From the man behind the football king to the football king.

Bruno stood up with a smile, leaned over to kiss Liu Yimei on the forehead, high-fived several familiar players beside him, including Harry Kane, then quickly walked up to the podium and received the FIFA World Footballer of the Year trophy from Infantino.

"Congratulations, kid!" Infantino warmly hugged Bruno and congratulated him, "I hope you can keep up the good work. We all believe that you have opened an era that belongs to you!"

There was another round of enthusiastic applause at the scene.

Bruno also thanked Infantino before walking to the microphone.

"I am very excited now because this is the second time I have won this honor in my career. I would like to thank FIFA, Mr. Infantino, all the media reporters who voted for me, the national team coach and captain, and all the fans. Thank you!"

There was another round of warm applause from below.

"This award not only belongs to me, but also to all the players of the Portugal national team and Manchester United, as well as all the fans who support me."

"The past season was like a dream. Together with my Manchester United teammates, we created a miraculous season and won everything. In the Portuguese national team, under the leadership of Cristiano, we also stood on the World Cup championship podium. For all professional players, this is the highest honor."

"I know that in the eyes of many people, this is the pinnacle that a professional player can reach in his career, but I want to tell Manchester United fans, Portuguese fans, and all those who support me that all this is just the beginning!"

"So, I would like to dedicate this award to all my teammates at Manchester United, to all the players of the Portuguese national team, to all the Manchester United fans and Portuguese fans. I hope everyone can work with me to continue to work hard and start an era that belongs to Manchester United and Portuguese football!"

"Finally, I would like to thank my parents and relatives for their support!"

After saying that, Bruno took a step back, raised the trophy high in his hand, and thanked everyone present.

There was thunderous applause at the scene again.

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If Bruno led the underdog Udinese to the top of Europe three years ago, and he also ended the seven-year dominance of the European Golden Ball and the FIFA World Player of the Year by the two superstars, making him one of the top stars in world football and one of the three giants of world football alongside the two superstars, then today when Bruno lifted the FIFA World Player of the Year trophy again, it truly announced that the era of the two superstars has passed, and the era of him, Bruno Fernandes, has truly arrived.

Ronaldo is already 33 years old and has entered the twilight of a professional player. He has begun to go downhill in all aspects. He also left Real Madrid, the pinnacle of world football, this summer and moved to Juventus, which basically announced that he has moved away from the competition for the highest honor in world football.

As for Yosi, the Argentine star is also 31 years old. Although he is still in the super giant Barcelona, ​​it must be said that after Xavi left Camp Nou, the Red and Blue Army has lost its top competitiveness. Then Neymar left for Paris Saint-Germain and Iniesta went to Japan. Barcelona has long lost its prestige as a cosmic team. Yosi has also lost the strength to compete for the highest honor in football. This can be seen from the fact that Barcelona was eliminated early in the round of 11 of the Champions League last season. Yosi did not make the top five in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year, and even did not make the best .

As the various awards of the FIFA Awards Ceremony were announced, the selection results of the awards were also revealed.

Bruno won an overwhelming advantage in the World Footballer of the Year vote. Whether in the votes of journalists, the national team coach and captain, or even the fans, Bruno ranked first with a very obvious advantage. In the end, his vote rate even exceeded 50%, reaching an astonishing 52.87%, far exceeding the second place Cristiano Ronaldo's 19.08%. As for the third place Harry Kane, his vote rate did not even exceed 10%.

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Bruno's big advantage in the selection is also closely related to the voting time of FIFA this year.

Since last year, FIFA has brought forward the time of awarding the World Footballer of the Year. This year's World Footballer of the Year was awarded in September, and the voting took place in July. This was shortly after the World Cup final, and the heat of the Champions League and the World Cup was still warm, which naturally benefited Bruno who performed well in these two events.

This year's World Footballer of the Year contest is actually a contest between the Portuguese duo Bruno and Cristiano Ronaldo. As for Yosi, although he led Barcelona to win the Spanish domestic treble, Barcelona was eliminated in the round of 4 of the Champions League. In addition, they were leading 1:3 in the first leg, but were reversed 0: by Roma away from home. This shameful elimination greatly reduced the points for both Barcelona and Yosi.

In the World Cup, Argentina's performance during the group stage was disappointing, and they almost failed to qualify. In the knockout stage, they were eliminated early by the powerful French team in the first round. Yosi only scored 4 goal and 1 assists in all 2 games, which was much worse than his former opponent Cristiano Ronaldo's 6 goals and 2 assists. Not to mention Bruno, who scored 7 goals and 3 assists and won the World Cup Golden Boot and assists.

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As for Bruno and Ronaldo, their performances during the World Cup were similar. Bruno, as the core midfielder of the Portuguese national team, contributed 7 goals and 7 assists in 3 World Cup games, not only winning the World Cup Golden Boot and Assist King, but also the World Cup Best Player; while Ronaldo, as the captain of the Portuguese national team, scored 7 goals and 6 assists in 2 World Cup games, winning the World Cup Silver Boot and Silver Ball Award, and was also the main contributor to the Portuguese national team's final victory in the World Cup.

However, the performance of the two clubs became the key to determining the final winner of the World Footballer of the Year.

In the past 2017-2018 season, Bruno, as the captain and core of Manchester United, led the team to create a miracle of unbeaten in all 65 official matches of the season, and won six championships including the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield, Champions League and European Super Cup. Just as Bruno said in his speech, he and Manchester United won everything.

As for personal aspects, Bruno contributed 38 goals and 41 assists in 23 appearances in the Premier League, winning the Premier League Golden Boot and Assist King, and also won the European Golden Boot. In various Premier League evaluations, Bruno once again achieved the Grand Slam of honors.

In comparison, Ronaldo's Real Madrid not only failed to win any championship in Spain, but his number of goals was not high either, with 27 goals in 26 games, far lower than Yosi's 36 goals in 34 games, not to mention Bruno's 38 goals in 41 games.

In the Champions League, Real Madrid, aiming for a third consecutive Champions League title, lost in a head-on confrontation with Manchester United. Bruno defeated Real Madrid almost single-handedly with 1 goal and 2 assists in the final, while Ronaldo's performance was not satisfactory, which was one of the key reasons for Real Madrid's loss.

As a result, in this Champions League, Ronaldo scored 15 goals in vain. Although he won the Champions League Golden Boot, beating Bruno who scored 14 goals, the loss of the Champions League also made him lose the last chance to reverse Bruno.

In the end, Real Madrid, which failed to win any of the four major titles this season, faced Manchester United, which had won six titles in a row without losing last season, which created an insurmountable gap between Ronaldo and Bruno in the selection of the FIFA World Footballer of the Year.

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As for Harry Kane, his performance in the past 2017-2018 season was also amazing. The English center forward played 50 times for Manchester United in all competitions and scored 44 goals, setting a personal single-season goal record.

He played 32 games in the Premier League, contributing 30 goals and 7 assists, and was one of the main contributors to Manchester United's unbeaten season and championship. In the Champions League, Harry Kane also contributed 9 goals and 3 assists, and his performance was equally outstanding.

During the World Cup in Russia, Harry Kane, as captain of the England national team, led the team into the semi-finals. He personally scored 6 goals and won the World Cup Bronze Boot.

With such performance, it is no surprise that he was able to beat Yosi and others and enter the top three of the World Footballer of the Year.

The other two players in the top five of the World Footballer of the Year are Salah and Modric.

The Egyptian striker scored 36 goals in 32 Premier League appearances, won the Premier League Silver Boot Award, and was named Liverpool's Player of the Season. In the Europa League, Salah also scored 10 goals and led Liverpool to the Europa League final, but ultimately lost to Atletico Madrid and only finished second. Throughout the season, Salah played 52 times in all competitions, scored 44 goals and provided 14 assists.

Modric played 43 games for Real Madrid last season, scoring 2 goals and 8 assists, and almost led the Galacticos to win the Champions League three times in a row. In the World Cup in Russia, he led Croatia to an outstanding performance and advanced to the quarterfinals. If it weren't for Bruno's appearance, he might even have led the team to the final.

Such outstanding performance also made him rank fifth in this year's World Footballer of the Year selection.

Others who made it into the top ten of this year's World Footballer of the Year include Mbappe, Kante, Hazard, Maguire and Yosi.

Yes, the Argentine superstar has become one of the top ten goalkeepers in this year's World Footballer of the Year.

Obviously, as far as the club is concerned, Manchester United became the biggest winner in this year's World Footballer of the Year selection. Not only was Bruno elected with a high vote, but Harry Kane also made it into the top three, Mbappe and Kante entered the top five, and Maguire entered the top ten, occupying exactly half of the ten places.

After the top ten, there are also many Manchester United players, including Rashford ranked 12th, De Gea ranked 14th, and Van Dijk ranked 19th.