After the Miss Asia awards, the award ceremony came to an end, with FIFA President Seppat and AFC President Hammam giving speeches to present awards to the three Asian Footballer of the Year candidates.

Although there is no award for the best coach, and there are ll awards at this award ceremony, the scale can be described as huge, but there is no doubt that the award of the Asian Footballer of the Year is the highlight and finale of this award ceremony.

The big drama naturally did not start easily, the guests first ate and drank and chatted below, and the big screen at the scene began to play the highlights of the three candidates, Muntari, Shatskikh and Chen Yu.

Muntari and Shatzkich have limited wonderful shots in a year, and there is not much wonderful content, but Chen Yu is different, whether it is in Serie A or the Champions League, Chen Yu's wonderful goals and incredible passes are countless, and most of them are against Barcelona, Milan, Juventus and other world-class giants, as soon as the highlights are broadcast with passionate music, there were bursts of applause and cheers on the scene, and all eyes converged on the table where Chen Yu was sitting.

AFC Secretary General Paul Murney likes this atmosphere very much, he has presided over such award ceremonies for eight years, but none of them can be compared with tonight, except that the results of the selection are often determined long ago, the original level and fame of the Footballer are limited, and there is no world-class star like Chen Yu, and now there are reporters from all over Europe and the United States, Paul Murney feels for the first time that the Asian Footballer is not so snic, at least a little bit of a tall taste.

As soon as the highlights were over, the host, Paul Murney, immediately invited the three candidates to the rostrum to accept the awards.

Chen Yu, Shatskikh and Muntari sat in the first row closest to the podium, and when they heard the host calling, the three of them got up and walked towards the podium.

After Chen Yu, Shatzkikh and Muntari took the stage, the three hostesses brought three nomination trophies, and the AFC President Hamann and Vice President Zhang Jilong presented the trophies to the three candidates.

After handing the trophy to Chen Yu, Zhang Jilong said with a smile: "It's been 4 years, this is the first time I've given this nomination trophy to Chinese fans, Chen Yu, we have few opportunities to meet, as a fellow and senior, I want to give you a little advice, first, you must continue to play well in the league, no matter whether it is in China or abroad, no matter where, the league is the most important thing, and it is the foundation of your life; Secondly, never ignore the national team, as a professional player, there are not many benefits to joining the national team, but not being able to participate in the national team will definitely become a regret for your life. Third, you should prolong your football life as much as possible, and keep playing without retiring, you look at Maldini and Ryan Giggs, as long as you live long enough, you will definitely be able to occupy a place in the temple of football in the world. ”

Zhang Jilong said very sincerely, he is Chen Yu's fellow countryman, Chen Yu still listened carefully to Zhang Jilong's speech, and then said: "Xie Lu Xie Chairman Zhang for his guidance, I will seriously consider it." ”

Zhang Jilong smiled, gave Chen Yu a hug, and then stood aside.

The host, Paul Mooney, asked Miss Manners to deliver the envelope, and then he personally opened the envelope and announced loudly to the audience and the whole world, "The Asian Footballer of the Year in '05 is ...... Chen Yu, a Chinese player who plays for Fiorentina, Italy"

The venue in Kuala Lumpur burst into warm applause, and the atmosphere of the audience was pushed to the climax.

At this moment, not only the Chinese who came to the Chinese Oriental Hotel were applauding and cheering, but there were countless fans in distant China who waited for two hours for this moment.

According to the original plan, the time for the award of the Footballer of the Year award at the AFC Awards Ceremony should be at l:59, that is, about two hours after the start of the ceremony. Surprisingly, FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who had been invited to speak, and other award-winning personnel, took so much time to speak that it was almost late in the evening to announce the news.

However, for fans, it is not a painful thing to not sleep at ll, after the news came out, bars, hotels, cinemas, and families almost unanimously heard the roar of excitement, and some fans rushed to the streets to celebrate Chen Yu winning the Asian Footballer of the Year, and for a time many cities were lively like the New Year.

The last time a Chinese player won this honor was on May 17 of that year, when Fan Zhiyi, the leader of Chinese football, won the honor for leading the Chinese men's football team to the historic World Cup. In that year, Fan Zhiyi was elected Asian Footballer of the Year, Dewey won the title of Asia's Best Young Player, and the Chinese national football team became the best team of the year in Asian football...... It was also one of the few highlight moments of Chinese football.

Today, three years later, China's second Asian Footballer of the Year has nothing to do with the national team, because the Chinese team missed the World Cup qualifiers. However, since there were no national team competitions such as the Asian Cup in 2005, the club's results largely determined the ownership of the Footballer of the Year. Chen Yu is among the top leagues in the world, and as the captain of the team, he led Fiorentina to the Serie A and Champions League, ranking first in the league and reaching the round of 16 in the cup, which is naturally the most convincing.

Compared with Chen Yu, Muntari can only be regarded as a dirt bun, and I don't know if he can go to the top five European leagues in his life, and although Shatskikh has scored goals in the Champions League and scored 100 goals in Dynamo Kiev, his Dynamo Kiev has not even been able to participate in the Champions League match, compared with Chen Yu, who scores 30 plus in the league every season and has scored U goals in the Champions League this season, Shatskich is also a soy sauce.

If there is still suspense, this suspense is created by the AFC itself, because there is a rule that players who cannot attend the AFC awards ceremony in person are not eligible for the Asian Footballer of the Year, and the AFC's bizarre selection criteria are also beneficial to players who play in Asia.

However, when the AFC decided to postpone the award date and let Chen Yu participate, the suspense became small. And Chen Yu got a super high score of 0 points, far exceeding the second place Muntari by 90 points, which is enough to prove how high Chen Yu's status is in the eyes of reporters.

After the AFC Secretary-General Paul Murney announced that Chen Yu won the Asian Footballer of the Year 05, Miss Manners sent the trophy up, and the AFC President Hamann personally gave the trophy to Chen Yu, "Chen, you are the most outstanding one since the selection of the Asian Footballer, you have broken the record of Asian players not scoring points in the World Footballer of the Year and European Footballer of the Year, I believe that in the near future, you will grow into the World Footballer of the Year and win greater honor for Asian football." “

"Chairman Xie Lu Shehaman."

Chen Yu now finally understands why Haman has revised the rules for him and postponed the time, originally hoping or afraid that he will get the World Footballer in the future, because if he can get the World Footballer, but not the Asian Footballer, how much irony it will be, although Chen Yu is not likely to win the World Footballer, but as long as he can rank in the top three, it is similar to a slap in the face of the AFC.

After congratulating Chen Yu, Haman did not leave, but continued to say to Chen Yu: "I hope you can return to the national team to play, with your talent, there is every hope that you will bring the Chinese team to the finals of the World Cup, and even play a good record." “

Chen Yu smiled bitterly and said in his heart, does Haman want to be a lobbyist for the Chinese Football Association? Because Zhang Jilong had already said similar things to Chen Yu before. However, Chen Yu could only cope with it at this time, "Chairman Haman, I think this is more difficult than me to win the World Footballer of the Year. “

Chairman Haman was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing again, he hugged Chen Yu and said, "Work hard, I believe in you." “

After Chen Yu received the trophy, there was also an award-winning speech, and almost all the award-winning personnel were reading with notes, but Chen Yu did not type, and directly made an impromptu speech.

"Xie Lu Xie my relatives and friends, Xie Lu Xie fans, Xie Lu Xie club, Xie Lu Xie AFC, I only played in Asia for one year in the lower professional league, but I grew up under the influence of Asian football, to be able to win the Asian Footballer is an affirmation of my efforts, I am very happy about this, Asian Footballer means that I am the best player in Asia this year, but I am ranked low in the World Footballer of the Year and the European Golden Ball Award, which shows that there is a big gap between Asian football and European football, I hope to continue to work hard and win more honours for Asian football. I also hope that at this time next year, I will be able to continue to stand here and speak

Chen Yu's words are very strong, but they do not give people a sense of arrogance, which is inseparable from Chen Yu's performance in the game, Chen Yu is domineering in the game, and the goal is like hemp, so people have become accustomed to his strength, so as soon as Chen Yu's words fell, the scene immediately sounded warm applause.

Chen Yu thanked a lot, but did not mention the Chinese Football Association, which made the Chinese Football Association officials who were invited to participate in the award ceremony very embarrassed, but fortunately, they were thick-skinned, and now everyone's eyes and topics are on Chen Yu, and no one pays attention to the emotions and faces of one or two Chinese Football Association officials.

Since the AFC established the annual awards ceremony in 1994, China won the Asian Footballer of the Year for the second time after Fan Zhiyi, equaling Saudi Arabia, second only to Iran and Japan.

After the award ceremony, Yang Min, vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, said in an interview with reporters: "Chen Yu's award is well deserved, whether from the perspective of Chinese football or Asian football, Chen Yu is a player beyond the times, this is a genius, genius needs soil, but it is not able to be cultivated, otherwise he is not a genius, so even if Chen Yu only played in the lower league in China for one year, it does not prevent him from playing in Europe." For talented players, we must take care of it, we can't take the standard of ordinary players to the crossbar, if Chen Yu needs the help of the Football Association, we will give up our prejudices and give Chen Yu full support. ”

Yang Min, vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, made it clear that he wanted to give up his previous grievances, and everyone fully supported Chen Yu to join the national team.

However, the media was unwilling to take the credit for Chen Yu's Asian Footballer of the Year to be robbed by the Football Association, and the reporter of "Sports Weekly" took the lead in publishing a comment with a headline: "If there is no Chen Yu".

"On the night of the AFC awards, the face of Chinese football is still there, just because we have the Asian Footballer of the Year and Chen Yu who plays in Fiorentina. Just imagine, if there was no Chen Yu, would the officials of the Chinese Football Association still be able to sit at the award ceremony? Can Yang Min, vice chairman of the Football Association, still smile at the scene?

Under the light of Chen Yu, it can't actually hide the lack of Chinese football. Best Men's and Women's National Team, Best Men's and Women's Coaches, Best Men's and Women's Referees...... These awards, which represent the level of football in a country, have nothing to do with Chinese football. In this sense, last night's AFC Champions League awards ceremony is no longer a fig leaf for Chinese football, but a fig leaf for the Chinese Football Association. ”

The article of "Football News" is also sharp, in the comment titled "Chen Yu's award has nothing to do with Chinese football", the reporter said: "When Paul Mooney announced, fans across the country were boiling, and they all regarded Chen Yu's election as the pride of Chinese football, but they thought about it, a player who only played in China for half a year in the second division, a player who grew up and matured successfully in the top five European leagues, and a player who was expelled from the Football Association, won the Mr. Footballer in the most authoritative selection activity in Asia, What does this have to do with Chinese football, and what can it prove besides proving that the Chinese football environment is bad and the national team is dark? We do not deny that Chen Yu won the Asian Footballer of the Year is the pride of Chinese fans, but we cannot admit that this is the progress of Chinese football, nor can we think that this is the Chinese Football Association's teaching, in fact, Chen Yu's award has nothing to do with the Chinese Football Association. ”

In China, not only are the two largest and most authoritative professional football media criticizing the Football Association on the occasion of Chen Yu's award, but even Zhang Jilong, vice president of the AFC, also bombarded the Chinese Football Association at the award ceremony.

“…… It is the incompetence of the Football Association in the past three years, missed the historical opportunity to enter the finals of the World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and the situation has deteriorated for more than three years, even the UU year of the German World Cup has not entered, Chinese football should pay attention to the reform of institutions and administrative management, and should not condemn coaches and players for not working hard enough and not seriously, but first to hold the Chinese Football Association responsible, they lack a serious and down-to-earth attitude in football management, and now Chen Yu has won the Asian Footballer, which is just the icing on the cake for Chen Yu, He has been recognized by FIFA and UEFA, but it is an opportunity for the Chinese Football Association, I think the Chinese team failed to reach the German World Cup, it is because of the lack of stars like Chen Yu, the Chinese Football Association should recognize their mistakes, remove the black sheep of the national team, and invite Chen Yu back to the national team. ”。

Of course, criticizing the Chinese Football Association has become a mantra for the Chinese media and fans, whether it is a happy event or a cup, the Chinese Football Association always has to come out and be scolded, and then start talking about the right thing after the scolding.

"Sports Weekly" praised Chen Yu as an epoch-making player in Chinese football, known as the Yao Ming of Chinese football, Chen Yu's award proves that Chinese can play football well, Chinese do not lack football talent, nor lack football talent, what we lack is the soil for talent growth.

"Football News" said that Chen Yu won the Asian Footballer is not Chen Yu's honor, but the honor of the Asian Footballer award, because before Chen Yu won the Asian Footballer, he has entered the top ten of the World Footballer of the Year, if such a player can not get the Asian Footballer, then the Asian Footballer loses its meaning, it can be said that the AFC in the last moment for Chen Yu to modify the award time is a wise choice, it is this choice that makes the Asian Footballer selection regain its dignity.

In addition to the Chinese media, other media in Asia also commented on Chen Yu's award to the Asian Footballer of the Year.

Japan's "Asahi Shimbun" believes that Chen Yu's election is indisputable, Chen Yu's performance in Europe has shocked the world, and no one in Asia can be his opponent, but the Japanese media also complained that the AFC has never modified his strange time for any foreign players before, but it has made concessions for Chen Yu, if the AFC has the same standard, then Japan is likely to get one or two more Asian Footballer of the Year.

And South Korea has not won the Asian Footballer of the Year once so far, as a country that firmly suppresses China on the field, the fans of the sticks are envious and jealous of China to get the two Asian Footballer of the Year, "Seoul Daily" believes that Park Ji-sung is not much worse than Chen Yu, if the Premier League also has a winter break, Park Ji-sung is Chen Yu's biggest opponent to win the Asian Footballer of the Year. If Park Ji-sung had Chen Yu's treatment, the last Asian Footballer of the Year should not have been Karimi.

In addition to the Asian media, the well-known European media also mentioned the incident.

As one of the focal points of the winter transfer, Chen Yu has received a lot of attention, after he won the Asian Footballer, "Milan Sports Newspaper" claimed that Chen Yu has no opponents in Asia, if the AFC cancels those strange regulations, Chen Yu will continue to win the title of Asian Footballer. However, this title is just a starting point for Chen Yu, and with Chen Yu's current state, the World Footballer is his goal.

Now I want Chen Yu the most is Chelsea in the Premier League, it is said that the Russian billionaire Abu is upside down for Chen Yu's football, so the British media have also mentioned Chen Yu's award.

The Guardian said: "Chen Yu's Asian Footballer of the Year award may mean that the late bloomer's value may continue to rise. ”

The Times said: "After winning the Asian Footballer of the Year, Chen Yu's supremacy in Asia has been consolidated, and he has become the first person in Asia. ”

The Sun commented: "Chen Yu has been elected Asian Footballer of the Year, he is the second Chinese player to receive this accolade, but Chen Yu is more personal than Fan Zhiyi, who used to play in the UK. ”

There is no doubt that the impact of Chen Yu's award will continue for a while, but for Chen Yu, this matter is over, since he still has two bans, he can go back to report later, and now he has taken Zhao Muyu to her hometown.