long live the king

Two days later, the annual European Golden Globe Awards selected by the "French Football" magazine were announced. The 2006 German World Cup champion Italian captain Cannavaro, who played for the La Liga giants Real Madrid, came to France's canal+ TV station to attend the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony, and Received the golden Ballon d'Or from the editor-in-chief of "French Football" Erno, becoming the third defender to receive this honor after "Football Emperor" Beckenbauer and Sammer.

Cannavaro is another Italian player who won the European Ballon d'Or after Baggio won the European Ballon d'Or in 1993.At the same time, he is also Real Madrid's 5th and 6th player to win the European Ballon d'Or. Previously, Stefano (2 times), Kepa, Figo and Ronaldo have all won the award.

Cannavaro, the captain of the Italian national team, also became the first person in the history of the Golden Globe to win the award as a pure defender. Buffon, who was very popular before, did not become the second European Golden Globe after Yashin. The goalkeeper, and Henry still has not escaped the fate of the second child.

As a destroyer on the court, the European Ballon d'Or, the highest personal award in world football, has never been optimistic about defenders. Its 50-year ups and downs are a good illustration of this point.There are only two people in the history of the Ballon d'Or - Beckenbauer and Sammer of Germany have won this highest honor, and the reason for their awards is because of their outstanding offensive ability.This is the first time for a pure defender like Cannavaro.

If there is a first time for everything to happen, then the first defender of the European Ballon d'Or should and must be born in the Apennines peninsula that is rich in top defenders - Italy, Cannavaro's seniors and brothers Undoubtedly the best in this regard, Facchetti, Baresi, and Maldini have set the best example, but the leaders of these defenders regretfully missed this honor. Facchetti lost to Eusebio in 1965, and in 1989, Baresi, the backbone and captain of the great Milan dynasty, lost to teammate Van Basten.

Their compatriot Maldini is determined to complete this honor. In 1994, Maldini won the European Champions Cup and the World Cup runner-up, and also won the world's best player selected by the "World Football" magazine that year. In the selection, he lost to Romagno and finally ranked third. In 2003, AC Milan won the European Champions Cup again, and Maldini was also popular again, but the result was that Maldini lost again and ranked third again. Three, let him regret for life.

In 2002, Carlos followed Real Madrid to win the League Championship, the Champions League and the Toyota Cup. At the age of [-], the Brazilian national team won the World Cup, but lost to his compatriot Ronaldo in the final selection. It is said that Carlos in Japan After learning of this result, I cried with my head in my arms, yes!Even for the greatest defender in the history of world football, the chance to win the European Ballon d'Or may only be once in a lifetime!

Fortunately, Cannavaro successfully grasped this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. 2006 is the year of the World Cup. The performance in the World Cup will undoubtedly be the most important bargaining chip for this honor. Nesta and Cannavaro are gifts from heaven Two of the world's top central defenders for Italy, but the unlucky Nesta was injured and retired in the World Cup group stage for the third consecutive time, and this time undoubtedly highlights Cannavaro's leadership.Whether he is surrounded by the timid Barzagli or the aggressive Materazci, Cannavaro is betting on every loophole like a leader, making Italy, which is not strong in attack, the team with the fewest goals conceded in the World Cup. won the fourth Hercules Cup in Italian history.

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In this year's European Ballon d'Or selection, Cannavaro scored 173 points, his national team teammate Buffon and French striker Henry ranked second and third respectively, with their scores of 124 and 121 points.

Cannavaro can win the award, mainly relying on his excellent performance in the World Cup and Juventus in the first half of the season.He has not yet adapted to Real Madrid's defensive system, so not only French public opinion, but also the Spanish media have strongly questioned Cannavaro's winning the Ballon d'Or.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Zhang Yang and Marseille. The Marseille media is concerned about Zhang Yang's ranking. The final scoring ranking is announced. Zhang Yang ranks No. 50 among the 40 shortlisted players.This is a scoring ranking that makes the entire Marseilles unbelievable and unrecognized.

The Ligue 33 Golden Boot who scored [-] goals in a single season in the league, the player who has scored the most goals in the Champions League this season, and the most popular fried chicken chased by giants including AC Milan, Inter Milan, Arsenal, Manchester United, etc., is ranked so low ? !

When the Marseille media complained about him, Zhang Yang himself was also quite depressed. The previous media reports and his self-confidence soared under the continuous scoring, which made Zhang Yang feel good about himself, thinking that he should be able to rank twenty Left and right, I didn't expect to receive such a blow in the end.

The joy of winning the European Golden Boy Award before was diluted by this incident.

Seeing that Zhang Yang's mood was affected, Mendes called to comfort Zhang Yang.In the final analysis, Zhang Yang has not been recognized and favored by many judges. There are several aspects. The first is that the influence of Ligue [-] is really not enough. People generally pay attention to the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A; the second is that Zhang Yang is too young , apart from the Ligue [-] Golden Boot, there is no real championship honor that can be won; in addition, there is a very important point, Zhang Yang's Marseille team is not two giants like Milan and Arsenal, and its influence is much smaller , "Voice of the North" resentfully said that if Zhang Yang played for a giant like Arsenal or Manchester United, he would be ranked at least in the top [-].

In a word, Zhang Yang's reputation is not enough. In the first place, without the achievements of the national team, he has lost a lot of color, and he does not play for the super giants in the mainstream league, so he naturally receives less attention. In fact, the expansion of Zhang Yang's influence , more after participating in this season's Champions League match with Marseille.

The meaning of Mendes' words may not be to encourage Zhang Yang to transfer, but this is also the truth. The influence and popularity of playing for a wealthy club are naturally much better.

In fact, apart from the Ballon d'Or winner, none of the other rankings mean much.It's just that a tree lives with a piece of skin, but a person lives with a breath.This has brought a blow to Zhang Yang who has been proud of the spring breeze recently.

Therefore, Zhang Yang is a little depressed now.

And the famous 'publicity black' - Roman.Mr. Roland jumped out again, sneering at Zhang Yang.

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On December 16, in the No.1 round of Ligue 0, Marseille challenged Sochaux away.The final score of this game was [-]:[-], Marseille won away.

Zhang Yang didn't score a goal. It was Taiwo who scored for Marseille. The Nigerian scored with a beautiful long-range shot and helped Marseille win an important victory.

Zhang Yang was replaced in the 71st minute of the game. His performance in today's game can only be said to be average. Although he still poses a threat to the Sochaux team's goal, he failed to continue his scoring state.

After the game, Zhang Yang went straight to the locker room. He wasted an inevitable scoring opportunity in today's game, which made him a little depressed.

In the mixed zone, he was mobbed by reporters.

"Zhang Yang! You didn't score a goal today. Is it related to the scoring ranking of the Ballon d'Or? Was it affected?" A reporter asked loudly, trying to stop Zhang Yang.

The reporter succeeded. After hearing this question, Zhang Yang, who was about to walk into the locker room, stopped and looked back at him.

He is not stupid, he knows the cynicism in this reporter's words.

The so-called "influenced by the ranking of points" is actually a sarcasm for Zhang Yang, which means that you are nothing but that.

Zhang Yang stopped, turned back and said to the reporters: "For me, does it matter what my ranking is this time? One day, people will only remember the moment when I won the Golden Globe!"

Leaving Kyogen behind, he turned and walked away.This time, no matter how the reporters yelled behind him, he didn't look back or pay attention.I don't bother to bother!

"This—this kid is too arrogant."

"Forget it, it's not a day or two since he was arrogant."

"Golden Globe? Next life."

"Too ignorant of the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth!"

The reporters were all shocked by Zhang Yang's words.

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Zhang Yang's words were published by the media the next day.

"My goal is the Golden Globe!"wait! "

"Low ranking? No, I want the Ballon d'Or."

These headlines are still relatively objective and tolerant, and some headlines have the taste of personal attacks.

"Golden Globe? Boy, next life."

"Zhang Yang is suffering from delusional disorder."

"We've never seen such an arrogant guy.

This time, their newspapers became popular again. Anyway, in France, any news related to Zhang Yang must be popular, not to mention such reports and comments that are eye-catching as soon as the headline is heard.

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After the game against Sochaux, the Marseille team will usher in the final match of the Champions League group stage at their home stadium, the Villerodham Stadium, against the Serie A giants AC Milan.

In the middle of the week, going to the Villerodham Stadium, the home of the Marseille team, to cheer for the team and watch this great matchup live has become the most anticipated thing for almost all Marseille people.

Of course, the Italians definitely don't recognize the term "great duel". In the eyes of the Italians, Marseille and AC Milan are completely two levels of confrontation. In front of AC Milan, Marseille and the Rossoneri are not at the same weight. How can such a game deserve the word 'great game'?

However, the Maasai people don't bother to pay attention to the ideas of the Italians!

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"Have you bought the ticket?" These days, this sentence has even replaced hello, and it has become a greeting for Masai people when they meet.

Although Marseille's home stadium, Villerodham Stadium, can accommodate more than 6 fans, for the fanatical Marseille fans, this is simply a drop in the bucket.Even [-] seats cannot meet the needs of Marseille fans.

The phone number of the Marseille Club ticket office was almost ringing, they were all calling to inquire about the tickets. In fact, the callers also knew that it was impossible to have unsold tickets at this moment. , However, they still want to try their luck.What if someone refunds the ticket?Although it's impossible for that to happen.And outside the Villerodham Stadium, outside the Marseille club's training base, every day there are fans holding up the slogan "asking for tickets", hoping that a miracle will happen.

The Marseille team played against AC Milan at home. In the past 15 years, the Villerodham Stadium has ushered in the most powerful giants team in official games.

In addition, it was in the final that Marseille defeated AC Mulan, who had the three Dutch Musketeers of Van Basten, Gullit and Rijkaard, and won the Big Ear Cup!That was the most glorious time in the history of Marseille.

After that, the Marseille team fell into a long-term downturn and decline. This time, after 15 years, they faced Milan again. The Marseille people were not only emotional, but also looking forward to this game.

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ps: Second update.