Two days after the rainy battle with Borussia Mönchengladbach, on 5 December, FIFA and France Football jointly announced the final three-man squad for the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or in Paris.

Cheng Hai was selected into the final three-person shortlist without any suspense, and became the final top three with Messi and Ronaldo.

The final award ceremony will be held on 9 January 2012 in Zurich, Switzerland, during which FIFA national team managers, captains and journalists will vote for the winner of the 2011 World Football Player of the Year.

Obviously, among the three people, the lowest voice is Ronaldo, whether it is collective honor or individual performance, he is not as good as Cheng Hai and Messi last season and in the whole of 2011.

Therefore, it can be said that although the award ceremony has not yet taken place, the media and fans around the world already know that this year's Ronaldo is destined to be a foil.

Cristiano Ronaldo also updated his social media account as soon as the list was announced: "I am very happy to be shortlisted in the top three of the Ballon d'Or again!" ”

It seems that there is a little bit of self-deprecation that I know I can't win the award!

As for Messi and Cheng Hai, although they also posted similar words to Ronaldo, this cannot be regarded as self-deprecation.

The two are clearly real rivals.

There is still a lot of suspense about who will win the FIFA Golden Globe Awards at the end of the year!

This naturally caused heated discussions among the media and fans around the world, and everyone had a heated debate about who should win the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or between Cheng Hai and Messi.

Of course, now with Cheng Hai's various continuous record-breaking and news-brushing, most of the media and fans are already optimistic that Cheng Hai will finally win the award.

And the announcement of this three-man shortlist is not too late, just a day after FIFA announced the list of three people for the Ballon d'Or, the Torino Sport newspaper announced the winners of the 2011 European Golden Boy Award.

This is all the more unexpected.

"Torino Sports Newspaper" used a full page of bold text and pictures on the front page to announce Cheng Hai's award: "2011 European Golden Boy Award - Cheng Hai - Dortmund - Huaguo!" ”

Then, in the back, the Torino Sports newspaper took out two full pages to comprehensively review Cheng Hai's amazing performance in 2011, proving that this year's Golden Boy Award was awarded to him deservedly and without any doubt.

"Cheng Hai, a Chinese player who plays for Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, was only brought to Europe by scouting in the summer of 2010 to embark on the road of professional football, and as a result, he ushered in a big explosion in 2011!"

"Asian Cup, Bundesliga, UEFA Cup, German Super Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Bundesliga Golden Boot, Bundesliga single-season goal record, European Golden Boot, single-season club goal record, annual total goal record, annual 100 goals, etc.......

"Cheng Hai's accolades in 2011, not to mention those superstars, no one did better than Cheng Hai at the age of 19, not to mention those superstars."

"It's no wonder that Cheng Hai, who is only 19 years old, can compete with Messi for the Golden Ball!"

Although it was known for a long time that Cheng Hai would not have any suspense when he won the 2011 European Golden Boy Award, when the winner was actually announced by Torino Sports Newspaper, all the Chinese media and fans were still extremely excited.

Coupled with being shortlisted for the top three Golden Globe Awards, Chinese media and fans naturally made a lot of reports and heated discussions on these two good news.

In the congratulations and heated discussions of countless people, on the afternoon of December 6, Dortmund ushered in the final round of the Champions League group stage with Marseille.

Although Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal had already qualified together before the final round of the group stage, Marseille and Olympiacos had also been eliminated from the group together.

However, in this final round of the group stage, all four teams did not release anyone, and all of them went all out and played the last game with real guns.

Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal, who are tied on 10 points, will be fighting for top of the group table in order to facilitate the knockout draw after reaching the round of 16: the top of the group can avoid the other stronger group winners.

Marseille and Olympiacos, who have already been eliminated from the Champions League with four points, have not lost their motivation because they can still compete for third place in the group and play in the Europa League.

Although the Europa League is not as influential as the Champions League in terms of influence and prize money, it is still more attractive than domestic competitions in Europe, and it is still necessary to fight for the situation that can be sought.

Therefore, the sixth round of the Champions League group stage of Dortmund vs Marseille, which started at 21:45 on the evening of December 6, showed strong combat effectiveness in Marseille, which was playing away.

Originally, everyone thought that Dortmund, led by Cheng Hai, should be able to easily defeat Marseille, but they didn't expect that the Marseille team finally scored 3 goals at the Westfalen Stadium, shocking the audience.

Fortunately, on Dortmund's side, Cheng Hai showed the strength of the top three Golden Globe Awards and the European Golden Boy Award, and scored a hat trick to lead Dortmund to a 5-3 victory.

Especially when Cheng Hai scored the third goal and scored a hat trick, the whole audience was boiling.

Because this is Cheng Hai's 15th goal in the Champions League this season, it is also the record for the highest goal in a single season in the Champions League.

Prior to this season, the record for the most goals scored in a single Champions League season was 14 goals set by AC Milan's José Altafini in 1962/1963.

However, now, in his first season in the Champions League, Cheng Hai broke this record when he had just finished the group stage and had not yet entered the knockout stage.

When Cheng Hai hit the goal with a heavy cannon outside the penalty area and blasted the ball into the Marseille goal, the entire Westfaren Stadium instantly boiled, and more than 80,000 fans in the stadium continued to shout Cheng Hai's name under the leadership of the live broadcast, bowing to him.

The words "Cheng Hai, 15 goals, and the personal goal record in a single season of the Champions League" were also played on the big screen at the scene.

The commentators from all over the world on the commentary table shouted wildly:

“Toooooooooooooooooor……”

"Hat-trick!"

"15th goal in the Champions League!"

"New record!"

Cheng Hai scored his 15th Champions League goal of the season, breaking the record of 14 goals scored in a single Champions League season set by AC Milan star José Altafini in 1962/1963!

"It's terrifying, Cheng Hai is simply a goal machine and a record crusher!"

"Except for the missed 5th round of the group stage, Cheng Hai scored 15 goals in 5 Champions League games, with an average goal efficiency of 3 goals per game, and an average of one hat trick per game, which is simply shocking!"

"This is the Champions League, not the League Cup, not a match between Asian national teams!"

"In such a world-class competition, to the extent of an average goal per game of 3 goals per game, Cheng Hai's strength is really beyond doubt."

"At the same time, Cheng Hai's total goals in 2011 also exceeded the 140-goal mark, reaching a terrifying 142 goals!"

"I can't describe the shock I felt at this moment!"

"Tomorrow's news will definitely be Cheng Hai's screen again!"

"For two days in a row, the top three Golden Ball Awards, the European Golden Boy Award, breaking the Champions League single-season goal record, etc., the front page of the world's media will be occupied by Cheng Hai!"

"I think eighty percent of the FIFA Golden Ball Award belongs to Cheng Hai, although Messi won La Liga, the Champions League double, and the Champions League Golden Boot, but Cheng Hai's personal performance is too dazzling, Messi is almost completely backward, and it can't be compared at all!"

On the field, Cheng Hai also knew what his goal meant, so he rushed to the sidelines with excitement to celebrate with an emotional slide, and then was pressed to the ground by his teammates to fold Arhats.

In the warm applause and cheers of the audience, Cheng Hai also won the experience reward of breaking the Champions League Golden Boot record.

A single goal in the Champions League is 100,000 experience, then the Champions League Golden Boot in a single season is 1 million, the new record of Champions League goals in a single season is 2 million, and the total goal record in the Champions League is 4 million.

Cheng Hai set a new record for goals in a single season in the Champions League with 15 goals, so he received a record-breaking reward of 2 million more experience, which is a very generous reward.

It's a pity that compared to the current high level of upgrade experience, even 2 million is a drop in the bucket.

But there is no way, now the experience can only continue to accumulate slowly, and it is no longer possible to level up as smoothly as it did at the beginning.

The match ended with Cheng Hai scoring a hat-trick to lead Borussia Dortmund to a 5-3 win over Marseille.

In the other game in the same group, Olympiacos beat Arsenal 3-1 at home to beat Marseille to finish third in the group and finally secure a place in the knockout stages of the Europa League.

Because of Arsenal's loss, Dortmund, who won this round, naturally won the first place in the group standings with 13 points, occupying a relatively advantageous position for the next Champions League knockout draw.

Of course, whether it was Olympiacos beating Marseille to finish third in the group and get a place in the knockout round of the Europa League, or Borussia Dortmund winning the group, the media did not pay much attention, at most it was just mentioned after the game.

After the game, the focus of media and fans around the world was obviously Cheng Hai's new record of 15 goals in a single season in the Champions League, and the record of 142 goals in 2011.

In the group stage, he broke the Champions League single-season goal record, raising the annual total goal record from Gerd Muller's 85 goals to 142 goals.

As a result, Cheng Hai did it together within a year.

In addition, the final three-person squad for the FIFA Golden Ball Awards was announced on the first day, and today is the news that the European Golden Boy Award and Cheng Hai's own 15 goals set a new single-season goal record in the Champions League.

Under such intensive screen publicity, even those national team coaches and captains who are not well informed should not know Cheng Hai and vote for Messi based on their qualifications and influence, right?

As many commentators or commentators have said, this year's FIFA Golden Globe Award is most likely Cheng Hai's!

Although Messi's achievements in La Liga, the Champions League double and the Champions League Golden Boot last season were not low, Cheng Hai's personal performance has completely overwhelmed all of Messi's performances.

Cheng Hai's call to win the FIFA Ballon d'Or and become the first Ballon d'Or winner under the age of 19 in world football is getting louder and louder.