i want to be king

Chapter 959
Manchester City reversed Manchester United with an epic four-to-three at home. The violent shock caused by the world has not yet completely dissipated. The annual FIFA Ballon d'Or award ceremony has also begun to enter the fans' vision.

As in previous years, this year's award ceremony was still held at the Opera House in Zurich, Switzerland.

The difference is that this year's Manchester City team is obviously bigger.

In the 11-man best team list announced early, Manchester City occupied three of them.

Iker Casillas in goal, Pepe, Ramos, Kompany and Alves in defense, Iniesta, Xabi Alonso and Xavi in ​​midfield, Cristiano Ronaldo, Sudong and Messi in front.

Three players were shortlisted for the best team, which is enough for people to see Manchester City's progress.

You know, before this, not to mention being shortlisted for three, even being shortlisted for one, it is something that I dare not think about.

When did Manchester City have players shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year?
In addition to being shortlisted for the best team, Guardiola was also shortlisted for the best men's football coach of the year this time, but it is a pity that although his coaching in Manchester City is outstanding, and the Triple Crown is indeed outstanding, he still did not do Mourinho in the end.

Barcelona's performance last season was also very good. Mourinho finally got his wish and won the first Champions League in his career. This is also after he reached the Champions League final for three consecutive seasons.

Under such circumstances, the best men's football coach of the year will naturally not be left behind, and both Guardiola and Ferguson can only accompany them.

However, Ferguson, who has been rumored to be retiring recently, won the FIFA President's Award this year. This can be regarded as an affirmation of the Red Devils Godfather's outstanding contributions to European football and Manchester United over the past few decades.

In the selection of the Puskas Award for the best goal of the year, Su Dong was shortlisted for a total of three goals, and finally successfully defeated Neymar from Brazil to win this award.

These were all revealed by the media long before the awards ceremony, so it can be said that there is no suspense.

There is also no suspense about this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or, which basically belongs to Messi, which is also no suspense.

It was precisely because there was not much suspense that before the awards ceremony, the biggest suspense was whether Su Dong would attend the event?

You know, although he was shortlisted for the top three, but because he joined Manchester City, it is basically impossible to win the award this year.

When Messi finished playing La Liga before, he called Su Dong from the air, saying that he had called Su Dong, and Su Dong promised to come to the scene to congratulate him.

The Barcelona superstar said that he believes that Su Dong is a man of his word and will definitely fulfill his promise.

The facts also proved that Su Dong not only came to Zurich in person as he said, but even specially invited Cristiano Ronaldo to the scene.

In an interview with the media before, the Real Madrid superstar once said that he had not decided whether to go to Zurich. This was regarded as a signal that he refused to attend this grand event, because he basically got nothing except a tasteless best team.

But Su Dong succeeded in persuading him.

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"What are you going to do to convince Ronnie?"

At the press conference before the award ceremony, when media reporters asked Su Dong how to persuade Ronnie to come to the scene, he smiled and said, "I reimbursed him all the expenses of this trip."

Of course Ronnie was upset when he heard that, and countered: "He threatened me that if he didn't come, he wouldn't ask me to be the best man when he got married."

The media reporters below were all amused by the bickering between the two.

The whole world knows how good the relationship between the two is, they are almost like brothers.

"Actually, even if I didn't call, I know that he will definitely come. I know him. Being here, whether he wins a prize or not, is an incentive for him." After the joke, Su Dong clarified.

Ronnie nodded silently, acquiescing to Su Dong's statement.

Messi is like a host, thanking Su Dong and Ronnie for being able to come to the scene.

Although it has not been announced to the public, the results are basically known to everyone, so it is not offensive for him to say that.

Messi said that Su Dong and Ronnie are the best players in the world, and he feels extremely honored to be friends with such players and rivals on the court.

"Su and I used to be teammates. He helped me countless times. I will always remember everything he did for me."

"If you want to ask me, if I have any wish, personally, I hope that one day in the future, I can become teammates with Su again. I especially miss the time when I played football with him."

When Messi said the last, his smile was very sincere.

Su Dong naturally gave Messi enough face and praised him severely, saying that Messi has grown very fast and is already the top superstar in the world. He is no longer a rookie in the past.

"I want to tell him," Su Dong looked at Messi sitting in the middle, and said solemnly, "Leo, don't pay attention to those doubting voices outside. Their biggest role is to make you stronger, and you are already the strongest in the world, and even one of the most powerful players in the history of world football."

Su Dong's comments carry a lot of weight, and Messi is very grateful.

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In front of the media, each other is quite restrained, but where the media cannot see, the three of them getting along in private is another scene, but this scene will never be known to outsiders.

The awards ceremony started on time at nineteen o'clock in the evening.

First, Pele came out and announced the 11-man list of the best team of the year selected by the World Professional Players Association, and Pele awarded trophies to these eleven players.

The eleven players were all wearing black suits and white shirts, they looked uniform and very imposing.

Then FIFA President Sepp Blatter presented the FIFA President's Award to the 70-year-old Ferguson.

The godfather of Manchester United is indeed worthy of this honor.

At the press conference before the awards ceremony, Ferguson focused on praising Guardiola's team. He didn't mind at all that Manchester United, which he coached, had just been reversed by Manchester City. He even said that Manchester City is indeed the strongest team in the Premier League and a strong contender for this year's Champions League.

And this time, after the announcement of Ferguson's award, a short film carefully produced by FIFA was played on the spot, which included the head coaches such as Guardiola, Mourinho, Redknapp, and all the players who Ferguson had coached.

The most special one is Beckham.

Back then, Beckham left for Spain during the flying boots match, and the two have been strangers since then, but this time Beckham also put aside his previous suspicions and talked about Ferguson in the short film, "For me, he is like a father."

Ferguson was obviously also very moved. In his award acceptance speech, he clarified for the first time the outside news that he would retire.

"The great thing about Manchester United is that we always want to win."

"I will not, and cannot accept, that I retire in such a way. If I want to retire in the future, it must be when I win the championship again."

Clearly, Ferguson is still ambitious.

After that, there will be the best men's football coach and the best women's football coach, and there is basically no suspense.

The best goal of the year was announced early on in the hands of Su Dong.

As for the final FIFA Ballon d'Or, it was also given to Messi without any suspense.

When Messi delivered his speech, he thanked Barcelona and his teammates, and also mentioned Su Dong and his family.

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Both the media and fans generally affirmed Messi's coronation of the Golden Ball.

But for the top three, the outside world is still relatively controversial.

Judging from the rankings, Messi, Su Dong and Cristiano Ronaldo are in the top three, and Harvey is ranked fourth. This has aroused opposition from many fans and the media. They think that Harvey should be in the top three.

However, there are also many skeptical voices who believe that although Harvey plays a significant role in Barcelona's midfield, it is basically unrealistic to squeeze into the top three in front of the three top superstars Su Dong, Messi and Ronnie.

After all, midfielders are still at a disadvantage in this regard.

But this is also normal.

Almost every year when the results of the selection come out, there will be some controversy. Many media and fans will complain about their favorite stars. This has become a norm.

Those are the awards, and the rankings are there. There will always be someone at the top and someone at the bottom.

And as long as there is a ranking, there will be controversy.

It's good to get used to this.

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The award ceremony in Zurich was still very grand.

FIFA has invested a lot of money in this area, making the influence of the FIFA Ballon d'Or increasing year by year, and it is now the most influential annual event in world football.

After participating in the FIFA awards ceremony and returning to Manchester, Manchester City went to Liverpool non-stop, as a guest at Anfield, and away to challenge the Red Army Liverpool.

This is the first leg of the League Cup semi-final.

Guardiola led the team himself, but the two players who went to Zurich, Su Dong and Pepe, were rotated and excluded from the squad, allowing them to rest.

Although Manchester City has a rotation, their overall strength is still higher than that of Liverpool.

But at Anfield, Manchester City encountered Liverpool's tenacious sniping. In the case of leading twice, Liverpool equalized the score twice.

Joe Hart really cried!

He is like the disaster star of Manchester City. As long as he plays, Manchester City will definitely lose the ball.

This is simply too outrageous!

Although it failed to take away a victory from Anfield, the [-]-[-] draw is not bad.

Guardiola expressed confidence that after returning to the Etihad Stadium, Manchester City will successfully get tickets to the final and go to London's Wembley Stadium.

But Dalglish is obviously full of desire to advance to the final, saying that Liverpool will try their best to attack Manchester City away.

Both sides are determined to win tickets to the final.

(End of this chapter)