Chapter 46: After the age of 31

On January 8, 2016, Messi finally won his second Ballon d'Or. The reason why he was able to win the award must be that the Copa America champion added points to him, and if it wasn't for the Copa America winner, he would still be cool this year.

And the number of Ballon d'Or awards for the three of them is, Messi 2, Ronaldo 3, Dong Fangzhuo 4. Dong Fangzhuo is still ahead of the two of them.

However, in the eyes of fans and many media, Dong Fangzhuo is still the most worthy of winning the Golden Ball Award in the eyes of everyone.

"If Dong plays for a season, Messi and Ronaldo will have a chance, and Messi is luckier than Ronaldo because he picked up the championship." The Times rarely publishes in this tone, but when it comes to Argentinians, the tone doesn't matter.

Italy's "Milan Sport" also supported Dong Fangzhuo - Dong is the uncrowned king, let half a season, he only lost the war by 1%, the fourth place may have a huge gap with the third place, but the second and third places are the same.

German "Bild" - The Golden Globe Award should be awarded to Dong, and anyone who knows the ball knows what this is all about, and the German media, which has always been known for its rigor, seems to be a little unhappy with the results.

And the Chinese media?

The front page of "Sports Weekly" - forcibly Romance of the Three Kingdoms, in the author's opinion, Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo can barely be said to be peerless, but the Romance of the Three Kingdoms? It's just a joke.

The subjective consciousness is very strong, but the whole of China thinks so......

Only the Argentines were celebrating, and Le Ole, El Nacional and national television were all reporting on Messi's Ballon d'Or award, and they gave Messi all the praise.

From 05 to 15, in this long decade, Messi has won less and lost more, which is a fruitful year for Messi......

However, just as the Argentines were celebrating with the whole country, Maradona, who was on vacation in Asia, suddenly made a surprising statement.

In an interview with Asian media, he expressed his opinion on the Ballon d'Or won by Messi.

"Objectively speaking, the Ballon d'Or won this time is not glorious, but it is not Messi's fault, it is the judges' fault. This is unfair to Dong. ”

When he heard Maradona say this, the reporter's face couldn't believe it, because Maradona has always disliked Dong Fangzhuo, why is he helping Dong Fangzhuo speak now and stepping on Messi?

Maradona then gave the answer, "It is only convincing to beat Dong on a level playing field." Although I would also like Messi to beat him, but is a Copa America title really inferior to an Asian Cup winner and a Champions League winner? Obviously impossible, let alone ...... World Cup"

If it was said by ordinary people, forget it, these words were actually said by Maradona, which immediately caused a crazy reaction in the country.

"Maradona didn't have enough brains, he didn't speak, no one thought he was dumb. Didn't he say these words just to tell everyone that Messi is not as good as him? That's not what Messi said when he won a Ballon d'Or. But when Messi got two, he is now worried that his place in Argentina has been surpassed by Messi. ”

"Silly X old horse, jump out to find a sense of existence. Didn't you win the Champions League either? But you are still the king of the ball, why are you not satisfied with Messi's Ballon d'Or? ”

"It's jealousy! He was jealous of Messi. ”

"I don't know how to lift!"

……

Messi's brain-dead fans began to jump out and scold Maradona, completely forgetting how Maradona supported Messi in the first place, and now he just jumped out and told the truth, and he was regarded as an enemy by brain-dead fans.

Maradona didn't expect to be attacked by so many Messi fans in his remarks, and after seeing so many abusive remarks on the Internet while on vacation in the Maldives, he was really angry this time.

He immediately jumped on social media and crackled a lot of lines.

"Am I jealous?"

"I'm the king of the 20th century."

"I have a World Cup winner."

"Ask the Napoli fans who is the king of the world!"

"If you don't have a World Cup winner, you have to fight for the World Cup and talk again."

"Unfortunately, it looks like Dong has already stepped into this threshold."

Maradona lived to be a hundred years old, and he spoke openly, straight to the point, Messi fans obviously offended him, and offended him greatly. He has always been very restrained in order to defend Messi, but now, he is angry, and then directly throws out such amazing remarks.

"God!"

"It turns out that Maradona has always liked Dong?"

"It's just that he's partial to Messi?"

European fans suddenly realized......

Chinese fans are equally incredible.

"Cow, Maradona is finally on the side of the truth, his eyes have had their cataracts removed and he can see very clearly."

"It's sad that even Maradona doesn't support Messi anymore......"

……

This is global news.

The Ballon d'Or sparked a shock in world football as Maradona spoke up.

However, as one of the parties involved, Dong Fangzhuo was not excited by Maradona's rebellion, because there was nothing to be excited about.

In his opinion, he didn't feel any pressure on himself, and he didn't regard Messi as a real opponent, at least between him and Messi, there was still a Ronaldo in between, and Ronaldo didn't catch up with him, let alone Messi?

He and Maradona's views are still very similar, winning the World Cup and then competing, it is useless to say anything without the World Cup champion. The World Cup is not the only criterion for whether a player is great or not, but it is definitely one of the essential criteria for the king of the ball!

So under Dong Fangzhuo, no player is enough to compare with him......

Messi is also silent, and did not make any noise in front of the media, winning the award is a fluke, he does not want to be used by the news media, only low-key leading the team to continue to win is the only thing to do.

Amid the controversy, the two men continued to lead the team in the league, League Cup and FA Cup.

Of course, Cristiano Ronaldo is also indispensable.

All three led the team to the last four of the League Cup in January, and two of them are destined to meet in the semi-finals. In the end, Chelsea drew Manchester City, while Manchester United faced Liverpool. It doesn't get much more perfect than this Final Four confrontation.

On January 23, Dong Fangzhuo finally ushered in his 31st birthday. Although major media and clubs are reporting on his birthday, Dong Fangzhuo did not celebrate it in a big way, but simply celebrated it with a cake with his family at home.

At the age of 31, it means that he is nearly a year away from retiring. No matter how strong a player is, he can't resist the invasion of time, and he will eventually grow old one day.

"Dad, what is your wish?" After making a wish, his second son asked innocently.

"You can't say it, and if you say it, it won't work."

"You tell me secretly, no one can hear it."

……

Although Dong Fangzhuo wanted to celebrate his birthday in a low-key manner, Ronaldo still gave him a big gift, and it made headlines in major news media.

This time, Ronaldo's gift is still a small island, but this time the island is not in Greece, but in Madeira, Portugal, yes, it is in Ronaldo's birthplace. He bought Dong Fangzhuo a small island in his hometown.

It's a small island, Ronaldo is too generous.

"The Times" interviewed Ronaldo about this, what is the point of sending his hometown to the island? Ronaldo's answer was simple – one day we retire and want to be able to live wherever we want to go, and Madeira is clearly one of the plans. When it comes to his birthday next year, I'm going to buy one in China as well......

The news was reprinted in China, but Chinese fans were happy.

"Did Ronaldo say that he also wanted to buy a small island in China? He thinks too much, and he may not be able to afford it in China! Small islands abroad are cheap, but it is difficult at home, and he may not be able to afford all his net worth combined......"

"No, then it depends on how big the island Ronaldo wants to buy, and the smaller ones are still okay, such as ...... within a few thousand square meters"

"If you can't afford the island, buy a reef and go to the South China Sea to buy it, and the country firmly supports it!"

"But we have to understand Ronaldo's good intentions, even if he retires, he doesn't want the two brothers to be separated."

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In the semi-finals of the League Cup, Messi and Ronaldo staged a dragon battle, and the total score of the two legs was 4; 4, they had to decide the winner through a penalty shootout, and the final victory or defeat again depended on Messi and Ronaldo, the two were the last to play, but Messi missed the penalty, and Ronaldo became a hero in one fell swoop.

And because Liverpool lacked the blessing of superstars, although they played bravely, they were eliminated with an aggregate score of 2:4, and Manchester United and Chelsea met in the final.

The first championship of 2016 will be born soon......

No team has been left behind in the FA Cup, no league has been left behind, and the knockout stages of the Champions League are finally here. But these three teams are the strongest in all of Europe, and they are still unstoppable. Chelsea and Manchester City were the first to win at home, and then Manchester United were left behind.

Manchester United are away to Barcelona on the road.

Returning to this city again, Dong Fangzhuo is no stranger at all, at the age of 31, he is back here, and there are a lot fewer boos, after all, Messi has gone to Chelsea, not Barcelona.

Neymar has a pretty good relationship with him, and when Kaka went to Zurich to present the awards, several of them had a meal together.

This time Dong Fangzhuo and Manchester United came to Barcelona, and Neymar did not shy away from it, and invited Dong Fangzhuo to eat at a Chinese restaurant.

Many media reporters filmed them having dinner together, and the news quickly appeared on the Internet.

"As" newspaper actually interpreted the matter of two people eating as - Manchester United poached Neymar! In search of a successor to China's Dong, Manchester United asked King Dong to be a lobbyist.

This is also the meaning of the report of "World Sport", because some time ago Ferguson released some signals in England, buying N'Golo Kante, looking for young players, etc., which made everyone pay more attention to Manchester United's movements. Le Monde Sport described it more specifically, "Manchester United will buy Leicester City's N'Golo Kante at the end of the season, Southampton's Virgil van Dijk and ......" They said a series of names, and finally said, "Neymar is left as the midfield commander". ”

It's true, but of course it's not true.

When Dong Fangzhuo and Ferguson attended the press conference the next day, both of them talked about the news at the same time, and also talked about Neymar.

'The media always seem to hear before the manager, so if that's what the media says, how many guys do United have to buy over the course of a season?' Ferguson smiled, "Since I was less than 40 years old, I have experienced tens of thousands of transactions at my club, which is incredible. ”

"But you have to admit that Neymar is a good fit." Dong Fangzhuo suddenly said.

"Really?" Ferguson pretended to be surprised, "Then when you had dinner with him last night, did you mention Manchester United to him?" Is he interested in joining Manchester United? I can pick any shirt number, even if it's a number 9. ”

There was an uproar in the audience, Ferguson was even willing to leave No. 9 to Neymar, isn't this the successor?

Of course, it's just a little humor between the two of them.

"That's not good, I'm not old. Let's let him choose the number 10, Manchester United lacks a number 10, if you want a number 9, then you have to wait until I am old. ”

"Ah, when you're old...... The other players are ready to retire as well. ”

It's the meme above the Golden Globe Awards ceremony again.

Ferguson suddenly regained his serious expression.

'Neymar is the new symbol of Barcelona and we can't buy Neymar, we need younger players but there are no such players at the moment.

This sentence is also telling everyone that Manchester United is indeed looking for a player, but it is definitely not Neymar, and such a player has not been found for the time being.

Dong Fangzhuo also said, "We just had a simple meal and then discussed tonight's game. ”

Neymar said he had been waiting for this day for a long time. It was the year he started in Barcelona. He wants to prove that he is too late, how can he fall in love with Manchester United? ”

Indeed, after finally taking over the king's scepter from Messi's hands, how could he run away to be the king of Manchester United again?

Besides, Manchester United may not be suitable for him, he is like a fish in water in La Liga, and he may often lie in a hospital bed when he goes to the Premier League, he is so obsessed with dribbling, he will always be targeted.

"But after us, I am most optimistic about Neymar, I believe that Neymar will win the Ballon d'Or in the near future, after all, the future is theirs."

'After that, I think it's Mbappe, Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial, especially Mbappe, who has a huge potential to become a superstar.

"Maybe in five to six years, he will be the number one person in the world."

In public, Mbappe is the young player he mentions the most, Mbappe himself is very competitive, never let him down, and now Mbappe is fifth in the Champions League scorer list and fourth in the Premier League scorer list, and the results are already very good.