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Chapter 900

Chapter 900

Yang Yang won the first FIFA Ballon d'Or!

As the grand event at the Zurich Opera House in Switzerland came to an end, this news spread all over the world in a very short period of time. Fans all over the world received this news in an instant and sparked heated discussions.

Yang Yang is the No.1 football player in the world. This is an indisputable fact and universally recognized. However, in this World Cup year, the Chinese team stopped at the top [-], but Yang Yang won the FIFA Ballon d'Or. This undoubtedly made many people unacceptable.

According to the usual practice, the world footballer of the World Cup year comes from the World Cup champion team. This is the consensus of everyone. Yang Yang's election this year has completely broken the consensus of the past 20 years, which will naturally arouse heated discussions from the outside world.

Especially after FIFA announced the ballot details to the outside world, this kind of discussion became even more heated.

Judging from the votes, Yang Yang's total vote rate is around 20.00%, which is a bit higher than Messi and Iniesta who are ranked second, but the advantage is not very obvious.

According to the selection method of the first FIFA Ballon d'Or, if the votes of the three parts are separated, Yang Yang ranks first in the votes of the national team coach and captain, but he can only get the fourth place in the votes of the media, behind Sneijder, Iniesta and Harvey.

That is to say, according to the selection method of previous years, Yang Yang can only win the FIFA World Player of the Year at most, while the French Football Magazine's European Golden Globe Award belongs to Sneijder, who is the first in media votes.

Regarding this situation, the outside world has basically reached a consensus, because in the past few years, there have always been such differences in the selection of the World Footballer and the European Ballon d'Or, so many people believe that the European Ballon d'Or is more authoritative, while the World Footballer pays more attention to fame.

However, some media soon provided data to refute.

Among the votes for the head coaches and captains of the top ten traditionally strong teams in world football, which are generally valued by many media and fans, Yang Yang got 54 first-choice votes, three second-choice votes and five third-choice votes among the [-] votes. According to the rules of five points, three points and one point, Yang Yang got a total of [-] points.

Harvey received four first-choice votes, nine second-place votes and one third-place vote. He scored 48 points, ranking second, a full six points behind Yang Yang. Messi, Iniesta and Sneijder were far behind.

Among them, Sneijder only had three first-choice votes, three second-tier votes and two third-ballot votes, and got 26 points, with a huge gap.

According to this data, after the merger of FIFA and French Football Magazine, and after comprehensively considering the performance of the entire [-], Yang Yang's outstanding performance has been recognized by the national team coaches and captains of the top ten traditional teams. These are the most influential votes in world football.

Therefore, many media believe that although Yang Yang did not achieve very good results in the World Cup, he was able to lead the Chinese team to a historic breakout from the group stage, scored five goals in four games, and tied for the World Cup Golden Boot. Yang Yang's performance should be affirmed.

"It's not Yang Yang's fault that he was born in a weak football country. He was able to lead the Chinese team to a historic breakthrough. This in itself is enough to prove his performance and strength. This should be recognized and affirmed."

Many media even believe that Yang Yang only got No.4 among the [-] media selections. An important part of the reason is that many media people still continue the traditional thinking in the selection of the past. It is determined that only the World Cup results are considered in the World Cup year, and the club's performance throughout the year is ignored.

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Not only did the media spark controversy, but there were also strong disagreements among the players.

After the award ceremony for the Barcelona players, Harvey expressed his congratulations to Yang Yang graciously in an interview with El Pais, but at the same time he also expressed his complaints in his heart.

"This selection method is obviously unfair, because it is based on the voting rights of the head coaches and captains of Fiji and other countries, which exceed the basis of many professional media in Europe, but obviously, they simply cannot have information that keeps pace with the times like the European media."

Harvey's statement is also the place where the FIFA World Player of the Year selection has always been criticized, that is, many small countries and regions will only choose players they have heard of, without really considering how he performed in the past year.

In this way of voting, Yang Yang, who is well-known, is naturally more popular than Harvey and Sneijder.

Xavi also said afterwards that losing the FIFA Ballon d'Or is a great regret for him.

"But I don't think it's a big loss. I think Yang Yang deserves the award. I saw a report that day about those high-level players who didn't win the Ballon d'Or. I found out that Baresi didn't win the Ballon d'Or, but this doesn't prevent the world from recognizing his greatness."

The Barcelona midfielder obviously wants to prove himself in this way.

Iniesta also said in an interview that it is unfair to choose only one player for the Ballon d'Or, because everyone will focus on the offensive players in the frontcourt, which is an inherent characteristic of football.

"In my opinion, in collective sports, individual awards are always unfair. Throughout history, awards have always been awarded to strikers who score goals, and rarely to midfielders, defenders or even goalkeepers. This is unfair. I think the best way is to award an award for each position."

But soon, the Marca newspaper published an article in support of Yang Yang, and publicly refuted some statements made by Harvey and Iniesta.

According to the article, Harvey believes that Yang Yang was pushed to the first FIFA Ballon d’Or by a group of people from a small country. However, in the selection of the head coaches and captains of the top ten traditional powers, Yang Yang’s vote rate is still No.1, which is six points more than Harvey who ranks second, which shows the authority of Yang Yang’s award.

"In Spain, Yang Yang appeared in the first-choice of Bosque and Casillas, and got two valuable first-choice votes from the Spanish national team coach and captain."

In addition to Spain, which avoids domestic players, the head coaches and captains of the two major football powerhouses, the Netherlands and Argentina, also gave Yang Yang the first choice votes. This is enough to prove that Yang Yang deserves the award.

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Yang Yang didn't know that he was questioned by his competitors, but after the award ceremony, when he was interviewed by media from all over the world, he also publicly expressed that he was a little apprehensive and frightened by winning the award this time.

"Actually, before the winners are announced, I think Sneijder and Iker Casillas deserve the most awards."

"Wesley played the peak season of his career. Whether he is in the professional arena or in the World Cup, he has performed unparalleled excellence. I think he should be more recognized and affirmed."

"And Iker Casillas, I think Spain can win the world championship trophy. He is the most important player in the team, and he deserves the most credit, because he made many key saves in the game, such as the penalty against Paraguay, and saved Robben's single goal in the final. This is the key to Spain's victory."

Yang Yang also mentioned Harvey and Iniesta. He believes that these two Barcelona midfielders should also be affirmed. In the past few years, they have set off an epoch-making change in football concepts in world football.

As for his award, Yang Yang expressed neither humble nor overbearing that he is a lucky one.

"I never thought that one person could win a game."

"The reason why I can get this award is inseparable from Sneijder passing the ball for me behind me and leaving the support of my teammates. This is not just an honor for me alone. I hope to share it with everyone."

As for what to do, Yang Yang said that he hadn't figured it out yet.

A media reporter even joked on the spot that Yang Yang might consider building a trophy memorial hall to display all the personal honors and trophies he has won since his debut, and introduce the history behind the honors and trophies so that everyone can remember the names of the heroes behind the scenes.

Yang Yang was greatly moved after hearing this, "This is a good idea."

But everyone thought it was just a joke.

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Yang Yang returned from Zurich and was warmly welcomed by Madrid fans.

This is Yang Yang's second highest personal honor after joining Real Madrid. He also won the World Footballer and the European Golden Globe last year, but everyone knows that it is more because of his outstanding performance in Liverpool.

But this year, Yang Yang once again won the first FIFA Ballon d'Or and successfully won the highest personal honor award for four consecutive years. It can be said that he has left his own glorious history in world football.

More importantly, the era belonging to Yang Yang is not over yet. He is only 24 years old and he is in his prime. All Real Madrid fans have no doubt that Yang Yang will continue to lead this Real Madrid team forward for a long time in the future.

On the third day after Yang Yang came back from Zurich, while the whole world was discussing whether Yang Yang should win the first FIFA Ballon d'Or, Real Madrid ushered in the second round of the Copa del Rey.

Due to the [-]-[-] victory over Levante at home in the first round, Yang Yang staged a double hat-trick of goals and assists. In addition, the main players in the team all went to Zurich to cheer for Yang Yang. Therefore, in the second round of the away game against Levante, Real Madrid played with a full substitute lineup.

Teenagers including Morata and Jese all got the chance to play in the game, but due to the weak performance of players such as midfielder Gago and Granero, Real Madrid did not play well in the away game against Levante, and finally lost [-]-[-] away.

Although they lost in the second round, Real Madrid still advanced to the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey with [-]-[-].

At the time of the draw, Barcelona had the best luck, drawing Real Betis, who had already been relegated to La Liga, while Real Madrid had the worst luck, drawing their rivals Atletico Madrid in the same city.

For Real Madrid, which has little hope of reversing the league and is aiming for the cup, this is undoubtedly a signing.

(End of this chapter)