Three Consecutive Golden Balls? Back to San Siro

After entering November, the annual Ballon d'Or selection also entered its final stage.

Just like in previous years, this year's leading candidates had barely changed, and even their order had remained more or less the same.

Lin Feng, who had led his team to defend the Champions League title, was still the number-one favorite for the Ballon d'Or.

However, compared to previous years, this year's Ballon d'Or held at least a little suspense.

Lin Feng's performances had certainly been outstanding, but Messi's numbers from last year were nothing to scoff at either.

On the individual front, Messi had won last year's European Golden Shoe.

As for Team Honors, Messi had not only led his team to snatch the La Liga title from Real Madrid, but had also won the Copa del Rey.

With two trophies and the European Golden Shoe in hand, Messi did indeed seem capable of challenging Lin Feng.

Considering that Lin Feng had already won two consecutive Ballon d'Or awards, if he retained it this year, he would draw level with Platini as only the second person to achieve that feat.

But awarding the Ballon d'Or, the Football World's highest-level Individual Honor, to the same player year after year would inevitably make people feel visually fatigued. There was no freshness to it.

On top of that, Platini, the holder of that record, was now UEFA's president. He was a Juventus legend and did not get along with players from the Inter Milan camp like Lin Feng. He had also publicly expressed his fondness for Messi.

Therefore, rumors began circulating that Lin Feng might very well fail to win this Ballon d'Or.

When those rumors emerged, Lin Feng himself had not paid much attention to them. His agent, Mendes, on the other hand, took them very seriously.

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