Volume 1: When a Male Appears, People Pay Attention Chapter 88 Record

The awards used to be held in December each year, but now since FIFA merged the World Player of the Year and the Ballon d'Or, the awards ceremony has been moved to January. So now January has become one of the most important months in world football.

The 2012 awards will be awarded in January 2013.

Because there is no European war in Liverpool, only the Premier League, and no national team games, Chen Yingxiong did not even make the final three candidates this time. Chen Yingxiong naturally did not receive any invitation from FIFA.

Since falling out with FIFA last year over the awards, Chen Yingxiong has had no relationship with FIFA.

This year's Ballon d'Or was finally awarded to Messi. This is a result that is without any suspense and novelty.

Although there was a European Cup last year, the German team won the championship. But it is difficult for the German team to name a top star who can suppress other players. Ozil is the core of the midfield, "Little Pig" Schweinsteiger is the metronome of the team, as well as Thomas Muller, captain Lahm, goalkeeper Neuer... these people have all won the championship for the team. Important contributors, it's hard to say who is the best.

In this regard, they cannot compete with Messi.

Messi's performance in the Champions League is so outstanding that many people think it is impossible to break the record of 18 goals in a single season.

In addition, Messi is obviously more famous than Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger... those German players, which took a lot of advantage in the national team coach and captain voting.

When Messi won the Ballon d'Or, the global media were hotly discussing the matter. Everyone gave Messi all the words of praise they could think of, describing Messi as one of the most important players in world football for a hundred years. There is only one genius, and he said that with only one World Cup championship left, Messi will definitely be the new generation of "ball king".

It's no wonder the media are so flattering. Messi's award this time is the fourth consecutive year he has won the World Footballer, which is now the FIFA Ballon d'Or. He has set an unprecedented record - such an achievement has never been achieved by a player before. An alien like Ronaldo won the World Footballer three times in his career, which was already considered very remarkable at that time. Even though he has achieved this, he has not won this honor for three consecutive years.

Messi not only won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for four consecutive years, he also won the European Ballon d'Or twice in these four years - in 2010, due to the merger with the FIFA World Player of the Year award, there was no European Ballon d'Or that year. When UEFA reorganized the European Ballon d'Or in 2011, Messi was snatched away by a hero.

Messi has become a "phenomenon" in world football. Everyone has said that there are two types of players today, one is called "Messi" and the other is called "player".

This kind of naked praise of Messi made Chen Yingxiong very unhappy.

Because he is classified into the "player" category, he is on a completely different level from Messi. But Chen Yingxiong doesn't feel that he and Messi are on the same level.

But besides feeling unhappy, he had no other way to vent it out.

If the media comes to him and asks what he thinks of Messi winning the FIFA Ballon d'Or for four consecutive years, he can also take the opportunity to express his disdain.

But no media came to him.

That's why he is looking forward to the Europa League so much.

He can only let everyone understand by scoring goals one after another on the court-I, Chen Yingxiong, is much better than Messi!

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On February 2nd, in the twenty-fifth round of the league, Liverpool welcomed Sunderland at home. Liverpool still used all their main players in this game. In the end, they defeated the "Black Cats" with a score of 3:0 at their home court.

Chen Yingxiong scored a goal in the game. His Premier League goals this season have reached an astonishing thirty.

Robin van Persie, ranked second, has only scored 18 goals, a difference of 12 goals. There is no hope of winning the top scorer this season.

Only then did Van Persie realize how stupid his idea last season was - if it doesn't work this season, what about next season? Next season it will still be Chen Yingxiong’s world!

On February 10th, the twenty-sixth round of the league, the last league game before the Europa League knockout stage, Liverpool challenged Chelsea away.

Liverpool now holds the top spot in the league, four points ahead of second-placed Manchester City. This point difference makes Martin O'Neill feel reassured and safe, and for this reason he can calmly carry out his own rotation.

In the away game against Chelsea, Liverpool did not send out all their main players. They only sent half of their main players to play. Chen Yingxiong came on as a substitute in the 70th minute.

In the end, Liverpool and Chelsea tied 0:0. Neither side scored a goal. But any fool can see that Liverpool is preparing to play Atletico Madrid away in the Europa League.

Of course, this draw was actually due to Chelsea's side, because Liverpool stayed strong and so did Chelsea.

Liverpool has a Europa League mission, and Chelsea also has a Champions League mission.

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After the game against Chelsea, on February 13, Chen Yingxiong finally got the Europa League he longed for.

It is hard to imagine that under the current background, there are still wealthy players and teams that would be interested in the Europa League. Last season, Manchester City and Manchester United were kicked into the Europa League. Everyone thought they would cause a bloody storm here, and finally meet in the final, and stage a Manchester derby in the Europa final. Unexpectedly, after passing the first round of the knockout round, the two teams abandoned their martial arts skills and were inexplicably eliminated. There are many ways to say that they were eliminated, but there is one factor that cannot be ignored, that is... The Europa League is actually not attractive to these two teams. It is not attractive to Manchester United because of what Manchester United said. It is also a wealthy club that participates in the Champions League every year, so it is normal not to take the Europa League seriously. But it is not attractive to newly-minted upstarts like Manchester City, which explains the problem. Manchester City has only suddenly emerged in the past two years. They should be grateful for being able to participate in the UEFA Cup before, but now they do not pay attention to the continuation of the UEFA Cup and the Europa League. It is conceivable that the influence of this competition has already To what extent.

It is said that just a few years after Platini reformed the UEFA Cup and became the Europa League, he began to consider canceling the Europa League and merging the Europa League and the Champions League. The reason is that the Europa League is not attractive to sponsors and television broadcasters, and its ability to attract money is not as good as the Champions League. It has become a tasteless piece of food that is a pity to abandon.

Of course, nothing is absolute. Not all teams are not interested in the Europa League. Not to mention the second-tier teams in the second-tier leagues and the second-tier teams in the first-tier leagues. As long as it is the European competition, they are willing. Let's just say that among the wealthy teams, there are also some who are interested in the Europa League.

Liverpool is such a living example.

This has a lot to do with Liverpool's lack of substantial championships over the years.

Liverpool won a League Cup last season, but it was only a domestic championship after all, and it was the least important of the three domestic championships. Apart from being of special significance to Dalglish, it did not mean anything to Liverpool. What a great value.

The Europa League is different. It is still a European competition after all. Even if it is not attractive, it is compared to the Champions League. The Champions League is now the world's number one football competition, and even the World Cup cannot compare with it in terms of influence. So it’s normal that the Europa League is unattractive.

The Europa League is a European competition, and European competition honors are still very tempting for a team. The winner of the Champions League is called the "European Champion", and the winner of the Europa League is also called the "European Champion". He is also eligible to participate in the European Super Cup and compete with the Champions League winner for the honor of being the "King of Europe".

It's not something that a champion of the English League Cup can compare to - the League Cup champion isn't even qualified to participate in the Community Shield...

Not to mention Chen Yingxiong's goal, so the entire Liverpool team is now more excited about participating in the Europa League than playing in the Premier League... After all, they are already ranked first in the Premier League, and many people will naturally feel tired. In comparison, knockout matches like the Europa League are more fresh. After all, the opponents are unknown and fresh.

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If Torres was still at Atletico Madrid, the clash between Liverpool and Atletico Madrid would have spawned a story. It's a pity that there is no Spanish color in Liverpool today, and Torres has left Liverpool. So it's just a regular Europa League game.

The most eye-catching player in Liverpool's lineup is Chen Yingxiong. From the moment the team arrived at the airport, the media surrounded him.

This is not Chen Yingxiong’s first time playing in Madrid, but it is his first time playing against Atletico Madrid.

He had played against Real Madrid before in Naples. Atletico Madrid is relatively new to him.

The game wasn't really gimmick-free either.

The media defined this game as "a competition between the two top scorers in the Europa League."

Atletico Madrid has forward Falcao, and this striker is the first person Chen Yingxiong must surpass in the Europa League. It was he who set a record of seventeen goals in the Europa League in the 2010-2011 season, breaking Chen Yingxiong's previous single-season scoring record after the UEFA Cup reform.

Chen Yingxiong has scored 14 goals this season, and this is only the number of goals in the group stage. He has great hopes of breaking Falcao's record.

So reporters especially wanted to see what a direct conversation between the two shooters would be like.

And this is also the best way for Falcao to defend his record - as long as he and Atletico Madrid defeat Liverpool in the quarter-finals, Chen Yingxiong will not be able to continue to advance and score goals, and naturally it will be impossible to threaten His record.

At the same time, Chen Yingxiong is not without any chance. Even if Liverpool is eliminated by Atletico Madrid, as long as he can seize the opportunity and score three goals in these two games... he can become equal to Falcao in the Europa League scorer list. If he can score four goals, he can surpass Falcao...

Of course, scoring four goals is too difficult.

Generally speaking, as long as Atletico Madrid can eliminate Liverpool, Falcao's record is safe, and at most it will be shared with Chen Yingxiong.

At the airport, Chen Yingxiong was blocked by the Madrid media. Everyone must let him talk about Falcao's record.

"Record? That thing is meant to be broken!"

Chen Yingxiong lived up to expectations.