After the merger of FIFA World Footballer and French Football's European Golden Ball Awards, the selection mechanism of the first FIFA Golden Ball Awards has also undergone major changes.

The selection of the FIFA Golden Ball Awards is still based on votes. In the past, the World Footballer was selected by the head coach and captain of the national team under FIFA, while the European Golden Ball Awards were selected by the world media recognized by the French Football Magazine.

After the merger, the new rules integrate the selection mechanism of two major awards, and are selected by 208 national team head coaches and captains of FIFA members. The votes are collected by FIFA, and 208 media outlets all over the world participate in the selection. They are collected by French Football Magazine, and the three votes each account for one-third.

In other words, there are a total of 624 judges at the first FIFA Golden Ball Awards, spread all over the world.

The new selection mechanism has also brought about many new and unexpected changes.

For example, before the first three candidates were released, everyone thought Sneijder was the number one hottest.

The Dutch played a peak season at Real Madrid, won the double championships in La Liga and Champions League, and then led the Netherlands to the World Cup final. Logically speaking, he is definitely worthy of this award.

There is also Barcelona's Xavi, the performance and strength of this world's top midfielder, and his importance to the Barcelona and Spanish national teams, needless to say. He is definitely the number one hero of the Spanish national team to win the World Cup.

But what no one expected was that there were no them in the last top three lists, but Yang Yang and Messi were shortlisted.

Neither Yang Yang nor Messi were able to perform in the World Cup, but he was shining in the club. Needless to say, Yang Yang was the number one hero of Real Madrid's double championship, and also the winner of the Golden Boot Awards in La Liga, Champions League and European football from 2009 to 2010.

Although Messi performed poorly in the World Cup, he was shining in the club. So far this season, he has scored 30 goals and fifteen assists on all fronts, and has performed very well. The total number of goals in 2010 reached 60 goals, which is no less than Yang Yang, who has been injured for more than two months.

From the shortlist of Yang Yang and Messi, the defeat of Xavi and Sneijder, everyone seemed to have captured a new signal, that is, with the merger of the World Footballer and the European Golden Ball Awards, with the three-pointer of the voting rights, the World Cup has gradually become less important.

Of course, the attitudes of various media towards this change are not consistent.

For example, many media in Spain believe that after the merger of the two major awards, it becomes more "politicized", which is obviously also arguing for Xavi's defeat in the election.

British BBC refuted this statement, believing that such a selection is obviously more fair, because neither Xavi nor Sneider is enough to compare with superstars like Yang Yang and Messi. Even among the top three candidates, it is believed that Iniesta will not shake the positions of Yang Yang and Messi.

"We can't ignore the huge gap between Iniesta and Yang Yang and Messi in various competitions in 2010 just because he scored the final goal in the World Cup final. This is unfair to Yang Yang and Messi."

It is obvious that this type of voice believes that the merged FIFA Golden Ball Awards will select the most stable and outstanding players in the past year, rather than the players who performed well in a certain game in a major event.

The debate is going on fiercely all over the world.

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The World Footballer and European Golden Ball Awards, which have been successfully won for three consecutive years, should be more indifferent to personal honors, but in fact, they are not.

This year, he still wants to get it.

Sometimes he feels that he is too competitive? Or he is too vain?

Su Yezhe believes that this is not a bad thing, and a strong competitive spirit will inspire a person to keep working hard and making progress.

"There is nothing wrong with competitive spirit and vanity. Everyone has it, but some people use the wrong place."

Su Ye's words enlightened Yang Yang because he knew that without a strong competitive spirit, he would not be able to reach today.

A professional player who has no desires and no desires and just gains will never succeed.

Even if many people accuse Messi of not being diligent and self-disciplined enough, it is true that compared with top stars like Yang Yang, Messi is definitely diligent and self-disciplined enough compared with other stars. If compared with ordinary professional players or even ordinary people, Messi can definitely be regarded as a model worker model.

Just as Wenger said, top stars are all narcissists.

This is true for self-confidence, as is competitive and vanity.

However, after three years of winning, Yang Yang's control over his emotions was indeed more in place, and he did not reveal any unnecessary ideas to the outside world. In addition, this year is the World Cup year. According to convention, the biggest favorite should be the players of the World Cup winning team. According to this rule, among the top three candidates, only Iniesta is the only World Cup champion member.

Yang Yang publicly stated at the press conference that if Iniesta wins this award, he will sincerely give blessings.

The implication is that if Messina is, he will definitely not be convinced.

And when Yang Yang took Su Ye across the red carpet and entered the Zurich Opera House, he ushered in his first happy event.

He saw the long-lost Marco van Basten.

The Dutch celebrity was invited to attend tonight as an award presenter, and his award presentation event was the best team.

Yang Yang was very happy about this, "I have always been looking forward to winning the prize from you, Marco."

Van Basten said that he is still very optimistic about Yang Yang, but if he cannot win the award tonight, he hopes that Yang Yang will not be discouraged.

"In my opinion, as long as you maintain your current performance, you can get at least three more times, or even five more times."

Yang Yang’s advantage is his age, he is too young.

He just turned 24 and was ushering in the prime of his career. As long as there are no major problems, coupled with a top platform like Real Madrid, he will be the one who will dominate European football in the next five or six years.

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The best lineup that was "leaked" early and early was awarded by Van Basten.

Yang Yang was the last one to receive the award. When he took the trophy from Van Basten, he hugged his idol vigorously and thanked Van Basten for his guidance and care in the subsequent award speech.

"Today, he is still a role model for me and a goal of hard work. Here I want to say, Marco, thank you for everything you have done for me in the past. I will continue to work hard and will never let down your high expectations!"

Then, Van Basten and Yang Yang hugged each other enthusiastically and walked off the podium side by side.

The Fair Competition Award was awarded afterwards, which was awarded by the Haiti U17 Women's Football Team.

The best women's football coach was received by German women's football coach Ned, with Boske serving as the award presenter.

The best male football coach was awarded by Benitez and presented by women's football coach Ned.

Benitez's award once again gave everyone a clear sign that the club competition was overwhelming the World Cup, so Benitez beat Bosque to win the award.

The FIFA President’s Prize was received by former South African Archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Tutu, who won the award for his active support for the South African World Cup and his commitment to using football to enhance community life.

The Puskas Award was won by Altentop, the Grande, who played for Bayern.

Miss World Football was won by Brazilian player Mata, and this is her fifth time being elected Miss World Football.

Finally, it is also the finale of the FIFA Golden Ball Award, with Guardiola and CEO of French Football Magazine Molinière.

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When Guardiola walked onto the podium with a golden envelope, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience, especially the applause from Barcelona players, because many people think that this is a signal that Barcelona players won the award.

Among the three candidates, two Barcelona players formed a siege against Yang Yang from Real Madrid, and the award presenter was Barcelona coach Guardiola, which was interpreted as a very obvious hint.

Messi was sitting in the front row below the stage, and when he saw Guardiola and Molinière walking to the front, he began to nervous, his hands involuntarily rubbing his knees, even though he knew it was difficult.

If the World Cup is the most important thing according to FIFA's tradition, then the most likely winner is Iniesta. If the professional league and the World Cup are placed at an equally important position, Yang Yang is likely to win the award.

Messi knew very well that he could not compete with Yang Yang, whether in the professional league or in the national team.

So far, his biggest advantage is his rapid progress in the second half of this year, but that was based on Yang Yang's injury and quit for more than two months, and there is also a Cristiano Ronaldo who performed no less than him in the Premier League.

The Portuguese did not even enter the top three this year, and it is said that they did not enter the top five at all.

Messi was very nervous and a little uncomfortable at the same time because he knew he was a bit like running with him.

Then is it Iniesta? Or Yang Yang?

Messi turned his head and looked at Yang Yang sitting beside him.

He saw Yang Yang's girlfriend, oh, no, now it should be his wife Su Ye at this time, and gently held Yang Yang's hand. The two of them crossed their fingers, and the eyes of each other were filled with deep affection that could not be dissolved.

At this moment, Messi suddenly felt that in Yang Yang's mind, it may no longer matter whether he won the award.

This opponent, whom I regard as my lifelong enemy, has a beautiful beauty that countless men in the world dream of, has a love that even Messi himself envies, and more importantly, they both look so sweet and so close.

On the other hand, Messi sat in Iniesta.

He came to Zurich alone because he had just finished a fight with his girlfriend not long ago, and this was what his grandfather said in an interview with the media in Argentina, which made Messi's breakup news now cause a lot of controversy.

It is said that Yang Yang and Su Ye have never quarreled!

Messi was envious and even thought a little jealously.

At this moment, he felt that he had lost to Yang Yang again.

On the podium, Guardiola also opened the golden envelope with the name of the first FIFA Golden Globe winner.
Chapter completed!