Chapter 751 FIFA Awards Ceremony

The Champions League draw is over, but the Champions League can only be thrown aside for the time being, because the Champions League round of 16 will not be played until February. Before that, the attention of each team should return to the league.

Before Christmas, Notts County still has two games, and then the league will start again after Christmas on the 26th. There is no time to enjoy the festive atmosphere, but as professional players, the players still have this mental preparation.

On the 17th, Notts County easily defeated Charlton at home and continued to lead the standings.

On the 21st, in the quarter-finals of the League Cup, Notts County met a very tenacious Charlton at home.

As a team currently in the middle of the Premier League's strength rankings, Charlton has a very clear goal every season, striving for a place in the UEFA Cup and going all out for a cup championship. Bolton's results in the cup competitions in previous seasons have been very good. Even if the game faces Notts County away, there is no reason to back down.

Bolton, who was in full swing, did cause a lot of trouble to Notts County at the Magpies Stadium. One reason was that Notts County did not fully dispatch the main lineup. ahead of Notts County.

Of course, there is also the reason why the players relaxed before Christmas. However, during the intermission, Loew's merciless criticism in the locker room adjusted the players' loose mentality back, and in the second half, he strengthened his attitude towards the scene. Control, finally eliminated the opponent and advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup.

After this game, Loew gave the players two days off, but these two days of vacation were before Christmas, when the team would regroup on Christmas Day, which was impossible.

At this time, England is in a strong Christmas atmosphere, but the award of the World Footballer still attracts the attention of all fans. Even if it is recognized that the professionalism of the World Footballer is not as good as that of the European Ballon d'Or, it is obviously more influential in terms of influence. better than ever.

This time, the FIFA 2005 Awards Ceremony was still held at the Zurich Opera Superstar. More than 1,000 guests attended, 150 media reported live, and it was telecast to 160 countries. The award ceremony was hosted by former England striker Ian Wright and former Swiss. Miss, Matthaus' ex-wife Morena hosted.

The theme of this awards ceremony is "Football meets Dance", which gives people a very strange feeling. David can't understand why FIFA always puts football and these elegant arts together, just like the last time." Football meets opera", something completely irrelevant, nondescript.

However, this does not affect David's appearance at the awards scene, because this time, Villa has a great chance of winning.

It's an irony to say,

In last year's European Ballon d'Or and World Player of the Year selection, Villa, who had better actual results, won the European Ballon d'Or, while Ronaldinho simply shared the title of World Player of Football with Villa because of his popularity and influence. This shows the difference in the emphasis of the two selection rules.

However, in this year's European Ballon d'Or selection, Ronaldinho defeated Villa with his alien performance, and the gap between the two was very small.

But in this selection of World Footballer of the Year, Villa's voice for stability is the highest, and the situation is completely reversed, which really makes many people puzzled.

The reason is also very simple. If you simply compare the performance, maybe Ronaldinho has a better chance of winning the award, but in the selection of the world footballer, the player's reputation and influence will undoubtedly occupy a very large proportion. Villa has won last year's award. The double football player is no longer a nobody. After this year's fermentation, Villa's fame is even bigger than that of Ronaldinho.

Coupled with the full promotion of sponsors and Notts County Club, Villa even has the title of the world's first football superstar.

So this time Villa's voice to win the championship is higher than Ronaldinho.

For this situation, although Villa is happy in his heart, he is quite speechless. If he can choose, he would rather have the European Ballon d'Or instead of the World Footballer.

In any case, this time Villa may become the biggest winner, and once Villa defends the world football player, then he will truly become the world's No. 1 superstar.

Similar to the European Ballon d'Or, in the previously announced 30-person shortlist, Notts County, the strongest performer last season, had 8 people selected, breaking the previous record and creating an incredible miracle.

In addition to Villa, the biggest favorite to win the championship, Deco, who ranked in the top five last season, Robben and Ribery, the pair of devil wings, also successfully entered the shortlist. Team captain Alonso with his stable performance It is also the first time to be selected. The attacking midfielder Kaka has the strength to rank in the top ten. Carvalho may be the top defender candidate, and there is also Ronaldinho who is transferred. Of course, if Ram does not transfer. Will leave, so Notts County has nine players on the roster.

David did not pay attention to some of the previous tasteless awards, but he still applauded and congratulated the winners politely. What really interested David was the former Swedish referee Frisk, the winner of the "Chairman's Special Award".

In the first round of last season's Champions League quarter-finals, Frisk called Barcelona's home game against Chelsea. After the game, Chelsea head coach Jose Mourinho accused Rijkaard of "illegally touching" Frederick at half-time. Frisk caused a lot of trouble for this, Mourinho was also punished by UEFA, and Frisk was also harassed by the English media in every possible way.

David doesn't understand Blatter's approach very much. Is it to set a model or to give eye medicine to some forces?

Maybe he was born without the talent of a politician, he really didn't understand the twists and turns in it.

Afterwards, the German women's football player Prinz was elected as the Miss World Football, which is also her third consecutive year. This selection is about to become a game for him alone!

Of course, the final highlight is the announcement of the results of the selection of the World Footballer. When FIFA vice-chairman Villa stepped onto the stage, David clearly felt Villa's nervousness.

No matter how much Villa said he didn't care, but at this juncture, how could there be no fluctuations? This is the highest honor for professional players.

Villa first introduced the top three football players in the world, namely Villa from Notts County, Ronaldinho from Barcelona, ​​and Lampard from Chelsea, but even the magic lamp was in Chelsea last season. With a phenomenal performance, everyone knows that this time he is definitely a runner, and the third place will belong to him without any suspense. (To be continued.)