Until the award ceremony officially began, Ricardo still did not come to his senses.

Tonight's award ceremony at the Zurich Opera House is not just an award for World Footballer of the Year, but a premier event for World Football Confederation, with many awards to be awarded.

The FIFA President's Special Trophy was presented to the recently deceased Facchetti, a venerable old man who was once Italy's No. 1 left-back, of course, who could not come to receive the award in person.

Ricardo and Facchetti don't have a deep relationship, but they still feel very sorry, after all, Facchetti died young.

However, before he passed away, he and Ronaldo teamed up to present the treble for Inter Milan, recreating the glory of the big international era, which should also make him smile.

The Team of the Year was awarded to the Brazilian national team.

Over the past year or so, the Brazilian national team has been invincible and deserves this award.

Unfortunately, since losing to Argentina in the 2005 World Cup qualifiers, Brazil have not tasted defeat in more than a dozen games for more than 90 minutes.

Counting overtime, they never lost.

It was only in the final game that they lost to Italy on penalties and missed out on the title. Thinking about it now, Ricardo would feel heartache.

The award for the most improved progress naturally went to the Italian national team. In the case of everyone's disfavor, Italy rose against the trend and finally returned with broken glasses.

The Esports Footballer of the Year was awarded to Dutch esports player Andre. Schmidt.

The winners of the World Cup Fair Play Award were the Brazilian Football Federation and the Spanish Football Federation, two teams that committed the fewest fouls at the World Cup.

The "Yashin Award" for the best goalkeeper of the World Cup was awarded to Gianluigi Buffon.

Then there was the Miss World Football, which was won by the number one star of the Brazilian women's football team, Juan Mata.

It was only then that Ricardo's attention returned to the scene. He had been absent-minded until now, only subconsciously applauding with the people.

His mood suddenly became nervous, although Ronaldo's arrival indicated that the World Footballer of the Year award had a high probability of belonging to him, but at this time he still couldn't help but suffer from gains and losses.

Of course, FIFA is more influential and authoritative than France Football magazine, so in the minds of many people, the gold content of the World Footballer is higher than that of the Ballon d'Or, and Ricardo is no exception.

He was happy, excited and felt recognized for the Ballon d'Or.

And if he wins the World Footballer of the Year, he feels that he will tremble with excitement, as if he has enjoyed the top ~~ tide!

At this time, "next, we will announce our most important award of the day, the FIFA World Footballer of the Year Award," the host Anderson said with a smile. ”

Ronaldo walked slowly onto the podium on crutches. As soon as his figure appeared, there was a round of applause from the audience, which lasted for a long time.

"Hello everyone!" Ronaldo left on crutches and waved to the audience with his free right hand, "Hello Anderson." ”

"Hello, Ronaldo," Anderson laughed, "and everyone is concerned about your injury and when you'll be back on the pitch. Can you tell us about it? ”

Ronaldo stood in front of the stage and said with a smile: "My surgery went well and I am recovering well. My doctor told me that in another month, I would be able to start low-intensity recovery training. If all goes well, we will be able to start training with the ball between March and April, and at the earliest, at the end of April. ”

The applause is even louder!

"Awesome, I think everyone can't wait to see your great performance. We sincerely hope you get well soon! Now let's get down to business," Anderson said, "and we look at the big screen, and the three people listed here are the top three in the world for Footballer of the Year this year. Who among them will receive this prestigious award? ”

On the big screen, the avatars of Ricardo, Cannavaro and Zinedine Zidane appeared in turn, followed by their highlights, each edited out about 20 seconds of footage.

"Ronaldo," Anderson said with a smile after the video ended, "who do you think will be this year's World Footballer of the Year?" ”

"I'm curious why I don't have me up there, it's a shame," Ronaldo joked, causing laughter, "all three of them are very good players, the best players in their respective positions. Zinedine Zidane won the Champions League with me last season and some of his performances have been fantastic. Cannavaro has always been the best defender in the world, and Italy's World Cup triumph was a credit for his excellent defence. With five goals in five games, Ricardo led Brazil all the way to the final, and he was last season's Serie A champion, Champions League runner-up, and has had some amazing performances this season. Frankly, I think they all deserve this award. ”

"I thought so too," Anderson laughed, "and it's a pity that this award can only be given to one person." So let's find out who this year's World Footballer of the Year is! ”

He handed an envelope to Ronaldo. Ronaldo tucked his cane under his arm, neatly tore open the envelope, and pulled out a folded piece of white paper. He shook the white paper and looked at it carefully.

A smile bloomed on his face. He reversed the sheet to face the audience and exclaimed, "This year's World Footballer of the Year is ...... Ricardo! ”

The applause rang out wildly! Since the beginning of the awarding in '91, the youngest World Footballer of the Year has been born!

Amid the applause, Ricardo found himself suddenly calming down. He took a deep breath, walked up to the podium with a smile on his face, took the microphone, and his first words were not thank you, but "Anderson, you are wrong about one thing, I am not the youngest world footballer." Ronnie was 20 years and 3 months old when he received this award, and I was 20 years and 6 months old. ”

He is the youngest Ballon d'Or winner, as Ronaldo was 21 years old in 1997 when he won the Ballon d'Or. The Ballon d'Or in '96 went to German superstar Summer, who excelled at the European Championships. But Ronaldo first won the World Footballer of the Year award in 1996, just after turning 20. Ronnie is the youngest World Footballer of the Year.

Anderson laughed.

Ronaldo handed the World Footballer of the Year trophy to Ricardo.

It was a beautiful ornament, with a rectangular golden panel inlaid with a soccer ball.

Ricardo raised the trophy and shook it, again to applause. After the applause stopped, he continued: "Thank you very much to the judges for choosing me. I feel very honored to be recognized by you. ”

Then he almost copied the Golden Globe acceptance speech.