Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 1633 UEFA Ballon d'Or (Second Guarantee)

Chen Yingxiong has indeed provided the media with a good gimmick, and it is also a big gimmick.

If he can really be elected to this year's UEFA Ballon d'Or, then he can replicate the legend of Stanley Matthews.

Become the second 41-year-old player to win the European Ballon d'Or.

And everyone knows in their hearts that in today's football, if Chen Yingxiong can achieve this result, he will be even more amazing than Stanley Matthews!
You must know that in Matthews' era, players did not play many games in a season. Except for domestic leagues and domestic cups, there were not many European competitions. Unlike the current players, they have to play [-] games a season.

So Stanley Matthews was able to play until the age of 50, which had a lot to do with the lack of intensity of the game at that time.

But now...

With such a background comparison, we can know how arrogant Chen Yingxiong is to say such words.

Even if he was 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 is not dominated by Chen Yingxiong alone.

In La Liga, in Serie A, there are superstars.Especially Clayton Quick, the star of Barcelona in La Liga, was once called "Messi II" after his debut. He is similar in stature and playing style to Messi.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 completed two consecutive league championships so far. If they can still win the championship this season, they will complete the three consecutive league championships, which can be regarded as creating a dynasty.

And he is still quite young, only 24 years old this year.After Chen Yingxiong retired, everyone believed that Clayton Quick and Giovanni Leon Amoruso won the world in European football, and even in world football.Who can become the number one in the world was the topic that people were most concerned about at that time.

But now, Amoruso has not yet landed in Europe, and the most popular player in European football is Clayton Quick.

He's also been stellar this season, with Barcelona currently eight points clear of arch-rivals Real Madrid in the league.

If this state continues, Barcelona is likely to win the league championship for three consecutive seasons and re-create a dynasty.

With such a performance, how could the UEFA Ballon d'Or not be given to Quick?
Therefore, if Chen Yingxiong wants to still win the UEFA Ballon d'Or at the age of 41, he has to face the challenge of Quick.

And it's a very serious challenge.

To be honest, few people are optimistic that Chen Yingxiong can win this competition.

Although Chen Yingxiong's state can be said to be very good at present.But Quick is just as good, and he has half a season more outstanding performance than him, which can be added points.

With the performances of both of them being similar, why should Chen Yingxiong compete with Quick?
Even if he can help Liverpool win the league title, so what?

Quake can still lead Barcelona to the La Liga championship. Everyone is the top league champion, and the status of the Premier League and La Liga is similar.Why should I give you Chen Yingxiong instead of Quick?

The most important thing is that Chen Yingxiong was suspended for nine months, which made him miss all the games in the first half of the season, which is a fatal injury.

But Chen Yingxiong himself doesn't see it that way.

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"The blank period of half a season happens to be my advantage." Chen Yingxiong said to his agent Dracula. "Think about it, what others can do in a whole season, I did it in only half a season, and I did it better than him. Who will I not give the Golden Globe to?"

Dracula didn't come to talk to him about this recently well-known incident, he came to talk to Chen Yingxiong about business development.

The 40-year-old Chen Yingxiong still has a lot of commercial value, which makes people feel unbelievable, and this is reality.

Before the suspension, Chen Yingxiong had always been the champion of the world football annual income rankings, and this has been the case for more than ten consecutive years.The endorsement fee that Nike gives him every year alone is worth the total endorsement fee of most players for a year.

But the nine-month ban has seen his earnings slip.Some sponsors immediately canceled Chen Yingxiong's contract because they believed that Chen Yingxiong's kicking of Manchester City fans would affect their brand image.Of course, although their approach was later ridiculed as a stupid trick, the impact on Chen Yingxiong has already been caused-this incident caused Chen Yingxiong’s endorsement fee to drop sharply by 20.00% last year, and this is only the impact of last year. It is this year that will be greatly affected.Because last year's endorsement fee has already been paid out, the impact of the previously canceled contracts will appear one after another this year.

This year, it is estimated that Chen Yingxiong's income will be reduced by as much as 40.00%.

Of course, Chen Yingxiong is no longer playing 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 from the level of income.

Chen Yingxiong has been monopolizing this position before, and his own performance and honor are indeed worthy of this status.

Now that his income has fallen, some people will naturally think that he is no longer the number one star in the world. Coupled with the nine-month suspension, there will be more people who think so.

The future belongs to Quaker.This kid's annual income is now ranked second.If Chen Yingxiong really loses 40.00% of his income this year, under the same balance, Quick will be able to sit on the throne of the highest income in world football.

This thing is too symbolic.

Through this seemingly unrelated event, everyone can see the end of an era, and the process of an old legend being replaced by a new one.

However, after Chen Yingxiong came back in January, there were suddenly more companies looking for Chen Yingxiong to sign new contracts.

They hope to get Chen Yingxiong's endorsement, for which they are willing to pay high endorsement fees.

So those who were still cheering for Quick before were dumbfounded—it seemed that Chen Yingxiong hadn't handed over his crown of glory 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 knew the thoughts of the Quick supporters, because these people had expressed their thoughts nakedly before.

When I was suspended for nine months, it was not only Liverpool's opponents in the Premier League who were elated, but also Barcelona supporters.Because of the existence of Chen Yingxiong, Barcelona has been sinking for many years.Now that Chen Yingxiong is suspended, they seem to see the hope of Barcelona's resurgence in Europe.

So during that time they were particularly proud and rampant, completely ignoring Chen Yingxiong, nakedly promoting the downfall of Chen Yingxiong and Liverpool, claiming that this meant that Barcelona could rise.For this reason, they kept looking for evidence for their arguments, and those sponsors abandoned Chen Yingxiong one after another, which was naturally the most powerful evidence they found.Seeing the sponsors abandon Chen Yingxiong, fearing that they would avoid it, 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 self-satisfaction of these seductresses, and didn't pay attention to the theory of the rise of the other party.

They thought that the less money they made was a harbinger of Quick's turnaround, which was really naive.

Because of the huge age gap between the two sides, maybe after he retires, the position of the European football leader will indeed be handed over to Quick.But at the very least, before he retires, no matter if it is Quick or anyone else, don't 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 this matter was full of difficulties that he was willing to try it.No difficulty, Chen Yingxiong will not do it.

If you can beat Quick and get the UEFA Ballon d'Or that everyone thinks the opponent is bound to win, it will undoubtedly be the best gift for yourself to retire.Even if he leaves, he must leave behind a tall figure that is enough for everyone to look up to, so that future generations will admire him, and he will definitely not be able to climb up.

He also knows Kiekna very well, after all, the two sides have 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 rampant.And there are even fewer people who can be called "Messi II" and can finally be kicked out, and who really look like Messi, he is the only one.

But in the final analysis, the second generation is the second generation. I even suppressed this kid's template Messi I to death. Are you afraid of a copycat?
So what if he was younger than him?Chen Yingxiong never thought that when he was old, he was not as good as those lively young people.In his opinion, the only way for those young footballers to achieve success is to wait for their retirement!
Half a season is enough for him to sweep Europe.

This time he will not only help Liverpool win the No. 15 Premier League titles in history, and the No. 30 three top league titles, he will also help Liverpool win the No. 15 Champions League titles in club history.

He believes that as long as he does it, he will definitely be able to win the UEFA Ballon d'Or.Among those experts and authorities, his own performance and age combined have an overwhelming advantage.What did Quick, who didn't even grow hairy, compete with him?
Those authorities should know who is more difficult, who has more achievements, and who deserves awards.

He wants to make all those people who are waiting to see his hero's death, and then let Hou Lang Pai die on the beach to lick back the phlegm he spit out!
It is impossible for the hero to be late.

(End of this chapter)