The Paper's reporter Pu Yaolei
Chinese driver Zhou Guanyu.
The Chinese racing community has been looking forward to a driver on the stage of Formula 1, and Zhou Guanyu seems to have come closer and closer to his dream.
On the evening of the 9th, according to a number of foreign media reports, Zhou Guanyu is expected to become an F1 regular racing driver and join the Alfa Romeo team. Subsequently, Zhou Guanyu's social media posts also attracted the reverie of car fans.
In international football, the issue of hosting a World Cup every two years has encountered a lot of resistance, and UEFA and others have clearly expressed their opposition.
Zhou Guanyu Weibo.
Dreams come true? Will Zhou Guanyu become an F1 regular racing driver?
At present, Zhou Guanyu is the closest driver to the F1 race in the Chinese car industry, which is not only his own dream, but also the expectation of many fans.
On the evening of September 9, Zhou Guanyu suddenly sent out an excited message on social media: "O! sharp! To give! Although he didn't say what he was so excited about, it quickly triggered the association of fans.
In fact, just recently, the rumor that Zhou Guanyu qualified as an F1 regular racing driver has attracted a lot of attention. According to Spanish "Marca" and other media reports, Zhou Guanyu may get a driver's seat in the Alfa Romeo team.
Screenshot of foreign media reports.
In addition, the news was also reported by the grandpx website and also appeared on overseas social networks, and Lawrence Barreto, a columnist on the official F1 website, also believes that Zhou Guanyu is a strong contender for this seat.
In the past two years, Zhou Guanyu, an F2 driver, has performed well, and in the fourth race of F2 in July this year, he won his third personal championship of the season.
On 2 July, he also made his F1 debut – representing Alpine F1 in his first free practice session at the F1 Austrian Grand Prix.
In a recent official interview with F1, Zhou Guanyu once again talked about his dream: "My goal has always been to become an F1 driver, I am trying to win the F2 Championship of the year, I hope to have the opportunity to enter F1. ”
"In the past few years, the number of car charms in China has increased significantly. I am very happy to be able to let the Chinese flag fly on the field and make people in my hometown proud. ”
Messi scored with a brilliant long-range shot.
Messi scored twice in the World Cup, surpassing Pele with 79 goals
Veteran rival Cristiano Ronaldo has broken Ali Dei's national team goal record, and Messi certainly won't be behind.
Although the match against Brazil was unexpectedly cut off, in the World Preliminary Tournament between Argentina and Bolivia on the morning of the 10th, Messi scored a hat-trick, and his national team scored 79 goals, surpassing the 77 goals of Brazilian legend Pele and enjoying the first place in the South American top scorer list.
In the 13th minute of the match, Messi scored his 77th goal in the Argentine national team with a world wave from outside the penalty area.
Then in the 63rd minute, Messi dribbled past defenders in the small penalty area and scored his 78th goal. Messi then scored a hat-trick in injury time.
Of the active South American players, the closest to Messi and Pele's goals is Neymar, who has scored 67 national team goals, followed by Suarez with 63 national team goals.
Retired Ronaldo scored 62 goals for Brazil, ranking fifth on the list of top scorers for the South American national team.
Messi tied Pele's record.
The proposal for a biennial World Cup was boycotted
In the past two days, the proposal to change the World Cup to a biennial has triggered a heated discussion in international football, and there are many voices of opposition.
On September 9, various football institutions issued a continuous voice expressing strong dissatisfaction with the motion to change the World Cup to biennial.
The Europa League Association, which includes the organization of the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and other leagues, issued a statement firmly opposing the proposal to host the World Cup once every two years: "The Europa League Association will cooperate with other stakeholders to prevent the football governing body from making unilateral decisions that harm domestic football." ”
"Domestic football is the foundation of our industry and vital to clubs, players and fans in Europe and around the world. On a continental European continent and global scale, new, improved or expanded club and national team competitions will not help to solve the problems caused by the intensive competition. ”
UEFA president Ceferin also said in an interview that European and South American countries have resisted this: "Playing a whole month of big tournaments every summer is equivalent to murder for players, so that the women's World Cup and Olympic football events will suffer a crash." ”
"Maybe it's good for UEFA's finances, but the problem is that doing that would kill football. We're already killing these players, and I don't think the clubs are going to let the players play, and if that happens, then football will be completely divided. ”
Bayern won the 2020 Club World Cup.
Japan abandons hosting the 2021 Club World Cup
On the evening of the 9th, the Japanese Football Association officially announced that the 2021 Club World Cup could not be held in Japan.
The Japan Football Association said: "Due to the possible restriction of the number of fans watching, the increased risk of contracting the virus, and the difficulty of making a profit, Japan is unable to host this Club World Cup. ”
This will be the second time the tournament has changed due to the pandemic – it was originally scheduled to be held in China in the summer of 2021 and will be the first event after the restructuring of the Club World Cup.
However, in April 2020, FIFA announced that the Club World Cup would be postponed, followed by the announcement in December that the Club World Cup would be held in Japan at the end of 2021, and the new format of 24 teams would be changed back to the old format of 7 teams.
Now after Japan abandoned the holding, this year's Club World Cup is facing another change of location and postponement, according to ESPN and other media reports, Qatar or will take over the right to host. However, the official decision will have to wait for FIFA to make a final choice.
The teams participating in this Club World Cup have been determined, only the Champions League champions Chelsea and the African champions Cairo Nationals, and the South American champions, the Central and North American champions, and the Oceania champions have not yet been produced.
Jordan Jr. officially announced his joining the Los Angeles Lakers
In the early morning of the 10th, the Los Angeles Lakers officially announced that DeAndre Jordan officially joined the Lakers.
Previously, Jordan Jr. was traded to the Pistons by the Nets, and now he has officially reached a buyout agreement with the Pistons, for which he is reported to have given up $4 million from his previous contract.
Jordan Jr., 33, played 57 regular season games for the Nets last season, averaging 7.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.1 blocks in 21.9 minutes per game. But in the playoffs last season, he didn't get any chances to play.
Now wearing the Lakers' jersey, Jordan Jr. said he is looking forward to the future and is very happy to be teammates with Howard, James, Davis, Westbrook and other players: "I am very happy to be a member of the championship team, I imagined what it would be like to play with my new teammates. ”
"I believe the team's run-in needs a process and I'm excited to start building chemistry. This team has so many good passers that it's a dream for someone like me who loves aerial work. ”
At the same time, he also mentioned his former teammates on the Nets, and he joked: "I am no longer friends with the Nets players. Of course, we are brothers beyond basketball, and we will always remain close. Both Irving and Durant understood my desire to play and compete. ”
In the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, Zverev defeated Djokovic.
Djokovic played Zverev again at the US Open
In the quarter-finals of the US Open on September 9, Beijing time, Djokovic, who is now the world number one in the men's singles, won three sets in a row after losing the first set, defeating Italy's Berrettini 5:7, 6:2, 6:2, 6-3 to advance to the semifinals.
In the other match, No. 4 seed Zverev lost three straight sets to defeat South Africa's Harris, who will compete with Djokovic for a ticket to the final in the next round.
In the previous semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Zverev defeated Djokovic and ended his opponent's dream of a "golden slam".
In the last two rounds, Djokovic lost one set first, defeating former US Open runner-up Kei Nishikori and wild card Brooksby respectively. In the quarter-finals of this game, the two sides played hard in the first set until the 11th set, and Berrettini took the lead in breaking, and after struggling to save his own serve to win the set, he won the first set 7:5.
Djokovic then gradually found the state of the game, and after the next three sets, he took the lead in breaking and firmly occupied the initiative on the field, and finally eliminated Berrettini 3:1 on aggregate, advancing to the final four of the US Open for the 12th time in his career.
In another men's singles quarterfinal, No. 4 seed Zverev faced unseeded harris, who defeated him 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the US Open semifinals for two consecutive years.
Xie Sipi / Wang Zongyuan successfully won the championship.
Olympic champions diving at the National Games continue to win gold
Not long ago, at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the Chinese diving dream team won 7 gold medals, and now in the National Games, the Olympic champions continue to perform well.
The 14th National Games Diving Women's Doubles 10m Platform Competition ended on September 9 at the Xi'an Olympic Sports Center Swimming and Diving Hall, and the Tokyo Olympic champion Chen Yaoxi/ Zhang Jiaqi won the championship.
A total of 12 pairs of players advanced to the final of the day. In the five rounds of competition, Chen Yaoxi / Zhang Jiaqi continued the good competitive state of the Tokyo Olympic Games, the action difficulty coefficient was high, the starting height was stable, the aerial posture was beautiful, the water splash was properly controlled, and finally won the championship with a score of 348.96 points, and Sichuan's Lu Wei/Ren Qian and Tianjin's Chen Yeyuan/Tang Yixuan won the second and third places.
In addition, the winners were Tokyo Olympic champions Xie Sipi and Wang Zongyuan, who won the men's doubles 3m board championship.
Xie Sipi/Wang Zongyuan, who ranked first in the preliminary round, continued their excellent form in the final and finally won the championship with a total score of 495.18. Jiangsu's Liu Chengming/Zhu Han and Sichuan's Li Jincong/Yu Aiyang finished second and third respectively.
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