Chapter 543 Leading the European Ballon D'Or Candidate List

The end of Liverpool's home game against Manchester City announced the end of the 8th round of the 2018-209 Premier League. The Premier League entered a short break, and the international match day in October quietly arrived.

After a day of rest, Li Qing went to St. George's Park training base with club teammates Henderson, Arnold and Joe Gomez to prepare for the second and third rounds of the European Nations League group stage.

The focus of the British media also shifted from the top battle between Liverpool and Manchester City to the European Nations League. However, before the entire England team took a flight to the Croatian coastal city of Rijeka, the latest news released by the French media "France Football" and the official accounts of various social platforms attracted the attention of media and fans around the world.

Unlike previous years, this year's list of candidates for the European Golden Ball Award has changed from directly announcing 30 candidate players to being divided into six groups, that is, five people in each group, a total of 30 people.

Li Qing was in the first batch, along with Aguero, Allison, Bale and Benzema. The second batch was led by Ronaldo and De Bruyne, with Courtois, Cavani and Firmino being other players in the same group. The third batch was star-studded, led by Griezmann, Hazard and Harry Kane, with Kante and Isco being the other two.

The fourth, fifth and sixth batches were scheduled to appear on the official website and the official websites of various social platforms at the same time the next night, which immediately caused dissatisfaction among many media and fans. It felt like the drama or book was interrupted at the critical moment, and you had to wait until the next day to update it...

Very fucked up.

The top executives of "France Football" who were not criticized by the media and fans were not only not angry, but even laughed their teeth off, because the traffic and attention brought by the criticism increased dramatically.

Li Qing didn't have much emotional fluctuation after seeing the list. His friend Arnold asked curiously: "Li, don't you feel excited?"

"What's there to be excited about?"

Li Qing rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "The Ballon d'Or will most likely be mine. Is it strange to be shortlisted for the 30 candidates?"

Arnold was full of black lines: "..."

But on second thought, Li Qing's words made sense.

It's like you are the best student in the world. What's strange about being nominated for a top scholarship?

Huh?

Harry Kane, the captain of England, who heard the conversation between the two, always had the urge to cry for some reason...

At the same time the next day, the official accounts of "France Football", INS, Twitter, etc. announced the list of candidates for the fourth, fifth and sixth batches.

The fourth batch was led by Mane, Marcelo and Mbappe, and the remaining two were Mandzukic and Lloris. The fifth batch was full of stars. Except for Oblak, who was not well received in the world football, Messi, Neymar, Modric and Mbappe were all top stars in the world football.

The sixth batch is led by Suarez and Salah, and Sterling, Ramos and Varane are the final three players.

In addition, it was announced that the European Golden Ball Award ceremony founded by "France Football" has added two awards, namely the Women's Football Golden Ball Award and the U21 Kopa Award, and the award ceremony will be held at the Grand Palais in Paris on December 3.

The announcement of the 30 candidates for the 2018 European Golden Ball Award means that the voting of media experts has officially begun. The large jury composed of representative media reporters from 176 countries will decide the winner of the European Golden Ball Award of the year.

It is worth mentioning that the selection criteria for the European Golden Ball Award are divided into three points: 1. Personal performance and collective glory in the past year, 2. The player's personal ability and fair competition spirit, and 3. The player's career.

Each judge will vote for 5 players in the 30-person candidate list in order of priority. The players who get the vote will be 6 points, 4 points, 3 points, 2 points and 1 point in the order of the ballot.

If the number of votes for the players is the same, the ranking will be determined by the number of first-place votes. If the number of first-place votes is still the same, the ranking will be determined by the number of second-place votes. If the number of third-place votes is still the same, the organizing committee will re-organize a vote between the tied players.

According to the awards since the establishment of the European Ballon d'Or by France Football, this possibility has not yet occurred, and there has not even been a second-place vote.

The selection criteria for the European Ballon d'Or are there. Li Qing, who is favored by the world's media reporters and fans for a single selection, is a crushing favorite in points 1 and 2, except for his slightly shorter career as mentioned in the third point. If the semi-professional FIFA Player of the Year selection can choose Li Qing, then the more professional European Ballon d'Or will not have any surprises.

In other words... Li Qing will most likely be the winner of the 2018 European Ballon d'Or!

But then again, media reporters from Portugal and Argentina do not agree with the statements of most media. In their opinion, Ronaldo and Messi are the best players in the world of football today.

Portugal's well-known media "Ball" said on its official INS account that Ronaldo has won countless honors and created a lot of records. He is also one of the players who have won the most Golden Balls in the world football world today, tied with Messi. Li Qing is indeed outstanding in ability, and he has led England and Liverpool to win various championships by his own efforts. This is a point that cannot be ignored.

However, the third most critical point is that his career resume is not enough. This is one of the reasons why Ronaldo, who created the record of the youngest World Footballer of the Year, waited until he was 21 years old to win the European Golden Ball.

After seeing the report of "Ball News", Ronaldo rekindled his hope for the European Golden Ball Award. Although Li Qing is the most perfect player in 2018, it does not mean that he is the best player in the world. Ronaldo believes that he can compete with Li Qing in terms of personal ability, and even surpass him by half a chip.

European Golden Ball Award, why not?

Argentina's largest sports daily "Ole" said on its official Twitter that Li Qing's contribution and ability are indeed outstanding, Messi wins because of his greatness, and the same is true in the Argentine national team and Barcelona. His career is much richer than Li Qing. It even said that a perfect career should have ups and downs, and a smooth career like Li Qing is imperfect...

Li Qing couldn't help laughing when he saw the report of "Ole News", and Messi couldn't help laughing and crying after seeing it. What does it mean that a perfect career should have ups and downs? I'm really not as good as imperfect!

The Argentine media is laughed at by many fans as the national media with the most Ah Q spirit in the football world, which makes Messi feel ashamed.

In the words of the Chinese and English media, is it so difficult to admit that others are more perfect?

The list of 30 candidates for the European Ballon d'Or created by France Football has been finalized, and the focus of major media has gradually shifted to the center of world football - Europe.

The European Nations League will hold two key battles related to promotion on two international match days.