Who will be awarded the next China Golden Globe Awards?
A few days ago, the 2023 China Golden Ball Awards ceremony of "Walking with Chinese Football" kicked off in Shanghai. The Shanghai club's goalscorer has once again won the Chinese Golden Ball. These are his four awards and a great victory for him at the Chinese Golden Globes.
However, Wu Lei's Golden Globe Award sparked another heated debate. Even though he was personally invited to accept the award, it still attracted the attention of many people. This is due to the fact that Wu Lei's solo performances over the past year have been so unconvincing that his fans have lashed out at him.
The Chinese men's soccer team failed to score in three rounds of the Asian Cup in Qatar, mainly because Wu Lei missed a great shot on goal on several occasions. Even in front of the empty goal, he played badly. The night before the medal ceremony, Wu Lei stopped the ball on a painting, but he was faced with a beautiful through ball, and his kick made his name.
In any case, it is impossible for Wu Lei to win the Chinese Golden Globe Award for incompetence. Therefore, the selection of the Golden Globe Awards has also been questioned. At a time when Chinese football has fallen into a trough, it is obviously a bit out of place to select this award.
Although everyone is ridiculing Wu Lei for not deserving of the Golden Ball, have you ever thought that there are too many players in Chinese football today, more than the 34-year-old Wu Lei. Perhaps we can also think of homegrown players like Wei Shihao and Yu Hanchao, who also performed well in the game. But compared with Wu Lei, it's just a small thing, it's too far away!
Take Wei Shihao, for example, he might say that he is more talented than Wu Lei. But in recent years, Wei Shihao's Premier League and national team games have been mediocre and unremarkable. What's more, he is twenty-eight years old this year and does not have much room for improvement. Relative to Wu Lei, at the peak of his career, Wu Lei has scored many Super League goals, played in Europe's top five leagues, and is Barcelona's top scorer. Wei Shihao is at his best age, but his performance is really poor. The most memorable thing is his impatience on the field.
Another example is Yu Hanchao, who played well in Shanghai Shenhua last season. However, now at the age of 37, his best years have passed, and it is almost impossible to win the Ballon d'Or in the short term. Aside from the three mentioned above, the remaining young people are still a long way from the Ballon d'Or. They are not yet eligible to compete for the Ballon d'Or.
So, when Chinese football is so sluggish and even the national team's performance is not satisfactory, what is the matter with the Golden Ball? What role will this play in the development of Chinese football? When everyone is accusing Wu Lei of not scoring a goal, maybe those young people are not as good as him. This has raised concerns about the attribution of the Golden Globes. Why can't we have as much as possible? Chinese football is really embarrassing, and there is a lack of successors!