Chapter 84: Peak

On December 18, the 2007 FIFA Awards Ceremony was held as scheduled at the Zurich Opera House.

The Brazilians became the biggest winners, winning a total of four awards, among which Kaka and Marta won the World Footballer and Miss World Footballer respectively, and Brazil's old enemy Argentina became the best team of the year for the first time.

After the FIFA President Blatter delivered his speech, he first presented the best player awards in the two age groups World Youth Championships this year. Matthaeus and Chapuisat respectively handed over the medals to lead Argentina to the U21 World Youth Championship. Member Aguero, and the best player in the U17 World Youth Championship, Toni Kroos.

The announcement of each award is interspersed with video reviews of major FIFA events and important events in the past year. Brazilian Bleu won the best player award at this year's Beach Soccer World Cup held in Rio de Janeiro. Barcelona won the Fair Play Award. Club President Laporta accepts the trophy.

Barcelona have refused to accept commercial jersey chest advertisements for many years, but provided them to UNICEF for free, and donated US$7.5 million to UNICEF AIDS projects in five years, which gave them a lot of praise.

The FIFA President's Award was awarded to Pele in recognition of his "contribution to the sport". The famous England star Bobby Charlton delivered the award speech, and all the audience stood up for a standing ovation, which made Pele shed tears.

"I have to share this award with all my friends because nothing in my life can be achieved on my own, and I want to share it with my wife, my family and God."

In the end, the two individual awards were announced. Although the star of the Brazilian women's football team, Marta, failed to lead the Brazilian team to win this year's Women's World Cup, she still defeated the German women's football captain Prinz and won the title of Miss World Football with her Brazilian teammate Christian. .

Last year, Marta wept heartily and became one of the classic scenes in previous awards. This year, she also had tears in her eyes: "Thank God for giving me this moment of great joy. Of course, I also want to thank all my club and national team teammates."

Then came the most exciting time. The previous awards were just warm-ups. Only the final award could attract everyone's attention.

In the end, FIFA President Sepp Blatter announced Kaka as the World Player of the Year, and Pele handed the Gold Cup to Kaka.

Kaka was very excited at the moment when he won the trophy: "Tonight is a special night for me, because when I was young, I only dreamed of becoming a professional player for the Sao Paulo team and playing for the national team. Play a game, that's all, but the bible says God may give more than you ask, and that's exactly what happened in my life, thank you."

At this time last year, Deegan was on the podium, but he was finally teased by FIFA once. This year, although Deegan was nominated, he announced early that he would not participate in any international competitions. Award ceremony organized by the Football Confederation and UEFA.

But when Degan saw Kaka standing on the podium through live TV, he still couldn't help but feel excited. Anyway, Kaka can win the award, at least it proves that the Wright family is the best on the football field. the best.

The Prince of Milan, who just won the Golden Globe and lifted the Club World Cup trophy, took over the title of World Footballer of the Year 2007 from FIFA tonight.

It has to be said that today's world football is an era in which young geniuses are born in large numbers. Along with the 25-year-old Kaka, Messi, who has just turned 20, and Ronaldo, who is 22, shined that night.

Kaka said: "We are all young people, which means that a new era has begun in football."

During these years in AC Milan, Kaka's career has been steadily rising, and this year it has reached the highest peak in history, but even so, Kaka still behaved very humbly in the final interview with reporters. First of all, he expressed his gratitude to AC Milan Thanks: "If there is no good team, it is impossible to have good players. If my performance is very good, then first of all I must thank my teammates. They have created the best environment and the best for me. conditions. What we achieved in Tokyo was AC Milan's victory, not Kaka's victory. All of us are happy for this success that brought us to the top of the world. Every individual performance is the team as a whole The result of hard work, in football, there is no personal honor. Even in the Champions League, if I hadn't played for such a strong team, I would not have been able to achieve anything."

Afterwards, the problem inevitably returned to La Liga and Real Madrid, which has always been eyeing Kaka. Kaka said: "The Spanish Football League is one of the most attractive football leagues in Europe. There are many excellent teams and outstanding players in Spain. player, but i am playing in ac milan, i am very happy about it, and i believe that it will not be easy for me to leave ac milan and play in la liga, i had the opportunity to play in la liga and i Having declined, I just want to say: I have had a great time at AC Milan."

In Kaka's view, AC Milan undoubtedly played the most critical role in his life growth and career development: "I have had many dreams since I was a child, such as winning the UEFA Champions League and other competitions. To be honest, I have never I never thought that these wishes of mine would come true so soon. Playing in AC Milan is a very crucial step in my life experience. I came to AC Milan when I was very young, and AC Milan gave I help a lot."

Relying on his outstanding performance last year, Kaka was elected without any suspense and became the new World Footballer of the Year. Like the previous European Golden Globe Awards, Kaka was also elected as the World Footballer of the Year with a high number of votes. deserved.

His vote score reached 1047, which is twice as high as the second place Messi. This ratio is similar to that of Ronaldo, who won the World Cup and the World Cup's top scorer that year.

Two weeks after winning the European Ballon d'Or, Kaka won the World Player of the Year award again. Kaka won the two highest personal honors of the year, and he also became the 10th double player in history.

Ronaldo, Basten, Weah, Zidane, Rivaldo, Figo, Ronaldinho have won Mr. Double before. Among them, Ronaldo has won twice, so Kaka is the 10th. .

At the same time, Kaka also became the third World Footballer in the history of the AC Milan club. Coincidentally, all three are "Mr. Double".

In 1992, Basten won the European Footballer of the Year and World Footballer of the Year with his excellent performance in the European Cup. In 1995, George Weah won the two awards with his amazing performance in Paris Saint-Germain and after his transfer to AC Milan.

In 2004, Shevchenko was only a short distance from "Mr. Double". He won the European Footballer of the Year, but in the selection of the World Footballer, Sheva ranked third.

In the 12th year after Weah, Kaka stood up and stood at a height that Sheva had never reached.

Every "Mr. Double Material" stood up before, and it would bring a prosperity to AC Milan. Before and after Basten won the two Mr. awards in 1992, it was Capello's most successful period of coaching AC Milan. During the year, AC Milan won two Serie A titles and reached the Champions League final in the 92/93 season, but that was also Basten's last game.

In 1996, that is, the summer after Weah won Mr. Double, AC Milan won the 15th league championship trophy in club history, but because Weah joined AC Milan at the age of 29, they failed to lead further. brilliant.

Basten was 28 years old when he won the European Ballon d'Or, and Weah was 29 years old. Compared with the two predecessors, Kaka was much younger. In 2007 when Kaka broke out, AC Milan won the European Champions Cup, European Super Cup and In the World Club Cup, due to various reasons, AC Milan has little hope of making a difference in the league this season, but Kaka is still young, and he still has more time to lead the team to ZTE.

2007 was a harvest year for Kaka. During this year, he won the team honors including Champions Cup, European Super Cup and World Club Cup. Individual honors include European Champions Cup top scorer, European Footballer, World Footballer, "World Soccer" Player of the Year, World Players League Player of the Year, he has won all the individual honors he can get.

"I'm sure that Kaka's progress has not come to an end. In the next five years, he will continue to improve. Of course, there are still many outstanding players in the world, but as far as the current situation is concerned, Kaka is the best football player in the world." The best candidate." This is what the Brazilian football king Pele said when he was interviewed by reporters later.

Indeed, compared with George Weah, the predecessor of AC Milan who won the double Mr. at the age of 29, the room for improvement of the 25-year-old Mr. Double Kaka is far from over. Kaka himself has always said: "I am still far away Peak, I'm still improving."

Kaka has already shown something different at the Club World Cup in Yokohama, top scorer in the last Champions Cup, and his passing improvement has been impressive in the Club World Cup .

AC Milan scored five goals in the two games, and Kaka completed three assists alone. Kaka has made great progress in passing timing, accuracy, and creativity.

The three assist methods are different. It was relatively simple to assist Inzaghi for the last goal in the final. When he was one-on-one with the opponent's goalkeeper, he saw Inzaghi in a better position, so he crossed and assisted the latter to score. It is not easy to play a delicate pass. The first assist in the final and Seedorf's assist in the semi-final showed Kaka's biggest characteristic. The organic combination with the pass, especially in the final assisted Inzaghi's first goal, when Inzaghi's movement happened only in an instant, Kaka was surrounded by the opponent's defenders, and the shot was blocked and the situation was chaotic , but he still showed a clear mind and keen ability to read the game, and accurately sent the ball to Inzaghi's feet to form a lore.

In addition to these three assists, in the first game against Yokohama, Kaka broke through and knocked Pirlo back in the middle diagonally, and broke through to the bottom line in stoppage time and suddenly knocked Seedorf back. ball.

After the selection of the European Ballon d'Or, Kaka once said: "This gives me more sense of responsibility."

This sense of responsibility was immediately shown in the Club World Cup. Kaka became more selfless, more willing to assist his teammates, less desire for personal performance, and more attention to the team. This is the style of the game. Towards a mature performance.

As Kaka stated after the World Footballer of the Year award that he "has ended his story with Real Madrid", Real Madrid has gradually given up the idea of introducing Kaka for two years.

Calderon, chairman of the Real Madrid Club, also said in hindsight: "Perhaps I will cause some objections when I say this, but Kaka may not have a main position in the current Real Madrid team. Our team is now very complete. It is very difficult for you to further improve the strength of the team."

Perhaps Calderon's words are somewhat insincere, but there is no doubt that this is what the AC Milan club is willing to hear and see.

When Maldini was about to retire, when Pirlo, Seedorf and others were in poor condition, when Ronaldo was still recovering from his injuries, and when Pato was still unable to play, Kaka had become the banner of Milan City. At this time, Kaka Card can't go!

Degan also sent a text message to Kaka at the first time to express his congratulations, but the more he saw Kaka's beauty, the more Degan felt that Kaka's future in AC Milan was bleak.

A Club World Cup, coupled with personal honor, is likely to cover up Milan's current problems. Of course, some things cannot be covered up, but Berlusconi and others can't help fooling themselves. AC Milan already has the world's number one star. In January, there will be another Brazilian talent who can play for the team. At this time, is it still necessary to continue to introduce players?

Of course, if it is a player that Berlusconi likes, it is a different matter. People all over the world know that Berlusconi has always had a deep affection for Ronaldinho with a pair of buck teeth, just because The opponent is the star of Barcelona, so he can only look at it and sigh, but now Ronaldinho is not happy in Barcelona, so, pornographic Bei is once again moved!

"Kaka is already the well-deserved No. 1 player in world football. Now I think, why not play a Brazilian fantasy quartet in AC Milan?"

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