Chapter 524 Ronaldo and Messi Don’t Give Face?

Liverpool will have another League Cup third round match before visiting Stamford Bridge, against Preston. Due to the limited strength of the opponent, Klopp plans to use youth team players and substitute players to give the main players enough time to recuperate and prepare for the weekend's strong dialogue.

On the afternoon before the third round of the 2018-2019 English League Cup, Liverpool head coach Klopp and several players took the train to London as planned to attend the annual awards ceremony held by FIFA at the Royal Festival Hall.

As in the past, the awards are the best team of the year, the best goal of the year, the best women's football coach of the year, the best men's football coach of the year, the best goalkeeper of the year, the best women's football player of the year and the best men's football player of the year, that is, the world footballer and the world footballer.

The FIFA annual awards ceremony has attracted the attention of media and fans all over the world, but this year's awards ceremony may be slightly less star-studded than last year. According to insiders, Messi and Ronaldo, who were shortlisted for the best team of the year, are very likely not to attend the annual awards ceremony held at the Palladium Theater.

It is worth mentioning that some media pointed out that the reason why Ronaldo and Messi did not attend the annual awards ceremony was that they were not shortlisted as the final three candidates. Therefore, many fans and media believed that Ronaldo and Messi were disrespectful to FIFA and world football, especially Ronaldo, who was the target of public criticism.

Ronaldo also did not attend the Champions League awards ceremony held in Monaco at the end of last month. Although Ronaldo himself did not announce the specific reason, many media and fans speculated that Ronaldo believed that Li Qing was 100% the best player in the Champions League and did not attend the ceremony. According to BEIN-SPORTS reporters, UEFA postponed the party for six minutes in order to wait for Ronaldo to arrive...

If it is understandable that he did not attend the Champions League awards ceremony for the first time, then it is unreasonable that he did not attend the annual awards ceremony with great influence in international football for the second time in a row.

Li Qing is indeed the best player in 2018. There is no doubt that he is the best in the world in terms of personal performance and team honor. Neither Ronaldo nor Messi can compare with him. Even if he cannot attend for personal reasons, he must distinguish the order of precedence.

As the annual awards ceremony approaches, people claiming to be close to Ronaldo and Messi have posted messages on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, saying that Ronaldo's absence was due to FIFA's injustice.

Ambrosio, a Brazilian columnist for the famous football website Goal.com, published a signed article pointing out that FIFA's actions hurt the Portuguese and Argentine superstars. Ronaldo performed very well in the 2017-2018 season. He was the biggest contributor to Real Madrid's entry into the Champions League final at the club level, and he also performed well at the national team level, leading Portugal to the round of 16 with four goals.

Messi's performance in the 2018 World Cup was indeed not good enough, but he led Barcelona to win the league championship and the King's Cup after all. The three finalists who followed Li Qing were Modric and Griezmann.

What honor does Modric have?

Champions League runner-up and World Cup fourth place, can such honors be compared with Messi or Ronaldo?

Modric and Ronaldo are club teammates, and they offset each other at the club level. The only thing Modric is better than Ronaldo is that he advanced to the World Cup semi-finals with the national team, but Croatia's advancement to the semi-finals is not Modric's personal credit, but the credit of the whole team.

Modric is not much better than Ronaldo, and is even worse than Messi, after all, Messi won the league championship and the King's Cup in the 2017-2018 season.

The only championship honor Griezmann can show off is the Europa League championship, but the Europa League is an honor that no giant team would look down on.

World Cup runner-up?

Compared with Griezmann, many media and fans think that the young player Mbappe's performance is more eye-catching.

The official statement of most media is that FIFA realized that Li Qing was the new king of football and then demolished the bridge after crossing the river. In order to promote Li Qing, FIFA expelled the former football duo Ronaldo and Messi, who were over 30 years old.

Perhaps Ronaldo and Messi cannot compare with Li Qing in terms of body slimming, but at least they can replace Modric and Griezmann to be shortlisted as the final three candidates.

Therefore, it is understandable that more and more media and fans are protesting FIFA's approach of Ronaldo and Messi in this way.

This is the reason, but Li Qing has a very different view.

FIFA did not do well in this regard, but it is too disrespectful to me to say that I will not participate in this annual event?

After all, this is the first time that I am closest to the World Footballer of the Year!

Of course, this statement is not absolute. The media only speculated that Ronaldo and Messi would protest in this way. Whether they will be absent in the end will have to wait until the annual awards ceremony begins to be revealed.

The FIFA spokesperson sent an INS at around 4 pm. Although he did not name anyone, the media and fans who read the content knew that it was aimed at Ronaldo and Messi, who have become the focus recently.

Back to the topic, Klopp, Li Qing, Arnold, Henderson, Van Dijk and other Liverpool players arrived at the gate of the Palladium Theatre from their temporary hotel at 5 pm in a Rolls-Royce rented by FIFA. Countless reporters who had been waiting in advance pressed the shutters in their hands. The "click" and "click" sounds accompanied by continuous flashes of light continued to ring, as if it were daytime.

Li Qing is the biggest candidate for the World Footballer of the Year, and Klopp is the candidate for the Best Men's Football Coach of the Year, and they have received the most special attention.

After getting out of the car, several people walked on the red carpet into the Royal Festival Hall.

Li Qing met many world football celebrities at the door, including Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Ballack, Lampard and others. Li Qing is the best player of the year. The celebrities all took him to chat about family and career. Li Qing, who has gradually adapted to this kind of life, had a good chat with the celebrities and felt sorry for not meeting them earlier.

After a while, Griezmann, Mbappe, Modric, Ramos, Kante, Courtois and other players came to the Paras Opera House one after another, and the lineup for the FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony gradually became star-studded.

Time passed quickly. At 6 pm local time in Great Britain, the 2018 FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony was announced to begin. The highly anticipated Messi and Ronaldo still did not appear in the Royal Festival Hall.

As a result, major media outlets around the world have started a wave of criticism against the former world football duo on social platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Weibo.

At this point, Li Qing gradually understood the protests of Messi and Ronaldo. Although he still felt somewhat unhappy, as public figures and football superstars, Ronaldo and Messi could not openly express injustice to FIFA, so they could only "win back a point" by being absent.

China Channel 5 received the live signal from the Royal Festival Hall, and commentator He Wei sighed: "According to the reports sent back by reporters on the scene, Ronaldo and Messi, who were previously highly regarded, did not appear on the scene. We don't know the specific reason for their absence. Obviously, this is a big loss for world football. The absence of the two superstars will inevitably make the star-studded scene a little dim."