"Troubled Times" make heroes, and "Problem Boy" wins the cup

In the early morning of September 23, the annual "Golden Globe" award ceremony was held in Paris. Host Paris Saint-Germain became the biggest winner, and the striker Dembele won the men's "Golden Globe Award".

From problematic players to the crowning of the Golden Globes, Dembele completed transformation and self-salvation in one season, standing out in the "chaotic times" of football.

Reporter Yin Chengjun reported on why he could reach the top strongly

Among the many awards in the ceremony, the "Golden Globe Award" was undoubtedly the most dazzling. This time, Dembele reached the highest podium. Beside him is Bonmati, the winner of the "Golden Globe Award".

For fans, Dembele's top spot is something everyone hopes for. He led Paris Saint-Germain to the Ligue 1 championship and the Champions League last season, contributing 35 goals and 14 assists throughout the season, and is the biggest contributor to the double crown of Paris Saint-Germain.

Of course, in the Paris Saint-Germain, there are also players who are comparable to Dembele, such as Vitinia, who finally ranked third in the "Golden Globe" scoring list, Ashraf, who ranked sixth, and Kvaratshelia, who ranked 12th, who also hope to get into this award. However, most of the football journalists who are qualified to serve as judges gave the highest score to Dembele based on their personal performance, team honors and sportsmanship, because his journey to the top is indeed worthy of fans' remembrance and more inspirational.

Reversal score is wonderful

The successful young Dembele became a member of Barcelona in 2017. At that time, he was arrogant and arrogant with a net worth of 100 million euros, and even a "problem boy". He is often late or absent from training and is addicted to the Internet and cannot extricate himself, which has prevented him from becoming a superstar at the Camp Nou Stadium. Six years later, he was labeled as a "boring" player. As the conflict with Barcelona club became increasingly fierce, he finally returned to his own country, and Paris Saint-Germain took him in.

In Paris Granar Gran, Dembele is Mbappe's deputy. Although he is talented in passing and shooting, he needs to take care of Mbappe's first right to fire. Therefore, in the first year of joining, he only scored 6 goals, and Paris Granar Gran's record was not satisfactory.

In the summer of 2024, Dembele's fate ushered in a turning point. Mbappe's transfer to Real Madrid because he had not reached a contract with the club, and Dembele became the number one star in Paris Saint-Germain. However, at the beginning of the 2024-2025 season, Dembele did not realize his identity change and was still confused, hurting the hearts of his coaches, teammates and fans.

Last September, in the first round of the Champions League, against Girona, the unknown La Liga. Dembele was like sleepwalking throughout the game, and Paris Saint-Germain finally passed the game with his opponent's own goal. As the pillar after Mbappe left, Dembele has attracted fierce criticism from all parties. Next, he went to London to play against Arsenal. Dembele was late in his last training session before departure and had a big fight with head coach Enrique and was excluded from the roster. In the game against Bayern, Dembele was red, and Enrique ruthlessly punished him in the team and allowed him to play after several games.

This is the rhythm of being "destroyed", which is very similar to when he was in Barcelona. After these few internal suspensions, he finally woke up. Enrique also adjusted Dembele's position on the field in time and adjusted him to the center position he was best at. Balkora, Kvaratshelia and Douai were around him with their speed advantage to assist him in scoring goals.

Since the first half of this year, Dembele ushered in its first explosive period in his career, and it has been out of control since then. Paris Saint-Germain was on the verge of being eliminated in the Champions League, and he took on the important task of siegeing the city. He scored a strong goal against Manchester City and successfully reversed, and scored a hat-trick against Stuttgart, helping the team to qualify for the Champions League knockout play-off. Then he played the role of "Mr. Key" again and again in the thrilling knockout round. In the final, although he did not score, he participated in three goals through support and assists, and finally stood on the Champions League podium.

From the ups and downs in the second half of last year, to the start of life in the first half of this year, Dembele's counterattack performance conquered the stadium and the audience outside the court.

The competition between heroes has arrived

C Ronaldo and Messi, as "the two heroes", have dominated the world football world for more than ten years. From 2008 to 2017, the two of them sang "Double-Man" and took turns to be the "Golden Globe Award" for 10 years. It was not until 2018 that the monopoly was broken by Modric. Even so, Messi still won the award three times in 2019, 2021 and 2023, becoming the well-deserved first person in the past 70 years.

The romantic flow is always blown away by the rain and wind. As we grow older and the team changes, the "Mero era" still comes to an end in 2023. Since then, the two have not even entered the candidate list. The majority of fans have found a replacement for the curtain call for the "Mero Ro era", and they are the new "two geniuses" composed of Mbappe and Haaland.

In the eyes of most fans, world football cannot be without a leader. For more than ten years, Messi and Ronaldo have two most famous stars in the world. When they faded out of the world, only Mbappe and Haaland are qualified to bear the burden of the post-Merroe era.

But things went against my wishes. Two years have passed, and neither Mbappe nor Haaland has achieved convincing results and has been on the "Golden Globe Award" and the podium of the World Footballer. However, Rodri and Dembele have successively become the overlords of the "Golden Globe Award".

The plan has not changed much, and Rodri was a bit of a chaotic victory in last year's "Golden Globes" competition. Because for a long time before this, there were legends in football that Vinicius would win the "Golden Ball", and Rodri was almost unmentioned. But at the critical moment of the final selection, the judges cast their main votes at the latter, so that the smart Real Madrid club chairman Florentino made an own mistake. He was preparing to lead the team to Paris to receive the award: Vinicius is out of the way..

After a year, there was no own in the "Golden Globe" this time, and the candidate was Dembele, who had long been favored. But when everyone nodded and agreed, there was still a little regret, because to be fair, Dembele is not the kind of super giant with a very star temperament. His selection brought some inspiring stories of "problem boys" inspiring growth, rather than being extremely contagious and influential like Mello.

It can be foreseeable that with the end of the "Mero's era", the world football world did not move towards the next "hero era", but entered the era of "competing for heroes" just like the end of the last century to the early part of this century. In addition to Rodri, Dembele, Vinicius, there are also Mbappe and Haaland's new "two heroes" and Yamal, as well as rising stars. "The Yangtze River's waves push the previous waves." The waves do not have the outstanding ability of Messi and Ronaldo, and can only disappear on the beach, making the waves more eye-catching. Everyone doesn’t need to be sad, because a more dazzling football era is waiting for everyone.