Chapter Eighty-Nine: The World's Best?

On December 8, Li Qingshan lifted the Golden Globe Award under the Eiffel Tower.

In fact, France Football originally intended to place the award at Old Trafford, but the recent Manchester United games have been played away from home. On the one hand, France Football did not want to delay the award for too long, and on the other hand, they also wanted to compete with FIFA for the World Footballer of the Year award, so the French decided to place the award in Paris, under the Eiffel Tower.

Accompanied by Manchester United's executive chairman Edward Wood, and Li Qingshan's agent Raiola, Li Qingshan lifted the first golden ball of his career in the eyes of the global media.

Twenty-three-year-old Li Qingshan received the golden ball from Gérard, the editor-in-chief of France Football, and held it high.

This scene is permanently preserved by the camera's lens.

"Li Qingshan picked up the golden ball!!" In the CCTV studio, the host and several guests had emotion in their eyes.

In fact, people have long expected Li Qingshan to win the Golden Globe Award. After all, such a crazy performance last season, whether it was personal data or collective honors, Li Qingshan surpassed Messi and Ronaldo, plus the Golden Ball Award and the World Footballer of the Year separated, FIFA's political shady retreated, and the Golden Ball Award returned to the tradition of voting and selection by the sports media in the past, ensuring professionalism and fairness to the greatest extent, so Li Qingshan deserved to win the Golden Ball Award.

But when he actually lifted the Golden Ball, Chinese fans still had a feeling of being in a dream.

A Chinese, lifted the Golden Globe ....

This kind of story was just two years ago, if someone said that two years later there will be a Chinese player who will lead the team to kill all sides and break the monopoly of Messi and Ronaldo on this award, then people will think that you are dreaming....

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"The new king!!"

It was the headline of the next day.

People have become accustomed to Messi and Ronaldo's monopoly on the "best in the world".

In today's football, "Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? This is a question that has been answered by many. Some people insist that Messi is the new football king, while others are Ronaldo's best fans in the world.

However, Li Qingshan's appearance began to slowly break such a pattern. This Golden Globe Award also seems to announce the arrival of a new era.

In Europe, although Li Qingshan won the Golden Globe Award, in addition to the Manchester media, the media in other places regard this Golden Globe Award as "the birth of a new king" at most, but they do not think that Li Qingshan is the world's No. 1.

A Ballon d'Or doesn't prove anything, Messi and Ronaldo are still at the peak of their careers.

But that's at least in "Messi or Ronaldo?" To add a note to the question, "Messi or Ronaldo? Or Li Qingshan? ”

Many of Manchester's pro-Manchester media outlets are of course cheering for Li Qingshan, and Real Madrid and Barcelona naturally have their own mouthpieces to support their own stars.

After all, in addition to the Ballon d'Or award this year, there is also a weighty award for the World Footballer of the Year.

Unlike the Ballon d'Or, the World Footballer of the Year award is based on the votes of the managers and captains of the national teams of various FIFA member countries, and due to the uneven level of football in various places, the national teams of many countries are simply made up of amateur players.

For example, in countries like Bhutan and the Maldives, they don't have a football league at all, and the players in their national team are amateurs – they each have their own jobs in addition to playing for their country.

Just like the captain of the national team of Bhutan, who is also a police officer.....

However, in the voting of the World Footballer of the Year, the votes of the head coach and captain of the national team of Bhutan are the same as the votes of the head coach of the German team, Loew, who is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, and the captain of the German national team, Manuel Neuer.

So the reputation of the player has a very big impact on this vote - the head coach and captain of the national team of those small countries will not count the awards you won last season, what data you contributed, who they are more famous and voted for....

So, the media atmosphere is important.

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If the world's best option has changed from two choices to three in the world, then in China, there is only one world's best option.

The Chinese media have argued from all angles to show that Li Qingshan is currently the best footballer in the world.

His dominance, the accolades he's won, his goal stats and so on.

Of course, there is no shortage of die-hard fans of Messi and Ronaldo in China, but in such an atmosphere, their voices are drowned out among the Li Qingshan fans who occupy the vast majority.....

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After receiving the award, Li Qingshan returned to Manchester.

On the way back, he received a lot of congratulatory text messages, Simeone, Lippi, Ancelotti, as well as his Manchester United teammates, as well as national team teammates, family, friends....

Then in the training that day, Li Qingshan brought the Golden Ball Award into the team's locker room and accepted the congratulations of his teammates.

"This award is not only mine, but also for everyone. All the honours last season were the result of our hard work, and this season we are still aiming for the title, we want to defend the league title and the Champions League!! Of course, the cup winners will not be spared!! We are Manchester United and we have absolute quality!! Li Qingshan said in the locker room, as the captain of the team.

Manchester United's next game is at home to Tottenham Hotspur on 12 December.

In fact, United have one game to play before that - the final round of the Champions League group stage against Porto on December 7, but with the group already decided, this game will not make much sense for either side, with Carlo Ancelotti fielding most of the substitutes and some of the reserve squad players, as well as Porto's side. In the end, the two sides fought to a 2-2 draw.

Before the start of the game, in the shouts of Manchester United fans, Li Qingshan appeared in front of the home fans with the golden ball in his hand!

"Before the start of the match, Li Qingshan showed his golden ball to the home fans."

"He is the fourth Manchester United star to lift the Golden Ball during his time at Manchester United, the top three being Dennis Law, Charlton Athletic and Cristiano Ronaldo!!"

"He was also the first Asian to win the Ballon d'Or, an Asian player. For a long time, people have the impression that Asia is a desert of football, but in this desert, a towering giant tree has grown!! He is gifted, but he is not arrogant. He is the representative of hard-working players. I have interviewed many of Li Qingshan's teammates, and when they mention their great teammates, they always mention Li Qingshan's hard work and diligence! ”

"Maybe it's different from the stars we've seen in the past, Li Qingshan has a typical Chinese shadow, he doesn't have the same stinky temper as many stars, he has the unique peace of the Chinese, but on the football field, his desire to win is so flamboyant..."

Andy Gray said from the commentary booth with the microphone.

In the stands, Manchester United fans were clearly prepared.

When Carlo Ancelotti and Edwardwood and Li Qingshan appeared on the pitch, a huge pair of tifos slowly rose in the stands to the south

Above it is a tall figure wearing a number nine jersey, and above the number nine, are the three Chinese characters "Li Qingshan" - this is obviously Li Qingshan's jersey.

And underneath this back, it is written in both Chinese and English.

"It's the best !! in the world"