Chapter 435: Re-elected World Footballer of the Year!
The annual FIFA Awards Ceremony was held as scheduled during the performance of the Zurich Ballet.
The first award presented was the Fair Play Award, which went to the Peruvian city of Iquitos, which hosted this year's U17 World Championship.
The Interactive Games World Footballer of the Year was awarded to Ballard, who won the second FIFA Interactive Games World Cup in London yesterday.
The Chairman's Special Award was presented to former Swedish referee Frisk, who officiated a Chelsea match in the Champions League and was accused by Mourinho of illegally contacting the opposing coach during halftime. This led to Frisk being harassed by the British media and he angrily announced his retirement.
FIFA's awarding of this award to Frisk was somewhat of a slap in the face to Mourinho.
This year the Most Improved Team Award went to Ghana, while the Best Team Award went to Brazil.
It is worth mentioning that Brazil has won the best team for four consecutive years, which makes everyone look forward to Brazil's performance in the World Cup in Germany next year, and believes that the Samba Army is likely to defend the World Cup.
Su Dong has heard people say more than once that Ronaldinho will take advantage of the momentum of Germany's World Cup victory to make a comeback, surpass Su Dong and become Barcelona's number one superstar.
He didn't know whether Ronaldinho had this intention, but he didn't mind the Brazilian winning the World Cup and then the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or to compete with him.
He believed that he had been able to win the competition between the two people at the beginning, and he could do the same in the next one.
The World Footballer of the Year title was awarded to Germany's Prinz. She won the award for the third consecutive year and can be said to be a superstar in women's football.
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When FIFA President Blatter slowly appeared on the podium, there was warm applause from the audience.
Everyone knows that the grand finale of this year's awards ceremony is about to be announced.
Although there wasn't much suspense in the first place, no one was sure until seeing the final ranking.
What if FIFA has a brain cramp? Blatter first introduced the three top three candidates through a video on the big screen, which showed their wonderful game footage from the past season. Then, amid warm applause from the audience, Blatter invited all three candidates to the podium.
Before the awards were finally announced, all three gave their own speeches.
In his speech, Su Dong said that he was a very lucky person. So far in his career, he had met many different kinds of people who had given him a lot of help. He especially mentioned his family and his personal coaching team.
In recent times, Xavi's serious injury has been a great shock to Su Dong, especially this kind of serious injury that has caused him to be out of action for more than half a year. He may not be able to regain his form after his comeback. Therefore, Su Dong is particularly grateful to his personal coaching team.
Although the salary is high, there are some things that money really can't buy.
For example, health.
This is even more true for professional players.
Since he was asked about the national team by the media in the afternoon, Su Dong was quite touched, so he specially thanked the Chinese fans. Finally, he even emphasized that he wanted to thank the two votes from the Chinese national team.
This also made everyone present feel his helplessness and sadness.
According to FIFA's selection rules, the World Footballer of the Year is selected by voting by the head coaches and captains of each country's national teams. Each person can choose three players, but cannot choose players from the national team they coach or play for.
For example, Scolari, who coaches the Portuguese national team, can choose Ronaldinho but not Cristiano Ronaldo.
But Su Dong's situation is somewhat special. He is a Chinese player, but he did not participate in the national team.
So, a few days ago, when the head coach and captain of the Chinese national team won the Golden Ball Award in front of Su Dong, when they were questioned by domestic media reporters, they both admitted that they had voted for Su Dong as the first choice.
They voted only after consulting relevant FIFA personnel and confirming that it was okay to do so.
This is their support for Su Dong, but it is also a crazy slap in the face of some people.
How ridiculous and ironic it is that a man who is about to win the Footballer of the Year award for the second time is not worthy of joining the national team! The domestic media and fans are very angry and dissatisfied, and the public opinion is once again hotly discussing this matter.
Although these two votes from the Chinese team are not decisive.
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After Blatter introduced the three candidates, the final seating arrangements of the three were quickly displayed on the big screen behind him.
Blatter also announced loudly, "The winner of the 2005 World Footballer of the Year is... Su Dong!!!"
The entire Zurich Opera House was filled with warm applause, and many people even stood up excitedly to applaud and cheer for Su Dong.
Su Dong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and hugged his club teammate Ronaldinho, then shook hands with Lampard with a smile and accepted their congratulations.
Then, he slowly walked up to Blatter, took the World Footballer of the Year trophy from the hands of the FIFA President, and held it high to accept the cheers and applause of everyone present.
But at this moment, a question suddenly emerged in his mind.
Is this World Footballer of the Year award made of pure gold? It feels pretty heavy!
In 1991, the newly established World Footballer of the Year award, in order to distinguish it from the long-standing Ballon d'Or, awarded Matthäus not a trophy but a silver plate.
A year later, after a redesign, the trophy became a football supported by three brackets. According to different materials, it was divided into gold, silver and bronze, corresponding to the top three footballers of the world.
From 1998 to 2000, the trophy was redesigned into a rectangular crystal with a wooden base, which looked a bit shabby, so from 2001, it was redesigned into a semi-arched rectangular block with the longitude and latitude of the earth drawn on the front and a crystal football inlaid in the middle.
The two World Footballer of the Year awards Su Dong received were both the latest models, but he was a little confused. Was the rectangular block made of pure gold? Given FIFA's stingy temperament, he really doubted whether it was electroplated.
What if the paint peels off after being collected for a long time? Fortunately, Su Dong suppressed his smile and did not lose his composure on the spot.
In his subsequent speech, he specifically thanked his teammates in the club, his family and friends, and his personal coaching team, and promised that he would continue to work hard.
“I look forward to being here again next year!”
After saying this, Su Dong once again raised the trophy high in his hand amidst the cheers.
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As the last bit of suspense was revealed, everyone found that it was not unexpected.
Media reporters obviously also felt that this result was not surprising.
As early as last season's Champions League final, almost everyone believed that Su Dong would win the award. In fact, he did win all the individual awards this year. No matter which media was evaluating, Su Dong would not be absent.
Does that mean Su Dong really won everyone's recognition?
FIFA immediately announced the latest results of the World Footballer of the Year voting on site and on its official website.
Su Dong unsurprisingly won the World Footballer of the Year award with an astonishing score of over 1,000 points, defeating Ronaldinho and Lampard with an overwhelming advantage.
But this is still not enough to prove the authority of Su Dong's award.
In the FIFA World Player of the Year selection, many votes are not authoritative enough, so the media and fans pay special attention to the voting results of the head coaches and captains of the world's strong teams, believing that this truly represents authority.
If last year, Su Dong's winning of the award was somewhat controversial, then this year, the head coaches and captains of world football powers including Italy, England, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Argentina and Brazil all voted for Su Dong in the first place.
This allowed him to win this year's World Footballer of the Year award with almost no suspense or controversy.
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Su Dong won the World Footballer of the Year for the second consecutive year!
Won the Footballer of the Year award for two consecutive years!
Su Dong's name once again spread to every corner of the earth overnight, even louder than ever before, because from now on, there was a dazzling golden ball above his head.
All major news agencies released the news as soon as possible and reported on Su Dong's past and resume in detail.
Important media in various countries also followed up at the first opportunity.
Overnight, on the Internet and in the media, news about Su Dong spread to every corner and appeared around everyone.
Even if he is not a football fan, even if he is in a football desert, as long as he has some connection with the outside world, he will definitely hear or see Su Dong's name and the photo of him holding the World Footballer of the Year award.
At the age of 21, he has won the Footballer of the Year award for two consecutive years! Su Dong has been making history!
The official website of FIFA reported and commented at the first time, believing that Su Dong is on a great road to becoming a legendary superstar and he is creating an unprecedented new era of football.
"He brought football to more people and into the lives of more young people through the media, television and the Internet. His deeds inspired countless people and gave them strength, determination and courage."
FIFA believes that the fact that Su Dong can stand shoulder to shoulder with his idols Ronaldo, Zidane and other world legendary superstars at the age of 21 makes everyone believe that he will definitely have the opportunity to stand on the podium of the World Footballer of the Year again.
"We also believe that Su Dong will definitely bring us more football happiness in the future!"
In addition to FIFA, football associations in various continents also reported on the situation, especially the Asian Football Confederation, which reported on Su Dong in a long and voluminous manner on its official website. Media in various Asian countries were also reporting on Su Dong like crazy.
Last year was the first time that an Asian player won the World Footballer of the Year award, and the whole of Asia was excited. Now, Su Dong's influence has reached a new level, attracting more and more praise.
In China, countless fans and netizens congratulated him.
Authoritative media and television stations also highlighted Su Dong's winning of the award again, and the leader immediately called to congratulate him again.
That night, the whole world cheered for Su Dong!
(End of this chapter)
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