Seven Crowns

In the warm celebration of Lu Wenbin leading the national football team out of the Confederations Cup group stage, on June 26, Forbes magazine launched the "2013 Forbes Global Top 100 Celebrities List" which pushed Lu Wenbin to a higher peak.

"Forbes" is an American magazine that ranks alongside "Fortune" and is famous all over the world for its various authoritative rankings.

Under "Forbes", there are "Forbes Global Rich List", "Forbes Royal Rich List", "Forbes Chinese Rich List", "Forbes Heads of State List", "Forbes World Brand List", Luxury Brand List, Fund List , city list, university list and so on.

Among them, most of the "Forbes Top 100 Global Celebrities List" come from film and television actors, directors, variety show hosts, models, athletes, writers, musicians and other industries.

The Celebrity List is comprehensively evaluated based on the global influence, annual income, media coverage, number of fans, and network influence of the listed figures, which is relatively authoritative.

But in terms of specific rankings, it is subject to the subjective influence of the editors and principals of the magazine.

As a magazine from capitalist America, where football does not occupy a mainstream position, Lu Wenbin is still a player in socialist China.

Therefore, in the past few years, although Lu Wenbin has long been famous all over the world, and his ranking on the Forbes Global 100 Celebrities list has been rising year by year, he has not been able to directly reach the top of the list.

In last year's Forbes Celebrity 100 list, Lu Wenbin ranked third behind singer Jennifer Lopez and talk show host Oprah Winfrey.

However, at the end of last year, he led Real Madrid to complete an unprecedented six-time crown in world football, scored 168 goals in the year, won three consecutive Golden Globe Awards, and won three consecutive Lawrence Awards. Lu Wenbin is no longer ranked first.

Whether it's global influence, earning power, or the number of fans, Lu Wenbin leads in all aspects, far ahead of others.

Even in the United States, where football is underdeveloped, Lu Wenbin is a well-known superstar, more famous than Jennifer Lopez and Oprah Winfrey.

Most of the time, the Forbes Top 100 Global Celebrities List, which is occupied by Americans themselves, finally changed in the 2013 edition released on June 26.

Lu Wenbin, a soccer player from China, ranked first in the "2013 Forbes Global 100 Celebrities List", overwhelming American celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, and Madonna.

Lu Wenbin was officially recognized by Forbes as the number one celebrity in the world in 2013.

Although Forbes admits it or not, Lu Wenbin is the most famous star in the world. But as a prestigious and authoritative list, Forbes' Celebrity List can still affect many people.

Lu Wenbin's ascent to the top means that both the people and the government have acknowledged this fact, which will have a relatively large impact on Lu Wenbin's advertising endorsement income and the sales of his own 666 brand in the next year.

For a while, the media scrambled to report on this incident, saying that Lu Wenbin's ranking was well-deserved and worthy of the name, pushing Lu Wenbin's reputation even higher.

On the second day after the Forbes Celebrity List was released, on June 27th, Belo Horizonte, the first semi-final of the 2013 Confederations Cup between Brazil and China officially started at the Mineiro Stadium where the Chinese team stayed in the group stage .

The second semi-final between Spain and Italy will be played the next day.

Before the start of the Brazil VS China game, FIFA arranged a mourning ceremony, and all players and spectators mourned Cameroon player Vivian Foo together.

10 years ago today, June 27, 2003, also in the Confederations Cup, also in the semi-finals, Cameroonian player Vivian Foo suffered a heart attack in the game against Colombia, fell to the ground and died suddenly, only 28 years old .

The sudden death of Vivian Fu caused strong dissatisfaction with FIFA around the world, because the Confederations Cup was held every two years at that time, which seriously overdraws the players' physical fitness.

It was also the sudden death of Vivian Fu that FIFA reformed the competition system under the persecution of public opinion, changing the Confederations Cup every two years to every four years, and fixed it in the year before the World Cup. Hosted by the host country of the following year's World Cup.

After mourning the Cameroon star 10 years ago, the game officially began.

Apart from Lu Wenbin, Zheng Zhi of the Chinese team could have reached the level of players in the lower reaches of the five major leagues.

But now that Zheng Zhi is injured, the Chinese team has only Lu Wenbin to support the overall situation.

The Brazilian team has not only old teammates like Marcelo and Gustavo, but also Cesar, Alves, Thiago Silva, David Luiz, Paulinho, Oscar, Neymar Wait for the star.

Just looking at the lineup comparison, no one thinks that the Chinese team can be upset.

The chances are too small, no matter how strong Lu Wenbin is.

Sure enough, despite Lu Wenbin guarding the backcourt, Brazil scored the goal easily and happily.

In the 13th minute, the Brazilian team played an exquisite short pass in the frontcourt. Lu Wenbin, Wang Yongpo, Feng Xiaoting, Zhao Peng and others all watched from the sidelines. They were kicked into the penalty area by Brazil without even touching the ball. In the end, Neymar made a low pass Score.

In the 21st minute, Lu Wenbin counterattacked with the ball in person. After passing three people in a row, he shot a low shot at the dead corner on the penalty area line, but Cesar, who was attacked, fell to the ground in time to save the ball and poked the ball out of the bottom line.

Although Lu Wenbin's corner kick went into the goal frame, Cesar held him in his arms and didn't even give China a chance to make a follow-up shot.

In the 37th minute, the Brazilian team made a breakthrough from the side of Marcelo and then cut in and shot from the far corner.

After scoring the goal, Marcelo smiled at Lu Wenbin, but Lu Wenbin could only shake his head to express his helplessness.

Before the end of the commute, Paulinho went straight, and forward Fred turned offside to form a single shot.

Fortunately, Lu Wenbin chased back in time and made a precise tackle before Fred entered the penalty area and shoveled the ball away from the side without even fouling, destroying the Brazilian team's attack.

In the second half, the Chinese team finally pulled back a point in the 63rd minute.

This time, Lu Wenbin's long pass assisted and found Wu Lei. After Wu Lei received Lu Wenbin's long pass at the corner of the penalty area, he had already lost the chance to break into the penalty area and take a single-handed shot.

However, Deng Zhuoxiang rushed up from behind.

Wu Lei knocked across the middle, and Deng Zhuoxiang shot a high-quality long shot from outside the penalty area, piercing through Cesar's ten fingers.

The Chinese team pulled back a point, but to no avail.

In the 75th minute, Neymar scored again for Brazil to extend the score to 3-1.

Since then, neither side has scored again.

After 3 minutes of added time, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game. The Chinese team lost 1-3 to the host Brazil in the semi-finals of the 2013 Confederations Cup and stopped the semi-finals.

No surprises, no upsets, even with Lu Wenbin as the leader, the Chinese team still lost the game because of their overall strength.