Towards the Ballon d'Or. (1)

The UEFA Champions League group stage first match between Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona is taking place at BVB Stadium in Dortmund. ... Then, let's introduce Barcelona's starting lineup. Goalkeeper: Maximilena, center backs: Anila, Tena, Narcis. ... Attacking midfielder: Ryu Ha-neul, wingers: Eloya, Routina, Albaria.

Two days ago, Barcelona used many substitutes in the league match against Valencia and still won 1-0. Today, the starting players are all back, and we need to see if Angela Lopez's rotation will work again.

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[Match ended! Barcelona secures a 1-0 victory away at Dortmund! The defending champions report a first Champions League win!]

[In the 72nd minute of the second half, Albaria's opening goal stood as the decisive goal. This Barcelona group draw includes Dortmund and Inter, making it a tough death group, as the saying goes, but Barcelona is Barcelona.]

- Barcelona reports first Champions ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠League win in group stage opener!

Meanwhile, in the 72nd minute of the second half, Routina received Ryu Ha-neul's cross outside the penalty box, headed the ball down, and Albaria didn't miss the chance, rattling the net with his shot. Meanwhile, the match MVP was Ryu Ha-neul, who maintained a 96% pass success rate throughout the game.

— Wow Ha-neul went crazy lol Just looking at his performance, he'd get the Ballon.

— Korean Ballon d'Or possible?

— What Korean? If I saw it, Albaria has higher chance, they don't give face to Asians lol and he's a man? Absolutely not.

— lol Last season Albaria scored 22 goals while Ryu Ha-neul had 43 goals and UCL top scorer, so Ryu Ha-neul is definitely it lol His influence is overwhelming too.

— Marisol no chance? She's the league top scorer.

— Even with three-goal winner, it's tough.

- So how much is Ryu Ha-neul's Ballon d'Or odds? Currently the top overseas betting favorite.

— 100% this isn't a problem.

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— Honestly, the stats are one thing, but his actual performance is on another level. He's a cheat code.

— Isn't it because of your national pride? Let's take the national pride out of it.

— lol lol Ryu Ha-neul if he naturalized in Spain would be even crazier. Right now he's undervalued just because he's Korean.

— Ryu Ha-neul's this year's stats: club 24 games 30 goals 21 assists, national team 10 games 15 goals 7 assists. Last season: league 24 games 26 goals 20 assists, UCL 12 games 15 goals 7 assists. Just stats are insane. Scoring Marisol is a bit better but combined with assists it's incomparable.

— But the number of games is a bit disappointing. You need to play 50-60 games a year.

— Angela is said to be close with Ryu Ha-neul, she's too pampered.

— The limit of being a man. If you don't manage him like this, he'll be broken in a few years? Plus considering the national team, it's a miracle he doesn't get injured.

— Still, the Ballon should go to a woman, right?

— The journalists' bias is important, I guess? In the Middle East they probably won't give Ryu Ha-neul face.

— Anyway, it's not too late to watch more. Marisol was certain to win the Ballon at the end of the season, but she got eliminated in the World Cup round of 16 after a brutal first half.

[La Liga] Barcelona defeats Granada and extends league winning streak to five!

Barcelona defeated Granada 3-1 and recorded five consecutive league wins. That day, Korean Premier League player Ryu Ha-neul recorded two assists, and substitute Kang Yu-ri scored one goal, bringing joy to Korean football fans who had been waiting since dawn.

Meanwhile, Real Madrid also secured a win away at Sevilla that day, recording 4 wins and 1 draw, and Marisol's hat-trick allowed her to overtake Ryu Ha-neul by one goal for the top spot in the scoring rankings.

— Kim Seul-gi scored too, Korean day lol

— Marisol is climbing up, Marisol won't win the Ballon, right? Last season she poured in goals in the second half, so this year's goals aren't more than Ha-neul's?

— That's never going to happen. Marisol just scores goals and Ryu Ha-neul plays football.

— Marisol fan haters are crazy lol Ryu Ha-neul fans are going crazy over men lol So did Ryu Ha-neul win the scoring triple crown?

— Scumbag Marisol fans are insane lol If eyes are on the ball, you can tell who plays better? Yeah Ha-neul is the youngest Ballon winner + first 10s Ballon. So is there a Marisol Ballon?

— lol I haven't even bet yet but you're talking nonsense.

[La Liga] Barcelona draws 2-2 away at Villarreal!

Meanwhile, Ryu Ha-neul took responsibility for both of the team's goals...

[La Liga] Barcelona defeats Hetafe 3-0 away!

Before the Champions League match against Inter, Barcelona rested some starting players and defeated Hetafe 3-0...

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With this win, Barcelona could once again climb to first place in the league thanks to goal difference.

La Liga standings

OFFICIAL DOCUMENT

La Liga Standings

1. Barcelona — 6 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses — 19 points — Goal difference +18

2. Real Madrid — 6 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses — 19 points — Goal difference +12

La Liga scoring rankings

OFFICIAL DOCUMENT

La Liga Top Scorers

1. Ryu Ha-neul (Barcelona) — 5 games, 8 goals

2. Marisol (Real Madrid) — 6 games, 8 goals

3. Hicardo (Atletico Madrid) — 7 games, 5 goals

[BBC] [Translation] Who will win the 2019 Ballon d'Or?

📰 Breaking News

The 2019 Ballon d'Or Favorites

Here are the six players with the lowest betting odds for the 2019 Ballon d'Or ceremony.

Ryu Ha-neul (Barcelona, South Korea)

This 17-year-old attacking midfielder, who turns 18 on December 4 this year, currently holds the lowest betting odds.

As the only male professional ‍‍‌‌⁠⁠‌‍‍‌⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠‌‌‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠player in the women's football league, he played 38 games last season, scoring 43 goals and recording 29 assists. In 2019 alone, he played 27 games, scoring 32 goals and recording 23 assists, delivering an astonishing performance. He also won the Champions League top scorer and final MVP.

He led South Korea to the Asian Cup title, winning the Asian Cup and MVP, and also led his club to Copa del Rey and Champions League victories.

If Ryu Ha-neul wins the Ballon d'Or, he would be the first male player to receive it, the first Asian player, the first teenager, and the youngest player...

2. Albertha Moreno (Manchester City, Spain)

Albertha, Manchester City's and Spain's regular striker, recorded 26 league goals and 10 Champions League goals last season...

Albertha led her team Manchester City to league, FA Cup, and Champions League runner-up titles...

3. Marisol (Real Madrid, Uruguay)

Marisol, who also recorded the most goals last season, scored 31 league goals, 7 Champions League goals, and 6 Copa del Rey goals, totaling 44 goals, and this season she has already scored 8 league goals and 4 Champions League goals, totaling 14 goals, proving why she is the best goalscorer in the game...

Marisol led Real Madrid to the league title last year...

But they were eliminated in the Champions League quarterfinals...

4. Albaria (Barcelona, Spain)

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— Wow, if there's an article like this on BBC, it's basically over, Ryu Ha-neul really wins the Ballon d'Or?

— Then it's a fight with Albaria? Albaria also won everything except UCL.

— Are these BBC guys just sucking up to men?

— lol BBC isn't some trash newspaper.

— BBC is a broadcaster, though?

— Then what kind of article is this? If they publish an article, it's a newspaper.

— First male, first Asian, first teen lol It's ridiculous.

— Now even BBC is talking nonsense.

— Was BBC a Ryu Ha-neul fan too? The whole world is Ryu Ha-neul fans lol

“Ha-neul! I saw the article?”

“What article?”

An ordinary morning before the second group stage match against Inter. As usual, waiting for the kids to join jogging, Camila shoved her phone forward without even greeting.

“This. It came out on BBC. Looks like yesterday's article? Take a look.”

“As expected, she's making a fuss…”

Camila excitedly shoving her phone while Valentina clicked her tongue at her.

Well, Camila making a fuss wasn't unusual, but since Yu-ri and Bruna hadn't come out yet, I took Camila's phone.

“BBC, who will win the Ballon d'Or? What? BBC published this article?”

“BBC thinks you'll win the Ballon d'Or too, Ha-neul.”

Glancing at Camila's expression, she already thought I had won the Ballon d'Or.

Actually, Camila's reaction wasn't strange. This world also had a fairly reliable broadcaster called BBC, so if BBC published this article, it meant they were almost certain about my award.

“Wow… the youngest and first teenager…”

I listened to Camila's admiration with one ear and skimmed the article quickly with the other.

“First place is me, second is Albaria, third is Marisol, fourth is Albaria, fifth is Alejandro. So it's basically a three-way fight between me, Albaria, and Marisol.”

Since Albaria and Alejandro are from the same club, it's actually a three-way fight between me, Albaria, and Marisol. And among them, I was leading with the Champions League title and top scorer.

With the betting odds and BBC's endorsement, it felt like the Ballon d'Or was right around the corner.

“If only it could be before my birthday…”

My birthday is December 4. Since the Ballon d'Or changed from an annual award to a seasonal one, the ceremony would be held earlier, but before the change it was usually late November or early December. So I wished it could be held earlier.

If the ceremony were held before my birthday, I could even claim the title of youngest winner.

While looking at the article and listening to Camila's fuss,

“Ha-neul! Sorry for the wait!”

Yu-ri came out leading Bruna.

Well, the Ballon d'Or was important, but the Champions League match was important too.

Now we were heading to the track to jog, our daily routine, leading our friends.

After starting the day with jogging, we arrived at the training ground.

“Sir Ryu. The Ballon d'Or is almost confirmed, right? Will you join the Ballon d'Or club? Until last year, only you and Lucia were there.”

“It's just Albaria, right?”

“Exactly. Anyway, you know you have to perform well in the first half to win the Ballon d'Or, right? Please do well today too.”

Albaria, the only Ballon d'Or winner in the team, was confident in my Ballon d'Or and lightly teased me along with the request to do well today.

And then the match against Inter followed.

[Match ended! Barcelona defeats Inter 3-1 at home!]

[Wow, Ryu Ha-neul recorded a hat-trick in the first half and made today's match easy.]

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I took another step closer to the Ballon d'Or by recording the hat-trick.

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