Chapter 1545 A new era opened in controversy
If you only look at the results of various selections, then world football in 2028 will be considered to belong to the Argentine genius Melly Banega many years later.
During this year, he won the King's Cup, the Champions League, the European Super Cup, and the Club World Cup with the team. At the same time, he also won the Champions League Best Player, the European Ballon d'Or, and the World Footballer.
Melly, who has collected many honors, is no longer the rising "star", but a popular superstar in full swing.
When Melli lifted the World Footballer trophy in the Golden Hall of Vienna, some Argentine media excitedly shouted:
"World football has officially entered the era of Mellie Banega!"
"Melli will lead Argentine football to restore the glory of the Igovara era!"
"If anyone can lead Argentina to win the World Cup, it's only Melly Banega!"
"When Argentina wins the World Cup, that's when Melli will be crowned 'King of Football'!"
But Chinese fans and media definitely don’t think so.
At least Xie Lan would never think so.
"Bullshit! FIFA's selection is bullshit!"
She scolded the news that reported that Melly won the World Footballer of the Year.
"Oh my god, a person who scores seventy-six goals a year and wins the Champions League Golden Boot, La Liga championship, and Olympic championship can't even make it into the top three. What's the point of such an award?"
Hu Lixin quietly listened to his wife's tantrum, without speaking out to dissuade her or explain to her the difference between FIFA's selection and UEFA's selection.
Because he also felt that the results of this selection were somewhat unfair to his son.
Public opinion on the domestic Internet and in the media has been furious.
Even the official media, which always insist on objectivity and impartiality, rarely expressed their aggrievement for Hu Lai, thinking that the weight of expert votes should be increased in FIFA's World Player of the Year selection method?
Jorge Dillon, the head coach of the Chinese team, expressed his dissatisfaction and doubts simply: "...the selection of World Footballer once again showed the difference between them and the UEFA Ballon d'Or...I What I don’t quite understand is why the third place in the European Ballon d’Or was actually However, I can't make it into the top three of the World Footballer. I say this without disrespecting the other two people, I am just a little surprised... I definitely put Hu Lai first in my vote. He is the best player..."
Ignoring the fact that in the end he thought Hu Laicai should be the best in the world - as the head coach of the national team, he may have some fan filters - what Dillon said before does make sense.
The winner of the European Bronze Ball Award, he did not even make the top three finalists for the World Footballer...
Isn't this funny?
Although this kind of thing has not happened before.
But what happened to other people and what happened to Hu Lai were completely different.
Because this is the first time that Chinese players are so close to this honor!
All Chinese fans and Chinese sports media care so much.
In fact, before the award ceremony, everyone had already made psychological preparations through various channels. Hu Lai is unlikely to beat Melli in the competition for World Footballer. This time the Footballer of the Year should go to Melli.
At that time, everyone thought that if they could not win the World Footballer, the second or third place would be good.
Although these two rankings do not have any trophies, they are still among the top three in the world.
Unexpectedly, when the final results were announced, Hu Lai didn't even make the top three.
After the award ceremony, some European media revealed the final ranking and score of this selection. Melli, who won the World Footballer of course, ranked first. His final score was 46 points.
Ranked second is last season's European Golden Boot, the main center of the German national team, and the top scorer of Blue and White Munich Mark Becker. His final score was 41 points.
Third place was Kendall Kabangka, who scored thirty-six points.
Hu Lai ranked fourth with 32 points.
Just four points away...
Before the selection results were released, European media began to speculate that Hulay might enter the top three in the final selection of World Footballer.
One moment he spoke with certainty, and the next moment he came out to refute rumors.
Today the media said that Chinese football will achieve a major breakthrough, but tomorrow the media said that FIFA denied all previous rumors...
In short, the hearts of Chinese fans are like a roller coaster, going up and down.
Now when the results came out, everyone was dumbfounded.
Did you always tease Chinese fans before? !
Chinese fans were very angry. They not only discussed the matter on the domestic Internet, but also went to external networks to condemn it.
In the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese fans, even if Melli has the Champions League championship and the endorsement of the European Ballon d'Or, Hu Lai cannot compete for the time being.
How can Kabangka and Becker Hede be ranked in front of our Hu Lai?
Well, Becker was the European Silver Ball winner last season, what about Kabangka?
Kabangka didn't even make it into the top three in the European Golden Globe Awards!
What does he have?
Premier League champion?
Our Hu Lai has a La Liga championship!
And there are not only Premier League champions, but also La Liga Golden Boots and Champions League Golden Boots.
What about Kabangka?
Best player in the Premier League?
FA Cup winner?
ha!
Are these worthy of being compared with our Hulai!
So why did Kabangka get the third place in the World Footballer's Award?
Not because of FIFA’s selection mechanism, the national team coaches and captains of all FIFA member countries have voting rights.
What do the national team coaches and captains in many underdeveloped areas of football know?
Don’t they elect who is based on their reputation?
Kendall Kabangka became famous earlier than Hulay, and has maintained a high competitive level for so many years. Coupled with the strength of the Brazilian national team, it also won the runner-up in the 2026 World Cup.
Therefore, Kabangka can regularly gain a sense of presence in world football.
Compared with him, Hu Lai, a rising star, has insufficient accumulation.
This resulted in a loss in the national team head coach and captain voting.
If we look at the voting by authoritative professional media, Hulay should be ahead of Kendall Kabangka.
Of course, the lead is not that big...
Angry Chinese fans continue to express their disappointment and dissatisfaction with the results of this selection online:
"...A player who has broken the scoring record for active players in a natural year for two consecutive years cannot enter the top three in the World Footballer selection. This is not Hu Lai's shame. This is the shame of the World Footballer award!"
"Let me take you to review Hulay's achievements in the past 2028: In terms of team honors: La Liga champion, Olympic champion. In terms of personal honors: La Liga Golden Boot, Champions League Golden Boot, European Bronze Ball Award. In addition, this year In 2017, he scored a total of 76 goals in all competitions, one more than the 75 goals last year... Isn’t this performance worthy of being ranked among the top three in the world? ”
"If the selection of World Footballer is at this level, I think Melli's World Footballer has no gold content, it is very watery! Melly Banega is the most watery World Footballer in history!"
Such remarks naturally aroused dissatisfaction among Melli fans.
It would be fine if this kind of thing were said on the Internet in China.
But if you go to the external network, you will find that Meili's fans are no less than Hu Lai's fans, and are even more dominant.
So the two sides started to curse and criticize each other.
So lively.
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"Yes, your fans and Meili's fans are really at odds with each other."
Li Qingqing shook his head and sighed.
"Actually, there's no need..." Hu Lai waved his hand.
"It's still necessary. Your fans need a way to vent their emotions. They really complain for you."
Hu Lai nodded: "I know. I said it's enough to scold FIFA. There is no need to scold Melli. He is the world's best footballer. He deserves it. Saying 'the best in history' is a bit too much... It seems that everyone This is the only thing in the world that deserves attention. You see, the media didn’t pay enough attention to the fact that you won the title of Miss World Football. It’s so frustrating.”
At the award ceremony, in addition to Melli winning the World Footballer, there was actually another heavyweight award that was awarded.
That is "Miss World Football", the highest honor in the world of women's football.
In the past year, Li Qingqing, who led the Madrid women's football team to win the Spanish Super League championship and the Champions League championship, and led the Chinese women's team to win the Olympic championship, did her job and won the honorary title of "Miss Football World" with a huge lead.
She reached the top three last year, but the regret of not winning the trophy was made up for this year.
"Maybe it's because I'm not the first Chinese player to win the Miss World Football Award?"
Li Qingqing is indeed not the first female football player in Chinese football to win this honor. Before her, in the golden era of Chinese women's football, former international Su Liwen had won the honor of "Miss World Football". She is also the first Asian player to win this honor.
She once led the Chinese women's football team to the World Cup finals, only to lose to the United States in a penalty shootout. At that time, she was a superstar in the world of women's football.
"That shouldn't be the case. Someone has gotten it before. Wouldn't it be worthy of attention if you take it again?" Hu Lai complained for his girlfriend.
"I wish no one would pay attention." Li Qingqing said with a smile, "Otherwise, what would I do if I had to come to my house again to shoot a documentary..."
"Oh, you are so Versailles!"
After Li Qingqing finished laughing, he looked at Hu Lai seriously and asked: "Hu Lai, do you really not care about not getting the top three?"
"How could you not care..." Hu Lai curled his lips. "But we can't criticize them directly like the fans, right? Then we can only try to do better than last year, so good that no one can find fault. Then kick the ball back to FIFA, let's see How do they pick up?”
When Li Qingqing heard what Hu Lai said, he gave him a thumbs up: "Okay! Let's work hard together!"
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World football in 2028, for well-known reasons, will be considered a very controversial year a few years later.
But no matter what the controversy, everyone agrees that this year is the beginning of a new era in world football.
The stars who would dominate world football for the next decade have officially taken center stage.
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(End of chapter)