Volume 2 Huo Village Miracle Chapter 328 Mr. Football Award Ceremony (1)
On January 9, Li Huan flew back to Germany from the island city, and after participating in the filming of two commercials here, he will rush to Zurich, Switzerland to participate in this year's World Footballer of the Year selection. Li Huan in the absence of any national team results, he simply relied on last season's wonderful performance to reach the top five of the World Footballer of the Year, and Messi became the biggest threat to Ronaldo's election, before 08 years, only three people were selected to participate in the World Footballer, and this season expanded to five, many Spanish and British fans think that this is FIFA taking care of the Bundesliga and Serie A, otherwise in the selection of the World Footballer, these two major leagues are afraid that they are not even qualified to accompany the prince to study.
In this selection of the World Footballer, Ronaldo, who won the Champions League, is undoubtedly the most popular candidate, but Messi and Li Huan also have a strong appeal. Previously, the German Premier League, La Liga and Bundesliga also made momentum for these three, Ronaldo, Messi and Li Huan also showed their abilities, scoring goals and assists in the league and the Champions League to help their teams win, especially Li Huan, who has repeatedly led his team to slaughter opponents with a large score, beat Inter Milan twice, and defeated Ronaldo's Manchester United 5:1.
This year's World Footballer of the Year is very crucial for the Bundesliga and the Premier League, since FIFA was founded in 1991, no player in the Bundesliga has ever won the World Footballer of the Year, although Matthaus has won the first "World Footballer", but he played in Serie A to get it, and it has nothing to do with the Bundesliga.
The results of the FIFA World Footballer of the Year 2008 are about to be announced, and although the answer has not yet been announced, the British media have already announced in advance that Ronaldo has won the honor.
Although the Premier League has been strong in the last two years, they are as poor as the Bundesliga, and no player has won the World Footballer of the Year so far, and this year's Ronaldo can be said to be the most promising winner in the history of the Premier League. Although the award was presented between Manchester United's Chelsea game and Wednesday's game with Wigan, Manchester United still let Ronaldo accept the award, which shows that the team also attaches great importance to this award, and it also shows that they have a great deal of confidence in Ronaldo's award.
The Sun commented that for a long time, the Premier League's biggest rivals came from Serie A and La Liga. But now, the world is seeing a Premier League on the rise. After three of the Champions League semi-finals last season, three of them came from the Premier League, and the Premier League has surpassed La Liga and Serie A in all its charms. And they also have a player who was in the thick of 2008 and that's Costiano. Ronaldo.
Under Cristiano Ronaldo's leadership, Manchester United won the Champions League and league double. In late December, Manchester United won the Club World Cup for the first time in their history with a 1-0 win over South American champions Universidad de Deportivo de Quito, giving Cristiano Ronaldo more leverage in his bid for World Footballer of the Year. Cristiano Ronaldo has already won the European Footballer of the Year.
"The Times" also touted Ronaldo, the reporter said, "Messi is dreamy, Li Huan is magical, but Ronaldo is incomparable, it is Ronaldo who makes Manchester United rule the whole world." ”
Even the coach of the Portuguese national team, Queiroz, has publicly expressed his support for Ronaldo: "Ronaldo can make history by seizing the opportunity in the game, and if he is smart enough, he will become a true master, joining the ranks of legends such as Pele, Eusebio, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Platini and Maradona." I think as he matures and gains experience, he's going to go from being a lone ranger to a generation of greats, and he's an extraordinary talent who deserves the World Footballer of the Year award in 2008. ”
The German media began to reveal the World Footballer of the Year award information after December, and "Bild" said that Li Huan will become a big dark horse of the World Footballer of the Year, beating Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award. The more rigorous "Kicker" denied it, "Kicker" believes that just like no one can threaten Ronaldo's status in the selection of European Footballer, it is difficult for Li Huan to defeat Ronaldo in the selection of World Footballer, although there have been Ronaldo and Ronaldo Jr. who won the championship without any honor, but at that time it was very accidental, and the team that won the championship did not have too outstanding players, and now Manchester United not only has excellent results, but Ronaldo's personal performance is not much worse than Li Huan and MessiIn addition, Ronaldo has another point that Li Huan and Messi cannot compare, that is, 08 is the year of the European Cup, and Portugal's results in the quarterfinals are not good, but they can definitely add some points to Ronaldo, and Messi's Olympic medals are not in the eyes of FIFA at all.
"Kicker" finally believes that the reason why the media continues to hype Li Huan and Messi have the possibility of becoming World Footballer of the Year is because FIFA does not want the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony held in Zurich to lose suspense prematurely. Suspense is the most important reason for attracting fans. Once the suspense is lost, the huge fans of Li Huan and Messi in the world may not be so enthusiastic to pay attention to this awards party.
The Spanish media were as conflicted as the German media, with Ace claiming that Manchester United's victory in the Club World Cup had all but ended the suspense of the World Footballer of the Year winner. In a few days, Cristiano Ronaldo will be on the FIFA year-end podium, and the number of possible surnames next to the World Footballer of the Year is almost zero.
"World Sports News" said that Messi and Li Huan's performance in the second half of 08 far exceeded Ronaldo, especially Messi, who is simply a copy of Maradona and the number one candidate for the new football king. The World Footballer of the Year was postponed to January in order to examine the star's record throughout the year, and Messi could not overturn Cristiano Ronaldo to become the World Footballer of the Year.
"Marca" said that Ronaldo won the European Footballer, which means that it is difficult for him to get the World Footballer, this year's World Footballer and European Footballer should be won by two people, Li Huan and Messi are both strong contenders, "Marca" is very alternative, their reporter believes that the Club World Cup and the European Cup not only did not add impression points to Ronaldo's election, but may drag Ronaldo's hind legs, because Ronaldo's performance in these two events is very average, it can be said that it is very bad, He doesn't deserve the World Footballer of the Year honor at all.
At 8 o'clock in the evening on January 13, 2009, Li Huan accompanied by Rangnick, Watts and Schendelmaizer went to the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland to participate in the 08 World Footballer of the Year award ceremony, which was the first time Li Huan came to the award site of the world's highest honor, but Li Huan did not seem so restrained, and greeted some FIFA and UEFA dignitaries and football celebrities from time to time.
Although the final result has not yet been revealed, Li Huan also understands that he has little hope, so he also came to the World Footballer Awards Ceremony with a very normal mentality, according to Watts, whether he can be elected or not, it is an important means to increase Li Huan's popularity, and it will be of great benefit to Li Huan's future money.
On the passage, Li Huan met Beckenbauer, a member of the FIFA Executive Committee, although Hofenheim and Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga are opponents and enemies, but in this place, they are on the same starting line.
Beckenbauer shook Li Huan's hand and said: "Whether you can win the award or not, as a Bundesliga player, it is an honor to be able to stand here." ”
Li Huan nodded and said, "Mr. Frank, I understand that this cannot be forced. Beckenbauer patted Li Huan on the shoulder, "Young man, I am very optimistic about you, you have the strength to become the number one person in the world." ”
Li Huan said: "Thank you." I'll try. ”
Li Huan, as one of the 10 candidates for World Footballer of the Year and Miss World Footballer, is going to sit in the first row, and Hoffenheim club officials and Watts can only sit in the back.
Li Huan happened to sit between Marta and Messi of Brazil, the big favorite of Miss World Football, the two South American players nodded to Li Huan very kindly, Kaka and Torres, who were separated by a seat, also bowed to Li Huan, only Ronaldo looked ahead, as if he did not see Li Huan's arrival. Li Huan also nodded politely to a few people to say hello, and also treated Ronaldo as air.
Today's awards party was hosted by FIFA Secretary General Valk and Dutch star Van der Vaart's wife Silvia, a famous beauty who immediately won the attention of the audience when she took the stage in a long evening dress.
The live video provides a look back at the FIFA women's and men's football competitions over the past year, as well as preparations for tournaments such as the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. After that, FIFA President Seppat and FIFA Vice President and UEFA President Michel Platini delivered speeches. First of all, the Football Promotion Award, which is a new award this year, was presented to the President of the Palestinian Football Federation.
The first official award to be announced, the Fair Play Award, was announced immediately after the ceremony. FIFA Vice President, CAF President Hayatou and FIFA Executive Board Member Ozik joined forces to announce the final winners of the Fair Play Award as Turkey and Armenia.
After the Fair Play Award was awarded to Turkey and Armenia, the next award, the Chairman's Award, was announced. FIFA official Harper, FIFA President Blatter, and FIFA Vice President Warner appeared together, and the chairman's award was finally awarded to the U.S. women's soccer team. U.S. women's soccer team member O'Reilly accepted the award on behalf of the team.
Miss World Football and World Footballer of the Year were the finale, with FIFA Executive Committee member Beckenbauer taking the stage to present the Miss Football World award, in which Marta and Germany's Prinz were both favorites. Finally, Beckenbauer announced that Marta won the Miss World Football, ahead of the second-ranked Prinz (328 points) with an absolute advantage of 1,002 points, while Christian, Angler and Kelly Smith scored 275 points, 198 points and 150 points respectively.
(To be continued)