On Friday, Jonker travelled to London to receive the crystal trophy for the best striker in the first half from a journalist representative.

When asked to give his acceptance speech, Jonker said that if possible, he would prefer to trade personal awards and accolades for Manchester United's good results, and he hoped that Manchester United would be able to replicate the Treble at the end of the season!

If it is at the beginning of the season, even if a star like Jonk is strong, if he says such a thing, he will inevitably be ridiculed by various bricks!

However, at this moment, when Jonker said this, no one dared to ridicule him and Manchester United, at least on the surface, and he was just waiting for the opportunity to fall into the well.

Why? Jonk and the team's cousin have earned the respect of the people, or to put it more bluntly, shut up the doubters and leave them speechless for a while!

And Jonker said that he was willing to exchange personal honors for team honors, not to mention whether this one was talking about the scene, but the media had to admit that the current Jonker is much more mature than before, and he is becoming more and more like the team's flag star!

All eyes are now on FIFA headquarters, where the 2007 World Footballer of the Year winner will be revealed at the award ceremony!

It's no secret that FIFA's World Footballer of the Year award is not the same as the European Ballon d'Or, and that the results are announced in advance, and Jonker did not receive a phone call from France Football before the 2007 European Ballon d'Or. At that time, I knew that I didn't win the award.

However, this is not the case with the selection of World Footballer of the Year. They will not inform the winners of their awards in advance, and it will not be until the results are announced at the award ceremony that everyone including the winners will know who this year's World Footballer of the Year is.

Founded in 1991, the World Awards Ceremony is now in its 17th year, and this year FIFA has fine-tuned the annual awards ceremony, first moving the ceremony from December to January to avoid competition with the Ballon d'Or. Secondly, for the first time, the final selection of the World Footballer and Miss World Footballer was circled among five candidates. In the end, Jonker, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Kaka, and Torres had the honor of entering the final stage of the competition.

After the announcement of this five-person list, people once raised questions. The biggest reason for this was Xavi's defeat. As the brains of the midfield of the European champions, he was not selected for the top five of the World Footballer of the Year, which made Spanish fans feel quite puzzled.

And "World Sports", after analyzing the names of the existing top five, believes that it is Torres who has pushed Xavi down. They once again questioned the rules for the selection of World Footballer of the Year.

Mr. FIFA is voted for by the managers and captains of FIFA member countries. Some small, economically backward countries don't even have a broadcast of Europe's top leagues at all, and their choices are based on fame rather than the player's performance and accolades over the year. Under this premise, Torres, who is more famous and has an idol style, is obviously more popular than Xavi.

Compared with FIFA, France Football and UEFA Awards are obviously much more professional. The Ballon d'Or is voted for by Europe's top sports journalists, who clearly have a much better understanding of football than captains of national teams such as Tanzania and Zambia. In this year's Ballon d'Or awards, Torres was eighth with just 31 points, while Xavi scored 97. That's more than three times as much as Torres.

Of course, Xavi didn't make it to the final five. It's just an episode where people are more focused on who gets the World Footballer of the Year award.

Now, the media generally believes that the final winner will be a rivalry between Kaka and Jonker, and given that Kaka has already won the European Ballon d'Or, many media outlets are more optimistic about the Portuguese star winning the award.

However, this does not mean that Kaka does not have a chance, and sometimes the speculation of the outside world is unreliable, because the understanding of professional sports media reporters is completely different from that of the national team coach and captain.

For example, in 2006, there was a speculation in the media that Jonker won the European Ballon d'Or, and the world footballer of the year was Ronaldinho, after all, the Brazilian helped Barcelona win the La Liga title and the Champions League title that season. When it comes to a season's table, it is necessary to complete the Junk, who won such an honor at the World Cup.

With such a lesson from the past, who can say that he predicted the final result of the World Footballer of the Year?

Although Cristiano won the Premier League, the Champions League title was blank, and Jonk only won the Champions League with AC Milan last season, and broke the scoring record in both Serie A and the Champions League! Got the European Golden Boot! When it comes to team honors, although Jonk and Kaka are the same, when it comes to personal performance, Jonk is much stronger than Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka! Jonk is favored mainly in terms of goals!

In addition, the fans and media who supported Jonker to win the award also gave examples, and it is not that he did not win the European Champions Cup that year, but lost the star of the World Footballer of the Year. In the 2005 World Footballer of the Year selection, although Liverpool's captain Steven Gerrard led the team to complete a shocking comeback in the Champions League final, after falling behind by three goals, he chased three goals in ten minutes to equalize, and finally defeated AC Milan on penalties and won the European Champions Cup. Gerrard's performance in the final was perfect.

But even so, he didn't even make the final three-person shortlist...... Not to mention becoming the World Footballer of the Year.

In order to fight against the powerful UEFA, FIFA can also be described as racking its brains. UEFA has a Champions League brand, FIFA has to use greater efforts and more resources to build the World Cup brand, "French football" magazine began to vote for European footballers by European football reporters 50 years ago, and FIFA only thought of inviting national team coaches from various countries to vote for a world footballer in the 90s, in order to prove that they are not blindly following the European footballer. FIFA also has to go to great lengths to find players who are different from the Ballon d'Or winners at the end of each year, and this has been used by many as evidence. This, they argue, is one of the reasons why Jonker will win the World Footballer of the Year award.

Well, believing this reason is definitely not something Jonker likes to hear.

Of course, there are also different opinions, and they also have their reasons, that is, the selection of the World Footballer of the Year. Far less rigorous than the European Ballon d'Or, the voting power of the FIFA World Footballer of the Year is in the hands of the head coach of each national team, as well as the captain. How well do you expect the managers and captains of countries such as the Pacific Island countries to be well versed in some of the changes in football? Their selection criteria are simply whether the candidate's name is familiar to them. If he is familiar, it means that he is powerful, and if he is not familiar, he is not powerful.

Kaka became famous earlier than Jonker. That's the advantage!

Truly. Compared with Kaka, who debuted earlier and became famous earlier, Jonker's fame in the world is obviously lower. Yes, he is the European Golden Boot for the last two seasons, yes, he is Mr. 75 million pounds, but it is true that Jonker is not as famous as Kaka, besides. One more point, some of the national team managers and captains are voting. Just look at the fame and the player's club, this point Junk does not suffer, Junk is Manchester United, and AC Milan is in the same class!

In fact, the biggest suspense is whether the votes in Asia will fall to Jonker, and if so, Jonk's election hope is great!

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that Jonker's influence has increased dramatically in the past two years, to the point where it is enough to attract the attention of the head coaches and captains of some small countries.

As long as the World Footballer of the Year award is not finally announced, it is possible.

This is also the reason why the World Footballer of the Year is more suspenseful than the European Ballon d'Or.

CCTV Sports chose to broadcast the FIFA Awards Ceremony live, and they also shouted the gimmick, 'It is possible to witness a Chinese player become the World Footballer'. Although Jonk may also lose the election, in itself, Jonk can enter the bayonet battle with Kaka, which in itself shows Jonk's strength!

Of course, before the results were announced, it still whetted the appetite of Chinese fans, and that night, many Chinese fans waited in front of the TV, waiting for the results to be announced.

The English media doesn't care who will win the World Footballer of the Year in the end, because it doesn't matter whether it's Jonk or Kaka, no player in the UK is selected for the final voting session, and the British media, which has always been xenophobic, is of course lukewarm, of course, Jonk from the Premier League They take care of it a little more.

The camera showed Jonk at the awards ceremony, and the expression on Jonke's face was very calm.

Is he nervous now?

To say that he is not nervous, that is false, of course Jonk hopes that he can get the World Footballer of the Year, but Jonk also knows that Kaka is a fierce rival, in addition, that is, Jonk also understands in his heart that recognition in the world is his biggest weakness and regret! Even if he didn't win the award in the end, then, he wouldn't be too sad, he always had a dream in his heart, that is: sweep Europe, get the Champions League trophy, get the league trophy, get a trophy that can be obtained, sweep a qiē! With an indisputable momentum, he won the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year!

Especially when the opponent is Kaka, Jonker wants to make Kaka lose convincingly!

The first award was the Fair Play Award, which was presented by the president of the African Football Federation to the Turkish Football Federation, which has repeatedly reversed miracles at this summer's European Championships, and the Armenian Football Federation, a small European football nation. Secondly, the President's Special Award was awarded, and the award was given to the U.S. Women's National Team, and the current U.S. women's soccer player Aureli also received this heavyweight award as the representative of the U.S. Women's Soccer Team!

The next award of Miss World Football is also the first small high and tide of tonight's awards ceremony. Marta, the absolute core of the Samba Army, was re-elected Miss World Football after 2006, and also defended the title of Miss World.

Immediately afterwards, the World Footballer of the Year award was finally announced, and the heavyweight award that all fans around the world had been looking forward to was also announced. After a story told by the presenter, Pelé, the winner's name: Kaka!

At this time, there was a burst of exclamations at the scene. Then there was a round of applause, those who supported Jonker's award, after the loss. also gave Kaka a round of applause, after all, Kaka's performance was also very good, he won the award, and people were already prepared.

As the finale of the evening, Kaka received the trophy from FIFA President Sepp Blatter and football king Pele, the fourth Mr. World Footballer of the Year title this year.

He has previously won the Champions Cup Most Valuable Player (UEFA), Player of the Season (International Professional Footballers' Association), Ballon d'Or (French football) and World Player of the Year (World Football). Now, lifting the trophy of the World Footballer of the Year has enabled the Brazilian star to complete the "Mr. Grand Slam". It can be said that it is a great affirmation and praise for his whole year of work, especially for leading Milan to win the Champions Cup.

At this time, the camera immediately gives a close-up of Jonker and Kaka's faces.

Jonker's expression was calm, while Kaka's expression was ecstatic. Kaka is under more pressure than Jonker. Again, they are almost on the same page in the selection, and if Jonk lifts the trophy, it will be a big blow to Kaka.

As for Jonker, he was also prepared in his heart, and if he wanted to say that he was not depressed in his heart, it would be a lie. Still, Jonker wasn't too depressed. He knows that even if he is lucky enough to win the award, it will cause a lot of controversy, rather than this, it is better for Lao Tzu to be above board and above board in the future, and come with an irresistible attitude! Of course, this is also to comfort yourself.

Jonker reached out to Kaka and congratulated his friend.

"Congratulations, Kaka." Jonk said.

"Thank you." Kaka smiled, and he winked his eyes, "Jonker, come on." ”

Jonke laughed, and he also said unceremoniously, "I promise, this is the last time you'll win me!" ”

Kaka and Jonk are good friends, precisely because they are good friends, between these two good friends, when facing each other, there is no need to say something fake, the words of the two are tense, and neither wants to lose to the other.

Immediately, on the big screen at the scene, the scores of the top five players were played.

Messi: 101 points; Torres: 151 points; Cristiano Ronaldo: 369 points; Jonk: 829 points; Kaka: 830 points!

Whew, hoohoo!

Wow wow wow wo

Whoa, whoa!

There was an uproar at the scene!

"Oh my God, Jonker is only one point less than Kaka!"

"God, it's a pity!"

"What a pity!"

After everyone's exclamations and regrets, applause rang out, and everyone applauded in unison, even those who supported Kaka had to feel sorry for Jork in their hearts.

"It's the best of times, it's the era when football is getting more and more exciting, congratulations to Kaka, and at the same time, we also want to say a word to Jonker, his table last year was so wonderful!" The words of the guests at the scene brought the atmosphere of the audience to a climax.

Rao is Jonk was already relieved in his heart just now, but he was still depressed when he saw the fact that he was only one point less than Kaka.

Your sister's!

He would rather be a few tens less than Kaka, so that he feels more comfortable.

The expression on Kaka's face was also a little embarrassed, obviously, this situation was also unexpected by him, and he was also very unhappy, only one point more than Jonk, which would make him the weakest winner of the World Footballer of the Year ever!

Of course Kaka was unhappy, of course, he was still glad in his heart, fortunately he was one point more than Jonk, if Jonk had one point more than him, he wouldn't be depressed to death.

The front page of the next day's media headline was a photo of Kaka lifting the trophy of the World Footballer of the Year.

Although he was not depressed, this was a fact that Jonker could not avoid.

So much so that for more than a week, Jonk was reluctant to touch the newspaper.

Immediately after returning to Manchester from FIFA headquarters, Jonk threw himself into the team's training and games.

At the weekend, the 2007/2008 FA Cup season kicked off.

Manchester United's opponent in this round is Nottingham Forest.

It was Jonker who scored his first goal of the game in the old competition, and the only goal of the game, as United beat Nottingham Forest 0-0 at home to progress to the next round.

However, Manchester United paid a lot of price to get this game, and the price was Jonker's injury. Nottingham Forest are adherents of the traditional English style of football, with a strong focus on scrambling and defending Jonker. Nottingham Forest adopted lethal tactics and Jonker had to be substituted after being tackled at the start of the second half.

The foul by the Nottingham Forest players also caused dissatisfaction among the Manchester United players, and the two sides clashed fiercely, and the referee had to pay three red cards and five yellow cards to stop the clash.

Two were sent off at Nottingham Forest. Among them were foul players, and on United's side, Michael Carrick was also sent off for hitting someone.

Arguably. It was a pyrrhic victory.

After the game, the FA also issued a fine for the FA Cup clash between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest.

For Manchester United, Michael Carrick was suspended for three games.

And Nani, who was suspected of black-footed and deeply hidden in the conflict, was also 'unable to escape' in the post-match video and was punished with a two-game ban.

Jonker's injury. and this ticket. The impact on Manchester United is huge.

A week later, in the 20th round of the league, Manchester United were beaten 2-1 away to West Ham United, a defeat that also gave the team the top spot in the table.

In this round of the league, there is a key game, Everton host Arsenal, Arsenal won 4-1 away. Gary Cahill took the lead and Da Silva scored twice. Bendtner was sent off, substitute Bam Adebayor doubled the score, Mikel Arteta was also sent off, and substitute Rosicky was the icing on the cake. Arsenal, who have tasted their first away win in the last four league games, regained the top spot in the table.

48 hours, Manchester United the first place in the standings did not sit hot, Arsenal re-snatched back, there is Manchester United's careless Jingzhou, and Arsenal's wonderful reversal performance after 45 minutes, Wenger was very tough at halftime and did not adjust, so that the 11 Gunners who were depressed in the first half rose in the second half, who said that Arsenal's fighting spirit is weak, this game is enough to prove the tough guy nature of Arsenal players.

Arsene Wenger said after the game: "We showed fighting spirit, great mental strength and the ability to deal with all the challenges, which is what a strong team should be. ”

The mental stuff is especially important in this game. According to the preconceived view, the gorgeous person must be weak in his mind, and he does not dare to fight on the edge of the cliff, or he doesn't know how to fight, but in the second half of Arsenal, where can you see this so-called scholarly temperament?

Since Cahill can kick the ball into the goal with such an arrogant action in the first half, then Arsenal will also kick unceremoniously in the second half, Bendtner's kick seems redundant, but in fact reveals the "vindictiveness" of the Arsenal people, Wenger once said before the game that he would fight hard with Everton, otherwise Goodison tried to come and go gorgeously, it is really a fool's dream, of course, there must be the kind of hero who sees the red with a bayonet. Full-time statistics, the number of successful tackles on both sides was 41, Arsenal was a little behind 18-23, and Arsenal led 17-14 in fouls, and the number of yellow cards was 4-0 ahead.

This spirit of resoluteness not to lose is even more prominent after Bendtner was sent off. Of course, it will no longer be a pure hatred and intimidation of the flying legs, but fully mobilize the team's flexible and changeable characteristics, and play an excellent role in the absolute quality of Arsenal in ball control.

Turning over the record of this season, Arsenal counted this game, there are four games in the case of defeat, the masterpiece is undoubtedly today's one, there are two games in the case of defeat, the representative work is the 2-2 of Manchester United, the score reached 14 points in adversity, ranking first in the league, and the loss in the leading situation has not happened, there are two flat goals in the leading situation, so that it is to lose 4 points, ranking third from the bottom in the league, these two figures, which are typical of Arsenal's "reversal king" characteristics. And what public opinion generally believes that some iron-blooded teams can only reach or even close to these two most real figures?

When the "reversal king" depends on what, one is the spirit mentioned above, and the other is still relying on the final strength, 10 to 11, the situation is much better, and the players must increase the running distance in the case of fewer people, and make full use of the reduced free space, at this time, the difference between the fine process of Arsenal football and the opponent's bold move is completely out. The opponent can't grab the ball, just like a brute who can't touch someone for a long time, and the action is not standardized, this time, the protection between the defenders, the gap between the standing positions has become larger, which makes the Arsenal players have the possibility of seeing the stitches.

Overall, this is a very close game, with Everton's level, the loss is a bit big, which has something to do with their greed, but to beat Arsenal, Evertonians in addition to shaving their heads and increasing their spirits, they have to work the essence of football, otherwise even if they score first again, Arsenal's temper will be reversed, and the Toffee Army will still repeat the mistakes of the past. At this moment in time, the current Arsenal is far from being comparable to last year's team. (To be continued......)