The 2008 FIFA Awards Ceremony is scheduled to be held on the evening of January 12th.
This should be the latest in recent years.
In FIFA's terms, this can better assess players' performance throughout 2008.
After all, it was held in December before, and there were still a few days before the end of 2008.
The party was held in the evening, but Su Dong arrived at noon.
Although he had just flown to Switzerland after a long journey from the Middle East and was exhausted physically and mentally, Su Dong's spirit was still quite good.
Especially when he was received by FIFA staff and saw Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi who came specially after checking into the hotel, he felt even happier.
"Ronnie, I'm so happy to see you!" Su Dong gave Ronnie a big hug.
Messi's treatment was even more special. In addition to hugging him, Su Dong also touched his head affectionately.
Although he has cut off his iconic Argentinian long hair, Messi still has his ear-length hair parted in the middle, which feels good to the touch.
"You brat, you've been in the spotlight lately. Are you planning to kill me?" Su Dong asked cheerfully.
Messi also kept smiling. He didn't feel that Su Dong was intimidating him, but he was more happy.
"By the way, Xiaobai asked me to congratulate you on his behalf." Messi said.
Su Dong nodded and touched Messi's head again, as if he was touching Iniesta this time.
Although the World Footballer of the Year has not yet been finally announced, everyone has basically concluded that Su Dong is a sure winner.
Throughout 2008, Su Dong won countless awards and championships from authoritative organizations such as the German Football Association, Bundesliga, Bayern, UEFA, and FIFA.
Having won more than 30 awards, it can be said that I am soft on the prizes.
Especially recently, after winning the Golden Globe Award, Su Dong is in the spotlight.
Everyone has no doubt that today's Su Dong has not only staged the Return of the King, but is even more famous than he was three years ago.
With such a momentum, it is absolutely unjustifiable not to win an award.
If FIFA really awards the award to someone else, it will only damage the authority of the World Footballer and take away the Ballon d'Or in vain. Therefore, such a thing will basically not happen.
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Although they haven't seen each other for a long time, Su Dong, Ronnie and Messi often talk on the phone.
Ronnie has been linked to Real Madrid for the past two years. There were rumors before that Calderon had reached an agreement with Manchester United and was about to sign Ronnie in the summer of 2009. But now that Calderon has suddenly dismissed, the media has changed the topic.
, believes that if Florentino comes to power, he will sign Ronnie.
Su Dong did know some inside information.
Calderon did have contact with Ronnie, Manchester United and Mendes, but both Ronnie and Mendes had reservations about Calderon.
To put it simply, I think this guy is unreliable.
Don’t think that being backed by a giant like Real Madrid will make people think highly of them. On the contrary, people like Calderon and Mijatovic are just like jokes in the European football circle.
Who will recognize them?
Florentino is able to thrive in European football not just because he is the chairman of Real Madrid, but more importantly, he is Florentino Perez!
If Ronnie really wants to move to Real Madrid, it will definitely be under the leadership of Florentino, not Calderon.
Messi's situation is better. Now he has been in the top three for two consecutive years. He has firmly established himself as Barcelona's number one brother. Even Bojan, who is a direct descendant of Barcelona's youth training, will find it difficult to shake him.
The only trouble is that Mourinho's coaching style is not unrestrained enough. Although it gives Messi enough freedom, it still limits Barcelona's overall level to some extent, especially in terms of passing, controlling and creativity.
So now, the Catalan media has a very ambivalent attitude towards Mourinho.
On the one hand, Mourinho led Barcelona to a dominant position in La Liga, erasing the previous sluggishness of the Rijkaard period, but on the other hand, his football was so un-Barcelona that many fans
Feeling dissatisfied, Cruyff even criticized Mourinho in his column every week, and even the locker room had some objections.
However, with good results now, Mourinho is still the king of Camp Nou.
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It is naturally impossible for the three of them to talk about these private matters together.
Ronnie and Messi are not particularly familiar with each other, and they came together more because of Su Dong. Therefore, they would say many things to Su Dong, but when the three of them were together, they never mentioned it.
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Su Dong also knew this very well, so he refused to mention it.
When Ronny won the award before, Wang Chuqing once said that if she attended the award ceremony, it would be to celebrate Su Dong's award, but she still did not attend this year because she suddenly became famous for no reason recently.
I don’t want to show up anymore.
When the three mentioned this matter, Su Dong felt very speechless, but he strongly suggested that Messi also bring Xiaofang, oh, no, it should be Antonela, and he would definitely become popular.
The topic quickly shifted to Manchester City's signing of Kaká.
After signing Robinho, Manchester City spent a lot of money to sign Kaká. It was difficult for AC Milan to resist the financial bombardment from the Middle East tycoons. They had basically surrendered. Now only Kaká is still considering.
Obviously, he also needs to consider the pros and cons.
And when it comes to Kaka, Kaka will be there right away.
As soon as he heard that Su Dong and the three of them were working together, Kaka quickly knocked on the door and paid a visit.
This year, FIFA has changed the tradition of only having three people on the candidate list in the past, and now has five people. Among the five people, Kaká and Torres are also shortlisted, but I don’t know how they rank.
One thing that is certain is that there is basically no suspense about the top three, Su Dong, Ronnie and Messi. The difference is who ranks third between Ronnie and Messi.
Kaká and Torres are basically fourth and fifth, it’s a matter of who is up and who is down.
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After chatting in the hotel until the afternoon, under the arrangement of the staff, the four of them followed Torres, who arrived later, and went to the Zurich Opera House in casual clothes to attend the press conference of the World Footballer.
Su Dong deservedly sat in the C seat, and also received the most inquiries from media reporters, including some tricky questions.
Today, Su Dong has experienced many years of turmoil, and is very familiar with the media. He easily resolved their little tricks and praised the other four candidates without being humble or condescending.
On the contrary, when the other four people were asked who was most likely to win the award, they all chose Su Dong.
It is not difficult to see that Su Dong’s award this year was a huge success.
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After the press conference, the five people returned to the hotel to rest together.
After dinner, everyone dressed up.
Su Dong put on a black suit provided by the sponsor and looked very energetic. Ronnie, Messi, Kaká and others were also in suits and ties, and were dressed very formally.
After arriving at the venue, Su Dong met Beckenbauer, Platini, Zidane and other famous players, and received their congratulations.
Everyone knows that tonight belongs to Su Dong.
Having won so many championships, won so many honors, and won so many awards, would it make sense if Su Dong never gets another award?
Su Dong responded politely.
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At the beginning of the evening party, the names of the five Miss World Footballers and the five World Footballers were announced, as well as their respective performances in 2008. This was regarded as a warm-up to the awards ceremony.
Subsequently, the video reviewed some important matches in world football in the past 2008, and introduced the 2009 Confederations Cup and the 2010 South Africa World Cup.
Platini, Vice President of FIFA and President of UEFA, took the stage to deliver a speech and also presented the Football Promotion Award.
This is a new award this year, awarded to the Palestinian Football Association. Under difficult circumstances, they renovated their home court and hosted their first national team home game in October 2008. This award was recognized by FIFA.
Recognition.
Turkey and Armenia shared the Fair Play Award equally, and women's football won the FIFA President's Award in recognition of the rapid development of women's football in the past few years.
Finally, there are two grand prizes.
In order to show the importance of these two awards, the presenters are also the most important ones. FIFA executive committee member Beckenbauer and football king Pele presented the awards together, which is also very rare.
Caesar and the King of Football are recognized as the two greatest football players in the history of world football and are also the two football kings officially recognized by FIFA. They both came on stage to present awards at the same time and received overwhelming applause from the audience.
Miss World Football was established in 2001 with a slightly smaller weight. It was first announced and the Brazilian female football player Marta won the award.
This is the third time that Marta has won the title of World Football Miss, which makes her equal to the German female football player Prinz.
This year, Marta defeated Prinz to win the award.
After the Miss World Football award was awarded, the party came to the most dazzling part, which was also the most anticipated part of everyone in the audience.
World Footballer of the Year!
Pele jokingly asked Beckenbauer if he would be nervous?
Beckenbauer smiled and said that he was not nervous at all, "I am very confident!"
Pele also smiled and said that he was not nervous either, because the Brazilians had little chance this year.
Everyone present was amused and burst into laughter.
When the award was finally announced, the two exchanged pleasantries, and it was Bailey who finally announced it.
"The player who won the 2008 World Footballer of the Year is..."
Bailey paused deliberately, looked at all the guests in the room jokingly, and laughed.
This somewhat mischievous move once again received laughter and applause from the audience.
Football king Pele's character is as unpredictable as his playing style on the court.
"Su Dong!!!!" Bailey suddenly shouted.
The whole audience burst into even more enthusiastic cheers.
Su Dong immediately stood up from his seat and hugged the top five players including Ronnie, Messi, Kaká and Torres. Then he turned around and bowed deeply to all the guests present.
When he stepped onto the podium, Beckenbauer had already opened his arms towards him.
This is the first World Footballer of the Year in the history of the Bundesliga and the first World Footballer of the Year in the history of Bayern Munich.
Tonight, this award not only belongs to Soviet Union, but also to Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga, and even German football!
Especially when Su Dong took the award from Bailey and raised it high above his head, the audience burst into the warmest cheers.
Su Dong finally got his wish, staged the return of the king, and once again won the double football player!
