There was a week's buffer before the game against Juventus, which gave Inter Milan a respite from their intensive preparation. However, the arrival of the major awards season at the end of the year has made it impossible for Han Sen to focus on the events on the green field. The three major awards ceremonies of the AFC, UEFA and FIFA all sent invitations to Han Sen, and they were concentrated in the last month of 2009. First up is the 2009 AFC Awards Ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which will take place this week!

Founded in 1984 to the best Asian footballer of the year, Asian Footballer of the Year is the highest honor for Asian male footballers. So far, the only Chinese player to win this award is Fan Zhiyi, whom Han Sen met at the Xu Genbao training base on Chongming Island, who was the Asian Footballer of the Year in 2001 and naturally relied on the great record of leading the Chinese team to the World Cup for the first time that year.

Compared with his predecessors, Han Sen has gone further, as early as last year, when Han Sen was born through the Beijing Olympics, Han Sen was included in the 2008 Asian Footballer of the Year nomination, and Han Sen struggled in Barcelona at the end of last year and did not have the heart to respond to the AFC call, so this award was not awarded to Han Sen. This is also a rule specially formulated by the AFC in order to prevent outstanding overseas players from not participating in the award ceremony for the sake of the event, resulting in a decrease in the heat of the ceremony, and cannot receive the award if you do not show up!

According to the scoring rules of the Asian Footballer of the Year established by the AFC, players can earn points only if they win the best player in national team competitions and club competitions. The award is mainly based on the accumulation of points from four aspects: MVP points, team and individual performance standards, fair play and the number of goals scored by players, and is divided into 6 points, including 60, 40, 25, 20, 15, and 10.

A maximum of 25 points can be awarded for tournaments at the national team level, with a total of 3 tournaments in this category. They are the World Cup, the Asian Cup, and the AFC Challenger Cup. If he wins the best player in the World Cup finals, he will receive 60 points, followed by 40 points, which is the best player for the national team in the Asian Cup finals. The minimum score of 10 points is to represent the national team in the AFC President's Cup, which was founded by the AFC in 2005 and is mainly attended by some national teams in Asia with a very low level of football. The best players of the Olympic Games and Olympic qualifiers also receive 30 and 20 points. Last year, Han Sen's score had reached the level of Mr. , but because he did not attend the award ceremony, he gave up the award! The second tier is the UEFA Champions League. The player who wins the title of Most Valuable Player in the Champions League will receive 20 points. The third division is to represent the club in continental league competitions such as the Asian Champions League, AFC Cup, AFC President's Cup and Confederations Cup. Players who win the Most Valuable Player title in this category will receive 15 points, while friendly matches between Asian teams and other continental nations will not be taken into account for the Most Valuable Player rating.

Although Han Sen does not have many national team events this year, the Asian Cup qualifiers have not yet ended. Although the initiative is in hand, it cannot be said that it is ironclad. And the most competitive. Han Sen won the Champions League Most Valuable Player award in the middle of the year, this is the first time that an Asian has won this award, and this year there is no World Cup and no Asian Cup, naturally there is no candidate who is likely to score 60 points and 40 points, just these 20 points, can already allow Han Sen to be elected through the rules!

So, the big question now is whether Han Sen is willing to participate in this award ceremony in the middle of the week!

Let's be honest. Sweating on the training ground and being adored on the red carpet. As long as the brain is normal, the latter choice will be made. But Han Sen was afraid that Mourinho would not agree, so he was entangled, and the AFC repeatedly called to ask Han Sen to confirm whether to attend, because once Han Sen attended or was absent, the arrangement of the entire ceremony would be very different. Although no one is in charge of the Chinese Football Association now, there are also special people who call from time to time to ask Han Sen whether he will participate in this ceremony.

"Tomorrow night, I want to go to the Asian Footballer of the Year award ceremony, I don't know if I can?" After resuming training on the first day after the match against Fiorentina, Hansen said to Mourinho.

"Is there a better player in Asia than you? Won't the trophy be delivered to your home? Mourinho asked rhetorically.

Han Sen scratched his head and said: "Because the AFC awards have such rules, if the players do not participate in the award ceremony, it means that the selection will be automatically launched, you also know that the best players in Asia are in Europe, if people don't go and give you an award, then this ceremony is a bit shabby." ”

Mourinho looked at Han Sen for a few seconds and said, "Then why not go?" Is it still a great player not to pursue personal glory? ”

Han Sen was suddenly overjoyed: "Then you just agree that I will go then?" ”

Mourinho nodded: "I only have one word, don't do any lingering except for normal rest." ”

Han Sen originally thought that Mourinho, who was unruly and different from ordinary people, would not necessarily let him go, but he didn't expect Mourinho to let him go so happily, and quickly picked up the phone to inform all related people that he would rush to Malaysia!

Hansen's confirmed attendance caused an instant sensation in Asia, because since 2003, when Madavecchia received the Asian Footballer of the Year award as a member of the Bundesliga team Hamburg, no Asian player from the European giants has come to the AFC Awards to receive the Asian Footballer of the Year award. Japanese player Chira Miura, who played for Genoa, Italy in 92 and 93, Iranian player Aziz who played for Cologne in the Bundesliga in 96, Hidetoshi Nakata, who played for Perugia, Italy in 97 and 98, Iranian player Ali Daei who played for Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga in 1999, Shinji Ono, a Japanese player who played for Feyenoord in the Netherlands in 2002, and the above-mentioned Madavecchia won the Asian Footballer of the Year as a member of the European club, and Asian players from top giants such as Inter Milan returned to China to receive the award. There is only Han Sen's family. Coupled with Han Sen's status as the Champions League champion and the most valuable player in the Champions League, this ceremony has completely elevated the level! And Han Sen also broke the monopoly of overseas players from Japan and Iran, and for the first time received the highest award of the AFC as a player playing for China overseas!

Mendes naturally will not let go of this opportunity to completely enter the Asian market, and it is rare to attend such a public formal occasion with Han Sen, and Xu Yun, who is pregnant with Liujia, thought about it, and asked Ruan Wenxiu to quickly order a pregnant women's evening dress for herself in Milan, and went to Kuala Lumpur with Han Sen to watch the ceremony.

After arriving in Kuala Lumpur, the staff of the AFC, the local organizing committee of Malaysia, CCTV and Mendes in Asia all came to the airport to meet the airport, only now the leaderless Chinese Football Association is inefficient, so that the Chinese diplomats in Malaysia can work on behalf of the Football Association, and the head coach of the national team, Gao Hongbo, did not come at all!

Han Sen, who just lived, did not stop, the official promotional film producer of the AFC, CCTV, and local Malaysian TV stations visited one by one, and if they took turns, it is estimated that they would not go back to play Juventus. It was Mendes who was experienced and asked the AFC to organize a news media meeting with Han Sen directly in the hotel that night, which was considered to have dealt with the media.

But on such an occasion where the heroes gathered for a meeting, in addition to the media, there were many special figures waiting for Han Sen. As soon as the press conference ended, the diplomatic envoy on behalf of the Chinese Football Association took Han Sen to introduce the staff from FIFA. Han Sen was a little bored at this time, thinking about this AFC ceremony, what are you mixing with FIFA? Still a staff member! At this time, even if Blatter comes, it may not be easy!

However, as soon as the FIFA staff spoke, Han Sen was convinced: "Mist handsome! I'm taking this opportunity to give you a monthly ticket on behalf of the FIFA Player of the Year selection team, ah no, a ballot! ”

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There was a mistake in Mendes to help Han Sen run the 50-man roster, please forgive me! (To be continued......)