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Chapter 1072 The sixth seat

Cannavaro looked Italian in his crisp suit.

When he stepped onto the podium, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

Pique, who had just come on stage to receive the best team, was sitting in the second row. After seeing Cannavaro come on stage, he patted Iniesta on the shoulder in the front row, as if to say, buddy, be steady.

Messi was sitting next to Iniesta. After seeing Pique's actions, he also smiled and stretched out his hand to pat Iniesta's thigh. His eyes were somewhat sore, because he hoped that the person who ended the Yang Yang era was himself.

But in any case, it is better for teammate Iniesta to win the award than to continue to let Yang Yang monopolize it?
Iniesta was even more nervous. He took a deep breath, smiled slightly at the two teammates beside him and behind him, and continued to turn his head to look at Cannavaro on the stage. He felt that his destiny was in the hands of Cannavaro.

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Some people say that Italian players are born models.

This is really not wrong, because in Serie A, it is not a new thing for players to act as guest models, but it seems more like a traditional habit. Even the Italian national team will take photos for Italian fashion brands before each competition.

Top Italian players such as Cannavaro, Pirlo, Buffon, and Nesta are the darlings of major fashion brands, not to mention frontcourt stars like Inzaghi and Vieri who are already super popular.

Even Balotelli's "brain-dead" has been imprinted with an alternative fashion atmosphere.

This is the fashion capital of Italy.

But this has also cultivated the versatility of Italian players, so after Cannavaro came to power, he was not stage fright at all. Instead, he talked about European football in the past few years and the three world superstars who entered the top three of the Ballon d'Or list.

Cannavaro has a high historical status, good eloquence, and humor. As a historically famous central defender, he commented on the three frontcourt offensive players.

Especially for Yang Yang, he jokingly said that how to prevent Yang Yang from continuing to monopolize the FIFA Ballon d'Or is already a difficult problem for the whole world, and it may have to be solved through the United Nations.

In line with Cannavaro's joking tone at the time, the audience burst into laughter, and even Yang Yang and Su Ye couldn't help laughing.

In fact, this is indeed a tribute to him.

But at the same time, it also revealed a truth, that is, the world has suffered from Yang Yang for a long time.

When an award is monopolized by a certain player for a long time, this is indeed not a good phenomenon, but from another point of view, the influence of the FIFA Ballon d'Or in the past few years has become higher and higher, and this has something to do with Yang Yang.

Also, in the face of absolute achievements, if Yang Yang is not awarded, who should be awarded?
Messi, from the beginning to the end, lacks an honor that can compete with Yang Yang, that is, the Champions League or the World Cup.

But this year, many people do see a glimmer of hope, and that is Iniesta, the best player in the European Cup.

Judging from the club's performance, Iniesta is definitely not as good as Yang Yang, not even Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, but this year is a major year, and the European Cup champion and the best player in the European Cup are also quite important.

So, now, everyone's suspense is, in this case, can Iniesta get down on Yang Yang?
As the award presenter, Cannavaro undoubtedly gave a signal.

But can the signal be translated into reality?
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After Cannavaro's interesting speech, short documentaries of the three candidates were played on the big screen, and Yang Yang's short video specifically interviewed Su Ye and talked about family and children.

Yang Yang, who was sitting in the front row, saw this, and tightly grasped Su Ye's hand beside him.

"Okay, now I won't say much about other redundant things, and then I will officially announce the results."

As Cannavaro said, he opened the envelope in his hand and took out the winner's name from it. There was a trace of surprise on the Italian's face, and then he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

Since everyone's attention was on him, and the live broadcast specially gave him a close-up, Cannavaro's expression was seen by everyone, and many people's hearts sank.

Who is it?

"I solemnly announce here that the winner of the [-] FIFA Ballon d'Or is..."

The hearts of everyone in the audience were at the top of their throats. Iniesta even lowered his head nervously. Messi clenched his teeth and was obviously very nervous. Only Yang Yang was relatively better, but in a place where no one was looking, he obviously had to hold Su Ye's hand harder.

"...Yang Yang!!!!!!"

Yang Yang! ! !

There was a burst of exclamation in the audience.

It's Yang Yang again!

It's still Yang Yang!

"Let us congratulate Yang Yang. This is the sixth consecutive year he has won this honor. He has created an unprecedented legendary record and has become an unprecedented legend." Cannavaro said emotionally on stage.

"I have to say, as a central defender, I think Yang Yang is the most difficult player to defend in the world today, and also the scariest scorer. He is very comprehensive and has a very wide range of activities. I can't think of any effective way to freeze him. I can only say that it is my luck that I have not encountered such an opponent in my career, but it is also my regret."

After Cannavaro's words, Yang Yang stood up from his seat and hugged his wife Su Ye vigorously. He didn't let go for a long time, then turned around, high-fived and hugged several Real Madrid players and former teammate Zlatan Ibrahimovic and others in the back row, and then found Iniesta and Messi.

Then Yang Yang walked two more steps to the stage and found Ancelotti and Zidane.

Guardiola also made a special trip to stand up from his seat, shook hands and hugged Yang Yang, celebrating his sixth consecutive year of receiving this honor.

As Cannavaro said, this is a legend, an unprecedented legend, and it may even be difficult to be broken in the future.

It is hard to imagine that there is a player like Yang Yang who can maintain such an excellent competitive state for so many years.

Of course, this also depends on Yang Yang joining Real Madrid. On such a stage, he can fully display his talents and is the most competitive team in the Champions League every year.

Everyone in the audience stood up at the same time and gave Yang Yang the warmest applause.

Yang Yang came to Cannavaro respectfully, but he did not accept the award immediately, but hugged Cannavaro first, expressing his respect for this senior, and finally took the heavy trophy with both hands.

When Yang Yang raised the trophy high on the stage, the audience burst into thunderous applause again, which lasted for a long time.

After everyone sat back to their seats, Yang Yang bowed deeply to everyone in the audience, thanking them for their affirmation.

"To be honest, it's incredible, to be able to win this award for the sixth year in a row, I am so excited that I can't express in words what I feel at this moment."

Yang Yang's words once again earned him applause from the audience.

Offstage, Messi looked at Yang Yang with complicated eyes, admiring and unwilling at the same time.

Over the years, Yang Yang has always been his goal to catch up with, but he is still a little short, which makes him very unconvinced.

But sometimes, he has to admit that Yang Yang is indeed the most terrifying opponent in the world, and also the best player, and he deserves to be able to win consecutive awards.

Iniesta couldn't hide his sadness, and his disappointment was written on his face, because this was the closest he was to this honor, but he still lost in the end, losing to Yang Yang. He was very unwilling but helpless.

Yang Yang's performance is unquestionable. Real Madrid's three consecutive Champions League and La Liga triple crowns are also indisputable. He deserves the award. It's just that as the best player in the European Cup in a major competition year, Iniesta feels sad for his loss.

He didn't expect that he couldn't even beat Yang Yang for the honor of defending the European Cup. Is there really no other way in the future?

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On the stage, Yang Yang calmed down and continued with his speech.

"Before I thank you, I wish I could say a few more words."

When Yang Yang said it, the audience immediately became silent.

"First of all, I want to say that I'm not sure about it this year, because Iniesta is a great player. He performed very well in the European Cup. Helping Spain defend the European Cup is a great achievement, and Spain has won three major championships in a row. I think they should be recognized and affirmed, and Iniesta is one of the best players among them."

After hearing Yang Yang finished speaking, Iniesta clapped his hands lightly and nodded gratefully towards Yang Yang.

"And Messi, he is the best talent I have ever seen, he can create opportunities and goals in ways I can't imagine, and his performance over the years has also been very good. If I were to choose one of the best players in the world, then I would definitely choose Messi, but he has never been recognized."

Messi in the audience kept nodding, expressing his gratitude to Yang Yang.

Having won six times in a row, Yang Yang's dominance is beyond doubt, but now, he is indeed qualified and should say such a thing.

Messi is nicknamed by many people as the second child in ten thousand years, because he has always been inferior to Yang Yang over the years, and has never been able to win the coveted No.1 trophy in world football.

"Football should be open, inclusive and full of competition. I hope to see Messi or other players standing here next year, but I also want to tell everyone that it is not easy to stand here, because I will continue to go all out and show a better and better state."

Yang Yang's challenge, which was neither humble nor overbearing, once again won him warm applause.

In the end, Yang Yang thanked his coaches and teammates in Real Madrid and the national team, his parents, wife, children, relatives and friends, and everyone who helped him.

He reiterated again that he will not be satisfied with this, and will definitely continue to work hard!

(End of this chapter)