The first day spn arrived in Shanghai was a non-stop rush to attend various interviews and commercial endorsement activities. By the time Li Yu dragged her tired body back to the hotel, it was already past 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.
Compared with playing football, Li Yu still feels that these activities are tiring. After a football match or training, he can still be in high spirits, but after several consecutive games of various activities, he is already exhausted.
While rinsing, Li Yu kept thinking that having too many endorsements is not a good thing!
Especially the last event. Although it was said to be a dinner party, Li Yu actually didn't eat anything at all in the end. It was obvious that he ate more than he said. He was really tired. Although his stomach was still protesting, he rinsed
After returning to bed, Li Yu immediately fell into a deep sleep.
There are formal events waiting for him tomorrow, but the award ceremony will be held in the evening. In the morning, Li Yu will attend a press conference and a small fan meeting event in accordance with the organizer's requirements. In the afternoon, his schedule is also full.
It can be said that Li Yu spent this day and a half, except for the few hours he slept, in rushing to the market.
Li Yuke has truly experienced the bitterness behind being a star. The superficial beauty, but the private bitterness and fatigue are not something that ordinary people can bear. Of course, if you don't have fame, no one will ask you to participate, and even take the initiative to send you a gift.
In addition to appearance fees, the life of a star is not so enviable. Compared with it, pure football is better.[
While Li Yu was answering questions from reporters on the stage, he was comparing himself with those entertainment stars in his mind. In his opinion, he was now more like an entertainment star than a football player.
Compared with the following fan meeting at the press conference, Li Yu felt a lot more relaxed. He didn't have to face all kinds of tricky questions, and he didn't have to be constantly wary of saying the wrong thing. He was much more relaxed when he was with the fans, and there were more topics to talk about.
It all revolves around football.
Many of the fans present were those who were waiting in front of the hotel early yesterday morning. Before the meeting started, it turned into an autograph session. Fans stepped forward to take photos and signed autographs before the real fan meeting. In fact,
This kind of fan meeting event only has a few processes, recording
The finalists for the AFC Association of the Year are the Iranian Football Association, the Japan Football Association and the Uzbekistan Football Association.
Generally, the selection of Asian Footballer of the Year is the last few awards given out, and it is also the climax of the entire awards ceremony.
Li Yu and Reparov beside him occasionally exchanged a few words. Both of them spoke in English. Yuji Nakazawa, who was sitting on the other side, couldn't communicate even if he wanted to. Making gestures with his hands was not a problem.
The two of you are a bit far apart, so you can't have a meeting up there, so let's make a lot of noise here.
Originally, Li Yu was very confident that he would win the award in the end, but after communicating with Zheparov and understanding the rules of the competition, he realized why another extremely outstanding player in Europe, namely Manchester United teammate Park Ji-sung, won the award.
Why is he not nominated? Like Li Yu, he has no experience in Asian competitions. Compared with others, Li Yu has not even played in the national team. If we just compare the two, he may not have a higher score in the competition than Park Ji-sung.
But there are always surprises. Li Yu's influence in Asia is too great, especially in the Southeast Asia region represented by China. If the same situation as the Golden Globe Awards really occurs, the AFC's awards ceremony will not be
It's strange that people would question it.
Therefore, Li Yu was selected by special nomination. According to the selection method established by the AFC, in fact, Li Yu did not have as high a chance of winning the award as rumored by the outside world. It was almost a one-sided situation.
If Li Yu wants to win, he must completely defeat other candidates in the voting process to have any hope.
As the awards were announced one by one, excited celebrations and congratulatory applause could be heard from time to time.
It’s finally the selection stage for Mr. Football. It has to be said that there are many awards in this award ceremony, but the process is still relatively fast. Only Miss Football and Mr. Football need two rounds of voting on site. The remaining awards are actually awarded before the start.
The Football Federation already has the results and is just waiting to announce them at the meeting.
The five players, plus the original competition scores, will first conduct a round of voting to determine the top three, and then another round to determine the final winner.
There is still a round of suspense. When the voting session begins, it is impossible for Li Yu not to be nervous. In the camera, Li Yu keeps drinking water in order to cover up his nervous mood, but it is just a little too frequent.
The cover-up was not successful.
Several people around him were also very nervous. Nakazawa Yuji, who was next to Li Yu, showed no signs of nervousness in the first half, but Li Yu, who was closer, could still see that Nakazawa Yuji couldn't help but stand on tiptoe to control his nervousness.
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It took just one minute to wait for the voting results, which was undoubtedly a long time. Finally, the beautiful emcee of the conference invited a lottery guest to announce the results of the first round of voting.
I think it was beyond everyone's expectations. In the first round, Reparov ranked first, Li Yu ranked second, and Juan Mata from the United Arab Emirates ranked third. The remaining two players can be relieved, although their faces
I can't help but still feel a little disappointed, but the two eliminated people actually know in their hearts that if the rules of the AFC selection were not different from other continents, Li Yu would definitely be the winner, and he is the only one who can let people say no after winning the award.
No matter what, the others are actually only half a pound to eighty liang, and their influence at the Asian level is limited, let alone Europe, the center of world football.
Perhaps the AFC intends to let Li Yu regain some disadvantages and enhance the image and influence of some Asian football. The beautiful emcee stepped forward before the second round of voting and said, "In the past year, there was a player in Asia who achieved great success in Europe."
An eye-catching result, let’s take a look at his wonderful performance, and at the same time relieve the tense voting session!”
Everyone present at the meeting is not a fool. They have all understood the obvious hints. This is the AFC's unofficial decision. Li Yu went up. He had no Asian competition points and used the on-site votes to make up for it. But everyone really
There is nothing to say. With those lame rules, the Asian Footballer selected is almost the same as a famous person compared with those from other continents. Who in the international football world knew that there is such an Asian Footballer!
This method has been approved by the two major football powers in East Asia and West Asia. After watching Li Yu’s wonderful video, everyone knows that the next voting is already a formality, and the final winner must be Li Yu
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"The second round of voting begins!"
Li Yu had heard about many behind-the-scenes operations by various continental football federations, especially in the UK. The British media have been saying that UEFA has been calculating the Premier League players in the Champions League groupings, and there is an issue of internal manipulation of the draw results.
Now it seems that everything is the same everywhere, but Li Yu also understands that in order to increase the influence of Asian football, it is not a bad thing, but for Li Yu himself, it is not necessarily good or bad. The benefits are obvious.
The grand prize of 5,000 points has been obtained, but will the media question it again after the award ceremony? No one can say! [
Speaking of the impact on Li Yu's personal reputation, without this award, Li Yu's popularity in Europe is not low now. Even if he adds the title of Asian Footballer, it is actually a bragging weight for the British media and Manchester United. Other influences
His power is really nothing. There is no way that the Football Center of this Asian Footballer doesn’t pay attention to it at all. In their opinion, Li Yu deserves to win the award, but it’s not possible.
After feeling confident, Li Yu was not thinking about the final result, but thinking about what to say when she went on stage to receive the award, sorting out her thoughts, and now waiting for the award-winning guest to say her name.
The beautiful emcee took out a golden envelope symbolizing the final result, and the award-giving guests followed suit. Without much prelude, the guests immediately opened the envelope, took out the list of final winners, and read out solemnly, "
yulee!”
The audience burst into cheers, and the other candidates also congratulated Li Yu and signaled that he could go on stage to receive the award.
Before the beautiful emcee could say the words to invite the winners, Li Yu had already started walking towards the stage, but there was no one on both sides of the aisle congratulating Li Yu, so he slowed down a little.
"The handsome guy can't wait. I don't think I asked the winner to come on stage, he just walked over by himself!" Waiting for Li Yu to come on stage, the beautiful emcee made a joke and used the opportunity of waiting for Li Yu to come on stage.
Time spent wisely.
When we got to the stage, the beautiful emcee took the lead in sending her blessings, giving her a hug and a kiss, of course on the cheek, while still saying congratulations on winning the prize.
Li Yu also thanked the beautiful emcee softly, turned around to face the audience, bowed deeply, and immediately received another burst of warm applause.
At this time, the award trophy walked up to Li Yu, handed the trophy to Li Yu, and also sent his blessing, "Congratulations, young man!"
"Thank you, sir!"
"Now, please let the winners say a few acceptance speeches!" The beautiful emcee said while motioning for Li Yu to come to the microphone.
Li Yu did not speak English at this time, and Mandarin was what he wanted to say, "Thank you for your votes. Thank you again for your recognition of me. As a football player, I am deeply honored to receive such a great award. Football has given me
For all this, the first thing I want to thank is football!"
"Generally after winning an award, there is a series of thanks. When I was being interviewed the day before, a host asked me if I would thank you all in the same old-fashioned way. At that time, my answer was no, but now I have decided to use one sentence
Let’s express it in words!”
"Thank you to everyone who has supported me. I will continue to strive for higher football achievements. This is my goal. Thank you everyone for listening quietly to me and saying thank you again!"
Bowing again, the audience applauded.
The Miss Football team behind the award ceremony obviously pales in comparison to the Mr. Football team. In the field of football, there is still a big gap in the influence of women's football and men's football, which cannot be reversed in a short time.
The last award was presented, and the awards banquet was over. Li Yu finally won the first continental award in his life during this trip to Shanghai. The 2008 Asian Footballer of the Year is him, Li Yu!
