Real Madrid needs Lin Yu, but it must not rely entirely on Lin Yu.

This is Lippi's coaching philosophy, so while he reuses Lin Yu, he also gives Lin Yu plenty of rest time, unlike when he was in the Premier League, Lin Yu played in person no matter what the game, and he was really busy enough at that time.

After all, Lin Yu has a lot of other activities in addition to the game, let's just say this month, he first experienced a national derby with Barcelona, and then the Copa del Rey game, although he did not participate, but also went to watch the game with the team, and then took time to participate in an endorsement press conference, followed by a league match with Real Betis, and then a Champions League knockout match with Schalke 04.

Before the match against Real Betis, he still had to go to Zurich to attend this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony, basically he must have won the award this year, after all, he won the Champions League last season, and helped Chelsea win the league title, League Cup, FA Cup, and also performed well after coming to Real Madrid.

So he has to go to this award ceremony, after all, FIFA hasn't offended him, he can't play a big name.

He has won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for two consecutive years, and if he can lift this trophy for the third time, it will definitely make his position in Real Madrid more solid, and it will also make his position as the world's No. 1 seat more solid.

And it's worth noting that if he can win the FIFA Ballon d'Or again this year, then he will be the one to win both the UEFA Ballon d'Or and the FIFA Ballon d'Or, which is his own first-time in any case. It's also something that definitely deserves to be celebrated.

Because of this, the Chinese media has long been hyped up. This honor is definitely comparable to winning the gold medal in the Olympic Games. After all, this is the first time for a Chinese player, and football is the world's number one sport, so the influence is completely comparable to the entire Olympic Games.

In the first two award ceremonies, many Chinese did not know that Lin Yu at that time was not as famous as it is now, but this time it was different, with Lin Yu joining Real Madrid, his influence was further enhanced. Popularity in China has also reached an unprecedented high, and many people plan to stay up late to watch the FIFA awards ceremony and remember this strong stroke, and remember that this is a moment that deserves to go down in history.

It's like when the Chinese team successfully hit the World Cup finals for the first time, that night, many people couldn't sleep, many people cried, and this time, people have already won Lin Yu Mr. Double. When it did something comparable to the success of China's impact on the World Cup finals.

The FIFA Ballon d'Or and UEFA Ballon d'Or are selected differently, and there is no on-site voting for this re-election. Rather, it is a combination of three votes to determine the final winner. In fact, it is simply a combination of the previous World Footballer of the Year selection and the Golden Ball Award selection of "National Football" magazine, and the selection method of the Golden Ball Award is added to the previous FIFA World Footballer of the Year selection method.

The first part is the voting of football journalists from 208 media outlets around the world, and the votes are counted by "National Football".

The second part is the vote of the managers of the national teams of the two hundred and eight associations under FIFA. Votes are counted by FIFA.

The third distribution is the voting of the captains of the national teams of the two hundred and eight associations under FIFA, and the votes are counted by FIFA.

Each of the three sections accounted for one third of the total number of votes, and none of the individual parts was decisive.

Although Lin Yu is not a member of the national team. But the entire national team supported him, and the captain of the national team also declared to the public after voting for Lin Yu: "Do you still need to ask?" Of course we support Lin Yu! It doesn't matter if he's a member of the national team or not. He is all Chinese, and his performance is well deserved. If he hadn't won the award, it would have been a mistake by the whole world! ”

Of course Lin Yu was very happy to hear this, and the captain was not bad at all, according to the selection method of the FIFA Golden Ball Awards, his performance last year was simply phenomenal, if he didn't win this award, it would really be a mistake for the whole world!

It is important to know that the selection criteria for the FIFA Ballon d'Or are the performance of the player during the year, mainly based on the following four points:

Individual and team honors received during the year. Lin Yu has an absolute advantage in this point, he himself is the top scorer in the Premier League, the top scorer in the Champions League, and in terms of team honors, he and Chelsea have won the Premier League championship and the Champions League together, and other domestic Super Cups, European Super Cups, Club World Cup, League Cup, and FA Cup are not too much! Isn't that convincing enough?

Second, the characteristics of the player (talent and fair play spirit). In terms of talent, Lin Yu is no worse than Messi, what may be controversial is the spirit of fair play, Lin Yu feels that he has a special spirit of fair play, because he never fakes falls, even if he sometimes provokes opponents, but that is within the normal range, the referee didn't say anything, and there is no reason for others to hold on to this.

Third, career resume, which can also be described for Lin Yu, although he is only in his fifth season of football career so far, but in this short period of less than five seasons, he has become the most outstanding player in the Bundesliga and the Premier League, such a resume is unmatched!

Fourth, personality and particularly outstanding performance. Lin Yu has no problem with this, whether it is personality or outstanding performance, he has shown it vividly in the past year.

According to this principle, Lin Yu has not only achieved a large number of individual honors in various competitions, but also has heavyweight team honors such as the Champions League and the league, and his style of never faking falls has also made him highly recognized in terms of fair play.

Originally, the racial discrimination incident that happened a few days ago may affect his selection this time, but fortunately, the matter has been perfectly resolved, and because of that incident, he has also been recognized by many media, such a person who will never bow his head in the face of unfair competition is worthy of respect.

Anyway, Lin Yu definitely thought that he was qualified to win this award, if he was still a little unsure in his heart the first two times, then this time. He thinks he can get it 100 percent!

To be a man, that's how confident you are!

It is with this confidence and calmness. He wasn't much excited, before the league match with Real Betis. Together with the club's sporting director, Zinedine Zinedine Zidane, and another teammate who could win the award, Cristiano Ronaldo, he travelled to Zurich to claim the award!

That's right, he went to receive the award, although the results have not yet come out, but he feels that this award is already in his pocket!

Ronaldo originally didn't plan to go, because he knew that he was unlikely to win the award, but since it was most likely his teammate Lin Yu, not Messi, he had to go. Otherwise, it would be too bad for Lin Yu to save face.

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On the red carpet, Lin Yu and Cristiano Ronaldo walked into the stadium together, and the two of them also became the focus of media attention.

The two are both teammates of Real Madrid, both former footballers, some want to see the contradictions between them, want to see the jokes between them, while others, want to see these two people unite and sail the galaxy of Real Madrid to the other side of success.

As for this year's winners. Almost everyone has no objections, basically thinking that Lin Yu will win the award, whether it is Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo, it is impossible to compare with Lin Yu.

Messi also helped the team win the league title and the Copa del Rey title. But in the Champions League, he lost to Lin Yu, which was also a key point, so he lost to Lin Yu. Actually, it's not surprising.

Although Messi is also good, he is lonely. This time, when he walked on the red carpet, he was a little sullen, after all, he had just lost to Lin Yu in the national derby. He's not happy, and there's a reason for that.

In fact, Messi also thought about not coming to the hospital at all, but his personality is different from Cristiano Ronaldo, Ronaldo can say that he will not come to the award ceremony, and he has done such a thing, but he can't, he is a person who pays attention to his image and doesn't want to become a bad boy in the eyes of the media, so although he is not happy in his heart and is unwilling to be a foil for Lin Yu, he must also come.

What's more, he doesn't want to back down, if he doesn't come this time, then the media will understand that he is afraid of Lin Yu, even if he explains it in the future, he is afraid that he will not be able to explain it clearly.

Lin Yu's performance was completely calm, not too surprised, not too arrogant, after all, it was not the first time to win the award, not at all like the first time he almost fell on the red carpet with excitement, this time he looked very calm and confident, which made everyone feel bright.

Some media asked Lin Yu who he would thank if he won the award, and what bold words he would say.

Lin Yu just smiled faintly and said, "Let's talk about it when I get the award." ”

There is no aggressive momentum, no arrogant and arrogant posture, and many reporters think that Lin Yu has been replaced.

In fact, no matter who it is, he has a time when he is mature, if this is the first time Lin Yu has won the award, he may say some amazing words, but this is the third time, and it would be a bit naïve and ridiculous to say that.

Moreover, now there is no need for him to attract the attention of others with such amazing words, he stands there, a symbol, a symbol of an era, a symbol of victory, a symbol of glory! All the people will come to pay attention to him, and all the people will think that he is great.

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No matter how many people think that FIFA's awards are shady, or greasy, but FIFA will not slap themselves in the face, Lin Yu is too good after all, and the most important thing is that Lin Yu and FIFA have no grudges, and they don't want to have so much trouble with UEFA.

And Blatter was very satisfied with Lin Yu's words at the UEFA awards ceremony, so it was impossible for him to target Lin Yu!

Blatter held the list of winners, and then showed everyone in the audience, like everyone in front of the TV, that the list was sealed and had not been tampered with, and then opened the envelope and took out the list of winners inside.

He smiled and looked at the names on the list, then glanced at the people in the audience, looked at the camera again, and said with a smile: "The player who won the FIFA Ballon d'Or this year is ......"

The little trick of hanging the appetite came again, Blatter looked at the people in the stands, and then continued with a smile: "Lin Yu-! ”

"Congratulations to Lin Yu, he has won the highest honor in football for the third time in a row, congratulations to him!" Blatter took the lead and clapped his hands.

This is a result that everyone can think of, even Messi himself, and those who support Messi, actually understand that in terms of results, Messi really can't compare with Lin Yu, this result is too normal.

In this way, Lin Yu is only one short of Messi's four consecutive villages, and this glory is enough to make all Chinese, all Asians, and all yellow people proud!

The moment the results were announced, Cristiano Ronaldo had already hugged Lin Yu, and he cordially sent his blessings to Lin Yu, if this award was won by Messi, he might have a straight face, but now it is different, it is his teammates who have won the award, and he has no reason to be unhappy.

As for Messi, the only remaining hope was shattered, and he could only accept this result, he didn't like Lin Yu, so he didn't show any smile, he kept a straight face, without the slightest expression on his face.

Lin Yu hugged Blatter cordially, to be honest, Lin Yu didn't want to fall out with these bigwigs, but if others didn't like him and had to come to fix him, then he would be sorry, fortunately, Blatter was far smarter than Platini, Blatter knew that offending Lin Yu would not only lose the support of many people, but most importantly, it was completely unnecessary to work against Lin Yu. (To be continued......)