108. Controversy and slap in the face
On the day of the awards, another award was presented to 42-year-old Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is generally given by the PFA to a person who has made a significant contribution to the sport of football.
Ryan Giggs spent 23 years as a player for Manchester United, playing 963 games, including 632 in the Premier League, the record holder for the most Premier League appearances to date. Having won 13 Premier League titles and two Champions League titles, he has made history for the Red Devils.
On the other hand, Ryan Giggs is the latest Manchester United legend to receive the accolade, following Manchester United legends Bobby Charlton, Matthew Busby and Alex Ferguson.
He now works as an assistant coach at Manchester United, although there are rumours that Ryan Giggs will be forced to leave if Portuguese madman Jose Mourinho takes over the club.
At the PFA Awards Ceremony that night, the award of the Best Newcomer of the Year caused a huge controversy.
PFA is the English abbreviation of the English Professional Footballers' Association, and it can be said that it is all members of this association who vote, and these members are footballers registered with the FA.
Some tabloids who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic have written articles, claiming that this is PFA suppressing and retaliating against Chinese talents, because Qiansheng first beat England international defender Eric Dill in White Hart Lane, and clashed with many players in the back, so PFA deliberately let Qiansheng be selected, and then did not award the award to the most popular and best-performing Arsenal No. 9, obviously to humiliate Qiansheng: You scored 22 goals in 6 games, that is, five consecutive hat tricks, two consecutive big fours, and also staged a double hat trick of goals and assists, Helping Arsenal to six wins in a row, so what? Just don't give you the award!
Taking advantage of this rumor, these tabloids not only sold well the next day, but also made domestic and foreign gun fans storm the PFA official website, questioning and insulting.
In the final match of the 35th round of the Premier League, the result of Tottenham Hotspur's home game against West Bromwich Albion seemed to prove that PFA's Newcomer of the Year was wrong.
In this game, Tottenham's leading goalscorer, Harry Kane, the Premier League's top scorer, was dumbfounded, and Diere, who was beaten by the dry, collided with captain Hugo Lloris and went off injured, while Derry Ali, who had just won the PFA Newcomer of the Year, was in trouble in this game.
Premier League broadcaster Sky Sports has filmed Alli hitting West Bromwich Albion midfielder Claudio Jacob's stomach in a scramble, with Sky Sports claiming the footage has now been submitted to the FA for a replay decision, with the controversially best newcomer facing a three-match ban if finalised.
This is tantamount to adding insult to injury for Tottenham, who are trying to secure a Champions League spot. There are currently only 3 games left in the Premier League, and once Ali is suspended, he will no longer be able to play in the final game of the season.
Many people speculated that Ali was disturbed by the outside world, so he was very impatient in this game and not as calm as before. If this is the case, it is even more confirmed that Ali's Best Newcomer Award is not worthy of the name.
Because of the pressure, because of the fact that you can't step up and help the team when it matters most.
Take a look at Qiansheng's performance under pressure, the first game against the nemesis Swansea of Wales, when the team was not much behind, came off the bench for the first time, and was called on to not only create penalties, but also reverse the opponent with two beautiful goals to get Arsenal a valuable three points. That's the key player who helps the team when it matters most, under pressure.
Facing derby rivals Tottenham Hotspur as the main force in the away game, Qiansheng showed the world his big heart, not afraid of big scenes, not afraid of pressure, set a new record for a hat-trick in three minutes, although he was sent off at the end, but three goals laid the foundation for the Gunners to score three points at White Hart Lane.
And in Upton Park, under the grim situation of being strictly guarded by the opponent and the team falling behind, Qiansheng stood up and staged two consecutive big four games, announcing that the first striker in the Premier League is not England's talented international Kane or inspirational striker Jamie Walty, but a Chinese teenager from a small football country!
With these three important games, Qiansheng was selected as the two best candidates for PFA, and in the end, he didn't even get the best newcomer, no wonder fans and the media continued to question and suspect that there was a mastermind behind the scenes.
A super striker who scored 22 goals in 6 games and had 3 assists, and a super striker who was elected MVP in 6 consecutive games, will actually lose to the Tottenham midfielder who is not strong at critical moments.
The Guardian unceremoniously wrote: The best newcomer of the season, not worthy of the name.
The Telegraph: The most controversial newcomer of the year in history.
And the cover of the latest issue of The Sun is a fatal blow to PFA officials.
Who is Europe's most efficient goalscorer this season? Christian Ronaldo? Luis Suarez? Or Leo Messi? The answer was beyond everyone's expectations.
The Sun's statistics have ranked the top 12 most efficient goalscorers in Europe this season. At the top of the list is Arsenal's top scorer, No. 9 demon striker Qiansheng. He scored an average of one goal every 24.5 minutes, although it is difficult to compare with superstars such as Suarez and Ronaldo in terms of appearances and goals, but the efficiency of Qiansheng is probably unprecedented!
With an average goal efficiency of one goal every 24.5 minutes, it is simply incredible, and the number one efficient scorer in Europe deserves it!
And the one behind Qiansheng is actually a young general. Manchester City's whisk Clerch Iheanacho's goal efficiency is one goal per 81.3 minutes, which is also quite good, and the second highest in Europe. Behind him is Barcelona striker Suarez, who is the top scorer in La Liga, with an average goal efficiency of 83.8 minutes per goal, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo, who averaged one goal every 84.2 minutes. Europe's top scorers are also on the list, including Karim Benzema (85.9 mins/goal), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (88.5 mins/goal), Gonzalo Higuain (91.8 mins/goal), Leao Messi (96 mins/goal), Emeryk Aubameyang (98.36 mins/goal), Robert Lewandowski (98.9 mins/goal), Bale (106.4 minutes/goal). And the little-known Real Sociedad striker Emmanor Aguirreche actually ranked seventh with 90.3 minutes per goal, overwhelming the famous players behind him.
The cover article of The Sun undoubtedly slapped PFA in the face, and the FWA (Association of Journalists) dealt a blow to PFA's credibility.
Although it is still some time before the final results of the FWA selection of the best players and best newcomers are announced, the chairman of the FWA claims that Qiansheng's performance definitely deserves at least one award.