Chapter 471: World Footballer of the Year Selection

The Club World Cup title has undoubtedly greatly increased the exposure of Liverpool and Tang Wu, who have had to go home in the Toyota Cup in the past. Now the Club World Cup is even tougher, and Liverpool have won the title instead. Such good news made all Reds fans ecstatic.

After returning to Europe from Japan, Tang Wu rushed to Switzerland with Gerald.

On December 19, at 19:20 Swiss time, the FIFA 2005 Awards Ceremony was held at the Zurich Opera House.

More than 1,000 guests attended the ceremony, 150 media outlets reported live, and 160 countries televised. Even though it was 3 a.m. the next day, there were still many Chinese fans sitting in front of the TV, waiting for the awards ceremony to begin.

"Don, congratulations, your kick is amazing!"

Xiao Luo still had a sunny smile, sitting next to Tang Wu and quietly congratulating.

"How about that goal against England in '02?" Tang Wu was also dressed in formal clothes, tilting his head and whispering to Xiao Luo.

"Oh, don't mention it, that's my worst memory!" Xiao Luo's face was annoyed, obviously recalling that he was not happy about that game.

The world only remembers that at the 02 World Cup, the 22-year-old Ronaldo made the successful Seaman leave a stain at the end of his career. It was a long-range lob that shocked the world, and it is still talked about today.

Ronaldo is remembered for his out-of-the-box play, but it is forgotten that after he scored, he was sent off for a scramble with Mills, leaving Brazil with 10 men for the remainder of the game.

"Guess what they're talking about?" Rooney crossed his hands over his chest and looked at Xiao Luo and Tang Wu with a look of disgruntle.

"Whatever they're talking about, the highlight of tonight can only fall on the two of them, won't it?" Xiao Xiao Luo does not have a hobby of chewing the roots of people's ears behind his back. He also looked at the backs of the two, and unlike Rooney, there was no dissatisfaction on his face.

Xiao Xiao Luo's words were almost the consensus of everyone in the auditorium, and even when arranging the seats, Xiao Luo and Tang Wu were in the first row.

Players, journalists, businessmen, politicians and others in the hall all gathered in twos and threes to discuss the belonging of Mr. World. In their mouths, it was either Tang Wu's name or Xiao Luo's name.

Current England striker Ian Brown. Wright and Morena, the ex-Swiss lady and Matthaus's ex-wife, appeared on stage when the award ceremony officially began.

The first award was the "Fair Play Award", which was awarded to the Peruvian city of Iquitos, which hosted this year's World Junior Championships under 17, and Peruvian Sports Minister Di Bos took the stage to receive the award.

Thereafter, Ballard was awarded the interactive game "World Footballer of the Year". Just one day before the award, he won the 2nd FIFA "Interactive Games World Cup" in London.

Blatter personally announced the winner of the "Chairman's Special Prize": former Swedish referee Frisker.

In the first leg of last season's UEFA Champions League 14 finals, he played at Barcelona's home game against Chelsea.

After the game, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho accused Rijkaard of 'illegally contacting' Friske at half-time. Frisk was also harassed by the British media, who angrily announced that he would "hang the whistle."

After receiving the award, he said: "Over the years, I have protected the game and the players. Hopefully, the players, referees, and fans in football will keep asking themselves what they can do for football. ”

Germany's Prinz was named Miss World Football with 513 points, and she led her team to win the Women's European Championship this year, becoming the first player (both men's and women) to win the award for three consecutive years since FIFA established the "Player of the Year" award in 1991. Brazilian teenager Marta (429 points) and American Boxes (235 points) are second and third.

Then the best team in the world was awarded to Brazil, the most improved team was awarded to Ghana, and the Fair Play Award was awarded to the football community of the city of Iquitos in Peru.

After the Zurich Ballet's performance, the highlight of the evening has finally arrived.

FIFA Vice President Vera walked to the stage and coughed into the microphone, "The top three World Footballer of the Year tonight are from three different countries and regions, or even three different continents. They are Tang Wu, Ronaldinho, Lampard! ”

Under the camera capture, people saw the reaction on the faces of the three people when their names were read.

Xiao Luo and Tang Wu glanced at each other and made a "please" gesture; Frank Lampard, on the other hand, smiled gentlemanly and straightened his bow tie, revealing a hint of bitterness on his face.

"By the way, do you know what the theme of tonight's award ceremony is?" The old captain Maldini secretly leaned the corners of his mouth to Kaka to the side.

Kaka was stunned for a moment, and randomly recalled, "It should be 'football and dance'." Why do you ask this? Mr. Paul. ”

"I remember you and you were good at dancing samba!" Maldini smiled and said no more.

The World Footballer of the Year is voted for by the head coaches and captains of national teams around the world. According to the rules, each person has three voting rights. The first person to vote gets 5 points, the second vote gets 3 points, and the third vote gets 1 point.

The three people cast by Alihan and Li Weifeng have long been dug up by the domestic media, namely Shepchenko, Maldini, and Kaka.

In fact, Li Datou confided in his feelings in an interview afterwards: "If I can, I will definitely choose Tang Wu!" ”

“... Third place, Frank. Frank Lampard, 190 points. ”

Hearing Villa say his name first, Lampard still had the same smile he had just faced. This time, though, the embarrassment on his face was even heavier.

“... Second place, Tang Wu, scored 623 points. ”

Wow!

At this moment, everyone's eyes were not on Tang Wu, but on the smiling Brazilian sitting next to Tang Wu.

“... First place, Ronaldinho, scored 639. ”

Hearing his name, Xiao Luo stood up politely and waved to everyone.

"Oh my God, it's just a little bit close!"

"Yes, it's only 16 points away, and TOM is the World Footballer!"

It was only then that people understood the meaning of the embarrassment on Lampard's face: Lao Tzu is a man!

Whether it is Tang Wu or Xiao Luo, the difference between them and Lampard has reached more than 400 points, which is more than three times that of Lampard.

While the other players selected have scored lower points, Frank Lampard has nothing but abuse in front of two of the world's brightest players at the moment.

In the past year, Ronaldo has led Barcelona to the long-awaited La Liga title, as well as the Spanish Super Cup and the Confederations Cup.

As for the club, he played 32 La Liga games for Barcelona and scored 15 goals, a goal rate no less than a pure "No. 9".

He is currently second in La Liga's scorer list with 10 goals, just five fewer than team-mate Samuel Eto'o.

Played 7 games in the Champions League, scored 7 goals, and scored a 100% goal rate. He also played in two Copa del Rey games, also scoring a goal.

In the national team competition, Xiao Luo scored 6 goals in 12 games. In a total of 53 games played, Ronaldo scored a total of 29 goals, a goal rate of 53%. No wonder Pereira said: "The only thing that cannot be missing in Brazil's attacking combination is Ronaldo Jr. And in a survey of "Do you think Barcelona is the most indispensable player", 97% of Barcelona fans directly chose Ronaldo.

This season, Barcelona is going further and further on the road of winning streaks. Barcelona have won twelve in a row so far! With 38 goals scored in those 12 games, what other club in football today can do that?

When Xiao Luo slowly took the stage, a VLOG was played on the big screen at the scene, which was the Spanish national derby this season.

In front of the extravagant galactic battleship, the young Ronaldo overshadowed the superstars of Real Madrid. Whether it's his nimble bike or his rapid breakthrough, Ramos and Carlos are like nothing.

In the end, with two very similar goals in the same position, Ronaldo helped Barcelona win the Spanish national derby 3-0.

THE FINAL SHOT OF THE VLOG WAS GIVEN TO THE REAL MADRID FANS ON THE PITCH, WHO ALL STOOD UP AND APPLAUDED THEIR OPPONENTS AFTER Ronaldo scored his second goal.

In this way, at the moment when Ronaldo won the World Footballer of the Year, what was shown in front of the world was applause from the Bernabeu.