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Chapter 44 Welcome Ceremony and Mr. Football

After Chelsea ended their crazy celebration, Prince still came on the field in the 88th minute. After taking the lead, Grant did not intend to let him play, but the substitution report had been submitted, so the substitution was inevitable. Prince replaced

It was Shevchenko who had just scored the goal. The Ukrainian was now considered a veteran, so it was difficult for him to persist in the 90-minute high-intensity game. He was already exhausted at this time. The two hugged on the sidelines, and the Ukrainian veteran said

After saying cheers, he trudged back to the bench to rest. The prince slowly ran into the court. He knew that there was no problem in the situation now, so he just came up and took a walk to get familiar with each other.

Coax, just when the prince appeared in his position, the audience burst into cheers that broke through the sky. All the fans stood up and shouted the prince's name hoarsely. Banners filled with blessings and welcome words kept coming.

Dancing, in the north stand, a huge No. 27 jersey was surging like a wave as the fans passed it. The DJ on the scene also passionately shouted slogans to welcome the prince, and the fans in the stadium interacted to express their support.

Welcome to the arrival of the prince.

The prince was stunned on the spot. He did not expect that Chelsea fans would respond with such enthusiasm to his arrival. You must know that Chelsea is now a wealthy team that is trembling in Europe. Everyone in the team

The players are all world-class or powerful players. The prince thought that Chelsea fans would be accustomed to the stars and not care too much. Who knew that the fans at the scene would actually make such a big noise for him, which moved him, who has always been in love with Real Madrid.

For the first time, I had the idea of ​​playing here forever, winning countless honors for Chelsea.

This unexpected welcome ceremony lasted for 3 minutes. It was probably because the fans had difficulty cheering for the prince for a long time after cheering for the team for 90 minutes, so they did not continue after giving the prince a big surprise.

Shouting, as long as it can express the welcome to the prince is enough.

When the fans shouted in unison, the players on both sides were a little stunned. Instead of continuing the game, they looked around to see what happened to make the fans suddenly commotion. After seeing this grand and simple but very touching welcome ceremony,

, and they were very quick to give time to Callejon so that he could fully enjoy this beautiful moment. Of course, the referee would not be a villain at this time, and directly blew the whistle to end the game after the shouting.

The original function of the prince's appearance was to delay the time, but he didn't want to be indirectly accomplished by the fans. It was really awesome. In order to respond to the enthusiastic fans, the prince kept going around the court to bow and wave to the fans. It can be said that he was in

Frankfurt did not enjoy this treatment. Although Bundesliga fans are famous for their fanaticism, Premier League fans are no less generous, or even more so.

In fact, no one cared too much about the final result of the game. Chelsea had already won the game anyway, and the gap with Manchester United by a few points had become smaller. As for Arsenal, everyone had selectively ignored it. With the Arsenal lineup,

, it is difficult to pose any threat to Manchester United and Chelsea in the second half, so naturally there is no need to think too much.

After the game, the English media did not pay too much attention to the result of the game. The focus of the comments was on the novel welcome ceremony at the end. It should be said that for the young prince who had just arrived, the major media surprisingly did not attack and smear him.

He chose to wait and see what happens, and expressed that he is looking forward to the performance of this Spanish star in the Premier League.

After the game, the prince asked Drogba, a kind-hearted big man, to take him home. Anyway, the two families lived not far away, otherwise the prince would not be able to trouble others all the time. After all, he has a family and his freedom is limited.

After returning home, the prince was bored and had nothing to do. There was almost no need to read the newspapers in England. There was not a single word of truth. It was okay if it was just for fun. However, the above news about this year's World Footballer selection. Prince

I'm still very interested. Ten days ago, on December 18, FIFA announced the major annual awards including World Footballer at a party held in Zurich, Switzerland. Of course, the most popular among them was

What we are paying attention to is the result of the Footballer selection.

Earlier, FIFA's official website announced the final list of the top three for the 2007 World Footballer of the Year. Kaká, Messi and Ronaldo were on the list. As early as early October this year, FIFA announced

The shortlist of 30 people was officially announced. Later, after voting by the head coaches and captains of various national teams around the world, Brazil’s Kaka, Argentina’s Messi and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo stood out. Kaka led AC Milan last season

Won the UEFA Champions League; Messi helped the Argentinian national team reach the Copa America final and performed well in Barcelona; Ronaldo not only led Manchester United to regain the Premier League title after four years but was also the team's top scorer. According to the arrangement,

On December 17, FIFA announced the final winners at the annual World Players Conference in Zurich, Switzerland, and awarded gold, silver and bronze awards to the three winners.

As the finale of the party, Kaká received the World Footballer trophy from FIFA President Sepp Blatter and football king Pele. World Footballer is also the fourth Mr. title won by the core of Milan this year. He has already won the title before.

Champions League Most Valuable Player (UEFA), Player of the Season (International Professional Footballers Association), Ballon d'Or ("France Football") and World's Best Player ("World Football"), now, winning the world football

The Mr. trophy enables the Brazilian star to complete the "Mr. Grand Slam", which can be said to be a great recognition and praise for his work throughout the year, especially for leading Milan to win the Champions League.

FIFA founded the "FIFA World Player of the Year" selection in 1991. The initial selection rules were that the national team coaches of each member association voted to select the top three candidates, but they could not choose the national team they coached.

Members. The player with the first choice can get 5 points, the player with the second choice can get 3 points, the player with the third choice can get 1 point, and then the total score is calculated based on the number of votes of the players. Since 2004, the "World Footballer"

The selection rules were changed, so that the votes of national team coaches and captains accounted for 80%, and the International Professional Players Union accounted for 20%. Before Kaká, four Brazilians had won the title of World Footballer, namely Roma.

Along with Leo, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho, Kaká became the fifth Brazilian to win this award.

AC Milan in 2007 started in the play-offs. After Kaka commanded a group of old and weak soldiers to enter the rematch, he showed an unstoppable kingly spirit. In the top 16, Kaka beat the Celtics and was eliminated in the top 8 away game.

Bayern, after toying with Manchester United's defense in the semi-finals, returned home and defeated Manchester United in the rain. In the final, he assisted Inzaghi to avenge Liverpool. He scored important goals in so many key games and single-handedly helped the team.

At the top of Europe, they even shined in the Club World Cup at the end of the year, defeating Boca and winning the Club World Cup, marking a happy ending to a year of good performance.

This year has become a veritable "Year of Kaká". The Brazilian won 13 various awards in world football throughout the year. Although Kaká did not always have a stable performance in the 12 months of this year,

He made several critical saviors in the Champions League, and finally won the Golden Boot Award and the Champions Trophy. His performance made him brilliant. When AC Milan acquired Kaká from Sao Paulo in 2003, the cost of 10 million euros was already considered too much.

High. And now Kaka not only has the highest salary in Serie A, but his transfer fee valuation has reached at least 80 million.

The prince has always been puzzled as to why Real Madrid has been pursuing Kaka instead of a child trained by their own youth at home. Now he finally understands a little bit. These guys seem to only consider their own status and only buy expensive ones instead of choosing the right ones.

, as long as being famous can bring benefits to yourself, as for future performance, that is what the coach should worry about.

One of the major scenes of world stars in 2007 is the explosion and competition of the new generation of stars. AC Milan's Kaka, Manchester United's Ronaldo, and Barcelona's Messi have become the most intense competition for the "French Football" Golden Globe Award and FIFA World Player of the Year.

This is not surprising. The Italian media complained that Ibrahimovic was not included in the FIFA World Player of the Year candidate list, but Ibrahimovic's lack of dominance in the international arena in the 2006-07 season was indeed fatal.

Even though he entered the "France Football" Ballon d'Or candidate list, the gap between him and the above three people in votes is still very large.

Kaka personally believes that Ronaldo's Manchester United lost to AC Milan in the Champions League semi-finals, and Messi failed to win the La Liga championship, which was the main reason why the two lost to him. In fact, Kaka and the two cannot be ignored

Factors for direct competition between competitors: Kaká scored 3 goals in 2 games in the Champions League semi-finals, Ronaldo was completely restrained by AC Milan defender Odo and his immature performance, and Manchester United's 0-3 defeat in the second round even more disgraced the Portuguese youth.

Many impression points.

Messi scored a Maradona-style solo goal in the Copa del Rey, which Maradona called "I have scored hundreds of goals like this." Barcelona had the same points as Real Madrid in La Liga but lost the championship.

Messi's hat trick in the derby cannot change the situation where Barcelona and Real Madrid have the upper hand in the direct confrontation. Messi still has to think carefully about the ball he lost in the frontcourt in the friendly match between Brazil and Argentina in London in 2006. Kaka broke it from under his feet.

After the ball, in the style of Maradona, he made continuous passes into the Argentine penalty area and scored.

Although the game was a friendly match, this goal was so crucial. The shock of a Brazilian scoring the Argentine goal in this way was astonishing around the world, not to mention that it was Kaká who scored the goal, and the one who intercepted the ball was

Messi. Messi also loses a lot of impression points in direct confrontations.

But Kaká’s victory over Ronaldo and Messi was not based on these few impression points. As he said, “God will help the weak.” He understands that AC Milan has lost Sheva, the players are aging, and AC Milan has been hit by the Calciopoli scandal.

is a weakling, Ancelotti's team behaved like a full-fledged weakling in many situations, but Kaka just led this team to defeat those so-called strong ones at many critical moments, AC Milan Champions League

They lost 2-3 away to Manchester United in the first leg of the semi-finals, but Kaka's two wonderful goals were the biggest highlight of the game.

From this perspective, Kaká and AC Milan won the European Champions Cup in the 2006-07 season, just like Schumacher, who just debuted, still won the F1 championship in a Benetton "bad car". Even if Messi won La Liga last season

The champion, in the Ballon d'Or selection, can only get a little bit closer to Kaká in votes, just a little bit.

When Kaka first debuted at the Sao Paulo Club, he was hailed as a "genius that comes only once in 40 years." It is not easy to be called such a title in Brazil. In the 40 years from 2001 to 1961,

How many superstars have Brazilian football produced? Not to mention Pele and Garrincha, Zico, Romario, Ronaldo, Falcao, Rivelino and others are all beyond the reach of ordinary people.

AC Milan captain Maldini recently said that some aspects of Kaka reminded him of Basten. Maldini has always been cautious with his words, and his evaluation of Kaka was not out of compliment. In fact, European football still accepts Kaka.

There is a process. The first thing Kaka overcame was people's predictions that he would not be able to adapt to the confrontational nature of European football, including predictions that his name was unlucky. "Kaka" has an emphasis on the second syllable in French.

It means "poop". In Italian and Spanish, if the stress is changed to the first syllable, it also means "poop".

Kaká made his debut as a superstar almost as soon as he entered European football. Shevchenko won the 2004 Ballon d'Or by virtue of being the top scorer of the Serie A championship in the 2003-04 season. In fact, the person who won the Shevchenko Ballon d'Or was Kaká.

Kaká, he is more liked by Ukrainians than Rebrov of Dynamo Kiev, and the personal friendship between the two came naturally. Looking back now, whether the biggest contributor to AC Milan's league championship in the 2003-04 season was Sheva or Kaká

There was still time. The best foreign player and best player voted by Italian players that season were both Kaká, which shows that opponents have become more aware of the power of the 22-year-old Brazilian at the time.

Kaka's performance in the 2007 Club World Cup was the best ending to his successful year. Sacchi watched AC Milan's 4-2 victory over Boca Juniors in the final and burst into tears in the live TV room. He said he remembered

Too many. Sacchi must have thought of the dominant Basten back then. He also said, "Kaka's perfect performance is rare in the history of football. I even try hard to recall the Eusebio of the early 1960s.

Compare it to him."

Kaka participated in the Club World Cup with a broken toe nail. After two games, he took off his sneakers and socks with blood on them. His dream is to win three "French Football" Ballon d'Or awards like Basten. And

Like Basten, the only thing that can stop Kaka is injuries. The nail problem in the Club World Cup is just a small signal. Kaka also needs to be careful about his knees. In the 2006 World Cup quarter-finals, he played with a knee injury.

During the season, he complained of knee pain many times in AC Milan. What is more gratifying is that Kaka's bone age is two years later than that of ordinary players, so the possibility of ordinary South American players declining after the age of 25 is not very high.

Unlike Basten, who finally parted ways with Sacchi, Kaka currently has a coach in AC Milan who can adopt an almost doting attitude towards talents. When Ancelotti became famous as a coach, he rejected Baggio and Zola, and there were many "

In the second half of his life, he meant a "Sacchi-like" tactical prisoner, but since doting on Del Piero at Juventus, Ancelotti has completely become like the Swedish coach Liedholm when he played for Roma, with a strong romantic tone. AC Milan

Some tactical designs are biased towards or even doting on Kaká, but perhaps this ornamental, retro, romantic approach is more likely to recreate a Basten-style historical superstar in a modern football atmosphere.

A 19-year-old journalism student in Brazil named Ana Paula said that falling in love with Kaka helped her cure her depression for several years. This must be a case worthy of careful study by psychologists, who are increasingly aware of depression.

In the prevailing modern society, "Kaka" becomes a panacea, which must be more interesting than the dialectical relationship between horse dung and Baicao Shuang.

The prevalence of modern depression is inevitably related to the proliferation of Beckham-style commercial idols. The more dizzying they are, the more they make the public give up thinking about ultimate care. Kaká is the opposite of Beckham. He comes from the hustle and bustle of Sao Paulo.

, but it comes from the great nature that still exists in Brazil. He emphasizes values, but never tries to shape himself into an idol, but always maintains the temperament of "I am also a disciple of the Bible". He is affable and never refuses to give up on others.

outside.

To a large extent, Kaká has changed the "bitter love" feeling that the world's stars have habitually given to people. For a long time, people have been accustomed to stars being also spoiled children. The recent frequent scandals in the Premier League reflect this.

There is a large-scale problem of star chasing. You are their fan, which even means that you try to make yourself as slutty as a prostitute to wait on their bed. The most interesting thing is that the call girl’s boyfriend is because the client his girlfriend has fucked is

c.The story of Ronaldo not being so angry anymore.

Bitter love, doting, indulgence, and scandal are not only a phenomenon in the football star circle, but also unavoidable in many star circles in modern society. Kaka is not the best combination of "Europe + South America". He is happy, simple,

He can celebrate life and living with everyone, which is still unique to South America and even Brazil. It is more appropriate to say that Kaká is an outstanding representative of Brazilian middle-class culture. The existence of nature allows them to still have a way to save the world.

Feelings, this is something that people in Eurasia are seriously lacking.

Of course, you can criticize that Kaka's over-popularity reflects the ideal sentiment of old-style European racism. An outstanding-looking white man plays the core hero among people with different skin colors. This image always seems to be the most popular. Kaka's image

Is there such a value factor in it? Just like the mpb music loved by the Brazilian middle class, would you say that it is always black, mixed-race people playing drums and trumpets, and the lead singer is more often a white girl with an equally beautiful voice and appearance (typical

The most popular singer in Brazil is Iveti and the band that accompanies her).

Only when you say it, you will find that the above criticism will only make Eurasian people blush in the end. Because Kaka is a product of a country with the best racial integration. The cultural products of this country's racial integration are naturally capable of showing various skin colors.

Ability and rights. The enthusiasm and positive spirit carried by Brazilian music, food and football have brought psychological impact to the Eurasian continent precisely here, just like you can see from Iveti the products produced in Europe in the past.

Voice practice techniques, but you also admit that it was the indiscriminate combination of black, Indian and white music in the paradise land of Brazil that produced Yvette. The same is true for Kaka. He and Ronaldo, Robinho,

Romario, Rivaldo and even Pele and Garrincha are all very different, but they are all "so harmoniously born together in Brazil".

The most similar thing between Kaka and Basten is their rigorous attitude towards life and career, and even a spirit of never-ending pursuit of progress and accumulation. It is rare for a Brazilian and a Dutchman to be so similar. To be more precise, it is rare that a Brazilian and a Dutchman are so similar.

, it is the evangelical religion that Kaka believes in that makes him resemble a strict Nordic in some aspects.

A recent fact reported by the British media is that the number of British Catholics has exceeded the number of Anglicans. Blair converted to Catholicism just after abdicating the throne. The innocent girl Carolina received evangelical courses before marrying Kaka.

The Catholic became an Evangelical, and he and Kaka were married in an Evangelical church.

Kaka has indeed surpassed the life trajectory of ordinary Catholic Latins in Brazil, Argentina, Italy and other countries. He is as abstinent, far away from hedonism and tireless as the Puritans described in Max Weber's "Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism"

To accumulate wealth (achievements). "I'm not good at cooking, but I know a lot about the stock market, especially the Brazilian stock market." Kaka said. In terms of playing style, Kaka and Basten are very different.

This is exactly what Tiny saw as "certain" similarities between the two.

Lello Taglie, the prodigal son who plays for Juventus, was also suggested by Paraguayan player Guzman to join the "Christian Athletes" organization to which Kaká belongs, changing his past mistakes and gaining a professional rebirth. Of course, everything has two sides.

The Puritans' tireless accumulation method created the capitalist world, but it also led to terrible resource competition to a certain extent and even destroyed the entire world.

The above-mentioned shortcomings of Kaka's father are obvious. He is an engineer and an evangelical Christian who studied science and engineering. He has been criticized privately because, as his son's agent, he tried to endlessly expand his income and let Kaka accept the endorsement of a Chinese company.

The pharmaceutical brand is widely considered to be a failure that only cares about money, at least because it lacks Kaka's consistent spirit of strictly scrutinizing the brands it endorses.

Fortunately, there are still several better ways of globalization than capitalism, from sports to music. In some aspects, sports have even better results than music. After all, the idol in the hearts of fans around the world is Kaká, not Kaká.

Father, Kaka's tireless pursuit and accumulation in the stadium will always be good news to fans around the world. As mentioned above, the positive, simple, and "non-bitter love" image he created has even helped girls overcome depression.

Max Weber, Freud, and John Lennon should all be happy about the ills of modern society.


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