"Zheng Zhi!"

"Zheng Zhi won the Asian Footballer of the Year."

"He has become the youngest Asian Footballer in history, which is the pride of Chinese football."

"He is also China's first Asian Footballer of the Year!"

Without any suspense, Zheng Zhi won the 1998 Asian Footballer of the Year.

The camera focused on Zheng Zhi.

Nakata Hidetoshi on the side stood up at the same time for the first time, first shook hands with Zheng Zhi, and then hugged him to congratulate Zheng Zhi.

Zheng Zhi sorted out his well-cut suit and walked to the rostrum. Che Fangen also stretched out Kong Wu's powerful right hand.

"Congratulations!"

Then the trophy of the Asian Footballer of the Year was handed over to Zheng Zhi.

"Say something!" Cha Fan Geen patted Zheng Zhi on the shoulder and left the stage to Zheng Zhi.

"Thanks,"

"Thank you to the AFC for giving me this award, to Mr. Horton and Coach Zhu for leading our team to the Asian Games championship, to Emman Trout and Schuster for giving me the opportunity to play in the Bundesliga, but also to my family, to all my teammates, to all the fans who support and care about us."

"Just now, Mr. Cha Fangen said that it is a pity that there are no Korean players at this year's awards. I think that Asian football has just started to rise in the world, and more and more Asian players will develop in Europe in the future. Players from South Korea, China, Japan, Iran will all lead Asia, and players from other countries will also have opportunities. It's an open world of football, and as long as we keep pursuing our dreams, everything will be better. ”

"As far as I know, South Korea's Lee Qinglong, Lee Young-pyo, Park Ji-sung, and Lee Dong-kook are all very good, and Japan's Junichi Inamoto, Shunsuke Nakamura, Naotai Taharahara, etc., all have excellent ...... future."

Zheng Zhi spoke English throughout the whole process. The audience applauded.

"He's paying so much attention."

"What a terrible opponent."

The Japanese reporters in the audience were surprised.

"One player knows so much about players from other countries."

"Because they're adversaries."

……

Zheng Zhi opened a new chapter in the history of Chinese football.

If it was in the previous life, the first footballer of the year would have been Fan Zhiyi in 2001. After that, Chinese football fell into endless darkness.

It wasn't until 2013 that Zheng Zhi brought the award back to China.

In the past 12 years, Chinese football, which has been hovering in the trough, has never been able to let players touch this honor, and Li Weifeng has been shortlisted twice but ultimately failed to be elected.

Zheng Zhi does not believe that history will repeat itself in this life, and Chinese football will fall into darkness. Even if Chinese football is still dark, I will never do it!

After the award ceremony, the Asian media made detailed reports.

However, the South Korean media believes that Zheng Zhi is hacking South Korean players.

Chosun Ilbo - We do have our own good players, Lee Qinglong and Lee Young-pyo both have the strength to stay abroad. But, Park Ji-sung? The guy who just runs around like a headless fly? Zheng Zhi: This is mocking our country for not having good players, right?

If Zheng Zhi knew that his kindness was misunderstood by the Korean media, he would probably spit out a mouthful of old blood. Is Park Ji-sung bad? Their vision is too bad, they are the strongest players in South Korea after Cha Fan Geun.

The Korea Herald said that if Chinese ruled Asian football, it would be a very disgusting thing.

Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" lamented that Hidetoshi Nakata regretted losing to Zheng Zhi, and at the same time believed that Zheng Zhi was very discerning, and they agreed with Zheng Zhi's statement that players like Junichi Inamoto and Shunsuke Nakamura are the future of the Japanese team. In time, they will be able to make a name for themselves in Europe and become good players.

Thailand's "The National" predicts that one day, we can also have such players in Thailand, and if we want to catch up with China, we need about 15-20 years!

China's Sports Weekly and Football newspapers devoted entire pages to Zheng Zhi's victory, and recalled Zheng Zhi's outstanding performances throughout 1998. Sports Weekly even predicts that in the next decade, Chinese players will be able to dominate Asia. Zheng Zhi, Yang Chen, Sun Jihai, Li Weifeng, Li Yin and Shao Jiayi will take turns to challenge for Asia's highest honor.

Theoretically, it is possible, the spring of Chinese football seems to have just begun, if Zheng Zhi can really cause the butterfly effect of Chinese football, the players are also competitive enough.

But now the reality seems to be a little different. The news of the life of Bundesliga players in foreign countries continues to break out on the New Wolf Network and the Bad Arc Network, which surprises Chinese fans.

Yang Chen lives a drunken life in Germany, being a groom almost every night, and there are various pictures to prove it. During Li Yin's injury, he drove a sports car and dated his girlfriend every day......

These news are usually not seen in CCBV and "Sports Weekly", Chinese fans are very simple, when they see these news, their first feeling is of course uncomfortable. Because there is too much gap between their idols and what they imagined, they thought that every player would work as hard as Zheng Zhi and focus on his football career.

"Floated,"

"Yang Chen and Li Yin are starting to enjoy it now,"

"Driving a sports car every day, no wonder Yang Chen's state has declined, and he is on the bench, and if this continues, Yang Chen probably won't even be able to enter the squad. Li Yin was injured after all, and his life was not as chaotic as Yang Chen's. ”

"Look at Li Weifeng and Zheng Zhi, everyone is in Frankfurt, why don't the two of them have negative news? No coverage of this? ”

"How long has it been since you been out? It is said that domestic football is a big dye vat, and players are easy to learn badly, but isn't it the same abroad? After having fame and fortune, I also began to learn to enjoy. ”

"Fan Zhiyi and Sun Jihai are not like this."

Although Li Jinyu is back, he has not had any negative reports. By the way, why can't Li Jinyu play in Nancy? ”

"Because of the injury that affected him, and Liaoning also wants him to help the team hit this year's A-A championship, it's a pity to come back, if there are other teams to choose from, how good?"

"I read a report from "Sports Weekly" yesterday that Li Jinyu has changed his agent, and his agent has been changed to Wu Di. It is estimated that Li Jinyu still hopes to return to Europe this summer. ”

"Wu Di, is Zheng Zhi's agent? This guy now has a lot of players in his hands, and it feels like he wants to sign all the good players in China into his hands. ”

Yes, Wu Di's tentacles have reached Li Jinyu's hands, and not only that, but even Sun Jihai, who is in the UK, has been signed by him. These days, he has been running around and has indeed signed a lot of domestic players, including the young Huang Bowen, Zhao Xuyue, and Feng Xiaoting, but the little guys in the back are not well known, otherwise Chinese fans will be even more surprised......

An invisible hand is quietly controlling Chinese football......

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