Following the merger of FIFA's World Footballer of the Year and French football's European Ballon d'Or, there have also been significant changes to the selection system for the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or.

The selection of the FIFA Ballon d'Or is still based on votes, in the past, the World Footballer of the Year was selected by the head coach and captain of the national team under FIFA, and the European Ballon d'Or was selected by the world media recognized by the French football magazine.

After the merger, the new rules combine the selection mechanism of the two awards, which are selected by the managers and captains of the national teams of 208 FIFA members, and the ballots are collected by FIFA, and 208 media outlets around the world participate in the selection, which are collected by French football magazines, and the three parts of the ballot account for one-third of the votes each.

That is, the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or has a total of 624 judges, all over the world.

The new selection mechanism has also brought many new and unexpected changes.

For example, before the top three candidates were announced, everyone thought Sneijder was the number one favorite.

The Dutchman had a peak season at Real Madrid, winning the La Liga and Champions League doubles, and then leading the Netherlands to the World Cup final, and it stands to reason that he deserves the award.

There is also Barcelona's Xavi, the world's top midfielder's performance and quality, and his importance to this Barcelona and Spanish national team, there is no need to say much, he is definitely the number one contributor to the Spanish national team winning the World Cup.

But what no one expected was that in the final top three lists, there were no of them, but Yang Yang and Messi were shortlisted.

Neither Yang nor Messi have been able to perform at the World Cup, but they have shone at the club, not to mention Yang Yang, the number one contributor to Real Madrid's double and the winner of the Golden Boot in La Liga, Champions League and European football from 2009 to 2010.

Although Messi's performance in the World Cup is sluggish, he has shone at the club, scoring 30 goals and 15 assists on all fronts so far this season, and his performance is very eye-catching, and the total number of goals in 2010 has reached 60 goals, which is not far behind Yang Yang, who has been injured for more than two months.

From the nomination of Yang Yang and Messi, the defeat of Xavi and Sneijder, everyone seems to have captured a new signal, that is, with the merger of the World Footballer of the Year and the European Ballon d'Or, with the three points of voting power, the World Cup is gradually starting to become less important.

Of course, the attitude of the media to this change is not consistent.

For example, many media in Spain believe that after the merger of the two awards, they have become more "political", which is obviously also complaining about Xavi's defeat.

The British BBC refuted this statement, believing that such a selection is obviously fairer, because neither Xavi nor Sneijder is enough to compare with superstars like Yang Yang and Messi, and even in the top three candidates, it is believed that Iniesta will not shake the position of Yang Yang and Messi.

"We can't ignore the huge gap between Andres Iniesta and Messi in all competitions throughout 2010 just because he scored the winner in the World Cup final, which is unfair to Yang Yang and Messi."

Clearly, this group of voices believes that the combined FIFA Ballon d'Or will recognize the most consistent and outstanding player in the past year, rather than the player who has performed well in a single game in a major tournament.

Debates are raging all over the world.

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has successfully won the World Footballer of the Year and the European Golden Ball Award for three consecutive years, it stands to reason that Yang Yang should have taken personal honors relatively lightly, but in fact he did not.

This year, he still wants to take it.

Sometimes he wonders, is he too competitive? Or is it too vain?

Su Ye believes that this is not a bad thing, and a strong competitive spirit will motivate a person to keep working hard and improving.

"There's nothing wrong with competitiveness and vanity, everyone has it, it's just that some people use it in the wrong place."

Su Ye's words relieved Yang Yang, because he knew that if he didn't have a strong sense of competitiveness, he wouldn't be able to get to where he is today.

It is impossible for a professional player who has no desires and wants to get by.

Even if many people accuse Messi of not being diligent and self-disciplined enough, but that is relative to a top star like Yang Yang, if compared with other stars, Messi is definitely diligent and self-disciplined enough, if compared with ordinary professional players or even ordinary people, then Messi can definitely be regarded as a model worker.

As Arsene Wenger said, top stars are narcissists.

This is true of self-confidence, as is competitiveness and vanity.

However, after winning three years in a row, Yang Yang's control of emotions is indeed more in place, and he did not reveal any superfluous thoughts to the outside world, plus this year is a World Cup year, according to convention, the biggest favorite should be the players of the World Cup winning team, and according to this law, among the top three candidates, only Iniesta is the only member of the World Cup champion.

Yang Yang publicly said at the press conference that if Iniesta wins this award, he will give his heartfelt blessings.

The implication is that if Messi takes it, then he will definitely not be convinced.

And when Yang Yang took Su Ye across the red carpet and entered the Zurich Opera House, he ushered in the first happy event.

He saw Marco van Basten, who he hadn't seen for a long time.

The Dutch legend was invited to attend tonight as a guest of honor, and his award project was the best line-up.

Yang Yang was very happy about this, "I have been looking forward to winning the award from you, Marco. ”

Van Basten said that he is still very optimistic about Yang Yang, but if he can't win the award tonight, he also hopes that Yang Yang will not be discouraged.

"In my opinion, as long as you keep up your current performance, you can get at least three more times, or even five more times."

Yang Yang's advantage is age, he is too young.

He has just turned 24 and is ushering in the golden age of his career, as long as there are no major problems, coupled with a top platform like Real Madrid, he will dominate European football for the next five or six years.

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The best line-up "leaked" early in advance was presented by Van Basten.

Yang Yang was the last to receive the award, and when he received the trophy from Van Basten, he hugged his idol vigorously and thanked Van Basten for his guidance and care in his subsequent acceptance speech.

"To this day, he is still a role model for me to learn from, a goal to strive for, here I want to say, Marco, thank you for everything you have done for me in the past, I will continue to work hard and never disappoint your high expectations!"

Afterwards, Van Basten and Yang Yang hugged warmly again and walked off the podium side by side.

This was followed by the Fair Play Award, which was awarded to the Haitian U17 women's football team.

The best women's coach was received by German women's football head coach Neder, with Bosque as the guest of honour.

The best men's coach was received by Rafael Benitez and presented by women's head coach Ned.

Rafael Benitez's award was once again a clear sign that the club competition was overpowering the World Cup, so Benitez beat Bosque to win the award.

The FIFA President's Award was received by former South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tutu, who was awarded for his active support of the World Cup in South Africa and his commitment to using football to enhance the lives of his community.

The Puskas Prize was awarded to Altentop, who played for Bayern.

Miss World Football was won by Brazilian player Marta, who has been elected Miss World Football for the fifth time.

The final and finale of the FIFA Ballon d'Or was presented by Pep Guardiola and Jose Moulinier, CEO of the French football magazine.

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When Pep Guardiola walked up to the podium with a golden envelope, there was a round of applause from the audience, especially the applause of the Barcelona players, because many people thought that this was a sign that the Barcelona players had won the award.

Among the three candidates, two Barcelona players formed an encirclement and suppression of Yang Yang from Real Madrid, and the guest of honor was Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, which was interpreted as a very obvious hint.

Messi sat in the front row of the audience and became nervous at the sight of Pep Guardiola and Molinier walking up to the front, rubbing his hands against his knees involuntarily, even though he knew it would be difficult.

If according to FIFA's past tradition, the World Cup is the most likely to win, then the most likely to win the award is Iniesta, if the professional league and the World Cup are put in the same important position, then Yang Yang is likely to win.

Messi knows very well in his heart that whether he is playing in the professional league or the national team, he cannot compete with Yang Yang.

His biggest advantage so far has been his rapid improvement in the second half of the year, but that is based on Yang Yang's injury and more than two months of side-of-action, and the Premier League has a Cristiano Ronaldo who is not far behind him.

The Portuguese did not even finish in the top three this year, and it is said that he did not finish in the top five at all.

Messi was nervous and a little uncomfortable at the same time, because he knew that he was kind of like a running companion.

So what the hell is Iniesta? Or Yang Yang?

Messi turned his head and looked at Yang Yang, who was sitting next to him.

He saw that Yang Yang's girlfriend, oh no, it should be his wife Su Ye right at this time stretched out his hand and gently held Yang Yang's hand, the two of them interlocked their fingers, and their eyes were full of affection.

At this moment, Messi suddenly felt that in Yang Yang's mind, maybe it didn't matter whether he won the award or not.

This opponent, whom he regards as his lifelong enemy, has a stunning beauty that countless men all over the world dream of, a love that even Messi himself envies, and more importantly, the two of them look so sweet and glue-like.

On the other hand, Messi sat next to Iniesta.

He came to Zurich alone, because not long ago, he had just quarreled with his girlfriend, which was leaked by his grandfather in an interview with the media in Argentina, which made the news of Messi's breakup also uproar.

It is said that Yang Yang and Su Ye have never quarreled!

Messi was not without envy, and even thought with some jealousy.

At this moment, he felt that he had lost to Yang Yang again.

And on the podium, Guardiola also opened the golden envelope with the name of the inaugural FIFA Ballon d'Or winner.