Early this morning, Asian brother Sun Xingmin was shortlisted for the 2019 Golden Globe Awards. This is the South Korean's second shortlist for this award after 14 years. Prior to this, the national heroes Xue Qi-hyun and Park Ji-sung of the 02 World Cup were shortlisted in 2002 and 2005 respectively. Candidates for the Golden Globe Awards. 14 years later, Sun Xingmin inherited the mantle of these predecessors, and Sun Xingmin has always regarded Park Jixing as an idol. This shortlist also allowed Sun Xingmin to catch up with the idol, and he was only one step away from the height of the idol.
Korean players are not the first Asian shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards. Japanese popular idol Hidetoshi Nakata was nominated for the Golden Globe Awards three times in 1998, 1999 and 2001 respectively. At that time, the Japanese football led by Hidetoshi Nakata was experiencing The highlight moment of history. The rise of Hidetoshi Nakata has brought Japanese football into an era of vigorous development, and it has influenced generations of young Japanese people to love football. The best proof is that he reached the top 16 in the second World Cup in 2002. Since then, Junichi Inamoto and Shunsuke Nakamura were nominated for the Golden Globe Awards in 2002 and 2007 respectively.
12 years have passed, and the Koreans have once again become Asian players shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards. In the past 12 years, more and more players from South Korea and Japan have become the main players in the top five European leagues. Japan has entered the top 16 of the World Cup twice, and South Korea has also entered the top 16 in the World Cup in South Africa. Where is our national football? After 2002, the national football team has been fighting to get World Cup tickets, and only Wu Lei is left in the five major leagues.
Compared with the steady progress of South Korea and Japan, the Chinese team is still eager to find the future, and this kind of future becomes more impatient as they embark on the road of naturalization. When will Chinese players be shortlisted like Japan and South Korea The Golden Globe Awards will also become a distant future.
