Chapter 637: The No. 1 Football Player
The best player in the German league! When Su Dong won the World Footballer of the Year trophy in Zurich, the German News Agency immediately published a comment, saying that Su Dong was the best player in the German league.
"Su Dong won the 2008 World Footballer of the Year award, which created history for German football, because he was the first player from a German club to win this honor. In the past, this honor was more monopolized by Serie A and La Liga, and England only achieved a historic breakthrough last year."
As we all know, there are many grievances between Germany and Britain. The national team matches between Germany and England have always become a highlight, and fans of the two countries regard each other as mortal enemies.
After Cristiano Ronaldo won the double Footballer of the Year award, the whole of Germany placed high hopes on Su Dong. Especially after Bayern won the treble, the expectation became even higher, and it can even be said that the whole country is looking forward to it.
Now, Su Dong has finally won the award, achieving a historic breakthrough and meeting the expectations of German fans. This also made the Deutsche Presse-Agentur praise Su Dong in its comments and forwarded Su Dong's acceptance speech.
After winning the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award, in his speech, in addition to thanking his parents, girlfriend, relatives and friends, he also thanked Bayern, the German media and fans, and all those who have helped and supported him over the past period of time.
"Although I am not a German player and cannot represent German players, I still feel that my winning this award has a very important historical significance for German football. I represent a German club team, and my victory is also a victory for German football."
Su Dong said that German football is indeed not strong, but it is not as weak as the outside world thinks.
"I used to think, like many people, that German football and the Bundesliga were not outstanding. But after coming to the Bundesliga, I found that this is not the case. It is the healthiest league in Europe so far. Maybe it doesn't have many stars, but the competition is still very fierce. Even for Bayern, every game is a huge challenge. If you are not careful, you will lose goals and points."
"I have been in the Bundesliga for two years. I have seen it grow day by day. I have witnessed Bayern getting stronger day by day. I think this season's Bayern will be stronger and better than last season. My teammates and I are ready for any challenge."
“I hope that next year, the year after, and even every year thereafter, I can continue to stand on this podium!”
Deutsche Presse-Agentur believes that Su Dong's final statement is undoubtedly his expectation and encouragement for himself.
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Reuters has a higher opinion of Su Dong, believing him to be the best in European football.
The news agency from the UK believes that after two years away from the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year, Su Dong won both the Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year awards again with a perfect season, making the world marvel at his football once again.
Reuters also commented on the top five candidates for the World Footballer of the Year, one from the Bundesliga, one from Serie A, one from La Liga, and two from the Premier League, believing that this is proof of the strength of the Premier League. It also expressed expectations for Manchester City to sign Kaka.
In fact, the news agency from the UK is looking forward to it, hoping that a Premier League team will also bring Su Dong to the UK, "This will make the Premier League even more star-studded and truly become the world's top league.
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The Associated Press also reported Su Dong's winning of the award as soon as possible.
They commented on Su Dong's winning the award, believing that it was well deserved.
"Everyone had already determined that there was no suspense about Su Dong winning the award, and the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi was more to congratulate their friend for winning the World Footballer of the Year again."
The Associated Press believes that this is the third time that Su Dong has won the double Footballer of the Year award. Previously, due to the World Cup and transfer turmoil, Su Dong missed these two awards for two consecutive years. But this year at Bayern, Su Dong led the team to win the treble, and then won the German Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup awards.
"He burst out with amazing energy and got back to his peak form."
The Associated Press believes that the status of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in world football is becoming increasingly prominent.
"This 24-year-old Chinese player is quietly approaching the pinnacle of world football history. He is getting closer and closer to legendary stars such as Pele, Beckenbauer and Maradona. It would not be surprising if he catches up with or surpasses these predecessors in the future."
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Agence France-Presse also reported Su Dong's award.
This French news agency had previously reported the news of Su Dong winning the Golden Ball, and this time they used the word "imperfect beauty" to describe the process of Su Dong winning the World Footballer of the Year.
The French News Agency believes that, unlike the Ballon d'Or, the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award has always placed more emphasis on national team matches. However, Su Dong has not been able to represent the Chinese team so far. This is not only a regret for the Chinese team, but also a regret for FIFA.
AFP also reported the remarks made by FIFA President Blatter in an interview with the media, saying that the failure of superstars like Su Dong to appear on a stage like the World Cup is not only a loss for the World Cup, but also a loss for fans around the world.
When the media revealed that German national team coach Loew had repeatedly called on Su Dong to seriously consider becoming a German citizen and playing for the German national team, Blatter welcomed it and promised that FIFA would actively coordinate and give the green light.
"Of course, we need to respect the players' personal wishes."
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The announcement of the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award sparked heated discussions around the world.
In addition to several major news agencies that commented at the first opportunity, media from other countries and regions also followed suit.
The topic quickly spread from Su Dong and the selection itself to beyond the selection.
For example, the British media have spoken up for Rooney.
This English striker who plays for Manchester United has performed very well in the past two seasons, helping Manchester United reach the Champions League final twice and win a championship. However, Rooney did not even make it into the 23-man list in the FIFA World Footballer of the Year selection. Instead, Deco, who transferred to Chelsea, was shortlisted.
The Spanish media have been speaking up for Marcos Senna. He was ranked 11th in the Ballon d'Or voting, which was a very high ranking. His performance in the European Cup was also obvious to all. He also performed well in Villarreal, but Marcos Senna's name was not on the list of 23 people for the FIFA World Footballer of the Year.
Also not selected were Vidic and Van der Sar, while Bayern, which won the Champions League, only had Sudon and Ribery shortlisted. Robben was also absent, which made the Dutch media very confused.
Could it be that Robben's performance is worse than Van Nistelrooy's?
Aguero, who helped Argentina win the Olympics, was also shortlisted, which is very puzzling.
Of course, every year when the results of the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award are announced, a series of controversies will arise, which is itself a way for the media to hype sales.
But in the score list of the 23-man list given by FIFA, some signs can be clearly seen. For example, Drogba's ranking has plummeted. The Ivorian obviously does not have the strength he had in the past two or three years. With the decline of Chelsea, Drogba's ranking has also declined.
If Deco can still be ranked at the bottom at 23rd place, then Ronaldinho has completely fallen out of the list. This is also very regrettable, because he was once the superstar who had the greatest hope of challenging Su Dong, but in just a few years, Su Dong achieved a strong recovery, while Ronaldinho has been unable to recover.
In addition to the players, the ranking of Real Madrid players in the selection also made countless people sigh.
Once upon a time, Real Madrid, nicknamed the Galacticos, stood out in the FIFA World Player of the Year selection and even had a sign of sweeping the award. But now, with the aging and retirement of a generation of players such as Ronaldo and Zidane, Real Madrid has long lost its former heyday.
Currently, the highest Real Madrid player in the FIFA World Player of the Year ranking is Casillas, who is ranked ninth, but everyone knows that this result is more due to Spain winning the European Cup rather than his performance in the club.
In addition to Casillas, veteran Van Nistelrooy ranked 19th.
One before and one after, Real Madrid only had two players selected, and neither of them can be considered a true superstar.
The once star-studded Galacticos suddenly became a civilian team, which made many people feel unable to adapt.
In particular, AS from Spain has called for Florentino to return to Real Madrid and bring together superstars such as Sudon, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, who are at the top of the World Footballer of the Year rankings, to recreate the glory of the Galacticos.
AS's remarks immediately triggered a heated response from Real Madrid fans.
Today's Real Madrid is indeed a bit shabby. They all yearn to return to the star-studded Galacticos era. If they can really get Su Dong, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka, then Real Madrid's return to the top will be just around the corner.
Looking at the candidates for the Real Madrid presidency, besides Florentino, who else has such skills and courage?
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After winning the World Footballer of the Year award, Su Dong returned to Munich the next day.
At this time, Bayern Munich also returned from the Middle East and went directly to the Donaueschingen training camp.
Su Dong also followed the team to training, actively preparing for the second half of the league.
Bayern's first match in the second half will be in the third knockout round of the German Cup on January 27, away to Stuttgart.
This is a tough battle! After winning the treble last season, Bayern is also ambitious this season, hoping to make progress in the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League. Of course, the Champions League is the most important for Su Dong.
In order to prepare better, Bayern also arranged five warm-up matches, two of which have been played in the Middle East, both against Saudi teams. After returning to Germany, Bayern played three warm-up matches in a row, against a regional league, Kaiserslautern and Mainz.
Not surprisingly, Bayern won all of them.
Just on the eve of Bayern's German Cup and as the European winter transfer market was drawing to a close, a series of earthquake-level transfer rumors broke out, and all of them came from Manchester City.
(End of this chapter)
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