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Chapter 482 Crowned World Player of Football
Jessica and Caroline are also acquainted. Caroline is talking about her and Kaka going to Bali for vacation during the winter break. Jessica is also envious when she hears this, because the Premier League does not have a winter break. On the contrary, during this period of time is the most intensive competition, so Jessica can only accompany Li Rui in Manchester.

Moreover, on the day before Christmas, Manchester United still had a match, so the two had already decided to invite Jessica's family to Manchester for Christmas, because Li Rui really didn't have time to travel long distances and cross the Atlantic Ocean. America went to Christmas.Besides, the father-in-law and mother-in-law also missed Xiao Lifei, and they happened to come over for a reunion.

Originally, Li Rui wanted to stay with his parents for Christmas, but the two old people didn't have much interest in this western festival and had already returned to China.

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"Hehe, I have a feeling that in this year's Champions League knockout stage, Milan and Manchester United will still collide." Kaka whispered.

"You want to win against us this time?" Li Rui said with a smile. Of course, this was not a sarcasm, it was just a joke.

"It's strange if you don't want to." Kaka also smiled.

"However, we won't be able to touch one out of eight games." It was Ronaldo who said this.

Both Li Rui and Kaka nodded. AC Milan and Manchester United both won the group stage in the group stage, so the two teams will not meet in the first round of the knockout round.

Seeing that Li Rui, Kaka, and Ronaldo had a happy conversation there, this also attracted the attention of the reporters. It seems that the relationship between these three competitors is not tense, but seems to be on good terms.

Needless to say, Li Rui and Ronaldo are teammates. According to media reports, the relationship between Li Rui and Ronaldo once had conflicts over who is the core of Manchester United's offense. However, now Everyone knows that the relationship between the two is still very good.

As for Kaka, speaking of it, Kaka could have become the legend and savior of AC Milan last season, but it was a pity that Li Rui and Manchester United ruined the good thing. However, Kaka is relatively humble. Things, of course, have to be resolved on the court, and they can also become friends off the court. This is how the three of them are now.

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Seeing that Li Rui seemed a little nervous, Kaka jokingly said, "Li Rui, you are not nervous at all on the court. You just snatched the Golden Globe from both of us. What is there to be nervous about?" ? Relax, who hasn't had the first time yet!"

After Kaka said this, he laughed too. He has never won the World Footballer award. Speaking of it, if he wins the award today, it will be the first time. Ronaldo is the same——

The three guys glanced at each other, and it turned out that they were all virgins.

The difference is that at the European Golden Globe Awards, Li Rui has already won the Golden Globe Award, so it's a big deal...

I don't know if they all thought of this 'ambiguous' question, and all three of them laughed.

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Seeing the three candidates talking happily there made the people on the side look sideways.In the previous selection of the World Footballer of the Year, although everyone would not fight to the death, they must still maintain a certain distance as opponents.What's more, AC Milan was eliminated by Li Rui and Ronaldo's Manchester United in the Champions League last season. However, these three seem to be old friends in the team.

Some reporters were so imaginative that they even used their imagination well at this time. The three of them looked at the posture and had a good relationship. Moreover, why couldn't they appear in the same team and become teammates?

You know, there are now rumors that Real Madrid will launch a fierce attack on Li Rui, Kaka and Ronaldo at the same time as soon as the winter transfer market window opens. If the three really appear in the same team, it is really true It's not impossible. Although the probability seems very low, many people would never have imagined that Barcelona's flag Figo turned to Real Madrid. In the football circle, everything is possible before the dust settles.

"It's hard to say, these three people are thinking about the good time at the Bernabeu." A reporter said tut.

The colleagues around him were all shocked by this gentleman's unconstrained ideas and bold creativity, but they also had to admire that for a journalist, bold assumptions are nothing but essential.If someone's brain is too rigid, it is a big taboo.

Among other things, the bold assumption made by the reporter man just now, I am afraid that the chairman of Real Madrid, Calderon, only dared to lust for a while.

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Li Rui was chatting with Kaka in a low voice. At this time, the lights in the auditorium suddenly went out. The two looked up and saw the lights on the awards platform, that is, the stage. The awards ceremony was about to begin.

The three of them sat still, and Li Rui straightened his back because of nervousness.

A piece of music sounded, and a lean male master of ceremonies in a dress and a beautiful female master of ceremonies with long chestnut hair came forward following the lights.

Under the light, this beautiful female master of ceremonies' exposed white breasts and snow-white thighs in a bit too revealing business attire was even a little dazzling, Li Rui hurriedly kept her eyes fixed. Cristiano Ronaldo appreciatively clicked his tongue slightly.

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After introducing themselves, the two masters of ceremonies introduced the awarding process. First, there will be a song and dance performance, and then they will gradually announce all the official FIFA awards in 2007. Of course, as the highlight, the world The selection of Mr. and Miss Football will undoubtedly be announced at the end.

Next, the awards ceremony began. First, there was a song and dance performance. The dancers were all well-known international actors, and the lead singer was also a big name. This scene was much bigger than the European Golden Globe awards ceremony that Li Rui participated in at the beginning of the month. .

"As expected of FIFA." Li Rui whispered to Jessica with a smile.

Indeed, although the selection of the European Ballon d'Or is no worse than the World Footballer of the Year in terms of professionalism, and even in the eyes of some professionals, the former is higher than the latter, but on the scene, the European Ballon d'Or is still not comparable to the comprehensive FIFA. compared to the awards ceremony.

Everyone on the earth knows that FIFA is the master of fat and oil.

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Although the results of the selection of the World Footballer of the Year have not yet come out, the media still went all out to dig out some wild information.

FIFA's World Player of the Year selection is voted by national team coaches and captains, but they cannot vote for the players of the national team they coach. Brazil coach Dunga chooses Pirlo, Drogba in turn And Ronaldinho, Brazil captain Lucio chose Li Rui, Gerrard, Messi.

The former Brazilian coach Scolari, who is currently coaching the Portuguese team, has no interference from the principle of avoidance. His choices are Kaka, Li Rui, and Messi.In addition, Brazil coach Pereira, who currently coaches South Africa, the host country of the 2010 World Cup, is also very "patriotic". He chose Kaka, Li Rui and Ronaldinho.

According to the "Sports Weekly" report, the Chinese team coach Folado's choice is Kaka, Messi and Ronaldo, while the Chinese national team captain Li Weifeng's choice is Kaka, Gerrard and Eto'o.Neither of them voted for Li Rui, and there are rumors on the Internet that the Chinese Football Association has issued an order not to vote for Li Rui, believing that Chinese players cannot represent Chinese football.

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Therefore, the English media, who were optimistic about Li Rui being elected as the World Footballer of the Year, were also a little worried, because the selection of the World Footballer of the Year is the head coach and captain of the national team from all over the world, which is much less professional, especially for some voters. They don't know much about the latest year in international football. They vote based on their first impressions. For example, the head coach of Zimbabwe admitted that Premier League star Wright Phillips once went to Zimbabwe for a charity event. He already knew this person, so he voted for Phillips first.Then he said that he knew the most famous Raul and Henry.

In a word, the most important thing in the selection of the World Footballer is to look at the star's fame!
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The first awards are the best players of the two youth competitions this year. Argentine star Aguero and German hopeful Kroos won the titles of best players in the U21 World Youth Championship and U17 World Youth Championship respectively.

Speaking of it, Aguero should not be considered a new star. He and Messi became famous at about the same time. However, compared with Messi in Barcelona, ​​the performance of the Atletico Madrid star cannot be said to be so successful. In every market, there will be rumors that Aguero wants to leave Atletico Madrid and join a giant.

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Immediately afterwards, the award for the best player of the year in beach football was presented. Li Rui looked at the award presenter standing on the podium. Li Rui can be said to be the living fossil of Asian football, and he is also the super sufferer of the Chinese team. When Li Rui was young, many of the tears she shed for the national football team in front of the TV came from this person!
"Do you know that person?" Ronaldo asked.

"Iranian." Li Rui could only answer in this way. Did he say that this person beat the Chinese team over and over again?

Ronaldo snorted and didn't ask any more questions. He probably thought that China and Iran were both Asian. Li Rui knew that there was nothing unusual about this person.

Ali Daei personally awarded the beach football player of the year award to Brazilian player Bru.

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Next, La Liga giants Barcelona won the Fair Play Award. The Catalan Legion not only provided chest advertisements to UNICEF free of charge, they also donated money to help children with AIDS and orphans.

When the representatives of FC Barcelona came to the stage to accept the award, they were warmly welcomed by the audience. Barcelona’s charitable contributions won them respect, even to a certain extent, this was more respected than the success won in sports. , even more memorable.

The next award is the FIFA President's Award. In the end, the famous Brazilian and football king Pele finally won this honor.The FIFA President's Award was jointly presented to Pele by Chairman Sepp Blatter and British legend Bobby Charlton.

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As the highlight of the awards ceremony, the awards for Miss World Football and World Player of the Year were placed at the end of the ceremony.

Before you know it, the award ceremony has come to the final highlight.Selection of Mr. and Miss Football.

Although the Brazilian team failed to win the Women's World Cup in China, the performance of the Selecao was impressive. In the end, Marta was elected Miss World Football, Prinz and Christiane won the second and third respectively.

This is also the second time that Marta has won the Miss World Football award. Bailey also came up and kissed Marta, expressing congratulations to his compatriots for winning Miss World Football again.

After Mata won Miss World Football, all the focus was on Kaka, Ronaldinho and Li Rui.

The camera is aimed at three people. All three of them are wearing formal clothes and sitting in their positions. Their faces are as calm as possible. However, none of the three of them has ever won the World Footballer award, so the three stars can still be seen in the camera. tension.

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"The selection of this year's World Footballer of the Year is the same as in the past. It is also voted by the head coaches and captains of the 320 member countries of FIFA. The one with the highest score will become the new World Footballer of the Year..."

"Okay, let's take a look at the heroic appearance of the three finalists!"

Following the words of the master of ceremonies, some wonderful pictures of Li Rui, Ronaldo and Kaka in this year's competition began to appear on the big screen.

Li Rui also began to get nervous. If he can win the World Footballer of the Year award, then he will be the same as Ronaldo, becoming the double player of the European Golden Globe and the World Footballer. This is an achievement that Li Rui never imagined .

Ronaldo and Kaka are equally nervous. Li Rui has already won the European Ballon d'Or, and the World Footballer is their last hope.

"At this time, the results of the voting should be out, let's take a look at the results of the voting on the big screen together!" The master of ceremonies pointed casually, and at this time, everyone saw that three bar charts appeared on the big screen behind him , the names of Li Rui, Kaka and Ronaldo are written below in turn, and these three pillars will gradually be filled later.Whoever has the tallest pillar.Will become the final winner.

In the applause of the audience, the three of them also straightened their clothes and walked onto the stage, with their backs facing the screen.Unless the master of ceremonies announced the result, the three of them would not know the ranking.

"ONE, TWO, THREE, READY—GO!!!"

Following the command of the master of ceremonies, the three pillars began to rush forward side by side.The nervous hearts of the three of them also began to lift following this sound.

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At 426 points, Ronaldo's pillars stopped rising, while Li Rui and Kaka's scoring pillars continued to rise, which means that Manchester United No. 7 won No.3.

Those who supported Ronaldo let out a sigh. Although Ronaldo turned his back to the big screen, he saw his girlfriend Nereida covering her mouth with disappointment on her face. Yayomo guessed that he was No.3. He bit his lip, his mouth wriggling, unable to hide his disappointment.

Those who supported Ronaldo were disappointed. However, those who supported Li Rui and Kaka became excited. Next up was the duel between Li Rui and Kaka. This was similar to the time when the European Golden Globe Awards were presented.

Then, when everyone saw the scoring pillars of Li Rui and Kaka, the rising speed began to slow down, and then slowly stopped. Now it depends on whose pillars stand still first.

A pillar stopped and the score was 786 points!
Then, everyone saw that the name on it was——

Kaka! !
The fans, media and guests who supported Kaka felt a pang, indeed a pity, because right after that, Li Rui's scoring pillar also stopped, and his score was - 823 points!
It's no wonder that Kaka's supporters are a little bit regretful, Kaka is only less than 50 points behind Li Rui, the gap is not big, but this is the result! ! !

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"The new World Footballer of the Year is... Li Rui!!" The master of ceremonies loudly announced the result, "Congratulations to Mr. Li Rui for being awarded the World Footballer of the Year. This is the first time he has won this award. Congratulations to this young man, and congratulations to Kaka And Cristiano Ronaldo, they will get the silver and bronze medals this time..."

At this time, the three people looked back at the results one after another. When Li Rui heard that he had won the World Footballer's award, his nervous heart turned into incomparable excitement. He turned to look at the big screen and saw his score It is only 37 points more than Kaka, which is also a joy!
In fact, Li Rui didn't know that his lead was indeed very small. The selection of the World Footballer of the Year was voted by the coaches and captains of the national teams. Each player selected 3 players, who could get 5 points, 3 points and 1 point in turn. point.It can be said that with this 37-point advantage, as long as 8 people vote for Kaka in the first place, Kaka will win the prize.

Kaka's face is also full of regrets. He became famous earlier than Li Rui, which makes Kaka more famous than Li Rui in world football, especially among the head coaches of national teams in various countries. This is also Kaka's competition. The biggest advantage of the World Footballer of the Year, under such circumstances, is still a bit short, and after Li Rui won the World Footballer of the Year, he will truly establish his status as a superstar. As long as Li Rui maintains his state, then whoever wants to It is even more difficult to compete with Li Rui for the award.

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The World Player of the Year was jointly awarded by FIFA President Sepp Blatter and Pele, and the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball trophies were presented by Pele.

However, when the awards were presented, Pele made an own goal and awarded the No.2 trophy to Ronaldo.Fortunately, the host responded quickly and resolved the crisis in time.

Pele, who had just won the FIFA President's Award, seemed to be still excited and excited. He awarded the Silver Ball trophy to Ronaldinho, but Kaka didn't know that Pele had awarded it, so he went straight to the rostrum Hold the bronze ball trophy in your hand.

The two male and female hosts beside him kept correcting that Kaka was the No.2 winner, but after Pele presented the trophy, he left the stage, while Kaka and Ronaldo stood there and chatted quietly, Didn't realize it either.It wasn't until the host asked Ronaldo and Kaka to exchange trophies that the two realized this, smiled at each other, and exchanged their trophies from each other.

Then the two looked at Li Rui, and the disappointment in their eyes flashed away. They knew that it was time for Li Rui to be crowned the World Footballer.

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The one who presented Li Rui with the World Player of the Year trophy was of course FIFA President Sepp Blatter. Li Rui only met a fat old man in Japan a few days ago and loudly announced that Li Rui had won the award.

Li Rui looked nervous and excited. He buttoned up the jacket, took two steps slowly, and took the World Player of the Year trophy from Blatter.

Blatter congratulated Li Rui, and then, holding the trophy, Li Rui hugged Kaka and Ronaldo in turn, and Kaka and Ronaldo also congratulated Li Rui.

After the camera followed Kaka and Ronaldo off the stage holding their respective trophies, all the cameras focused on the center of the stage again. Now, it belongs to World Footballer Li Rui!

At the master's request, Li Rui kissed the World Player of the Year trophy amidst the applause of the audience.

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Then, Li Rui accepted the FIFA official interview on the spot. He thanked everyone who supported him with excitement, thanked his father, mother, Jessica, and thanked his infant child Son, thanks to many people.

At the end of the interview, Li Rui also told a short story about his growing up.

"I remember one time, my first coach, Mr. Qiu Zuolin, in order to reward me, he bought me a pair of new sneakers out of his own pocket. This is a sneaker for playing in the rain. This is the first time I have this kind of sneakers. I remember I can't put it down to those beautiful sneakers. Then, I have never looked forward to the rain so eagerly. Finally, one day, it rained. The most important thing is not to stain the new pair of shoes. As for the training situation, one can imagine how bad it is. The coach reprimanded me, but I still did not change. Finally, the coach shouted to me: "It doesn't matter if it gets dirty, if you behave If it’s good, I’ll wash it for you myself!’ After hearing what the coach said, I knew I didn’t need to wash the sneakers myself, and immediately scored three goals.”

There was a burst of laughter at the scene, and everyone smiled knowingly. It seemed that a big boy was afraid of getting his sneakers dirty, which made the famous football player on the scene feel a lot more for Li Rui, a young man. favor.

With a smile on Li Rui's face, he held up the World Footballer's Trophy in his hands. He worked very hard for his football dream. He has put in a lot of sweat and hardship. Now——

It's harvest time!
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Seeing Jessica who was crying and applauding for him in the audience, Li Rui felt a pain in his heart. He walked off the stage, held the trophy in one hand, hugged Jessica, and hugged her tightly.

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PS: Code well, don't think so much.

(End of this chapter)