568 The era of the strikers that were ended

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The Brazilian, who is known as the wizard on the football field, is the undisputed master of the art in football today, could it be that FIFA wants to use this theme to imply that this year's World Footballer of the Year is Ronaldinho?

If Ronaldinho, who won two consecutive World Footballer of the Year in his previous life, affected his performance on the pitch because of too much off-the-field life, then after switching to the Premier League this season, Ronaldinho performed as well as ever, and he himself revealed that he continued to lose personal awards such as the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, which gave him a lot of motivation.

It is this motivation that reminds and beats him all the time, and makes him push himself all the time.

Now that Chelsea lead the Premier League table, Ronaldinho is widely regarded as one of the best performers in the first half of the Premier League, and with his performances at Barcelona last season and Champions League, Ronaldinho is also qualified for the World Footballer of the Year award.

Of course, Ronaldinho is not recognized by everyone, after all, he lost in the final of the Champions League and did not perform well in the World Cup, which made Ronaldinho lose points a lot.

In the more authoritative selection of the European Ballon d'Or, Ronaldinho did not even enter the top three, which shows the importance of the World Cup to these awards.

The European Golden Ball Award, which was presented in a low-key manner at the end of November, with his outstanding performance in the league, Champions Cup and World Cup, with the double winner of the European Golden Boot and the World Cup Golden Boot, Kaka unexpectedly defeated Cannavaro and became the European Golden Ball winner for two consecutive years.

Second-placed Cannavaro is 50 points behind Kaka, while Gianluigi Buffon is third, and the latter two players have benefited from their excellent performances at the World Cup, otherwise Cannavaro's performances at Chelsea have not been as world-class as expected, and after Juventus was relegated, Buffon's move to Manchester City has not been satisfactory.

With the power of the European Ballon d'Or, Kaka remains one of Ronaldinho's strongest opponents, and the Brazilian is hailed as the last No.10 in football, although his performance seems to have slipped a bit this season, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the result of the Red Rebels' tactical adjustments.

Those who think that Kaka's form has declined this season is obviously staring at the number of goals, after all, Kaka has scored a lot of goals in two consecutive seasons, especially last season, and won the European Golden Boot in one fell swoop, but so far this season, Kaka has only 8 league goals, which is really not a lot compared to last season.

But don't forget, Kaka has 14 assists, as the Red Rebels' attacking commander, Kaka has been given more responsibility to help his teammates, Mourinho and the team are actively helping Kaka to transform, hoping to prolong his peak through the transformation and avoid repeating the tragedy of speed players such as Owen.

As the last No. 10 in football, known as the interpreter of the modern forward midfield, Kaka is known as the founder of the new forward art, his high-speed forward insertion in the front court, fast ball, sharp straight plug, as well as retreat response, strategy, with teammates to attack and other characteristics, interpreting the requirements of modern overall football for the front waist, full of modern football art.

If you look at it from this point of view, the FIFA theme of "When Football Meets Mozart" also makes sense when applied to Kaka.

In addition to Kaka and Ronaldinho, Cannavaro is also known as a master artist, but he is a master of the art of defense, some say that he has raised the defense on the football field to the height of an art, plus he is the captain of the World Cup winner Italy, and he is likely to get extra points with the World Cup.

However, one of Cannavaro's big regrets is in the selection of the European Golden Ball Awards, he only won the second and failed to get the first, which has to be said to be a big deduction, and in the selection of the European Golden Globe Awards, Cannavaro's reputation is not very good.

Speaking of this one, we have to talk about some of the things that happened when Cannavaro moved from Inter Milan to Chelsea in 2004.

At the time, Abou turned to Carlo Ancelotti after begging Mourinho, who was also interested in coaching in England, but he wanted to strengthen Chelsea's backline and contacted Cannavaro for Abou.

Cannavaro, who had been suffering from injuries at Inter for a long time, also thought about leaving Inter, and Chelsea offered him an almost irresistible contract, plus he had just recovered from injury and his future at Inter was uncertain, so he was finally persuaded by Ancelotti to switch to Chelsea.

This was nothing, but in the process, some media broke the news that Cannavaro had deliberately extended his injury break, in order to hope that when he could leave Inter, the club would not set too high a threshold on the transfer price, so that he could have more say in the salary, after all, the 31-year-old Cannavaro at the time was difficult to believe that he could return to his peak.

As a result, it turned out that Cannavaro did not leave Inter for a high price, but his salary was high.

Of course, this is just a rumor, and no one can say whether there is or not, but this time, when Cannavaro represented the Italian team in the top three of the European Ballon d'Or selection, European reporters were obviously not interested in the Italian captain, and it is said that there are reasons why Cannavaro and Buffon split the votes, and there are also factors related to the transfer rumors in the first place.

Now this wind is blowing in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year!

…………………… Some say that this year is a year full of regrets.

Zidane announced his retirement, Figo, Ronaldo and other players who once surprised in European football began to fall from the altar, and Shevchenko, although stable at Chelsea, has long since lost his peak form, Henry is still the king of Arsenal, but can no longer save the Gunners from sinking.

In the modern football system, which is becoming more and more holistic and tactical, it is becoming more and more difficult for forwards to survive, especially individual heroes such as Ronaldo, Thierry Henry, Shevchenko and others, who have gone from being the vanguard of the siege to becoming part of the team's overall strategy.

Take Shevchenko, for example, who has even been called upon to be more involved in defence at Chelsea, which was not the case with AC Milan in the past, and Carlo Ancelotti explained that if Shevchenko dropped back to defend, Chelsea's midfield would have become more solid.

It is undeniable that whether the current football tactics are biased towards defense or offense, the benevolent will see the benevolent, and the wise will see the wisdom, but the football tactics are biased towards the whole, but it is the general trend that everyone can see clearly.

Therefore, the strikers have failed to achieve anything in this year's major awards, and have been replaced by modern strikers like Kaka, as well as defenders like Cannavaro and Buffon, and then talented midfielders like Ronaldinho.

With Adriano in the slump, Ruud van Nistelrooy transferring, Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o and Drogba struggling to make a difference in international competitions, today's football has entered an era of no strikers!

Looking at the selection of the World Footballer of the Year in the past 16 years, there are no strikers in the big list, only this year, even in 2000, when Zidane, Figo and Rivaldo swept the top three, there are still Shevchenko, Henry, Raul, Kluivert and other powerful strikers in the hot list.

However, looking at this year's favourites, the list of central and midfield players occupies more weight, with Thierry Henry barely the favourite among the forwards, and Didier Drogba, despite being an important part of the Red Rebels' tactical system, has not performed well at the World Cup, and Villa is no different.

As the most brilliant and most honorable striker on the football field, he has gradually turned into a supporting role for awards, which has to be said to represent a change in the football tactical system.

Take the tactics of the Red Rebels as an example, Kaka's forward insertion, as well as the inward cutting of Xiao Xiaoluo and Messi, have completely turned Drogba into the green leaves of his teammates, as a top center forward, but his goals are not as good as his teammates, which is indeed a big strange thing, but he is the most ideal striker in today's football.

Although the award has not yet been announced, many media outlets have begun to comment that the era of strikers is over, and it will be increasingly difficult for strikers to win accolades in the modern football system.

"Because they always bear the brunt of wrestling and confrontation with opposing defenders, rather than looking for opportunities to score!"

And the award ceremony held at the Zurich Opera House seems to confirm this sentence!

…………………… Although FIFA specially invited Ruud Gullit to be the master of ceremonies for this awards gala, in fact, this is not a ceremony for strikers.

After FIFA President Blatter's speech, the World Cup-related awards were first presented, with Brazil and Spain winning the World Cup Fair Play Award, Gianluigi Buffon winning the Yashin Award for the best goalkeeper in the World Cup, Kaka, Klose and Crespo winning the Gold, Silver and Bronze Boots respectively, and Zinedine Zidane, Cannavaro and Pirlo winning the Ballon d'Or, Silver and Bronze Balls.

After the World Cup-related awards were presented, it was the turn of the annual awards, with the World Cup fans receiving the Fair Play of the Year award and Facchetti receiving a special award, which was also a gift to the former Inter Milan president, who sadly passed away in September.

Later, Brazil's Juan Mata beat Lily and Ringer to win the title, and the latter finally realized his dream and won the honor of Miss World Football.

As the finale of the year, everyone was most curious about the suspense of the World Footballer of the Year, and FIFA specially arranged for Beckenbauer, Davies and Mateus to come to present the awards.

The three of them joked on stage, each talking about how they would decide among the three candidates if they were to be judged, after all, Kaka, Cannavaro and Ronaldinho performed very well, and there was no doubt who won the award.

The first to be announced was the third place, when Mateus read Ronaldinho's name, the Brazilian genius was obviously dark-eyed, he has been missing this award for many years, he is known as the uncrowned king, but he still stubbornly hopes to be able to prove himself with an award, so he continues to urge and work hard to improve himself, but this year is still disappointed.

As Ronaldinho's teammate, Kaka gave Ronaldinho comfort and encouragement for the first time, in fact, he was also very worried in his heart, after all, after Ronaldinho was out, the next thing was the duel between him and Cannavaro.

Not only Kaka, I believe that all the Xiao Yu and others around the world who sat in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast and came to the scene were also as nervous as Kaka.

Xiao Yu originally thought that there should be no chance for this year's World Footballer of the Year, after all, Cannavaro won the World Cup as the captain of Italy, and according to the tradition, this trophy is enough for Cannavaro to ascend to the throne of the World Footballer.

For Kaka, this is really miserable, after all, he has performed very well in the past year, winning the European Golden Boot and the World Cup Golden Boot, as a striker, his performance is unparalleled, if only from a purely competitive point of view, Kaka definitely deserves this award.

It's a pity that FIFA's World Footballer of the Year has never been selected from a purely competitive point of view.

However, with Kaka winning the European Golden Ball Award, Xiao Yu began to realize that history seems to have changed, and Kaka still seems to have a chance, after all, the sudden rise of the Red Rebels has disrupted the distribution of power in football, coupled with Kaka's outstanding performance, I believe this is impossible for all national team coaches and captains to ignore.

With the promotion and influence of the Premier League, the popularity of Premier League players around the world has also risen, and as the Premier League's chief superstar, Kaka's every move in the Premier League has attracted much attention, which has made him familiar and accepted by the national team manager and captain.

In that case, why can't Kaka change history and win this award?

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu suddenly raised his heart to his voice, even Eva, who was sitting next to him with a reserved face? Snow felt his nervousness, and squeezed Xiao Yu's hand affectionately, as if he was supporting him with this kind of action.

In fact, whether or not to win the award has little to do with Xiao Yu himself, what really excites Xiao Yu is the sense of achievement and pride brought by changing history, especially seeing Kaka win the World Footballer in advance, especially seeing that the Red Rebels actually won the Laureus Award, which is known as the sports Oscar, Xiao Yu can't help but rise proudly!

If even such a difficult award can be won, what is impossible?

Looking at the stage, Davis, who was about to read out the second place, opened the envelope in his hand, obviously saw the name on it very clearly, suddenly turned his head, looked at Kaka meaningfully, and smiled!

At this moment, Xiao Yu and Kaka's hearts were completely cooled!

(To be continued)