Chapter 290: The bullshit selection

"The selection of the World's Best Player of the Year selected by the famous British sports magazine World Football has already achieved results. Tiger Lee, a member of the English national team who plays for La Liga Valencia, won 26% of the magazine's readers and was finally elected. The second and third places were two players in Serie A, French midfielder Zidane and Ukrainian striker Shepchenko. Last year, Rivaldo won the World Football Award after winning the World's Best Player of the World Football. This selection is also considered a very authoritative selection."

The day before the World Footballer selection, such news came from England. Although the selection results of this magazine were not as authoritative as the French Golden Ball Awards, it was also a very substantial selection. After this news came out, among the current odds of World Football offered by major gambling companies, Tiger immediately beat Zidane, who had a certain advantage before, and ranked first in the odds!

"Tiger, it seems you are going to win the World Footballer this time!"

As soon as he saw Tiger, Kelly immediately joked.

Tiger shrugged: "This is not necessarily... Besides, this selection of World Footballer is not the highlight... The selection of the best player in the century is the most eye-catching."

Kelly smiled knowingly. This year is the last year of this century. FIFA naturally won't let go of this fun. The selection of the Best Club of the Century, Best Player of the Century, and Best Female Player of the Century are enough to attract countless people's attention. Among them, the most eye-catching one is naturally the selection of the Best Player of the Century. Maradona and Pele are the best player of the Century started half a year ago. This is even more exciting than the dispute between Tiger and Zidane. Maradona has a huge advantage among fans. However, in the selection of "football professionals" attended by FIFA officials, national team coaches and reporters, Pele has an advantage. For this reason, both Argentina and Brazil have begun to have a lot of speculation.

"But it is said that this time Pele and Maradona will be elected at the same time, which is a compromise. The women's best player in the century will also be allowed to serve as the two, Ax of the United States and Sun Wen of China." Kelly said to Tiger.

"It's boring, it's too boring." Tiger curled his lips: "Try two selection methods, and then make everyone happy. There can only be one championship on the football field. No matter how great the runner-up is, it's just the runner-up... However, this selection is very subjective. I performed the best this year, but perhaps Zidane is even more liked by the head coaches and captains of those national teams."

"Don't say that, no one can erase your performance." Kelly comforted him.

Tiger cheered up and nodded vigorously: "Yes, let's go to Rome now... By the way, you will accompany me to Rome these two days, which will have no effect on you, right?"

"It doesn't affect." Kelly said with a smile: "No matter how busy you are before Christmas, you can still get it in two days."

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Since Tiger was selected as the last three *** list of the World Footballer selection, Valencia has also begun to prepare. Tiger was the first Valencia player to be selected as the final three since the World Footballer selection was established in 1991. This also proves Tiger's current status in Valencia. Valencia has always only had civilian stars. Although Kempes and Romario have played in their team, they have not brought such great attention to Valencia!

In addition to helping Valencia get several honors, Tiger also brought Valencia a gain in popularity - although he is now receiving an annual after-tax salary of $5 million, it is nothing compared to what he brings to Valencia...

On December 11, Tiger walked out of the Rome Airport in a suit carefully selected by Kelly.

Four Valencia staff were following him, but as soon as he walked out of the airport, Tiger was immediately surrounded by a large group of reporters who came from somewhere...

"Mr. Tiger, what do you think of being elected the World's Best Player of the Year?" The first one to win was obviously a British journalist, with a standard London accent.

At this time, Tiger will naturally not be embarrassed: "I am very happy to be elected as the Player of the Year selected by World Football Magazine. This is an authoritative media. I think I was elected not just because I am a British person. If the British readers of World Football Magazine voted for me, I think I should be able to get more than 80% of the votes."

The reporters laughed one after another. Although World Football magazine is not only facing British readers, most of their readers are still from the UK. If British readers gave Tiger the best, Tiger would not have only received so many votes. From this perspective, the selection of this magazine is indeed very authoritative.

"Last year, Rivaldo also won the honor of World Footballer after winning Player of the Year... Now I basically think you can win the Last Footballer of the World. What do you think about this?" another reporter asked.

"The final result has not come out yet, so you can't just make a judgment like this." Tiger thought about it and replied: "Of course I hope to win. Once I enter the last candidate list, I think I have a great chance of winning. But even if I win this honor, it doesn't mean that you are the best football player in the world. This title only represents your results this year. I am very satisfied with my performance this year, but being able to have such a performance cannot be separated from the support of the club and national teammates."

"This year is the year of the competition. Often, the one who wins the World Football World Championship is a member of the competition championship... If the World Football World Championship is given to Zidane for this, what would you think?"

Tiger, who was ready to go out, was stunned for a moment, then stopped, thought for a while and said, "I think the World Footballer should be the best performer this year. If I don't get it in the end, then I won't complain, I will only do better."

After saying this, Tiger nodded to the reporters and then accelerated his pace to leave the airport.

Tiger was in a bad mood on the road. Kelly looked at him with some concern and said softly: "What? Are you afraid of losing the election?"

Tiger smiled bitterly: "If I do not perform well than them, it would be fine, but I am not optimistic about myself. In just this year, who can perform better in Europe? If I suppressed me because of an European Championship, then I am really not convinced."

"But Tiger, with the FIFA style, they really can do this. On the contrary, the selection of the Golden Ball is not based on the performance of the competition but on the overall performance. Although it was held by a French magazine, with their objective selection style, I think your chances of winning may be greater." Kelly said after thinking about it.

Tiger nodded slightly, then calmed down and went to the hotel near the venue of the awards ceremony with Kelly with the car sent by FIFA to pick them up. After a while, he prepared to attend to the awards ceremony tonight.

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As the last FIFA award ceremony in the 20th century, the World Football Award Ceremony held in Rome naturally has its own special features. In addition to the usual World Football Awards, Best Team of the Year and Fair Competition Awards, the highlights on the spot include three best selections of the century - Best Club of the Century, Best Male Football Player of the Century, and Best Female Football Player of the Century. Obviously, these three selections seem to be more eye-catching...

However, the decision made by FIFA before this award ceremony made the suspense no longer continue. The so-called "Best Player of the Century" and "Best Player of the Year" tied for selection is enough to make people laugh. In the previous *** of the official FIFA website, Maradona won more than half of the votes, far ahead of Pele. Brazil accused Argentina of pulling up votes. In order to calm the dispute, Maradona had previously threatened that if he could not win the award, he would not go to Rome to receive the award. FIFA made the decision to two tied for the Best Player of the Century. Pele also said that he would not go to receive the award, but Pele, who is well versed in the officialdom, eventually went, because "I want to thank the fans who support me"...

At nine o'clock in the evening, when Tiger entered the scene with Kelly, the reporters who had already prepared around rushed forward and desperately took photos, but no one interviewed them. At this time, no one would accept the interview, because no matter what they said, it might cause trouble, and the reporters would not make themselves bored.

When they entered the venue, most of the participants had already arrived, and Tiger had many acquaintances, at least Louis Figo had already sat on the scene with his beautiful wife Helen...

Tiger walked over and greeted Figo - he and Figo are also familiar with each other, and they met in La Liga a lot.

Smiling and making way out of the position, letting Tiger and Kelly sit down, Figo sighed: "It seems that I can't compete with you this time... Although I have a reputation of being the best in the world, the national team and the club are not as good as you, and it will be next year to compete."

Naturally, Tiger would not ask him why he had to transfer to Real Madrid, but instead changed the topic: "It seems that there are many celebrities coming today... it's quite lively."

"Of course, it's the last time this century." Figo laughed: "But this time the best club of the century should be Real Madrid... The seven-time Champions League champion is too great, although it was killed by your Valencia last year."

"It's a pity that Valencia can't get the best, there are too few honors in history." Tiger shrugged, but he didn't care about it. At least in the past year, Valencia's performance is no worse than Real Madrid.

"Your competitor is here." As we chatted, Figo suddenly thrust his mouth and signaled to Tiger.

Tiger turned to look and immediately saw Zidane, who had few hairs on his head, walked into the venue with his wife...

"Let's go together...Serie A, the Little World Cup, amazing." Figo curled his lips, then patted Tiger on the shoulder, and walked up with Tiger. Although he was a competitor, the most basic politeness must be abide by.

Is Serie A? When will I conquer La Liga, the next one is Serie A!

Tiger thought in his heart, then walked over with Figo and shook hands with Zidane, and then exchanged greetings. It was obvious that Zidane was a little dull and not very good at speaking. After chatting for a few words, Zidane's compatriots, now the vice president of FIFA, Michel Platini, came over, and the two Frenchmen immediately started to talk. Figo also started chatting with Eusebio, a Portuguese legend who followed Platini.

Tiger felt a little boring. Just as he was about to walk back to his position, a sudden chaos at the gate was caused by war. Then a short and fat figure walked into the venue under the illumination of countless flashes...

Although he is short and fat, this person walks like a dragon and tiger stroll, and is so domineering that he is the "best player of the times" elected by the people before, Argentine football king Diego Maradona.

Originally, Maradona, who owed huge taxes in Italy, could not enter Italy, but this award ceremony was quite grand. Italy also opened its doors and did not pursue Maradona's past. Of course, after this award ceremony, Maradona still could not enter Italy without making up for the taxes...

Obviously, Maradona was in a good mood at this time. Although he had threatened not to attend the ceremony before, Maradona was very happy to be elected to defeat Bailey, who had always been disliked in the ***. Maradona felt a little excited at this time.

Tiger glanced at him and was about to return to his position. At this time, Maradona, who was looking around, saw Tiger at a glance, and then walked towards Tiger with big strides.

Just when Tiger thought Maradona saw an acquaintance behind him, Maradona walked straight to him, looked up at Tiger, and then laughed: "Tiger? Haha, I'm your fan. I've watched a lot of your games in the past two years... If I were the head coach of the Argentina national team now, I would definitely vote for you!"

Maradona's voice was not small. As soon as he shouted, most of the attention of the scene was immediately attracted. Platini looked at the scene from afar, with a hint of hesitation on his face.

"You've been too awarded." Facing this childhood idol, Tiger became a little cautious: "At least, I haven't participated in the World Cup once."

"Sooner or later," Maradona said indifferently: "I haven't seen such an imaginative, skilled, and fast attack midfielder for a long time... You are different from most European players, typical South American skills... It's really strange that you are an Englishman! But before you, there was Gascoin, which is not surprising."

"Actually, when I started playing football, I was always watching your game. Many of the skills were learned from your videos." Tiger also relaxed a little and said with a smile.

Maradona burst into laughter again and slapped Tiger's shoulder happily.

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After returning to the seat, Tiger's mood became much better. No matter what, Maradona was also his childhood idol. Being able to get such a high evaluation from Maradona also made Tiger's mood better. Maradona is different from Bailey. She is becoming more and more like a politician, Bailey, who can speak official words, while Maradona, who still does his own way, will not say anything politician,...

Finally, after everyone was here, the last FIFA highlight of this century finally began. FIFA President Blatter said a long sentence and then began the selection...

The first one to be selected was the best team of the year. The Dutch national team won this honor. Although they failed to reach the final in the European Championship, they only suffered a penalty in one game that lost to Italy in this year's penalty kick, and all other games were won. It was also a reward for the hosts of this year's European Championship.

The next Fair Play Award was won by South African central defender Radebe, who played for Leeds United in the Premier League. The central defender only received five yellow cards in the past year. It is indeed commendable for a defender, and there was also warm applause for the black defender.

Since the three best of the century were selected behind, the most anticipated selection of the World Footballer has begun at this time!

Tiger became a little nervous, his breathing began to become a little rapid, while Zidane seemed much calmer. He had already won the World Footballer once two years ago. That was after leading the French national team to the World Cup. After winning a reward, he would naturally be much calmer for the second time. Tiger could not be as calm as Zidane.

On the contrary, because Figo knew that he would not have won this honor, he was able to treat this selection with a more peaceful attitude.

"After the ****** of more than 130 national team head coaches, the result is already in my hands." Facing the camera, Blatt smiled and said, "To be honest, this selection is difficult. The three players who were selected in the end have performed very well in this year... They all have excellent performance and overwhelming performance, which also makes me feel very embarrassed. Who has made them so good in the past year!"

Blatt's words caused a burst of laughter at the scene, but Tiger did not laugh and kept looking at the envelope in Blatt's hand.

"Everyone knows the rules of the selection, so I won't talk nonsense... After more than 130 national team head coaches and our statistics, the one with the highest score in the end is that this year's World Footballer is..."

Bratt stretched out his voice and then opened the envelope: "Zidadin Zidane! He won the World Footballer of the Year! His score was 360! The second place was Tiger Lee, his score was 339 points... Such a small gap is enough to prove how fierce this competition is. Tiger performed well at the club level, but Zidane was better in the national team... The third place is Louis Figo, his score was 261 points..."

When Blatt announced the result, the audience was in an uproar, but Tiger was stunned, unable to believe what he heard was true.

Really...fuck... the outstanding performance in a year is not as good as the performance in the European Cup for more than 20 days... What a bullshit selection!

Tiger thought to himself.
Chapter completed!