then die on the beach to be licked back by the phlegm he spits out!
It is impossible for the hero to die in his twilight years.
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