Updated: 2012-11-26

In a report article in "French Football", the focus is on introducing the rise of the post-80s stars in the world today. After Kaka, they also mentioned Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo, Barcelona's Messi, and Arsenal's Fabregas, and of course, Zhang Yang.

"Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal scored an astonishing 23 goals in the Premier League last season, and won the first Premier League championship in his career with Rooney and a group of Ferguson babes. He completed another career jump in one year. In the Portuguese national team, Cristiano Ronaldo has gradually become the core of the team and led Portugal to the final stage next year in the European Championship qualifiers."

"Argentine young player Messi from Barcelona from La Liga, compared to Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo's performance within a year is even more jaw-dropping. Messi, a year ago, could only be said to be a fledgling star of hope. A year later, Messi has been able to stand at the highest peak of world football compared to his senior brother Ronaldinho. It is more worth mentioning that as an Argentine player, compared with the so-called "Diego successors" in the past, Messi has copied the wonderful moments of the King of Football Kings many times in this year's game. The "five players in a row" completed by King Rey against Geta is exactly the same as Maradona's best goal in the century that scored England in the 1986 World Cup. Messi's emergence has allowed many fans who have experienced the Diego era to salvage the beautiful memories deep in their memory again."

"When talking about the best players in 80 years, we must mention here that the youngest in the Golden Balls list and the most important Spanish young player Fabregas. Fabregas, who was born on May 4, 1987, has a far-reaching value to the club compared to Kaka and others. After the end of last season, Xiao Fa, who was under 20 years old, has made 153 appearances on behalf of the Arsenal and finally won 2006-0

The official Arsenal player of the season in the 7th season, the Spanish teenager won more than 60% of the vote. After King Henry switched to Barcelona, ​​the prince of Emirates Stadium quickly took over, and the 20-year-old Fabregas has become the new favorite of Arsenal fans. Like Messi and Iniesta, Fabregas also used his performance in a foreign country to prove the weight of "Made in La Masia" in today's football."

"Of course, if we look at the number of goals and the speed of the rise in the last two seasons, whether it is Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi or Fabregas, the Chinese star Zhang Yang, who is only 21 years old this year, performed dreamily last season, tied Altafini's Champions League single-season goal record, and set a new record for Ligue 1 single-season goal record that he maintained. After transferring to AC Milan, he quickly integrated into the team. Now he is the number one scorer of the Italian giants. In the match against the Donetsk Miners, he became the "four-star general" who spent the least time in a Champions League game."

According to the score statistics of the 2007 European Golden Globes previously announced by French Football, Zhang Yang's ranking is on the top ten list, which does not surprise people too much. After all, Zhang Yang won the fifth place in the European Golden Globes last year, and in 2007, Zhang Yang's performance was even more brilliant than last year, which also means that Zhang Yang's chances of entering the top three in this year's European Golden Globes are very high.

Because Kaka almost certainly won the European Golden Globe Award this year, there is almost no suspense, so people pay more attention to who is the second and third place than before.

The second day of the Champions League match against the Celtics was when the final result of the 2007 European Golden Ball Award was announced. However, before that, many Chinese journalists gathered in Paris. These Chinese journalists sharpened their heads and went to the French football headquarters to find out the results. If Zhang Yang could enter the top three of the Golden Ball Awards, this would definitely be the most brilliant achievement of Chinese players in history. Not to mention in China, even among Asian players, they have never been able to do so. What about Japan's Hidehoku Nakada, Nakamura Shunsuke, South Korea's Park Ji-sung and others are not enough. When did they enter the top 20 of the Golden Ball Awards?

Some Chinese media have even shook their flags and congratulated him in advance.

In China, the praise of Zhang Yang has also begun. This is a grand event in the Chinese football world after all. No Chinese football player has ever achieved such an achievement like Zhang Yang - he won the European League Golden Boot and entered the top three European Golden Ball Awards. Although he has not won the European Golden Ball Award yet, such achievements are unprecedented, and judging from the current situation of Chinese football, it is likely that there will be no future for a very long time.

After the stadium violence in the focus match between AC Milan and Juventus, some Chinese media criticized Zhang Yang, but many media still supported Zhang Yang, which has a lot to do with Zhang Yang's chance to enter the top three in the European Golden Ball Awards. In the eyes of these media, Zhang Yang is now like the rising sun, with a bright future, and cannot get along with those destined to become a great player. The media has to consider this kind of thing, and they are more accustomed to taking advantage of it. Obviously, Zhang Yang did not give them the opportunity to take advantage of it.

Moreover, Zhang Yang is still young, only 21 years old, and has just joined a wealthy family with a bright future. Many legendary superstars in the world football world are very optimistic about Zhang Yang. Chinese reporters met German football emperor Beckenbauer in Paris. The greatest legendary superstar of German football even joked with Chinese reporters that if Zhang Yang does not win the European Golden Globe Award within five years, he would invite the reporter to travel around the world at his own expense. If Zhang Yang wins the Golden Globe Award, the reporter would invite him to eat Chinese food.

At 0:00 a.m. on December 5, 2007, this news was updated on the official website of "French Football".

"...We are very honored to announce that the results of the 2007 European Football Golden Ball Award have been obtained. Congratulations to Brazilian player Kaka from AC Milan for winning the European Football Golden Ball Award this year. His performance in the past year is perfect, especially in the Champions League, which has allowed us to see his omnipotent performance... Congratulations to Kaka!"

At the same time, the website also announced that the list of players who finally entered the top five:

Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, Zhang Yang, Drogba.

The five players were also invited to the French Football headquarters in Paris, France to attend the award ceremony.

The selection of the European Golden Ball Awards has always been decided by European football journalists, and this year some reforms have been made. French Football magazine invited 96 football journalists from all over the world to select 50 players who play in European clubs.

"French Football" is just a media, so the European Golden Globe Awards ceremony is destined to be incomparable to the World Football Awards ceremony. Therefore, there are not many other factors, so football is almost the only factor. However, in the eyes of all players, the value of the European Golden Globe Awards is definitely greater than that of the World Football Awards, because he is more pure and fair.

Zhang Yang and Kaka accompanied AC Milan Vice Chairman Galliani and Chairman Berlusconi, took Berlusconi's private jet from Marpensa Airport in Milan to Paris, France to attend the live award ceremony of the European Golden Globes. Because Kaka has confirmed to win the award, the big boss Mr. Berlusconi went there happily. This gentleman never missed any opportunity to show his face. Zhang Yang was lucky enough to take the boss's luxurious private jet, this time, it can be said that he was lucky enough to have Kaka's glory.

On the plane, Berlusconi also had a conversation with Zhang Yang and criticized some of Zhang Yang's actions in the game against Juventus.

Although Zhang Yang was unhappy with these criticisms, he could only listen to him. Who made the boss in front of him? Although Zhang Yang has personality, he is not stupid and will not be able to get along with the boss of the team. Just scold him a few words. Anyway, I haven't seen this person a few times a year.

However, Berlusconi is worthy of being the prime minister. He naturally saw Zhang Yang's oral conviction. He was a little displeased, but he was not angry. With his identity, he would not bother with a young man. Finally, he praised Zhang Yang for his performance this season. This immediately made Zhang Yang smile happily.

Finally, in the Channl headquarters building on the banks of the Seine, French Football awarded the 2007 European Golden Globes trophy to Kaka, and at the same time, it also announced the second and third place.

Before the award was announced, people predicted that the second place should be Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese player who played for Manchester United, and the third place was between Barcelona's Argentine player Messi and AC Milan's Chinese player Zhang Yang.

However, after the final second and third places were announced, in the eyes of many people, it was still a big and small unpopular one.

"Kaka performed very well in 2007. He led AC Milan to the Champions League championship all the way, and he became the second-most scorer in the Champions League with 10 goals. Although this is four goals less than his current club teammate Zhang Yang, for a midfielder, scoring ten goals in the Champions League was quite perfect. In addition, Brazilian star Kaka also performed very well in the Brazilian national team game... Kaka successfully overwhelmed his strong competitor with 444 points: his teammate in AC Milan

Zhang Yang and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo's score followed closely, with Chinese player Zhang Yang ranked second with 207 points, while Portuguese player Cristiano Ronaldo ranked third with 197 points. Barcelona's Messi ranked fourth with 179 points, Chelsea's "Warcraft" Drogba ranked fifth with 108 points, and in the top ten, Kaka and Zhang Yang's teammate Pirlo in Milan ranked sixth with 41 points. Ronaldinho miserably ranked 13th, losing the top five for the first time since 2003." - Reuters

On the podium, Kaka seemed very excited, saying: "To be honest, I was a little looking forward to this award. I won the Champions League and became the top scorer, and that's the difference between me and other players. Cristiano Ronaldo lost to us in the Champions League, otherwise maybe he won the award. Zhang Yang is my teammate and he surprised me. I have never seen a shooter be so terrifying. He is the nightmare of any goalkeeper."

Kaka is currently the favorite to win the prize by the FIFA selected by the World Footballer in 2007. His main competitors are still Ronaldo and Messi. FIFA will announce the final winners at the World Footballer Awards Ceremony held in Zurich on December 17.

Many people were surprised that Zhang Yang was able to beat Cristiano Ronaldo and won the second place in the 2007 European Golden Ball Awards. However, after surprise, Zhang Yang did not raise too many questions because Zhang Yang also performed very well. It turned out that they predicted that Zhang Yang might win the third place. Of course, the English media held a frustration for Cristiano Ronaldo, and the Barcelona media felt unfair for Messi, which is within the normal scope.

If the media in England and Spain, especially Barcelona, ​​feel sorry for Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, then Chinese media reporters are ecstatic. If they thought Zhang Yang could enter the top three before, it would be a great result. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yang finally won the second place and got more points than Cristiano Ronaldo.

After the scores on the scene were drawn, when Zhang Yang went on stage to receive the crystal trophy that symbolized the second place in the 2007 European Golden Globe Awards, the group of Chinese journalists invited to the scene was infuriated. They clapped wildly and their hands were about to be red.

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