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At noon on Monday local time in France, "French Football" magazine held a press conference at the headquarters of "Team Newspaper" in Paris, attended by the editor-in-chief of "French Football", as well as the former Golden Ball legend Papin, and the French 98 World Cup champion Karumbe.

In the end, Fernando Torres, who won the World Cup in South Africa for Spain, and Xavi, two Barcelona stars, were selected for the top three of the Ballon d'Or.

Robben, who won the Bundesliga and German Cup with Bayern Munich last season, led the team to the Champions League semi-finals, and then led the Netherlands to the World Cup final, did not make the top three. The day before, the participating media "Milan Sport" had revealed that Robben would finally miss the top three of the Ballon d'Or.

Torres and Xavi are two of Spain's most important players, leading Spain to their first World Cup title at this year's World Cup in South Africa, with Torres beating the Netherlands in the final. In comparison, Messi's performance in the Argentine national team was slightly more lackluster.

At the same time, FIFA also announced the shortlist of candidates for the best manager of 2010: Spanish national team coach Sergio Bosque, Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, and Carlo Ancelotti, who led Blackburn Rovers to six titles this year, will compete for the award.

The top three winners of the 2010 Women's Player of the Year were also announced: Bayramai and Prinz from Germany and Marta from Brazil. The three candidates for the best women's coach are Germany U20 national team coach Maiinert, German national team coach Ned, and United States coach Sandhage.

The winners of the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or, the 2010 Best Manager, and the best player and best coach of women's football will be officially announced on January 10, 2011.

Torres? Harvey? Or Messi?

On January 10, UEFA headquarters in Zurich will reveal the final answer to the Golden Ball.

There are good reasons to choose anyone, and in a World Cup year, maybe Torres and Xavi have more reasons to win, but who wins and who loses?

On December 13, Xavi received the inaugural Catalan Sports Award to warm up for the Ballon d'Or, perhaps this is the answer that will be revealed on January 10?

The Catalan Sport Prize is an individual award planned by the Catalan Sports Federation and the Audiovisual Group in August to give the most outstanding Catalan athlete of the year. In this year's inaugural competition, more than 6,000 sports enthusiasts voted online to select 10 candidates, followed by a jury made up of local Catalan journalists, politicians and retired athletes to decide the winners.

Not only did Xavi's teammates Pique, Puyol, his head coach Pep Guardiola, and even Lakers star Gasol be included on the shortlist, but in the words of one of the judges, Santi Nora, editor-in-chief of World Sports, "Xavi's performance during the year was unique and he deserved the award." ”

It was Xavi's third domestic individual award this year, having been voted Spain's Athlete of the Year 2009 in March with 10 out of 22 votes, and in the summer he was voted Best Athlete of Catalonia, the highest award for outstanding athletes, and Xavi's opponents include three world champions including motorcyclist Elias.

"This is the best year of my career", Xavi's acceptance speech is very simple, "I have won honors with my teammates in the club and the national team, and this trophy belongs to each and every one of us...... "This is indeed Xavi's "best year", he is over 30 years old, age and injuries have become the biggest enemies to maintain his form, Guardiola has said many times that he is worried about the state of the two veterans Xavi and Puyol, but the Achilles tendon injury has not reduced Xavi's playing time, and he has only missed two league games this season, Last season, he made a record 64 appearances in official competitions!

Xavi is tired, in the past four seasons, the number of appearances in club competitions are 54, 54, 54 and 53 respectively, physical recovery master Juanjo Blau has privately talked to reporters about Xavi's tendons, "His style of play can last until the age of 35, but he has never been a player known for his physical ability, and now the impact of injuries, it is impossible to play every three days like Pique......" In an interview with Catalunya TV 3 at the beginning of the season, Xavi also expressed concern about his physical condition," My feet are getting more and more painful......"

However, with the help of the physical recovery division and the protection of Guardiola, Xavi has become more relaxed in Barcelona, and whenever the team takes a big lead, Guardiola's first thought is to replace Xavi, which also ensures that Xavi can quickly get out of the "World Cup syndrome". 'We've been very good this season, I've never reached this level since I joined the Barcelona first team and fitness is key to it all.' Xavi said in the interview that it is with a healthy Xavi that Barcelona can set a new league points record before the winter break.

At the award ceremony, Barcelona president Rusell and Messi congratulated Xavi together, Messi said to the big screen, "You are the best, you deserve to win", if this is the Ballon d'Or ceremony, Messi will say the same thing to Xavi again?

However, Arthur has always been distrustful of the Catalan media, so he didn't take it to heart.

At 7 p.m. on January 10, the FIFA 2010 Awards Ceremony was held in Zurich.

The awards were broadcast in more than 150 countries. In the 20th year of the FIFA Awards and the 55th year of the "Ballon d'Or" of France Football, the two awards were merged into the FIFA Ballon d'Or, and the award was also changed to January of the following year.

In the selection of the new Golden Globe Awards, the judges of the previous two awards are eligible. The head coach of the national team, the captain and the official media reporter of France Football each have a third of the weight. In the votes for both the manager and captain of the national team, Torres ranked first in terms of votes. The top four in the press poll were Torres, Xavi, Iniesta and Messi.

"Chairman Walker, look here!" When Arthur appeared on the red carpet before the awards ceremony, the appearance of the youngest controller of the world's biggest club was greeted with a flash of light.

Although he is not accompanied by a celebrity girlfriend or a football superstar, the 33-year-old Arthur has become one of the world's most talked-about personalities - one of the top figures in terms of wealth and influence.

"Chairman Walker, who do you think will win today?"

"Did you already know the answer before?"

“……”

Too many questions came to Arthur's ears, but Arthur, who had experienced too many ups and downs, was no longer the big boy who was nervous when he accompanied Jessica Alba to the movie premiere, chuckled and waved his hand, and walked into the venue.

Once inside, Arthur approached Torres and Carlo Ancelotti.

"Fernando, very handsome, don't be nervous when you get to the podium." Arthur saw Torres muttering something in his mouth, apparently reciting the script.

Today's Torres is really handsome, with chestnut blonde middle hair combed into a popular small back head, and a white suit and blue shirt designed by Armani, which corresponds to the color of Blackburn's jersey.

"No, I've been ready for days." Torres replied with a hearty smile.

The Golden Globe winners already knew about them as insiders, so they would not appear on the podium for frustration.

Sure enough, Spanish coach Aragonés then opened the golden envelope as the guest of honor and read out the name: "Fernando Torres".

Torres received the Ballon d'Or from his mentor and said in his acceptance speech: "To be honest, I didn't expect to be elected today, and I'm very happy to be here next to two such good players. ”

As Torres recited a speech written by Blackburn's PR department, Arthur's face was filled with joy.

The reason why FIFA dared to award the 2010 Ballon d'Or to Messi was not because Messi was so good this year, but because the opponents had fatal injuries.

Although Sneijder won the treble and the Netherlands reached the World Cup final, Inter Milan in 2010-11 was a terrible mess, and Sneijder's accumulation in previous seasons was not enough to put him in the eyes of the judges.

Xavi and Iniesta are good enough to shine both for club and country, but the two of them reaching the final three will separate votes in themselves, and Messi is the star of Barcelona's stars relative to the stardom.

Of course, the most important point is that in the eyes of FIFA, Sneijder Sneijder, Xavi and Iniesta are not really stars - yes, not stars, but stars. Even these three people at their peak have never been the darlings of sponsors.

Football, in fact, in the final analysis, is still a business, and the benefits brought to the National Football Federation by making Messi the Mr. Ballon d'Or are far stronger than Sneijder, Xavi and Iniesta.

However, in this life, when Messi's opponent was replaced by Torres, all the advantages of the previous life were wiped out.

This year, Torres had the honour of the club - six crowns.

This year, Torres has the honor of the national team - the World Cup.

This year, Torres has individual accolades - the Premier League Golden Boot, the Champions League Golden Boot and the World Cup Golden Ball.

Torres was in excellent shape this year – he was named third of the top 10 most handsome players in European football.

This year, Torres was the darling of sponsors - under armour, Armani, Tissot watches, Pepsi and more than a dozen brand ambassadors.

This year, Torres's club, Blackburn, is the most popular club in Europe in the past decade, winning enough championships and attracting attention to crush the broken Barcelona Ben "Dream II Team".

On the podium of the 2010 Ballon d'Or in the previous life, when Messi, Xavi and Iniesta stood together, Messi was naturally the most dazzling existence.

But in this life, when Torres stands on the same stage with Messi and Xavi, but from an aesthetic point of view, you also know who to choose, don't you?

In the list of votes announced, Torres received 24.65% of the vote, while Messi was slightly ahead of Xavi with 15.48% with 16.36%.

Although Torres's victory was expected and confirmed for a long time, he was able to gain an advantage of almost 10%, and even Torres himself looked surprised on the podium: "I didn't expect to win. It was a very special day for me. I want to share my trophies with my team-mates because I wouldn't be here without them. I also want to share the trophy with my family and with the Blackburn fans, with all the Spanish fans. ”

Torres has also become another Blackburn Mr. Golden Rovers after Ibrahimovic, Lampard, Cannavaro and Cristiano Ronaldo, and in recent years, Blackburn has won the 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2010 five-year Golden Ball results, making Blackburn officially the top of the first European team in the 21st century, and also making Blackburn, which has the reputation of "Mr. Golden Ball Factory", the most desirable place for young players around the world.

"This Ballon d'Or will add at least £20 million to Fernando's value, but I won't sell it to death." Blackburn Rovers have four Ballon d'Or winners before, but only England vice-president Frank Lampard remains, but this time for Torres, Arthur is also prepared to go against the grain.

Arthur knew that Torres, who debuted too early, was not in his prime, with only two or three seasons in the future at most, but Arthur still did not want to sell him while he was at his most valuable.

The reason is very simple, that is Torres's title of "winner in life".

Although most of Arthur's investments are in high-tech, he is much more superstitious than most people, he is more superstitious when he is reborn, he firmly believes that the "winner in life" Torres can bring him more good luck, and Torres returned to Atletico Madrid in his previous life, as a substitute striker, not noisy but extremely efficient performance, which also makes Arthur love.

As for the sixty or seventy million pounds that could be obtained from the sale of Torres?

Arthur really didn't really care.

However, Torres, who has just won the FIFA Ballon d'Or, has a lot of troubles, and some Spanish, especially Catalan media, accuse Torres of standing on the shoulders of giants to win the Ballon d'Or.

Xavi and Casillas, the two heroes who helped the Spanish team win the World Cup, both missed the Ballon d'Or, which made the Spanish media and fans feel incredible, and the Catalan media recently made an article about Torres's lack of communication with Xavi next to him at the Ballon d'Or ceremony.

In this regard, Torres finally opened his mouth on the 13th to clarify the facts to the media.

He humbly said: "I know very well that without my team-mates, I would not have won the Ballon d'Or. I have a good relationship with Casillas and Xavi, so we don't have to explain anything. The Ballon d'Or is a collective honour, and I don't feel complacent about it. ”

In any case, Torres is a given fact that he won the 2010 Ballon d'Or and will not change, and the winner in life is on a path to even brighter success.