“The winner of the UEFA Player of the Year Award in 2007 is…”

With Gao Han's words and powerful words on the podium, everyone in the audience almost held their breath and looked at the podium with concentration, especially several players who had the hope of winning the prize.

“…Kaka!”

Kaka?

The entire Grimalti Convention Center fell into a dead silence. Everyone looked at Gao Han on the stage in disbelief. Even Kaka himself opened his mouth wide, looking in disbelief.

Gao Han raised the card in his hand and repeatedly announced, "Kaka!"

Then, an extremely warm cheer broke out from the entire venue.

Unpopular, this is definitely a big upset!

Who would have thought that Kaka would end up winning the best player of the year!

What is even more unexpected is that Kaka is the first player in AC Milan's history to win the Player of the Year.

The Brazilian stood up from his seat incredibly, pursing his lips, as if he had no idea what to respond, but he quickly accepted the congratulations from everyone around him, especially when he passed by Cristiano Ronaldo, the Brazilian took the initiative to embrace the Portuguese.

Both of them played for Atletico Madrid when Gao Han was coaching. At that time, Kaka was the team's number one star and Cristiano Ronaldo was a rookie, but the relationship between them was good and they had a deep friendship. Especially after the Portuguese transferred to Milan, they often interacted.

But who would have thought that this duel would be temporarily won by Kaka's upset.

Not only the players were surprised, but even Gao Han himself was surprised.

Among the four awards just awarded, Kaka was shortlisted for the best forward, but Cristiano Ronaldo won the award. Logically speaking, the Portuguese should have won the award. Otherwise, how can I explain that Kaka couldn't win the Best Forward Award but won the Best Player Award?

But the card in front of him clearly stated Kaka's name.

With everyone's congratulations, Kaka walked all the way to the podium and still seemed very excited.

When he walked to Gao Han, the shy Brazilian player covered his chest and shook his head with a wry smile. He was obviously calming down, but soon, he stepped forward, opened his arms, and hugged Gao Han hard.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you..."

Kaka kept thanking Gao Han repeatedly, tears could no longer stop sliding from his eyes.

There was an extremely warm applause and cheers sounded at the scene, and Cristiano Ronaldo was the first to stand up from his seat and applaud Kaka.

The surprise came too suddenly, and people couldn't help but reveal their true feelings.

Kaka never forgot that when he was in the most difficult time and had almost reached a desperate situation, Gao Han personally went to Brazil, convinced him, brought him to European football and Atletico Madrid.

It was also Gao Han's trust and reuse of him that made him turn from being ridiculed to Kaka, which all fans talk about, and became one of the most popular superstars in European football.

Without Gao Han, there would be no Kaka today.

Cristiano Ronaldo can definitely understand Kaka's gratitude to Gao Han, because the Brazilian has told him more than once, and he himself has a deep understanding of it.

Back then, he was just a ridiculed country boy in the Portuguese Sporting Athletics youth training camp. He was not valued by anyone at all. He even had the idea of ​​going home, but Gao Han found him through his agent Mendes.

Meeting Gao Han became the biggest turning point in his life.

Since then, he has soared all the way, from Atletico Madrid to Inter Milan, Gao Han personally trained him to become a world-class star.

He has never been a talker, but he always regards Gao Han as his most important relative in his heart.

On the podium, Kaka took the trophy from Gao Han's hand, walked to the microphone, and looked directly at the audience in front of him.

"Thanks to UEFA and all the people who voted for me, and to all the fans who supported me, winning this grand prize is a motivation for me to continue to improve, and I look forward to the next challenge."

"But I want to say, my good friend, Cristiano Ronaldo, who just finished a fantastic season and he has achieved almost all the honors, I know he deserves this award more than I do, but I will try harder to prove myself, and I want to tell him, Cristiano, our game is not over yet!"

"Also, my most respected head coach, Mr. Gao Han, you are the best in the world!"

An extremely warm applause immediately sounded at the scene, and everyone stood up and applauded Kaka.

Kaka turned around and hugged Gao Han again. The two of them faced all the audience together and accepted everyone's congratulations.

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The award ceremony ended, and the happiest thing was the media reporter.

All the five major awards were divided up by Gao Han’s players. What a gimmick?

But the most surprising thing is the last and most important player of the year award, which is not Cristiano Ronaldo, but Kaka, which is surprising.

You know, AC Milan did not receive any honors last season. Although Kaka performed very well, she was still not as dazzling as Inter Milan's players. Why did he get it?

However, UEFA did not explain this. After the party, media reporters interviewed Platini. The UEFA president was also exclaiming the official accent, repeatedly saying that the entire selection process is fair, open and just, and there is no fraud.

"I believe that anyone who has watched the AC Milan game will not deny that Kaka was one of the best superstars in European football last season, and at this level, anyone may win this award."

As the mentor of the two superstars, Gao Han also said in an interview with the media, "Both players are the best in European football and the best in performance. There is no controversy over who wins the award."

Even Cristiano Ronaldo generously congratulated Kaka on winning the award in an interview with the media.

"Fraud? No, no, I think Kaka should win this award. Although he did not win the championship, his performance on the court is more convincing than any championship. I am convinced that he won this award."

"Of course, I don't think I'm worse than him, our game has just begun."

This is also a response from Cristiano Ronaldo to Kaka's invitation to the game just now.

After attending the award ceremony and the lottery ceremony, everyone was invited by UEFA to have a dinner at a luxury hotel near the Grimalti Convention Center.

From beginning to end, Gao Han was the protagonist of the banquet, with players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Kaka sitting next to him, and Gao Han also privately stated that Kaka's performance is indeed worthy of the award.

However, he also reminded Kaka to pay attention to his body.

"You have had a lot of injuries in the past, so you need to be careful."

Kaka is not very old, only twenty-five years old, but his football style is easily injured, especially the high-speed dribbling in the middle. Many people can't keep up with his pace and can only be forced to foul.

Gao Han used his ignorant eyes and looked at Kaka's data. He found that his tendency to be injured was improved compared to before, so he reminded him so seriously to pay attention to his health.

"I understand that Milan Laboratory has always been paying attention. Don't worry, boss, I will pay attention."

Kaka also bowed down to Gao Han’s reminder.

"If you have the chance, you should think more. You are twenty-five years old, at the peak, but you should also consider the next issue, especially when your injuries start to increase and you get older, you must transform. Do you understand what I mean?"

Kaka nodded. He was a smart person and he understood the truth about planning ahead.

No professional player can always maintain the same style from his debut to his retirement. When they were young, they needed to try more, exercise more, and find their role positioning. The golden years were only in those few years. After that, they had more injuries and their physical functions declined, and they had to start transforming.

Especially for players like Kaka and Robben.

Some people who have poor transformation often either retire early or lose their health in the end.

Kaka himself also knew the importance of transformation, but he also knew that he really needed someone like Gao Han to guide and supervise, so he looked at Gao Han and joked: "If I can play football under the boss, then I have nothing to worry about."

Gao Han was almost scared to death after hearing this, "Please, don't scare me, our temple is small and I can't tolerate you, the big Buddha."

With Kaka's current value, looking at the entire European football world, there are only a handful of teams that can buy him, but definitely not including Bayern Munich.

"Haha, boss, that's why you can come to our AC Milan."

As soon as Kaka said this, Cristiano Ronaldo on the side stopped doing it, "Hey, I said, Kaka, you have gained skills, it's okay to steal the Player of the Year, even if you want to rob the boss, even if he wants to go back to Serie A, he will go back to Inter Milan."

"Yes, yes, the boss is the favorite head coach of Inter Milan fans. How could he coach his mortal enemy in the city?"

"That's right, stop dreaming."

Everyone was jealous of Kaka's award. Now that he has the chance, why don't you beat him up?

Gao Han was sitting aside at the ground, drinking, eating, and watching the show.

But on the surface, I feel leisurely, but I can't feel at all.

After tonight, he will go to Nyon, Switzerland to attend the annual European head coaches summit at UEFA's headquarters. According to the process, the first day should be Platini's speech on behalf of UEFA, summarizing past Champions League and UEFA Cup events.

It is said that he may also seek everyone's opinions on the reform of the UEFA Cup.

Another very important topic is to convey the preparation and organization of the two European Cups in the new season, as well as the discipline and law enforcement standards, which is also a routine that UEFA does every year.

Not only will it be communicated at the head coach summit, but the referee committee will arrange personnel to each team to communicate so that all participating teams will be clear about UEFA's law enforcement standards so that they can be clear about it.

What really made Gao Han difficult was the agenda of the next day.

The highlight of the next day was Gao Han's speech, facing more than 20 top European head coaches and UEFA technical officials. They all hope to understand Gao Han's tactical philosophy and the core ideas of coaching the team.

Since his debut, Gao Han has coached for many years and has never lost peace. This record is magical and is naturally the focus of curiosity among all head coaches in Europe. Many people may even have the idea of ​​taking Gao Han's capture laboratory for slice research.

Because of this, the agenda of the next day will be more interesting.
Chapter completed!