The next day, the whole of Europe was discussing the 1999 European Golden Globes and the UEFA Champions League match the night before.

Italy's "Sports of Rome" - the God of War fell in Leverkusen. Although Batistuta has a great chance of winning this year's European Golden Ball Award and also scored a shocking goal in last night's game, he failed to bring a victory to Fiorentina. The powerful Chinese led the team to Fiorentina's fatal defeat, and he himself entered the top 20 candidates for the European Golden Ball Awards.

"Milan Sports" focused on Rui Costa and Zheng Zhi - a battle of fierce competition, which ended with Zheng Zhi's big victory. This game told Berlusconi and Galliani that Zheng Zhi is the best future for AC Milan. From Zheng Zhi, we seem to see the shadow of Rijkaard and Gulit. But there is a better solution, that is, buy them both at the same time, Rui Costa plays the front midfielder and Zheng Zhi plays the back midfielder. This may be the most perfect combination in the world.

Turin Sports - It seems that neither Italian teams can go too far in the Champions League, neither Fiorentina nor Leverkusen have shown enough ability to win the Champions League. When Juventus and AC Milan cannot appear in the Champions League, it is unrealistic to expect their two teams to win the glory for Italy.

Germany.

"Kicker" praised Leverkusen and Zheng Zhi-Matus for leaving, but he is still one of the candidates for the Golden Globes. In the future, it belongs to Zheng Zhi, and perhaps Leverkusen. Another starry night, another Chinese dominate the game, he also received the reward for being selected as the candidate for the Golden Globes. Unfortunately, many outstanding German players failed to be selected into the top 20, such as Bassler, Effenberg, etc.

"Photo" said that he is not a Golden Globe winner, but shines more than any player. He is Zheng Zhi, a Chinese, and he is the most dazzling gem in the crown. It’s a pity that his team cannot give him enough support, but so what? Maybe at this time of the next year, he will pick it up when he is 20 years old!

The Frankfurt Report quoted the original words of Frankfurt coach Schuster - look at the midfielders who were shortlisted for the Golden Ball Awards, how many players dare to say that they are stronger than Zheng Zhi? If Zheng Zhi changes his team with them, Zheng Zhi can also lead the team to achieve those achievements. In fact, Zheng Zhi has reached the level of the Golden Ball Awards. All he lacks is the honor of the team. He should choose a better team to play for. Of course, if he can also lead Leverkusen to success.

Although there is more than a month left before January 2000, the release of the Golden Globes shortlist has made the football world boil. Regarding the winners of the 1999 Golden Globes, major European spinach companies have also listed their winning odds.

The first one is Barcelona's Rivaldo, the second one is Beckham of England's Manchester United club, the third one is AC Milan striker Ukrainian nuclear warhead, and the fourth one is the god of war Batistuta. They all ranked 20 Golden Ball candidates.

Ronaldo, the winner of the two-time Golden Globes, was not even in the top ten. He was in the 19th place. The reason is very simple. He has too many injuries this year. Although he is in good condition every time he returns, his performance time is too short. Some people say that if Ronaldo, who is healthy without injuries, is no one to his opponent at all. But God gave him injuries, bringing him closer to the mortals.

Zidane, the last Ballon d'Or winner, also ranked outside the top ten because although he led Juventus to the Champions League semi-final last season, his results in the league were really terrible. Spinach put him in 18th place, just one higher than the alien Ronaldo.

As for Zheng Zhi?

He really just ranked 20th. There is no way. The top 19 players, both fame and team honor, are better than his. This is a disadvantage. Now is not the time for him to win the Golden Globe Award.

But even so, the news of Zheng Zhi being shortlisted still swept across China.

"On the possibility of Zheng Zhi winning the 1999 European Golden Globe Award?" - "Sports Weekly" actually published such unreliable news on the front page headline. Although they knew that this possibility did not exist, they still wrote it like this. It is not obvious that they want to increase sales.

The newspapers are naturally crazy, especially in the early morning when I saw Zheng Zhi being shortlisted for the Golden Globe Awards in ccbv5 sports news, almost every football lover would run to the newspaper booth at around 11 a.m. to buy a "Sports Weekly" to read. ccbv5 sports news was just a few words, and the reports of "Sports Weekly" were definitely the most detailed. Other fans with more conditions were browsing sports news on the website online.

For Chinese fans, there is only football and only Zheng Zhi.

In the streets, everyone was talking about the "Sports Weekly" and they even forgot that Leverkusen defeated Fiorentina's Champions League match last night.

"The Sports Weekly is so mysterious that it is impossible to win the award,"

"Although Zheng Zhi led Frankfurt to the qualifying round of the Champions League last season, he still couldn't win the Golden Ball Award. Although Zheng Zhi performed outstandingly, the award for the best Bundesliga player is not enough. If there is a Bundesliga champion, the probability will be much greater, but it still cannot."

"As far as the midfielders in the top 20 are concerned, no one performs worse than him."

"It also says that the number of goals and assists is relatively high. This is a bit hopeful, but it doesn't work. If you compare this way, the forward's goal data will have a better advantage. The Golden Globe Award is originally a prize for the forward to take advantage."

Sometimes people are like this. Even though they know they can't get it, they still fantasize about too many unrealistic reasons. Just like a man and a woman breaking up, the person who was abandoned by the other party always looks for many reasons to leave for the person who abandoned him, but the result is pale...

Be self-indulgent.

However, Chinese fans don’t have to be disappointed. This is not something that should be disappointed in itself, not to mention that good news continues.

The next day, after French Football announced the 20-person Golden Ball candidates, FIFA also took action.

In addition to the Golden Globes, there is also a World Footballer.

The list of world football players in 1999 has also come out. Compared with the list of Golden Globes, there are differences.

In the first list of Spanish "As" published, Zheng Zhi is also on the list. Although the names of the 20 players are slightly different, they are generally similar. Guardiola, Deschamps and Borgkamp, ​​who appeared on the Golden Globes list, are missing, and Basler, Effenberg and Irving are replaced by Bassler, Effenberg and Irving.

This is true every year. Although the World Footballer and the Golden Globe Awards are both the highest honors, the winners may not be the same.

For example, the Golden Globe winners in 1991, 1994 and 1996 are different from the World Footballer.

The 1991 Golden Globe Award was Frenchman Papan, and the World Footballer was Matteus.

The 1994 Golden Globe Award was Stoichikov, and the World Footballer was Romario.

The winner of the 1996 Golden Globe Award was Summer, and the World Footballer was Ronaldo.

Because the candidates are different. The Golden Globe Award is awarded by the football magazine "France Football" to the best European players every year, and was voted by a group of professional sports journalists. At first, the Golden Globe Award was only awarded to European players who played in European clubs, and since 1995 it has been expanded to all players who played in Europe.

Compared with the Golden Ball Award, World Footballer is considered a "rise" star. FIFA will first draft a list of candidate players, and then the head coaches and captains of various national teams will vote.

Generally speaking, the Golden Globe Awards are more authoritative, after all, they are selected by professional sports journalists and more objective. As for the World Footballer, fame may occupy a certain component when the media is not so developed today. Many national team head coaches and national team captains do not watch the game very much.

However, Spinach still puts Rivaldo and Beckham first and second, but the third place has changed. The third place is Shevchenko, and the World Footballer has become Batistuta.

As for Zheng Zhi's ranking, he also rose from 20th to 18th, and behind them were Effenberg and Basler.

“That’s right,”

“No matter what, it is impossible to be the last one,”

"Zheng Zhi performed better than many people. These are obviously two personal awards, so why do you have to compare team honors? I'll assume that a very awesome striker won the best scorer in a relegation team. Is his performance not enough to win the award? It seems that the World Footballer is fairer. What was Ronaldo in 1996? There were just crazy goals, and he won the World Footballerer."

"Maybe, Zheng Zhi has the hope of making a comeback among the World Footballer? He can at least make it into the top ten? How amazing is his personal performance?"

Chinese fans have ignited hope again, not asking Zheng Zhi to win the award, but only asking his ranking to be further improved in the ranking of the World Footballer selection.

"Sports Weekly" naturally wants to waving the flag for Zheng Zhi again. Editor-in-chief Qu Youyuan even wrote an article for Zheng Zhi himself - Zheng Zhi, who is worthy of being the No. 1 in Asia.

——At the turn of the century, Asia produced the most powerful player ever. Nowadays, we no longer need to envy Koreans for having a car, nor do we need to use ancient figure Li Huitang to cover up our shame, nor do we need to worry about Japan having Hideho Nakada. Because, we have Zheng Zhi!

——In this year's AFC Grand Prix, if nothing unexpected happens, Zheng Zhi will once again beat Hideho Nakada and win the Asian Footballer of 1999 for the rest of the year!

Qu Youyuan revealed another piece of news in the article that Zheng Zhi will defend the Asian Footballer!

It’s really a long time to have happy events, and three joys are coming.

Soon, multiple media immediately called the AFC to inquire about the accuracy of the message. The AFC quickly gave a reply.

Zheng Zhi was indeed selected as the three-person candidate of the year, but there is no way to tell whether to defend the Asian Footballer, and it will only be announced on the day of the award.

Actually, even if you think about it, you will know that Zheng Zhi will definitely win the prize. What can his opponent Nakada Eyeshou? Although he is excellent enough, he has no way to compare with Zheng Zhi.

A year ago, his performance was even better than Zheng Zhi, but there was nothing he could do after a year. Nakada Hideho can be said to be at the Asian level, but Zheng Zhi is already sweeping Europe. It’s not that Nakada Hideho is not outstanding, but Zheng Zhi is about to soar to the sky!

This is not over yet. At the turn of the century, the sports world started various selections.

The United States' Sports Illustrated has made a lot of noise. This most influential sports magazine in the United States selected 42 outstanding athletes of the century to compete for eight sports awards. Best Athlete of the Century, Best Rugby (American) Athlete of the Century, Best Ice Hockey Player of the Century, Best Basketball Player of the Century, Best Baseball Player of the Century, Best Olympic athlete of the Century, Best Female Individual Athlete of the Century, Best Male Individual Athlete of the Century...

Only, there is no football.

However, football, as the world's largest sport, does not need the support of Sports Illustrated. FIFA, UEFA, Olympic Committee, and European Football Association media have selected the best football players in their country, Europe and the world, and the whole world is crazy about football.

And China is not idle either, and they are also conducting selections. It is also about the best of the century. However, the best of the century is led by the Football Association and the Sports Weekly is responsible for the publicity. A total of 11 people were provided - Li Huitang, Zhang Junxiu, Zhang Honggen, Rong Zhixing, Chi Shangbin, Gu Guangming, Jia Xiuquan, Fan Zhiyi, Hao Haixi, Sun Wen, and Zheng Zhi are on the list.

These are all famous figures in Chinese football. The top ten have basically achieved success, but Zheng Zhi was shortlisted for the candidate after two years of debut.

Sports Weekly launched a public opinion poll in the newspaper, cut out the newspaper's voting column, clicked the player's name, and then sent it to the newspaper, and they will count the final player of the century.

result,

Fans of the whole country were crazy. Naturally, the sales of "Sports Weekly" were also out of stock. The original release of 3 million copies of the current newspaper was not enough! It was not enough to continue printing 1 million copies that afternoon!

There is only one reason, everyone wants to vote for Zheng Zhi!

"It must be Zheng Zhi!"

"Apart from Zheng Zhi, no one else is qualified. Of course Sun Yat-sen can. He led the heroine to second place in the World Cup. What are the others?"

"Even if you forget about the ancient figure like Li Huitang, you have never seen him play football. They are all historical figures."

"Zheng Zhi, it must be Zheng Zhi!"

"The second place is Sun Yat-sen!"

The fans were very enthusiastic, and they were enjoying each other on the streets.

"We must put Zheng Zhi on the altar,"

"I'm so awesome. I was elected as the best player of the century in China at the age of 20. Haha, I can't imagine it. I believe this result will definitely happen. Chinese fans must think so."

"A hundred years, one hundred years, I'll wait for a Zheng Zhi!"

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Chapter completed!