"I hereby solemnly announce that the winner of the 2018 FIFA World Footballer is..."

Accompanied by Infantino's words, the entire Royal Festival Concert Hall, and even all the audiences in the world who were squatting in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast, suddenly raised their hearts to their voices and even held their breath.

The live broadcast screen switched to a close-up of three finalists at the scene at the same time, and Yang Yang looked the most calm and composed.

Modric is a veteran, but he is still a little nervous. He looks a little calm. Not to mention Mbappe, the young finalist is so nervous that he closed his eyes.

Everyone at the scene was also not having a good time, especially the Ajax players sitting in the guest seat, all of whom were worried.

They all hoped that Yang Yang would win the award, but they were also very nervous.

Fortunately, this harsh waiting passed quickly.

Infantino soon came to the microphone and shouted out the winner's name loudly...

"Yang Yang!!!!"

Yang Yang!!!

The entire Royal Festival Hall was filled with Infantino's shouts.

The name Yang Yang sounded on everyone's eardrums, which surprised everyone present, and at the same time they took it for granted, because Yang Yang's performance was still the world's top-notch last season.

No one can lower his evaluation of his performance last season just because he transferred to Ajax.

Modric is a big hot spot. He led Croatia to the runner-up of the World Cup and helped Real Madrid win five consecutive Champions League titles. The award is worthy of its name, but the problem is that Real Madrid's soul star is Yang Yang. Croatia's World Cup dark horse legend was played by Yang Yang in the last session, and its influence was greatly weakened.

As for Mbappe, no one doubted that he was shortlisted and won.

In this case, it seems that Yang Yang won the award for granted.

An extremely warm applause rang out at the scene.

Many even stood up to applaud Yang Yang, and finally the audience stood up.

Perhaps, in their opinion, this is already the end of Yang Yang on the stage of the FIFA awards ceremony!

From the day he left Real Madrid and switched to Ajax, he was destined to miss the award.

Unless he can lead Ajax to the Champions League, there may be a chance in odd years.

But how is this possible?

Who would believe it?

...

Yang Yang stood up from his seat, turned around, bowed to the guest seat with thunderous applause, and then he hugged Modric and Mbappe sitting around him, and the two former teammates of Real Madrid also congratulated him.

Amidst the warm applause, Yang Yang quickly walked up to the podium, took over the World Footballer's trophy from Infantino, and held it high above his head to accept the congratulations and cheers from everyone on the scene.

In the guest seat, everyone was staring at Yang Yang on the podium, with admiration, admiration, envy, and worship... and a little unwilling and regretful.

Veteran Modric lost a little unwillingly, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with Yang Yang's award. He just regretted that he missed the award this year, because it should have been the pinnacle of his career.

Unfortunately, he met an opponent like Yang Yang.

If it weren't for Yang Yang, then this year's award would definitely be his.

Mbappe is more about worship, envy and praise.

Yang Yang is his idol. He grew up watching Yang Yang's game since he was a child. He admired Yang Yang more than anyone else. He took it for granted that Yang Yang could win the award again, and was even happy for Yang Yang, even if he felt a little disappointed.

He knew that he was still very young, and even if he didn't win the award this year, he still had many opportunities in the future.

He hopes that he can create an era of his own in European football like Yang Yang.

In the guest seat, Ajax's players were even more excited.

As early as when they heard that they could come to London and attend this grand event, they were already very excited. What Yang Yang told them at the time was that the probability of winning the award was not high, because it was World Cup year, and France's Mbappe and Croatia's Modric had a good chance, and he was likely to miss the award.

But unexpectedly, he was elected again!

All Ajax players looked at Yang Yang, who held the trophy high on the podium with an almost admirable look. They all longed to be able to stand on the podium like Yang Yang, hold the trophy high and accept all the congratulations.

Although it is difficult and very difficult, they are full of desire and willing to work tirelessly for it.

...

Yang Yang put down the trophy and walked to the microphone.

He thanked many people, from Real Madrid teammates, head coaches last season, to Real Madrid president Florentino, to his relatives and friends, and all those who have helped him.

"Without you, I would not have been a player or a person like today. You are the world footballer in my mind and the best in my mind!"

Yang Yang's words also received tides of applause from the audience.

After the applause stopped a little, Yang Yang came to the microphone again and looked at the guest seat deeply.

"I want to say one more thing at this special moment."

The scene suddenly became silent, and everyone was listening to Yang Yang's speech.

"I know that in the past period of time, many people have been very surprised by my transfer to Ajax, and they are speculating and doubting why I made such a choice?"

Almost everyone present nodded on the surface or in their hearts because they all had such doubts.

Although it is not considered a year of fighting, it is too early to go to the Dutch Eredivisie at the age of 31?

"Actually, there are many reasons why I made this decision, such as Ajax was in trouble, but I think the main reason is that I think it would be a brand new challenge for me."

"In the past few years, I have seen with my own eyes that the transfer fees in European football are getting higher and higher, and the annual salary of players is getting higher and higher. Many teams seem to be very glorious on the surface, but in fact they are under heavy operating pressure and are even unable to make ends meet, but they have to fall into an arms race."

"The reasons for this situation are many and complicated. I can't explain it clearly, but I believe that the ultimate reason is that everyone believes that building big-name stars and creating a team in football is the truth that they have achieved results, so they are willing to do everything possible to poach superstars."

"Of course, I don't deny that this is a way to succeed, but what I want to say is that there are actually some other ways."

"I see that many mid- and lower-stream teams are in trouble, on the verge of bankruptcy, or even bankruptcy. I see many young players who are young and young, who are often tens of millions or even over 100 million euros in transfer fees. I see more and more teams waving checkbooks, but ignore the club's youth training..."

“This is unhealthy!”

"Many people say that European football is becoming stronger and stronger, which is indeed a trend, but I don't think this is the truth. I still firmly believe that football is round, everything is possible, strong teams cannot win forever, and weak teams cannot have no chance."

"I chose to go to Ajax, which is the starting point of my career. I hope to come back here and start a new way, and I hope to build a young, dynamic, star-free team and lead this team to work hard and ultimately succeed."

"I hope to use this method to tell everyone that you don't have to pile up stars and cultivate young players to achieve results. This is even the best way to achieve long-term healthy development of world football."

Yang Yang's words were the first time that he had analyzed them in public, and everyone was shocked.

He is qualified to say such things because he created an era of his own.

Yang Yang is the darling of this era and a beneficiary of the superstar effect, but now he wants to break this superstition with his own hands. He hopes to open up a different path and let everyone think again.

The transfer fee is too high, and the annual salary is too outrageous!

If European football does not make changes, it will be more and more teams that will not be able to maintain. It will be a disaster, an unprecedented disaster.

"Tonight, I specially invited more than 20 Ajax first-team players to London. I didn't know that I could win the award, and I didn't even think I could win the award. The reason I brought them here is to let them see the stage and let everyone see them."

"Today, I stand here. I sincerely hope and firmly believe that in the near future, we, Ajax, have someone to walk on this podium. I will use my best efforts to train them into the best and best professional players and let them bloom with all their hearts!"

"I also hope that everyone will remember their names and Ajax, because they and the Ajax they formed will continue to bring surprises and surprises to this European football world!"

"That's why I switched to Ajax!"

As soon as Yang Yang finished speaking, the audience burst into the warmest applause ever tonight.

Everyone stood up from their seats again and gave them extremely fierce applause.

Whether it is a club operator, a coach, UEFA and football association officials, or even the players themselves, they are worried about the current European football world and feel at a loss.

Yang Yang, as the greatest and outstanding player in the world football world today, stood up and said what others dare not say, and used his own practical actions to strive to find and practice a unique path.

Fourteen years ago, Ajax of the Eredivisie defeated Porto of the Portuguese Super League and won the Champions League title. It was the last time that a team from non-four major leagues won the championship in Champions League history.

It was also that time that Ajax and Porto came out of many stars and even created an era.
Chapter completed!