As the year 2022 is drifting away, looking back at this year's soccer world, many wonderful moments are unforgettable. Next, let's count down the major events in the soccer world in 2022.
I must mention the Qatar World Cup, which was held for the first time this winter. In this fierce World Cup feast, after a lot of fighting, finally Argentina, with Messi's excellent play, beat the previous champion France in the penalty shootout, successfully won the Cup of Hercules.
Messi was once again in the spotlight at this year's World Cup. Argentina relied on Messi to solve their offensive problems many times during the tournament, and despite an early defeat to Saudi Arabia, it was Messi's magical performances and goals that allowed Argentina to hold their ground. The final saw Messi and France's Kylian Mbappe both put in fantastic performances, and together they led the team to a flagship finish and made this final a high-scoring battle once again after 2018. Messi also finally gathered the World Cup, Copa America, Olympic gold medal, Champions League and Golden Ball Award, which can be called a grand slam of no one before and no one after.
For Messi, winning the World Cup for Argentina has always been a dream in his heart. It has been 16 years since his first World Cup in 2006, and he has finally realized his long-time wish by winning the cup in his fifth World Cup tour.
Billy, known as the "King of Balls", whose condition deteriorated during this year's World Cup, passed away on December 29 at the age of 82 in a hospital in São Paulo due to organ failure caused by intestinal cancer, a world-renowned soccer star.
Billy the Black Pearl is the only legend to have won the World Cup three times. He won the World Cup in 1958, 1962 and 1970 respectively. He was unrivaled in the forward line, not only was his crossing skills superb, but his shooting skills were even more amazing. He and Garrincha formed a Brazilian front line that was invincible in the World Cup. Billy won the World Cup three times, but also set a number of world records, such as 14 appearances in the World Cup, excluding the two games retired from injury, the rest of the game have assists or goals, a total of 12 goals and 10 assists, the average participation of 1.83 times the score. His record is still unmatched. Billy is the representative player of the No.10 jersey, and the "inverted golden hook" is his masterpiece. 2000, FIFA awarded him the title of the world's best player (together with Maradona in two separate polls to win the title). Before Billy, the number 10 was just a number, but after him, the number 10 really had meaning in soccer. Billy's passing is undoubtedly one of the great regrets of the soccer world.
Before the start of this World Cup, Crow, who has not been reused by Manchester United, was interviewed by the media. The content of the interview broke the unpleasant experience of this season, accusing the internal management of Manchester United, coach Ten Hagar of disrespect and other issues. The content was explosive and touched the bottom line of Manchester United. Manchester United then announced that after the World Cup, Crow did not have to return to the Carrington base, and announced on November 23 that it had terminated its contract with Crow, and Crow left the team with immediate effect.
Looking back at Crowe's year or so at United, he did show great scoring ability in the beginning and was the center of the team for a while. However, after Soskaya left the team, things gradually got worse. This summer, after new coach Ten Hagar took over, Crowe did not return to the team to participate in training for some reason. Ten Hag believed that Crowe did not take discipline seriously and essentially treated Crowe as a substitute in subsequent fixtures.On October 20 against Tottenham Hotspur, Ten Hag wanted to replace Crowe in the 85th minute, but Crowe left on his own, unwilling to play in garbage time. This incident made Crow's relationship with Ten Hag and the team drop to the ice point. At this point, Crowe's form in the season also began to decline, although he still played afterward, but has been difficult to fight for goals.
The coach is no longer centering Crowe tactically and is treating him as a direct replacement. Coupled with the fact that he himself has not been able to score goals to prove himself, all the situations are developing in the worst direction. In the end, Crowe left the team after an exclusive interview with United. With Crowe now rumored to possibly be heading to Saudi Arabia to play for Al Nasr and United's owners, the Glazer family, announcing that they will be selling United, the matter ended up in the ugliest way possible.
The most successful transfer so far this season was undoubtedly Harland's move from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City. The highly anticipated Harland didn't disappoint, and he soon started scoring goals like crazy. At just 22 years old, he stands at 195cm tall, has speed and power, and has a good sense of tackling. Man City's attacking power was immediately upgraded by a notch when they had Harland. Now after 15 rounds of EPL matches, City has scored 43 goals, 11 more than last year's 32 goals in 15 rounds. And Harland will not only score goals, but also have 3 assists, he is extremely effective in front of the field.
