Chapter 166: Bundesliga Footballer of the Year
VfL Wolfsburg won 3-1 away at promoted Maduisburg.
Now, two rounds of the league have passed, and Wolfsburg has one win and one draw, accumulating four points.
In these two rounds of the league, only Bayern Munich and Hamburg have won both games and are in the top two of the standings, while Wolfsburg is third in the league with four points.
This also made Wolfsburg football 'fans' rejoice, Magath said in the microphone that Wolfsburg's goal this season is to be in the top three, which attracted a wave of ridicule from the media, even some Wolfsburg football 'fans' thought that this was impossible, thinking that Magath said such a statement, which is an irresponsible statement, and has no other effect than to pull hatred.
However, now after two rounds of league games, the team is in third place, which still makes Wolfsburg football 'fans' happy, and some of the football 'fans' who were a little critical of Magath's goal before are now starting to believe a little.
However, the media still didn't buy it, they believed that the league was long, and the points ranking of the two rounds of the league really didn't say anything. In their opinion, for Wolfsburg, to be able to finish fifth in the league like last season is quite a good season.
It is worth mentioning here that Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga hegemon after a failed last season, this season has set off a golden storm in the transfer market, Ribery, Lucatoni, Klose joined, so that Bayern Munich's strength has increased greatly, and the team's attack power is unprecedentedly strong.
Bayern's attacking power was undoubtedly revealed in the first two rounds of the league, with a 3-0 home win over promoted Marostok in the first round and a 4-0 away slaughter of title rival Werder Bremen in the second round.
German football emperor Beckenbauer was full of praise for Bayern Munich's performance, and he said that this is the Bayern Munich he has in mind to see who will destroy who in the Bundesliga.
Scoring in two consecutive games and helping the team get the first win of the new season, Yang Fan is in a good mood.
However, the young Chinese 'shooter' is a little proud that the Bundesliga Oscar of the /season was announced, and Yang Fan was on the list.
In fact, the local media in Wolfsburg were promoting Yang Fan as early as a month ago, that is, after Yang Fan officially transferred to Wolfsburg. Although Yang Fan has only played in the Bundesliga for half a season, the Wolfsburg people believe that their number one star deserves to be the best in the Bundesliga last season.
The so-called 'Bundesliga Oscar', this is a visual metaphor for the media and football 'fans', in fact, this is initiated by the famous German football magazine "Kicker", a football journalist voted for the winner, imitating the model of the Hollywood Oscars in the United States, in order to make a summary of the previous year's league awards ceremony. There are eight awards in the Bundesliga: Best Manager, Best Newcomer, Best Referee and the Most Surprise Team, Team of the Season, Best Defender, Best Goalkeeper and, of course, the most important award is Best Player, which is what fans call Bundesliga Footballer.
Suffice it to say that receiving this award is a great honour and official recognition for a player who plays in the Bundesliga.
In the selection of the best manager, last season's Bundesliga champion team Stuttgart coach Alminfeld won the title of best coach, former Wolfsburg coach Augenthaler ranked fourth, and after bringing the German team to the third place in the World Cup, Klinsmann, who put down the national team coaching whip, was only in first place.
In the award for the best newcomer, Yang Fan undoubtedly won the award. With half a season's playing time, the Chinese 'shooter' who won the Bundesliga Golden Boot shocked the entire Bundesliga.
The best referee goes to German whistle Angela Merkel.
The most surprising team award was given to Wolfsburg, who were still in the relegation zone before the winter break, and ended up in fifth place in the Bundesliga/season, which has to be described as a miracle.
The award for the best team of the season deservedly belongs to the Bundesliga champion Stuttgart, who last season was a beautiful sight in the Bundesliga, and the youngest team in the Bundesliga, with an average age of only twenty-five, has played steadily throughout the season, showing a maturity and sophistication that is very inconsistent with his age. Stuttgart's victory is not only a sign of the team's dream of reliving the championship after 15 years, but also a great encouragement and impetus for the innovation of German football clubs. Without the help of superstars, there is no high investment. It's just a group of energetic youngsters and a low-key and pragmatic manager. Relying on young homegrown players to create miracles, Stuttgart's success story will help to drive a change in German clubs that will have a profound impact on German clubs at all levels, and indeed on German football as a whole.
The best defender belongs to Raphinha, a full-back from Schalke, who finished runners-up in the Bundesliga last season, and the full-back with excellent assist ability gallops on the flank, which is a sight to behold at Schalke's home stadium.
The best goalkeeper will belong to the champion team Stuttgart's goalkeeper Hildebrand, a young goalkeeper who is also seen by the media as Kahn's successor.
The award for the best player is more controversial, and the competition is mainly between Yang Fan and Stuttgart's German 'shooter' Gomez. During the season, Gomes scored a goal to help Stuttgart win their first league title since the year. Among football journalists, the young player, who had just entered the German national team, received the support of the vote. Yang Fan finally received the support of the vote, and Bremen's Brazilian midfielder Diego received the vote and ranked third.
With a narrow margin of 25 votes, Yang Fan defeated Stuttgart's champion 'goalscorer' Gomez and won the title of Bundesliga player of the season by Kicker.
He's the Bundesliga Footballer of the Year!
Yang Fan also became the youngest player to receive the award since Kicker magazine inaugurated the award.
The results of the awards were announced on the front page of the latest edition of The Kicker the day after the second round of the Bundesliga.
Seeing Yang Fan win the Best Newcomer and Best Player awards, especially the latter made Yang Fan the Bundesliga Footballer of the Year last season, which made Wolfsburg FC and the local media and football 'fans' cheer, this is the first time in the history of Wolfsburg and Lower Saxony to win the Bundesliga Footballer of the Year award!
Although the selection of these awards is called the Bundesliga Oscars, "Kicker" is only an influential magazine after all, and they do not have a big scene like the Oscars, and they do not hold an award ceremony in a special 'door'.
In the third or fourth round of the Bundesliga, before the start of the game, they will send special 'door' award VIPs to go everywhere to publicly present awards to the winning players or coaches in their home stadiums. Trophies are awarded to the winners. Compared with the Serie A Oscars, the Bundesliga award is indeed a bit shabby, however, this is also in line with the Germans' consistent style of economy, however, in the eyes of many players, compared with the brilliant awards ceremony, the team's home award, in the cheers of tens of thousands of football 'fans' at home to accept the trophy that symbolizes the best of the season, this award, this experience, is more special and more precious.
"It will be the most glorious day in Wolfsburg's history. VfL Wolfsburg attaches great importance to Yang Fan winning the Bundesliga Footballer of the Year, and excitedly said this on the club's official website.
In an interview with the club's website, Wolfsburg FC chairman Sander happily said that before the home match against Schalke, the club will arrange a grand award ceremony to congratulate Yang Fan on winning the Bundesliga Footballer of the Year.
"Kicker" doesn't plan to do any awards ceremony due to financial considerations, but if the winning player's club is willing to 'spend' money on some award ceremonies, they will be happy to see it.
On August 26, 2007, in the third round of the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg hosted Schalke, the runner-up of last season's Bundesliga, which was originally the highlight of this round of the Bundesliga, and now it has become the focus of attention because Yang Fan will be presented with the award of the best newcomer in the Bundesliga last season and the Bundesliga footballer of the year before the game. UU read the text for the first time.
On the Internet, a ticket with an original price of 20 euros has now been sold to 80 euros, which is four times the original ticket price.
Yang Fan is the first Bundesliga footballer in Wolfsburg's history, and the most popular star in the club's history, what is more important to Wolfsburg's football 'fans' is that although Yang Fan is from the Newcastle academy, but the professional game started in Wolfsburg, this young man was awarded the Bundesliga Footballer of the Year because of the amazing results achieved by Wolfsburg last season! The fans are step by step to witness this little-known young man become famous, and continue to perform crazy goals, and finally achieve last season's legendary watch, which makes Wolfsburg football 'fans' like Yang Fan even more.
"Kicker" also announced on its front page that Yang Fan was awarded the Bundesliga Footballer of the Year, saying: "This young man from the far east, who started his career in Wolfsburg, surprised with his near-perfect table in his first game, and then, until the end of the season, shocked the entire German football world! The youngest Golden Boot in the history of the Bundesliga, and now, he will be the youngest Bundesliga footballer in 47 years since the start of this selection!