super storm

Chapter 1640

"Frankly, I never thought about that!"

At the press conference of the FIFA Annual Awards Ceremony in Milan, Yang Yang sat on a sofa chair, crossed his legs effortlessly, and smiled to answer the questions from the media reporters. Their questions were very sharp, and they wanted to know why the styles of Real Madrid and Ajax were so different. This was obviously to guide the topic to the public opinion of the last two games.

"I am a head coach. The first thing I must consider is the thoughts of everyone in the team. We all want to win, so my most important task is to help everyone in the team achieve this goal. As for how to win and whether the win is beautiful, this should come after the win."

When he said this, Yang Yang smiled and pointed to the media who asked the question, "It seems that the reason why I am sitting here in a good mood and answering this question is because I won. If I lose, then I should have a dark face and leave early."

There was a burst of laughter at the scene.

Yang Yang's answer is very interesting, but it is also true.

As a professional head coach, before making any decisions, you must first ensure that the team can win.

If you can't win, it's useless to play beautifully.

Real Madrid's history has never lacked some good coaches, but if they can't win, they won't stay for long.

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There were three people attending the press conference, namely Yang Yang, Van Dijk and Messi.

These are the top three players shortlisted for the World Player of the Year this year. Yang Yang represents Ajax, Van Dijk represents Liverpool, and Messi represents Barcelona. Basically, most people believe that Yang Yang can win the championship.

Not only because he just won the UEFA Player of the Year, but also because he led Ajax to perform very well in the Champions League, seventeen goals, each of which is as precious as gold.

The topic on the scene naturally revolved around Yang Yang and some recent controversies in Real Madrid.

Yang Yang spoke highly of De Bruyne, the player he has relied on most this season.

"He is a world-class player. I have always believed in this. He can bring a huge leap to the overall strength of our team. If he can maintain his current form, and even he can go further, then I believe that he will become a great incredible midfielder."

Yang Yang also followed the meaning of the media and mentioned other players, such as Casemiro and Kanter. Who is the better of these two players?This has always been the focus of debate among the media and fans all over the world, but Yang Yang feels that this should not be a problem.

"I want to say that it is a very happy thing to have Kante and Casemiro at the same time. They can both support the midfield, protect the defense, and handle the ball very reliably. The characteristics of the two are somewhat different, but overall they are quite good."

"I don't think it should be a question of who is better because these are two of the best midfielders in the world."

Yang Yang was also asked about Hazard. When facing Sevilla, Hazard missed two one-on-one chances, but made amazing contributions on the defensive end. The number of steals in the game was as high as eight, of which seven were completed in his own half.

The question from the media is that Hazard should be a creative and technical attacker, but Yang Yang seems to be using him as a defensive player. Combined with the criticism of Real Madrid football from the outside world, is Yang Yang killing the creativity of the players?

Yang Yang's answer to this is, "There has never been, and there will be no one who can stifle the creativity of players!"

After a pause, Yang Yang explained: "I can understand the concerns of many fans. They feel that Hazard's performance on the offensive end is no longer decisive. I know this, and I have discussed it with him many times. I think this is a question worth studying."

"There is no doubt that Hazard is a top attacker, he is very, very good, but since he reached his peak, in the last two or three years, especially in the last two years, we can clearly feel his changes. He started to lose that sense of hunger, which is not okay."

"I told Hazard that he should become braver, stronger and more aggressive, and he needs to be tougher on himself, so we have seen that Hazard has lost a lot of weight this season, he is more involved in the game, and he has also shown a recovery in his offensive state."

"You ask me, Hazard's eight steals, tied for the highest in the game, is because his creativity has been stifled?"

"I don't think so. I think this is a manifestation of his efforts to find his own state. I am very happy to see his efforts. I also believe that he will soon find his strongest self. And you must know that he has two singles in this game. Although he did not score, he is good enough."

"As long as he maintains his current state, the strongest Hazard will definitely come back soon!"

Yang Yang also mentioned Mbappe. He thinks that Mbappe, like other players, works very hard and is very dedicated.

"All of us know he's good, but he hasn't done enough in the past, and now he's starting to focus more on the game, not only on the offensive end, but also on defense, so he's getting better and better."

When Real Madrid narrowly defeated Sevilla [-]-[-] in the away game and won the top battle, Barcelona encountered Waterloo again in the away game, losing [-]-[-] to Granada, and Atletico Madrid drew [-]-[-] at home with Celta Vigo.

In this way, after the five rounds of La Liga, Real Madrid has won five consecutive victories, leading the way, five points more than Atletico Madrid, which is ranked sixth, and eight points more than Barcelona, ​​who is ranked eighth.

This is already a considerable advantage.

Yang Yang does not think that Real Madrid has any capital to be proud of. "Every team will experience turmoil. It will happen to Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and it will happen to us. What we can do is to try to win every game."

"I told my players, we don't need to worry about other things, just focus on doing one thing well and play well in the next game!"

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It was supposed to be a press conference for the three candidates for the World Player of the Year, but it turned out to be Yang Yang's one-man show, which made Messi and Van Dijk very embarrassed and helpless.

Because Yang Yang has shifted the topic to them many times, but the media is only interested in Yang Yang.

There are too many halos on him.

For example, at this year's awards ceremony, he was shortlisted for two heavyweight awards alone, namely World Footballer of the Year and Men's Football Coach of the Year. The former competed with Messi and Van Dijk, while the latter competed with Klopp and Guardiola.

This situation is unprecedented in the history of world football.

More importantly, this is the 13th time that he has entered the top three lists of the World Footballer of the Year. He was selected for the first 13 times. If he is elected again this year, he will win the award for [-] consecutive years. What an unbelievable thing!

You must know that the World Footballer of the Year was founded in 29, and so far there are only 13 awards in total, but Yang Yang has won [-] awards alone, and he is still the most powerful candidate for No. [-].

What a hopeless thing this is!
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At the beginning of the awards ceremony, the best lineup of the year that has already been announced is the first to be presented.

The goalkeeper is Alisson, the defense is De Ligt, Ramos, Van Dijk and Marcelo, the midfield is Modric and Frankie de Jong, and the frontcourt is Mbappe, Messi, Hazard and Yang Yang.

In fact, after the announcement of this list, the outside world has strongly disputed the selection of several Real Madrid players, but the final list has not changed, and Real Madrid still shortlisted four players.

On the contrary, Ajax, which won the Champions League, only shortlisted three players, which made many people feel unfair.

The annual fair play award that followed was given to Leeds United of the English Championship.

This English powerhouse that has been sinking for many years played against Aston Villa in the penultimate round of the English Championship just past. The latter's players were injured and Leeds United scored a goal, but then Bielsa directed the players to give up defense and let Aston Villa equalize.

The final result of the play-offs was that Leeds United lost [-]-[-] to Derby County in two rounds and failed to break into the Premier League. On the contrary, Aston Villa, which was released by Leeds United, first eliminated West Bromwich Albion in the play-offs, and then defeated Derby County, and finally entered the Premier League this season.

To this end, FIFA awarded the Fair Play Award to Leeds United and Bielsa.

But unfortunately, Yang Yang failed to see Bielsa at the scene, but he still entrusted Leeds United captain Cooper, who came to present the award, to send his greetings to Bielsa, hoping that he could meet Bielsa one day.

For him, Bielsa is also a hall-level grandmaster!
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The Women's Goalkeeper of the Year went to Atletico Madrid's Van Vejendaal of the Netherlands, the Men's Goalkeeper of the Year to Liverpool's Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson, and the Best Fan of the Year to Silvia Gleick, who explained every match of the Brazilian side Palmeiras for her blind son.

The Puskas Award of the Year was awarded to Hungary's Debrecinj teenager Daniel Sori, while the Women's Coach of the Year was given to US Women's Soccer head coach Jill Ellis.

When it was the turn to present the best men's football coach award, the atmosphere on the scene changed suddenly and became a little nervous.

La Scala in Milan tonight was full of guests. Apart from the stars, famous coaches also joined in the show, including Italian coaches Fabio Capello and Lippi, as well as the white wizard Veron from Argentina, Van Gaal, Van Basten and Rijkaard from the Netherlands, etc. also came to the scene.

The award presenter was Mourinho himself, and the witty Portuguese maniac received thunderous applause as soon as he appeared on the stage.

He first commented on Klopp and Guardiola, two old rivals in the Premier League, and then ridiculed Yang Yang.

"I think the job of head coach is becoming more and more difficult. Now even the kid who will be 33 years old in a few days is coming to compete with us for a job. Can't you play football well? You should win more World Footballers instead of competing for the best men's football coach of the year, right?"

Mourinho's ridicule made the audience burst into laughter, but in the end he said it too.

"Of course, if you invited me to coach Ajax last year, I would be very happy, but there is no guarantee of winning the championship!"

The crowd laughed again.

But there is more admiration and admiration in the laughter.

(End of this chapter)