As in previous years, the annual FIFA Awards Conference begins with FIFA President Sepp Blatter taking the stage to deliver a speech.

And Blatter's speech is basically the same, introducing the role of FIFA, as well as the achievements of the past year, etc., anyway, he said a lot of good things, and then look forward to next year.

After the speeches, the two youth team awards were presented first, with Sergio Aguero and Toni Cross taking the stage to receive the awards respectively, with German legend Mateus and Swiss legend Chapuisat presenting the awards.

The awards are interspersed with video recaps of major FIFA events over the past year, as well as opera performances.

Then came the Beach Soccer World Cup Player of the Year, to Brazilian Blue.

It is worth mentioning that Barcelona won the Fair Play Award because they refused to accept advertisements on the chest of commercial jerseys, and instead provided them to UNICEF for free.

That's actually a very interesting thing.

Everyone knows that Barcelona's chest has always refused commercial sponsorship, but in today's highly commercialized professional football, chest advertising often earns more than 10 million euros a year, will Barcelona not be impressed?

The answer is, heartbeat, more heartwarming than anyone else.

Laporta had tried to solicit advertising on the chest, but the result was a protest from fans and the media, who refused to do so because they felt it was detrimental to the club's traditions.

This incident was there a stir for a while, but later Laporta was also smart and chose the curve to save the country, and directly gave away the shirt chest advertisement to UNICEF for free.

It's kind of foreshadowing, using public service announcements to test the story, so that fans and the media have nothing to say.

Everyone knows very well that as soon as the UNICEF contract expires and the time is right, Barcelona will immediately solicit advertisements for jerseys on their chests, and then the opposition from the media and fans will not be so strong.

Yang Yang didn't have any thoughts about this matter, because he felt that it was quite normal.

Laporta's clever approach has not only avoided criticism from journalists and fans, but also won a fair play award for Barcelona and a huge potential gain for the future.

Therefore, it is absolutely no accident that Laporta has been able to bring Barcelona out of the quagmire of chaos and bring out the results of the Dream II team in recent years, and he is indeed a very powerful Barcelona president.

On the other hand, Real Madrid, after Florentino's resignation, Calderón, who took over, can be said to be a clown-like figure, and many of the things he did were really laughable, plus a Mijatovic, the two were a good match.

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After the Fair Play Awards, Sir Bobby Charlton gave his last speech and received a standing ovation from the crowd.

Because, this time, Bobby Charlton presented the FIFA President's Award, which was given to Pele, the king of the ball.

Bailey was so moved that he cried and said a lot of thanks.

Yang Yang once heard that after Pele retired, he was poor for a long time, but then Nike realized the potential value of Pele, so he signed a lifetime contract with Pele, and did his best to build the golden sign of the football king.

So, to some extent, Bailey has the status and influence he has today, thanks to Nike.

Of course, Nike itself has also profited amazingly, so let's take what they need.

However, Pele's situation is not unique, many professional players make money quickly during their time in football, but they spend money like water, do not know how to invest, spend extravagantly, and after retiring, they will not be long in poverty, including some former legends.

Therefore, when Yang Yang sat in the audience and saw Bailey's speech on stage, he thought more about himself.

"You say, if I retire, will I also be poor?" Yang Yang asked Su Ye beside him softly.

Su Ye looked at him sideways, shook his head without thinking, and said, "No." ”

"Why?"

"I'll raise you then." Su Ye said as a matter of course.

Yang Yang didn't know whether he should be moved or smile bitterly.

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The best men's national team went to Argentina and the most improved award went to Mozambique, and there were no doubts.

And the two individual awards announced in the end are also the finale, especially the World Footballer of the Year.

Brazil's Marta won the title of Miss World Football, and Beckenbauer presented her with the award, while Marta cried when she won the award last year, and she also cried this year.

This made Yang Yang, who was sitting in the audience, a little nervous, and at the same time a little touched.

Playing football is not an easy thing to do, from the youth to the senior team, after layers of elimination, all the way to stand out, finally into the professional team, from the substitute to the main team, and then climb the ladder of the professional league, all the way up, from the fringe league to the mainstream league, from the secondary league to the top league......

Along the way, I have experienced too much and sacrificed too much.

Seeing countless people continue to lag behind, they have been submerged since then; I also saw countless people emerging, which was short-lived.

I have seen those who stand at the top fall as quickly as meteors; I have also seen countless people become famous overnight, and the world knows it.

Suddenly, Yang Yang felt as if he was in a dream.

He wondered if he had been deceived?

Everything around is illusory, everything is fake, it's all a dream.

Including Kaka, including Messi, including everyone in the opera house, even Su Ye sitting next to him.

All of this is a dream of my own imagination.

Because just a few years ago, he would never have imagined that he would be where he is today.

But at this moment, a warm hand grabbed him and shook it hard, as if to give him strength, but at the same time, it also made him sober up and convinced him that all this was true, not a dream.

Turning his head, he saw Su Ye's concerned and encouraging and affirmative eyes, as if to say, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, whether you can get it or not, in my mind, you are the world footballer.

This made Yang Yang take a deep breath, trying to calm himself down, and smiled slightly at Su Ye.

Looking around Su Ye, he saw that Kaka across Caroline was also very nervous, lowering his head, and he couldn't see his expression clearly at this moment, but it was not difficult to see from Caroline's concerned actions that Kaka must be extremely nervous now.

Yes, one person a year!

Whoever wins this trophy will go down in football history and will go down in history!

Who doesn't want it?

Who can ruthlessly say no?

Even Messi, who is already destined to be impossible, looks very nervous at this moment, expecting a miracle.

What's more, Yang Yang and Kaka, the two parties?

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When the final grand prize was awarded, the atmosphere of the audience became tense.

I believe that at this moment, all the fans watching the live broadcast around the world are also very nervous.

Who will be World Footballer of the Year in the new year?

Who will be the number one player in world football?

The temperature in the opera house seemed to have risen in an instant, and many people's breathing became short.

Blatter took the stage to give a speech, announcing the three top performers, and playing video clips of Yang Yang, Kaka and Messi on the big screen behind him, collecting their best performances of the past year.

Yang Yang saw Messi's five players in a row against Getafe, although he has seen it many times, but every time he watches it, he still feels very amazing, because he plays, so he knows how difficult it is to score such a goal.

To put it bluntly, it is not only necessary to have strength, but also to have luck.

Isn't it true that the former Getafe coach and current Real Madrid coach Schuster is there?

After being beaten by Messi five in a row, he was so angry that he scolded his players in the locker room because they made serious mistakes in their positioning and did not commit a timely and decisive foul, which gave Messi the opportunity to pass five players in a row.

Yang Yang also wanted to try, but he was patiently waiting for the opportunity.

He believes that as long as the opportunity comes, he will be able to create the feat of five people in a row.

As for the one that played Arsenal before, frankly, it really doesn't count.

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No one knew what Yang Yang was thinking at this moment.

Everyone in the opera house watched the video highlights and watched three of the world's best players perform.

At the same time, each of them is also guessing, who will be this year's World Footballer of the Year?

Who will take this honor?

When the video highlights were played, the big screen behind Blatter immediately switched to the scene, and at the same time played the reactions of Yang Yang, Kaka and Messi, among which Yang Yang and Kaka are the protagonists, and everyone knows that the two of them are the last suspense tonight.

Yang Yang is a big favorite, but Kaka may not be without an opportunity to cause an upset, especially given FIFA's consistent operation in the past.

Yang Yang, Kaka and Messi also saw the big screen and found that they had been photographed, they couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and after looking at each other and smiling, they all turned their heads one after another, trying to make themselves more calm.

Su Ye squeezed Yang Yang's hand hard, and she was giving Yang Yang support and encouragement in this way.

With Blatter's announcement, the award presenter Pele appeared on the podium with the trophy of the World Footballer of the Year, and there was a round of warm applause and cheers at the scene.

By this moment, the atmosphere in the opera house had become tense to the extreme.

Especially Yang Yang and Kaka, who were both sitting upright at this time, they were already so nervous that they couldn't force themselves to calm down anymore.

Both of them know very well to each other that they will definitely lose their temper the moment the other party gets the general, but they will still recover quickly and send blessings to each other as soon as possible.

But until then, they couldn't do it without being nervous.

Because it's the highest honor for any player.

On stage, Blatter was obviously very satisfied with the tense atmosphere of the scene, because it meant that there was enough suspense.

So, after smiling slightly at the audience, he opened the envelope and took out the final list of winners.

"On behalf of FIFA, I am here to solemnly announce that the 2007 World Footballer of the Year award is ......"