At this time of year, the Ballon d'Or and Mr. Footballer will become the hottest topics, but there are only a few people who will receive the award in the end, and everyone can guess about it.

For example, this year, it is nothing more than Ronaldo, Zheng Zhi, Carlos, Rivaldo and so on, at the national team level, the Brazilian team is the World Cup champion, and at the club level, Inter Milan is the Champions Cup champion, basically from these two aspects.

Ronaldo is still the favorite for the Golden Ball and World Footballer of the Year, Zheng Zhi is ranked second, even if his current statistics are excellent, but he is not as good as the striker.

Although domestic fans and media hope that Zheng Zhi will win the award, the media around the world basically think that Ronaldo has booked it.

However, on Saturday, France Football magazine interviewed Zheng Zhi, which inevitably raised suspicions that Zheng Zhi might also win this year's Ballon d'Or.

This is the third time that "French Football" has come to interview Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi can be said to be familiar with the road, and there is no surprise.

Being interviewed doesn't mean he will win the Ballon d'Or, the first two interviews, he scored once, he finished second once, and Mr. Footballer won twice.

However, compared to the previous two interviews, the questions in this interview are very simple.

France Football: Who has inspired you the most in your career?

Zheng Zhi has thought about this question for a long time, in his long career, he has met too many inspirational players, but he can't answer that it's Ronaldo, right? This guy isn't old yet.

In the end, he gave the answer: "I think it should be Lothar Mateus." ”

The French Football journalist was immediately quite surprised.

"Why him? Didn't you have a holiday in the Bundesliga? You almost got into a fight, but you didn't expect him to be your idol? Does Mateus know? ”

Zheng Zhi smiled: "Haha, he doesn't know, we just had a holiday on the pitch, nothing off the pitch at all, I admire his long career, whether it is in club or national team, he has achieved success, and he is not the kind of talented player, but he has always played a championship-level performance." The two of us are actually quite similar and I hope that I can be strict with myself and play until I am 40. ”

"40 years old? So if you've been a champion all the time, wouldn't the other players who want to win the Ballon d'Or want to cry? ”

"Haha, it's not that exaggerated, as I get older, the form and body of professional players will definitely decline, and at the end of my career, I should return to play in China, maybe, at the age of 40, I will not necessarily retire?"

"There must be a lot of people crying, and believe me, it's pretty scary." "I don't think anyone wants you to play that long, especially the midfielder." ”

Zheng Zhi smiled again: "But I think with the advancement of technology, professional players will play longer and longer, and they will not retire prematurely." ”

France Football: With the passage of time and now that you're a world-class player yourself, is Matthaus still your idol?

Zheng Zhi nodded: "Yes." ”

France Football: What's your favourite team, club or country?

Zheng Zhi: At the moment, Inter Milan.

France Football: What have been the experiences that have led to your growth in your football career?

Zheng Zhi: I've always grown, both as a man and as a player. I grew strong and learned to work hard for a week to prepare for a race on Sunday. Another thing that has helped me grow is that I never get angry when I can't play.

France Football: Can you describe your character? That is, personality traits that clearly distinguish you from other players.

Zheng Zhi: I'm hardworking. I'm a professional footballer and I work hard to keep myself in top shape at all times. I especially hate defeat and always crave victory.

France Football: Do you think you're at the top of your football career right now?

Zheng Zhi: I'm doing a good job now, but I still have room to grow, I mean being a little stronger and more flexible.

France Football: Inter Milan will face Bologna in their next Serie A game, do you think you can score in the game and help your team win the game?

Zheng Zhi: It doesn't matter if I score a goal or not, the most important thing is that we can win the game. Every player on the Inter team can score......

France Football: Would you congratulate Ronaldo if he won the Ballon d'Or?

Zheng Zhi: Of course, we are very good friends.

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The arrival of the reporter of "French Football" also made Zheng Zhi's teammates curious.

After the interview was over, Xiao Xiaoluo ran over and asked, "Boss, does this mean that you are going to get the second Golden Ball?" ”

Zheng Zhi shook his head: "It's difficult, this year is the World Cup year, and the Golden Ball Award should have the same name as you." ”

Little Luo stuck out his tongue: "Hehe, Ronaldo is destined to be a great name." ”

In addition to Zheng Zhi, Xiao Xiaoluo's other idol is Brazil's Ronaldo, "No matter who wins the award, I'm very happy." ”

"What are you happy about? You should feel pressure for your name, Ronaldo, every one of them is a genius and plays at a world-class level, don't smash the sign on you. At present, it seems that your forehead level is really the worst, and you can't take it. ”

After Zheng Zhi said this, Xiao Xiaoluo's face instantly became serious, because he immediately realized that the gap between himself and the other two Ronaldo was not a little bit, but a long distance.

"I'll catch up, I'm not going to smash the sign."

"One of them is No. 9 and the other is No. 10, then I'll kick No. 7 out!"

"Yes, we all have to have a great number, but didn't you want a number 10 before? Changed your mind? ”

"Yes, I'm in love with number 7." Little Luo nodded, and then he pointed to Robben not far away.

"That guy said he was going to kick No. 11 out."

Zheng Zhi nodded: "He can do it, although he is not as clever as you, but he works as hard as you." ”

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On Sunday afternoon, Inter Milan welcomed Bologna in Meazza.

Jose Mourinho did not change tactics because of the draw in the Champions League, but went on to opt for 433, although Cambiasso was taken off the starting line-up and replaced by Frenchman Dalma. There was no way, Cambiasso's form in the last game was so bad that Mourinho didn't have time to find him form.

After the opening, Inter Milan attacked mainly from both wings. In the eighth minute, Adriano received Robben's cross from the left and headed over the crossbar near the penalty spot. Bologna midfielder Locatelli then suffered a tragedy, injuring his left thigh and being replaced by C. Amoruso. Immediately afterwards, Colucci was also booked.

Bologna's luck looks very back, but they still compete with Inter Milan through tacit cooperation, playing very patiently, there are not many shooting opportunities on both sides, the first 20 minutes are basically spent in anxiety, Robben and Xiao Xiao Luo are very impactful, but the opponent's chain defense is quite good, they can't rush, Bologna several old defense old fritters are too powerful.

In the 21st minute, Bologna's free kick was combined with a short pass, and Slovenian midfielder Smit fired a left-footed shot from 22 meters out, and the ball was slightly wide of the left post. Then Inter Milan launched a long pass in the backfield, Zanetti's precise guidance, directly found Adriano on the front line, Adriano gave the ball to the right forward Xiao Luo, Xiao Xiao Luo arched his right foot and rolled a round moon scimitar, the ball fell to the other end of the court, but Robben's left-footed volley still lacked standard.

Then Zheng Zhi sent a through ball in the middle, Adriano burst into the bottom right corner of the goal, the Bologna goalkeeper saved the ball off the bottom line, Zheng Zhi drove the ball into the penalty area, and the assist Stamm slid his header past the goal.

In the 31st minute, Zheng Zhi broke through with the ball in the middle and was put down at the top of the arc of the penalty area, and his curling ball with his left foot was slightly higher than the near corner of the goal.

At half-time, Inter Milan failed to score.

"Patience,"

"We need to be patient,"

"Don't rush with them,"

'Goals will come, as long as we don't make mistakes.'

In the locker room, Zheng Zhi still comforted his teammates.

He felt that Inter Milan were playing well, but he just needed to wait a lot of patience.

Yibian fought again, Mourinho gave Cambiaso another chance, he replaced Dalma, and replaced Grosso with Gresco, but Inter Milan still did not improve much in attack, Bologna pressed too hard, almost did not give Inter Milan players a chance to take the ball to adjust, except for Zheng Zhi and a few other veteran players who still played calmly, young Robben and Xiao Luo are very uncomfortable.

However, a draw is clearly not a good result, especially for Inter Milan, who are leading the game this round and must be looking to get three points and put pressure on AC Milan at the top of the table.

After 10 minutes, the offensive of both sides continued to increase.

Bologna took the lead in winning a good chance to score, and in the 63rd minute, Bologna striker Bellucci took the ball and dodged Córdoba and Stam in the penalty area in succession, and hit the goal high from a small angle on the right side of the penalty area, almost Bellucci should have written the score.

Soon after, it was Bellucci, who retreated to the right side of the midfield, he took the ball with his back to Cambiaso, knocked the ball behind Cambiaso with a back, and the ball rolled to the feet of his teammate Nelvo, who passed Gresco along the right sideline, and then sent the ball into the Inter Milan penalty area, and another Bologna striker, Cruise, took a left-footed tackle from 8 meters in front of the goal, and the ball hit Stam's thigh!

The ball bounced to Gresco's feet, Gresco's first reaction was to hand the ball to Zheng Zhi, Zheng Zhi immediately handed it to Robben, Robben quickly transferred the ball to the other side of the court this time, Xiao Luo did not stick to the ball, knocked the cross to the middle, Adriano knocked the ball back to Zanetti for the first time, Zanetti tried to cut inside to the top of the penalty area, and was finally brought down.

Stam came up again, this time he and Adriano stood at the back post, and there were Zanetti and Xiao Luo in the middle, Robben chose to go to the front point to harass, Zheng Zhi sent the ball directly to the back post this time, found Stam and Adriano, and the two of them instead wrapped up Bologna's Cruise jump, and finally Stam grabbed the landing point on the edge of the small penalty area, and his header went to the far corner!

1:0。

In the 78th minute, Inter Milan finally took the lead.

Falling behind, Bologna put a lot of pressure on Inter Milan. In the 83rd minute, Bellucci fired a long shot from outside the box, and Fontana fell to the ground to save. From the corner, Cruise headed in the header, but there was no power to do so, and Fontana took the ball in his arms again.

Inter Milan tried to launch a counterattack, but Zheng Zhi handed the ball to Cambiaso, Cambiaso's pass was not in place, Robben ran in vain, turned back Bologna immediately launched a fast attack, right-back Zaccardo rushed up after breaking the ball, and Cruise hit the wall to cooperate with the right side of the penalty area, Stam was in a hurry to prevent the tackle, Zaccardo fell to the ground, but the referee signaled the game to continue, the Bologna players protested, and Belucci was yellow carded.

Because of this controversy, the actions of the Bologna players became bigger, Zheng Zhi and Xiao Xiaoluo were tackled to the ground one after another, and the Bologna players received yellow cards in a row.

In stoppage time, Bologna, who were attacking aggressively, conceded another goal, Adriano ran back from an offside position, took the ball and cut outside the right side, and then passed the ball to the far goal, Robben finally lived up to expectations this time, and headed the ball into the top left corner of the goal.

2:0。

The match ended 2-0 at full-time, with Inter Milan eventually winning three points at home, but there was a huge controversy after the game.

The Bologna players felt the referee had missed a penalty and Inter's second goal was disallowed, believing Adriano was in an offside position to provide the assist.

Even the Bologna coach caught up with the linesman and scolded him.

For a moment, there was chaos on the pitch.

Argentine striker Cruz grabbed Adriano and asked Adriano for an explanation, but Adriano shook his hand and ignored him at all.

However, Cruise quickly caught up again, only to be hugged by Zheng Zhi's shoulders.

"Man, calm down."

"The game is over, your current behavior can't play any role, if you think the penalty is unreasonable, you can appeal through the referee committee."

"It's not our players' fault, you know?"

Zheng Zhi still has a good impression of the Argentine Crews, he has made great contributions to Inter Milan in his previous life, and he is quite low-key. Jose Mourinho once commented on Cruise as a world-class striker who has been buried for many years.

As soon as Zheng Zhi said this, Cruise's anger came down in an instant, Zheng Zhi made sense, even if it was controversial, it shouldn't be for the players, but for the referee.

As you can imagine, there will be another debate after the game......

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