super storm

Chapter 769
On the night when the Chinese team reversed the United States [-]-[-], the Confederations Cup final also decided the champion.

With Fabiano's brace, the Brazilian team defeated Spain [-]-[-] in the final and successfully won the Confederations Cup. Spain won the runner-up, and China defeated the United States to win the third place.

This is the first time that China has won the top three rankings in an international competition for an adult national team. It has created the best result in the history of the Chinese adult national team, and it has also inspired domestic fans and cheered the whole country.

The Brazilian superstar Kaka, who has just officially announced to join Real Madrid, took away the best player in the Confederations Cup. He has performed very well along the way, and he deserves the Ballon d'Or.

The Silver Ball Award was given to Fabiano of the Brazilian team. He scored five goals in this Confederations Cup, ranking No.2 in the scorer list. At the same time, he also won the Silver Boot Award of this tournament.

However, the Bronze Boot Award was not awarded to the runner-up Spanish player as usual, but was directly awarded to the No.3 runner-up Chinese superstar Yang Yang. Yang Yang also won the Golden Boot Award for his six goals in the Confederations Cup.

For the official selection, public opinion basically gave approval, especially Yang Yang led the Chinese team to stage a big comeback in the second half in the third and fourth finals, defeating the United States [-]-[-]. Yang Yang performed a hat-trick and sent an assist by himself. His performance was amazing, and he was definitely the best player in this Confederations Cup.

According to the famous Franz Beckenbauer’s column, if Yang Yang is excluded, the overall strength of the Chinese team would rank at the bottom among the eight teams in the Confederations Cup. But because of Yang Yang, the overall strength of this team has been greatly improved, and miraculously rushed to the No.3 position.

Beckenbauer regretted it, thinking that if Yang Yang was not born in China, but placed in any football powerhouse, he would be the most promising legendary star to hit the number one position.

On the second day of the game, when the Chinese team was preparing to return home, when the German media conveyed Beckenbauer’s regrets to Yang Yang, Yang Yang expressed his gratitude to the senior for his affirmation, but at the same time firmly stated that he was proud of being a Chinese.

"We Chinese have a saying that a son never thinks his mother ugly, and a mother never thinks his son poor, which means that I will not regret being born a Chinese because of the poor level of football in China. On the contrary, I will work harder because I was born in China where football is backward."

Yang Yang's words spread back to China, which once again aroused the appreciation of domestic fans.

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When the Chinese team traveled a long distance and returned to Beijing from Johannesburg, nearly a thousand fans gathered at the Capital International Airport to pick them up.

They were all satisfied with the performance of the Chinese team in the Confederations Cup, especially the number one star Yang Yang, who gave a very high evaluation and appreciation. Many fans shouted slogans to welcome Yang Yang.

The pick-up scene was even a bit chaotic for a while, the fans at the scene were too fanatical, especially the fans who were chasing after Yang Yang.

In the end, as a last resort, the airport security could only urge Yang Yang and the national team to leave the scene quickly.

However, the fanatical pursuit of fans at the scene still caused domestic public opinion to boil.

The third place in the world, although it is only the Confederations Cup, is still a world event. To be able to win such an honor is enough to make the country proud and proud.

You must know that although this is not the best result of an Asian team in the Confederations Cup, whether it was No.4 won by Saudi Arabia or the runner-up won by Japan, they were all held on their home soil.

That time Japan won the runner-up in the local Confederations Cup in [-], and it didn't have much gold content.

But this time is different. The Chinese team is thousands of miles away in Africa, and won the Confederations Cup No.3 in South Africa. Whether it was a [-]-[-] loss to Spain or a [-]-[-] loss to Brazil, the Chinese team did lose in strength, but they did not lose spirit. At the same time, they also showed a good level.

The most amazing thing is the [-]-[-] reversal of the third and fourth finals of the US team. This can be said to be one of the classic reversals in the history of the Confederations Cup. Even FIFA gave a very high evaluation. After the game, it awarded the Fair Play Award to the Chinese national team, which shows the gold content of this game.

It can be said that the Chinese team won the third place in the Confederations Cup this time, which somewhat accounted for a little bit of luck in the group stage draw, but their own strength should not be underestimated, and the performance of the international players has also left a deep impression on people.

Many teams from the four major leagues have begun to pay attention to Chinese players, especially Gao Lin, Feng Xiaoting, Chen Tao and Zhang Linpeng, who have performed well. The prospects are very exciting.

This is also the reason why domestic fans are so sought after.

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While Yang Yang is playing in the Confederations Cup in South Africa, in Europe, the summer transfer market is also in full swing.

About whether he will leave Liverpool, every two or three days, the media will come up with hype, but all aspects are still silent. Only a few gossips spread from time to time in the transfer market, or the high-level officials of Real Madrid and Barcelona come out to say a few words in turn, but the specific transfer progress seems to have stopped.

On the contrary, another transfer was advancing at an unexpected speed.

That is Inter Milan's number one center Ibrahimovic.

The Swedish center is also the darling of this summer's transfer market. First, after the Champions League final, the Catalan media revealed that Guardiola is full of interest in Ibrahimovic and hopes to get this world's top center.

But after Florentino came to power, the new helmsman of the Galacticos quickly included Ibrahimovic in his list of superstar signings, especially after the official announcement of the introduction of Kaka, he made it clear that he would do his best to fight for Ibrahimovic to join the Bernabeu.

The relationship between Inter Milan and Real Madrid has always been quite good, Moratti and Florentino also have a deep friendship, but this time facing Real Madrid's poaching, Moratti's first reaction was to refuse, repeatedly saying that Zlatan Ibrahimovic is not for sale, and it is impossible to sell the Swedish center to Real Madrid.

But on the other hand, the Italian media broke the news that Moratti can no longer invest more money for Inter Milan. Ibrahimovic has a very high salary and is the most valuable star in the team.

At the same time, Ibrahimovic said in an interview with the media that if he could join a team like Real Madrid, it would be an irresistible temptation for him, and he was eager to fight side by side with his old friends here.

The statement made by the Swedish center was once understood by the media as a gesture of goodwill to Real Madrid, and at the same time implying that his best friend Yang Yang might also transfer to Real Madrid, but soon the media revealed that the old friend Ibrahimovic mentioned was not Yang Yang, but his old friend at Ajax, Belgian defender Thomas Vermaelen.

After Real Madrid finalized Kaka in early June, they introduced Vermaelen from Ajax non-stop.

But soon, Ibrahimovic's agent Raiola also said in an interview with the media that his players would not swear eternal allegiance to Inter Milan. At the same time, the media broke the news that Raiola had personally expressed his intention to go to Inter Milan's senior management.

For more than half a month, the transfer situation was full of ups and downs. At the end of June, Moratti publicly stated in an interview with the media, "Of course I would like to keep Ibrahimovic, but as the chairman of the club, I also have to consider economic factors."

This was understood by the media as a hint that it will open the channel for Ibrahimovic's transfer.

Later, the Spanish media broke the news that Inter Milan general manager Branca went to Madrid to negotiate in person, and the content was about the transfer of Ibrahimovic, and revealed that Inter Milan's asking price reached 800 million euros, surpassing Kaka.

But soon, both Inter Milan and Real Madrid denied the rumors.

However, Gazzetta dello Sport analyzed that it was a good deal for Inter Milan to sell Ibrahimovic at this time. Not only can it return a large amount of money, but it can also get rid of the heavy economic burden. Otherwise, Ibrahimovic's annual salary alone is a heavy burden.

"Moratti has made up his mind!" Gazzetta dello Sport said firmly.

Sure enough, less than two days after the Confederations Cup final, Real Madrid and Inter Milan officially announced that Swedish center Ibrahimovic successfully transferred to Real Madrid for a sky-high price of 7000 million euros.

Aspen newspaper also published the news for the first time, and Real Madrid beat Barcelona, ​​won the title of the world's chief center, and celebrated Ibrahimovic's joining Real Madrid.

On the second day after the official announcement of the introduction of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Real Madrid held a huge fan meeting at the Bernabeu Stadium. Kaka, who had just won the Confederations Cup best player in South Africa, was cheered by [-] Real Madrid fans, wearing Real Madrid's No. [-] jersey and made his debut at the Bernabeu Stadium.

Spanish TV stations and media all over the world have reported on this momentum and paid great attention to it. Everyone is excited about Kaka's joining, and Kaka also expressed on the spot that he is proud of being able to join Real Madrid.

Florentino also promised on the spot that the signing of Kaka and Zlatan Ibrahimovic is just the beginning. The team will try its best to try to introduce more superstars, hoping to create a new Real Madrid in the new season, full of combat effectiveness, and wash away the decline of the past few years.

In addition to Kaka, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Vermaelen, Real Madrid also finalized several other deals in June.

Including buying back local youth training midfielder Granero from Getafe, buying back local youth training defender Arbeloa from Liverpool, and introducing midfielder Xavi Alonso from Liverpool.

These three transactions also cost Real Madrid a total of 300 million euros in transfer fees. Coupled with the sky-high transfers of Kaka and Ibrahimovic, Real Madrid can be described as burning money this summer.

After hosting Kaka's appearance at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid also quickly determined the head coach for the new season.

(End of this chapter)