Although Arsene Wenger claimed after the game that Arsenal had lost to luck and that Chelsea were lucky enough to hold the scoreline to an equaliser at Highbury, the Arsenal crowd knew that if you were in a passive position for more than three minutes in a 90-minute game and couldn't cause any problems for your opponents, you were at great risk of losing.

It never takes too long to score a goal, tens of seconds, tens of seconds, even less than ten seconds.

An objective fact must be acknowledged, and given enough attention: Chelsea are strong enough to be part of the top teams in Europe.

This is reflected in both the English top flight and the competitiveness in the Champions League.

Being able to get out of Highbury with all his body, in itself, is a result that Chelsea has won!

After all, Arsenal has the best advantage of the location and the people.

After the game, Qin Xiong bathed and changed clothes in the locker room, he was not in a particularly bad mood, just regretful, and at the same time thought about how to crack Chelsea's extreme anti-counter-attack tactics.

In fact, he also knew that his thinking might not be meaningful, but it was just inertia, and he couldn't help but think about it.

He put on his casual clothes early, and looked like he would be the first to leave the dressing room, and Henry, with a bath towel around his waist, stopped him.

"Hey, will you be at the Golden Globes?"

Qin Xiong was confused when he heard Henry's question, turned around and asked, "What are you going to do?" Just relax? ”

Henry shrugged, pointed at Vieira and said, "I, him, you, and Reyes, we're all in the Ballon d'Or 50-man squad." You should receive an invitation. ”

Qin Xiong really didn't expect such a thing. But it does exist. Freddie told him one day in the past, but he didn't take it to heart, after all, Qin Xiong is just an insignificant role for the Golden Globe Awards, and Freddie didn't think Qin Xiong would be the focus, so he just mentioned it in passing.

However, Henry should be considered one of the favorites, in fact, since he was nominated for the Golden Globes, he is a familiar face in the Golden Globe selection, but it has always been difficult to win the final throne. It has accumulated a good popularity base.

Reyes is a newcomer to the Ballon d'Or, Qin Xiong is also a newcomer, but he still has the Champions League title as capital, and Henry and Vieira belong to the national team and Arsenal's unbeaten season as capital.

Qin Xiong thought for a while and said, "I shouldn't go, I went back to Asia last week, and my body needs more rest." ”

Henry nodded in understanding, greeted Qin Xiong and went to change clothes.

Qin Xiong drove away from Highbury and parked the car on the side of the street outside the stadium, and Sylvia sat in the passenger seat, she could see that Qin Xiong was not in high spirits. Because he couldn't win the game in the end, it must have been very frustrating for him.

Qin Xiong smiled at her. Sylvia leaned over and kissed him lightly on the cheek, still not saying a word, giving him a gentle smile

The next morning, Qin Xiong and Sylvia went shopping together, the refrigerator in the apartment was very large, but Qin Xiong would only put very few things in it when he lived alone, and Sylvia was excited to make the home more full of life.

How can you do food without abundant ingredients?

There are paparazzi who will follow the pictures of Qin Xiong and Sylvia traveling together, Qin Xiong is used to it, as long as he is not harassed, the rest doesn't matter.

Returning home and sitting in the back garden to rest, Qin Xiong looked at the gray sky and wondered if Christmas would also be cloudy.

Sylvia came out of the living room, handed him his phone, and said, "It must have rang a second time." ”

Qin Xiong glanced at the caller ID, it was Sneijder calling.

"Hi Wesley, it's been a long time, how are you doing?"

"Well, it's okay, it's definitely not as good as last season anyway."

"Well, I've got news from the Eredivisie side and Ajax is not as good as last season."

"It's useless to say this, I called to ask you, will you go to the Golden Globe Awards?"

"I didn't have a chance to claim the prize, so why should I go? It's Christmas and there's no winter break in the Premier League, so I don't want to overdo it. ”

"Well, the Eredivisie is in the winter break, I have time, so I'm going to go play, if you change your mind, remember to call me."

"Okay, goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Xiong fell into deep thought.

The Golden Globes have a 50-man roster.

When he got home last night, he asked Freddie about the situation.

He did make the Golden Globe 50-man squad.

It doesn't mean he will win the prize.

Many of the young talents of European football have been shortlisted.

For example, Ronaldo, Rooney, Kaka, Vicente, Rosicky

Some of them were qualified for their outstanding performances in the European Championships, while others were selected for their outstanding performances in club competitions.

Ajax, who won the Champions League last season, have four players in the finalisation.

Qin Xiong, Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic.

Of course, there are two players who are already representing other clubs.

In the final analysis, it's just a familiar face now, accumulating a little popularity, don't say that being shortlisted for the final top three selections may be difficult to squeeze into the top five or top ten.

Freddie is dedicated to packaging Qin Xiong, hoping that Qin Xiong will show more face on media platforms and use media resources to increase popularity and influence.

can be like a grand event like the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, Qin Xiong went to the same as not going.

Because he is not a hit, even if a reporter will take a picture of him, but in the headlines of the newspapers, or in the key football news reports, I am afraid that no reporter will waste pen and ink to write about Qin Xiong, they will leave the headlines to the Ballon d'Or winners, and the news content to the other top three or top five stars.

With Arsenal not playing in midweek, Qin Xiong can focus more on his fitness.

For the upcoming New Year's devil schedule, Qin Xiong has no bottom in his heart, the fast pace of the Premier League and the intensity of confrontation make him wonder if he can stick to the high-intensity game in the coming month.

In addition to training, Qin Xiong and Sylvia lived a warm and lingering life in the apartment, which made him feel very comfortable, and the controlled sex-life also seemed to make him more energetic, especially when he began to explore some doorways, accumulated more experience, and had a new life with Sylvia.

On December 13, the Golden Globe Awards ceremony was broadcast live, and Qin Xiong and Sylvia watched it on the sofa at home.

Qin Xiong's mood seemed to be unexciting, and he didn't have any expectations, so it was impossible to be disappointed.

2004 was an upset year for football.

Two of the most important tournaments in Europe.

The Champions League title belongs to Ajax's youth team.

The European Cup title belongs to Greece of Aegean mythology.

This has led to more conjecture in the selection of the Golden Globes.

Because neither the Champions League winner nor the European Cup winner can be voted European Footballer of the Year.

If there are world-class stars or first-class top stars in these two teams, they play a very important role in helping the team win the championship.

Then there will be almost no suspense about the Ballon d'Or winner, it must be that player who wins.

It's a pity that neither Ajax nor the Greek national team has stars like Zài.

The end result was AC Milan's leading striker Andriy Shevchenko winning the Ballon d'Or by a large margin.

Ronaldinho, who mesmerized fans at Barcelona, finished second.

Deco, the core of the midfield who finished runners-up in two major tournaments for Porto and Portugal, finished third.

Qin Xiong's heart was like water, and he was not affected in any way.

It was only when the media announced the scoring rankings of all the finalists the next day that Qin Xiong was surprised.

Fourth place is Thierry Henry, who led Arsenal to an unbeaten league title.

In fifth place is the captain of the Greek national team, Zagorakis.

In sixth place is Brazilian striker Adriano.

Seventh place is Czech midfield superstar Nedved.

The eighth place is Qin Xiong.

Qin Xiong's score is 22 points, a pitiful score, and there is a world of difference from Shevchenko's 175 points.

And England's new golden boy Rooney is ranked behind Qin Xiong, and the difference in ratings between the two is only 2 points.

It can be said that apart from the Ballon d'Or winners, the scores of other players do not mean anything, because history only remembers the European Footballer of the Year.

However, the Chinese football media deliberately ignored the huge gap in the selection scores, and listed Qin Xiong as the eighth strongest star in European football today!

It would even be an exaggeration to say that Qin Xiong was already very close to the European Golden Globe Awards

Some fans jokingly call Qin Xiong Qin Laoba (to be continued......