Chapter 46 After Thirty-One Years Old

On January 8, 2016, Messi finally won his second Ballon d'Or. The reason why he was able to win the award must be that the America's Cup championship gave him extra points. Without the America's Cup championship, he would still be in the cold this year.

The number of Golden Globe Awards won by the three of them is Messi 2, Ronaldo 3, and Dong Fangzhuo 4. Dong Fangzhuo was still ahead of the two of them.

However, in the eyes of fans and many media, Dong Fangzhuo is still the most worthy of winning the Golden Globe Award.

"If Dong plays for a season, both Messi and Ronaldo will have a chance. Messi is luckier than Ronaldo because he won the championship." The Times rarely publishes news in such a tone, but the target is Argentinian , the tone doesn’t matter.

Italy's "Gazzetta dello Sport" also supports Dong Fangzhuo - Dong is the uncrowned king. After giving up half a season, he only lost this war with a 1% disadvantage. There may be a huge gap between fourth place and third place. There is a gap, but the same is true for second, third, and first place.

German "Bild" - The Golden Globe Award should be awarded to Dong. Anyone who knows football knows what this is about. The German media, which has always been known for its rigor, seems a little dissatisfied with the results of this selection.

And the Chinese media?

The front page of "Sports Weekly" - Forced Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the author's opinion, Cristiano Ronaldo and Dong Fangzhuo can barely be said to be peerless twins, but Romance of the Three Kingdoms? What a joke.

The subjective consciousness is very strong, but the whole of China thinks so...

Only the Argentines were celebrating. "Ole", "El Nacional" and national television were all reporting the news that Messi won the Ballon d'Or. They gave all the praise to Messi.

From 2005 to 2015, in this long decade, Messi won less and lost more. This was a year of fruitful results for Messi...

However, while the Argentinians were celebrating across the country, Maradona, who was on vacation in Asia, suddenly made a shocking statement.

In an interview with Asian media, he expressed his opinion on the Ballon d'Or awarded to Messi.

"Objectively speaking, winning the Ballon d'Or this time is not glorious, but it is not Messi's fault, it is the fault of the judges. This is unfair to Dong."

When hearing Maradona say this, the reporter's face was in disbelief, because Maradona has always disliked Dong Fangzhuo, so why is he speaking for Dong Fangzhuo now and stepping on Messi?

Maradona then gave the answer, "You have to beat Dong on a fair environment to be convincing.

Although I also hope that Messi beats him, is an America's Cup champion really inferior to an Asian Cup champion and a Champions League champion? Obviously impossible, let alone the World Cup..."

Forget it if it was said by ordinary people, these words were actually said by Maradona, which immediately caused a crazy reaction in the country.

"Maradona is out of his mind. No one thinks he is mute when he doesn't speak. Doesn't he just want to tell everyone that Messi is not as good as him? When Messi won a Ballon d'Or, he was not like this. That's right. But when Messi won two, he is now worried that his status in Argentina will be surpassed by Messi."

"Silly x old horse, jumping out to make your presence felt. Didn't you also not win the Champions League? But you are still the world champion, why are you dissatisfied with Messi's Ballon d'Or?"

"Just jealousy! He's jealous of Messi."

"I don't know how to praise!"

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Messi's idiot fans started to jump out and curse Maradona, completely forgetting how Maradona supported Messi in the first place. Now he just jumped out and told the truth, and he was regarded as an idiot by the idiot fans. Enemy.

Maradona did not expect that his remarks would be attacked by so many Messi fans. After he saw so many insulting remarks about him on the Internet while vacationing in the Maldives, he became really angry this time.

He immediately jumped on social media and typed a lot of lines.

"I'm jealous?"

"I am the best player of the 20th century."

"I have the World Cup."

"Ask the Naples fans who is the best player in the world!"

"If you don't have a World Cup title, just strive for the World Cup and then let's talk."

"And unfortunately, it looks like Dong has crossed that threshold."

Even if Maradona lives to be 100 years old, he will always speak openly and directly. Messi fans are obviously offended by him, and they are deeply offended. He has always been very restrained in order to protect Messi, but now, he got angry and directly made such shocking remarks.

"God!"

"So Maradona always liked Dong?"

"Is he just partial to Messi?"

European fans suddenly realized...

Chinese fans are also incredible.

"Ow, Maradona finally stood on the side of truth. The cataracts have been removed from his eyes and he can see clearly."

"Even Maradona doesn't support Messi anymore, it's really sad..."

…

This is global news.

The Ballon d'Or shocked world football because Maradona spoke out.

However, as one of the parties involved, Dong Fangzhuo was not excited by Maradona's rebellion, because there was nothing to be excited about in the first place.

In his opinion, he didn't feel any pressure on himself, and he didn't regard Messi as a real opponent. At least between him and Messi, there was Cristiano Ronaldo in the middle, and Cristiano Ronaldo didn't catch up with him, let alone What about Messi?

He and Maradona still have very similar views. Let's compete after winning the World Cup. Without a World Cup champion, it is useless to say anything. The World Cup is not the only criterion for whether a player is great, but it is definitely one of the indispensable criteria for a football champion!

So under Dong Fangzhuo, no player can compare with him...

Messi also remained silent and did not make any noise in front of the media. Winning the award was a fluke. He did not want to be used by the news media. The only thing to do was to lead the team to victory in a low-key manner.

Amid the controversy, the two men continued to lead the team to advance in the league, League Cup and FA Cup.

Of course, Ronaldo is also indispensable.

All three of them led their teams to the semi-finals of the League Cup in January, and two of them were destined to meet in advance in the semi-finals. In the end, Chelsea drew Manchester City, while Manchester United's opponent was Liverpool. There could not be a more perfect matchup between the Final Four.

On January 23, Dong Fangzhuo finally celebrated his 31st birthday. Although major media and clubs were reporting on his birthday, Dong Fangzhuo did not celebrate it grandly. He just celebrated briefly with a cake at home with his family.

31 years old means that he is one year closer to retirement. No matter how strong a player is, he cannot withstand the invasion of time. He will eventually grow old one day.

"Dad, what is your wish?" His second son asked innocently after making a wish.

"You can't say it, it won't work if you say it."

"You tell me secretly so that no one else can hear you."

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Although Dong Fangzhuo wanted to celebrate his birthday in a low-key manner, Ronaldo still gave him a big gift, which made headlines in major news media.

This time, Ronaldo's gift is still a small island, but this time the island is not in Greece, but in the Madeira Islands of Portugal. Yes, it is the birthplace of Ronaldo. He bought Dong Fangzhuo an island in his hometown.

It's a small island to take action, Ronaldo is too generous.

"The Times" interviewed Ronaldo about this. What is the significance of sending him to his hometown island? Ronaldo's answer was simple - one day we retire and hope to live wherever we want, and Madeira is obviously one of the plans. When it's his birthday next year, I plan to buy one in China...

The news was reprinted in China, but Chinese fans were happy.

"Did Cristiano Ronaldo also want to buy an island in China? He is overthinking it. He may not be able to afford it in China! Small islands abroad are cheap, but it is difficult to buy them in China. He may not be able to afford it with all his wealth combined. rise……"

"No, then it depends on how big of an island Ronaldo wants to buy. A smaller one is still okay, such as one within a few thousand square meters..."

"If you can't afford it on a small island, buy a reef. Go to the South China Sea and buy it. The country firmly supports it!"

"But we have to understand Ronaldo's good intentions. Even if he retires, he doesn't want the two brothers to separate."

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The flames of war resumed in February. In the League Cup semi-finals, Messi and Ronaldo staged a battle. The total score in the two rounds was 4;4. They had to decide the outcome through a penalty shootout. The final outcome once again depended on Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were the last two to appear. As a result, Messi missed a penalty kick and Cristiano Ronaldo became a hero overnight.

Because Liverpool lacked the blessing of superstars, although they played very bravely, they were eventually eliminated with a total score of 2:4, and Manchester United and Chelsea met in the final.

The first champion of 2016 will be born soon...

The FA Cup has not been left behind, the same is true for the league, and the Champions League knockout rounds are finally here. But the strength of these three teams is the strongest in Europe, and they are still unstoppable. Chelsea and Manchester City took the lead in winning at home, and then only Manchester United was left.

Manchester United is going to face Barcelona away from home.

Returning to this city again, Dong Fangzhuo is no stranger at all. At the age of 31, he has returned here with fewer boos. After all, Messi has gone to Chelsea and is no longer in Barcelona.

Neymar has a pretty good relationship with him. When Kaka went to Zurich to award awards, they had a meal together.

This time Dong Fangzhuo and Manchester United came to Barcelona, ​​Neymar did not shy away and invited Dong Fangzhuo to a Chinese restaurant for dinner.

Many media reporters took pictures of them having dinner together, and the news quickly appeared online.

"Aspen" actually interpreted the matter of two people eating as - Manchester United poached Neymar! In order to find the successor of Chinese Dong, Manchester United asked King Dong to be a lobbyist.

The report of "World Sports News" also means this, because Ferguson released some signals in England some time ago, buying Kante, looking for young players, etc., which made everyone pay more attention to Manchester United's trends. The description of "World Sports News" is more specific, "At the end of the season, Manchester United will purchase Leicester City's Kante, Southampton's Van Dijk and..." They mentioned a series of names, and finally said, "Only the remaining Let’s leave Neymar as the midfield commander.”

It's true, but of course it's not true.

When Dong Fangzhuo and Ferguson attended the press conference the next day, they both talked about the news and Neymar at the same time.

"The media always seems to receive news earlier than the head coach. If everything is as the media says, how many people will Manchester United buy in one season?" Ferguson laughed, "Since I was less than 40 years old, my position has The clubs have probably gone through tens of thousands of transactions, which is unbelievable.”

"But boss, you have to admit that Neymar is indeed a very suitable candidate." Dong Fangzhuo suddenly said.

"Really?" Ferguson pretended to be surprised. "Then when you had dinner with him last night, did you mention Manchester United to him? Is he interested in joining Manchester United? I can choose any jersey number, even No. 9."

The audience was in an uproar. Ferguson was even willing to leave No. 9 to Neymar. Isn't this his successor?

Of course, this is just a little humor between two people.

"That won't work, I'm not old yet. Let him choose No. 10. Manchester United is short of a No. 10. If you want No. 9, you have to wait until I get old."

"Ah, when you get old...then other players will be ready to retire."

It’s another joke from the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

Ferguson suddenly regained his serious expression.

"Neymar is the new symbol of Barcelona. It is impossible for us to buy Neymar. We need younger players, but such players are not currently available."

This sentence also tells everyone that Manchester United is indeed looking for players, but it is definitely not Neymar, and such a player has not been found yet.

Dong Fangzhuo also said, "We just had a simple meal and discussed tonight's game."

"Neymar said that he has been waiting for this day for a long time. This is the beginning of his year in Barcelona. He wants to prove that it is too late, so how can he fall in love with Manchester United?"

Indeed, after finally taking over the king's scepter from Messi, how could he become the king of Manchester United again?

Besides, Manchester United may not be suitable for him. He is like a fish in water in La Liga. If he goes to the Premier League, he may have to lie in bed often. He is so obsessed with dribbling that he will always be targeted.

"But after us, I am most optimistic about Neymar. I believe Neymar will win the Ballon d'Or in the near future. After all, the future belongs to them."

"After that, I think it's kids like Mbappe, Rashford and Martial, especially Mbappe, who has great potential to become a superstar."

"Maybe in five to six years, he can be the number one player in the world."

In public, Mbappe is the young player he mentions the most. Mbappe himself is also very ambitious and has never let him down. Now Mbappe ranks fifth in the Champions League scorer list and ranks first in the Premier League scorer list. Fourth, the results delivered are already outstanding.

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