My uncle is Inzaghi.

Chapter 169 The hugely controversial Golden Globe Awards

"It's crazy!"

"Who does he think he is!"

"Without Li Mo, Arsenal has lost two games in a row. How can Arsenal be considered a strong team?"

Li Mo's response made the media start to torture Arsenal even more.

Everyone criticized Arsenal's performance.

"Even without Li Mo, Arsenal shouldn't have suffered two consecutive defeats? What does this mean? It means that Arsenal will not win without Li Mo."

"Arsenal suffers from "Li Mo Dependence Syndrome". Dependence on a certain player is actually a normal thing for any team, but a team like Arsenal relies on a player to such a profound extent. It’s really rare.”

"If Arsenal can steadily provide the team with combat strength, it will depend on it. Among those successful teams, which team does not have a superstar as the core?"

"Real Madrid has Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona has Messi. Barcelona without Messi is definitely a completely different team than Barcelona with Messi, so Arsenal doesn't seem to be relying on Li Mo. What's the big problem, but... Real Madrid and Barcelona are still top teams without Ronaldo and Messi, but what about Arsenal?"

This kind of statement is very popular. At first glance, everyone suddenly felt that "it makes sense, so I don't know how to refute it."

The focus of this season is still the league, and then the Champions League.

Arsenal just have to rely on themselves.

Arsenal relies on himself, which is good for him to some extent, and he doesn't feel unhappy.

Manchester United's hope of competing for fourth place is getting increasingly slim, and Moyes is on the verge of dismissal. Therefore, if they can reach the final of the League Cup and win a League Cup championship.

Li Mo was very helpless when he saw these newspaper reports.

Li Mo does not intend to continue to entangle these issues with the media.

Arsenal's next opponent is Aston Villa.

The away defeat to Tottenham in the FA Cup and the away loss to Manchester United in the League Cup are actually normal losses and have little impact on the team's plan to win the league.

As for the FA Cup and League Cup.

"There is a saying in the Dragon Kingdom that a proud soldier will be defeated. In my opinion, Li Mo and Arsenal have reached this very dangerous point."

Arsenal does not have the strength to compete on the fourth line.

"Li Mo is too arrogant. Although Manchester United is in poor form in the league this season, don't forget, that's Manchester United!"

But Li Mo is still looking forward to it.

Who can you rely on?

From the perspective of club size, Arsenal is not on the same level as Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Every player in Real Madrid and Barcelona is world-class, how about your Arsenal?

"There is a saying in the Dragon Kingdom: A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant nest. If Arsenal does not pay attention to the impact of two consecutive defeats, maybe this will be the beginning of their collapse."

"Li Mo is a human, not a god. It can be seen from the fact that he was infected with the flu this time. He is really just a mortal. Sooner or later, he will be unable to do what he wants."

As for being eliminated in the third round of the FA Cup, Wenger was not sad at all.

"Arsenal must prepare for a rainy day. What will they do if there is no Li Mo?"

Perhaps Li Mo has a cultural background in the Dragon Kingdom, so these English newspapers always like to quote some idioms from the Dragon Kingdom when evaluating Li Mo to show off how cultured they are.

This gives Moyes some confidence - the League Cup champion is also a champion, and Manchester United will not fire Moyes even if he wins the championship.

Each and every one of these media outlets is worried about the world being in chaos, and will only be willing to see the entire Arsenal team panic and a scandal break out in the locker room.

"Two consecutive losses are nothing? Then what is it? Three consecutive losses? Four consecutive losses?!"

But it's not too bad.

The game against Villa was not a focus game.

If you can reach the semi-finals like the League Cup, you will still have the motivation to fight hard.

Villa are in poor form this season and are about to slip into the relegation zone.

And Arsenal won the league championship last season thanks to me.

Doesn't this just show that I am awesome?

In fact, in Wenger's view, two consecutive defeats is not a good thing.

Because these two games were originally played with rotating lineups.

Li Mo put the newspaper aside.

He was convinced.

Although they lost to Manchester United 0-2 away in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, there may not be no chance of returning home - in fact, Wenger can understand the matter of losing to Manchester United on the road.

So Li Mo is holding back his energy. He wants to tell the world that what if Arsenal relies on him?

He can still lead Arsenal to win the championship.

But this is very deceptive.

The team has not been affected by two consecutive losses.

You don't rely on Li Mo.

Li Mo's response gave the media a reason to criticize him.

It would be too naive to want to shake Arsenal's determination in the league with a loss in such a cup match.

If the current Arsenal team is so easily affected by these off-field factors, they will not be able to compete for the league title.

Because it was his first game after recovering from the flu.

Before the game, many media were speculating whether Li Mo would be a starter or a substitute in this game, and they were also actively "advising" Wenger on how to get rid of "Li Mo dependence syndrome."

"We are a team, we are Arsenal. Winning is to take credit, losing is also the responsibility of the whole team. Li Mo is our core. If we don't rely on him, why should we let him be the core? You guys The remarks made by these media are really ridiculous.”

At the pre-match press conference, Wenger criticized the English media, believing that they always want to make a big news.

too young, too simple, sometimes naive.

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Li Mo's teammates also stood up to express their grievances for Li Mo.

"Of course we will not be satisfied with losing to Manchester United in an away game, but if we lose the game, we have lost. There is no team in this world with a 100% winning rate. Any team will always lose. To be honest, we have accumulated undefeated results before. The pressure is already high enough, and in games like the FA Cup and League Cup, it can only be blamed on releasing this pressure, but I think this is a good thing."

The team's captain Arteta stood up and said.

Although Kaka is not the captain, as a former Ballon d'Or, he still has a high status in the Arsenal dressing room. He also stood up to speak for Li Mo: "Don't forget, Li Mo is only eighteen years old this year. He He is not yet 19 years old, but he has already done well enough. The only player in history who can perform like this at the age of 18 or 19 is Ronaldo. Any team that can rely on Li Mo should feel honored! "

Other Arsenal players also came forward to explain, saying that there was no problem with the team.

But many media outlets immediately changed their perspective.

"There is no problem. Why are you so anxious to explain? There must be a problem!"

It’s crazy, it’s crazy to win

Anyway, if you want to talk to people who study journalism, you will suffer the most.

Just like that, amidst the discussion.

The twenty-first round of the league begins.

This was a very ordinary game, but it received a lot of attention.

Li Mo has just recovered from his illness, how much fighting power can he still have?

Will his superb form, which has lasted for more than a season, be interrupted?

Although some people think that Aston Villa is not strong enough to detect whether Li Mo is back at his peak.

But...who asked the League Cup semi-final second leg to be played a week later?

So everyone can only make do with it for the time being.

Aston Villa can't detect it, Manchester United. It can always be done, right?

If Li Mo knew everyone's mentality, he would think this is really boring.

Of course he wants to hit back at the media.

But can this be verified in one or two games?

Game day arrives.

On January 1, Aston Villa faced Arsenal at Villa Park.

As the players from both sides shook hands, the Aston Villa players were observing Li Mo.

They were somewhat looking forward to it.

This guy was infected with the flu a week ago and has just recovered. He is about to start this game. Can he still run?

Is he still in game shape?

It would be great if he hasn't recovered yet.

With such expectations, the Aston Villa players are somewhat looking forward to this game.

But soon.

This longing was shattered.

because

Li Mo scored.

Two goals scored in the first sixteen minutes.

Aston Villa's hopes shattered by two goals

This guy doesn't look like he's just recovering from an illness. He looks like he's been in prison for two years and encountered an old sow in heat - what a coincidence.

Not long after the game started, Aston Villa had already surrendered.

"Li Mo! Li Mo scored twice! Missing two games seems to have accumulated too much passion for him!"

"Sixteen minutes, two goals in a row! Li Mo is in surprisingly good condition!"

"Turning point of state? No! Li Mo does not have a period of low state!"

"Why can't we rely on players like this?"

At this moment, the commentators who were still discussing the recent trend of media public opinion immediately turned into Li Mo's die-hard super fans, cheering for Li Mo's goal.

Li Mo, who scored two goals, rushed to the visitors' stands to celebrate his goal.

Arsenal fans chanted: "We just depend on you! We just depend on you!!"

They used this method to support Li Mo and counter the ridiculous remarks in the media during this period.

Li Mo waved his fist at the fans to express his gratitude.

After celebrating the goal, Li Mo turned around and looked at Aston Villa's goal.

Like a wild beast that has been hungry for a long time.

When the Aston Villa players saw the look in his eyes, they couldn't help but feel chills running down their spines.

,.

In this game, Li Mo finally scored a hat trick.

Arsenal beat Aston Villa 5-1 away from home.

After 21 league rounds, Arsenal scored 51 points, two points ahead of Manchester City, three points ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool, and ranked first in the standings.

At the same time, Li Mo also scored his 32nd league goal this season.

After this game.

Discussions about Arsenal's "Li Mo dependence syndrome" have subsided a lot.

This is not to say that the media has died down.

It's because there are new hot spots that have shifted the focus of the news.

The match between Arsenal and Villa was played at 1 noon on January 14, and it was 12 o'clock in the afternoon that day.

FIFA has officially announced the top three candidates for the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or.

The top three are: Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, and Li Mo!

This person is selected once.

It immediately caused huge controversy!

Because Ribery, the core player of last season's Triple Crown team Bayern Munich, did not make the top three!

Public opinion on Twitter and other social media immediately exploded.

The first is on the German side.

Bayern fans are going crazy with this top three pick.

"Why should they?"

"Messi only has one La Liga title, Li Mo has only one Premier League title, and Cristiano Ronaldo, he lost all four last season! Yes! He didn't have a single title!"

"Why?"

The anger of Bayern fans is certainly justified - because before this, according to the analysis of the German media, Ribery was almost certain to win the Ballon d'Or.

Ribery contributed 12 goals and 9 assists in the league last season, 7 goals and 6 assists in the Champions League.

In terms of annual statistics in 2013, Ribery's total annual goals were 16 goals and 14 assists.

This data is much worse than Messi, Ronaldo, and Li Mo.

Messi's total number of goals in the previous year was 63 - this is data including La Liga, Copa del Rey, Champions League, and national team.

Ronaldo's total goals are slightly more than Messi's. Counting his goals in the Portuguese national team, his total annual goals reached 69 goals.

而李莫则是在2013年各条战线打进了55球——这是从2013年1月1日计算到2014年1月1日的数据。

And in terms of personal honor.

Li Mo is the Premier League Golden Boot and the Champions League Golden Boot.

Messi is La Liga's golden boot.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the golden boot in the European preliminaries - especially the day before the voting deadline, he scored a hat trick against the Swedish national team, which made him famous and affected the voting results to a certain extent.

As for Ribery, his personal data does pale in comparison, but he has Champions League champions, Bundesliga champions, and German Cup champions.

therefore.

after polling day.

Many German media think so. Ribery's Ballon d'Or win is almost a sure thing.

The German major newspaper [Bild] vowed at the time: "Bayern fans can celebrate in advance. Why can't the core players of the Triple Crown win the Golden Ball?"

Results now.

The real winner of the Golden Globe Award has not yet been born.

but.

Ribery was eliminated early.

This made the German and French media, commentators, and fans quite stunned.

"The selection mechanism of the FIFA Ballon d'Or is definitely a very serious problem!!" [Bild] pointed the finger at the selection mechanism of the Ballon d'Or in its report.

Faced with the anger of German media and public opinion.

FIFA did not come forward to explain.

After all, doing stupid things is the preserve of this kind of bureaucracy.

They've done enough stupid things.

Not bad for this one.

"What? I'm in the top three?!!"

Li Mo was shocked.

He knew the result before FIFA made the official announcement.

Because it was his agent Tulio who learned the result in advance through his own connections.

'Yes, you're going to Switzerland on January 1th for the awards ceremony. '

“I’m hoping to win the Ballon d’Or?!”

Li Mo was excited.

Tulio immediately poured cold water on him: "Don't think about it, it can't be you."

"Is that Messi?"

"There's a good chance it's not Messi."

"Why? FIFA likes him very much. I still remember what happened in 2010 and 2012."

Li Mo was a little strange.

In 2009, Guardiola coached Barcelona and won the unprecedented "six crowns". As the absolute main force, Messi won the Ballon d'Or. There is no dispute. In 2010, Messi won the Ballon d'Or again. This time the Ballon d'Or was extremely controversial!

In 2010, Messi had only one heavyweight championship, which was the La Liga championship. Of course, his personal data also won the La Liga Golden Boot and the Champions League Golden Boot.

But there was someone whose performance that year was very similar to Ribery's, that was Sneijder, the double core of the Dutch national team and Inter Milan.

From the perspective of the entire career, Sneijder is incomparable to Messi and Ronaldo, but since the Ballon d'Or only measures data in a certain year, let's look at Sneijder's situation in 2010.

Sneijder led Inter Milan to win the "Five Crowns" including the Champions League and Serie A, and also led the Dutch national team to advance to the World Cup finals. In the end, they lost with a goal in overtime and were defeated by Iniesta. cup.

Moreover, Sneijder's performance this year was very stable, and he also performed in key games. Because he advanced to the World Cup finals, Sneijder's performance in 2010 was more eye-catching than Ribery's performance in 2013.

Based on the collective honor and personal performance, the 2010 Golden Globe Award should be awarded to Sneijder.

As a result, in the 2010 Golden Globe Award selection, Sneijder did not even enter the top three and did not win the "Bronze Award", which can be called "an eternal injustice".

Then look at 2012.

In 2012, Messi set a personal annual scoring record, scoring 91 goals. Won the Champions League Golden Boot and La Liga Golden Boot, double golden boot.

But the only championship Barcelona could win that year was the Copa del Rey. That year's La Liga champion was Real Madrid, and the Champions League champion was Chelsea. In the Champions League semi-finals of that year, Chelsea played against Barcelona away from home. When captain Terry received a red card and was sent off, Chelsea responded with 10 men and finally eliminated Barcelona. In this crucial heavyweight game, Messi missed a key penalty kick and was considered the culprit for the team's elimination.

Without a heavyweight championship, Messi's 91 goals were ridiculed as "a statistic" and "insufficient in gold content". His missed key penalty kicks became a lingering stain, and he was ridiculed as "missing the ball at critical moments" and " Soft-legged crab".

He missed a crucial penalty kick and was eliminated in the Champions League semi-finals. During that period, Messi was simply "the target of a thousand people".

But Messi still won the Ballon d'Or in 2012, achieving an unprecedented "four consecutive wins" in the Ballon d'Or.

Of course, this Golden Globe Award also attracted a lot of controversy, with people complaining that "people who miss the mark at such critical moments do not deserve to win the award."

From the data point of view.

At least Messi, who won the La Liga championship, looks more qualified to win the Ballon d'Or than last year.

Since this can be done in 2010 and 2012.

Why not in 2013?

"Because FIFA also cares about its own face and authority, it would be really ugly if Messi is allowed to win the award this year and achieves five consecutive Ballon d'Or awards."

Tulio said.

"Huh? Wouldn't it be ugly to let Cristiano Ronaldo win the award? That guy didn't even win a championship. He has lost everything."

Li Mo was unhappy.

Since FIFA wants to lose face, let Ribery be in the top three.

Since Ribery can't be in the top three.

Judging from the comparison of data and honors, comparing myself with Messi and Ronaldo is not bad at all.

Even have a slight advantage - after all, he led Arsenal to eliminate Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Why can't it be him?

"Because it is impossible for Messi to win the award this year, first of all, there is too much pressure from public opinion, and secondly, the European Court of Justice is investigating the corruption of Platini, Bravo and others, and some shady stories about award evaluation are being exposed. At this time, they need to The support of Real Madrid, which is very powerful in Europe.”

Tulio said.

"Arsenal and Real Madrid still can't be compared."

Well, because of the corruption investigation by the European Court of Justice, the top executives of UEFA and FIFA have begun to unite. Even if they have conflicts with each other, it is an internal conflict due to uneven distribution of the spoils.

On the one hand, they don't want to cause too much controversy.

On the one hand, they want to win the support of Real Madrid.

So they came up with the stupid trick of "exclude Ribery, who is the most promising to win the gold ball, and let Messi and Li Mo accompany Ronaldo."

Don't they know that this will cause more controversy?

"Oh shit."

Li Mo spat.

Is this the Golden Ball or politics?

black.

So damn dark.

These political people are each more shady than the last!

"So I'm going to study with the prince?" Li Mo was unhappy, "Then I'll go fuck you."

"You have to go," Tulio said. "If you attend that event, you will make a lot of money whether you get an award or not. This will increase your commercial value by at least 30%!"

"30%?"

"Let's make more than 30 million yuan a year."

"Well, what are you waiting for? Let's book a flight. Will FIFA reimburse the flight?"

Forget it, let them do whatever they want, I will make money first.

Tulio was right.

Although the Ballon d'Or has almost become the Black Ball.

But Li Mo's selection into the top three for the Golden Globe Award still made his reputation jump.

It was a turning point in his football career.

Before this, people would regard Li Mo as a "rookie" or a "rising star".

But now, Li Mo will officially become a superstar alongside Messi and Ronaldo.

This was like a throne ceremony for Li Mo.

No matter how unhappy he was with such a "throne ceremony".

at the Opera House in Zurich, Switzerland.

Li Mo walked into the hall accompanied by Wenger, Gazidis, Tulio and others.

The flashbulbs illuminated the area around the red carpet.

But there was no smile on Li Mo's face. He walked in with a straight face, and then sat down under the guidance of the reception staff.

He sat between Messi and Ronaldo.

There was no communication between the three of them.

Messi had a smile on his face and looked very graceful - in fact, he had long known that he would not win the award.

Ronaldo looked excited and confident.

This Golden Globe Awards ceremony has been planned from the beginning.

really.

After a series of previous awards, Li Mo also went up to receive an award: the Puskas Award.

His long-range lob against Barcelona in the Champions League last season won the "Goal of the Year Award".

And at the end, the most important award will be announced.

In the live broadcast, the broadcasters are working hard to create an atmosphere where "the suspense of this award is high".

Close-ups of the three candidates appear on the left side of the screen, and the podium is on the right side.

So that fans around the world can observe the changes in expressions and movements of the three candidates.

Honestly.

When Ribery did not enter the top four.

In the eyes of ordinary fans and media reporters, the final selection of the Golden Globe Awards this time is still quite suspenseful.

There is not much difference in the data between the three.

The La Liga champion and the Premier League champion are also very different.

At this time, it all comes down to fame: the voting for the Ballon d'Or is based on a joint vote of the head coaches and captains of each country's national team, as well as authoritative media from each country.

Since it's a vote, it's hard to say what the outcome will be.

Therefore, everyone was worried.

FIFA President Bravo came to the microphone, and after a pretentious performance such as "I am so nervous, I am so looking forward to it".

He took the final tally of cards from the host.

Then he took a deep breath.

"The winner of the 2013 FIFA United Ballon d'Or Award is"

Bravo paused deliberately.

After whetting everyone's appetite.

Then he said: "Cristiano Ronaldo!"

This statement came out.

On the TV screen, the close-up positions of the three candidates have changed. Cristiano Ronaldo's close-up appears on the right side and zooms in. Messi and Li Mo on the other side appear on the left side, one up and one down.

Simultaneously.

There was a commotion at the scene.

"Is it Ronaldo?"

"How could it be him?!"

"You can get the golden ball even if all four elements are empty!?"

"I thought it would be Li Mo."

Most reporters looked stunned.

Ronaldo showed excitement on his face. This is his second Ballon d'Or. Although he is still two goals away from Messi, he is confident of catching up with this gap.

Messi is still smiling.

Li Mo remained expressionless.

After going up to receive the award, Ronaldo said "siu" in Zurich.

Regardless, he was the biggest winner tonight.

And this result naturally caused huge controversy.

But this has nothing to do with Li Mo.

After that, FIFA announced the vote scores of the three.

Cristiano Ronaldo ranked first with 28.5% of the votes.

Li Mo ranked second with 27.9% of the votes.

Messi ranked third with 25.2% of the votes.

The gap between the three is very small.

This result made many Li Mo's supporters very regretful.

They feel that if Li Mo was a little more famous, he would probably become the youngest Golden Globe winner in history.

But what they don't know is.

This doesn't exist at all.

The media is talking a lot.

After Li Mo returned to London, he was also surrounded by media reporters. They insisted on Li Mo talking about his thoughts on the Golden Globe Awards.

"I congratulate him." Li Mo spread his hands and said.

What can he say.

Anyway.

He is there to make money.

He cares more about the team's results this season than the Ballon d'Or.

The next game is the second leg of the League Cup semi-final against Manchester United.

Trailing 0-2 in the away game.

It is very difficult to complete a comeback at home.

But Li Mo didn't want to give up.

Who would be willing to give up early if there is a chance to win the championship?

(End of this chapter)