Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 852 Cristiano Ronaldo and Escobar's Enlightenment
With only a few days left until the 2022 Globe Awards ceremony, fans are once again discussing Tang Ye.

The master is 23 years old this year. If he can win his fourth Globe Award at this time...

Another record!
Well, actually, the master has always been on the path of breaking records; he has never stopped.

"TY is highly likely to win the Golden Globe, and I don't think there is a more suitable choice than him."

"I'm confident that TY will win the Golden Globe this year."

"TY should be this year's Golden Globe winner."

Commentators from major newspapers all chose to side with Tang Ye, and immediately began to pile on the positive comments.

According to the logic of the game, the side that is favored by too many people often suffers an upset, so many fans have expressed their concerns in the comments section.

But these concerns are actually unnecessary.

The Ballon d'Or selection process is different from the actual competition; some things simply cannot be upset.

"442" compares detailed data of Tang Ye, Benzema, and Dembele during the Ballon d'Or statistical period (August 2021.8 - October 2022.10).

Dembele goes without saying, but Tang Ye's playing style is dominant; it's almost impossible for anyone on the same team to perform better than him.

Therefore, the main comparison is between Tang Ye and Benzema.

Benzema's advantage lies in his league goals and Champions League goals, both of which he consistently outperforms Tang Ye.

Of course, that's only these two items.

Tang Ye's league assists are nearly eight times that of Benzema, and his Champions League assists are a full three times that of Benzema.

In addition, as a midfielder, Tang Ye's dribbling numbers during the statistical period were three times that of Benzema.

This article in "442" successfully explains why so many people believe Tang Ye is a strong contender for the Ballon d'Or.

“According to objective data, he is almost ahead in all aspects. If we compare Benzema to Lewandowski in the 2021 Ballon d'Or voting, then TY is very likely to have a lead of more than 50% in the votes in this voting.”

"Furthermore, considering the upcoming Qatar World Cup, TY has unimaginable commercial value for FIFA - Chinese companies have provided the most sponsorships for the Qatar World Cup, and the Chinese fan base is also the largest among all participating teams (they have more than 14 billion people).

The section on objective data at the beginning of the article is indeed excellent, with thorough analysis in all aspects.

But Chinese fans think the latter part is pure nonsense.

What has unimaginable commercial value for FIFA?
Just kidding! When did I, GGBond, ever win the Ballon d'Or because of FIFA's help?
It's 100% ability and 100% effort!
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Tencent News: Things have changed! Messi has not made it into the 30-man shortlist for the 2022 Ballon d'Or (the first time since 2005), and experts predict that Ronaldo may drop out of the top ten in this year's voting.

Since he wasn't on the shortlist, Messi definitely won't be coming.

As for whether Ronaldo will come, that's hard to say.

As we all know, Cristiano Ronaldo is quite proud, and because he was targeted by Ten Hag last season, his ranking in this year's Ballon d'Or voting will definitely be very low.

Given Ronaldo's personality, if he knew he was ranked poorly, he might simply not come.

To be honest, it would be interesting if neither Messi nor Ronaldo attended this year's Ballon d'Or ceremony.

However, fans' understanding of Ronaldo is still too one-sided. The day before the awards ceremony, Saudi local journalists reported that Ronaldo left Riyadh on a private plane.

Sky Sports commentator Jansen: Ronaldo didn't go to Paris to witness the Ballon d'Or ceremony; he went to catch mice.

The Ballon d'Or ceremony will also include the awarding of the best football club of the year, and this year's best club is undoubtedly Manchester United.

In other words, Ten Hag might also come to Paris!

So Ronaldo flew all the way here to catch mice!

As a veteran in the football world, Cristiano Ronaldo's sense of justice is off the charts, and he is willing to sacrifice his time to attack Ten Hag!
AS editor-in-chief Ronzalo: Ten Hag is already stuck with TY, so no matter what Ronaldo says, it's useless; words have no effect.

Ronçalo offered the Portuguese a suggestion on how to get Ten Hag off Tang Ye's back.

That would be to emulate Eskeriva's previous feat and beat up Ten Hag on the spot during the awards ceremony!
Romzero pointed out that Eric's left hand fracture has not fully healed yet, and Ronaldo could break Ten Hag's right hand as well.

"Without the grip strength of both arms, Ten Hah definitely won't be able to continue hanging on TY."

What a blunder!

That was a complete blunder!
Roncero is the kind of person who doesn't take things too seriously. He just hopes that his newspaper "Ass" can make money from the news about Ten Hag being beaten.

That's how capitalists are; they always have to do something absurd.

The suggestions from the fans are the most valuable!
[Mr. Luo, it's up to you! You absolutely have to get Ten Hag into the hospital! If Ten Hag ends up in the hospital, I'll switch from hating to supporting him. Chinese people don't lie to Portuguese people.]

[Ronaldo, I choose you! Let's take down Ten Hag!]

[Hey, stop messing around. This isn't a boxing gym. Hitting someone will land you in jail. Don't you dare give me any random opinions. Mr. Luo is on my side, Tang Ye. If Tang Ye hadn't won the Ballon d'Or, he probably wouldn't have come this year.]

Why hit the right hand? Hit the left hand! Hitting an already injured area will only make the injury worse. Don't you understand such a simple principle?

"Ugh……"

On the plane, Tang Ye, who was looking at the comments section of Dongqiudi (a Chinese sports betting platform), shook his head helplessly and sighed softly.

The current atmosphere on Dongqiudi is 90% thanks to Eskeriva.

“Ferland is a sinner.”

Tang Ye felt sorry for Eskeriva's physical fighting style.

"He might really be angry, but there's nothing we can do about it."

Rodri spoke up for Eskreva: "The problem can't be solved unless those two fight, can't you see?"

"The issue is……"

Tang Ye waved his hand: "Look at Instagram and Twitter now. Whenever there's a conflict between people from a sports team, the comments section is full of people trying to mediate."

"Oh, I'm not advising you not to fight, I'm advising you to fight quickly, the kind that goes into the ring."

Tang Ye glanced at Ten Hach, who was sitting at the front: "If I may, I'd like to give Ferran an award. He's the most influential coach in the world this year."

"Ha ha!"

Rhodes relented: "Then you're absolutely right."

"But putting aside the assault, you..."

At this point, Rodri's voice suddenly became much softer: "Putting aside the matter of hitting someone, don't you think there's some truth to what Ferrai said?"

The Manchester United defensive midfielder's voice trailed off: "I feel... what Ferran said was somewhat enlightening; there were many things I hadn't thought of."

"hiss……"

Tang Ye sighed angrily, "This, um..."

"I do not know how to put it."

Tang Ye's brain seems to be in a knot.

Cristiano's remarks and Ferran's actions, taken together, had an unimaginable impact on Tang Ye's ingrained thinking.

Tang Ye's subconscious told him that he shouldn't support Ronaldo and Escriva's statements.

But he always had an itchy feeling in his brain, a feeling that made him think that Ronaldo and Escriva were right.

Do you know about the Enlightenment?

The speaker was De Jong: "When I was in youth training, there was a class about the French Enlightenment, Montesquieu and Louvre... well, I forgot the exact name. Actually, my grades weren't very good, but I remember this."

"The Enlightenment?"

Tang Ye paused for a moment, then shook his head: "I don't know, what kind of project is this?"

"It's not a sports meet!"

"The Enlightenment!"

Tang Ye misunderstood him and De Rong said "Enlightenment" in English.

"It's a thought process. Some groundbreaking ideas are often rejected by people of that era when they are first proposed, even if those ideas are correct in the first place."

"It was only after the idea spread widely that people realized it made sense."

"This……"

Tang Ye looked at De Rong and slowly lowered his head.

hiss……

My head is so itchy!

It's like something is trying to come out of the top of the head!
Humans have an innate thirst for knowledge, and Tang Ye was no exception. He took out his phone, opened Bilibili, and typed "Enlightenment Movement" into the search bar.

The internet speed was quite fast, and Tang Ye quickly saw several search results. He randomly clicked on one with a high number of views to watch.

The Enlightenment in Europe!

[A critique of authoritarian regimes!]

[Reject blind worship! Oppose ideological constraints!]

Reason is paramount!

Everyone should be equal, privilege should be rejected, and everyone should have a fair opportunity.

Keywords flooded Tang Ye's mind, and his eyes lit up as he watched the video while talking about the Manchester United captain.

My head is so itchy!

It's so itchy!
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Paris, the Teatro alle Châtelet.

Manchester United players got out of a line of black cars.

Speaking of which, Manchester United always has the biggest lineup at the Ballon d'Or ceremony.

Manchester United players don't really want to show off, but they can't help it, since Manchester United players always make up the majority of the shortlist.

As Cristiano Ronaldo walked towards him on the red carpet, Tang Ye instinctively turned around and glanced back.

After confirming that Ten Hag's attention was not on him, Tang Ye shook hands and hugged Ronaldo, saying, "Ronaldo."

"Well, good evening."

Cristiano Ronaldo put his hand on Tang Ye's shoulder: "Congratulations."

"The awards ceremony hasn't even started yet!"

Tang Ye emphasized.

He never said anything about having won an award.

Cristiano Ronaldo understood: "Of course I know, I was just congratulating you on winning Club of the Year, nothing more, haha!"

"To be honest, I didn't expect you to come."

Tang Ye and Cristiano Ronaldo walked into the venue together: "How are things going on the Saudi side?"

"Well, very good."

Speaking of Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo was surprisingly in good spirits, seemingly without much regret about leaving one of the top five European leagues: "You get unimaginable respect there. Actually, well, I think professional players should receive that kind of respect, after all, we're not just ordinary people."

"Hmm...actually, you can come to Saudi Arabia too."

Ronaldo then changed the subject: "Do you know my current annual salary?"

"2 million US dollars? I remember it being something like that."

"Well, if you came here, you could probably get more money than me."

Surprisingly, Cristiano Ronaldo extended an invitation to Tang Ye: "Many people think the Saudi league is weak, but their thinking is stuck in the past. Saudi Arabia is actually not weak at all now; I think it's at least better than Ligue 2. You only have two years left on your contract with Manchester United, right? Perhaps you could consider Saudi Arabia?"

"Yes, a victory for Riyadh would be very good."

Cristiano Ronaldo suddenly became serious: "With you and me, there can be no rivals."

"..."

Tang Ye didn't say anything at first because he didn't expect Ronaldo to invite him to join his current team.

Riyadh's victory...

"Your jerseys are pretty good, the yellow home jersey is nice, but I prefer the white away jersey."

Tang Ye tried to gloss over the matter, and Ronaldo, sensing the implication, didn't continue.

……

Upon entering the venue, Tang Ye and Cristiano Ronaldo found their seats.

Although Cristiano Ronaldo's ranking was not high, the organizers still arranged for him to be in the first row.

The most ridiculous thing is that the organizers arranged the seating like this.

【Teng Hach】, 【Tang Ye】, 【Cristiano Ronaldo】.

"..."

This was clearly intentional. Tang Ye didn't argue with the organizers and simply tore off the note from Ten Hag's seat on the left and swapped it with Dembele's seat.

"Marcus!"

Tang Ye pointed to Ten Hah's current position: "You switch with Eric again, let him go to the second row, and it would be best if he could switch with a few more people, preferably to the third row."

Under Tang Ye's arrangement, Ten Hag, Dembele, Rashford, Haaland, and Kane were successively repositioned, moving directly from the first row to the fourth row, with at least 10 players diagonally separating them from Ronaldo.

"Um……"

Tang Ye still felt uneasy.

Fortunately, he knew many people, so he asked Bellingham for help and managed to move Ten Hach's seat to the fifth row before Ten Hach came in.

"Um, sir, this seat is assigned by the organizers..."

"Okay, that's it, don't say anything more."

Tang Ye stopped the staff from stopping Bellingham: "I like it this way, just like this. If anyone complains, just say it's my idea to do it this way."

"That's...ok."

Pinned: The Golden Globe Awards ceremony is in progress.

18th: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Al-Nassr, Portugal).

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15rd place: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands).

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11th place: Haaland (Manchester City, Norway).

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9th place: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United, Portugal).

8th: Rashford (Manchester United, England).

7th place: Frenkie de Jong (Manchester United, Netherlands).

Manchester United players suddenly appeared in the top ten with a sudden surge in frequency, almost like they were going to dominate the screen.

Fortunately, Manchester United's dominance in sixth place came to a temporary end.

6th place: Salah (Liverpool, Egypt).

5th place: Rodri (Manchester United, Spain).

4th place: Mane (Liverpool, Bayern, Senegal).

3th place: Dembele (Manchester United, France).

The crucial moment is approaching.

Actually, everyone already knows the result by now, because the camera is focused on Tang Ye and Benzema.

Benzema's expression showed compromise and helplessness, while Tang Ye's expression showed more relaxation.

The expressions on their faces revealed the final result of this year's Golden Globe Awards.

"..."

Second place: Benzema (Real Madrid, France).

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(End of this chapter)