Football King Bale

Compared to the "Manchester Evening News", which is a media that talks about its own affairs, the "Sun" is a media that uses hype as a gimmick and is simply afraid that the world will not be in chaos.

As the date of the Golden Globe Awards is approaching, the Spanish media, especially the local media in Barcelona, ​​are full of news about the Golden Globe Awards. There is no reason why the Barcelona media should not be excited. They have such confidence, because this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or competition is basically a civil war in Barcelona.

This made the British media very unhappy. The British media, led by The Sun, were already dissatisfied with the selection of this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or. Now that Bell is performing more and more brilliantly, this gives them a reason to fight back.

"The Sun" did not target Xavi and Iniesta. After all, the past 2010 was the World Cup year. As the core players of the World Cup winner, the selection of these two people was not controversial. They pointed the finger at Messi.

According to these British media, Messi can be selected into the top three of the Golden Globe Award, and even has a high voice to win the award. So why is Bale, who is better than Messi in all statistics, not selected?

Indeed, Bale's performance in the 2010 World Cup became a shortcoming, but what about Messi? Did he perform well in the World Cup? Under his leadership, Argentina, whose strength was similar to that of England, was eliminated in the quarterfinals. It was not much better than England who returned home in the group stage. As England's leader, Rooney failed to make the final 23-man roster. What qualifications does Messi have to enter the top three?

Relatively speaking, Bell's outstanding performance in the European Cup qualifiers in the second half of the year should be a bonus for him to win this year's Ballon d'Or!

Overall, Bale is more qualified than Messi to be among the top three for the Ballon d'Or!

But soon, the Catalan media fought back, believing that Bale was not worthy of being compared with Messi. They do not deny that Bell performed well in 2010, but compared with Messi, the World Footballer, he is not a heavyweight at all.

"At the very least, Bale didn't even make it to the World Cup finals."

The Catalan media almost focused on this point to fight back, ignoring everything else. The British media tried every means to prove that Bell's performance in the European Cup qualifiers was obviously better than Messi's performance in the World Cup.

As a result, the two sides started firing from a distance, and directly turned into hand-to-hand combat, causing a lot of trouble.

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Manchester United did not pay too much attention to the disturbances from the outside world, because the Christmas Devil schedule has exhausted them. They just played a game at West Bromwich Albion at noon on the 1st, and it has only been three days since they returned to Manchester. On the evening of the 4th, they will face the challenge of Stoke City at Old Trafford.

Pulis' team is difficult to deal with. Sky City, which has performed well recently, has jumped to eighth in the league.

In the first three games of the Christmas Devil schedule, Stoke City performed very well. With two wins and one loss, their record was second only to Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham, which had three consecutive victories.

Although the opponent is difficult, everyone will definitely be surprised when they see Manchester United's starting lineup, because the team's strongest fighting force did not appear. Bell, Ferdinand, Carrick and other players all sat on the bench. Rooney, who suffered some minor injuries in the last game, was not even included in the squad. Veteran players such as Giggs, Smalling and Gibson were awarded The starting opportunity was given to Berbatov and Hernandez on the forward line. Irving, who had returned from injury, also appeared on the bench.

Although there is only such a half-main and half-substitute lineup,

But the Manchester United players performed well today, almost completely suppressing Stoke City on the scene.

The defense composed of Rafael, Vidic, Smalling and Evra performed very solidly and did not give Stoke City a good chance. Fletcher was also very good in the midfield. Sky City even There are not many threatening attacks.

Bell sat on the bench and watched the game on the court with his own eyes. He felt very sad.

This is the gap in overall strength!

When he was at Tottenham last season, he had to give his best in the two games against Stoke City, and it was very difficult. But when it comes to Manchester United, in the first half of the away game, they bloodbathed the Sky City 4:1. Now back to the Dream Theater, they even used half of the substitute lineup, but they still have a clear advantage on the field. Not only do they have a better ball possession rate, but they still have a clear advantage on the field. There are obviously more threatening attacks than opponents.

This is the disparity between the Premier League's top clubs and ordinary teams. Stoke City's offensive combination that has achieved good results against other ordinary teams cannot pose a threat in front of Manchester United.

In the 27th minute of the game, Stoke City's gate finally fell. Nani received a pass from Berbatov on the right and passed low to the middle. Hernandez grabbed the ball and hit the goal with his right heel at the near corner with Shawcross close to him, scoring his sixth Premier League goal of the season. Goal.

On the bench, Ferdinand looked sideways at Bale and said confidently: "If this is how Stoke City performs this time, it will not be difficult for us to win the game."

Bell nodded, he felt the same way.

"Our current offensive problem still lies in counterattack. Ryan is still too old, and Nani has just returned from injury and has not recovered. If Gareth was here, we would have scored a long time ago." Carrick is also full of confidence. Man said.

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In the subsequent games, Stoke City's state did not improve significantly. In the end, Manchester United entered the halftime break with a 1-goal advantage.

Judging from this half of the game, Stoke City is indeed inferior to Manchester United.

However, in the second half after changing sides and fighting again, Stoke City suddenly exerted its strength, launched a wave of strong attacks, and evened the score in the first five minutes.

In the 50th minute, Tunchayi made a cross from the left, and Manchester United's defense was out of position. Whitehead headed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal from 7 meters away. Although Kuszczak touched the ball, the ball still got into the net. This is also the first time Stoke City has scored at Old Trafford in 30 years.

The ball was thrown a little too easily, and the young player Rafael was still too inexperienced, giving Tuncay a chance to make a calm cross. There were also some problems with the defense in the middle, and Smalling had to bear some responsibility for conceding the ball.

Manchester United seemed a little confused in the few minutes after conceding the goal, especially the young midfielder Gibson, who was very impatient.

Seeing that the situation on the field suddenly became not good, Ferguson immediately made the decision to make substitutions. In the 60th minute of the game, he replaced Gibson with Bell, who had an unsatisfactory performance in the game.

After Bell came on, he appeared in the left midfield position, while Giggs, who was originally here, went to the center. Giggs, who is already 37 years old, has lost his speed on the wing and his threat is greatly reduced.

After Bell came up, Manchester United began to control the situation on the field, which made the fans on the sidelines look very strange.

This is a completely incomprehensible phenomenon.

Except for Bale, who replaced Giggs on the left wing, and Giggs went to the center, all the other players on the field remained unchanged. However, this substitution made Manchester United's field more orderly and less panicked. , and quickly exceeded the score again.

In the 62nd minute, Bell dribbled the ball from the left side of the midfield and cut all the way in. When he reached the middle, he suddenly distributed the ball to the right side. Nani took the ball and quickly turned around and hit the far corner of the goal with a left-foot volley from the edge of the penalty area. This is the Portuguese's sixth league goal of the season.

Manchester United, who once again took the lead, did not stop their offensive rhythm. On the contrary, their offensive became more and more fierce, but they failed to further change the score.

Time passed bit by bit, and three minutes after Pulis played the last card in his hand, Ferguson also played all two cards he still had in his hand.

In the 78th minute, Ferguson replaced Giggs with Carrick, who was almost exhausted, and replaced Hernandez with former England golden boy Owen.

Since then, the three substitutions of both sides have been used up, and the game has quickly passed 80 minutes. Manchester United began to consume more game time by controlling the ball. Ferguson wanted to use a more economical way. Win the game.

However, Pulis was not resigned to defeat. Under his command, Stoke City suddenly launched a wave of attacks. Tunchaido tried to pass with his heel and was tripped by Fletcher.

The referee ran over to warn Fletcher and once again gave Stoke City a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.

As the referee blew his whistle, Stoke City players took a free kick. Only a bang was heard at the scene. The ball quickly flew out from the feet of the Stoke City player who took the penalty, drew an arc, bypassed the wall, and quickly fell towards the goal behind him.

But Manchester United goalkeeper Kuzzak was prepared. When he was setting up the wall just now, he had already considered all the possible angles for Stoke City players to hit the goal, so he reacted quickly and flew the ball over the crossbar. Although it was given to Stoke City, A corner kick, but the free kick missed.

Manchester United quickly reorganized their defense, and Stoke City also invested troops, with Shawcross and Huth all coming up.

Bell was still left in the frontcourt waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, but he did not dare to be careless at all, because he did not know when his teammates would pass the ball in his direction, and all he could do was to concentrate and prepare. .

Stoke City players took a corner kick again, trying to find Jamaican high center forward Fuller, who came on the bench. But this time, Kuzzak struck out quickly, picked the ball out of mid-air first, rushed to the edge of the penalty area, and threw it to Carrick.

The England midfielder understood it immediately. He didn't even need to raise his head to look ahead, and just passed forward with a big foot.

After Bell came on, he appeared in the left midfield position, while Giggs, who was originally here, went to the center. Giggs, who is already 37 years old, has lost his speed on the wing and his threat is greatly reduced.

After Bell came up, Manchester United began to control the situation on the field, which made the fans on the sidelines look very strange.

This is a completely incomprehensible phenomenon.

Except for Bale, who replaced Giggs on the left wing, and Giggs went to the center, all the other players on the field remained unchanged. However, this substitution made Manchester United's field more orderly and less panicked. , and quickly exceeded the score again.

In the 62nd minute, Bell dribbled the ball from the left side of the midfield and cut all the way in. When he reached the middle, he suddenly distributed the ball to the right side. Nani took the ball and quickly turned around and hit the far corner of the goal with a left-foot volley from the edge of the penalty area. This is the Portuguese's sixth league goal of the season.

Manchester United, who once again took the lead, did not stop their offensive rhythm. On the contrary, their offensive became more and more fierce, but they failed to further change the score.

Time passed bit by bit, and three minutes after Pulis played the last card in his hand, Ferguson also played all two cards he still had in his hand.

In the 78th minute, Ferguson replaced Giggs with Carrick, who was almost exhausted, and replaced Hernandez with former England golden boy Owen.

Since then, the three substitutions of both sides have been used up, and the game has quickly passed 80 minutes. Manchester United began to consume more game time by controlling the ball. Ferguson wanted to use a more economical way. Win the game.

However, Pulis was not resigned to defeat. Under his command, Stoke City suddenly launched a wave of attacks. Tunchaido tried to pass with his heel and was tripped by Fletcher.

The referee ran over to warn Fletcher and once again gave Stoke City a free kick opportunity in the frontcourt.

As the referee blew his whistle, Stoke City players took a free kick. Only a bang was heard at the scene. The ball quickly flew out from the feet of the Stoke City player who took the penalty, drew an arc, bypassed the wall, and quickly fell towards the goal behind him.

But Manchester United goalkeeper Kuzzak was prepared. When he was setting up the wall just now, he had already considered all the possible angles for Stoke City players to hit the goal, so he reacted quickly and flew the ball over the crossbar. Although it was given to Stoke City, A corner kick, but the free kick missed.

Manchester United quickly reorganized their defense, and Stoke City also invested troops, with Shawcross and Huth all coming up.

Bell was still left in the frontcourt waiting for an opportunity to counterattack, but he did not dare to be careless at all, because he did not know when his teammates would pass the ball in his direction, and all he could do was to concentrate and prepare. .

Stoke City players took a corner kick again, trying to find Jamaican high center forward Fuller, who came on the bench. But this time, Kuzzak struck out quickly, picked the ball out of mid-air first, rushed to the edge of the penalty area, and threw it to Carrick.

The England midfielder understood it immediately. He didn't even need to raise his head to look ahead, and just passed forward with a big foot.