Chapter 292: Christmas Advertisement, Top 100 Stars!
For Leicester City, beating defending champions Chelsea was something to celebrate.
It was the first league win against Chelsea since 2001 in 14 years!
A historic moment, of course, to be rejoiced!
However, in the "Match Day" program broadcast that night, when the guest Alan Shearer asked Leicester City's famous and die-hard Lineker if Leicester City had a chance to win the championship this season, this fanatical fan, who has always been very confident in Leicester City, shook his head frantically and said that it is absolutely impossible!
He even made a bet with Shearer that if Leicester won the title this season, he would host the show in his underwear!
It is worth mentioning that in addition to Lineker's big gamble, Lampard was also on the show, making a bet with Lineker.
He bets Chelsea will never be relegated this season.
The gamble of the two has also become an interesting story for tens of millions of fans.
They all want to know who will win and who will lose at the end of the season
For Ling Feng, it was not too surprising to defeat this blue team that was sluggish and troubled internally and externally.
After all, Leicester can beat Chelsea even without their own existence
For Chelsea and Jose Mourinho, this game is just a microcosm of their poor form this season.
Even a promoted horse like Bournemouth can beat them, not to mention Leicester City, who are currently at the top of the league table in terms of goals scored and at the top of the league table!
Even in his post-match press conference, Mourinho was stubborn in the face of media ridicule and inflection, saying that he would lead Chelsea out of the predicament.
However, Chelsea's owner, Abou, has lost the last bit of patience with the club's all-time best manager
Just three days after the defeat to Leicester City, Chelsea announced on their official website that the team's manager Jose Mourinho was sacking!
This news instantly detonated the entire British football world.
Before the start of the season, no one could have imagined that the Blues, who had just regained the Premier League title last season, would fall into the relegation zone after just 16 league games.
Last season, Chelsea regained the Premier League title with an invincible attitude, averaging 2.29 points per game, but in the first 15 rounds of this season, Chelsea have averaged only one point per game, 1.29 points less than last season, and are the team with the biggest drop in English football league history!
In the brutal world of sports, results are always the only measure of a manager's success.
As early as five or six rounds ago, Mourinho, who led the team to poor results this season, became the manager with the highest odds to get out of class this season.
Therefore, the public was not too surprised by Mourinho's dismissal.
It's just that I'm very embarrassed
Whether it is the in-team that has lost control and support in the dressing room, or has been influenced by off-field factors to bring a Premier League title to the relegation zone, Mourinho as the manager has no shirk responsibility.
According to media reports, Chelsea have been in contact with current Russian national team boss Guus Hius in the hope that he can return as a firefighting coach as he did in 2009 to help the team through this terrible season
On the same day, Ling Feng, who learned that Mourinho was out of class, decided to send a text message to Mourinho after thinking about it for a while.
Despite such a poor record this season, it was only a matter of time before Mourinho was sacked.
However, in a sense, he is the "murderer" who indirectly caused Mourinho's dismissal
Coupled with the relationship with Mendes, although he and Mourinho are not friends, they can be regarded as gentlemen's friendships.
It was also the first text message Ling Feng sent to Mourinho since the exchange of contact information at Mendes' wedding.
After receiving Ling Feng's text message, Mourinho replied only an hour later:
In the text message, he first expressed his gratitude to Ling Feng for his concern.
Then, he also said that this is not an uncommon thing in the cruel world of professional football.
In the end, Mourinho was still in the mood to joke with Ling Feng, claiming that "if I had you in my team, I wouldn't have lost this game!" ”
This joke, for Ling Feng, is definitely a very high evaluation.
Ling Feng also sent a text message to express his gratitude, and then sent him blessings, wishing him all the best in the future.
Although the last Mendes wedding was his first meeting with Mourinho.
However, after a short contact, he found out that Uncle Bird was a humorous uncle who was joking in private.
This is also in line with his impression of Mourinho.
In front of the media, he is arrogant and arrogant, and uses a domineering attitude to confront the whole world;
In front of the players, he can be very strict at times and humorous at other times.
One time he remembers very well was in the post-match interview, when Mourinho suddenly broke into the interview between David Luiz and Hazard, and then deliberately joked that David Luiz received a yellow card during the game and was on suspension for travel.
It's also a testament to how well he mingles with the players.
Of course, he is very ruthless towards players he doesn't like or look down on.
Everyone, not black and white, has a good side and a bad side.
In football, there are hard-line managers like Mourinho and Ferguson who pay attention to iron-fisted governance, as well as good old coaches like Ancelotti who are good at managing the dressing room, as well as perfect managers like Pep Guardiola who pay great attention to details, and there are metaphysical managers like Zidane who don't know how they win!
Ling Feng couldn't talk about which coach's coaching style he preferred.
He just feels that with his own ability and level, no matter which head coach he is under, he can become the most indispensable core of the team, so that the head coach can treat him politely!
After all, in the world of professional football, the eternal truth is:
The strong are respected, and the strength is supreme!
Leicester's win over Chelsea did not extend their lead.
Because Manchester City and Arsenal, who are second and third, have both won in this round.
As the Premier League enters the Christmas schedule, the media and fans suddenly realize that the situation in the Premier League this season is completely unexpected!
This season's Premier League can be described as ushering in an unprecedented turbulent era.
In the past, the BIG6 giants all faced such and such problems:
Defending champions Chelsea have been affected by off-field factors, and their manager has fallen into a deep slump and is now on the verge of relegation;
Blue Moon Manchester City's form has been up and down, and they can't show too much dominance;
The Red Devils are not attacking well and Louis van Gaal is still building his attacking system;
Gunners Arsenal have been affected by injuries as always and have a disjointed squad;
Although the Reds Liverpool have improved under Klopp's tutelage, the hole Rodgers dug is too big, and it is not so easy to take over halfway to get results;
As for Tottenham, the youngest youth army in the BIG6, there has been a youth storm this season, with Kane, Ali, Son Heung-min and other players
However, the characteristics of young people are that they have more momentum and less stability, and they are not stable enough.
As for Southampton, West Ham United and other teams that played well, although they played some eye-catching tactics and performances, they did not have the temperament to impact the championship.
On the contrary, Leicester City, the super dark horse that amazed the entire Premier League last season, ushered in the best start in team history.
Unbeaten in sixteen rounds, the first in the offensive firepower league
In the hearts of many people, they can't help but have ripples.
Could it be that this team from a small town in the middle of England has also ushered in a chance to make history?!
Winning a Champions League ticket for the first time in team history?
Or maybe it's the top of the Premier League?!
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December 18th.
Barcelona, Spain.
In a black nanny car, Ling Feng, who was dressed in casual clothes, looked at the shooting flow chart in his hand and asked the female assistant next to him:
"So. Will this ad only be shown in the UK? ”
The reason why he suddenly came to Barcelona, Spain, was not because he was going to join Barcelona, nor was he here for tourism, but to shoot an advertisement.
EA asked him to shoot a Christmas commercial for the New Year's game FIFA16.
And with him, there is also the cover character of FIFA16 - Lionel Messi, the four-time Ballon d'Or winner, the soul of Barcelona, and one of the peerless double pride!
Last year's FIFA15 Christmas commercial, the British spokesperson who was filmed with Messi, was Eden Hazard.
And this year, with the explosion of Leicester City's record, Ling Feng's influence and prestige in football, as the core of the team, have also risen at a high speed like a rocket.
EA took a fancy to his popularity in the UK and decided to select him as the spokesperson for the UK, and printed him on the cover of the FIFA16 UK Edition with Messi!
Although it has not really become the global face of the game of the year.
However, it is also an endorsement of him.
Compared with FIFA15's 80 overall ratings, after the first Premier League season's brilliance, Ling Feng's overall rating in FIFA16 suddenly rose to 85!
There has been a significant increase in all attributes.
Even so, he is still a long way from the "Messi" in the game
Because Messi's overall rating of the game is the highest 94 in the entire FIFA16!
Soon, Ling Feng took a car to the studio where he was shooting.
After waiting in the shed for about half an hour, Barcelona 10 was late.
Watching Messi walk into the studio surrounded by assistants and bodyguards, Ling Feng also saw Messi's real person for the first time.
Finally!
After Brother Luo, he met another peerless Shuangjiao, Boss Mei!
At this time, Ling Feng also took the initiative to greet Messi by using his fluent Spanish:
"Hello, Lionel."
"Hello, Ney (Neymar) and Luis [Suarez] have told me about you! Your name is Ling. Peak, right? ”
Hearing this, Ling Feng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
He has played against Neymar and Suarez in the World Cup.
At that time, he helped England draw with Uruguay and also lost to Brazil.
It seems that his performance still made the two remember their names.
"Yes."
Maybe there were other schedules later, and the two didn't have much time to communicate, so they started filming under the director's arrangement.
And the whole advertising process is very simple.
It is Ling Feng and Messi who are in the set of an igloo, sitting on a sofa, holding a gamepad and playing FIFA16 games.
Then after Ling Feng took the lead in controlling the "self" in the game to score a goal, Messi immediately responded and scored two goals by controlling the "self" in the game!
In just half an hour, the entire commercial was filmed.
And Messi came in a hurry and hurried away.
Like his dribbling on the field, like a gust of wind, it doesn't take away a cloud.
Compared with Ronaldo's straightforwardness, Messi is indeed a little restrained as imagined.
However, Ling Feng didn't plan to become friends with these two football monsters.
For him, both men are rivals.
And his goal is to defeat and even surpass them!
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A few days later, the Guardian, the British media that likes to attract traffic the most, announced the ranking of the top 100 stars in 2015!
A total of 123 journalists from 49 countries participated in the selection, as did famous stars such as Zico, Zanetti and Hadji.
According to the selection criteria and range, it is all the players in the world who have performed well this year.
And 2015 is destined to be the year of Barcelona and "MSN".
Under the terrifying offensive firepower of the historic trident combination "MSN" who scored 122 goals, Barcelona won the treble again since the 2008~09 season, and won the just-concluded Club World Cup, achieving an astonishing five crowns!
Therefore, Messi, as the top brand of Barcelona, sits firmly in the first place of the top 100 stars of the year, and the two vice-players Neymar and Suarez are third and fourth respectively.
Among the BBC combinations that are slightly inferior on all fronts, only Ronaldo is selected into the top ten.
Of course, the rankings of these superstars are just after-dinner conversations for the English.
What they care more about is, of course, the ranking of their own players!
Especially this year's outstanding performance of Ling Feng and Kane, the two major British popular fried chickens.
For Ling Feng, 2015 was also a year full of harvest.
Best Newcomer in the Premier League, Premier League Assist King, England FWA Footballer of the Year, Assist King of Europe's Top 5 Leagues, Breaking the Premier League Single-season Assist Record, and Ballon d'Or nomination
In addition to last season's soaring, this season's Blue Foxes No. 7 is still in explosive form.
He led Leicester City to the top of the Premier League standings, unbeaten in 16 consecutive rounds, and contributed an astonishing nine goals and 15 assists in 15 appearances in all competitions!
The performance of this new generation of first person is obvious to all and has been widely recognized by major media and stars.
In the end, he was ranked 14th!
Below Eden Hazard in 13th and above Kevin De Bruyne in 15th.
Considering that last season was only his first Premier League season, coupled with the team's fame and record, his ranking is already very high.
And he is also the youngest player among the top 100 stars!
In addition to 14th-ranked Lingfeng, Leicester City also had two players named to the Top 100.
That's Vardy and Mahrez, who are also the "Three Musketeers of the Blue Fox"!
Jamie Vardy is 69th and Riyad Mahrez is 98th.
Leicester City occupy three of the best 100 players in the world, which shows how dazzling their achievements over the past year really are.
According to the keyword search number ranking announced by Google and other search engines not long ago, the search times of "Leicester City" and "Lingfeng" are among the top ten of the year!
There is no doubt that Leicester City have been one of the most watched Premier League teams in the UK over the past year!
(End of chapter)