Manchester City's epic 4-3 victory over Manchester United at home has caused violent shock around the world. The annual FIFA Ballon d'Or award ceremony has also begun to enter the fans' field of vision.
As in previous years, this year's awards ceremony will still be held at the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland.
The difference is that this year's Manchester City is obviously bigger.
In the eleven-man best lineup announced early, Manchester City occupied three of them.
The goalkeeper is Casillas, the defense is Pepe, Ramos, Kompany and Alves, the midfielder is Iniesta, Xavi Alonso and Xavi, and the frontcourt is Cristiano
Ronaldo, Sudong and Messi.
Three players were shortlisted for the best team, which is enough to show Manchester City's progress.
You know, before this, let alone three finalists, even one finalist was something that was unthinkable.
When has a Manchester City player been shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year?
In addition to being shortlisted for the best team, Guardiola was also shortlisted for the best men's football coach of the year this time. However, it is a pity that although his coaching at Manchester City was outstanding and the triple crown was indeed brilliant, in the end he was still
Never did Mourinho.
Barcelona's performance last season was also quite outstanding. Mourinho finally got his wish and won the first Champions League championship in his career. This was also the first Champions League title he had won after all the hard work after reaching the Champions League finals for three consecutive seasons.
It can be said that I have fulfilled my long-cherished wish.
Under such circumstances, the best men's football coach of the year will naturally not be left behind. Guardiola and Ferguson can only accompany him.
However, Ferguson, who has been constantly rumored to retire recently, received the FIFA President's Award this year. This can be regarded as an affirmation of the Red Devils godfather's outstanding contribution to European football and Manchester United over the past few decades.
In the selection of the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year, Sudong was shortlisted for a total of three goals, and finally successfully defeated Neymar from Brazil and won this award.
These were all revealed by the media long before the awards ceremony, so it can be said that there is no suspense.
There is also no suspense about this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or, which basically belongs to Messi. There is also no suspense about this.
It is precisely because there is not much suspense that before the award ceremony, the biggest suspense is whether Su Dong will attend this event?
You know, although he was shortlisted for the top three, it is basically impossible to win the award this year because he joined Manchester City.
When Messi finished playing in La Liga, he once called Su Dong from a distance, saying that he had called Su Dong, and Su Dong promised to come to the scene to congratulate him.
The Barcelona superstar said that he believes that Su Dong is a man of his word and will definitely fulfill his promise.
Facts also proved that Su Dong not only came to Zurich in person as he said, but even specially invited Cristiano Ronaldo to come to the scene.
In a previous interview with the media, the Real Madrid superstar said that he had not yet decided whether to go to Zurich. This was regarded as a signal that he refused to attend this event because he basically got nothing except a useless best team.
But Su Dong still succeeded in convincing him.
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"What can you do to convince Ronnie?"
At the press conference before the award ceremony, when reporters asked Su Dong how he persuaded Ronnie to come to the scene, he smiled and said, "I reimbursed him for all the expenses of the trip."
Of course Ronnie was unhappy after hearing this, and counterattacked: "He threatened me that if I didn't come, he wouldn't ask me to be his best man when he gets married."
The media reporters below were all amused by the bickering between the two.
The whole world knows how good the relationship between the two is, they are almost like brothers.
"Actually, even if I don't call, I know that he will definitely come. I know him, and appearing here, whether he wins an award or not, is an incentive for him." After the joke, Su Dong said
clarified.
Ronnie nodded silently, acquiescing to Su Dong's statement.
Messi was like a host, thanking Su Dong and Ronnie for coming to the scene.
Although it has not been announced to the public, everyone already basically knows the results, so it is not offensive for him to say so.
Messi said that both Sudong and Ronnie are the best players in the world. He feels extremely honored to be able to become friends with such players and become opponents on the court.
"Su and I used to be teammates. He gave me countless help. I will always remember everything he did for me."
"If you ask me if I have any wishes, personally, I hope that one day I can be teammates with Su again. I especially miss the time I spent playing football with him."
When Messi said the last words, his smile was particularly sincere.
Naturally, Su Dong gave Messi enough face and praised him profusely, saying that Messi has grown very fast and is already the top superstar in the world. He is no longer the rookie he was back then.
"I want to say to him," Su Dong looked at Messi sitting in the middle and said seriously, "Leo, ignore the doubting voices outside. Their biggest role is to make you stronger, and
You are already one of the most powerful players in the world and even the most powerful player in the history of world football."
Su Dong's evaluation carried a lot of weight, and Messi was very grateful.
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In front of the media, each other is relatively restrained, but where the media cannot see it, the three of them get along in private and it is a different scene, but this scene will never be known to outsiders.
The award ceremony starts on time at 19 o'clock in the evening.
First, football king Pele came out and announced the 11-man list of the best team of the year selected by the World Professional Footballers Union. Pele awarded trophies to these 11 players.
All eleven players were wearing black suits and white shirts, looking uniform and very impressive.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Later, FIFA President Sepp Blatter presented the FIFA President's Award to the 70-year-old Ferguson.
The godfather of Manchester United indeed deserves this honor.
At the press conference before the award ceremony, Ferguson focused on praising Guardiola's team. He did not mind that Manchester United, which he coached, had just been reversed by Manchester City. He even said that Manchester City is indeed the strongest team in the Premier League.
The team is also a strong contender for this year's Champions League.
This time after Ferguson was announced as the winner, a short video carefully produced by FIFA was played at the scene, which included the head coaches such as Guardiola, Mourinho, Redknapp, and all the coaches who have been coached by Ferguson.
Players, praise and affirmation for him winning this award.
The most special one is undoubtedly Beckham.
During that time, Beckham left for Spain, and the two became strangers to each other. But this time, Beckham also put aside the past and talked about Ferguson in the short film, "To me, he is like a father."
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Ferguson was obviously very moved. In his acceptance speech, he clarified for the first time the news that he would retire.
"The greatest thing about Manchester United is that we always pursue victory."
"I will not and cannot accept that I will retire in such a way. If I have to retire in the future, it will be when I win the championship again."
It's obvious that Ferguson is still very ambitious.
After that, there are the best men's football coach and the best women's football coach. Basically, there is no suspense.
The best goal of the year was announced early and was awarded to Su Dong.
As for the final FIFA Ballon d'Or, it was also awarded to Messi without any suspense.
When Messi gave his speech, he thanked Barcelona and his teammates, and also mentioned Su Dong and his family.
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Regarding Messi's coronation of the Golden Ball, both the media and fans generally gave positive approval.
But for the top three, there is still considerable controversy among the outside world.
Judging from the rankings, Messi, Su Dong and Cristiano Ronaldo are in the top three, and Harvey is ranked fourth. This has aroused opposition from many fans and media. They believe that Harvey should definitely enter the top three, even if he cannot
Challenging Su Dong, who is second, it is not a problem to overpower Ronnie.
However, there are also many skeptical voices who believe that although Xavi plays a significant role in Barcelona's midfield, it is basically unrealistic to squeeze into the top three in front of the three top stars Sudong, Messi and Ronnie.
After all, midfielders are still at a disadvantage in this regard.
But this is also normal.
Almost every year when the selection results come out, there will be some controversy. Many media and fans will complain about their favorite stars. This has become a norm.
The awards are just there, and the rankings are there. There will always be people at the front and some at the back.
And as long as there is a ranking, there will definitely be controversy.
Just get used to this kind of thing.
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The award ceremony in Zurich was still very grand.
FIFA has invested heavily in this aspect, making the influence of the FIFA Ballon d'Or Award increasing year by year. It is now the most influential annual event in world football.
After attending the FIFA awards ceremony and returning to Manchester, Manchester City went to Liverpool non-stop to visit Anfield and challenge the Red Army Liverpool away.
This is the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals.
Guardiola personally led the team, but Sudong and Pepe, the two players who went to Zurich, were rotated and excluded from the squad to let them have a good rest.
Although Manchester City has rotated, its overall strength is still higher than Liverpool.
But at Anfield Stadium, Manchester City encountered Liverpool's tenacious sniper. After taking the lead twice, Liverpool equalized the score twice. First, Gerrard equalized with a penalty kick, and then Bellamy's counterattack in the final stage of the game.
Once again, he penetrated Manchester City's goal.
Joe Hart really cried!
He is like the bane of Manchester City. Whenever he plays, Manchester City will definitely concede goals.
This is simply too outrageous!
Although they failed to take away a victory from Anfield, the 2-2 draw was not bad.
Guardiola expressed confidence that after returning to the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City will successfully get tickets to advance to the final and go to London's Wembley Stadium.
But Dalglish is obviously also full of desire to advance to the final, saying that Liverpool will do its best to snipe Manchester City away from home.
Both sides are determined to win tickets to the final.
