Chapter 1640

"Frankly, I never thought about that!"

At the press conference of the FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony in Milan, Yang Yang sat on a sofa chair, crossed his legs effortlessly, and smiled to answer the questions from the media reporters. Their questions were very sharp, and they wanted to know why Real Madrid and Aja Kex's style will be so different, which is obviously to guide the topic to the public opinion of the last two games.

"I am a head coach. My first consideration must be the thoughts of everyone in the team. We all want to win, so my most important task is to help everyone in the team achieve this goal. As for how to win, Whether the win is beautiful or not should be something after the win."

When he said this, Yang Yang smiled and pointed to the media who asked the question, "It seems that the reason why I sit here in a good mood and answer this question is because I won. If I lose, then it should be Keep a dark face and leave early."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

Yang Yang's answer is very interesting, but it is also true.

As a professional head coach, before making any decisions, you must first ensure that the team can win.

If you can't win, it's useless to play beautifully.

Real Madrid's history has never lacked some good coaches, but if they can't win, they won't stay for long.

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There were three people attending the press conference, namely Yang Yang, Van Dijk and Messi.

These are the top three players shortlisted for the World Player of the Year this year. Yang Yang represents Ajax, Van Dijk represents Liverpool, and Messi represents Barcelona. Basically, most people believe that Yang Yang can win the championship.

Not only because he just won the UEFA Player of the Year, but also because he led Ajax to perform very well in the Champions League, seventeen goals, each of which is as precious as gold.

The topic on the scene naturally revolved around Yang Yang and some recent controversies in Real Madrid.

Yang Yang spoke highly of De Bruyne, the player he has relied on most this season.

"He is a world-class player, I have always believed in this, he can bring a huge leap to the overall strength of our team, if he can maintain his current form, and even he can go further, then I believe , he's going to be a great, incredible midfielder."

Yang Yang also followed the meaning of the media and mentioned other players, such as Casemiro and Kanter. Who is the better of these two players? This has always been the focus of debate among the media and fans all over the world, but Yang Yang feels that this should not be a problem.

"I want to say that it is a very happy thing to have Kante and Casemiro at the same time. They can both support the midfield, protect the defense, and handle the ball very reliably. The characteristics of the two are somewhat different. But overall, it’s pretty good.”

"I don't think it should be a question of who is better because these are two of the best midfielders in the world."

Yang Yang was also asked about Hazard. In the face of Sevilla, Hazard missed two single-handed opportunities, but made amazing contributions on the defensive end. The number of steals in the game was as high as eight, of which Seven times were completed in his own half, which even made him as many as Casemiro and Sevilla centre-back Carrizo as the highest in the game.

The question for the media is that Hazard should be a creative and technical offensive player, but Yang Yang seems to be using him as a defensive player. Combined with the criticism of Real Madrid football from the outside world, is Yang Yang stifling the creativity of the players? ?

Yang Yang's answer to this is, "There has never been, and there will be no one who can stifle the creativity of players!"

After a pause, Yang Yang explained: "I can understand the concerns of many fans. They feel that Hazard's performance on the offensive end is no longer decisive. I know this. I have discussed it with him many times. I think this is a problem. It's a question worthy of study."

"There is no doubt that Hazard is a top attacker, he is very, very good, but since he has reached his peak, the last two or three years, especially the last two years, we can clearly feel He's changing, he's starting to lose that hunger, it's not going to work."

"I told Hazard that he should be braver, tougher and more aggressive at the same time, and he needs to be harder on himself, so we saw that Hazard has lost a lot of weight this season. More commitment in the middle, and also showed his recovery in the offensive state."

"You ask me, Hazard's eight steals, tied for the highest in the game, is because his creativity has been stifled?"

"I don't think so. I think it's an expression of his efforts to find his own state. I'm very happy to see his efforts. I also believe that he will find his strongest self soon. And you know, he won this game. There were two one-on-ones, although he didn't score, but he was good enough."

"As long as he maintains his current state, the strongest Hazard will definitely come back soon!"

Yang Yang also mentioned Mbappe. He thinks that Mbappe, like other players, works very hard and is very dedicated.

"All of us know he's good, but he hasn't done enough in the past, and now he's starting to focus more on the game, not only on the offensive end, but also on defense, so he's getting better and better."

When Real Madrid narrowly defeated Sevilla 1-0 in the away game and won the top game, Barcelona encountered Waterloo again in the away game, losing 0-2 to Granada, and Atletico Madrid drew 0-0 at home with Vigose Alta.

In this way, after the five rounds of La Liga, Real Madrid has won five consecutive victories, leading the world by five points more than Atletico Madrid, which is ranked sixth, and eight points more than Barcelona, ​​who is ranked eighth. point.

This is already a considerable advantage.

Yang Yang does not think that Real Madrid has any capital to be proud of, "Every team will experience turmoil, it will happen to Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and it is the same for us. What we can do is to try to win every game .”

"I told my players, we don't need to worry about other things, just focus on doing one thing well and play well in the next game!"

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It was supposed to be a press conference for the three candidates for the World Player of the Year, but it turned out to be Yang Yang's one-man show, which made Messi and Van Dijk very embarrassed and helpless.

Because Yang Yang has shifted the topic to them many times, but the media is only interested in Yang Yang.

There are too many halos on him.

For example, in this year's awards ceremony, he was nominated for two heavyweight awards alone, namely World Footballer of the Year and Men's Football Coach of the Year. The former competed with Messi and Van Dijk, while the latter competed with Klopp and Melon. Diola competes.

This situation is unprecedented in the history of world football.

More importantly, this is the thirteenth time he has entered the top three lists of the World Footballer of the Year. He has been selected for the first twelve times. If he is elected again this year, he will win the award for 13 consecutive years. How unbelievable it is thing!

You know, the World Footballer of the Year was founded in 1991, so far there are only 29 awards in total, but Yang Yang has won 12 awards alone, and he is still the most powerful candidate for the 13th award.

What a hopeless thing this is!

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At the beginning of the awards ceremony, the best lineup of the year that has already been announced is the first to be presented.

Alisson in goal, De Ligt, Ramos, Van Dijk and Marcelo in defense, Modric and Frenkie de Jong in midfield, Mbappe, Messi, Hazard in front and Yang Yang.

In fact, after the announcement of this list, the outside world has strongly disputed the selection of several Real Madrid players, but the final list has not changed, and Real Madrid still shortlisted four players.

On the contrary, Ajax, which won the Champions League, only shortlisted three players, which made many people feel unfair.

The annual fair play award that followed was given to Leeds United of the English Championship.

This English powerhouse that has been sinking for many years played against Aston Villa in the penultimate round of the English Championship just past. The latter's player was injured and Leeds United scored a goal, but then Bielsa directed the players to give up defense. Let Aston Villa equalize the score, and finally the two teams shook hands and made a draw. This caused Leeds United to lose hope of directly entering the Premier League and could only participate in the promotion play-offs.

The final result of the play-offs was that Leeds United lost 3-4 to Derby County in the two rounds and failed to break into the Premier League. On the contrary, Aston Villa, which was released by Leeds United, was eliminated in the play-offs first. West Bromwich Albion, then defeated Derby County, and finally entered the Premier League this season.

To this end, FIFA awarded the Fair Play Award to Leeds United and Bielsa.

But unfortunately, Yang Yang failed to see Bielsa at the scene, but he still entrusted Leeds United captain Cooper, who came to present the award, to send his greetings to Bielsa, hoping that he could meet Bielsa one day.

For him, Bielsa is also a hall-level grandmaster!

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The best women's goalkeeper of the year was awarded to Atletico Madrid's Dutch player Van Vejndal, the best men's goalkeeper of the year was given to Liverpool's Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson, and the best fan was given to the Brazilian team Palme for explaining every game for his blind son. Sylvia Gleick of Russ Race.

The Puskas Award of the Year was awarded to Hungary's Debrecinj teenager Daniel Sori, while the Women's Coach of the Year was given to US Women's Soccer head coach Jill Ellis.

When it was the turn to present the best men's football coach award, the atmosphere on the scene changed suddenly and became a little nervous.

Tonight's La Scala Theater in Milan was full of guests. Besides the stars, famous coaches also joined in, including Italian coaches Capello, Lippi, etc., as well as the white wizard Veron in Argentina. Van Gaal, Van Basten and Rijkaard of the Netherlands also came to the scene.

The award presenter was Mourinho himself, and the witty Portuguese maniac received thunderous applause as soon as he appeared on the stage.

He first commented on Klopp and Guardiola, two old rivals in the Premier League, and then ridiculed Yang Yang.

"I think the job of head coach is becoming more and more difficult. Now even the kid who will not turn 33 in a few days is coming to compete with us for a job. Can't you play football well? You should go get more A few world footballers, not to compete for the best men's football coach of the year, is it?"

Mourinho's ridicule made the audience burst into laughter, but in the end he said it too.

"Of course, if you invited me to coach Ajax last year, I would be very happy, but there is no guarantee of winning the championship!"

Everyone laughed again.

But there is more admiration and admiration in the laughter.