East and West Asian football has always been against each other, and no matter who wins the award this year, it will not be the turn of the West Asian players, after all, the performance of Nakata Hidetoshi, Zheng Zhi and Yang Chen in Europe is too high. Whether it's Madavecchia, Ali Daei or Bagheri, none of these Iranian players can shake the front three.

But the voice of West Asia cannot be ignored, not to mention that many West Asian media have the right to vote.

The media, including Central Asia, do not agree with the views of the Japanese and South Korean media.

Turkmenistan's state news agency believes that the Asian Footballer of the Year should be produced between Yang Chen and Zheng Zhi - in addition to the results of the club, but also the results of last year's Asian Games, Yang Chen and Zheng Zhi are undoubtedly the most suitable candidates. What's more, their results at club level are also evenly matched. You must know that Zheng Zhi also entered the best team in the first half of the Bundesliga, has Hidetoshi Nakata done it?

You must know that Turkmenistan was defeated by the Chinese team in the group stage of the Asian Games, and Yang Chen and Zheng Zhi left too deep an impression on them at that time.

Jordan's Arab TV also firmly supported Zheng Zhi and Yang Chen: only the Chinese, not the Japanese, can beat the Iranians, and the Asian Footballer of the Year must be one of the two.

Iran's "The National" - Although it is sad, I have to admit that only Zheng Zhi and Yang Chen are eligible for last year's Asian Footballer of the Year.

If that doesn't convince you, then listen to the Iranians who play in Germany.

Iran's most awesome star Ali Daei said directly in an interview with China's "Sports Weekly" that the Asian Footballer of the Year should be awarded to Zheng Zhi, who was great enough last year and this year, and there is no one. Although Hidetoshi Nakata is also good, he is not so shocking.

Ali Daye didn't even count Yang Chen, and directly thought that only Zheng Zhi had this qualification.

Another candidate, Mada Vecchia, also said bluntly in an interview with the AFC official - who has this qualification except Zheng? Hidetoshi Nakata dares to say that he led Eintracht Frankfurt to the current result in Zheng's position? What's more, they also have Asian Games champions. You know, they also defeated the strongest Iran!

Iranian players only serve Zheng Zhi! Because they were defeated by Zheng Zhi himself!

In a week to go, the Asian Footballer of the Year will be revealed, with Zheng Zhi and Yang Chen flying straight to Kuala Lumpur for the AFC Awards Gala after playing their weekend home game against Hertha Berlin.

However, Zheng Zhi did not show much interest in this award, and when the official reporter of the AFC came to the Frankfurt base to interview him and Yang Chen, he was still very modest: "Every candidate is eligible for the Asian Footballer of the Year, because everyone represents the highest level in Asia and has shown excellent ability in Europe." I think it's all well deserved. ”

"Hidetoshi Nakata has shown in Serie A that Asian players can also play well in Serie A and become stars."

"Yang Chen and Ali Daei represent the highest level of Asian strikers and can score goals in any game."

"And Madavecchia is a very good all-round wide player, he is no less than any midfielder in the Bundesliga."

"What about yourself?"

"Me? I'm just standing on the shoulders of giants and studying hard. ”

Humility is too much......

And then Yang Chen was also interviewed, and his views were also ambiguous, more polite than what Zheng Zhi said.

"I'm not a judge,"

"You're going to interview the judges about this, and they have the final vote."

"But I think since I voted for Asian Footballer, I naturally have to consider the honors of the Asian side, and the team honors must also be considered."

This sentence can be regarded as a reminder to the AFC that the Asian Games champion performance should be counted, in addition to the Chinese players, what qualifications do the other three have?

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On Wednesday, Malaysia's Oriental Daily News took the lead in letting out the news, saying that Zheng Zhi had won the highest number of votes and had booked the 1998 Asian Footballer of the Year in advance.

- The 1998 Asian Footballer of the Year has been confirmed, it is the 19-year-old Chinese player Zheng Zhi.

- In second place is Japanese footballer Hidetoshi Nakata, and in third place is Chinese player Yang Chen.

In this selection result, the East Asian judges basically gave the first score to Hidetoshi Nakata, while the West Asian judges gave the first score to Zheng Zhi, which is a very interesting selection. But you must know that the West Asian judges have an advantage in numbers, and the Central Asian judges are also biased towards Chinese players, and the results are already obvious.

The Dong-A Ilbo was full of sarcasm, arguing that the result was unfair, because the number of judges in East and West Asia was different, and the West Asian judges were more dominant.

Of course, the veracity of this news is questionable, because other media outlets did not report it at all, so why were they the only ones who reported it? Just because they work in Kuala Lumpur, the headquarters of the AFC?

Obviously, there is no real conclusion on the coffin, but the South Korean media is the first to jump out and question the AFC.

"Chosun Ilbo" said angrily - shady! The shame of Asia, if the Asian Footballer of the Year finally belongs to Zheng Zhi, it shows that the report of the "East Asia Daily" is not groundless, and the West Asians manipulated the AFC. Even if Zheng Zhi wins the Asian Footballer of the Year, it is only a shame, not an honor.

Although they have nothing to do with South Korea, out of jealousy in their hearts, they are now eager to provoke a bloody storm in Asia. Anyway, they just don't want to see the Chinese win the prize, and if they want to take it, they would rather give it to the Japanese.

Another South Korean newspaper that is eligible to vote, Korea Sports Newspaper, also said that at least in our opinion, most of our judges voted for Hidesu Nakata, and it may not be so simple! Maybe there's a ticket change!

"Korea Sports Daily" is even more troublesome, and there is no media rigor at all. But this is not the first time they have done this, and they can't see the good of others......

The initiator, Oriental Daily, did not come forward to clarify the authenticity of the news......

In China, "Sports Weekly" also reprinted the news of "Dong-A Daily", and for a while, Chinese fans who saw the newspaper believed that Zheng Zhi had won the Asian Footballer of the Year. The streets are talking about China's first Asian Footballer of the Year.

"Usually this kind of news doesn't talk nonsense,"

"That newspaper is from Malaysia, and the AFC is in Malaysia, isn't it very easy for them to get some insiders?"

"The Asian Footballer of the Year must be Zheng Zhi's, and he can't run away."

"But I really feel sorry for Yang Chen, I think Yang Chen is more qualified to win the Asian Footballer of the Year. He couldn't get such a highlight for his performance, alas......"

"Brother, you can't just see Yang Chen's highlights, but also see Zheng Zhi's silent dedication behind him, let me say this, if Zheng Zhi is not in the national team, do you dare to say that China can win the Asian Games championship last year? Can it even kill Iran twice? Or, without Zheng Zhi, would Frankfurt have been able to achieve the results they are now? Can Yang Chen score that many goals? ”

"Probably not."

"Well, then on the other hand, if Zheng Zhi is in it and Yang Chen is not, do you think China can double kill Iran and win the Asian Games championship, and Frankfurt can achieve such results?"

"There's a good chance it can, it's almost indistinguishable."

"That's right......"

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