Xu Zhu's Successor's Football Journey

Chapter 449 Trip to Zurich

World Footballer.

This award was started by FIFA in 1991. The winner will receive the title of "Mr. World Footballer" of the year and become the world-recognized best star. For football players, this has always been 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 within a year. Among these extremely outstanding players, one of the most outstanding players will be selected to become the World Footballer of the Year.There is only one honor recipient every year, and it is conceivable that the gold content of this honor is extremely high.

Since this honor has a very high gold content 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 the list of players who have performed well in all clubs and national teams during the year to FIFA, and then according to each player's performance in the year The performance of the club and the national team to comprehensively judge the best candidates.

The requirements for the judges of this honor are also very strict. They are selected by the coaches and captains of the various national teams under FIFA. McLaren thinks that the best player in the world is Wang Li, but he cannot vote for Wang Li).

The player with the first choice can get 5 points, the player with the second choice gets 3 points, and the player with the third choice gets 1 point. Based on this, the player with the most points can get this honor.

Although FIFA has not made relevant official statements or terms, but judging from the annual evaluation standards, some rules can still be found.

In the World Cup year, the selection of "World Footballer" mainly depends on the World Cup record of each player's national team and the individual performance of the player in the World Cup.In non-World Cup years, the main criterion for selection is the performance of the player's club in the UEFA Champions League.

In the last season, due to his excellent performance at the club, Chelsea also won the European Champions Cup, which made Wang Li's reputation soar. Although he was suspended for more than half a year, he was still shortlisted for the World The final trio of Mr. Football.

Although the other two were not as good as Wang Li's performance in the first half of the year, they were not suspended, and their performance time was half longer than Wang Li's.

Ronaldinho was the World Player of the Year last year. He is the head star of Barcelona. With Gerrard's outstanding performance last season, Liverpool also reached the Champions League final. At the same time, the two also played well in the national team. Therefore, the selection of the World Footballer of the Year is like a fog that people can't figure out. Generally speaking, the difference between the three is almost the same, and anyone is likely to win this title.

So, while the Spanish media were still amazed at Wang Li's Spanish debut, they immediately turned their attention to Zurich, Switzerland, where the final winner of this year's "World Footballer" will be announced this evening.

As far as the media is concerned, no matter who wins the World Footballer of the Year, it is just an honor for one person. They are also concerned about the draw ceremony for the final stage of the European Championship.

This draw is related to the matchup of the top 16 teams in the European group. Every media in Europe is not neutral. These sports media have teams that support them, so this matchup draw is what they pay most attention to.

At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Wang Li and Angela arrived at the Real Madrid club together, and then they met with the club chairman Florentino, the team's head coach Carlo, the team's director Martinez and Zidane. Fly to Zurich, Switzerland on a connecting flight with Real Madrid.

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 look for opportunities to meet the stars and ask for Sign autographs and take photos.

Aragon is one of them.

This year he is only 14 years old and a middle school student. When he learned that this year's European Champions Cup group draw ceremony and the World Player of the Year award ceremony were held here, he and his friends came here.

In fact, Aragon was always looked down upon because of his poor football skills.

The football atmosphere in Switzerland is very strong, and children in ordinary families have been exposed to this sport since childhood.

And because Aragorn's physical development is relatively late, he is only 1 meters tall now, which is a bit short among teenagers of the same age, and Aragorn's character is also a bit cowardly, so he is always called by his classmates. Bullying, and nothing good on the court at all.

However, Aragon is a very loyal fan, and what he likes is the local Zurich team.

But like other children of average size, 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, and La Liga. Knowing it like the back of the hand, for these little guys, this is the necessary common sense to get into the 'fan team'.

And this time, they seem to have the opportunity to get close to these stars.

However, when they reached the gate of the Zurich Opera House, their mood became terrible, because at this time, the gate was already full of people, and a few people were really inconspicuous among them. Just for the first few people to sign.

There is little hope for them.

"Aragorn, just because you still want to get the autograph of the star?"

At this time, a strong-looking boy walked over, and there were several people beside him, all of whom had mocking expressions on their faces.

Seeing this boy, Aragorn had a timid expression on his face, 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 a signature, and you won't either! "

"Hmph, let's wait and see!"

When Peter heard this, he turned his head and looked at the large crowd of fans around him, feeling a little annoyed, and then he and others crowded into the crowd.

"Otherwise, let's go back." After Peter and the others left, a little boy looked at the surrounding people and said.

Several other people also thought the same way. Now that there are so many fans at the entrance of the opera house, it is too difficult to squeeze in front, let alone get the autograph of the star, which is almost impossible for them.

However, Aragorn still wanted to stay. He wanted to try his luck. Although he was a little cowardly towards Peter, he was also resentful. "Can't I get the autograph?"

So after his partners left, he walked around the neighborhood by himself, hoping that "the sky would fall like a pie" and hit him, so that he could meet a star he knew and ask for his autograph.

This kind of thing is almost harder than winning the 500 million jackpot, but after Aragorn turned around a block, he really saw a very familiar figure.

"Alan Wang.???" He opened his mouth in surprise.

Aragorn likes Wang Li very much, and he watches Wang Li's game videos every day.

Two months ago, he saved a month's pocket money and bought a pair of large photos of Wang Li on the court to hang on his bedside. The figure is very familiar.

But Aragorn didn't dare to confirm it at this time, because there was a beautiful-looking woman next to the man, and both of them were wearing baseball caps and sunglasses to cover them up.

When Wang Li and Angela arrived in Zurich, it was still early. Angela wanted to visit this beautiful city, so Wang Li accompanied him to the neighborhood.

But even in Zurich, Wang Li still needs to cover up, 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 still had a few handbags in his hand, but he didn't expect to be recognized by others.Practicing Taoism's supreme inner strength and small Wuxiang Gong has achieved some achievements, which made Wang Li's hearing and eyesight clear. Although the sound coming from behind was very small, he could still hear it clearly.

So, he turned his head subconsciously, and saw the little boy behind him.

But the next moment, he wanted to pull Angela and 'run away' directly. If they were recognized by the fans here, I am afraid that the two of them would be in a lot of trouble. You know, this is a commercial district with a very dense flow of people, and because With the Zurich Opera House, there are still many fans in the neighborhood.

But the little boy didn't yell, so Wang Li immediately made an international silence gesture to him. Seeing the other party nodded, the two looked at each other, and then took a long breath.

At this time, Aragon was already stunned, and he never dreamed that he would see his favorite star here.

Seeing Wang Li telling him to silence, Aragorn nodded subconsciously, and then thought of his purpose for coming to the block, and turned to take out a notebook he had prepared before going forward, but he saw Wang Li pointing to the street corner , Aragorn is very smart, he immediately understood, and turned to walk towards the street.

Seeing that the little 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, Aragorn still felt that he was in a dream. He stared straight at the negative in his hand. After realizing it, he rushed to a photo studio immediately and developed many photos. come out.

"Haha, I got the autograph of Liverpool star Steven Gerrard."

That night, Aragon walked around the square alone, and got Wang Li's autograph and group photo, which made him feel very good.But he didn't expect to meet Peter's group again.

It seems that Peter's luck is not bad, he met Gerrard, and got an autograph.

Seeing Aragorn approaching, Peter took the signature and said braggingly: "Aragorn, look, I got Steven Gerrard's signature! You didn't get anything, haha, I knew it !"

"I have Allen's autograph and I have a photo with him."

Facing Peter's ridiculing question, Aragorn did not lower his head cowardly, but puffed up his chest and said loudly. His immature face was full of pride, and he seemed full of confidence.

Peter had never seen Aragorn's expression like this before. He was a little puzzled, but then he realized the meaning of Aragorn's words, and then laughed to the partner next to him: "Hahaha, this kid is daydreaming again, we There was no sign of Alan at all."

"It's true!!" Aragorn blushed and roared.

Peter, who had never seen Aragon's anger before, was a little frightened, but he still didn't believe it and said, "Where is the signature? Are you bragging?"

So, Aragorn showed his autograph and group photo to Peter and his group. They were stunned, and immediately envied Aragorn. Soon, they began to listen to Aragorn's story about how he met Wang Li and got his autograph. Group photo of 'Story of Suspense'.

After returning home at night, he replaced the photo of Wang Li on the bedside with a photo of himself and Wang Li.

This night may be his happiest day.

While Aragon was still immersed in the beauty, in the Zurich Opera House, the group draw for the UEFA Champions League had already begun.

Under the live broadcast of many sports TV stations around the world, each guest stepped forward to draw the opponent's number plate for each team in turn. Wang Li was also invited to help Chelsea draw the opponent. This invitation really made Chelsea's coach Mourinho Embarrassing, but won the laughter of others.

When Wang Li took out the corresponding number from the box, all the cameras in the audience were aimed at his right hand.

"Oh! MyGod! AC Milan!!"

Hearing this name, Mourinho was so angry that he almost gritted his teeth!
Last season, when Chelsea faced off against AC Milan in the quarter-finals of the Champions League, although Chelsea easily defeated AC Milan in two rounds last season, it was more because of Wang Li's personal performance. .

Now, Wang Li already belongs to Real Madrid, but AC Milan is even more difficult than last season. Meeting such an opponent in the top 16 is really a major test for Chelsea.

"Seeing that the defending champion Chelsea has met a good opponent, we are looking forward to this duel between the two giants. It must be a wonderful game." At this time, the host did not forget to explain slowly .

However, it was uncomfortable to hear Mourinho's heart.

Everyone in AC Milan is quite satisfied with this result. They were easily eliminated by Chelsea in the quarter-finals last season, which has always been a pain in the hearts of Milan fans, and now they have a chance to take revenge.

Against the defending champion in the first round, Ancelotti didn't feel too much pressure, because now that Chelsea has no Wang Li, he doesn't have to worry about it anymore, and he is also confident to beat Chelsea. After all, without Wang Li, Chelsea's The strength has dropped by at least a notch.

At least Ancelotti thinks so.

In fact, everyone can see it, because the current Chelsea in the Premier League is by no means as strong as last season. Although they are No.1 in the Premier League, they only pull away Manchester United by 2 points. In the 31 rounds of the competition, the performance of winning 30 and drawing 1 is far from the performance.

Afterwards, Steven Gerrard was called in to help Real Madrid choose their opponents.

So, he drew the Gunners Arsenal.

The Real Madrid team didn't have much feeling for this opponent, but Wenger, who was in the audience, was so angry that he almost stepped forward to have a real-life PK with Gerrard!

In the last season, Arsenal had been devastated by Wang Li. This summer, Wenger was greatly relieved after hearing that Wang Li had transferred to Real Madrid. But now that Arsenal have met Real Madrid again, they must study how To deal with Wang Li.

When he heard the name "Real Madrid", Wenger even felt that there was no hope for Arsenal. If he could figure out how to limit Wang Li, he would not have played against Chelsea three times last season, and all three times he lost by a big score. .

Thinking of this, Wenger was very disappointed. He felt that Arsenal was the most unlucky.

When Mourinho saw that Arsenal had drawn Real Madrid, the Portuguese finally laughed. Although Chelsea's opponents are strong, Real Madrid is no worse than AC Milan, and Mourinho knows Wang Li very well. Knowing that Arsenal met Wang Li, there is almost no solution.

A team that is not good at defense in the first place, how to play against a player like Wang Li who can't defend against one or two defenders with the ball! ?

In Mourinho's view, this is too difficult.

If Chelsea were to play against Real Madrid, based on what he knew about Wang Li, he could arrange several ways to limit Wang Li's performance. too difficult.

Most importantly, Arsenal's defense is too fragile!

After several rounds of draws, the match result table finally came out:
Blues Chelsea met Serie A champion AC Milan; Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich met La Liga Barcelona; Real Madrid's opponent was Gunners Arsenal;

These three confrontations are undoubtedly the most eye-catching confrontations in the last 16. The others are Werder Bremen vs. Juventus; PSV vs. Lyon; Ajax vs. Inter Milan; Benfica vs. Middles Fort; Villarreal VS Rangers.

As soon as the matchup table 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 first team. The others are Inter Milan, Lyon, and Juventus. Now, these six teams have met in twos, which undoubtedly adds a lot to the top 16 matches.

However, Wang Li doesn't care about these opponents. He already knows the opponent of Arsenal very well. The moment he saw Gerrard draw Arsenal, he knew that Real Madrid could easily advance.

At least, he felt that with Arsenal's tragic backline, it was really difficult to limit his performance.

He is very confident about this, and his strength has been improving all the time.

After the UEFA Champions League top 16 draw ceremony is over, it is the most important part for the players on site, and it is also the most important reason for them to participate in this ceremony today-FIFA announces the selection results of the World Footballer and the awards ceremony.

At this time, a beautiful host came to the stage to announce the start of the World Footballer Awards Ceremony, and then the hall became dark, and the big screen on the stage lit up.

At the very beginning, the screen showed a player wearing an England jersey, with a gritty and unyielding look on his face, that was Steven Gerrard.After several pictures of the England national team game, the screen began to show Gerrard's wonderful performance video at the club, including many shots of goals, assists and various performances, and professional analysts introduced him in Liverpool. role played by the team.

In short, this short film is not only a goal promotion, but also a comprehensive analysis of Gerrard's personal performance in the introduction.

At the end of the screen, it was the scene where Liverpool lost to Chelsea.

Gerrard went up to receive the silver medal of the Champions Cup. On the podium, after shaking hands with Mr. Barr, his face was full of tears. He said that men don’t cry easily, but this is the first time since Gerrard joined Liverpool. For the first time, they had a chance to reach the top of Europe, but they failed, and it was a failure without any suspense.

While this made Gerrard feel helpless, he was also particularly saddened to lose this final.

After Gerrard's short film, there is Ronaldinho's game video. Compared with the handsome Gerrard, Ronaldinho is much inferior. I am afraid that most people will see him at first sight. Feel like an alien.

However, Ronaldinho's performance was much more exciting than Gerrard's. Not only in terms of scoring goals, but also his instant reaction on the court and imaginative actions gave people a kind of shock a feeling of!

As Barcelona's No. [-] star, Ronaldinho's state is at its peak, and his ability is beyond doubt.

If watching the short video of Gerrard just now moved everyone at the scene, watching the video of Ronaldinho's game gave people a kind of wonderful passion.

When the short film ended, there was a burst of applause at the scene. This is the recognition of the performance of a real star by people who love football.

When the screen went black again, Wang Li was a little excited and excited. He held Angela's little hand next to him tightly and stared at the screen without blinking. Angela also stroked his back.

At this time, the background of the big screen became the Stamford Bridge Stadium.

The most eye-catching thing on the court is 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 entire stadium are cheering loudly. They seem to be celebrating a court king enthroned.

In front of this black-haired boy, there is a young man with a 'resolute' appearance who is 'visiting', which is even more convincing.

Seeing this picture, Wang Li almost burst out laughing. It was a joke Thomas made with him after he scored a goal in a league match. But he seemed very resolute, which made Wang Li feel a strange feeling in his heart.

The short hair at the beginning of this picture is really different, and what follows is Wang Li's wonderful scoring video.

Different from the previous two, almost all of Wang Li's short films are shots of scoring goals, because he has too many wonderful goals, and because as a forward, his outstanding point is scoring.

However, every time there are a few scenes of him running fast on the court, the scene will be amazed. His extreme speed is already shocking, and it is very rare to have a nimble temperament under the extreme speed.

This kind of running seems to make people feel that he is born with an elegant temperament, which gives people infinite reverie.

The whole short video lasted for 5 minutes, which was longer than the previous two, but none of the people below got tired of watching it. Wang Li's goal video was full of tricks, and there were all kinds of shocking ways, which made people not feel bored. With relish.

After the three short films were played, the lights were on again on the stage. At this time, the host announced: "Next, I would like to invite the President of FIFA, Mr. Blatter, to announce this year's World Footballer of the Year winner!"

As a result, there was a round of applause immediately from the stands to welcome Blatter to the stage.

As the president of FIFA, Blatter is very busy with his work. Originally, he didn't have time to attend this kind of awards ceremony. However, during this time, he just returned to Switzerland, so he came to attend this ceremony.

Blatter is 69 years old this year, but the Swiss-born old man still looks very capable. He walked onto the stage very steadily, stood in front of the microphone, and first babbled a bunch of boring official languages ​​before getting down to business , respectively praised the performance of Gerrard, Wang Li, and Ronaldinho, and then he announced——
"After voting by the head coaches and team captains of various countries, this year's World Footballer is..."

In order to adjust the atmosphere of the scene, Blatter paused at this point, and then smiled and looked around. At the same time, Wang Li was also nervously waiting for that moment——
".Alan. Wang!!!"

At the same time, everyone's eyes turned to Wang Li, and Wang Li hugged Angela excitedly, and he didn't let go of his hands until the latter screamed coquettishly.

At the same time, everyone in the hall applauded, even Gerrard and Ronaldinho. With the heart prepared.

After Blatter announced, it was the award ceremony.

At this time, the staff used the tray to represent the World Footballer's trophy. It was a round ball trophy in the shape of a small earth. The longitude and latitude lines were drawn on the earth. There was also a person playing football, and there was a blue one on one side. Concave, on which is written "2005WORLDPLAYER" in English letters.

"Young man, your performance is very good. I am very happy to present you the award with my own hands." Standing on the podium, Blatter handed the trophy to Wang Li with his own hands, and said kindly and cordially: "I have seen it before. Your performance, your ability is outstanding. This year is the World Cup year, I hope you can have a good performance in the World Cup."

"Thank you, sir."

Wang Li nodded, thanking Prague for his care, and then took the trophy representing World Footballer from him, then turned around and raised it with one hand.

At this moment, the atmosphere of the audience reached a climax.

In front of these big names in football in the venue, Wang Li really became the focus of everyone, and won the first meaningful personal honor in his career - World Footballer of the Year.

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