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Chapter 254 Controversial World Footballer
Although the British media and the Chinese media are still actively promoting Yin Jun, Yin Jun knows that these are useless, because the voting for the World Footballer of the Year has ended, and only the final top three results have not been made public. It's just an announcement, but the scores of the top three players have already been announced.

In other words, the efforts of the British media and the Chinese media at this time will actually have no impact on the final result of the World Footballer of the Year.It may have some impact on the next European Golden Globe Awards, but I am already at a relatively obvious advantage in the selection of the European Golden Globe Awards.

It is precisely because he knows that the result is doomed, and he will definitely miss this year's FIFA World Player of the Year, so Yin Jun has decided not to attend this year's FIFA awards ceremony.

Yin Jun's reason is also quite sufficient, because the Toyota Cup match time is on the afternoon of December 12th, local time in Europe, while the FIFA awards ceremony is in the evening one day later, and there is only one day in between.Although Yin Jun can also rush to the FIFA headquarters, Yin Jun will be very tired, which is not conducive to the next Manchester United game.

Since I went there, it was just as a foil for others, why bother?
However, Yin Jun still took a short video and asked Manchester United staff to send it to FIFA headquarters, expressing his apology for not being able to attend the FIFA awards ceremony, and extending his congratulations to the conference.

After all, Yin Jun will spend a lot of time dealing with FIFA in the future, so we can't make everyone unhappy because of this incident.

Perhaps anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just Yin Jun's excuse, but an excuse is better than no excuse, right?

Everyone has a step to go down, so that they won't get into a stalemate, or even turn against each other.

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Sure enough, at 12 pm Central European Time on December 15th, FIFA officially announced that French player Zidane was elected as the 2003 World Footballer of the Year.

This is the third time the 31-year-old Real Madrid star has won the award. He previously won the title in 1998 and 2000. In the final selection, he received 264 votes, and Yin Jun, who came in second, won the award. 236 votes, the gap between the two is not big.

Henry, Ronaldo and Juventus star Nedved ranked third to fifth.

Zidane also became the second player to win the honor three times, the other being his teammate Ronaldo.A Spanish gambling organization once ranked Zidane as the fifth favorite, but FIFA's selection made Zidane stand out from Yin Jun, Henry, Ronaldo and others who were very popular.

When the result was announced, the British media complained about Yin Jun.

The level of the players who participated in the selection of the World Footballer is uneven, which has always been criticized, making the selection less convincing than the "Golden Globe" of "French Football".

The British media counted the selection of the head coaches of eight recognized football powers including Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Germany, France, England, the Netherlands, and Spain. According to the scoring rules, the first vote gets 1 points, and the second vote gets 5 points. The third place in the ballot is calculated with 2 point. Yin Jun ranked first with 3 points, followed by Nedved with 3 points and Carlos with 1 points. Zidane only ranked fifth with 21 points. The former is the French national team teammate Henry who scored 11 points.

From this point of view, Yin Jun is indeed the most wronged.In the past year, whether it is personal performance or club performance, Yin Jun has obviously surpassed Zidane. He has saved the team in key games many times. Manchester United and Real Madrid both won the league championship, but Manchester United is still the Champions League champion. It is also the reason why Yin Jun is more favored in the Golden Globe Awards.

Most of the players under the coaches of the major powers play in the top European leagues, so they are naturally paying close attention to European club events.

It's just that in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year, the performance of the national team is very critical. In 2002, Ronaldo's league performance was almost blank, but this is the reason why he was elected with 8 World Cup goals.Yin Jun suffered from this loss. The international influence of the French national team is far behind that of the Chinese men's football team.

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No matter how many people complain about Yin Jun, the result is doomed. FIFA has selected the least creative candidate in the most conservative way.

Ronaldo has won the championship three times, and now Zidane has also scored a hat-trick. In the selection of the World Footballer, what is more boring than letting Real Madrid do it all?

Looking at the honor book of the World Footballer of the Year, starting with Zidane in 2000, then Figo, Ronaldo, and now Zidane again, the World Footballer of the Year has been wandering around Real Madrid's midfield for four consecutive years.

What is even more surprising is that the shortlist for four consecutive years has been a situation where two Real Madrid players flanked the other. In this selection, Real Madrid seemed too aggressive.

What did Real Madrid actually get in 2003?The league won the championship in the final round, and the Champions League stopped at the quarterfinals, that's all.

From a public standpoint, no one can deny the greatness of Ronaldo and Zidane.But people have reasons to ask for a more "fresh" world footballer, such as Yin Jun.

Yin Jun's performance in 2003 was definitely the best among all football players. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the leader of the "six champions" Manchester United.

Under the leadership of Yin Jun, Manchester United swept the Premier League, fought back in the Champions League, defeated the star-studded Real Madrid, advanced to the semi-finals, and finally won the championship.In addition, they also won four championships in the English League Cup, Community Shield, European Super Cup and Toyota Cup, becoming the first six-time champion team in football history.

As the time approaches the end of the year, the second winter transfer window is coming. The Chelsea boss recently offered Yin Jun a price of 5000 million pounds, but Ferguson only gave two words: not for sale!

The real king of Manchester United firmly labeled Yin Jun as "not for sale", and believed that selling Yin Jun was a foolish move.

During the selection process, Yin Jun’s voice has always been higher than Zidane’s. Even in the odds offered by the gambling company for the World Footballer, Yin Jun is far better than Zidane, but the final result makes people very disappointed. .

People can't know the inside story of the selection, but everyone knows that Real Madrid's influence in Europe is stronger than Manchester United.

And Yin Jun, who is under 19 years old, seems to be far from the time when seniority can be considered. The 12 World Footballer of the Year, even Ronaldo, who has won the championship three times, won his first prize at the age of 20. The age and fame of the other winners were also higher than Yin Jun when he was elected.

This concept "barrier" gradually formed by FIFA in the selection process is doomed that this year's "Mr." selection can only be old wine in old bottles.

It can also be seen from this that FIFA has a certain "policy tilt" in this selection, as well as a certain preference dominated by the "fame" of players.

Unfortunately, for Yin Jun!Sad for the result!
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