With the selection of European Footballer by French Football Magazine and the World Footballer of the Year organized by FIFA, UEFA has actually been secretly thinking about how to share some benefits from FIFA.

Don't think of Platini and Blatter as one person, although they wear the same pair of pants, and even many people think that Platini will be the strongest candidate to succeed after Blatter, but now that he is the president of UEFA, at least he has to think about the interests of UEFA.

Of course, nominally, UEFA's relationship with FIFA is now so good that it is a honey blend, and it is under the jurisdiction of the latter, so it is naturally impossible to go against FIFA, and those reporters said that UEFA wants to hold a player award selection by itself, which is absolutely wrong and cannot happen, at least not in the short term.

UEFA finally came up with a good compromise and that was to consolidate the annual UEFA selections.

Previously, UEFA had five awards – Goalkeeper of the Year, Defender of the Year, Midfielder, Striker of the Year and Player of the Year – but now they have consolidated these awards and partnered with the European Sports Media Union to introduce the European Player of the Year award and scrap all other awards.

On the surface, this is an integration of UEFA's annual selection, and considering that the annual selection has been around for a long time, FIFA can't say anything about such an integration, but in fact, the so-called best player in Europe after the integration is equivalent to the European Footballer of the Year selected by the French football magazine before.

Why do you say that?

The best players in Europe are voted on by football journalists from 53 countries and regions under UEFA's umbrella through the European Sports Media Alliance, and then the top three players are not ranked in particular order, and the three top three players will vote live at UEFA's Champions League group stage draw and award ceremony, and 53 journalists from 53 countries and regions who have been invited by UEFA will vote live to determine the ranking seats.

Did you find that the cat was tired?

The whole process is actually almost the same as the European Footballer of the Year selection process of the French football magazine, but at the same time, it also adds some of the current FIFA selection practices, such as finalizing the top three in advance, but this time UEFA did not announce it at the award ceremony, because many fans accused FIFA of having a black box operation in this practice.

So, UEFA will tell you directly this time that I am voting on the spot, and as long as you watch the live broadcast, you can see the voting situation, so that you can ensure your fairness and fairness to the greatest extent.

Of course, it is certainly impossible to achieve absolute fairness and justice.

It's like in the top three list announced by UEFA before, the main midfield core of Champions League champion Barcelona Xavi, and Real Madrid's number one superstar Cristiano? Ronaldo, as well as Tottenham Hotspur's number one superstar Messi.

There is indeed a certain amount of controversy over these three places, which is more important between Xavi and Iniesta, which has always been the focus of dispute among fans, and whether it is Real Madrid or Tottenham Hotspur, last season's Champions League performance was not ideal, but Cristiano? Ronaldo and Messi's performances in the league have been staggering.

Of the other seven players in the top 10 in the first round, Tottenham Hotspur were shortlisted for Ribery and Thiago? There are two players in Silva, and Barcelona also have Fabregas, Andres Iniesta and Pique shortlisted, of which Fabregas was selected by virtue of his outstanding performance at Tottenham Hotspur.

So, on the surface, Barcelona are the top winners, but in fact Tottenham Hotspur is the one with the most entries.

There is no point in worrying about this, the key is the battle for the top three.

Unlike the award ceremonies in the past, which used to be awarded by lottery, but now it is directly to the point, and the whole venue immediately enters a tense and intense mood, and everyone wants to know who is the winner of the first European Player of the Year, so the atmosphere of the whole Grimalti Congress Center immediately becomes very tense.

After the final announcement, Messi had 38 votes, far ahead, and won the first European Best Player Award!

There was a burst of warm applause at the scene, maybe there will be a lot of people at the scene who are not satisfied with the results, maybe after the announcement, there will be a lot of fans who think that there is a shady scene in the selection, but no matter what, this is the result of the live voting.

From the perspective of conspiracy theories, it may indeed be possible for such a selection to be controlled, but from a rational point of view, who can control so many people, especially if these people are still a group of journalists!

Fifty-three journalists, if UEFA really wants to control their votes, how much will it cost? And as long as one of them reveals the truth to the public, then UEFA's award will completely lose credibility, so the so-called black-box operation can only appear in conspiracy theories, not reality.

The reality is that in the eyes of all journalists, Messi's performance is indeed better, even if he did not get decent honors in Tottenham Hotspur and the national team, but he did perform better.

Messi first hugged Ye Qiu, Ribery and other club management and teammates, walked on the podium, accepted Platini's congratulations, and then faced the microphone, the world's number one superstar who had already won the award and had a soft hand, no longer had the nervousness of the first time in front of the microphone.

"I am very grateful to all the journalists who chose me, thank you very much, and I would also like to thank my teammates, I would not have won this award without your help, and I need to thank the club I play for, Tottenham Hotspur, and all the staff at this club, who have made Tottenham Hotspur so successful!"

"I would especially like to thank my most respected head coach, Mr. Ye Qiu, and all the coaches of Tottenham Hotspur, it is your efforts to create such a competitive Tottenham Hotspur team now, and it is also you who continue to inspire me and urge me to keep improving, I will do my best not to let you down, I will cherish everything I have so far, and strive to continue this successful tradition!"

When Messi raised the trophy above his head with both hands, the audience burst into warm applause.

Messi walked off the podium with the trophy in his hands, and at the same time, Platini also announced the official start of the draw for the 2011/2012 Champions League group stage.

This time into the Champions League top 32 teams, the Premier League still occupies four seats, namely Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Liverpool and Manchester City, and interestingly, in addition to Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United seeded, Liverpool was placed in the second pot, Manchester City entered the third pot, which also created a lot of suspense for the entire draw ceremony.

In addition, there are strong teams such as AC Milan, Lyon, Valencia, Villarreal and Marseille in the second pot, Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Manchester City, Lille and other teams in the third pot, and Dortmund and Napoli in the fourth pot.

Since the announcement of the divisions, everyone has been very much looking forward to the draw ceremony, because everyone is speculating whether there will be a showdown between the groups of death? To know the way, this is definitely possible!

As a guest in the draw, Figo was the first to come to the stage, and his task was to draw the eight teams in the first gear, in this regard, Figo said that he was the most relaxed, "This is also the most difficult thing to offend people!" ”

After the draw, Tottenham Hotspur were seeded in Group E.

The second pot is drawn by England's famous football legend Bobby? Charlton Athletic, the Manchester United legend, says his luck has always been good and that the most he wants to do is draw Tottenham Hotspur into the Group of Death.

"If I could, I would like to be able to draw a team that can thrash Tottenham Hotspur 8-0 into Group E!"

This was immediately met with a burst of laughter from the audience, and everyone knew that it was a joke, but Bobby? Charlton Athletic clearly held a grudge against Tottenham Hotspur's 8-0 thrashing of Manchester United, and everyone even thought that it would be interesting if they did draw the strongest AC Milan.

But as it turns out, Bobby? Charlton drew La Liga's Valencia, a team that lost David? Silva, David? Villa and Juan? After Mata, it may be difficult to pose a threat to Tottenham Hotspur.

After seeing the results of the draw, Bobby? Charlton expressed his regret with a smile, but after the game, he took the initiative to pass by Ye Qiu's side and hug Ye Qiu to show that there was no problem between himself and Ye Qiu, and Ye Qiu also respected this respected old-timer.

The draw guest of the third team is Gullit, a football legend from the Netherlands, who said that he is a fan of Ye Qiu and hopes to help Tottenham Hotspur draw a weak team, but the problem is that this guy drew Leverkusen.

There was a burst of laughter, and everyone could guess that when the results came out, there would be some people who would say, ah, yes, it's a new player facing his old club again, because Tottenham Hotspur's recently red-hot midfielder Vidal is a former Bayer Leverkusen player.

In fact, with such a high turnover of players in European football, there is a very high probability that the draw for almost any competition will see players facing their old clubs, which is almost impossible to avoid.

The team in the fourth pot was drawn by the German star Mateus, and everyone knew that after the draw in the third pot of Leverkusen, Dortmund in the fourth pot could not enter the group of Tottenham Hotspur, unless Ye Qiu really fell into bad luck and drew Napoli, otherwise, they all met teams from the Czech Republic, Romania, Belgium, and even Cyprus, which is almost impossible to pose a threat to Tottenham Hotspur.

And as it turned out, Tottenham Hotspur were not so unlucky, drawing Belgium's Genke.

Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen, Genke, strictly speaking, Tottenham Hotspur's Group E is still very competitive, although Tottenham Hotspur is the dominant one, but Valencia, Bayer Leverkusen and Genke, the three teams will die for the second place in the group, of which Valencia and Bayer Leverkusen have the greatest chance of winning, and Genke is the weakest.

Of course, this kind of stubbornness can also make it difficult for Tottenham to play, as all teams will try their best to get points or lose better when they meet Tottenham.

Relatively speaking, Manchester City's situation is relatively bad, they drew Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Napoli, in the true sense of the group of death, these four teams together, obviously to do the rhythm of Manchester City.

Liverpool's luck is not too good, Marseille, Olympiacos and Dortmund are also in a highly competitive group, but with the strength of the king of the Benitez Cup, coupled with Liverpool's strength this season, it is estimated that it will not be very difficult to advance from the group stage.

United were in the best position and Ferguson was the luckiest of the matches, encountering Benfica, Basel and Galatisc Steel from Romania, which was almost all about keeping the Reds out of the group stage.

"Do you believe it or not? Tomorrow morning's newspaper must be another whole bunch of conspiracy theories! Ye Qiu said with a smile, "Manchester United must be unlucky, maybe some people will say that this is Platini who wants to protect Manchester United in the final!" ”

Peter sitting next to Ye Qiu? Kenyon also laughed when he heard it, this kind of conspiracy theory is actually not very convincing, of course, there will definitely be schedule control, after all, if there is a strong dialogue early, the strong teams will be killed, and the most difficult to reach the final are the underdog teams, who will watch such a game?

But it's certainly not as outrageous as the conspiracy theories say!

"In my opinion, Manchester United and Liverpool are not big problems in qualifying, and Manchester City may stop in the group stage!" Peter? Kenyon has been doing football for so many years, and he still has this vision.

Manchester City's biggest problem is the ability to fight away from home, and the ability to play tough battles, Mancini's European results are not ideal, especially in the head coach of the top team, he is also relatively poor, and this time he met Bayern Munich, Villarreal and Napoli, there is really little hope of qualifying, unless he can overcome his characteristics of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.

Relatively speaking, Ye Qiu doesn't have much worry about his group E, as long as he plays normally according to the strength of Tottenham Hotspur, there is almost no suspense about the promotion of the first group leader, which is also a kind of confidence in his team.

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When all the teams participating in the Champions League group stage appeared in Monaco to participate in the draw ceremony, the World Football Economic Forum also began to be held in full swing in the Zhenhua Hotel in Stratford, which is wider than the Hilton Hotel, with better facilities and higher service standards.

Since before Paul? Newman broke the news in advance, so that this football economic forum has also received huge attention from the outside world, although reporters, fans and players, and even some idle people can not enter the hotel at will, but the pervasive reporters still found some opportunities from it.

For example, a British journalist had been prepared to book a room in a hotel early on, stay in the hotel, and look for an opportunity to spy on the military, and they soon got the news that Rome had brought in Pjanic from Lyon.

Before the official announcement, the British Daily Telegraph had leaked the news in advance, and the transfer fee was 10 million euros, and what is even more amazing is that this transfer was only fifteen minutes from the beginning of contact between the two parties to the complete transfer after the final transfer, and all the formalities were completed.

What kind of efficiency is this?

Fifteen minutes to complete a transfer of 10 million euros is simply amazing speed and efficiency.

Lyon's sporting manager Lacombe confirmed the news when he officially announced the transfer at 17 p.m., saying that it was indeed completed within 15 minutes, but said that the team was not in a hurry and did not make a hasty decision, "All the negotiations were involving the player's agent, and they even reached a personal contract with Roma on the spot." ”

"In the Football Economic Forum, there are many such transfers, both sides have achieved mutual understanding, and may even have contact, through the Football Economic Forum a negotiation, on the spot to finalize the transfer, this is a very normal thing, I even met an agent, at the same time to handle three player transfers, in 20 minutes!"

The Football Economic Forum has always been a mystery because the media and journalists are denied access to the venue, and even the protagonists of the transfer, the players, are also denied entry to the venue, but they can keep in touch and communicate with their agents by phone to understand the situation and details of the negotiations.

The players are also happy with this approach, because there is certainly no player who wants to negotiate directly with the old and new clubs, so it is better to go through an agent.

In the past few years, the Football Economic Forum has become increasingly popular, and more and more football clubs, agents and even sponsors have participated, and now it has become a global football event, with teams representing almost every continent and most countries with professional leagues.

For example, in the Chinese Super League, more and more professional teams have participated in this event in the past two years, and they will also bring in some powerful foreign players or foreign head coaches through some official channels and their own private channels.

The same goes for Japan, South Korea, and even the major leagues in the United States, which have become more and more popular in the past few years.

The entry of the Football Economic Forum undoubtedly fired the first shot of Zhenhua Hotel, but it was Paul who really made all reporters pay attention to this hotel and this building? The big event that Newman said was going to be announced.

Journalists have been fidgeting outside the hotel like ants in a hot pot, waiting for official news for three days.

It was not until the morning of August 31, the day after the Football Economic Forum, that they received the news that a press conference would be held in the large conference hall of the Zhenhua Hotel in the afternoon, and the specific news would be announced to the public. Over the past few years, the Football Economic Forum has become increasingly popular, and more and more football clubs, agents and even sponsors have participated, and now it has become a global football event, with teams representing almost every continent and most countries with professional leagues.

For example, in the Chinese Super League, more and more professional teams have participated in this event in the past two years, and they will also bring in some powerful foreign players or foreign head coaches through some official channels and their own private channels.

The same goes for Japan, South Korea, and even the major leagues in the United States, which have become more and more popular in the past few years.

The entry of the Football Economic Forum undoubtedly fired the first shot of Zhenhua Hotel, but it was Paul who really made all reporters pay attention to this hotel and this building? The big event that Newman said was going to be announced.

Journalists have been fidgeting outside the hotel like ants in a hot pot, waiting for official news for three days.

It was not until the morning of August 31, the day after the Football Economic Forum, that they received the news that a press conference would be held in the large conference hall of the Zhenhua Hotel in the afternoon, and the specific news would be announced to the public.