My uncle is Inzaghi

"The game is over! The game is over!"

"With this victory, Arsenal scored 11 points in this group and successfully broke through as the first place in the group!!"

As the buzzer sounded at the end of the game.

The voice of the commentator Andy Gray sounded very excited.

"After failing to win in the first two rounds of the group stage and once ranking at the bottom of the group, Arsenal finally bucked the trend and won first place in the group in this super death group. This fully illustrates Arsenal's strength and can also make Arsenal We have more reasons to be optimistic and longing for Arsenal’s prospects in the Champions League knockout rounds. You must know that in last season’s Champions League knockout round, Arsenal eliminated Real Madrid and Barcelona one after another, and was finally eliminated by Bayern, the Champions League champion that season.”

Andy Gray’s statement is also the view of many English commentators.

Arsenal this season is certainly better than last season.

The three new players Xhaka, Kaká and Sanchez all played a big role.

Li Mo is also more mature and his attack power is sharper.

After the Arsenal team won the Premier League championship last season, the team's self-confidence has greatly improved.

The young players in the team are capable. Before, the reason why their performance was not stable enough was related to their self-confidence, but now they are full of confidence!

The so-called championship heritage has the most direct impact on the team.

These young players will always remember: We are the Premier League champions! None of us are afraid.

This is undoubtedly a huge improvement to the team's combat effectiveness.

The lineup has improved and confidence is skyrocketing.

Is there any reason not to have hope for Arsenal's Champions League prospects?

At least, Arsenal fans are looking forward to it at this moment. ,

As this game ends.

The Champions League group stage matches are also over.

In Group F where Arsenal is located, Arsenal defeated Paris Saint-Germain and scored 11 points to rank first in the group. Last season's Champions League runner-up Dortmund defeated Naples 3-1 at home and scored 9 points to rank second in the group.

Paris Saint-Germain scored 7 points, ranked third in the group, and fell into the top 32 of the Europa League. They are going to play in the knockout rounds of the Europa League.

Naples only scored 5 points and was eventually eliminated from the European competition.

finally.

All the top 16 of the Champions League were born.

The teams that qualified first in the group include: Arsenal, Manchester United, Real Madrid, Olympiacos, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, and Barcelona.

The teams that qualified second in the group are: Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Benfica, Manchester City, Schalke 04, Borussia Dortmund, AC Milan, and Zenit St. Petersburg.

According to the principle of avoidance in the same group and the same league.

Arsenal's possible opponents include: Bayer Leverkusen, Galatasaray, Benfica, Schalke 04, AC Milan, and Zenit St. Petersburg.

among these six teams.

The most famous one is naturally AC Milan.

But let’s talk about combat effectiveness. AC Milan’s record under Allegri this season is very bad. After 14 rounds of Serie A, AC Milan only won 4 games. They drew five games and lost five games. Only scored 17 points, ranking eighth in the league, a full 20 points behind Juventus at the top of the list!

There is also a 10-point gap behind fourth-placed Inter Milan.

The countdown to Allegri's dismissal has almost entered.

"Even if we were drawn against AC Milan, I'm afraid Allegri would no longer be in office."

On the bus back to base.

Li Mo said with some emotion.

As a Milan native and a member of Milan's youth training, he is also very sad about Milan's current situation.

The team's decline is really too fast. It was the Serie A champion two seasons ago. As a result, after 14 league rounds, it has basically announced that it has withdrawn from the championship and the "fourth" - this also means that AC Milan, which has seven Champions League trophies, will most likely miss the Champions League next season.

Unless they can win the Champions League this season and gain a spot as the defending champions of the Champions League.

However, even the most optimistic AC Milan fans dare not think about winning the Champions League at this time. The team's state is really bad.

To make matters worse, the team's financial situation is even worse.

Let alone buying players.

After Allegri's dismissal, who will take over AC Milan is a big question.

I can't afford a famous marshal.

Ordinary coaches probably don’t like him either.

When Inzaghi discussed this topic with Li Mo, he said helplessly: "In the end, I will probably find a famous player to coach (take the blame)."

"This celebrity can't be you, right?"

"Who knows."

Lao Pi has a bit of a sense of mission to "benefit the life and death of the country".

"No matter who is drawn, it seems that Zenit St. Petersburg is the weakest, but when it comes to going to Russia in February, I guess not many teams want to go," Walcott said.

This season's Champions League group stages look pretty normal.

After all, the strong teams basically finished first in the group.

Among these eight opponents, the difference between who is drawn will not be too big.

There is no giant like Real Madrid that no one wants to encounter among the second place in the group last season.

Therefore, everyone is not too nervous about the draw for the top 16, but has a little more expectations.

Wenger was sitting at the front of the bus. When he heard the players' discussion, the corners of his mouth could not help but raise slightly.

Arsenal's players already have a bit of a "strong team mentality".

The drawing of lots for the top 16 could no longer cause much trouble for them.

It seems to be in the psyche of all Arsenal players.

Advancing from the top 16 to the top eight is as commonplace as eating and drinking.

Arsenal also had this "strong mentality" in the past.

But I don’t know when it started. It has disappeared.

Now, Arsenal are reestablishing that mentality.

For a team.

The psychological state is almost as important as the technical and tactical system.

This is the most important factor in whether you can grit your teeth and withstand a critical battle.

In a close and powerful dialogue.

Only a team with a strong enough psychological quality will have a greater probability of winning the game with gritted teeth.

After this round of the Champions League group stage, Arsenal will face the challenge of Liverpool at home.

This game will be played on the evening of December 15th.

There are still four days left until the game.

Therefore, the team still has some time to adjust to face this crucial battle between the top team and the second place in the league standings.

Although the Champions League group stage is over.

But Arsenal is about to face a very devilish schedule.

On December 15th, in the 16th round of the league, they faced Liverpool at home.

On December 18, in the fifth round of the League Cup, they faced Manchester City at home.

On December 21st, in the 17th round of the league, they challenged Manchester City away.

Fight against powerful enemies in succession.

It is undoubtedly a huge test for Arsenal.

And in December, in addition to the intensive competition.

What attracts more attention is the various year-end awards.

The one that gets the most attention is undoubtedly the FIFA Ballon d'Or.

The FIFA Ballon d'Or is the 2010 Ballon d'Or awarded by the former FIFA World Player of the Year (founded in 1991) and France Football magazine. d'Or, founded in 1956), is awarded annually to the football player with the most outstanding performance in the previous year.

On December 12, that is, the day after the Champions League group stage ended.

FIFA and "France Football" jointly announced the top 23 players selected for the Ballon d'Or this year.

Among them, Li Mo's name was prominently listed.

This caused a lot of carnival in the Dragon Kingdom media. After all, this is the first "Chinese athlete" to be selected for this list.

But Li Moke doesn't think he has a chance to become this season's Ballon d'Or winner.

According to media predictions.

The players who can enter the top three are Ribery of Bayern Munich, Messi of Barcelona, ​​and Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid.

Among them, Franck Ribery was the main winger of last season's Triple Crown winner Bayern Munich, and his championship glory was very eye-catching.

But the only problem is that his personal data is at a disadvantage compared to Messi and Ronaldo, and his reputation is not as great as Messi and Ronaldo.

"It's reminiscent of Sneijder in 2010."

Some German media said this when predicting this year's Golden Globe Awards.

Sneijder was also the core player of the Triple Crown winner Inter Milan, and he was also the core player of the World Cup runner-up Netherlands team.

But even so.

He also lost to Messi, who only won the La Liga title that year.

This caused an uproar that year.

Many media outlets are complaining about Sneijder.

The Dutch media directly made a championship comparison chart to ridicule: La Liga champion is greater than Serie A champion + Italian Cup champion + Champions League champion + World Cup runner-up.

That's pretty much the case this year.

This moment is just like that moment.

Can Triple Crown winner Ribery become the new Ballon d'Or?

Many people have put a question mark in their minds.

After all, the selection of the FIFA Ballon d'Or is sometimes not about good performance but just honors.

It's not just about having luxurious personal data - if it's better than personal data, Li Mo is not false at all, but no one will think that Li Mo can win the Golden Ball this year.

Li Mo just made it into the list of twenty-three people.

As for his final ranking, we will not know until the awards are over.

Although Li Mo's entry into the top 23 of the Golden Globe Awards is already a huge breakthrough.

However, considering Li Mo's performance last season, just being in the top 23 does not match his achievements.

However, world football experts are very optimistic about Li Mo's future.

It is believed that as long as Li Mo maintains his current development curve, he will have a chance to win the Golden Globe Award soon.

After all, forwards who can score goals are always more likely to win awards than those in other positions.

In non-competition years.

If the forwards score enough goals, the team can compete for the Ballon d'Or if they win one or two major championships.

Now with the Golden Globes revamp.

As long as you score a lot of goals and are famous enough, you still have a chance to win the Ballon d'Or even if you don't win any significant championship.

The selection of the FIFA Joint Ballon d'Or Award is voted by the authoritative media of member countries around the world, as well as the head coaches and captains of the national teams.

However, due to the different levels of football development in various countries, their expertise is also uneven. The head coaches and captains of strong European teams obviously have more say in who is the best in world football, but what professional qualities do you expect from national team coaches like Bhutan?

You can only vote based on reputation. The name that the media hypes the most and is the most familiar to them is naturally the best in the world.

Therefore, fame will have a great advantage in the selection of future Golden Globe Awards.

but

Li Mo cannot win the Golden Ball this year.

But there is another award that definitely belongs to him - the European Golden Boy Award.

Li Mo received a call from his agent Tulio the day after the sixth round of the Champions League group stage.

"I have some good news for you, Lee."

"Isn't it because he signed another big contract?"

"No, this time it has nothing to do with the endorsement. You won the award."

"Winning an award? What award? Golden Globe? That won't be my share!"

Li Mo was surprised.

"It's not the Golden Globe, it's the Golden Boy!"

Li Mo was stunned for a moment.

Then he suddenly patted his forehead.

It turns out to be this award!

Speaking of which, last season, some media also hyped Li Mo's winning of the Golden Boy Award.

However, Li Mo only entered professional football in the second half of the year last year, to be precise, he started playing professional football in September, and he only became famous in October.

The Golden Boy Awards are awarded in December.

Although Li Mo performed very well in those months.

But in the end, last year's Golden Boy Award winner was not Li Mo.

It was Isco, a rising Spanish midfielder who was playing for Malaga at the time and has now moved to Real Madrid.

At that time, the English media also issued an article questioning how Iscohod could surpass Li Mo.

The European Golden Boy Award is only awarded to players aged 21 and under who play for European clubs.

Founded in 2003 by Tuttosport, it sends votes to more than 30 well-known European sports media every year. The European Golden Boy Award is the most authoritative young player selection award in European football. The winner can even be called the "Young Footballer", representing the future of football.

Van der Vaart, Rooney, Messi, Fabregas, Aguero, Anderson, Pato are all past winners.

Li Mo gets angry when he talks about this Golden Boy Award.

Even if he only performed for three or four months last year.

But the number of goals he scored and the abilities he showed are nothing that Isco can touch.

Why can Isco win the Golden Boy Award over him?

With his 5 goals and 6 assists in 36 appearances in the 2011-2012 season?

This data is nothing compared to Li Mo.

The reason why he won the award.

It was because Malaga reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League that year, and Isco, as Malaga's main midfielder, also attracted people's attention, and his value also rose steadily.

Coupled with his record of appearances in Malaga and Spanish national teams at all levels, compared with Li Mo, who was a complete unknown before joining Arsenal, Isco's reputation has spread very early.

When he transferred from Valencia to Malaga, he was not yet 18 years old, and the transfer fee was as high as 6 million euros. You must know that when Li Mo joined Arsenal for 2 million euros, many people still ridiculed him. Arsenal are being taken advantage of.

A player under the age of eighteen can have this transfer value.

It’s no surprise that he won the Golden Boy Award

This year, Li Mo has no competitors at all.

Originally, Juventus's midfield monster Paul Pogba had a certain degree of competitiveness - if it were not for Li Mo, this year's Golden Boy Award would have to be him.

but now.

Why should Paul Pogba fight with Li Mo?

How could Li Mo have any competitors this year?

Players under the age of twenty-one.

How many data can match one-third of his?

Not to mention players under the age of 21.

Even players who all play for European clubs.

The only person who can keep up with Li Mo based on pure statistics is Messi and Ronaldo.

so.

There is no suspense about this year’s Golden Boy Awards.

The media didn't do much to hype it.

The Golden Boy Award fell on Li Mo's head naturally.

If this year's Golden Boy Award is not Li Mo.

That's not Li Mo's loss.

It is the loss of the Golden Boy Award - this is the authority of this award in its own construction. If Li Mo, who performed so explosively, does not win the Golden Boy Award, then the players who won this award this year may be embarrassed to accept it.

Winning the Golden Boy Award is good news for Li Mo.

After hanging up the phone to Tulio.

Li Mo still felt a little regretful. After all, he wanted the award more.

Not a golden boy, but a golden ball!

But he quickly cheered up.

Golden boy this year.

Next year, I will win the Golden Ball.

Is it difficult?

Li Mo was full of confidence.

Confidence explodes.