Chapter 209: Shortlisted for the Golden Boy and Ballon d'Or Awards (Transition Chapter)

After the game, Lin Quan received a text message from Lily Collins and learned that she had arrived at Stamford Bridge.

Lin Quan had already boarded the bus back to Manchester and had no time to meet her.

The two had to chat on their mobile phones.

"How is it, how does it feel to watch the game live?"

"Not bad, but it's too far from the stadium, so it's a little hard to see clearly!"

Lily Collins sent a snickering emoji.

"If the stands are too high, you can bring binoculars. I see quite a few of them do that!"

When Lin Quan was in Catalonia, he often went to watch football matches, and he went to Camp Nou most often.

The Camp Nou is very large and can accommodate up to 100,000 fans.

Sitting in the highest stand of Camp Nou, which is quite far away from the stadium, people with poor eyesight really can’t see the players on the field clearly.

At this time, you can either watch the game on the big screen or bring your own telescope and watch the game through the telescope.

To be honest, this experience may not be better than watching the game comfortably on the sofa at home.

If you go to watch the game in person, you can feel the warm atmosphere of tens of thousands of fans in the stadium, which is something you can't feel from watching the live TV.

The fact that Lily Collins was able to watch the game live means that she has begun to fall in love with the sport of football.

This is good news!

"By the way, how's your movie going?"

It has been half a month since the movie was released, and the box office results should be out.

"It's a terrible flop. According to the producers and distributors, the film is expected to lose more than 90 million US dollars!"

Considering that this is her first starring movie, a box office failure will have a great impact on her acting career.

Lin Quan sent a message to comfort her: "Okay, pat your head, don't cry anymore!"

"This is a perfunctory way of comforting people!"

"Then I'll invite you to watch the game this weekend and treat you to a big meal. Is that okay?"

"Really?"

"certainly!"

…

After returning to Manchester, Pellegrini gave the players two days off.

After three away games, Manchester City's devilish schedule has finally come to an end.

In the next period of time, their schedule will not be as tight, and the main players who were absent from the game due to colds will return to the team one after another.

In the next game against Norwich, Manchester City can send out their strongest lineup.

After the match between Manchester City and Chelsea, the outside world was still discussing Lin Quan's goal very heatedly.

On October 27, Turin Sports Daily struck while the iron was hot and took advantage of this wave of popularity to announce the 40-person list of this year's Golden Boy Awards.

Among these forty people, more than half are Serie A players.

As expected of an Italian newspaper, Turin Sports Daily takes good care of its own league.

However, most of these Serie A players are just runners-up, and very few of them can make people's eyes shine.

The favorites for this year's Golden Boy Award are mainly Lin Quan who plays for Manchester City, Pogba who plays for Juventus, and Draxler of Schalke 04.

Interestingly, thanks to his outstanding performance at Everton, Lukaku was also included in the list, and his ranking was not low, ranking in the top five.

Lukaku scored again in this round of the Premier League. Since he joined Everton, he has scored five goals in five games in the Premier League alone.

This goal efficiency surpasses a large number of top shooters.

Of course, like others, Lukaku was selected as a runner-up to Lin Quan.

Unlike previous years, this year's Golden Boy Award can be said to be the one with the least suspense.

Among the forty selected players, Lin Quan, who ranked first, is far ahead of all his opponents.

It can be said that although the award has not yet been presented, the outside world has already tacitly assumed that Lin Quan will win the award.

It’s not news that he won the Golden Boy Award. It would be news if he didn’t win the Golden Boy Award.

Because Lin Quan's chances of winning are so high, all bookmakers have closed the market and stopped taking bets.

Compared to the Golden Boy Award, which is a foregone conclusion, this year's Golden Globe Award is more anticipated.

Compared with the situation in previous years where the two superstars took turns to receive the award, this year, with his outstanding performance in the Champions League, Bayern Munich's front core Ribery is likely to break this monopoly and snatch a Golden Globe trophy from Messi and Ronaldo.

On October 29, less than two days after the Golden Boy Award announced its 40-name shortlist, FIFA and France Football magazine also announced the 23-name shortlist for the 2013 World's Best Male Athlete (FIFA Ballon d'Or).

Unlike most of the unknown players on the Golden Boy Award list, the 23 players nominated for the Ballon d'Or are all well-known names in the football world, and can even be said to be the best players on the planet! As the defending champions of the Champions League, Bayern is the biggest favorite, with a total of 6 players on the list.

Although Barcelona failed to make it to the final, they also had four players selected thanks to their outstanding historical record, status as La Liga champions and outstanding performances for the national team.

After the French Ligue 1 giants Paris Saint-Germain recruited a large number of players, three stars were selected for the team.

As the second generation of the Galacticos, Real Madrid lost the league title and had a poor record in the Champions League, so two players were selected.

One of them is Bale, the new player they bought for 100 million pounds this summer.

In addition, there is one person each from Monaco, Chelsea, Dortmund, Arsenal, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City.

After FIFA announced the list of nominees for this year's Ballon d'Or, the focus of outside attention quickly shifted from the Golden Boy Award to the Ballon d'Or.

"Ribery has a great chance!"

"Haha, I don't think so. Ribery only scored three goals in the Champions League. Not only is his goal tally less than Ronaldo's, but his team also lost to Manchester City and finished second in the group. How can he win the Ballon d'Or?"

"Ribery at least has a Champions League trophy. He has a huge advantage over the two great players in terms of honors. Why do you think he can't win a prize?"

"What's the point of winning the Champions League? If it's really that important, why didn't anyone from Chelsea win the Ballon d'Or last season?"

It is rumored that fans of the two people with the highest probability of winning started arguing on the Internet.

Those who support Ribery think that the man with scar deserves the title, while those who support Ronaldo think that Ribery does not deserve the position.

Just as where there are Messi fans, there are definitely Ronaldo fans. When Ronaldo fans and Ribery fans started arguing, Messi fans who heard the news also raised questions: "Messi at least has a league championship, Ronaldo has nothing, why can Ronaldo be ranked ahead of Messi?"

"That's right. In the Spanish national derby that just ended, Messi led his team to defeat Ronaldo's Real Madrid again. This is enough to prove that Messi is better than Ronaldo!"

"Haha, is it so difficult to admit that Ronaldo is very strong? Seven goals in three Champions League games, how many goals did your shorty score?"

"Little-known fact: Messi only played 2 games in the Champions League, but scored 4 goals. His goal efficiency is no worse than Ronaldo, and Messi also completed 2 hat tricks in the league!"

"Messi has had more injuries this year. If his attendance rate was higher, his number of goals in the Champions League might not be less than Ronaldo's!"

"Haha, then you have the ability to prevent Messi from getting injured and missing games. Why does your Messi get injured so often, but Ronaldo doesn't have this problem?"

Seeing the rebuttal of Messi fans, Ronaldo fans were dismissive.

Fewer injuries is also a reflection of strength and luck.

Players with better physical fitness and better ability to protect themselves can effectively reduce the number of injuries, thereby achieving a higher attendance rate and completing more shots and goals.

"Haha, Ronaldo and Messi are not the same type of players at all. Messi's dribbling rate is the highest in La Liga. He breaks through and dribbles more often, and he poses a greater threat on the field. So he is violated more often. Isn't this normal?"

"To be honest, Messi is a ball-carrying player. The ball stays at his feet longer, so he is fouled more often than a shooter like Ronaldo."

"Okay, even if what you said makes sense, then what about Lin Huang? Lin Huang is the same type of player as Messi, right? Moreover, he plays in the Premier League where physical confrontation is more intense and there are more fouls. Why doesn't Lin Huang have any injury problems?"

This sentence silenced Messi's fans. They couldn't understand why Lin Quan was injured so rarely and had such a high attendance rate?

Compared to several favorites, although Lin Quan was selected into the 23-man list for the Golden Globe Award, the outside world is not optimistic about him.

His order of winning the award ranks fifth, below Ribery, Ronaldo, Messi and Iniesta.

This ranking basically means you are just a runner-up, and the probability of winning is probably less than 10%.

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Lin Quan's fans were calm about the result.

"Don't worry, don't rush. Lin Huang is still young. He should win the Golden Boy Award this year. After winning the Champions League and the World Cup next year, he can compete with the two great players for the Golden Ball Award."

"Brother, you are so optimistic. Whether it is the Champions League or the World Cup, it is not that easy!"

"The World Cup might be easier, the Spanish national team is very strong, but the Champions League is..."

"There is hope for the Champions League, right? After all, they have defeated the defending champion Bayern!"

"Although Manchester City beat Bayern Munich, the gap between their hard power and Bayern is still obvious. I feel that Guardiola's Bayern is not as strong as it was under Heynckes last year. It lacks the temperament of a champion."

"Now that you mention it, I feel the same way. Why is that?"

"Guardiola and Heynckes have different styles, right? Under Heynckes, Bayern is full of blood and perseverance, and can kill opponents with impact. But under Guardiola, the team seems to have lost that dominance!"

"Maybe the time is still short. After all, Guardiola has only been here for less than half a year. Give him a little more time and we'll see!"

…

Lin Quan has no ambition to win the Golden Globe this year, he knows he has no hope.

Therefore, he was already very happy to be among the top five.

As for the Golden Boy Award, it was basically certain that he would win it at the beginning of the season, so there was no surprise at all.

However, winning the Golden Boy Award will still be of great help in improving his popularity and commercial value.

After Turin Sports Daily announced the shortlist, more and more sponsors came to Lin Quan for cooperation.

This time, it was a well-known domestic mobile phone company that found Lin Quan.

The company has made great strides in the international market in recent years, with its market share in Europe rising steadily.

In order to enter the high-end market and challenge the leading position of Apple and Samsung, they launched a high-end mobile phone.

In order to promote this phone well, they specially found Lin Quan, hoping to use his influence in Europe to help them promote it.

Originally they were looking for a star from the Bundesliga, but compared to Lin Quan, that star, who only played in the Bundesliga and whose influence was limited to Germany and Poland, was obviously not as good as Lin Quan.

Lin Quan tried the products provided by the other party and found the quality was indeed good. In addition, the other party paid a lot, so he had no reason to refuse such cooperation.

In order not to affect Lin Quan's daily training and competitions, the other party specially brought a photography team from China to complete the real-life shooting here in Manchester.

"Hello Lin Quan, I'm Guo Fan, nice to meet you, I'm your fan!"

The director in charge of the filming was a Shandong man in his thirties, about 1.8 meters tall.

Lin Quan was stunned when he saw him. Wasn't this guy Director Guo, who later made the pinnacle of domestic science fiction films? Why did he come to shoot a commercial?

Lin Quan shook hands with him enthusiastically: "Hello Director Guo, I am your fan. I will follow your instructions for today's work."

Guo Fan was originally worried that the other party was a big-name star and would be difficult to deal with, but he didn't expect the other party to be so approachable, and most of his worries were immediately relieved.

But what does it mean that he is a fan of mine? Has he watched the movie The Adventures of Li Xianji directed by me?

But this movie is not very popular, and the reputation is not good! After thinking about it, he could only think that this was just a polite remark from the other party, so he said with a smile:

"Haha, you're too polite. Let me tell you about today's work schedule."

…

Under the direction of Guo Fan, the team completed the filming on Manchester's seaside road, Carrington's training base and Etihad Stadium.

On the beach in Manchester, Lin Quan was jogging along the coastal road with his cell phone in his pocket and headphones on. The camera started from the cell phone logo slightly protruding from his pocket and extended to the distance, implying that they were on the road.

At the Carrington training base, with the help of the mobile phone's sports function, Lin Quan tied the mobile phone to his right upper arm during training to monitor the athletes' various physical indicators in a timely manner, demonstrating its practicality.

At the Etihad Stadium, it was the shots of using mobile phones to share joy with family and friends after a victory.

The shooting process went very smoothly and was completed in less than half a day.

This made Guo Fan and his team very satisfied!

"Lin Quan, you are amazing. I didn't expect that you are not only good at playing football, but also such a good actor. I think you can debut as an actor!"

After the filming, Guo Fan gave Lin Quan a thumbs up and praised him.

Lin Quan didn't care about Cyber ​​Daji's words. If he really believed what this guy said, he would be fooled by him! Besides, professional players basically don't have time to make movies.

But it's never a bad idea to have a good relationship with this guy. After all, the movies he shoots are all big hits that are sure to make money.

Maybe the two of them will have the opportunity to cooperate in the future.

After shooting all the shots, it was already past six o'clock in the evening.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Lin Quan was about to return to his residence when he saw some staff members taking out instant noodles and preparing to have dinner.

Considering that they were unfamiliar with the place, Lin Quan thought for a moment and said:

"Everyone is a guest from afar, how about I treat everyone to a meal?"

"Oh, how can that be embarrassing? Why are you all still standing there? Hurry up and thank Mr. Lin!"

Guo Fan said sorry and immediately asked people to pack up, as if he was afraid that Lin Quan would change his mind.

The corners of Lin Quan's mouth twitched. There was only a wrong name, but no wrong nickname.

The title of the begging master is really not wrong! 　PS: There was a low-level mistake in the previous chapter. When I wrote the title, it was 5 million, but I didn’t check the content. It was 3.5 million as I wrote before. The main reason was that when I looked up information, I found that Messi only had 420,000 followers, which made me confused. Later, I took a look and found that Messi didn’t have a Twitter account at that time.

In 2013, Cristiano Ronaldo had the most fans in football with 22 million, and Neymar, who was good at packaging himself, also had 14 million fans.

So the figure of 5 million for the protagonist is not too high, so I adopted this figure.

(End of this chapter)