Chapter 235: Ronaldo took the initiative to invite Lin Quan, his influence in football!

Lin Quan also learned about the result afterwards. He was surprised that the gap between his score and Ronaldo was so small.

However, he is very open-minded about these things. When facing the interview with reporters, Lin Quan first congratulated Ronaldo, thinking that he deserved the Golden Ball Award, and then looked forward to this year's Golden Ball Award.

Since he was so close to the Ballon d'Or last year, there is no reason not to make a bid for it this year.

The outside world also viewed Lin Quan's statement as a sign that he had officially joined the battle for the Golden Globe Award.

At this time, the outside world's doubts about Ronaldo's winning of the Golden Ball Award reached its peak, so after Lin Quan's statement in the interview reached Ronaldo's ears, Ronaldo actually called Lin Quan and thanked him specially.

"Lin, thank you for speaking up for me. I have a party in Madrid next week. Do you want to come?"

Ronaldo finally won his second Ballon d'Or, so naturally he wanted to celebrate with his friends and family.

Lin Quan had no contact with Ronaldo before, but Ronaldo had noticed him a long time ago.

Last summer, Real Madrid had a scandal with Lin Quan, and Florentino even approached Ronaldo to ask him about his attitude towards Lin Quan joining Real Madrid.

Ronaldo welcomed Lin Quan to Real Madrid, but in the end Lin Quan failed to join Real Madrid and the two lost the opportunity to cooperate.

This time, taking advantage of Lin Quan speaking for him, Ronaldo plans to make friends with this rising star in the football world.

In the entire football world, there are not many players who can get a personal call and invitation from the president.

However, Lin Quan did not immediately agree to Ronaldo's invitation.

"When is next week? I have to see if I have time."

If it were an ordinary person, Ronaldo might have rescinded his previous invitation.

But he was extra patient today: "January 21st, how about it, are you free?"

Lin Quan took a look at the schedule. On January 18, they will face Cardiff City at home. After this game, the next game will be the FA Cup on January 25.

There are seven days in between, and the team should have three days off, so he is actually free.

"Okay, I'll be there by then. By the way, do you want to bring a female companion?"

Most of the time, you need to bring a female companion to this kind of party because Ronaldo's family will be there.

"As you please!"

Ronaldo replied briefly with three words and then hung up the phone.

This kind of thing doesn't matter to him anymore, as long as Lin Quan comes.

If he really doesn't have a female companion, with so many girls in Madrid, would he have trouble finding someone to accompany him?

Just after hanging up the phone with Ronaldo, his national team teammate Iniesta called him again.

"Lin, we are planning to organize a charity match this weekend. Do you have time to participate?"

"Xiaobai, when does the charity match start?"

"On January 22, at the Camp Nou, the leaders were Maradona and Ronaldo!"

As soon as he heard these two famous names, Lin Quan guessed that this must be a charity match organized by Barcelona.

Last summer, Real Madrid organized a friendly match at the Bernabeu between the Real Madrid veterans team and the Juventus veterans team.

Barcelona organized such a game during the winter break, obviously to compete with Real Madrid.

The two teams are really interesting. They fight on the court and outside the court. They are really a pair of enemies.

Maradona and Ronaldo have both played for Barcelona, ​​and those participating in this competition should be Barcelona legends or current players.

Although Lin Quan was born in La Masia, he has never participated in the Barcelona first team game. Asking him to return to Camp Nou to play football, Lin Quan was a little hesitant.

"Have all the players for the competition been found? Are you short of anyone?"

"No, we are still short of a lot of people. If you know any star players and they are willing to come, we welcome them to join us!"

Xiaobai's words made Lin Quan feel relieved, as if he had been overthinking.

"Okay, I'll contact them and see how many people I can get in touch with!"

After ending the call with Iniesta, Lin Quan posted a tweet on social media: "January 22, ALS charity match, Maradona team VS Ronaldo team, friends who are interested, please sign up now!"

After sending the tweet, he put down his phone and went out to train.

When I came back in the evening and opened my phone, I saw that my private messages were almost full.

Royce: "Count me in, hehe, let big brother protect you, help you show off and fly!"

Lin Quan gave him a friendly gesture in return and gave him a small greeting.

De Bruyne: "Charity match? Sounds interesting, count me in!"

Morata: "I, I, I want to participate. How can such an important game be without the invincible Morata?"

David Silva: "Is it the charity match organized by Xiaobai and the others? Then count me in!"

Aguero: "That sounds interesting, can I come?"

Lin Quan: "Are you not afraid that your father-in-law Maradona will break your legs? Then come on!"

Aguero: "Well said, so I chose to join Ronaldo's team. Hehe, I know Messi will definitely join Maradona's team. It just so happens that I want to experience what it feels like to be his opponent!"

Lin Quan: "Well, there's one more childhood friend who wants to break your legs!"

In addition to Lin Quan's teammates and friends, there were a few other people who joined that surprised Lin Quan a little.

Bayern's goalkeeper Neuer sent him a friend request. After Lin Quan agreed, he said directly: "I want to join as your opponent!"

Lin Quan scratched his head. Why did Neuer sound like a resentful woman in the palace? When did I offend him? I have no impression!

However, if Neuer joins the opponent, he will have to hire a top active goalkeeper.

Lin Quan thought of his national team teammate Casillas. Just when he was about to send a message to Casillas to invite him to participate, Buffon actually came to him on his own initiative.

"Young man, are you in need of a goalkeeper? If you don't mind a 35-year-old guy like me, I'll be your choice!"

Buffon volunteered, which surprised Lin Quan.

He is known as the best goalkeeper in football. With him on the field, the team's goal will be much safer.

Just after replying to Buffon, another person who surprised Lin Quan appeared.

Ronaldo actually sent a private message to Lin Quan, saying that he was also interested in the game.

To be honest, Ronaldo's initiative to volunteer was completely beyond Lin Quan's expectations.

He felt that his relationship with Ronaldo was not that close, so the other party should not be coming for his face, right?

Maybe it has something to do with Messi?

Even in a charity match, the president probably wants to beat Messi to prove himself, right? Oh, damn, this desire to win.

After Buffon joined, he also brought in his old teammate Pirlo.

When Gattuso heard that Pirlo was going to participate in the competition, he also became interested.

Lin Quan saw for the first time his own appeal in the football world, and even he was very surprised! So my appeal in the football world is so strong? He originally thought that not many people would sign up, and only planned to bring De Bruyne to join in the fun.

I didn’t expect there would be so many people!

I wonder if Xiaobai and the others will be shocked when I show up at Camp Nou with these people? …

On January 18, in the 22nd round of the Premier League, Manchester City faced Cardiff City at home.

This game was the first time that two new signings De Bruyne and Kroos played for Manchester City during the winter break, so it attracted a large number of fans to watch the game.

Cardiff City is not very strong and is currently ranked third from the bottom in the league, with one foot already in the abyss of relegation.

In order to protect themselves, even when facing the powerful Manchester City away from home, they still tried hard to win the game.

However, before the first half was over, Manchester City scored three goals.

De Bruyne, who started the game, cooperated very well with Lin Quan. He assisted Lin Quan and also scored a goal with a free kick.

De Bruyne's outstanding performance won cheers and applause from the fans on the scene!

Although De Bruyne's transfer fee is far less expensive than Kroos, his performance today made Manchester City fans realize that they may have picked up a treasure! Seeing De Bruyne's performance so well, Pellegrini was overjoyed.

He replaced Fernandinho in the second half with another new signing, Kroos.

Kroos is not the same type of player as De Bruyne, he is the type who controls the tempo of the game.

After he came on the court, he organized the connection and transition between the backcourt and the frontcourt in an orderly manner.

Although the cooperation with teammates was not tacit and several mistakes occurred, it did not affect the overall situation.

After Kroos came on the pitch, the tempo of the game was completely under Manchester City's control.

Cardiff City's resistance was like a punch on cotton. It had no effect. Instead, because they fell into Manchester City's rhythm, it was like a yoke around their neck. The more they struggled, the tighter it became, and they were finally suffocated to death.

At the end of the game, Manchester City easily defeated Cardiff City with a score of 4:0, further consolidating its top position.

After the game, in the media's ratings, Lin Quan, who had two shots and one assist, received the highest score of 9.2 in the game.

De Bruyne, who started the game and made one assist and one goal, received a high score of 7.8, while Kroos, who came on as a substitute, also got 7.5 points.

Perhaps from the intuitive feeling of the fans at the scene, Kroos' performance was not as good as De Bruyne, who completed several imaginative passes.

But in the eyes of experts who truly understand football, they will never underestimate the contribution that Kroos has made to the team on the field.

Manchester City had previously lacked a midfield distributor, and the addition of Kroos solved this problem.

When he and De Bruyne play together, one connects the midfield and backcourt, and the other connects the midfield and frontcourt.

The freed Lin Quan had more opportunities to face the opponent's goal, which made Manchester City's attack very easy to succeed and the speed of offense and defense conversion was very fast.

However, this combination is not without its shortcomings. Both of them are players whose defensive abilities are not very strong and whose physical confrontation abilities are not outstanding.

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If they encounter opponents and engage in hand-to-hand combat in the midfield, Manchester City, which lacks toughness, is likely to suffer.

After the league ended, Pellegrini gave the team five days off.

The next league game will start on January 29th, which is 11 days away from now. The time in between is just enough for the players to have a rest.

As for the FA Cup match on January 25, because Manchester City's opponent is a Championship team with relatively weak strength, Pellegrini plans to use a substitute lineup.

Manchester City has too many games in this period and they are too frequent. The team couldn't rest during the Christmas period. Now the game density has finally decreased. If the players are not given a holiday, they will probably rebel.

Lin Quan originally thought that Pellegrini would only take three days off, so he was thinking about whether he should ask him for leave.

I didn’t expect Pellegrini to be so reasonable and actually gave me five days off.

That’s good now. I don’t have to ask for leave.

What he didn't know was that Pellegrini had originally only planned to take three days off, but after learning that Lin Quan was going to participate in a charity match on January 22, he changed his mind and extended the vacation by two days.

In this way, Lin Quan can rest for a day after the game so that he won't be too tired and affect his condition.

In order to better protect Lin Quan, Pellegrini has really done his best.

…

On January 21, Lin Quan and Lily Collins arrived in Madrid on time.

Ronaldo's party was scheduled in a high-end club. When Lin Quan arrived, many people were already there.

Lin Quan knew some of them, including Ronaldo’s old teammates at Manchester United, current teammates at Real Madrid, and former teammates on whom he had a good relationship.

Seeing Lin Quan coming with his girlfriend, Ronaldo hurriedly came over with his girlfriend Irina.

"Lin, you are finally here!"

Lin Quan originally stretched out his hand to shake hands with Ronaldo, but he didn't expect the other party to give him a warm hug.

This really confused Lin Quan. Wasn't it rumored that the CEO was very aloof? I didn't expect him to be so enthusiastic in private. It seemed that the rumors from the outside world could not be fully believed.

"Is this your girlfriend? Won't you introduce her?"

After hugging Lin Quan, Ronaldo introduced his girlfriend Irina to Lin Quan with a smile, and then waited for Lin Quan to introduce his female companion.

"Ahem, this is my girlfriend Lily Collins. Lily, this is the new Ballon d'Or winner, one of the top football stars, Cristiano Ronaldo!"

Lily Collins was not afraid of such occasions. She extended her hand gracefully and said, "Congratulations, Mr. Cristiano!"

Ronaldo was very happy after hearing Lin Quan's words. He might not care about other people's compliments because he had heard them too many times.

But Lin Quan is different. He is a player recognized by the outside world as having the strength to reach the level of the two greatest players.

To get his recognition is the best gift for Ronaldo.

Although Ronaldo has always shown to the outside world that he is confident in his abilities, in fact he himself is not that confident.

When Messi won the Ballon d'Or for the fourth time in a row, Ronaldo once doubted his own ability.

Winning the Golden Globe Award this time finally helped him to stabilize his confidence and prevent his spiritual faith from collapsing.

After presenting the gifts they brought, Lin Quan and Lily Collins, led by Ronaldo and Irina, went to the men's and women's rest areas respectively.

"Your familiar teammates are here and they will take care of you. I still have other guests to entertain, so I'll leave now!"

Ronaldo patted Lin Quan on the shoulder, greeted his club teammates such as Casillas and Ramos, and then left the rest area.

"Lin, come here!"

Ramos waved to Lin Quan and asked him to sit between himself and Casillas.

This position seemed to be reserved specially for Lin Quan. Morata was also invited, but he did not have such good treatment and could only sit in the edge area.

"How does it feel to have missed out on the Ballon d'Or by a narrow margin?"

Casillas asked Lin Quan with a smile.

For him and Ramos, it is difficult for them to win the Golden Ball because of their positions.

Moreover, their performances are far from enough to win the Golden Globe, so they may never get an opportunity like Lin Quan in their entire lives.

Therefore, they all believed that Lin Quan must be very upset and regretful after missing out on the Golden Globe Award.

However, to their surprise, Lin Quan did not have any special feelings about this, but was very calm:

"I feel like I have benefited from the rules. If FIFA hadn't changed the voting rules, I don't think I would have been able to replace Messi and make it into the top three."

Messi had a lot of votes at the beginning, even higher than Ribery.

However, FIFA allows the modification of previously cast votes, and Messi happened to be injured and recovering at that time, so he suffered a lot after the re-vote.

"Haha, the rules can be changed, but no matter how they are changed, if you don't perform so well, then no one will vote for you!"

Lin Quan nodded and suddenly thought of a question.

The voting rights for the Ballon d'Or come from the captains and coaches of each national team. As the captain of Spain, who did Casillas vote for? "Captain, did you vote for Cristiano Ronaldo or me?"

Saint Cassi, who was peeling an orange to eat, started coughing violently when he heard Lin Quan's question.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem... Of course... "

"Of course it's Cristiano Ronaldo!"

Casillas finally finished his sentence, and unsurprisingly, he received a cold stare from Lin Quan.

"Captain, I didn't expect that a guy like you with thick eyebrows and big eyes would betray the revolution!"

Lin Quan pointed at Casillas, looking heartbroken.

Casillas quickly explained: "Ahem, I didn't know you could get so many votes. I thought it was great for you to be in the top five. Who knew you could make it to the top two?"

"Fuck, is this my fault?"

"Haha, that's not the case, but if I knew this, I would definitely vote for you first!"

Casillas actually has no choice as he is the captain of both Real Madrid and Spain.

In order to build momentum for Ronaldo, Real Madrid's president Florentino specially found a lot of people to canvass for votes.

As the captain, he naturally had to vote for the stars of his own club, so Casillas cast his first vote for Ronaldo.

Voters have 3 votes in total, the first vote counts 5 points, the second vote counts 3 points, and the third vote counts 1 point.

Therefore, the first vote of a voter has the greatest weight and is the most critical.

To win the Ballon d'Or, you need to get more votes and enough first-place votes.

In the voting list and points released by FIFA, Lin Quan received a lot of votes, but his first vote rate was not high, far lower than that of Ronaldo.

This is where he suffered a loss.

"Okay, I forgive you. So your second vote should be for me, right?"

"Uh, no, the third vote, the third vote goes to you!"

Casillas said quickly, and Lin Quan gave him a contemptuous look.

Ramos on the side asked curiously: "Who did you vote for the second time?"

Casillas blushed and stammered, "Ahem, I voted for myself..."

(End of this chapter)