Messi's first Copa America title may be the catalyst for his seventh Golden Globe. The european championship results for the bonus of personal honors, it is difficult to prevent the "Golden Globe King" from climbing to the peak.
A 34-year-old unemployed man has lifted the championship for Argentina that he has been looking forward to for 28 years.
Argentina knocked Out Brazil 1-0 in the Copa America final, and when Messi lifted the massive trophy, all the long questions about his failure to win the national team were gone. After 10 years of competition, the first championship won, the efforts for this crown, because of the affirmation of this crown, is bound to push Messi to the peak of another personal honor.
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Even before the 2021 Copa America final began, COPA had already awarded Messi and Neymar the honor of sharing the best player of the tournament. Messi delivered 3 goals and 2 assists in the group stage, delivered key goals or assists in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, and finally scored 4 goals and 5 assists in 7 games, allowing him to reach the top of the tournament top scorer list (tied with Colombian winger Luis Díaz) and assists list, and in 7 games, Messi was elected the best player of the game as many as 4 times (the MVP of the third round of the final and group stage was Di Maria, and the MVP of the semi-finals was Emiliano Martinez), plus the final final finally realized his dream, Messi, who has reached a double peak from the team's honor to his personal performance, is actually worthy of beating Neymar and winning the best event. It took 10 tournaments to win the first championship of the national team, and after 4 major tournament final defeats (2007, 2015 and 2016 Copa America, 2014 World Cup), it finally reached the top, which added a great point to Messi's hard work.
Before the expiry of his contract with Barcelona on 30 June, Messi continued to contribute first-class individual performances at the club, becoming the Golden Boot in La Liga for the fifth consecutive season, although the team's honor level was far less than in previous years - Barca stopped in the Quarter-finals of the Champions League, la Liga and the Spanish Super Cup were defeated, and the Copa del Rey coronation alone avoided the four major voids. At the end of the Copa America, Messi's 2021 personal performance total report card is 38 games, 33 goals, 14 assists and 26 times was selected as the best of the game (Barca 29 games 28 goals, 9 assists and 22 best), the latest additions to the Copa America, the best player, the top scorer and the assist king, so that Messi has gained a very heavy chip in the Ballon d'Or competition, he has been widely regarded as the number one favorite candidate for this year's Ballon d'Or Awards.
Horizontally, in 2021, a competition year that was accidentally created due to the postponement of the new crown epidemic, there is no one who can really compete with Messi so far. Before the suspense of the European Cup was revealed, the two England squads were very vocal, Kane and Sterling tied for the first time in the history of the Three Lions to reach the First European Cup final, Kane scored 4 goals in the knockout round, Sterling arranged the Three Lions group stage 2 goals, a total of 3 goals and 1 assist plus a controversial penalty, but the Three Lions ultimately fell short, and both of their achievements at the club level were lacking: Kane certainly had the double blessing of the Premier League top scorer king and the assist king, but Tottenham's embarrassing zero is a huge point reduction Although Sterling once attacked the "four champions" with Manchester City, his overall performance was at the lowest point in the past four years, so that the outbreak at the European Championship was slightly surprising.
Other contenders who have excelled at the club and missed the team's success in the European Cup also lack the courage to challenge Messi. Kantai, who has made great contributions to Chelsea's Champions League victory and won the best player from the semi-final two legs to the final, and Mbappe, who exploded in the Champions League knockout round and completed the ligue 1 golden boot three consecutive titles, are unable to prevent world champions France from unexpectedly stopping the Round of 16 of the European Championship: Kantai is not as eye-catching as Boba in midfield, Mbappe has scored 0 goals in the entire tournament, and the 5th round of the 1/8 final and The Swiss penalty shoot-out is even more disgraceful. At Manchester City's title of the world's best midfielder, De Bruyne, who lost the Champions League final and was trapped by injuries, did his best in the European Cup and could not help Belgium to cross the top 8 threshold.
Lewandowski, who missed the coronation opportunity last year due to the cancellation of the Ballon d'Or and was only elected World Footballer of the Year, broke the 49-year single-season goal record in the Bundesliga (updated to 41 goals) and contributed three goals at the European Cup, but Poland did not even qualify from the group. In Juventus was ended serie A consecutive titles, but won the league Golden Boot C Ronaldo, in the European Cup also used 5 goals and 1 assist to beat Hick to win the Golden Boot, but because the defending champion Portugal stopped in the round of 16, he also lacked strong team results as chips.
As of mid-July, in view of the obvious shortcomings of other competitors, Messi is fully expected to thrive, lifting the Ballon d'Or for the 7th time and continuing to expand his advantage in the history of the Ballon d'Or. And at G.O.A.T. In the midst of the controversy [of the best player of all time], Messi's advocates will also get the latest strong arguments.
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Before the Final Battle of the Copa America and the European Cup, in addition to Kane, Sterling and others, there is actually another player who has won the hot spot - Jorginho, who is expected to win the Champions League and the European Cup. In the end, he did become the "king of Europe" between the club and the national team, becoming a golden ball candidate, although because of the position attribute, his ranking may be low, and it is difficult to compare with Messi.
When Euro 2020 reaches the semi-finals, Chelsea fans add an extra joy, because no matter who wins the top 4 teams England, Italy, Spain or Denmark, there will be Chelsea players who will enjoy the joy of dominating Europe after the club has reached the top of Europe and then dominated Europe with the national team: the Three Lions have Mount, Rees James and Chilwell, the Blues have Jorginho and Emerson, the Matadors have Azpilicueta, and the Red and White have Christensen. In the end, the Italian two will win both honors, of which Jorginho is the only player to play in two finals (Emerson did not play in the Champions League final), and he is the only 10th person to achieve this in the entire history of European football.
In the Italian squad, Jorginho was the only player in the presence of Donnarumma. The goalkeeper position has its peculiarities, and Jorginho was only regularly replaced for 15 minutes in the final round of the group stage, because of his unshakable tactical position. In essence, he was the first cornerstone of Mancini's overhaul of the national team. From the day Mancho took office, the Brazilian naturalized midfielder has become the core of the 433 formation operation, in the back position he played his own skilled foot, short passes frequent and accurate characteristics, let the ball through his transition and fast operation, complete the turn of attack, and in Serie A and the Premier League for many years to exercise the sense of positioning and the ability to play the ball, so that he can also lift the weight in the dangerous area of his own backfield, so the team does not have to arrange a pure defensive midfield, but can operate with a technical combination.
In the technical and control tactical system, Jorginho is the core level of existence. With him as the core of the midfield, it is the tactical basis for Sarri to challenge Juve hegemony in Napoli, and when Sarri took the "Wakabtori" to Chelsea, the English media and fans once lacked appreciation for the pro-soldier, and also cited the case of "2332 passes and 0 assists to set a record" to show that he was "not helpful" to attack, and even mocked his "small jump" penalty method. But as Jorginho has made the team's attack and defense run smoothly and complemented Cantai, he has always been an unshakable main force in the Lampard and Tuchel dynasties, and has played a great role in the process of reaching the top of Europe in the 2020-21 season, and his value has finally been affirmed by English football. In Italy, people are already familiar with Jorginho's excellence, and as the Italian team is driven by him to enjoy the European Championship, the Italian media has gradually created momentum: why can't he compete for the Golden Globes?!
England's Chelsea general, by contrast, lacks Jorginho's status. Rees James and Chilwell are not the main three Lions, and although Mount is an iron starter except for the incident of being isolated due to "close contact", he is far less helpful to the team than his midfield partners, and he has only 1 assist in the whole tournament (4-0 Ukrainian corner assist Henderson), which shows more consistency and diligence. That's why he didn't become a Ballon d'Or candidate like Jorginho.
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In the historical European Cup year, the ownership of the European Championship has often had a huge impact on the landing of the Ballon d'Or, and the double king of the Champions League and the European Cup can especially get extra points when competing for the Ballon d'Or. In 2016, Portugal reached the top of the European Championship for the first time in its history, and in the same period, Real Madrid defeated Atletico Madrid in the Champions League final, contributing greatly to the two champions, C Ronaldo, and achieved an overwhelming advantage in the Selection of the Ballon d'Or in that year's Golden Globe Awards - in the era of Mero, this was even the biggest advantage between C Ronaldo and Messi.
If performed well, the superstar would not even have to win two crowns to successfully win the Golden Ball. In 1976, Beckenbauer led Bayern Munich to achieve a three-time Champions League title, which gave the team the honor of retaining the trophy, and this year "Caesar" also led West Germany to the final of the European Cup, although West Germany lost the penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw with Czechoslovakia (the 5th round of Parnianka created the classic "spoon penalty" and did not win the triple crown after winning the 1972 European Championship and the 1974 World Cup, but Beckenbauer's personal performance was still superior and was selected as the best team of the tournament. This eventually earned him the capital to win his second Golden Globe.
There are also cases of failure. In 1964, Luis Suarez, as the core of the frontcourt, helped the Spanish national team win the European Championship on home soil, winning the first major competition trophy in the history of the team, while at the club he led Inter Milan to win the Champions League for the first time, playing the strong sound of the "great international era", and the two fronts to the top helped him to attack the Golden Ball again, but unfortunately he eventually lost to Manchester United striker Dennis Law, who played the best season of his career, ranking second, but this is already the second highest achievement of his personal career ( He was crowned a Golden Globe in 1960 and also ranked 2nd in 1961).
40 years later, in 2004, Deco felt similar regrets. As the core of the midfield under Mourinho's Porto and crowned the Champions League, Deco contributed the most lethal passes and assists, and at the national team level, Deco, who naturalized from Brazil to Portugal, became the core of the team's promotion to the European Cup in his home country, but unfortunately the team's defeat to Greece in the final became a stepping stone of the "myth", which was also a key factor in his final defeat to Shevchenko in the Golden Ball competition.
Of course, the king of Europe lifted the Golden Globe Award, and this year's hope will most likely be disappointed. To shake the 34-year-old unemployed man's dominance, the challengers need to play at a supernatural level in the regular events of the second half of the year. And Messi has basically reached a contract extension with Barca, but the salary details involved in the new contract still need to be adjusted, he and Barca will have a high probability of continuing the relationship, this stability will also help him continue to lead the Ballon d'Or competition in the second half of the year, who let him be the first person in the history of the Ballon d'Or, has long been accustomed to this role?
This article is written by Han Saiwen