As we all know, British tennis star Murray is a big fan of football. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although he is currently actively preparing for next year's Australian Open, the Scot kid is still busy and participated in the fan Q&A session on the official FIFA website to express his views on football-related topics.

Murray's first problem came from FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Since Murray's grandfather was a professional soccer player in the '50s, Blatter wondered if Murray had ever played tennis or football.

"I had to choose between football and tennis, and tennis won. Now it seems that I made the right decision. Murray's answer was lighthearted.

At the age of 15, Murray had the opportunity to train with Rangers Scotland. But Murray's favorite football team isn't the Rangers. 'It's great to play for the Irish. But my ultimate dream is Blackburn. I'd love to play like Frank Lampard and control the big picture in midfield, but I'm not afraid to move forward! ”

As a professional tennis player, Murray admits that opportunities to showcase his football skills are limited right now, but he and the rest of the ATP players still organize a football game from time to time.

'It's hard to play other sports now because of the risk of injury, but whenever we get the chance, we play together. We all agreed that we couldn't make a big tackle, but when it came time to play, everyone was behind that! Tsonga is a very good right-back. I've played against him and he's been really good. ”

When asked to predict this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or winners, Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta and Bale, Murray's answer was clear: "I think Bale has the advantage, you know, he's not a striker in the purebred sense, but his goals and assists this year are incredible. ”

The night before the FIFA Ballon d'Or, Messi, Bale and Andres Iniesta all put on glittering performances to welcome the event, and before the spotlight shines on them, they once again show their superstar image to the world.

Messi scored a goal and participated in Barcelona's other three goals, Iniesta provided an assist, and Barcelona easily beat Espanyol 4-0; Gareth Bale scored twice to save Blackburn Rovers with just 10 men as the team beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1.

The FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards will be held in Zurich, Switzerland, on the evening of January 7, CET, around 20 p.m. local time, before the conference will be held, and the candidates will attend a press conference.

Messi, Bale and Iniesta have entered the final shortlist of three candidates for the FIFA Ballon d'Or. The three-person shortlist for the best coach is Bosque, Jose Mourinho and Carlo Ancelotti.

In addition, the presentation of the Team of the Year jointly selected by FIFA and FIFPRO will take place, and the finalists will also be invited to attend.

Messi was an impressive performer in 2012, with a modest number of trophies and no trophy to his name, but he stunned the world with 91 goals in 2012. Messi also won the European Golden Boot with a record 50 goals. In the Argentine national team, Messi's performance was also phenomenal, he scored 12 goals.

Bale had a perfect 2012 as he led Blackburn to the Premier League, Champions League, Community Shield, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup, as well as gold medals at the London Olympics and a semi-final four for Portugal at the Euros, scoring over 60 goals.

Andres Iniesta is the epitome of the European champions, who led Spain to victory at Euro 2012 and was the best player of the tournament and the best player in the final.

This is the 22nd edition of the FIFA Best Player Awards and the 57th edition of the Ballon d'Or. The head coaches and captains of the national teams and the designated media reporters of France Football are eligible to vote. FIFA first announced the 23-man primary shortlist, and on November 29 last year, the top three voters were announced: Messi, Andres Iniesta and Bale.

As is customary, Arthur once again accompanied his team's players to the final three at the award ceremony.

Compared with Arthur's lightheartedness, although Bale already had inside information before, it was only after seeing former Blackburn star Cannavaro appear on the podium that Bale was completely relieved.

"The winner of this year's FIFA Golden Globe Award is...... Gareth Bell of Blackburn! When Cannavaro pronounced his name, Bale almost jumped even though he repeatedly told himself to be calm.

After shaking hands with the two competitors and embracing Arthur, Bell scurried up to the podium.

"To be honest, it's incredible, and it's amazing to win this award, it's beyond words," Bale said excitedly. I'd like to mention my Blackburn team-mates, it's been an honour to train and play with you, and I want to mention all the friends of the British Olympic team, every coach and staff I have worked with, my family and my friends, and my wife, thank you. ”

Bale's victory this time can be said to be quite thrilling, with 33.60% of the vote, he beat Messi's 31.68% and Iniesta's 10.91%, and the gap with Messi is less than 2%.

When Bale was crowned the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or, he became the sixth Blackburn Mr. Ballon d'Or in the past decade after Ibrahimovic, Lampard, Cannavaro, Cristiano Ronaldo and Torres, and in fact, since 2004, only Kaka in 2007 and Messi in 2009 and 2011 can snatch the Ballon d'Or from Blackburn players.

Therefore, it is no wonder that on the second day of the awards ceremony, the Catalan media "World Sports", who was unhappy with Messi, wrote sourly: "As long as you are a Blackburn player, then when you are selected for the Ballon d'Or, you will be looked up to." ”

The British newspaper The Guardian proudly praised Blackburn as a "gentleman's concentration".

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When Bale won the FIFA Ballon d'Or, Blackburn's announcement of a transfer on the official website was almost ignored.

On January 9, Blackburn announced the signing of Philippe Coutinho, the 20-year-old Brazilian who joined the Roses from Inter Milan and signed a five-year long-term contract with the team for a transfer fee of £8.5 million.

The 20-year-old moved to Inter Milan from Brazil's Vasco da Gama in 2010 and although he is not very big in size, he is very flexible and has excellent footwork, as well as average passing and shooting ability. Coutinho has made 28 appearances for Inter in the past three years, having also spent La Liga on loan at Espanyol before moving to another top-flight European league in the Premier League.

Coutinho will wear the number 10 shirt that symbolizes the heart of the Roses' midfield after joining Blackburn, which previously belonged to Mesut Ozil, who joined Real Madrid last summer, which also shows how much Blackburn values him.

Philippe Coutinho was delighted with the move to Blackburn, 'I'm happy because it's a big step in my career and I want to do well here and hopefully I can help the team. ”

'Blackburn Rovers are a great club with a lot of really good players and we always hear about Blackburn's great history in Brazil. They were interested in me, so I knew they trusted me and believed in my abilities. Coutinho said.

The reason why Blackburn Rovers chose to bring in reinforcements at the beginning of the winter transfer window was because of the poor first half of the season.

After being crowned both Premier League and Champions League champions last season, Blackburn's prowess had the whole of Europe shivering. However, the early renewal of the transfer market this summer has cost the Roses a lot of money.

When Frank Lampard and Suarez were out for a number of games due to injury, Torres was in the dark, Harry Kane and De Bruyne were embarrassed, and Hernandez had to come off the bench, Bale was the only one who remained strong, Blackburn's attacking power began to be greatly reduced, and all statistics in the first half of the season fell significantly.

Perhaps, Ancelotti can stabilize Blackburn Rovers in the championship ranks, which is no small success.

Blackburn's league opener this season can be described as magnificent and exciting, with a 3-2 reversal of Southampton, which was as thrilling and interesting as last season's multi-watching, and the final result was that Blackburn Rovers scored three points.

However, such a passionate start did not continue, and in the next ten rounds of the league, Blackburn's performance was as lacking in vitality as tepid, and the confidence and domineering that the defending champions should have were not reflected in Ancelotti's team.

In the first half of the season, Blackburn averaged just 1.9 goals per game, compared to nearly 2.5 goals per game last season. In the first 19 rounds of the league, Blackburn Rovers did not have a long winning streak to grab points, and at most one was only a wave of four consecutive wins from round six to nine.

Similarly, Blackburn Rovers haven't had too many sluggish periods and have never been embarrassed by a three-game winless streak. If you don't look at the strength of rivals Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers can actually be rated as good in the first half of the league.

Of course, Blake could have kept on second place in the Premier League, thanks more to the team's continued good defence, which remained the best defensive team in the Premier League in the first half of the season.

Blackburn Rovers lost just two league games throughout the first half, one of which was the most crucial battle at Old Trafford.

Prior to their home game against Manchester United in the round of 16, Blackburn Rovers were unbeaten with nine wins and six draws this season, including a 37-game unbeaten run at home across the season. At Old Trafford, although Blackburn once trailed the Red Devils 0:2, they stubbornly pulled into a 2:2 draw, but unfortunately they were finally killed by Giggs's lucky corner and lost their unbeaten golden body. And this directly led to Blackburn being left behind by Manchester United in the standings.

Coach Carlo Ancelotti has been criticised for Blackburn's performance in the first half of the season, with it widely felt that he failed to manage such a luxurious division.

However, in all fairness, Blackburn's team does have a lot of hard injuries in some positions in the midfield and defense, after all, De Bruyne, Martial, Harry Kane and other youngsters are not yet 20 years old, although the potential is huge, and in many games have also burst out of their genius flashes, but for a long whole season, it is difficult for them to give the team a constant fighting force.

However, after a back-to-back league win in January, Blackburn Rovers are back on the winning track, and their strong consistency is not destined to be out of the league title race too early.

Blackburn's best player of the season was awarded to Ballon d'Or Bale, but the likes of Marcos Alonso, Frank Lampard and others are also more than qualified to compete for the honour.

However, in the first half of the season, especially when Bale postponed his return to the team due to the Olympics and left the team for the Ballon d'Or, Blackburn's most prominent player should be regarded as Suarez, the core of the attack.

The Uruguayan striker has already contributed to the double last season after squeezing Torres off the bench and has gone one step further this season to secure his position as the team's top scorer.

In the first half of the league, Suarez scored 12 goals and provided five assists in the Premier League, and was directly involved in more than a third of Blackburn's total goals, and his core position was clearly revealed. Moreover, many of Suarez's goals and assists have directly earned Blackburn Rovers real points, such as the only goal against Swansea and the equaliser against Everton.

Although Suarez will always be the first to be replaced by Ancelotti because of the need to leave plenty of time for Harry Kane and Hernandez on the bench, he is still the South American beast who will never hesitate to run on the field.

In this season's Blackburn Rovers forward configuration, Suarez's sequence is naturally in the first place, and Harry Kane, who is now in second place, was originally going to be behind, because of Torres's outstanding performance in the European Cup, the outside world has called for the Holy Baby to start with Suarez.

However, the 19-year-old centre-forward, who came through the Blackburn Academy academy, proved his position in Blackburn's attacking line with his own actions, and the Roses' biggest win in the first half of the season was the 5-0 slaughter of Villa, in which Harry Kane achieved a perfect conquest with one shot and one pass.

Harry Kane is not the only one who stands out among the three young players who have been promoted from the development squad to the first team this season, with the exception of Anthony Martial, who has only occasionally shone in league and domestic cup competitions, and most of whom have been on the bench, with right-sided youngster Raheem Sterling also starting to compete well with Bentley.

Once Carlo Ancelotti is ready to line up a right midfielder, it will be up to him whether he will line up Raheem Sterling or Bentley, depending on which of the two is in the right form.

As second in the halfway league, Blackburn should not have received so much criticism. The reason why Ancelotti was criticized for being incomplete, more because he was a double champion of the Premier League and the Champions League, but he struggled to qualify in the group stage of the Champions League, and after three consecutive wins in the first three games, he ended up with two losses and one draw, and finally only relied on the advantage of goal difference to get the second place in a group.

The current leaders, Manchester United, will be constrained by the Champions League in the second half of the season. Everyone knows that Ferguson is aiming for a second Champions League title, and even if he draws Real Madrid in the knockout round, he will have to go all out.

And once United go further in the Champions League, the better the chances for Blackburn to dominate the league. Chelsea, another title rival, are also out of the Champions League, but the Europa League is also close together, and the Blues have reached the last four of the Carabao Cup, with a maximum of two semi-finals and one final to play.

Whether Blackburn can complete the league comeback in the second half of the season will depend on the action in the winter transfer market. Blackburn's attacking strength has declined significantly, and adjustments must be made in the midfield position to add more possibilities to Blackburn's attack, while the introduction of Coutinho has made Ancelotti a little embarrassed.

The introduction of Coutinho is obviously still implementing Arthur's strategy for further updating the team, which is a bit cruel for Ancelotti, who only has half a season left on his contract, because it means that Ancelotti may have to suffer the fate of "taking the blame".

Although Arthur did not express any dissatisfaction with Ancelotti due to the team's Champions League and Premier League results, Blackburn's immobility in this winter transfer period and the failure to renew Ancelotti's contract with only half a season left on his contract suggest that there will be a new candidate in the Blackburn manager's box next season.

So, how Blackburn will perform in the second half of the race, no one can say for sure.

However, the ups and downs of the team did not have much impact on Blackburn's players, in the official half-way best team, Blackburn is still the biggest winner, in the first half of the year, Bale, Suarez and other players have played well, the following is the 12-13 Premier League half-way best team:

Goalkeeper: Joe Hart (Manchester City)

Defenders: Bynes (Blackburn), Olsson (West Brom), Williamson (Newcastle), Rafael (Manchester United)

Baines is the Premier League's top passer with 62, far more than the likes of Cazorla and Mata. Due to Ashley Cole's declining form this season, Baines, who has gradually settled into the main left-back, complements Bale on the left side of Blackburn, and his crosses are as precise as missiles. In set-piece tactics, his passing footwork is also a must.

Midfielders: Gareth Bale (Blackburn), Marcos Alonso (Blackburn), Juan Mata (Chelsea), Cazorla (Arsenal)

A Ballon d'Or award is enough to show how good Bale was in the first half of the Premier League.

As for Alonso, he remains Blackburn's most trusted midfield maestro. Alonso has the most touches (1,823) and passes (1,571) in the Premier League this season. In the midfield position, Alonso's passing vision, long-range shooting skills and defensive skills are better than the likes of Mikel, Michael Carrick, Joe Allen and Mikel Arteta. With four goals and eight assists in the Spanish midfielder league this season, he is already the first choice for the best midfielder in world football.

Forwards: Robin van Persie (Manchester United), Suarez (Blackburn)

Suarez was Blackburn's best striker last season and is expected to remain the best in the Premier League this season. The Uruguayan has been Blackburn's savior this season, and every goal scored is worth a fortune. The media joked that Suarez carried the team forward by himself when he was at Ajax, and this season at Blackburn Rovers is no different! (To be continued.) )