At the same time as Wang Ai and reporters were in Doha for friendly exchanges, the annual Ballon d'Or controversy was being staged in major European media, and the argument over whether Cannavaro should win the Ballon d'Or was in full swing.In addition to Jose's earlier grievances for Wang Ai, Arsene Wenger also believes Thierry Henry deserves the award, after all, he has reached the final of both the Champions League and the World Cup this year.Lyon's coach Houllier didn't look down on Cannavaro at all, especially disdainful of the so-called "world's best defender", this old man was also very stubborn, in order to add footnotes to his assertions, he deliberately knocked Real Madrid in the subsequent Champions League group stage, and finally took a point home at the Bernabeu.Cannavaro, who was targeted everywhere in the game, performed extremely badly, and Houllier was triumphant after the game: "He doesn't deserve this honor at all, if I have the final say, I will give it to the Chinese, and if it doesn't work, I can give it to Buffon!"
”It's not that there are people who support Cannavaro, such as Lippi, but no one cares about him at the moment.There are many more people who criticize Cannavaro, and they are divided into three main factions.One is that disciples like Jose and Wenger have impact, but in the end they can only be ranked second.The lashing was lighter, but in fact, it was more to appease the disciples.Chelsea didn't do Wang Ai much help, and Arsenal have been short of a breath for many years, which has also affected Henry's personal height.So when they feel wronged, the head coach will jump out and scold Cannavaro, and by the way, he will say to his disciples: "I am optimistic about you".The second is the French media, don't look at the "Team Newspaper" gave the Golden Ball to Cannavaro, in fact, the French media is very dissatisfied with Italy this year, in the World Cup final, Materazzi's wonderful performance killed the French man's favorite male version - Zidane, which made France angry.Cannavaro's transfer to Real Madrid after the World Cup and wearing Zidane's No. 5 shirt was seen as a provocation.Therefore, when the results of the Ballon d'Or were announced, France was in an uproar, and French coach Domenech said that he still could not accept the summer defeat.Le Figaro and Radio France were all involved in the criticism.Of course, the most ruthless force in scolding Cannavaro comes from Barcelona, and the pro-Barcelona media bluntly said: He only deserves to win the shot put award!
Cruyff, the godfather of Barcelona, was not willing to be lonely: Cannavaro is just a pure defensive player, although Beckbauer is also a defender, he is an attacking player on the back line, and the Ballon d'Or should belong to the attacking player.If I had to rank, it would be Ronaldo, Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry!
Not to mention how ugly Cruyff's comments about smuggling are that he raised another question about Cannavaro's award, which is whether a defender should win the Ballon d'Or.Or to go deeper, is football an offensive or defensive sport?
This is quite pertinent in the defensive play that has been fueled by Jose in recent years.Although Cruyff hardly dared to touch the topic of Chelsea after learning Jose's lip service, the old man was still unwilling after all, so he came to this with compassion and secret poke.In the more than 50 years of history of the Ballon d'Or, only Beckbauer, Summerer and Cannavaro have won awards as defenders, which shows the tendency of the Ballon d'Or, or the tendency of the media and fans.It's too hard for a defender to shine in football, no matter how many managers are tactically favored, always play the role of "spoiler" with the fans, and how many fluid attacks end up on them, so few people have a good impression of them except for the fans of their own team.Beckbauer and Summerer were awarded because they were free agents and both scored a lot of goals in tournaments that year, so they weren't traditional defenders.From that perspective, Cannavaro is truly the only pure defensive player in the decades-long history of the Ballon d'Or.Of course, the goalkeeper doesn't count, Yashin was born out of nowhere, and no one was convinced.In the case of the frequent black whistles of the Soviet team, the individual performance was so hard that there was nothing to say.The personal award given to him also carries a little compensation for the injustice of the Soviet Union, and of course his personal strength is enough.From this point of view, it seems that Buffon deserves the award even more.In this wave of commotion, Wang Ai, the second place in this year's Golden Ball Awards and the first yellow person to rank among the top three in world football, was ignored intentionally or unintentionally.Not only do critics and football people from all walks of life talk about it less, but reporters don't ask much questions.Occasionally, someone comes to the door to ask, and when I hear it, okay, you are the second in the Golden Ball Award and actually went to participate in the multi-sport meeting for non-professional players.Well, since you don't want to get involved, we'll ignore you.The two main elements attributed to Wang Ai, Chelsea and China, are relatively weak at the club and national level in football.It's just that under the calm and calm, the vanity fair around Wang Ai is running rapidly, and Schlapner is busy during this time, and many negotiations between the club and sponsors are in full swing.At present, Wang Ai only cares about two things, one is the attitude of Chelsea Club, some time ago the news of Wang Ai's resale in the winter is slowly let Wang Ai know, he wants to know what the club thinks now.There is a wayward boss, and no possibility can be ruled out.The other is Adidas, Wang Ai's number one sponsor, and this year's Golden Globe Awards is another frustrated year for Adidas.Zidane, who was highly praised by Adidas, asked Puma's Materazzi to kill him in the final, which also made the resources invested by Adi for this in the first half of the year go down the drain.After the World Cup ended, Adi was embarrassed to find that only Wang Ai could pin their hopes on this year.But Wang Ai's Chinese team is the top eight, and there is also a skin color problem hidden in it, so Adidas has always been hesitant about whether to fully support Wang Ai.Although Wang Ai also knows that the chances of winning the award are not high, Adi's attitude is indeed a problem.For example, in the final stage of the selection, Nike launched an ad for Cannavaro's new sneakers, which was an assist.Adi, on the other hand, did not do anything about it.Wang Ai is not going to turn his face with Adi for this matter, but it is the right thing to strengthen communication and cooperation between them.There will be no World Cup factor next year, and if Wang Ai is on par with whoever he is, the sponsor's assistance is also a force.At a time when Europe is arguing over the Golden Globe Awards, Wang Ai is also nervously practicing with the National Olympic Games in Doha.When he came back this time, he wanted to "protect" the National Olympic Games, but strengthening the run-in with his teammates was the most important thing.However, before the first game, he also unexpectedly received a temporary task: to serve as the flag bearer of the opening ceremony of the Chinese delegation at the 2006 Doha Asian Games!
Director Liu, director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, is also the head of the Chinese Asian Games delegation and the chairman of the Chinese Football Association!
()