Chapter 467 Trip to Zurich
World Footballer of the Year.
This award was established by FIFA in 1991. The winner will receive the title of "World Footballer of the Year" and become the world-recognized best player. For football players, this is always an extraordinary honor.
The football players who have been elected as the World Footballer of the Year are all players who have performed extremely well in a year. Among these extremely outstanding players, the best one is selected to become the World Footballer of the Year. There is only one winner of the honor every year, so you can imagine that the value of this honor is extremely high.
Since this honor is of extremely high value and is a very important award, its selection criteria are also very strict.
In November of each year, the football associations of all continents and countries will submit to FIFA a list of players who have performed outstandingly in all clubs and national teams during the year. FIFA will then comprehensively judge the best candidates based on each player's performance in the club and national team during the year.
The requirements for the selection of this honor are also very strict. The candidates are selected by voting by the head coaches and captains of the national teams under FIFA. Each person has three places, but cannot choose members of the national team he or she coaches (for example, McLaren thinks that the best player in the world is Wang Li, but he cannot vote for Wang Li).
The first choice player gets 5 points, the second choice player gets 3 points, and the third choice player gets 1 point. Based on the comprehensive evaluation, the player with the highest score can get this honor.
Although FIFA has not had any official statements or clauses, some patterns can still be found from the annual evaluation criteria.
In World Cup years, the selection of "World Footballer of the Year" mainly depends on the World Cup record of each player's national team and the player's personal performance in the World Cup. In non-World Cup years, the main criterion for the selection is the performance of the player's club in the European Champions League.
Last season, due to his outstanding performance in the club, Chelsea also won the European Champions League, which made Wang Li's reputation soar. Although he was suspended for more than half a year, but with his performance in the first half of the year, he still made it into the final three of the World Footballer of the Year.
Although the other two players did not perform as well as Wang Li in the first half of the year, they were not suspended and their playing time was half more than Wang Li's.
Ronaldinho was last year's World Footballer of the Year. He is Barcelona's star player. Last season, thanks to Gerrard's outstanding performance, Liverpool also reached the Champions League final. At the same time, the two of them also had good performances in the national team.
So, while the Spanish media were still marveling at Wang Li's Spanish debut, they immediately turned their attention to Zurich, Switzerland, where the final winner of this year's "World Footballer of the Year" will be announced tonight.
For the media, no matter who wins the World Footballer of the Year, it is just an honor for one person. They are also paying attention to the draw ceremony for the European Championship finals.
This draw is related to the matchups of the European teams that qualify from the group stages in the round of 16. Every media outlet in Europe is not neutral, and all of these sports media outlets have their own teams they support, so this matchup draw is what they pay the most attention to.
At 1 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, Wang Li and Angela rushed to the Real Madrid Club together, and then took a connecting flight of Real Madrid to Zurich, Switzerland with the club president Florentino, the team's head coach Carlo, the team's director Martinez and Zidane.
On this day, the small square in front of the Zurich Opera House was very lively. It became a paradise for journalists, media and fans. Many local Swiss fans came here not to enjoy the opera, but to find an opportunity to meet the stars, ask for autographs and take pictures.
Aragorn was one of them.
He is only 14 years old this year and still a middle school student. When he learned that this year's European Champions League group draw ceremony and the FIFA World Footballer of the Year award ceremony would be held here, he and his friends came here together.
In fact, Aragon was always looked down upon because of his poor football skills.
The football atmosphere in Switzerland is very strong, and children from ordinary families have been exposed to this sport since childhood.
However, due to Aragon's late physical development, he is only 1.5 meters tall, which is quite short among teenagers of the same age. Aragon is also a bit cowardly, so he is always bullied by his classmates and has no good performance on the court.
However, Aragon is a very loyal football fan, and his favorite is the local Zurich team.
But like other children of normal age, although they like local players very much, they also yearn for football in the world's top leagues such as the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, etc. Although many of them have never met those stars, they are familiar with their appearance, names, and technical levels. For these little guys, this is necessary common sense to mix in the "fan team".
And this time, they seem to have the opportunity to get close to these stars.
However, when they arrived at the door of the Zurich Opera House, their mood became terrible, because at this time, the door was already crowded with people, and the few of them were really not conspicuous among them. Even if a star appeared, he could probably only sign autographs for the few people in front.
They have little hope.
"Aragon, you want to get the star's autograph?"
At this time, a sturdy-looking boy came over, and there were a few people beside him, all with mocking looks on their faces.
Seeing the boy, Aragon's face looked a little timid. He lowered his head and said nothing, but a short-haired boy next to him couldn't help but said, "Peter, don't be complacent. We don't have autographs, and you can't get them either."
"Well, let's wait and see."
When Peter heard this, he turned around and looked at the large group of fans around him. He felt a little annoyed, and then he squeezed into the crowd with others.
"Otherwise, let's go back." After Peter and his group left, a little boy looked at the people around him and said.
The other people thought the same thing. With so many fans at the entrance of the opera house, it was too difficult to squeeze to the front, not to mention getting the autographs of the stars, which was almost impossible for them.
However, Aragorn still wanted to stay. He wanted to try his luck. Although he was a little timid towards Peter, he was also indignant in his heart, "Can't I get an autograph?"
So after his friends left, he walked around the next block by himself, hoping that "a pie would fall from the sky" and hit him, allowing him to run into a basketball star he knew and get his autograph.
This kind of thing is almost harder than winning the five million dollar jackpot, but after Aragon turned a block, he really saw a very familiar figure.
"Alan Wang...???" He opened his mouth in surprise.
Aragon likes Wang Li very much, and he watches Wang Li's game videos every day.
Two months ago, he saved up a month's pocket money and bought a large photo of Wang Li on the court and hung it on the head of his bed. He would look at it every night before going to bed and every morning when he got up, so he was very familiar with Wang Li's figure.
But Aragorn didn't dare to confirm it at this time, because there was a very beautiful woman next to that man, and both of them were wearing baseball caps and sunglasses to cover their faces.
When Wang Li and Angela arrived in Zurich, it was still a little early. Angela wanted to visit this beautiful city, so Wang Li accompanied her to walk around the streets.
However, even in Zurich, Wang Li still needs to hide himself, because there are also a large number of fans in Switzerland who know him, and his reputation is already world-class.
At this time, the two had just walked out of a shopping mall, and Wang Li had a few handbags in his hands, but he didn't expect that he would still be recognized. Practicing the Taoist's top internal skill Xiao Wuxiang Gong made Wang Li become sharp-eyed and sharp-eared. Although the sound coming from behind was very small, he still heard it clearly.
So he subconsciously turned around and saw the little boy behind him.
But the next moment, he wanted to pull Angela and "escape". If they were recognized by the fans here, they would be in a lot of trouble. You know, this is a commercial district with a lot of people. And because it is next to the Zurich Opera House, there are many fans near the district.
But the little boy did not scream, so Wang Li immediately made an internationally accepted gesture for silence at him. Seeing that the other party nodded, the two looked at each other and then breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Aragon was already stunned. He never dreamed that he would see his favorite star here.
Seeing Wang Li asking him to be quiet, Aragon nodded subconsciously, and then thought of the purpose of his coming to the block. He took out a notebook that he had prepared long ago and was about to step forward, but he saw Wang Li pointing to the street corner. Aragon was very smart, he immediately understood and turned to walk towards the street.
Seeing that this Swiss boy was so smart, and Wang Li was in a good mood, he gave Aragon an autograph. Angela also took a photo of the two of them and gave him the negative.
After Wang Li and Angela left, Aragon still felt like he was in a dream. He stared at the film in his hand. After he came to his senses, he immediately ran to a photo studio and developed many photos.
"Haha, I got the autograph of Liverpool star Gerrard."
That night, Aragon was walking around the square alone. He was in a good mood after getting Wang Li's autograph and taking a photo with him. But he didn't expect to run into Peter and his gang again.
It seems that Peter is lucky, he met Gerard and got an autograph.
Seeing Aragon coming over, Peter took the autograph and said boastfully: "Aragon, look, I got Steven Gerrard's autograph. You got nothing, right? Haha, I knew it."
“I got Alan’s autograph and took a picture with him.”
Faced with Peter's mocking questioning, Aragorn did not lower his head timidly, but straightened his chest and spoke loudly, his young face full of pride and he looked full of confidence.
Peter had never seen Aragorn like this before, and he was a little confused, but then he realized what Aragorn meant, and laughed to his friend next to him: "Hahaha, this kid is daydreaming again, we didn't even see Alan's shadow."
"It's true!" Aragorn yelled, his face flushed.
Peter, who had never seen Aragon angry, was a little frightened, but he still said in disbelief: "Where is the signature? Are you bragging?"
So, Aragon took out his autograph and photo to show Peter and his group. They were all stunned and immediately became envious of Aragon. Soon, they began to listen to Aragon's "suspense story" about how he met Wang Li and got his autograph and photo.
After returning home in the evening, he replaced the photo of Wang Li on the bedside table with a photo of himself and Wang Li.
This night might be his happiest day.
While Aragon was still immersed in the beauty, the group draw for the UEFA Champions League had already begun in the Zurich Opera House.
Under the live broadcast of many sports TV stations around the world, each guest came on stage one by one to draw the opponent's number plate for each team. Wang Li was also invited to help Chelsea draw opponents. This invitation really embarrassed Chelsea coach Mourinho, but won laughter from others.
When Wang Li drew the corresponding number from the box, all the cameras in the audience were focused on his right hand.
"Oh My God AC Milan"
Hearing this name, Mourinho was so angry that he almost bit his teeth
Last season, Chelsea's opponent in the Champions League quarter-finals was AC Milan. Although Chelsea easily defeated AC Milan in two rounds last season, it was more because Wang Li's personal performance was so outstanding.
Now, Wang Li belongs to Real Madrid, and AC Milan is even tougher to beat than last season. Facing such an opponent in the round of 16 is really a major test for Chelsea.
"Seeing that the defending champion Chelsea has encountered a good opponent, we are looking forward to the showdown between the two top teams. It will definitely be an exciting game." At this time, the host did not forget to slowly explain.
However, Mourinho felt uncomfortable hearing this.
Everyone at AC Milan was quite satisfied with the result. Being easily eliminated by Chelsea in the quarter-finals last season has always been a pain in the hearts of Milan fans, and now they have a chance to take revenge.
Ancelotti did not feel too much pressure when facing the defending champions in the first round, because Chelsea no longer has Wang Li, so he does not have to worry about this anymore, and he is confident of defeating Chelsea. After all, without Wang Li, Chelsea's strength has at least dropped a level.
At least that's what Ancelotti thinks.
In fact, everyone can see it, because Chelsea is not as strong as last season in the Premier League. Although they are the first in the Premier League, they are only 2 points ahead of Manchester United. This is far from the performance of 30 wins and 1 draw in 31 rounds last season.
Afterwards, Steven Gerrard was invited to help Real Madrid select their opponents.
So he drew Arsenal.
The Real Madrid players didn't have much feeling towards this opponent, but Wenger in the audience was so angry that he almost went up to Gerrard for a real-life PK.
Last season, Arsenal had suffered a lot from Wang Li. This summer, Wenger was greatly relieved after hearing that Wang Li transferred to Real Madrid. But now Arsenal meets Real Madrid again, so they have to study how to deal with Wang Li.
When hearing the name "Real Madrid", Wenger even felt that Arsenal had no hope. If he could figure out how to limit Wang Li, he would not have played against Chelsea three times last season and lost by a large margin all three times.
Thinking of this, Wenger felt very disappointed. He felt that Arsenal was the most unlucky.
When Mourinho saw that Arsenal drew Real Madrid, the Portuguese finally laughed. Although Chelsea's opponents were strong, Real Madrid was no worse than AC Milan. Moreover, Mourinho knew Wang Li very well. He knew that Arsenal would be almost unstoppable when facing Wang Li.
How should a team that is not good at defense play against a player like Wang Li who cannot be defended by one or two defenders when he dribbles the ball?
In Mourinho's view, this is too difficult.
If Chelsea plays against Real Madrid, based on his understanding of Wang Li, he can still arrange several ways to limit Wang Li's performance. However, with Arsenal's playing style, it is too difficult to develop a tactic to limit Wang Li's performance.
Most importantly, Arsenal's defense is too fragile
After several rounds of draws, the match results finally came out:
Chelsea faced AC Milan, the champions of Serie A; Bayern Munich, the leader of the Bundesliga, faced Barcelona of La Liga; and Real Madrid faced Arsenal.
These three matches are undoubtedly the most eye-catching ones in the round of 16. Others include Werder Bremen vs. Juventus; PSV vs. Lyon; Ajax vs. Inter Milan; Benfica vs. Middlesbrough; Villarreal vs. Rangers.
As soon as this match schedule came out, almost everyone at the scene felt that UEFA had tampered with it.
Among the 16 teams, Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Arsenal, Bayern and Chelsea are definitely in the top group in terms of strength. Others including Inter Milan, Lyon and Juventus also have some strength. But now, these six teams are meeting in pairs, which undoubtedly adds a lot of highlights to the round of 16.
However, Wang Li didn't care about these things. He already knew the opponent Arsenal very well. The moment he saw Gerrard draw Arsenal, he knew that Real Madrid could advance easily.
At least, he felt that it was difficult to limit his performance given Arsenal's tragic defense.
He is very confident about this, and his strength is constantly improving.
After the Champions League round of 16 draw ceremony, the most important part for the players on the scene is also the most important reason for them to attend this ceremony today - FIFA announces the results of the World Footballer of the Year selection and the award ceremony.
At this time, a beautiful host came on stage to announce the start of the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony. Then the hall became dark and the big screen on the stage lit up.
At first, the screen showed a player wearing an England jersey, with a look of tenacity and perseverance on his face. That was Steven Gerrard. After a few clips of England's national team matches, the screen began to play videos of Gerrard's wonderful performances in the club, including goals, assists, and many other performances. There were also professional analysts introducing his role in the Liverpool team.
All in all, this short video is not just about a goal promotion, the introduction also includes a comprehensive analysis of Gerrard’s personal performance.
The last part of the picture shows the scene where Liverpool lost to Chelsea.
Gerrard stepped forward to receive the silver medal of the Champions League. On the podium, he shook hands with Mr. Bal, his face full of tears. It is said that men do not shed tears easily, but this was the first time since Gerrard joined Liverpool that he had a chance to become the top team in Europe, but they failed, and it was an unexpected failure.
This made Gerrard extremely helpless and also particularly sad about losing the final.
After Gerrard's short film, there is Ronaldinho's game video. Compared with the handsome Gerrard, Ronaldinho is much inferior. I'm afraid that most people will think he is an alien when they see him for the first time.
However, Ronaldinho's performance was much more exciting than Gerrard's, not only in terms of goals, but also in terms of his instantaneous reactions on the court and his imaginative movements, which gave people a shocking feeling.
As Barcelona's top star, Ronaldinho is at his peak and his ability is unquestionable.
If watching Gerrard's short film just now moved everyone present, watching Ronaldinho's game video gave people an extremely wonderful **.
When the short film ended, there was applause from the audience, which was the recognition of the performance of the real star by those who love football.
When the screen went dark again, Wang Li felt excited. He held Angela's hand tightly and stared at the screen without blinking. Angela also stroked his back gently.
At this time, the background of the big screen became Stamford Bridge Stadium.
The most eye-catching thing on the court was a black-haired boy standing in the center circle with his hands raised high. Inspired by this heroic action, almost all the fans in the stadium were cheering loudly, as if they were celebrating the enthronement of a king of the court.
In front of this black-haired boy, there was a young man with a "resolute" look "worshipping", which made people feel more convinced.
Wang Li almost laughed out loud when he saw this picture. It was a joke Thomas played on him after he scored a goal in a league match. However, although Thomas was a 'sleazy' person, this picture appeared very resolute in front of the camera, which gave Wang Li a weird feeling.
The short hair that starts with this picture is indeed alternative, and what follows is Wang Li's wonderful goal video.
Unlike the previous two, Wang Li's short film is almost entirely composed of goal shots, because he has scored so many wonderful goals, and also because as a striker, his highlight is scoring goals.
However, whenever there are a few scenes of him quickly passing people on the court, there will be amazement from the audience. His extreme speed is already very shocking, and the agile temperament under the extreme speed is really very rare.
This kind of running seems to make people feel that he is born with a graceful temperament, giving people endless imagination.
The entire short film lasted five minutes, which was longer than the previous two videos, but no one in the audience got tired of watching it. Wang Li's goal videos were varied and there were all kinds of shocking ways, which made people not feel bored and watched them with great interest.
After the three short films were played, the lights on the stage came back on, and the host announced: "Now, please welcome Mr. Blatter, the President of FIFA, to announce this year's World Footballer of the Year."
Then, applause immediately broke out from the stands to welcome Blatter to the stage.
As the president of FIFA, Blatter is very busy and originally had no time to attend this kind of award ceremony. However, he happened to return to Switzerland during this period, so he came to attend this ceremony.
Blatter is 69 years old, but the Swiss-born old man still looks very capable. He walked onto the stage very steadily and stood in front of the microphone. He first spoke a lot of boring official language, and then got to the point, praising the performances of Gerrard, Wang Li and Ronaldinho respectively, and then he announced---
"After voting by head coaches and team captains from all over the world, this year's World Footballer of the Year is..."
In order to adjust the atmosphere, Blatt paused here, then looked around with a smile. At the same time, Wang Li was also very nervously waiting for that moment.
"......Alan Wang"
At the same time, everyone's eyes turned to Wang Li, and Wang Li excitedly hugged Angela until the latter cried out and then let go of his hands.
At the same time, everyone in the hall applauded, even Gerrard and Ronaldinho. Although they were a little disappointed about not being elected, compared with Wang Li's performance, they were mentally prepared for this.
After Blatter's announcement, the awards ceremony will begin.
At this time, the staff brought a tray to represent the trophy for the World Footballer of the Year. It was a round trophy in the shape of a small globe with longitude and latitude lines drawn on it, and a person playing football. There was a blue depression on one side with the English letters "2005 WORLD PLAYER" written on it.
"Young man, you performed very well. I am very happy to present the award to you in person." Standing on the podium, Blatter handed the trophy to Wang Li in person and said kindly, "I have seen your performance before. You are very capable. This year is the World Cup year. I hope you can do well in the World Cup."
"Thank you, sir."
Wang Li nodded, expressed his gratitude for Prague's concern, then took the trophy representing the World Footballer of the Year from him, and then turned around and raised it with one hand.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the venue reached its climax.
In front of these football bigwigs in the venue, Wang Li truly became the focus of everyone and won the first meaningful personal honor in his career - the World Footballer of the Year.
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