Champion’s Heart

The biggest difference between the selection of Europe's best players and the selection of the FIFA Ballon d'Or is not the media voting, but the on-site voting.

For the FIFA Ballon d'Or, everyone's votes are collected in advance, and then the nouns are tallied up. The top three will enter the final awarding session. There will not be a second vote on site, and the awards will be awarded based on ranking. Therefore, more or less every year, some media announce the winner of the award in advance, because the results have already come out. The on-site announcement only creates some tension and gimmicks, and does not affect the final result.

In order to distinguish themselves from FIFA, UEFA even has a different selection method from FIFA. Their voting is divided into two rounds. During the primary election, every media with voting rights can write down what they think on the ballot. The names of the five best players last season are arranged in order, and then the top three are selected to enter the finals. In the finals, there is a live vote to decide who is the winner.

This gives voters time to reconsider and adds variables to the final outcome.

It does not mean that ranking first in the primary election will definitely lead to first place.

For example, in last year's selection of the best player in Europe, Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo was ranked first in the preliminary selection, but in the final result, Iniesta did win the best player award in Europe.

The specific voting method is to have a media representative from each country of UEFA member countries determined by the European Sports Media Alliance to vote. For example, the voting representative of Spain is Marca newspaper.

UEFA has fifty-three member states, so there are fifty-three media representatives to vote.

Before the voting officially started, the large screen at the venue first played a video highlight of the performance of the three candidates in the past season. The production was very exquisite and fully demonstrated the characteristics of each player.

For example, Messi and Ribery are about breakthroughs and goals, while Zhou Yi is about goals and assists. Of course, the scene of Zhou Yi lifting the league championship trophy and the Champions League trophy also appears in it. This is his most important achievement last season. , is the main reason why he can stand here and compete on the same stage with two other world-class stars.

Without the blessing of the championship halo,

No matter how good his personal performance is, it may not be easy to get here.

After the video was played, the hosts Pedro Pinto and Miss Switzerland Melanie Wenig invited the three candidates to the stage.

Amid applause and music, Zhou Yi stood up, buttoned up his suit, then squeezed past Watzk and Zorc and walked onto the stage.

His rivals Franck Ribery and Messi also came from different directions.

The three people met just below the stage. Zhou Yi took the initiative to make an invitation gesture and did not rush to get on the stage.

Messi declined, but was the first to walk up. Ribery patted Zhou Yi on the shoulder from behind, then pushed him from behind and walked onto the stage together.

The two are rivals in domestic leagues and the Champions League, but they have no conflicts off the court.

After the three people walked onto the stage, they spread out in a row, with Messi on the far left, Ribery in the middle, and Zhou Yi on the far right.

Next to Zhou Yi stood the male host Pedro Pinto.

There is a small stage between Pinto and hostess Melanie Weiniger, which is obviously used to display the trophy.

The trophy for the best player in Europe is shaped like a silver jersey with arms raised, but in China, some fans also nicknamed it Silver Pants.

After the three candidates took the stage, the host invited Mr. Holtzschue, the rotating chairman of the European Sports Media Alliance and the editor-in-chief of the German Kicker magazine, to come to the stage to start the on-site voting.

Holtzschue has silver hair and a smile on his face after taking the stage - but he is worthy of joy. Last season's European football was a victory for German football. Both teams in the Champions League final were Bundesliga teams. This time, the best in Europe In player selection, two players who played for Bundesliga teams also entered the final selection. This all shows the current strength of the Bundesliga.

After taking the stage, Hotshu announced the start of voting.

Then music sounded, and every voting representative sitting in the media box made a choice on the voting machine in front of them.

However, this option was not available on site, which made everyone waiting nervous.

Especially the Chinese fans in front of the TV.

...The on-site voting has begun, and we don't know whether Zhou Yi can finally win the award. Judging from the preliminary data, Zhou Yi is ranked first, but it is impossible to say that Zhou Yi will definitely win the award because of this. Last year's c Luo was number one in the primaries, but lost to Iniesta in the final... the CCTV commentator kept talking, and his words and content further aggravated the tension of the Chinese fans.

The television cameras flashed across the faces of the three players one by one.

The camera lens scanned Zhou Yi, who had a faint smile on his face.

He is indeed the one with the greatest hope of winning the award among the three...

Among the three people, Ribery was not in a very high mood. Perhaps he thought he was the least likely to win.

Judging from the championship last season, he was completely suppressed by Zhou Yi.

Although he also has championships, the German Cup championship is far behind the other two championships. Without the most important league championship and Champions League championship, Ribery does not think he can finally win the award. When he thought of this, he naturally couldn't get into high spirits.

What about Messi? Somewhat nervous.

As for whether he can win the award, the situation is a bit more delicate.

Messi naturally hopes to win the award. In terms of strength, he is now the number one player in world football. The only ones who are dissatisfied are probably Cristiano Ronaldo and his fans.

In the past season, Messi's Barcelona won the La Liga championship, but in the Copa del Rey, Barcelona was eliminated by Real Madrid. They lost miserably in the Champions League. They were beaten 0:7 by Bayern Munich at home and away, which was simply a humiliating defeat. These failures have cast a personal haze on Messi.

However, in terms of personal data, Messi's performance is very eye-catching. In the La Liga scorer list last season, Messi became the La Liga Golden Boot with a terrifying 46 goals. His goals were twelve more than the second-ranked Cristiano Ronaldo, a dozen. . Moreover, he has played two fewer games than the Portuguese, scoring one goal in 58 minutes on average. This efficiency is terrifying.

He is not only the La Liga Golden Boot, but also the European Golden Boot.

Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award half a year ago. That was a natural year selection. In the past 2012, Messi's personal performance was indeed outstanding, scoring a total of 91 goals in various competitions throughout the year! This kind of performance is unprecedented, and I am afraid it will be difficult for others to come after it.

In the first half of the 2012-2013 season, he scored 26 goals in seventeen league rounds. Before the halfway mark, he set a La Liga half-game scoring record.

It is no problem to say that Messi was the player with the most powerful offensive firepower in Europe last season.

Scoring a goal is of course the most attractive scene in a football match, and it is also the greatest affirmation for an offensive player.

Therefore, Messi, whose goal statistics are so terrifying, even if he only wins one La Liga championship, he is still a strong contender for the best player in Europe.

Such terrible data is also the main reason why the Chinese media are not sure that Zhou Yi can win the award - who knows if the judges and reporters will praise Messi more? In recent years, both the media and fans have almost worshiped Messi.

Messi's personal data is impressive enough, but Messi himself also knows that the number of championships is still an important criterion, especially the Champions League championship. His performance in the Champions League last season can only be described as average. Eight goals were not able to help Barcelona win the championship. This is his weakness.

So Messi is very torn now. On the one hand, he hopes to win the award, but on the other hand, he feels that there is little hope.

Of course, think about his old rival Cristiano Ronaldo. He is actually much better. At least he can still enter the top three, while Cristiano Ronaldo is historically absent from the top three. The Portuguese must be very disappointed and angry now...

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The live voting ended quickly, and the judges did not spend much time thinking about who they should vote for. Many of them may have already made a choice before voting.

However, it was not announced who was the best player in Europe last season.

Host Pedro Pinto laughed: Now the results are out, but none of us know. Who knows? The person who engraves the trophy knows. He is engraving the name of the best player on the trophy. To The result will be announced together with the trophy! Please wait for a while...

He is inoculating everyone.

Last year, after the on-site selection of the European Player of the Year award, the process of engraving the trophy was a little long. At that time, everyone thought that Cristiano Ronaldo won the championship because compared to Messi and Iniesta, his name was the longest. , which consists of the most letters...

It turned out to be Iniesta in the end - the engraving staff didn't move fast enough...

But this time, perhaps the lessons of last year were washed away. The staff were quite agile. Soon, the hostess in a tight white dress walked out of the aisle holding the silver trophy for the best player in Europe. After placing the trophy on the table, she left on her own.

Hostess Melanie Wenig invited UEFA President Platini to the stage to announce the results and award trophies to the winners.

Platini walked onto the stage amidst applause and walked behind the trophy. The male host put the microphone to his mouth. Platini raised the trophy with both hands, took a look, and then turned the trophy half a circle to let the trophy With his back facing the audience and the camera, he said: The person who won the best player in Europe in the 2012-2013 season is...

When the trophy was turned around, everyone saw the name engraved on it.

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