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Chapter 599 The Curse of the World Footballer

Overnight, the news quickly spread around the world.

All the media around the world got the news, and they all reported that Yang Yang will go to Paris, France to receive the European Golden Globe in a week, especially in China, which triggered a media carnival.

In the history of Chinese football, there has never been a star who has attracted such huge attention in the football world around the world like Yang Yang. Everyone has long regarded him as the pride of China.

But now, Yang Yang has gone one step further and directly won the European Ballon d'Or, which represents one of the highest awards for professional football players, which further pushed him to a very high position. All the media reporters and Chinese people in the country cheered for this sudden news.

There was a heated discussion on the domestic Internet, and all the netizens rushed to express their congratulations, congratulating Yang Yang for winning this award, and wishing him the highest honor at the FIFA Awards Conference in mid-December.

Governments at all levels and major authoritative media also made comments one after another, congratulating Yang Yang for winning this award.

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When the whole world was covering this news, Yang Yang was busy answering messages and phone calls.

It was all calls of concern, inquiry and congratulations.

Yang Yang had already received the news before Gérard Erno came to Liverpool.

Raiola has his own contacts in European football, so he called Yang Yang three days in advance to make him ready.

Before Erno came to Liverpool, the French football magazine also got in touch with Yang Yang through Liverpool, hoping to take more photos in Liverpool, including Yang Yang's parents and girlfriend.

But it is a pity that they are not in the UK, so they can only regret it.

However, before Gérard Erno left, he sent an invitation to Yang Yang, hoping that he could bring his parents and girlfriend to attend the awards ceremony, and Yang Yang also expressed that he would seriously consider it.

When the news spread, many people would call or send messages one after another.

For example, Van Gaal, Van Basten, Ronald Koeman, John Repp, Luther Carroll and others all congratulated Yang Yang. Although he has left Ajax, Yang Yang has always kept in close contact with them, replying to them one by one, or expressing his thanks on the phone.

These people have given Yang Yang a lot of help and advice on his growth path, which he always remembers in his heart.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the first to send a congratulatory message to Yang Yang. Recently, the Swedes are like Yang Yang's spies in Italy, often sending him news from Italy.

He played for Inter Milan, and he was a mortal enemy with AC Milan, so he expressed very confidently that he did not want Kaka to win the award.

Old friends such as Sneijder, Vermaelen, Maicon, and Maxwell all called in one after another. They all met Yang Yang in their infancy. Even though they are playing in different teams or even fighting each other now, their friendship with each other is still there.

After finally dealing with these things, Yang Yang put down his phone, and only then did he have time to think about all kinds of things in the past.

Before he knew it, it had been a year and a half since he left Ajax.

Counting, he and Ibrahimovic have only been teammates for one year, but the strange thing is that their friendship with each other has deepened, not losing to their roommate Vermaelen back then.

Sometimes when I think about it, those days at Ajax were the happiest.

There are a large number of peers every day. Everyone plays together, makes trouble together, and gathers together every day. There are always things to talk about, games that never get tired of playing, carefree, and no pressure. I am really happy.

But after leaving Ajax, all of this gradually faded away.

Ibrahimovic said that the period when Juventus was relegated was the most painful period in his life; Van der Vaart is still hesitating whether to leave Real Madrid because it is difficult for him to find a position in this team.

Vermaelen wants to leave Ajax. Not long ago, Raiola learned that Liverpool was going to introduce a central defender, so he went to the club to find out the situation, but Benitez wanted a tall and pillar-shaped central defender, and Vermaelen was not suitable.

This is also a problem with Liverpool's current defense.

Some time ago, the club had a lot of injuries, and Benitez had to invite Winston Bogarde from Beijing to Liverpool again, but the lack of thickness of the team's bench led to excessive pressure on the players, which is also a problem.

There is a shortage of central defenders, but if Vermaelen comes to Liverpool, he will definitely be a substitute for Carragher. With the iron man's physique of Liverpool's vice-captain and his style of not leaving the line of fire for minor injuries, Vermaelen will not be able to play a few games in a season.

Therefore, when Yang Yang communicated with Vermaelen, he comforted his friend, hoping that he would patiently wait for the opportunity.

What's the point of joining Liverpool if you can't play games for a long time?
Yang Yang is very popular in Liverpool and has no conflicts with anyone, but the biggest difference between this team and Ajax is that even the best teammates have less contact with each other.

For example, Harvey Alonso, except for competitions and training, or group activities on weekdays, the rest of the time really rarely sees each other. Even if he thinks of it sometimes, he just makes phone calls.

This may be like what is said in ancient poems, the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.

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As the wounded returned one after another, happy troubles began to appear in Liverpool's midfield.

In the No.15 round of the Premier League, Liverpool ushered in Bolton at home, and Benitez once again put on a four-three-three formation.

The goalkeeper is Reina, the defense is a combination of Aurelio, Hyypia, Carragher and Arbeloa, the midfielder is still Javier Mascherano and Xavi Alonso playing double midfielders, Gerrard rushes forward, and the front trident is Yang Yang, Crouch and Dirk.

Among the players who failed to enter the starting 11 list, there are players such as Mohamed Sissoko, Riise, Daniel Agger, Finnan, Benayoun, Pennant and Voronin. Any one of these players, placed outside the semi-finals, is the absolute main force.

For example, Benayoun and Pennant both joined Liverpool after they played at a very high level in other teams.

But now, it is difficult for them to play the main force.

Although Benitez rotated the team, players such as Finnan and Arbeloa, Riise and Aurelio all appeared in turn, and Benayoun, Pennant and Voronin often had opportunities to perform, but they still could not satisfy all players.

Sissoko therefore had the idea of ​​​​leaving Liverpool.

Although determined to leave the team, the Mali midfielder did not do anything to offend the team or others. He just expressed his determination to the club through his agent, hoping that Liverpool can listen to offers from other teams, such as Juventus.

Regardless of whether it is training or competition, Sissoko is still the same as before.

This also made the atmosphere in Liverpool's dressing room very harmonious, and the team's cohesion has not declined.

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Against Bolton, in the opening 7 minutes, Yang Yang formed a strong breakthrough on the left and made a corner kick.

Gerrard assisted Hyypia with a header, one to zero!

Although Hyypia made consecutive mistakes before, his state has recovered recently. Coupled with the improvement of the team's overall performance, this veteran and Carragher have once again become the pillars of Liverpool's defense.

On the contrary, Daniel Agger, who has just returned from injury, is not easy to regain the main position.

The team recovered as a whole, and after a strong midfield performance, Gerrard also performed very well.

Before the end of the first half, Mascherano intercepted the ball in midfield, and Gerrard went straight behind him. Yang Yang succeeded in turning offside.

This is also Yang Yang's No.20 league goal this season!
Scoring [-] goals in [-] rounds and scoring in [-] consecutive rounds, Yang Yang's scoring momentum this season is really out of control.

The well-known bookmaker William Hill even set out a handicap, allowing fans to bet on which round Yang Yang will stop his scoring state, and the biggest favorite is the Christmas schedule.

The reason is also very interesting, that is, looking at the past few years, many players who won the World Footballer of the Year tend to perform sluggishly in the following period of time. Fans believe that Yang Yang is no exception.

This is also jokingly called the curse of the world footballer.

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In the second half, after changing sides and fighting again, Yang Yang planned an attack on the left side only 15 seconds into the game. Aurelio crossed the side and made a pass. Crouch scored a header in front of the goal, making it [-]-[-].

Ten minutes later, Yang Yang dribbled the ball in from the left and passed it into the penalty area. Crouch was pulled down by the opponent's central defender when he grabbed the point. The referee awarded a penalty.
In the end, Liverpool beat Bolton with four goals at home and won another victory.

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Since Liverpool will go to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup in mid-December, the league and cup matches during this period were forced to adjust, resulting in the advance of the League Cup quarter-finals originally scheduled for mid-December.

But this time, Liverpool drew their city rival Everton.

This made Liverpool, who did not plan to do its best, have to work hard.

Encountering a deadly enemy in a cup match, even if it is a tasteless League Cup, it is impossible to just give up.

Liverpool has rotated, but the core players such as Yang Yang and Gerrard are still starting.

Although Everton took advantage of the home court advantage and scored the first goal, Yang Yang and Didier scored two goals after changing sides in the second half, helping Liverpool beat Everton [-]-[-] in an away game and advanced to the semi-finals of the League Cup.

The day after the match against Everton, Yang Yang asked the club for leave, rented a private jet, and flew directly from Liverpool to Paris.

At the airport, in addition to media reporters who came to see him off, there were also a large number of Liverpool fans.

They all know very well that Yang Yang's trip to Paris this time will bring Liverpool the second European Ballon d'Or.

At the same time, the club is also preparing for the celebration in full swing.

(End of this chapter)