After winning the Golden Globe Award, Zheng Zhi finally accepted an interview with the media all over the world and did not play with the paparazzi anymore. In an interview with Japan's Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese reporter asked a very serious question.

"Will you attend the AFC Awards today?"

Zheng Zhi gave a clear answer, "No, I will not participate in the AFC awards this year. ”

Japanese reporters were instantly overjoyed, Zheng Zhi did not participate, which means that Zheng Zhi will not compete for the Asian Footballer, so the Asian Footballer has nothing to do with Zheng Zhi, the most promising players to win the award have become China's Fan Zhiyi and Yang Chen, Japan's Nakata Hidetoshi and Nakamura Shunsuke, the probability of the four of them winning the award is quite large, unlike Zheng Zhi when he participated in the award without any suspense.

In fact, Zheng Zhi had said this a long time ago, and now he just repeated it. I've got the European Footballer, what more do you want from the Asian Footballer?

Moratti then hosted a small celebration party for Zheng Zhi in Paris, and Zheng Zhi's mentor Schuster also rushed from Frankfurt.

The first time Schuster saw Zheng Zhi, he couldn't help but laugh excitedly and scolded.

"It's fucking crazy,"

"I can't believe you'll be able to do it in a year and a half."

"I thought it would be at least three years. Anyway, you're not that talented, you're not an alien. ”

Depend on~

Will I die if I don't hit? Zheng Zhi also smiled and scolded in his heart, but his hands had already hugged Schuster, "Thank you,"

"There's no way, I can only do this in order to see you sooner. Now, you're not going to refuse to see me again, are you? ”

But Schuster straightened his face and said solemnly: "Don't be too happy. ”

"Every year there are people who win the Ballon d'Or, and in this award, there are more than 40 people who have won it, and you are just one of them, and among these 40 people, several people have won it many times, so you are not the best ones, in the history of the Ballon d'Or, you are only at the bottom of the list, unless you win the World Cup, or you win the Ballon d'Or three times, you can become one of the best people in history."

"So it's not the end, it's not the final victory, it's just the beginning."

"What is a golden ball?"

As soon as they met, Schuster began to educate Zheng Zhi.

Mourinho, who was not far away, was dumbfounded, it turned out that Schuster had always spurred Zheng Zhi like this. It's not enough to get the Golden Ball, you have to get a few more, this requirement is too harsh! Mourinho then smiled weirdly. In this direction, he and Schuster are more or less similar. How can you do without a more awesome goal? Since Zheng Zhi is so good, he must use more difficult goals to motivate him.

He was even sure that this would definitely not be Zheng Zhi's last golden ball......

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A week later, Zheng Zhi may also win another award, which is the World Footballer of the Year. However, for this award, Spinach has different opinions, Zheng Zhi and Zidane are the same in terms of odds to win the prize, Figo is slightly behind.

Why? In terms of national team results, Zidane is the winner of the European Cup, while Zheng Zhi is the Asian Cup champion and the Olympic champion, and Figo is the semi-finalist of the European Cup. Figo is basically impossible, Zheng Zhi's Olympic champion has almost zero influence, and the one who can take out his hand to wrestle with Zidane is the Asian Cup champion, but compared to the Asian Cup champion and the European Cup champion? Obviously, the European Championship is bigger.

So although the media is optimistic about Zheng Zhi, Spinach does not offer similar odds like the Golden Globe Awards. This has also been common in the past, for example, in 1991, the World Footballer of the Year was Mateus, but the Ballon d'Or was Papin; The 1994 World Footballer of the Year was Romario and the Ballon d'Or was Stoichkov; The 1996 World Footballer of the Year was Ronaldo, and the Ballon d'Or was Summer; And this year? It is likely that such a situation will also arise.

Zheng Zhi is actually very familiar with this situation, so when the media asked him if he had the confidence to win the World Footballer of the Year, he was not flustered.

He said: "In my opinion, the World Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or are two different awards, the Ballon d'Or is more concerned about the individual performance of the players, while the World Footballer of the Year is more about team honors, and the national team results are more important, I think Zidane has a better probability of winning the award than me." ”

The Asian Cup really can't do the European Cup, Zidane has more advantages than him, Zheng Zhi knows it, so he has a bottom in his heart for next week's World Footballer of the Year award. Even if he can't get it then, he won't be very depressed.

Inter Milan host Brescia on Wednesday and the club were intending to give five minutes before the game to reveal Zheng Zhi's goal in Meazza and Mourinho confirmed the matter in his pre-match press conference. Unexpectedly, when Brescia held a press conference later, the limelight was stolen by Roberto Baggio.

Baggio has been complaining about Inter's past, to be precise, Lippi all the time.

The two people who are incompatible are no longer a secret in Italy. Today was Baggio's first return to Milan and he spoke again about Lippi.

'When Lippi first came to Inter Milan, he asked to talk to me and he told me that I was going to be a regular and that I was an important player.

'I naively believed him at the time, so I went on holiday to Argentina and came back and found that everything had changed, and I just wanted to say that if I knew from the beginning that I would only be on the bench most of the time, I would only consider moving to another team.'

"Actually, it's very simple, he wants me to give him a little report in the dressing room, and I don't want to."

"So that's what he did."

'That's why I left Inter Milan.'

Baggio's words were amazing, and he directly broke the inside story. If Lippi also sat in front of the TV to watch the press conference, Lippi would probably jump up, Baggio really didn't give him face, which was equivalent to directly humiliating him.

The ill-fated Baggio was depressed in the 1995-1997 season, when he was unable to play in the AC Milan team coached by Fabio Capello. Baggio recalled: "It was the same when Fabio Capello came back to AC Milan, but at least Capello was honest and he told me that I wasn't in his team-building plans. Lippi was different, I was optimistic after talking to him, but he didn't keep his promise, and of course I was not happy. ”

Baggio also said that he did not want to leave Inter right away, "I like Inter, the president is very good, the fans are good, my team-mates are great, I give everything I have to get glory for Inter, but I have to think seriously about whether I can play or not, at least when he is here, he is not optimistic at all. If I had known he would be gone this summer, I would never have left. Jose Mourinho is a great coach and they also bought this year's Ballon d'Or winner Zheng Zhi and I think this year's league title will be Inter Milan and I wish them all the best. ”

When it comes to Zheng Zhi, Baggio is full of praise. "Zheng is a great player, in my opinion, he is already on the same level as a midfielder like Zinedine Zidane, and even Zidane is more comprehensive, at least better in defence, if Ronaldo is a phenomenon, then Zheng is another phenomenon, these are two different phenomena, and the things that are shown are also different."

"And in my opinion, he is already the strongest midfielder in Serie A!"

"If he is behind me, I will easily get the top scorer, so this year's top scorer must be Ronaldo's, as long as Ronaldo is not injured, the probability of him getting the top scorer is 100 percent."

It turned out that Robert Baggio was actually a Zheng Chui!

Zheng Zhi is already the No. 1 midfielder in Serie A? Perhaps the other side of the city of Milan thinks so, because there is Rui Costa, there is Redondo, there is Seedorf who defected from Inter. Even AC Milan is second in the league standings, so why is Zheng Zhi the first midfielder?

So at AC Milan's pre-match press conference, Zaccheroni took advantage of the topic.

"I just heard Baggio say that Zheng is the No. 1 midfielder in Serie A? Baggio must have forgotten that he had a good time at AC Milan and that he gave everything to AC Milan. I think the first midfielder in Serie A is Rui Costa, or Redondo, or even Kaka, who we all know has scored points for us in three games in a row and he could be the best attacking midfielder in Serie A. ”

Zaccheroni estimated that he had menstruation in the past few days, and he also made a sarcastic remark about the Inter Milan players winning the Golden Ball. "In the history of the Ballon d'Or, I don't think there is any club player who has won more Golden Balls than AC Milan players, and AC Milan players have real Golden Balls, as for Inter Milan? They bought the Golden Ball directly in the world, Ronaldo got the Golden Ball in Barcelona, and Zheng Zhi also got the Golden Ball in Leverkusen, in fact, these have nothing to do with Inter Milan, they are taking it. ”

Whether it's a sense of existence or jealousy, Zaccheroni's words are sour anyway......

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Zheng Zhi and Baggio have never dealt with each other, in the player's tunnel, the two got together for the first time, and after greeting for a while, Ronaldo kept a straight face, and after the two of them finished speaking, Ronaldo pulled Baggio again.

"Dude, what do you mean?"

"Wouldn't I be the top scorer without Zheng?"

Robert Baggio smiled, "Doesn't it get easier?" ”

Ronaldo rolled his eyes, "It's easier, but he's not here, and I have the ability to get it......"

"When you say that, I feel like I'm hugging my thighs, it's so shameless."

"Isn't it good to have thighs to hug?"

Ronaldo: "I'm also a thigh......"

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Five minutes before the start of the game, Zheng Zhi displayed his golden ball at the Meazza Stadium, and more than 70,000 fans in the stadium cheered and chanted Zheng Zhi's name.

"Help us win the league title,"

"Help us win the European Championship!"

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

Baggio squinted his melancholy eyes and stared at the dark blue stands, feeling more emotion in his heart.

Why

You don't always have such a glorious time?

Back then, there were always fans in these stands holding up a huge portrait of him No. 10, but now, No. 10 has become Zheng Zhi, not him......

With the Golden Goal, Zheng Zhi remained unstoppable, leading Inter Milan to a three-goal lead at the Meazza Stadium, with Ronaldo, Adriano and Andrea Pirlo contributing respectively. However, Baggio, who returned to the Meazza Stadium, also proved that he was capable of destroying any stadium with a goal, a free kick and a volley made the score 2-3, and the suspense was revived with ten minutes to go.

However, at a critical moment, Zheng Zhizhan stood up, and when he took the ball with his back in front of the Brescia penalty area, a hidden heel knocked the ball and assisted Zanetti who was in front of him, and Zanetti hit the penalty area to rewrite the score to 4:2, completely erasing the suspense of the draw. In the end, Inter Milan won 4-2 at home to Brescia.

Although Baggio proved that he can still shine in the audience, no matter how strong one person is, he can't resist the strength of the team after all.

As a former Inter Milan player, he can only watch his former team-mates continue to make their way to the league title.

Three days later, Inter Milan challenged the youth team Atalanta away, which will be the last game of 2000, and the Atalanta youth army has not lost against the giants this year, but Inter Milan still did not fight there, and won 3:2. Although Roma still occupies the top spot and still has a 3-point gap, because AC Milan is drawn, Inter Milan is tied with AC Milan in the standings, with the same number of points. Coincidentally, after New Year's Day, the two teams will stage a Milan derby.

All of this will happen in seven days.

And now, Zheng Zhi is going to Switzerland again, the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony was held in Nyon, Switzerland, as one of the most popular candidates, Mourinho, Wu Di, and Moratti accompanied him to the award again, but this time Moratti used a private jet to go to Switzerland, no longer on an ordinary flight.

The World Footballer of the Year award ceremony is much grander than the Golden Ball Awards ceremony, the Golden Ball Awards are only presented in the live TV studio, and the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony is enough to compete with the Hollywood Golden Ball Awards, and almost all well-known world stars will attend this ceremony.

Figo and Zidane, who had not participated in the Ballon d'Or awards before, came, the world's stars gathered, famous coaches gathered, and the presidents of various giant clubs basically came, it can be said that this is the grandest awards party in football.

When Figo and Zidane appeared at the same time, Zheng Zhi and them also just arrived, and the three candidates immediately caused a frenzy outside the court......