roccoschili Chapter 576 Defending World Footballer of the Year (3 more)
Chapter 576 Defending World Footballer of the Year (3 more)
Chapter 576
In this era of rapid information dissemination, when Ai Luo met Tang Shun and Lin Yao, the presidents and vice presidents of the Football Association, in a high-end coffee shop in London, the news appeared on the four major portal websites of China's domestic Wangyi, Sohu, Penguin and Xinwolves.
At this time, the BJ time was only after [-] o'clock in the evening, so there were a lot of netizens surfing the Internet, so it immediately attracted the attention of countless people. In less than an hour, there were millions of comments in the comment section below the headline news.
But it is a pity for them that the Football Association is now off work, and the chairman and vice president of the Football Association in the UK cannot be interviewed, so they can only wait slowly if they want to know the latest news.
The next day, the headline of "Sports Daily" attracted the attention of fans across the country: The Spring of Chinese Football!Go ahead, Olympics!World Cup qualifying games! !
"At four o'clock yesterday afternoon, our reporter in London successfully interviewed Tang Shun, President of the XX Football Association of my country, and Lin Yao, Vice Chairman. We learned from them that in the future international matches, we will see young players in Europe wearing five-star red flag national team jerseys, including Chelsea Aiello, Dortmund Feng Xiaoting, Schalke 04 Hao Junmin, Werder Bremen Gao Lin, Naples Chen Tao..."
"...these players are the ones we dreamed of day and night to be able to enter the national team, so for us, this moment is a dream come true, please remember this day! Because we can see our favorite players wearing the national team jerseys to play for the country at the Olympic Games at our doorstep, and we can also see them wearing the national team jerseys to participate in the upcoming 2010 South Africa World Cup Asian qualifiers in the top [-]."
The day a newspaper is published is when it is sold out.
Fortunately, the editor-in-chief of "Sports Daily" had unprecedented foresight, and all branch factories began to print non-stop.
Although the workers feel hard work, the overtime pay is very optimistic.
"Sports Daily" earns a lot of money, the workers also have more income, and the Chinese people are willing to spend the money to buy newspapers.
How did the economy and society come about?That's how it came!
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On the 14th, Ai Luo had a simple lunch with his Chinese agent Li Shiyin and his godson Li Ai at noon, and then drove his own car to London Heathrow International Airport. He will attend the 2007 FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland at [-]:[-] this evening.
According to the time agreed with Cristiano Ronaldo, the two first met at Zurich International Airport in Switzerland, and then had dinner together around five o'clock in the afternoon.
Originally, the two were planning to compete in a table tennis match in Zurich, but they met a lot of acquaintances on the street, so the itinerary was forced to change, and Cristiano Ronaldo also accepted an interview with a Chinese reporter.
At 07:30 in the evening, football stars, film and television stars or music superstars who received invitations from FIFA began to enter the magnificent Zurich Convention Center, preparing to participate in the upcoming FIFA annual awards ceremony.
The entire venue was star-studded. Manchester United star Bobby Charlton, German emperor Beckenbauer, Matthaus, football king Pele and others all came to the conference center one after another, adding a lot of color to the upcoming FIFA annual awards ceremony.
The FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony starts on time at [-]:[-] p.m. local time, which is [-]:[-] a.m. of BJ time. This time is not a very good time for Chinese fans thousands of miles away.
I even said that the last time was a bad time, because I had to go to work the next day, but at this time, there were still many fans gathered in front of the TV and computer, because they all wanted to see the demeanor of the defending World Footballer of the Year!
As the favorite of the 2007 World Footballer of the Year, Aiello naturally received the most attention. He ran into Kaka at the door, and then the three of them entered the conference center side by side.
This scene happened to be filmed by sensitive reporters, because no matter what the final result was, the three of them entered the field side by side was enough to make them hype after the game.
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The 2007 FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony officially kicked off with the singing of the world famous singer Declan Galbraith and the beautiful symphony accompaniment.
The first prizes awarded were the best player of the 2007 Canadian U20 World Youth Championship and the best player of the U17 Korean World Junior Championship, which were won by Argentina's Aguero and Germany's Toni Kroos respectively.
The next award was the Beach Soccer World Cup Player of the Year, which was won by Brazilian player Bleu.
And these awards are not worthy of attention for Ai Luo, so during this period of time he is watching the speeches on the stage while answering text messages, because there are too many friends who wish him the defending World Footballer of the Year.
During this period, Barcelona President Laporta won the Fair Play Award on behalf of Barcelona, Pele received the Chairman's Special Award from Bobby Charlton, the Argentine national team won the best men's national team award, and Miss World Football was undisputedly won by Marta, who led the Brazilian women's football team to the Women's World Cup.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the guests at the scene have been waiting anxiously for this moment, right? That's right... what we are about to present will be the grand finale award of this evening - the 2007 World Footballer of the Year!"
There was a burst of loud and orderly applause immediately.
At the same time, it also brought Ai Luo, who was playing with the mobile phone, back to reality.
Afterwards, the big screen of the Zurich Convention Center in Switzerland began to show the wonderful shots of Aiello, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo in the league and the Champions League last season.
The on-site director was also very interesting, switching the shots to the faces of the three of them one after another, close-ups.
However, apart from Ai Luo's relatively calm expression, the expressions of Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo are not a little dull, because they don't have much confidence in the selection of the World Footballer.
Aiello led Valencia to win the La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League last season.
The three major honors come together, how can we fight for it?
"The one I would like to introduce to you now is one of the three finalists for the 2007 World Footballer of the Year, Portuguese rising star Cristiano Ronaldo!"
At this moment, the male host at the scene said with a smile.
The big-screen footage also freezes on Cristiano Ronaldo's headshot, followed by his highlights throughout 2007.
Followed by AC Milan's Kaka.
Aiello, who has already been identified as the most popular player in the 2007 World Footballer, stayed at the end: "Now I invite the winner of the World Footballer of the Year last year--Ai from China!"
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Accompanied by the male host's magnetic voice, all the guests clapped their hands loudly.
The World Footballer of the Year Awards are presented by Pele, who won the Chairman's Special Award, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter.
The camera began to return to Pele, who was holding the World Footballer of the Year Gold Award, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who was responsible for reporting the World Footballer of the Year.
The Chinese fans who were waiting in front of the TV began to hold their breath and woke up completely from sleepiness. They could even feel the beating of their own hearts.
Of course, Ai Luo was also a little nervous at the scene.
He feels that although it is undisputed that he won the World Footballer, as long as the final result is not announced, the award is still full of suspense.
Bailey put the gold medal on the podium, while FIFA President Sepp Blatter walked to the microphone, adjusted the height of the microphone, coughed lightly, and then lowered his head to open the sealed envelope in his hand.
I don't know if it was intentional, but Blatter's action was very slow. At least the fans in front of the TV and the three candidates felt that this time was almost a century long.
During this period of time, the director changed the camera to the three candidates one after another, and gave each a close-up shot.
As soon as the camera turned, Blatter had opened the envelope and took out the small card inside. He looked down at the name on the lower right corner of the card and showed a playful smile.
Many Chinese fans felt terrified when they saw this scene, because UEFA and FIFA have always been at odds. The World Footballer of the Year award ceremony last year was like this. When everyone thought that the World Footballer was Cannavaro who helped Italy win the World Cup, Bra at that time smiled mysteriously, and then the World Footballer became Aiello's bag.
And this year's European Golden Globe winner is Aiello, so will the World Footballer be Kaka or Cristiano Ronaldo?
"Okay, now that FIFA President Blatter has opened the envelope containing the final World Player of the Year winner, that is to say, he has seen the final World Footballer of the Year winner, so... who will be elected next? Is it Aiello who led Valencia to an unprecedented triple crown last season or Cristiano Ronaldo who led Manchester United to regain the Premier League title? Or..."
Liu Jianhong, the commentator of CCTV-5, began to talk endlessly.
But at this moment, Blatter raised his head and approached the microphone, and made a pass: "Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to stand here and announce the final World Footballer's Gold Award. In the past year, there have been many outstanding players, but only one player has won this award. So who is this winner?"
Following Liu Jianhong’s translation, the fans in front of the TV had already begun to greet the eighteenth generation of Blatter’s ancestors. Half a second later, Blatter’s voice changed an octave higher: “The 2007 FIFA World Player of the Year is——”
The scenes of the scene switched to the faces of Aiello, Kaka, and Cristiano Ronaldo one after another.
All of them held their breath.
The same goes for the three parties involved.
Speaking of which, Blatter turned over the small card in his hand, so that the side with the name faced the host camera at the Zurich Convention Center, and at the same time shouted: "——Ai from China! Congratulations!!!"
PS: It will be delivered at the third watch, if you have tickets, don’t waste them...
(End of this chapter)