Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 185 FIFA Ballon D’Or (First Update, Please Vote for Me at the Beginning of the Month!)
Chapter 185 FIFA Ballon d’Or (First update, please vote for me at the beginning of the month!)
Chen Yingxiong was left alone by Mazzarri to talk after the training.
There wasn't much individual communication between them. Logically speaking, this is strange, because Chen Yingxiong is definitely not the kind of player who can make the head coach not worry.
But that's the fact. After Mazzarri came to the team, he rarely talked to Chen Yingxiong alone. This is because he is very clear about Chen Yingxiong's characteristics, so he has a very clear positioning for Chen Yingxiong.
That is, no matter how many nightclubs he goes to, no matter how controversial his personal life is, no matter how arrogant his personality is, these have nothing to do with him as the head coach. What does it matter?
Goal.
As long as Chen Yingxiong can score goals, even if he goes to rob a bank, it doesn't matter to him, so he doesn't care.
At first glance, this approach seems to be laissez-faire and irresponsible. But for Chen Yingxiong, this is actually the best approach.
Mazzarri gave him full freedom. He was in a good mood and performed well on the court, scoring goals one after another.
that's enough. As a player, a center whose mission is to score goals, what else can you ask of him? Ask him to be a hero on the court and a role model off the court? That's not Chen Yingxiong, that's Chen Shengren.
Anyway, his going to bars, nightclubs, picking up girls, fighting, and getting into trouble did not affect his normal training and competition, nor did it affect his condition. So as a head coach, why should I care so much?
Because of this idea, Mazari and Chen Yingxiong got along happily and cooperated smoothly. Chen Yingxiong made Mazzarri worry-free on the court. Naturally, he would not talk to Chen Yingxiong in private for nothing.
So this time he suddenly wanted to talk to Chen Yingxiong alone. Not to mention the players, even Chen Yingxiong himself was surprised.
His first thought was-the boss must have told the head coach that he was leaving Naples. Could it be that Mazzarri came to persuade him to stay?
Unexpectedly, Mazzari was talking about something else.
"I went to attend the lottery ceremony, as you know."
Chen Yingxiong nodded.
"The results of the draw are out, what do you think?"
"It's good against Lyon, we have a psychological advantage over them."
Chen Yingxiong replied, still feeling strange. What does this matter have to do with him? When you meet an opponent, what do you think of the opponent? That is the job of the coaches. Why do you ask yourself?
"You said you want to defend the title of top scorer in the Champions League this season. How sure are you?" Mazzarri asked.
"I don't know, Coach."
"you do not know?"
"Yes, I don't know. Because the game hasn't started yet... But as long as we score in every game, I think that's pretty much it, right?"
Seeing Chen Yingxiong speaking so lightly, Mazari had to remind him who his opponents were. "Eto'o scored seven goals, Gomez scored six goals, and Messi also scored six goals..."
“Isn’t Inter Milan going to meet Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals?”
It seems that he has also studied it... Mazzari thought in his heart. "Messi is great."
Chen Yingxiong snorted, obviously not taking Messi seriously. "Coach, do you know why I was so crazy about scoring goals in the league in the first half of the season?"
Mazzari frowned and thought for a moment: "Could it be..."
"By the way, my focus will shift to the Champions League in the second half of the season. I want to show them how scary a hungry bear can be!"
Chen Yingxiong smashed his fist into his palm.
"It's good if you have this confidence. You know what? I was surrounded by reporters after the draw, and they all expressed doubts about your ability to defend the title of top scorer in the Champions League."
Chen Yingxiong rolled his eyes: "Mortal."
"So I decided to help you defend your title as top scorer and support you tactically. It's great since you have this confidence."
Only then did Chen Yingxiong realize that this was the reason...
He laughed: "Thank you, coach!"
Mazzarri could tell that Chen Yingxiong was actually more confident in himself. He may not have considered the tactical factors at all.
On the way home, Chen Yingxiong was still thinking about the conversation that head coach Mazzarri had with him. It turned out that those reporters looked down upon themselves.
But it doesn’t matter, I like to slap others in the face the most. Since you have all taken the initiative to show your face to me and are so considerate, how can I live up to your kindness?
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After the draw, the Champions League has entered a truce period and will not resume until February next year.
Everyone’s focus is temporarily back on the domestic league.
After the draw ceremony, there are two games left in Serie A.
In these two games, Naples defeated their opponents with the same score of 1:0.
First, they defeated Genoa 1:0 away from home, and then they defeated Lecce 1:0 at home. Chen Yingxiong scored a goal against Lecce.
The schedule is not even halfway through and he has already scored nineteen goals.
He scored a total of forty-three goals in 2010, ranking third in European football.
The second place is Cristiano Ronaldo who scored 45 goals.
His rival in the Champions League top scorer list, Messi, ended up scoring 62 goals and is well-deserved as the number one player in world football.
The Catalan media took this opportunity to ridicule Chen Yingxiong, saying that it was simply wishful thinking to compete with Messi for the top scorer.
Since the incident last year, the entire Catalonia has regarded Chen Yingxiong as an enemy. As long as there is a chance, I will never forget to hit him.
However, the influence of the Catalan media is limited and cannot penetrate into Naples, so Chen Yingxiong does not know the cynicism of the Catalan media towards him unless a reporter comes to tell him...
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After all competitions in 2010, Chen Yingxiong embarked on his journey home.
This is his first return to China during the Christmas holidays. In previous years, due to limited time, he never went back.
This time it’s still about dad.
The clothing company invested by him and run by his father Chen Tao has been officially established after more than half a year of preparation. It is named "hero". The brand logo is a silhouette of a tough guy's profile, which can be seen from this logo. , this is a clothing company that specializes in men's clothing, and it does not follow hip-hop style or pop style, and its style is more hardcore.
On this special day, of course the son has to go back and tie up his father.
And he is not only the investor of "hero", the big boss behind the scenes, he is also the spokesperson of the brand. The endorsement period is naturally unlimited, and he does not charge a penny of endorsement fees from the company.
As a spokesperson, he also had to come back to help out.
The first shot of establishing his own brand is of course going to be launched, and the louder the better.
Sure enough, even if there was no publicity for his arrival, a lot of media would flock to it.
From the perspective of influence alone, he is now the most successful athlete in China. It can be said that even if he farts, there will probably be a lot of people paying attention, and some people will be serious enough to analyze the meaning of whether the fart is noisy or smelly...
To put it bluntly, Chen Yingxiong has reached the point where he does nothing and has a large group of people praising him.
This is equivalent to helping him promote the "hero" brand.
However, the reporters who came to interview him asked the most questions about the Chinese national team.
"Are you willing to serve the country?"
"Why haven't you joined the national team for so long?"
"What do you think of the Chinese team's Asian Cup trip, hero?"
"The conflict between you and the Chinese Football Association..."
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And so on, and so on and so forth.
Chen Yingxiong kicked the ball out: "I don't have any conflicts with the Football Association, right? People who have personal grudges with me have all entered, so this fully shows that no one who offended me will end well, hahaha! ... about the national team. Come on, it doesn’t matter what I said, you should ask the General Administration of Sports and the Football Association. Asian Cup? I wish the national team good luck."
He stopped talking about these issues.
Of course he knows that many people want him to join the national team, but what he said is also true. This matter is not decided by him, nor by the fans or the media.
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Chen Yingxiong came and went in a hurry. He only stayed in China for four days before returning to Italy.
Then he locked himself in the room and continued to play the dungeon.
Until the team regroups to start training.
The second half of the season has begun, and so has his new journey.
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In previous years, December was a month when awards were frequently given out in international football, and it was a harvest season for players.
But this year is different. Due to the merger of the World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or, the re-launched FIFA Ballon d'Or was moved to January of the following year. December is just a shortlist of candidates. Many people are speculating who will win this year's Ballon d'Or.
Chen Yingxiong entered the list of fifty candidates in this selection, but in the end he ranked only 29th. A large part of the votes for these twenty-nine people came from professional sports reporters, rather than the coaches and captains of the national team.
2010 is a major competition year, the World Cup has a huge impact, and Chen Yingxiong does not have a national team competition, so naturally he will not have any advantage in the voting.
The final list of three candidates has been released, namely Messi, Xavi and Iniesta. This result somewhat surprised some people, because they thought that Sneijder, who led the Dutch national team to the World Cup finals in South Africa and led Inter Milan to win the Triple Crown, should obviously occupy a place in these three candidate lists.
It's a pity that he is not there, but Barcelona players took the top three spots.
The media generally believe that Xavi or Iniesta should be able to win the Ballon d'Or with their outstanding performance in the World Cup. After all, although Messi scored 62 goals a year, his disadvantage is obvious when he has neither won the Champions League nor the World Cup...
But the final result surprised ***. Because Messi won the first FIFA Ballon d'Or again...
When Messi took the stage to receive the award, even he was surprised.
After the award ceremony, UEFA President Platini expressed his dissatisfaction with the result. He believed that Xavi deserved the Ballon d'Or more than Messi.
Of course, this does not mean that he does not love Messi anymore. In fact, this dissatisfaction is just for his personal political purposes. For a long time, the official selection of UEFA's best player has been far less influential than the European Ballon d'Or. , he has long coveted the possibility of having UEFA's selection replace the European Ballon d'Or selection. Now, his opportunity has come...
Messi's unexpected selection caused an uproar in the public opinion circle. Because in the past year, apart from the golden autumn points, Messi really lacked any convincing results to become the first person in world football. Even his own teammate Xavi was not satisfied with the result: "The selection method is unfair. It is based on the voting ratio of Senegal, Fiji and France, England and Germany being the same, which is obviously not the case. Everywhere has the same information.”
It is under such circumstances that Platini intends to resurrect the selection of the European Ballon d'Or. In order to achieve the goal of competing with Blatter in world football and FIFA.
Since Messi's election further exposed the shortcomings of the FIFA Ballon d'Or selection, his resurrection of the European Ballon d'Or has sufficient public opinion and public opinion basis. Platini's expression of dissatisfaction was just to make himself "famous" and occupy a righteous position.
His thoughts can be seen from the fact that he soon announced that UEFA will conduct a selection of the best players in Europe. This selection will inherit the selection spirit of "France Football" and "European Ballon d'Or", with professional sports media as the main body of selection. According to UEFA's plan, the new "European Ballon d'Or" will start from the 2011-2012 season, and the first selection is expected to be held in August 2012.
Putting aside the fairness of the FIFA Ballon d'Or selection results, Messi's supporters are most satisfied with this result.
However, when it was reported that Messi was elected as the World Footballer for two consecutive years, Chen Yingxiong was shot again.
"That Chinese guy said he wanted to compete with the World Player of the Year for top scorer? Messi won the Ballon d'Or, where does he rank? Twenty-ninth! This is the gap between him and Messi!"
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ps, it’s February! Please give me a guaranteed chapter***!