Chapter 723: FIFA Has a New Daddy, First Home Match of the Final 12

The 30-player candidate list for the 2020 FIFA Ballon d'Or (listed in no particular order):

First batch: Messi, Mané, Sterling, Bruno Fernandes...

Second batch: Cristiano Ronaldo, Dembélé...

Third batch: Lewandowski, De Bruyne, Mbappé...

Fourth batch: Tang Ye, Fan Daike, Oblak...

Fifth tier: Rodri, De Jong...

FIFA plans to have France Football retroactively present the 2020 Ballon d'Or, and this is an official announcement; this news can be described as extremely, extremely shocking.

Because this means there is a very high probability that two Ballon d'Or winners will be crowned this year simultaneously!

A quick glance at the 30-player candidate list reveals it still consists of those same familiar players.

In fact, if this were the selection for the 2020 Ballon d'Or, exactly which players are on the candidate list is actually not important.

Looking back over the past twelve months, Tang Ye's performance can only be described as unstoppable!

Sky Sports commentator Jansen: FIFA has made the correct choice; the 2020 competitions were not actually too affected by the pandemic (since many matches after the outbreak were merely postponed rather than completely cancelled), and TY will welcome the second Ballon d'Or of his career.

Editor-in-Chief of The Times: FIFA's decision to retroactively award the Ballon d'Or warrants contemplation.

"Under normal circumstances, the Ballon d'Or should not have been restarted after being confirmed cancelled, as this is clearly a blow to FIFA's credibility; that FIFA ultimately chose to retroactively award the 2020 Ballon d'Or gives us reason to suspect Infantino's motives."

"FIFA wants to elevate TY to prominence and completely end the Messi-Ronaldo era before the Qatar World Cup arrives."

The Editor-in-Chief of The Times rapidly gained fame in a short period thanks to this specific tweet.

Setting aside other matters, this editor demonstrated very strong logic when analyzing the issue.

FIFA retroactively awarding last year's Ballon d'Or is entirely a thankless task.

Since they are willing to do this, there must inevitably be some interest connection behind it, and that interest must be capable of covering the losses FIFA incurs from losing its credibility.

Starting from this core point, if you conduct a deep analysis of FIFA's actions, you will discover that beneath their glamorous exterior are written two bloody letters.

【TY】

"He won his first Ballon d'Or at the age of 20, becoming the youngest Ballon d'Or winner in history."

The Editor-in-Chief of The Times added in the comments section and pinned his comment: "TY has spent three years showing us that his performance in 2019 was not a flash in the pan, and this is also the main reason I believe FIFA is willing to make concessions; they see higher value in TY and are attempting to break down the 'Great Wall' of China, which is called a football desert."

【I've followed; I'll come back later to see if this becomes a prophecy】

【Now both Messi and Ronaldo are going to feel awful】

【Wait a minute, if this is the case, doesn't that mean TY can win two Ballon d'Ors in one year? This year's should be his too, right? Lewandowski and Haaland both seem to fall just short】

【As already stated, FIFA wants to prop up TY; with someone supporting him from above, what can you do? China is also hosting the Asian Cup in 2023, so that idiot Infantino definitely won't remain inactive】

【To the person above: I forbid you to insult Infantino; Infantino is now the hero of TY fans!】

Trending Search No. 1: 2020 Ballon d'Or Selection Restarted.

FIFA President Infantino accepts an interview: "The 2020 Ballon d'Or indeed should have been cancelled, but we later discovered during our work that France Football had already drawn up the 30-player candidate list for the Ballon d'Or and planned to proceed with voting; if the award selection is cancelled after the candidate list has already been drawn up, I believe this is unfair to the 30 players who entered the candidate list."

During the interview, Infantino constantly gave people a sense of grievance, as if FIFA had been deceived by France Football.

France Football failed to do its own job properly, causing FIFA to come out and explain on its behalf!

However, fans are not fools; even if they cannot understand, they can go to YouTube and Bilibili to watch analyses by professionals inside.

Well, even less professional people are actually fine too.

For example, Xiao Ming Jayce.

"You still ask me why we should retroactively award the Ballon d'Or to Tang Ye; isn't that obvious?"

"Tang Ye is now Infantino's father, constantly earning milk money for Infantino."

"You tell me, hasn't FIFA helped a bit too much?"

"Fine, then let me ask you!"

Xiao Ming Jayce stares at the camera.

"If your father's interests are suffering losses, shouldn't you, as his son, step in?"

"Or just stand by and watch your father lose the Ballon d'Or?"

"As a son, can you tolerate this!?"

"There are also people asking why we don't submit to Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo."

"Oh-oh-oh! Then let me ask you!"

"Are Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo players on the same level as Tang Ye?"

"Answer me!"

Xiao Ming Jayce's tone and expression were both very fierce, frightening quite a few netizens in the live stream room.

One can only say that Jayce players are like this; the Darkin are simply more ferocious.

Netizens suggested that Xiao Ming Jayce try playing Rammus, so he wouldn't end up becoming a Darkin like Jayce did.

"The Portuguese national team and the Argentine national team have huge traffic... wait, why is someone still bringing this up to me?"

"Then let me ask you!"

"Next year is the Qatar World Cup, and the year after is the China Asian Cup; find me a team with more traffic than China!"

"Oh-ho-ho, Portugal has the Ball King Cristiano Ronaldo~~ Argentina has the Ball King Messi~~ Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi have more Instagram followers than Tang Ye~~"

"Then let me ask you, how old is Cristiano Ronaldo, how old is Messi, and how old is Tang Ye?"

"If you give Tang Ye the same development time as Cristiano Ronaldo, wouldn't he have two billion followers?"

To be honest, two billion followers is a bit too exaggerated, but Xiao Ming Jayce successfully conveyed his meaning accurately, and that is enough.

DL City Sports Center Stadium.

"Oh GG Bond, a hero in a fairy tale~"

"Ohggbond, hot blood flows within my heart~"

"Ohggbond, everything is grasped in my hands~~"

"..."

Bang bang!

Bang bang bang!

The first home match of the Top 12 was scheduled in Dalian; the Chinese Football Association made absolutely no mistake in this arrangement.

With Wanda's influence plus policy support, Dalian's football atmosphere was especially thick, and many fans were steadfast supporters of the national team.

Here, playing football wasn't called "playing football," but rather "rolling football."

No one knew why playing football was called "rolling football."

But it was all the same; anyway, the football atmosphere here was excellent, making it a rare "perfect home ground" for the national team.

"Here they come! Here they come!"

"Tang Ye!"

"Damn, Tang Ye!"

The red bus slowly pulled in, instantly stirring up a commotion among the crowd.

"Mm, thanks, thanks, haha!"

"Tang Tang Qiuwang, here's another one!"

A fan handed up a jersey; Tang Ye quickly took it and then signed his name on it.

"Tang Tang Qiuwang, can you crush Vietnam? Just smash them to pieces!"

"Haha, we'll know once the match starts."

Tang Ye's confidence in playing against Vietnam was still quite solid.

But since he was currently facing fans and media cameras, his words still needed to be slightly conservative.

"Alright, alright, Tang Tang Qiuwang, finish off Vietnam and hurry back to the club; Manchester United needs to fight for the title!"

"The Ballon d'Or, will you be able to win two Ballons d'Or this year?"

No one knew who had brought up the Ballon d'Or first, but the scene immediately grew much livelier, urging Tang Ye to respond.

The fan wrote a name, handed it out: "Whose is this one, this one? Mm, okay."

"The Ballon d'Or... I don't know that either; I probably received the news around the same time as you did, and when the news broke, I was likely still asleep, so I might have learned about this even later than you."

"Then will you win two Ballons d'Or this year? A Ballon King should win two Ballons d'Or in a year!"

"Haha, thanks!"

Tang Ye fist-bumped the fan who was praising him: "I don't know if I can win it; if I can, of course that would be great, haha."

Although his words were quite conservative, Tang Ye basically never hid his expressions.

The fans could tell; Tang Ye was visibly happy right now.

"Then Tang Tang Qiuwang, once you've won your second Ballon d'Or, could you give one to me?"

"Haha!"

"Wow!!!"

The surrounding fans began to heckle; Tang Ye pointed at the Northeastern big brother who was demanding a Ballon d'Or trophy from him: "You're too greedy!"

"Haha!"

"However."

Tang Ye changed tack: "If I win MVP today, I'll give the trophy to you."