Chapter 145 World Footballer 2
After the Puskash Award, Queen Lania of Jordan won the FIFA President's Special Award. The "Most Beautiful Queen" is actively engaged in the "the1 GOAL" (the1GOAL) and has made outstanding contributions to the promotion of football and helping poor children around the world access educational opportunities.
In addition, British legendary star Bobbi, who died in July this year. Sir Robson won the Fair Play Award.
Subsequently, in the team of the year, the Spanish national team, Barcelona and Manchester United were the biggest winners.
The best lineup of the year is:
Gatekeeper: Casillas;
Defenders: Alves, Terry, Vidic, Evra;
Middlefield: Iniesta, Gerrard, Harvey;
Forwarders: Messi, Zhang Yang, Cristiano Ronaldo.
It is worth mentioning that Torres, who helped Spain beat Germany in the European Cup final, lost the best striker, which makes many fans feel sorry. However, look at these three of the best strikers, no matter which one is replaced by Torres, it is estimated that it will be more regrettable.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Zhang Yang is not the only Chinese element in the award ceremony.
FIFA commends the efforts made by the Chinese Football Association in the development of domestic basic football and awarded the "FIFA Development Award" to China. Dong Jinyi, the Chinese ambassador to Switzerland, went to the scene to receive the award. FIFA is promoting "grassroots football" and "FIFAgrassrootsprogramme" in developing countries, and China is one of its first pilots. According to the official statement of FIFA, the Chinese Football Association has performed positively and well, leaving a deep impression on FIFA. FIFA said that they will continue to provide technical advice and educational courses to Chinese coaches and some key players.
Zhang Yang was surprised to see that the Chinese Football Association won this award, and his expression was a little strange.
However, these are all cushions, and the most eye-catching is the selection of the World Footballer of the Year.
The finale is naturally placed at the end. After the announcement of other awards, it is finally the turn of the World Footballer of the Year Award.
In fact, at the beginning of the award ceremony, the introduction video of the three candidates has been played. They are Zhang Yang, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi!
At this time, the camera also gave a close-up of the facial expressions of the three candidates.
Zhang Yang sat in his seat. He seemed to be communicating with Ronaldo softly. He didn't seem too nervous. However, in fact, his heart was naturally nervous, and no one wanted to be a ten-year-old second. I got two second places last year, and I have to win the first place this year!
Zhang Yang and Cristiano Ronaldo have already Messi, and the three people have been invited to the podium respectively, and the three people's wonderful performance video highlights are also played on the big screen.
Until this time, people still don't know which of the three will win the prize.
Blatter, the head of FIFA, stood on the podium. He held an envelope in his hand, which was the final answer.
The scene suddenly calmed down.
Everyone, including the commentators and viewers in front of the TV, are also looking forward to the answer.
Blatter walked to the microphone, and he first said, "Beside me are the best football players in the past year. They have sent countless joys and joy to all football lovers. First of all, let's thank them with applause. . "
There was warm applause at the award ceremony.
Then, Blatter said something more. What are you talking about? In fact, people don't care anymore. They are looking forward to the announcement of the final result.
Finally, after Blatter finished his long speech, he began to bow his head and open the envelope.
Dozens of cameras are aimed at Blatter, and all his movements are under the attention of hundreds of millions of fans around the world.
The controversial head of FIFA smiled first, then he pulled out the card with his name in the envelope, took a look, and smiled again.
On this night, countless Chinese fans stayed up late to watch the live broadcast of the World Footballer of the Year award ceremony. At this time, their hearts were raised to their throats, and many people even covered their eyes nervously and dared not watch it. This is like the World Cup final. My beloved team is having a penalty shootout with his opponent, which is the situation before the final penalty kick that determines fate.
Blatter cleared his throat and he opened his mouth.
"2009 World Footballer of the Year winner--" said, turning over the card in his hand, let the named side face the camera, and then said, "Zhang Yang from China."
When Blatter read that the winner of the 2009 World Footballer of the Year was Zhang Yang, in faraway China, it suddenly boiled!
Countless fans who stayed up late to watch the award ceremony jumped up excitedly, and some fans even covered their faces and cried.
It's not easy!
No one knows the bad situation of Chinese football better than these fans. At this time, Zhang Yang's ability to win the World Footballer is undoubtedly the best gift for Chinese football and the best gift for these fans!
CCTV's award ceremony for the World Footballer of the Year was broadcast live. At this time, when he heard that Zhang Yang was elected, Duan Xuan's excited voice resounded through the studio.
"Gan Yang! Zhang Yang! Zhang Yang! He is the 2009 World Footballer of the Year! He is the 2009 World Footballer of the Year! He is the best player of the past year! He is a well-deserved NO1! This is not only a commendation of his excellent performance last year, but also a commendation of Zhang Yang's near-perfect performance in the past few seasons! Congratulations to Zhang Yang! Congratulations to him! Congratulations to him!" Duan Xuan's voice choked, "I'm sorry, I'm a little excited, but I believe that there are countless fans in front of the TV as excited as I am!" Zhang Yang, we are proud of you! Proud of you! A Chinese football player, standing on the highest stage of personal glory, has the pride of our Chinese people among the World Footballers!"
At this time, the whole audience applauded. In such applause, Zhang Yang first walked over and hugged Cristiano Ronaldo.
"Are you taking revenge?" Cristiano Ronaldo smiled bitterly and whispered.
After Cristiano Ronaldo won the award last year, he also took the initiative to hug Zhang Yang first. There was no intention of showing off, because the loser usually took the initiative to congratulate the winner. This is also a manifestation of demeanor. Of course, the winner takes the initiative to embrace the loser, which can be interpreted as the winner comforting the loser.
It's just that for people with pride or Cristiano Ronaldo, they naturally can't stand this kind of ostentatious 'comfort'.
"You can also understand it this way." Zhang Yang said with a smile.
Then, Messi took the initiative to hug Zhang Yang, "Congratulations, Zhang."
"Thank you." Zhang Yang replied politely. At this time, he did not need to show off anything in front of Messi, because Zhang Yang knew that he did not win Messi. The two were tied at most this year. At the European Golden Globe Awards, Messi was the winner. Now, World Footballer, Zhang Yang is the winner.
Then, Zhang Yang and Blatter shook hands.
Speaking of which, the relationship between Zhang Yang and Blatter is not very good. When Zhang Yang was in Marseille, Blat suggested that Zhang Yang should be severely punished because of the court conflict, but in the end it was indeed severely punished.
It's just that Blatter didn't expect that the unknown soldier at the beginning has now become a star of the level of World Footballer. Of course, Blatter may not remember the feud between himself and Zhang Yang, and there is no feud between them.
After shaking hands with Zhang Yang, Blatter awarded the World Footballer's trophy to Zhang Yang.
The applause continued at the scene.
Zhang Yang took the trophy and took a look. His eyes were full of 'softness and excitement'. He was really excited. This trophy was the first 'World Footballer of the Year' trophy in his career. This is the best praise for his efforts and efforts in the past few years.
Zhang Yang kissed the trophy, and then walked to the front of the microphone, which was about to make an award-winning speech.
"I'm very happy and honored to win this award." Zhang Yang said.
In fact, CCTV is well prepared for today's 'award ceremony'. If Zhang Yang wins the award, he will definitely say the award speech. According to the usual practice, Zhang Yang should speak English. Therefore, Duan Xuan and another host Liu Jianhong are ready to translate what Zhang Yang said and translate it to the whole country. The fans listened, but as soon as Zhang Yang opened his mouth, they were stunned, because what Zhang Yang said was actually his mother tongue, Chinese!
It is not that no Chinese have received an award from FIFA and made an award speech in the morning, but they all use the international common language English, and even FIFA has just awarded the "FIFA Development Award" to the Chinese Football Association. When the Chinese ambassador to Switzerland came to the stage to receive the award, he also spoke English.
However, at this time, Zhang Yang was at the most memorable moment in his career. At the moment when he won the World Footballer's Award, he resolutely chose to speak the award in his native Chinese language.
"There is simultaneous interpretation at the scene, so the guests at the scene don't have to worry about not understanding what Zhang Yang said." Liu Jianhong said.
"Zhang Yang chose to make a speech in Chinese. This is to make it easier for our Chinese fans to listen to what he said. He never forgets that he is a Chinese. Now, he is standing on such a podium, and he is proud to use his mother tongue!" Duan Xuan said emotionally.
"First of all, I want to thank a lot of people. I want to thank my teammates in Marseilles. I miss the time I fought with them. Thank my mentor, Mr. Fernandez, who gave me the opportunity! Thanks to my teammates when I was in AC Milan. They are all very good players. I have learned a lot from them. I am grateful to my former coach, Mr. Ancelotti. Of course, I would like to thank my current teammates. We worked hard and played together. Although this award was awarded to me personally, there was no With the help of my teammates, I can't get such a good result. I'm very happy to be in this collective, we are moving towards a great goal.
Hearing Zhang Yang's words, Alpha Im, the chairman of Manchester City Club, smiled and introduced Zhang Yang, which was destined to be the pride of his life. It is a successful move that he is proud of.
"I am especially grateful to my family, my parents, my brothers, my friends. If it weren't for them, I couldn't stick to it to this day. It was their help and encouragement that kept me always confident in my football dream." Zhang Yang continued.