I'm Kaka Kaka

Chapter 372 Mr. Football
Relying on Kaka's hat-trick and Falcao's free kick, Chelsea defeated Arsenal 4-2, and Manchester United also won Villa 2-0 on the other side, and the top four rankings remained unchanged.

This is also the last heavyweight match in 2005. There is still half a month before the end of this year. The only major event left in football is the World Footballer.

For the players, all the opportunities to express themselves have come to an end. The biggest favorites Kaka, Ronaldinho and Adriano can basically be regarded as the cards of the current three major leagues. Not only the team record is excellent, but their personal performance is also remarkable. Except that Kaka's performance in the Champions League last season was stable and outperformed the other two, everyone's competition is actually similar in all aspects.

Abramovich is very concerned about the selection of this gentleman, and almost all the places where he can spend money are spent. The English media also showed the combat effectiveness that is the best in the industry, but just when everyone thought that Kaka was firmly in the lead, unfavorable news came one after another.

FIFA President Blatter accepted an interview before the ceremony. He said that clubs should limit foreign players and regard Chelsea as a negative example.

"If only five foreigners are allowed in a team's 11 starters, then they will focus on the establishment of the youth training system. FIFA is considering such a problem. The limit on the number of foreign aid is one way. If Chelsea are only allowed to have five foreign aid, then Abramovich will not go all over the world to buy the best players and break the balance of the market. What is happening in Chelsea at the moment is completely wrong. This has led to chaos and disorder in the transfer market."

At the stand where the World Footballer of the Year awards are about to be presented, these ups and downs undoubtedly cast a shadow over the hearts of Chelsea and Kaka fans. In the evaluations of major organizations, the predictions about Kaka being elected as the World Footballer of the Year for the third time are also plummeting.

At 12:19 on December 20, Swiss time, the 2005 FIFA Awards Ceremony was held at the Zurich Opera House.

FIFA has announced the final list of three candidates before, no surprise, Kaka, Ronaldinho and Adriano sat in the front row.

The three Brazilians are all in suits and leather shoes. Except for Kaka's more natural expression, the smiles of Adelaide and Ronaldinho are a little stiff.

"Kaka's achievements need not be repeated. The European Golden Boot, the best player in the European League, and the European Golden Globe are enough to explain everything."

"As for Ronaldinho, last season led Barcelona to the club's first league title in six years. This season, the Brazilian scored 10 goals to help Barcelona rank first in the standings. Since he joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2003, Ronaldo has scored 82 goals in 34 games. In 19 European games, he has 13 goals. In addition, this year Ronaldo also helped Brazil win the Confederations Cup."

"And Adriano is also not far behind. Last season, he was the second scorer in Serie A and the top scorer in the Confederations Cup. This season, he still leads the Serie A scorer list and the Champions League scorer list. He is known as the world's number one striker."

"Okay, the ceremony has officially started. More than 1 guests participated in this year's awards ceremony, 150 media reported on the spot, and it was televised to 160 countries. These are the two hosts of the awards ceremony. They are former England striker Ian Wright and former Miss Switzerland Morena. It is also worth mentioning that Morena is the ex-wife of German football superstar Matthaus.

This year's theme is 'Football Meets Dance' and performances by the Zurich Ballet will be interspersed between the awards.

The first award to be handed out was the Fair Play Award..."

The city of Iquitos, Peru, which hosted this year's Under-17 World Youth Championship, won the first award. Peruvian Sports Minister Dipos came to the stage to accept the award.

This was followed by Electronic Football Player of the Year, England's Chris Bullard, who won the 2nd FIFA Interactive Gaming World Cup in London just one day before the award.

After that came the Chairman's Special Award.

Like other awards, this award was originally just an embellishment of the World Footballer, but when Blatter announced the winner of the award himself, the eyes of all the audience suddenly had a lot of meaning.

The award, created by Blatter himself, is given to someone special who contributes to world football over the course of a year, and this time Blatter has chosen an unexpected figure.

The Chelsea people sitting in the audience must be familiar with this person.

Former Swedish referee Frisk.

In the first leg of the quarter-finals of the European Champions Cup last season, he blew Barcelona's home game against Chelsea.

After the game, Chelsea coach Carlo Ancelotti accused Rijkaard of illegally contacting Frisk during the intermission. He saw Rijkaard enter the referee's lounge, but Frisk argued that he was just greeting Rijkaard in general at the door of the referee's lounge, blocking the opponent's attempt to enter.

But Ancelotti was not satisfied with this explanation, saying that the Barcelona coach was suspected of interfering with the referee's fairness, which was quite reluctant.

In the end, UEFA punished Ancelotti for this, but the English media naturally couldn't just let Frisk go like this and made things difficult for him. The Swedish referee also received death threats from fans, and the Swedes angrily announced to hang up.

In Blatter's view, Frisk is a victim. He comforted him with the chairman's special award: "This is a person who has dedicated a lot to football. He deserves to be commended."

These words are simply slapping Chelsea in the face.

The possibility of Kaka winning has become infinitely slim.

Almost all the shots were cut to Kaka, and Kaka's close-ups appeared in all the broadcast shots.

Since then, the best team, the most improved award, and the indoor football player of the year, which have not received much attention since then, will naturally not cause any waves. That is, Prinz, who has historically completed the Miss World Football hat-trick, has caused some discussions.

The final highlight has finally arrived.

FIFA Vice President Vera first introduced the top 3 World Players of the Year. Kaka, Ronaldinho and Adelaide appeared on the big screen.

The three smiled and greeted the audience, and then were teased by the two hosts.

"So, first of all, Ronaldinho, do you think you can become the world footballer?"

Ronaldinho smiled wryly and patted his forehead, "I really want to get this trophy, but I have Kaka and Adriano sitting next to me, so I don't have any confidence at all."

"Okay, so Kaka, who do you think should win the award?"

"All three of us should be awarded, so I suggest that this year's trophy should not be divided into gold, silver and bronze, but directly replaced by three gold cups."

"Hahahaha, I really like to joke, so what about Adriano?"

"Kaka," Ade said honestly, "he was the best player last year, and he deserves the award."

"Hahaha, very good, let's see if the judges' choices are the same as yours."

The 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year selection list of the top 10 appears on the big screen.

1. Ronaldinho, 552 points;
2. Kaka, 547 points;
3. Adriano, 425 points;
4. Eto'o, 172 points;
5. Henry, 170 points;
6. Steven Gerrard, 153 points;
7. Maldini, 131 points;
8. Pirlo, 101 points;
9. Ronaldo, 76 points;
10. Buffon, 65 points.

Ronaldinho became the new king of the world.

(End of this chapter)