Although the results of the first half of the new season at Blackburn Rovers were hardly satisfactory to Arthur, the lack of collective glory has achieved a grand slam of honor for the individual players. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

On the afternoon of November 27, 2006 local time in France, the magazine "French Football" officially confirmed that the Italian national team and Blackburn defender Cannavaro won the 2006 European "Golden Ball Award", which was confirmed by Blackburn's official website.

Cannavaro became the first defender to win the Ballon d'Or since Summerer in 1996, and only three defenders in history, along with football emperor Beckenbauer, have been voted European Footballer of the Year.

In the top 10, Cannavaro's points advantage is still very clear, and the race for second place is extremely fierce, with the Italian's former club team-mate Gianluigi Buffon finishing three points behind Arsenal goalscorer Thierry Henry, the first time in history that a second-tier player has been ranked in the top three of the Ballon d'Or.

Milan midfielder Andrea Pirlo is also on the list of World Cup winners, and it is clear that the influence of this Gold Cup in a World Cup year is really significant.

At 4 p.m. local time, the headquarters of French Football magazine and the team newspaper group officially announced in the office building that the 51st European Ballon d'Or belongs to Italian defender Cannavaro.

At 7 p.m., the new Ballon d'Or winner will make his official debut in the live broadcast room of Canal+ in France, followed by Cannavaro and Arthur at a small cocktail party to celebrate the prestigious honor.

But in fact, when the editor-in-chief of France Football Ernaux reappeared at Blackburn Airport with the official photographer of the Ballon d'Or more than a week ago, the suspense about who was the new Ballon d'Or winner had already been revealed.

Later, as Blackburn's chairman, Arthur "casually" revealed the good news, and today, when the website of "French football" magazine has narrowed the candidates to Buffon and Cannavaro, Blackburn couldn't hold his breath and announced the news of the team's new defensive backbone being crowned European Footballer of the Year on the official website in advance.

It was also the third time in three years that a Blackburn Rovers star had won the European Ballon d'Or, following Ibrahimovic in 2004 and Frank Lampard in 2005.

After winning the Ballon d'Or, the highest individual honor in football, the Blue Devils have also beaten the Galaxy Fleet for three consecutive years, becoming a dream theater where the top stars in football gather.

Interestingly, none of these three superstars came through the Blackburn Academy, but were picked up by Blackburn for their outstanding performances at their respective clubs, and won the accolade after the transfer.

Cannavaro said "2006 was undoubtedly an outstanding year for me", while Blackburn Rovers praised "the Ballon d'Or as the best compliment to his entire season after lifting the Hercules Cup on July 9." The Ballon d'Or is the best recognition of his work, and he is undoubtedly the 2006 Player of the Year, an honour he has won. ”

After the previous day's league match, Cannavaro rested for the night and flew with Arthur to Paris the next day on Arthur's private jet. The night after receiving the award, Cannavaro and Arthur would return to Blackburn overnight, where Cannavaro's family waited to celebrate him.

The award also fleshs out the Blackburn Rovers Honour Room, where both Ibrahimovic and Frank Lampard have previously won the highest accolade in the field of players during their previous spells.

However, unlike the previous two years, where the Blackburn stars only became the Ballon d'Or in the eyes of football experts, but were not favored by the more entertaining world footballer of the year, this time Cannavaro achieved the European Ballon d'Or and the world footballer of the year.

There is no doubt that 2006 was a good year for Cannavaro.

A month after winning the European Ballon d'Or, he was re-elected World Footballer of the Year 2006 and became the first defender to receive the award.

Captained Italy to a fourth World Cup in July, won the European Ballon d'Or last month and was named World Football Player of the Year last week, the 33-year-old was named a "big four" in 2006.

"It's been an unbelievable moment, it's been a golden year for me." Cannavaro gave an emotional acceptance speech.

Before announcing the World Footballer of the Year winner, Cannavaro said: "It's going to be very competitive and as a defender it's already extraordinary to stand between Ronaldinho and Zidane. After winning the World Cup and the European Ballon d'Or, I didn't dare to expect more. ”

At the 2006 FIFA Awards ceremony at the Zurich Opera in Switzerland yesterday morning, Cannavaro was the first to appear with his trademark big smile, followed by Ronaldinho with an innocent smile on his face.

Unlike the big card and Ronaldinho's suits and leather shoes, Zidane, who has retired from football, wears casual clothes, and he is still always calm and slightly restrained.

Ronaldinho said softly, "I wish I could stand here every year", and the tension at the scene was immediately eased.

Zidane's words were: I want people to remember what I did for football.

The World Footballer of the Year is voted for by the head coach and captain of each national team, and each voter elects three people, with 5 points for the first choice, 3 points for the second and 1 points for the third choice.

Cannavaro ended up in first place with 498 points, with Zinedine Zidane second and Ronaldinho third.

Cannavaro is the seventh star to win the European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year award in the same year, after Basten, Baggio, Weah, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane and Rivaldo.

In Arthur's previous life, Ronaldinho was originally the seventh and seventh star to win the European Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year in the same year, but in this life, the two Blackburn stars Ibrahimovic and Lampard teamed up to kill twice, and have not won the European Ballon d'Or so far.

When the low-key Cannavaro embraces the "European Ballon d'Or" and "Mr. World Football (Football News, Football Talk)", you can only and must accept this fact.

The theme of this year's awards ceremony was "Football Meets Mozart", and when "Football Meets Mr. Understatement", you should not be in the slightest doubt about the final result.

There is no need to lament Ronaldinho's regret, Ronaldinho still showed a smile at the Zurich Opera, since he can have the mentality of "standing behind Cannavaro is an honor", Barcelona President Laporta's grievances can be put to rest, regardless of whether the chairman is unwilling to let the Blackburn Army win the highest individual award in international football.

Those of us who are ordinary spectators can also relax our minds, or change our minds - what about a defender being elected?

In the year of the competition, it has long been a fact that the competition decides to award awards at the end of the year. World Cup, that's the biggest reason.

Recent textbooks have made it clear, such as Ronaldo of the World Footballer of the Year in 2002. There is no need to dwell on how bad Cannavaro has been in the league throughout the year, none of this matters in a World Cup year.

The World Cup can explain the meaning of winning and losing - as long as you become the winner of the World Cup, then all the slumps in the first half of the year can be seen as keeping the best form for the World Cup, and all the clumsiness in the second half of the year can also be said to be a syndrome left behind by the exhaustion of the World Cup.

It can even be said that in response to the fact that "no defender has won this award before", Cannavaro should also be ranked in terms of seniority. What's more, Cannavaro also comes from the fertile ground of the excellent defenders of World Cup winner Italy.

If you recall the lament that Baresi didn't make it up to the good times, and you can recall Maldini's defeat to George Weah in 1995, you can hear the popular phrase that quickly became popular this summer: "He didn't fight alone." ”

Cannavaro, the first defender to win the World Footballer of the Year award since FIFA began selecting the World Footballer of the Year award in 1991, responded to the controversy surrounding his award.

"It's a kind of 'revenge', although I don't think the criticisms of me were particularly personal. I'm not upset, it's because I'm a defender. But I would say that if you play well throughout the season, you can also win awards as a defender. ”

Cannavaro showed the tradition of the Apennines' top defenders with his best World Cup win over hosts Germany, and two heavy personal trophies awarded to him are understandable, as he really isn't fighting alone.

Although the Blackburn players who won the Ballon d'Or for three years are all different stars, Blackburn Rovers FC has completed an alternative "hat trick" of Ballon d'Or, after Florentino stepped down and Calderón became the president of Real Madrid, Blackburn Rovers quietly surpassed the former Galaxy Battleship and became the most "valuable" team in football today.

Seeing Blackburn's regular starting lineup this season, it can't help but be shocked, it turns out that a team's starting 11 can really be so luxurious!

Cristiano Ronaldo, Frank Lampard, Ballack, these three players alone are worth 120 million euros. Coupled with Mr. Cannavaro's new Mr. Sci-Double, 30 million Drogba and Robben, Blackburn's starting lineup alone reached 310 million euros, which can be called the most expensive starting lineup in history!

As for the other Premier League powers, Chelsea 249 million euros, Manchester United 236 million euros, Arsenal 210 million euros and Liverpool 173 million euros. In the top three Serie A, Juventus, AC Milan and Inter Milan are only worth 109 million, 120 million and 190 million euros respectively. Finally, looking at the Spanish Super League duo, Barcelona's starting value is 262 million euros, and the Catalan team can only be inferior. A few seasons ago, the Galaxy Battleship was only worth 219 million euros as a starter this season.

Just looking at the starting line-up gives us enough idea of Blackburn's star-studded line-up, but if we look at the Blues' bench, you can only sigh, how can such a team beat?

20 million Alonso, 30 million Ashley Cole, 20 million Bentley and Duff, and 12 million Van Persie, Blackburn's bench is worth 162 million euros! The whole team is worth nearly 500 million euros!

Let's not forget that Blackburn's loanees Joe Hart and Chen Tao have not yet been counted, and both of them are worth at least one million euros.

After 6 years of construction, Blackburn has become the star dream theater that Arthur wants, and it is getting closer and closer to the ambitions of the giants. (To be continued.) )