Rebirth Football Simulator

Chapter 105 Golden Globe Candidates

After Zhang Chaoqiang made a supplementary shot, he did not rush to the sidelines to celebrate by himself, but took his teammate Valbuena together.

No matter what the situation is, at least the team must maintain unity within the team.

Lyon fans cheered passionately, not only for Zhang Chaoqiang, but also for Valbuena.

When the game resumed, the rain in the sky became heavier.

This is also more conducive to Lyon's delay.

Real Madrid wanted to organize a counterattack to equalize the score, but under the obstruction of the heavy rain, they could not achieve much effect.

Ten minutes later, Cristiano Ronaldo kicked the anti-aircraft gun and hit the football into the wind and rain. The referee took advantage of the situation and blew the whistle for the end of the game.

"The whole game is over. Congratulations to Lyon. They defeated Real Madrid 1-0 at home with a super Zhang winning goal and won the key victory in this Champions League group stage."

"Lacazette made a penalty kick and Super Zhang made a supplementary shot. In this game, Lyon still defeated the opponent with the help of golden double guns."

"Super Zhang has scored in each of Lyon's three Champions League group games, and he is going from super fast horse to super goalscorer!"

After the game, UEFA's official selection of the best player of the game was neither Zhang Chaoqiang who scored a goal nor Lacazette who made a point, but Valbuena.

This is very troublesome.

However, Bantam was indeed active in the game, but the missed penalty was a bit flawed.

In another game in the same group, Shakhtar Donetsk lost 0:1 to Malmo in an upset away game.

The Ukrainian team failed to score points from the weakest opponent. In this group, Lyon and Real Madrid have joined hands to qualify, and Shakhtar Donetsk has little chance to disrupt the situation.

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On October 10, just two days after Lyon beat Real Madrid at home, FIFA announced the 23-man shortlist for the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or.

La Liga is without a doubt the biggest winner, with six from Barcelona and five from Real Madrid.

Five Bundesliga players were selected, all in Bayern.

Huang Saren's reputation is well-deserved, occupying a total of sixteen places.

Five players from the Premier League are selected, which are relatively scattered, including Manchester City, Arsenal and Chelsea.

In the end, there are two remaining places, one for Pogba of Juventus in Serie A, and the other for Zhang Chaoqiang of Lyon in Ligue [-].

In general, everyone thinks that this list is relatively reasonable.

Maybe Serie A has some opinions. They feel that Juventus, as the Champions League runner-up, has only one Pogba selected, which is too unfair. No matter what, there will be two more places.

But in the context of the decline of Serie A, not many agree with this view.

It is reasonable for Zhang Chaoqiang to be shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award by scoring goals in consecutive key games.

The Chinese media was very happy and immediately gave various reports.

"Zhang Chaoqiang was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or, creating a new history of Chinese football"

"Brother Qiangzi was selected as the 23-man list of the Ballon d'Or, becoming the seventh Asian player shortlisted"

"Beat Barcelona first and then Real Madrid, Zhang Chaoqiang was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or"

Zhang Chaoqiang was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or, this is undoubtedly the first time for a Chinese player.

In the history of Chinese football, Tahitian ball king Gong Lei was shortlisted for the World Footballer of the Year, but not for the Golden Globe Award.

Of course, the full name of the current Ballon d'Or is the FIFA Ballon d'Or, which is a combination of the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or.

Therefore, Zhang Chaoqiang's shortlist for the Golden Globe Award is equivalent to being shortlisted for the World Footballer.

In the previous history of Asian football, there were only six players who had been shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or.

Hidetoshi Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura, and Junichi Inamoto from Japan, Park Ji-sung and Seol Ki-hyun from South Korea, and Younis from Iraq.

Nakata Hidetoshi, Nakamura Shunsuke and Park Ji-sung are all famous Asian stars, and they were also shortlisted for their outstanding performance in the European arena.

Especially Hidetoshi Nakata, who was shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or three times during his time in Serie A.

The remaining three people are relatively less famous.

Both Junichi Inamoto and Seol Ki-hyun were shortlisted for their performance in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, while Younis was shortlisted for leading Iraq to an unexpected Asian Cup win in 2007.

Today, Zhang Chaoqiang has become the seventh Asian player to be shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award.

At the same time, since 2007, an Asian player has been shortlisted again after eight years.

The most important thing is that Zhang Chaoqiang's shortlist this time is more valuable than the previous Asian players.

The number of early Golden Globe nominees has always been 50 people, which is one of the main reasons why Hidetoshi Nakata was nominated three times.

In addition to the overall performance is really good, the finalist restrictions were more relaxed at that time.

In 2008, the list of Golden Globes was reduced to 30 people.

In 2010, the list of Golden Globes was once again reduced to 23 people.

This makes it more difficult to qualify.

To be precise, Zhang Chaoqiang is the only Asian player who has been successfully shortlisted since the list of Golden Globes was reduced.

Now that he has entered the 23-man list, even if Zhang Chaoqiang only takes the last place, he still ranks 23rd in the Golden Globe Awards.

Among the Asian players who were shortlisted before, the highest ranking was Younis in 2007, who ranked 29th in the Golden Globe Awards that year.

So this time, Zhang Chaoqiang has created the highest ranking in Asian history just by being shortlisted.

The Chinese fans were very happy and sent blessings to Zhang Chaoqiang one after another.

The AFC also congratulated Zhang Chaoqiang on the official media for setting a historical record.

Now the Koreans were unhappy again, and began to hype the public opinion on the Internet, saying that Zhang Chaoqiang got into the Golden Globe list because of the convenience of playing in Ligue [-].

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who has been shortlisted on behalf of Ligue [-] in the past few years, was plagued by injuries last season, which made Zhang Chaoqiang take advantage of it.

However, as he played better and better on the court, Zhang Chaoqiang actually had supporters in South Korea.

Especially after facing Barcelona in the European Super Cup, some people on the Korean Internet began to take the initiative to wash him off.

It's the same this time. The remarks that belittled Zhang Chaoqiang's shortlisting for picking up bargains caused a wave of internal scolding as soon as they came out.

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On October 10, in the 25th round of the Ligue 11, Lyon played against Toulouse at home.

Zhang Chaoqiang made double assists and Lyon won the game 3:0 with three points.

However, on the other side, Paris also defeated Saint-Etienne 4:1 and scored three points, so the two teams still maintain a three-point gap.

In addition, Ibrahimovic scored another goal in the game, and his number of Ligue [-] goals also reached seven goals.

At present, Zhang Chaoqiang, Ibrahimovic and Ben Arfa all have seven goals, and the three are tied for the top scorer list in Ligue [-].

Ibrahimovic has completely recovered his form. He has scored goals in the last five rounds of Ligue [-], which is quite popular.

It may be that the end of this season is about to leave Paris, so Ibrahimovic wants to take advantage of this year's contract year to collect some data and strive for a big contract next year.

On November 11, in the 1th round of Ligue 12, Lyon challenged newly promoted Ma Troyes away.

The three newly promoted Ligue [-] teams this season are Troyes, Ajaccio and Angers.

Lyon has a lot of shots when they are fully dominant in the away game. It is probably because Lacazette has been shooting shots recently, which has led to the phenomenon of human-to-human transmission.

In the end, Kornet, who came off the bench, scored in the 78th minute. Lyon beat Troyes 1-0 and scored three points.

On the other side, Paris also won a small 1:0, and Di Maria scored the goal.

So the two teams still maintained a three-point difference.

(End of this chapter)