Chapter 102: Iron Man! Iron! Iron!
The World Cup qualifying play-offs are already on November 20, and according to the original rules, the deadline for voting for the Ballon d'Or is November 15.
5 days is enough time for FIFA to complete the statistics, that is to say, the final results have actually been released at this time, just waiting for the announcement on the day of the award ceremony.
But on the 20th, there was new news on the official website of FIFA, announcing that the voting deadline for the 2013 Ballon d'Or had been extended from November 15 to November 29.
Extended from 5 days ago to 9 days later.
In response, FIFA's official response was that because the recovery rate of ballots did not meet the standard, it had to rely on postponement to ensure that all FIFA member states and authoritative media could participate in the voting.
But that's it, and another big FIFA operation is even more puzzling: they also announce that voters who have already made a decision can change their decision......
This is the only time in the history of the Golden Globes that the voting has been postponed, and it's hard not to think about conspiracy theories.
Messi was injured not long ago, which also means that he will hardly have a chance to play in the next half month, Lin Yun and Ronaldo can also take advantage of the last period of time to seize the performance and make the final sprint, while Messi can only sit and stare dryly.
As for Cristiano Ronaldo, many people think that this postponement is for him.
After all, the postponed period coincided with the match between Portugal and Sweden, and Ronaldo did give amazing performances in these two games, everything was really too coincidental.
“…… It is worth mentioning that in the half month that the Ballon d'Or selection was postponed, the Portuguese national team ushered in two play-offs in the European zone of the World Cup qualifiers - November 15 and November 19 respectively.
In these two play-off matches, Cristiano Ronaldo put on a god-like performance, scoring a total of four goals in the two games, eliminating Ibrahimovic's Sweden and helping Portugal successfully enter the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil.
It is almost foreseeable that such a brilliant performance will definitely allow Ronaldo to get more votes, and may even surpass Lin Yun and Messi to become the biggest favorite.
Some media outlets believe that FIFA's uncharacteristically extended voting deadline is an attempt to ease tensions between then-President Sepp Blatter and Real Madrid.
Of course, there are also many who say that FIFA's extension of the voting date is sending a signal to those who vote that they want to change the outcome of the vote.
Obviously, FIFA already knew the final result, and it is very likely that the result did not meet Blatter's expectations, which led to a so-called postponement ......"
The postponement has made this year's Golden Ball battle even more confusing.
One thing to say, even if there is a conspiracy here, but the main thing is Ronaldo's own competition, if he doesn't have this ability, no matter how much he postpones it, it's just a joke......
Anyway, there wasn't much time left for Lin Yun.
There are only nine days left before the voting deadline, and Arsenal only have two games to play in those nine days.
One is at home to Southampton in the league and the other is at home to Marseille in the Champions League.
Lin Yun's most fortunate thing now is that his performance in the game against Manchester United was not bad, and he was not completely pressed down by Ronaldo.
Then the remaining two games become even more important.
He must come up with a more terrifying performance to completely surpass Ronaldo and put an end to all accidents.
But God didn't want him to pass so easily, in the game against Southampton, although Lin Yun opened the scoring for the team soon after the opening, he was tackled by the opponent's defender in the tenth minute of the game and left the field early.
This cast a shadow on the hearts of all Arsenal fans and Lin Yun's fans.
Although Arsenal won the game 3-0 without a brace thanks to Olivier Giroud's brace in the end, no one could be happy.
In the 14th round of La Liga, Real Madrid beat Almeria 5-0 away.
C-Ronaldo scored in the opening three minutes, Benzema and Bale extended the score, Isco made a pass, Morata added the icing on the cake, and Real Madrid won four consecutive league games.
This wave is a draw between Lin Yun and Ronaldo, but Lin Yun's injury undoubtedly makes the competition between the two full of uncertainty.
Lin Yun's injury is actually not a big problem, and he was alive again on the third day after the game, but Wenger is still quite uneasy, if it is not for the fact that it is now a critical period for Lin Yun to hit the Ballon d'Or, he will not even let him play against Marseille.
But even so, Lin Yun was put on the substitute list for this Champions League.
And before Marseille arrived in London, there was another movement in the system.
"The challenge mission has been released, please pay attention to check."
"Mission Name: Iron Man;"
"Mission Description: Win five dollars in a match against Marseille;"
"Mission difficulty: 6 stars;"
"Reward: Nedved's unique trait, Iron Warrior."
"Defeat Punishment: Permanently lose the opportunity to obtain the 'Iron Warrior'."
……
There are two famous iron men in football, Nedved and Frank Lampard.
It's not that they won't get hurt, but they rarely get seriously injured, and they recover quickly after injury, and they are the most NB physique in the whole of football.
Lin Yun had a serious injury and two minor injuries in less than a year after his debut, which is somewhat like a glass man, so he has to get this reward no matter what.
But here's the problem...... 6-star difficulty?
Coming off the bench and hitting five dollars alone, this is something that people can do???!!!
"Do you want to give up......"
Lin Yun was undecided.
If you give up, you will lose this opportunity at most, and you can also farm out quests that reward "Iron Warriors" in the future, but if you fail, you will never get this trait.
Looking at his frowning appearance, Lin Ming and Isabella thought that he was thinking about the Golden Globe Awards, so they couldn't help but make eye contact, and finally Isabella walked over and sat next to him and patted him on the shoulder, "There's nothing to worry about, do your best, An Tianfang, we've done a good enough, if you can't get it this time, next time, anyway, it's still young, and there are more opportunities." ”
Lin Ming also comforted: "Yes, Ronaldo only got his first golden ball at the age of 21. ”
With Isabella's Chinese level, she was stunned for five seconds before she reacted to what the hell was "early wisdom will die", and immediately a lady's version of the devil kicked over, "Can you speak?" ”
Lin Ming smiled stupidly: "Anyway, that's what it means, you have to leave yourself some room for improvement, right?" ”
In fact, in terms of performance alone, Ronaldo has flashed one or two games, which is definitely not as good as Lin Yun, who has been shining all year round, but this postponement of FIFA is really too funny, so much so that they almost all think that Ronaldo has set this year's Golden Ball.
This gave Lin Yun a wake-up call.
yes, it's not just the Iron Warrior, it's the Golden Ball.
No matter what conspiracy he had, he would be in front of the Champions League substitute and the five yuan in front of him, right?
After figuring it out, Lin Yun's whole person relaxed.
Silently accepted the challenge, and then showed a bright smile to his parents.
"I know, I can't come back next year."
Hearing his words, Lin Ming and Isabella finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Golden Globe Award is secondary, and they are afraid that this hairy child will get along with themselves.
Neither of them noticed that Lin Yun's whole person was relaxed, but his eyes were as resolute as iron for the first time.
It's yarding, and there should be two more chapters during the day
(End of chapter)