597 The Curse of the World Footballer of the Year [The First Shift of the Liver, Asking for a Monthly Pass]

Overnight, the news quickly spread around the world.

All the media around the world have gotten the news that Yang Yang will go to Paris, France to receive the European Golden Globe Award a week later, especially in China, which has triggered a media carnival.

In the history of Chinese football, there has never been a star who has attracted so much attention in the world of football as Yang Yang, and everyone has long regarded him as the pride of China.

And now, Yang Yang has gone one step further and directly won the European Golden Ball Award, which represents one of the highest awards for professional football players, which further pushed him to a very high position, and all media reporters and all Chinese people in the country cheered for this sudden news.

The domestic Internet has sparked a heated discussion, and all netizens are rushing to express their blessings to congratulate Yang Yang on winning this award, and at the same time wish him to win the highest honor at the FIFA Awards Conference in mid-December.

Governments at all levels and major authoritative media have also commented to congratulate Yang Yang on winning this award.

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While the whole world was overwhelmingly reporting the news, Yang Yang was busy replying to messages and phone calls.

It's all about caring inquiries and congratulatory phone calls.

Yang Yang had received the news long before Gérard Ernaux came to Liverpool.

Raiola has his own connections in European football, so he called Yang Yang three days in advance to ask him to prepare.

Before Ernaux came to Liverpool, French football magazines also contacted Yang Yang through Liverpool, hoping to take more photos in Liverpool, including Yang Yang's parents and girlfriend.

But alas, none of them are in the UK, so we can only regret it.

However, before leaving, Gérard Ernaux sent an invitation to Yang Yang, hoping that he could bring his parents and girlfriend to attend the award ceremony, and Yang Yang also said that he would seriously consider it.

When the news spread, there were a lot of calls and messages one after another.

For example, Van Gaal, Van Basten, Ronald Koeman, John Repp, Luther Carroll and others have congratulated Yang Yang, although he has left Ajax, Yang Yang has always maintained close contact with them, sending them messages one by one, or expressing his gratitude on the phone.

These people have given him a lot of help and advice on the road of Yang Yang's growth, and he has always remembered it.

Ibrahimovic was the first to send a congratulatory telegram to Yang Yang, and in recent times, the Swedes have been like Yang Yang's spies in Italy, often sending him some news in Italy.

He plays for Inter Milan and is a sworn enemy of AC Milan, so he is very justified in saying that he does not want Kaka to win the award.

Sneijder, Fermaren, McConn, Maxwell and other old friends also called, they all got acquainted with Yang Yang at the end of the year, even if they are now playing in different teams, even fighting, but the friendship between them is still there.

After finally dealing with these things, Yang Yang put down his phone, and only then did he have time to think of the past.

Before he knew it, it had been a year and a half since he left Ajax.

In total, he and Ibrahimovic have only been teammates for one year, but strangely, their friendship with each other is even deeper, and they are not lost to their roommate Fermaelen at the time.

Sometimes when you think about it, those days at Ajax were the happiest.

Every day, there are a large number of peers, everyone plays together, makes trouble together, gets together every day, there are always endless things to say, games that are not boring, carefree, and there is no pressure, and I am really happy.

But without Ajax, all this is gradually gone.

Ibrahimovic said that the period of Juventus' relegation was the most painful period of his life; Van der Vaart is still hesitant to leave Real Madrid because he has struggled to find a place in this team.

Felmaelen wants to leave Ajax, and not long ago Raiola learned that Liverpool was going to bring in a central defender, so he specifically asked the club to understand the situation, but Benitez wants a tall pillar central defender, and Vermaelen is not suitable.

This is also a problem for Liverpool at the back right now.

Some time ago, the club had a lot of injuries, and Benitez had to bring Winston Bogard from Beijing to Liverpool again, but the lack of depth on the team's bench led to too much pressure on the players, which was also a problem.

The central defender is lacking, but if Vermaelen comes to Liverpool, he will definitely play as a substitute for Carragher, with the iron physique of the Liverpool vice-captain and the style of being in the line of fire with minor injuries, Fermaelen can't play a few games a season.

Therefore, when Yang Yang communicated with Fermaelen, he comforted this friend and hoped that he would wait patiently for the opportunity.

What's the point of joining Liverpool if you can't play for a long time?

Yang Yang's popularity in Liverpool is very good, and he has no contradictions with anyone, but the biggest difference between this team and Ajax is that even the best teammates have less contact with each other.

Xavi Alonso, for example, except for games and training, or group activities on weekdays, really rarely see each other the rest of the time, and even if he thinks about it sometimes, he only makes phone calls.

This may be like what is said in the ancient poem, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

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As the injured returned, Liverpool's midfield began to have happy troubles.

In the fifteenth round of the Premier League, Liverpool welcomed Bolton Wanderers at home, and Benitez once again put on a four-three-three formation.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the backline is a combination of Aurelio, Hyypia, Carragher and Arbeloa, the midfield is still Mascherano and Xavi Alonso in the back, Gerrard is up front, and the front trident is Yang Yang, Crouch and Kuyt.

Among the players who did not make it to the starting eleven were Mohamed Sissoko, Reese, Daniel Ag, Finnan, Benayoun, Pennant and Voronin.

Benayoun and Pennant, for example, joined Liverpool after playing at a very high level in other teams.

But right now, it's hard for them to play as the main team.

Although Rafael Benitez rotated his squad with players such as Finnan and Arbeloa, Reese and Aurelio, and Benayoun, Pennant and Voronin all had regular opportunities, it still failed to satisfy all the players.

That's how Sissoko came up with the idea of leaving Liverpool.

Despite his determination to leave, the Mali midfielder did not make any offensive moves against the team or others, and only expressed his determination to the club through his agent, hoping that Liverpool would listen to offers from other teams, such as Juventus.

And whether it is training or competing, Sissoko is still the same.

This also made the atmosphere in the Liverpool dressing room very harmonious, and the cohesion of the team did not decrease.

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Against Bolton, in the opening seventeen minutes, Yang Yang formed a strong breakthrough on the left side and created a corner.

Gerrard assists Hyypia's header, 1-0!

Despite a series of mistakes in the past, Hyypia's recent recovery in form, coupled with the team's overall improvement, has made the veteran and Carragher the pillars of Liverpool's defence once again.

On the contrary, Daniel Ager, who has just returned from injury, is not easy to regain his main position.

The team as a whole recovered, and after a strong midfield, Gerrard followed suit.

Before the end of the first half, Mascherano broke the ball in the midfield, Gerrard plugged straight behind him, Yang Yang successfully countered offside, received the ball to form a single knife, and scored a goal, 2-0.

This is also Yang Yang's twentieth league goal this season!

Scoring 20 goals in 15 rounds and scoring in 14 consecutive rounds, Yang Yang's scoring momentum this season is really out of control.

The well-known bookmaker William Hill even opened a market for fans to bet on which round Yang Yang will stop his goalscoring form, and the biggest favorite is the Christmas schedule.

The reason is also interesting, that is, throughout the past few years, many players who have won the World Footballer of the Year have often performed sluggishly in the following period, and fans believe that Yang Yang will not be an exception.

This is also jokingly called the curse of the world footballer of the year.

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After the second half of the rematch, just fifteen seconds into the opening game, Yang Yang planned an attack on the left side, Aurelio inserted a cross, and Crouch hit the goal with a header in front of the goal, 3-0.

Ten minutes later, Yang Yang cut inside with the ball on the left side, passed into the penalty area, Crouch was pulled down by the opponent's central defender when he grabbed the point, the referee awarded a penalty, Gerrard made it overnight, and made another city for Liverpool, 4-0!

In the end, Liverpool beat Bolton Wanderers by four goals at home and won again.

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With Liverpool travelling to Japan for the Club World Cup in mid-December, both league and cup fixtures have been forced to adjust during this period, resulting in an early Carabao Cup quarter-finals scheduled for mid-December.

And this time, Liverpool drew the city rivals Everton.

This made Liverpool, who did not intend to do their best, have to make a big effort.

If you encounter a mortal enemy in the cup, even if it is a chicken League Cup, it is impossible to give up directly.

Liverpool rotated, but key players such as Yang Yang and Steven Gerrard also started.

Although Everton took advantage of the home advantage and scored first, after the rematch in the second half, Yang Yang and Kuyt made efforts to score two goals in a row to help Liverpool finally beat Everton 2-1 away and successfully advanced to the League Cup semi-finals.

The day after Everton, Yang Yang took a leave of absence from the club and chartered a private jet to fly directly from Liverpool to Paris.

At the airport, in addition to media reporters who came to see him off, there were also a large number of Liverpool fans.

They all know very well that Yang Yang's trip to Paris this time will win Liverpool's second European Ballon d'Or.

At the same time, the club is also in full swing preparing for the celebrations.