Chapter 241 – Boxing Day (1)

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『Jorge Garcia, the protagonist of 2 consecutive Ballon d’Or titles, “Only Hong Min-jun is my rival”]
『Rival relationship recognized by the best in the world!』
『Hong Min-joon’s girls finally revealed!!』
『(Photo)Hong Min-joon appearing with his girlfriends』
『Two girlfriends who were together at official events, dig them up』
『The splendid feat of Korean soccer!! Hong Min-joon, who won 3 crowns at the ‘The Best FIFA Football Awards’ hosted by FIFA, the top football organization!!
『What is the background of winning the Player of the Year award for the first time in Korea and Asia?』

A week after the Ballon d’Or ceremony, ‘The Best FIFA Football Awards’, the so-called FIFA Awards, was held.

The main character of this FIFA Awards was Hong Min-jun, who won three awards, starting with the main award, FIFA Player of the Year, FIFA Puskas, and FIFA FIFPro World XI.

I expected Puskas and the World XI, but it was an unexpected result that even I did not expect to win the main player of the year award.

Needless to say, Puskas is my car.
Didn’t he score a lot of impressive goals last season? It’s to the point where I wonder if a candidate would have been plastered in my name if I had selected a candidate that was purely suitable for Puskats.

World XI is also very natural.
Who will be included besides the top scorer?

However, this year’s player was unexpected because there were so many outstanding competitors. For example, there is Jorge Garciana, who won the Ballon d’Or, and Gabriel Mendy, who is second.

However, those who have the right to vote must have been more impressed with the underdog fairy tale that led them to the semifinals by winning the top scorer in the soccer periphery of the Korean national team than the second and third place in the World Cup with France and Spain.
Or is it my popularity that boasts the strongest online?

Unlike the Ballon d’Or, where the rankings are determined by the votes of football journalists, in the FIFA Awards, where each country’s national team coaches, national team captains, national reporters, and fans around the world vote at a rate of 25%, ‘fans’ vote with 25% of the voting rights. Because it was very important.

In addition, there were also FIFA Goalkeeper of the Year, FIFA Fan Awards, and FIFA Fair Play Awards, but they were not interested in them, and the expected FIFA Manager of the Year Award went to an unexpected person.

I expected that the FIFA Coach of the Year would be awarded to Franz Balder, who jumped into the competition for the Bundesliga championship with Frankfurt, which had just been promoted from the second division, and who led them to the Europa League championship, or Coach Ohji-je, who reproduced the semifinal myth with underdog Korea…

Anyway, after the FIFA Awards, I became Jorge Garcia’s rival both in name and reality.
At the Ballon d’Or awards ceremony, Jorge, that grubby guy, directly pointed me out as a rival during his acceptance speech, but in fact, public opinion at the time felt that Jorge was a player with remarkable potential, rather than a truly equal rival.

Isn’t that also the player who won the Ballon d’Or two times in a row, and that’s also the second consecutive award.
Jorge Garcia, who is from Spain, a major country among the majors, has played an active role in winning three consecutive international competitions since his youth and won two consecutive Ballon d’Or while playing for one of the world’s most prestigious teams, Real Madrid.

It is Jorge Garcia who is recognized as the best player among active players, both in name and reality, that no one can deny.

Compared to that, I can’t help but lose weight.
Until just three years ago, I was just an amateur in the periphery of soccer in Korea, and seemed to be entering Barcelona, ​​but soon moved to Frankfurt, which was in the German second division.

Since then, it has risen from victory to victory, but the period is too short.
At the end of last season, winning the Europa League and making a big success in the World Cup gave him a sense of weight, but his career was too short to be Jorge’s rival, and the three FIFA Awards filled the lack of career.

Although it is lacking compared to the Ballon d’Or, the highest individual award a soccer player can receive, it has now risen to the position of Jorge’s rival through the next individual award, public opinion focused on this new rivalry.

Considering the young age of only 22 or 23 years old and the growing trend that continues to develop, the rivalry between me and Jorge might last for quite a while.

Maybe it’s Messi, who shook the football world as a rival of the century 10 years ago, and Nal Gangdoo… No, such an assumption that it might be the second coming of Ronaldo.

Wait. Then who is Messi and who is Nalgang or Ronaldo?
… I’m a big fan of both.

* * *

He is a rival, and in any case, in order to surpass Jorge, who is currently recognized as the best player in the world, he will have to play well from the match in front of him.

From the 13th round, the last game of November, to the 14th and 15th rounds, the first and second games of December, the worst matchup in the first half was waiting.

A very fantastic schedule, starting with the 13th round Chelsea match on November 25th, Manchester United match on December 1st, and leading to Manchester City two days later on December 3rd.

Chelsea, which was the top 3 of the Premier League last season, and Manchester United, which, although sluggish, show enough power to consistently aim for the top 4 (of course, there are more times when they fail to occupy the top 4 than when they finish 4), and, of course, Manchester City, who are in the second round of the Premier League.

It’s already called ‘Boxing Day’ and it’s December in the Premier League, which is famous for its bad schedule.

The December schedule was extremely tight, as if trying to balance it with the loose schedule of November.

In short, there were only 4 games scheduled in November, but in December, there were 8 games scheduled, twice that number… Of course, a week in November is A-match day, but even taking that into account, the December schedule is extremely tight. That’s an average of 2 games a week.

The first game against Chelsea.
Chelsea, which has not been able to get out of the top three after being pushed by the two extreme teams in the league, has been staggering since the Russian crisis, but after being acquired by an American investor, it is doing well again. If the criterion for doing well is winning the league, things will change.

But that’s not to say that Liverpool and Manchester City are just out-of-the-box monsters, and that Chelsea lack power.
Not to mention, for an emerging powerhouse like Newcastle, 3rd place is like an ‘insurmountable wall’.

Of course, in preparation for this game, Newcastle came out with the best power they could build, and Chelsea, who faced this, also faced the strong ‘Underdog’ with the best power except for the injured.

While warming up to prepare for the game, the coach of the opposing team approaches and extends his hand.

“It’s the first time since the awards ceremony.”
“Nice to meet you, Director Federico.”
“Lorenzo is good.”

Italian gentleman Lorenzo Federico is new to Chelsea this season.
Italian men are famous for being handsome, but this particularly handsome middle-aged Italian gentleman is the most ‘hot’ director these days,

“Congratulations to the manager of the year.”
“I am. It’s late, but congratulations on winning three crowns.”

He was the one who broke my expectations and won the FIFA Manager of the Year award.

Lorenzo Federico.
It was out of the blue at the time, but it turned out that this nobleman deserved it.

Serie A has a team called Genoa.
The year before last, Genoa, a typical low-ranking team that always struggles in the relegation zone and repeats relegation and promotion, was relegated to the second division.

Lorenzo Federico was relegated to the second division and took office at Genoa, which was shattered, reorganized the team in an instant, and then immediately promoted to the first division, winning Serie A as a promoted team last year.

Genoa is neither a well-funded team nor a good team.
In the case of Frankfurt, Nara failed to win the league, a long-distance race, even though there were non-standard players, but Lorenzo Federico won the league with a team of players that were not even out of specification.

Isn’t it the main character of a story like a ‘fairy tale’ that reminds me of Leicester City?

There is a saying that soccer is a manager’s game, but how many cases prove that it is a manager’s game as much as Lorenzo Federico, who won the league with Genoa.

Based on that achievement, it was Lorenzo Federico who was appointed to Chelsea this year, but at the beginning of the season, after a struggle, he is recording 5th place in the league with 8 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses.

It can be considered a good enough result, but it is not satisfactory for Chelsea, who is aiming for the league championship.

Genoa won the Serie A as a promoted team, but there are rumors that there is a conflict with the famous Chelsea team because their career has been insignificant until then…

“I felt it at the awards ceremony, but you are really handsome. I can be an actor.”
“If you are a director, can you become a movie star? You must have been popular when you were young.”
Haha, of course! You say you’re flirting with your girl? When I was young, I used to hang around with women too.”

Hmm.
I don’t think this in-house manager will have conflicts with the team simply because of a lack of career. He says his career is lacking, but he is a manager who won Serie A in his own way.

“I’m begging you to play today. As you know, my situation is not very good these days.”
“What did the person who won the Director of the Year say? I know it will come up soon. Please come up from the next game.”
“Is that so?”

Director Lorenzo, who had the kind of smile that a woman likes middle-aged women, fluttered the hem of his coat and turned around.

I’m already struggling with my stamina, but I hope this game goes a little easier.

… Fuck.
Let’s go a little easier.