With the appearance of the award-winning guests, the atmosphere at the scene reached its first climax.
Every year Puskás Award is a very important award.
In 2009, after the then FIFA president Blatter visited Puskas' football school in Budapest, Hungary, he said that we want to commemorate those who have left great footprints in the history of world football. Puskas is a talented player who has won countless honors and deserves our memory, so we are happy to name this new award after him to express our respect for him.
The first Puskás Award was won by Cristiano Ronaldo who was still in Manchester United at that time.
In the match between UEFA Champions League and Porto, he scored a shocking long-range shot, about 40 meters away from the goal, directly into the blind spot of the goal.
The TV cameras kept showing the faces of the three finalists at the scene.
Cristiano Ronaldo, who was shortlisted again, looked calm, Lewandowski also looked gentle today, and Li Mingyu also smiled, but was very nervous in his heart.
The two football seniors on the field took out an envelope. Netherlands The legend of the women's football team Kuyata said, "The player who won the 2021 Puskás Award is--"
Ivory Coast Superstar Drogba opened the envelope, saw the name on it, showed a bright smile, and said, "Li Mingyu!"
"Congratulations, Lee!"
Haaland did not expect that Li Mingyu could defeat Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewandowski and win Puskás Award this time.
Li Mingyu and Haaland shook hands, then stood up, straightened their clothes, and walked towards the stage.
When passing by the first row, Messi stood up and hugged his younger brother from the club.
"Congratulations, Li, go and get your first trophy!"
With Messi's blessing, Li Mingyu stepped onto the stage.
Received Puskás Award's trophy from Essien.
Li Mingyu stood in front of so many people for the first time, and seemed a little nervous.
"Thank you FIFA for awarding me this year's Puskás Award. Of course, the goals of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lewandowski are equally wonderful..."
When Li Mingyu was giving his acceptance speech, the TV cameras also showed the following celebrities at the right time.
Today's Li Mingyu is no unknown person. Anyone who knows football knows that this young man definitely has a bright future.
Today's Puskás Award trophy will definitely not be the only trophy in his life.
In just half a minute, Li Mingyu completed his acceptance speech, and the stars in the audience also applauded very cooperatively.
After all, Puskás Award is just a side dish at today's National Football Federation awards ceremony.
Although important, for some stars, this award is like worthless.
Next, the female host Emma Jones walked onto the stage and announced the presenter of the next award.
This award can be said to be a relatively important award.
2021 Men's Soccer Coach of the Year Award.
The three shortlisted head coaches are...
Klopp, the head coach from Liverpool, has reached the finals of Champions League in three years, winning twice and runner-up once. Especially last season, when there was no chance in the league, with Champions League's wonderful performance, he once again won the Champions League championship and qualified for Champions League this season.
The emergence of Klopp made Liverpool finally become a veritable strong player in the Premier League league.
The second place is Guardiola from team Manchester City.
Manchester City won the Premier League championship, EFL Cup championship and FA Cup championship last season. Once again, the triple crown result allowed Manchester City to establish his status as the king of England.
After Guardiola came to Manchester City, he brought Manchester City, who had been suppressed by the Manchester United team, onto the right path.
Among today's Manchester City, only the blue Manchester City uniform is the king.
The third place is Koeman from FC Barcelona.
Last season, Barcelona was 11 points behind Atletico Madrid at most, but in the last 13 games, Barcelona won an epic victory. The 13-game winning streak, although it did not break Barcelona's winning streak in team history, allowed Barcelona to finally reverse the score and win the La Liga league championship last season.
Li Mingyu scored 37 goals in 13 games and can be called the team's savior.
But the contribution of Koeman cannot be ignored.
The camera kept showing the faces of these three head coaches.
The three head coaches all seemed very calm, but I wonder if they can be as calm in their hearts as they appear on the surface?
The guest of honor this time is the legend of United States women's football team, Michelle Akers, who also won the "Miss Football of the Century" together with Sun Wen in 2000.
"I am very happy to be able to stand here today. First of all, I would like to congratulate these three excellent head coaches. They not only inspire more players to perform better, but also inspire more fans to love football!"
"So let's take a look, FIFA The winner of the 2021 Men's Football Coach of the Year is--"
"Josep·Guardiola!"
The head coach of the Manchester City team, Josep·Guardiola, was elected as the best coach of the year.
Koeman, who was sitting not far away, couldn't help but curled his lips. Of course he knew that he was here to run with him today.
After all, how can a La Liga league champion be compared with those two head coaches!
The other head coach, Klopp, frowned and said, "There is nothing we can do. This is FIFA's award ceremony. How could he attach so much importance to a Champions League champion like UEFA."
In comparison, Guardiola's triple crown is even more eye-catching!
This is also the contradiction between FIFA and UEFA.
UEFA has always preached that the Champions League league is comparable to World Cup, and UEFA also organized a UEFA Nations League game to replace the friendly matches on international match days, which in disguise divided the rights of the National Football Federation.
After all, the center of the entire world football is Europe, Europe Top Five Leagues, which is more exciting than all the leagues in other countries put together.
Therefore, the conflict between UEFA and the National Football Federation has always been irreconcilable.
Puskás Award was originally a very important award, but in the past two years, because the final winners were not players from Europe Top Five Leagues, the value of this award has greatly dropped, and the reputation has also dropped a lot.
Although those goals were indeed wonderful, without the aura of the stars, many awards would be meaningless.
It's a very simple reason. If these goals appear in campus games, you can't deny that there are some young children who can score such wonderful goals, but can they be selected? After being selected, they will get Puskás Award. Does it make sense?
In fact, this is the saddest place.
On the football field, it is always a sport for stars, because stars can bring attention and huge income, so everyone flocks to stars.
Of course, the star's own conditions must also be superior to others and have superior strength. After all, in competitive sports, performance is king.
Guardiola's acceptance speech was very brief. After finishing his speech, he left the stage.
Next is a more interesting award, the Best FIFA Fan Award.
FIFA also pays very close attention to fans and attaches great importance to the cultural relationship and interaction with fans.
FIFA uses this award to tell everyone many stories beyond the football field.
If there were no fans, football would not be the number one sport in the world today.
Therefore, there has always been a saying that although each team has 11 players on the court, the fans are the 12th player.
The big screen also showed scenes of fans of each team.
Or excited, or sad, or helpless, or ecstatic...
But without exception, their support for their team will not give up because the team loses, nor will they despair because the team is in a trough. They will always use encouraging tones and expressions to express their unswerving following of the team.
This is what a true fan is. If you love a team, you will never come here when you are at your peak, nor will you leave when you are at a low point.
Finally, a little boy suffering from leukemia sat in a wheelchair and wore a Barcelona jersey.
What shocked Li Mingyu was that the number on this jersey was exactly the number 36 he wore last season.
In an instant, Li Mingyu's eyes were wet with tears.
Amid everyone's applause, Li Mingyu stood up from his seat and walked quickly to the stage.
Watching Li Mingyu walking towards me, this little girl who was only 11 years old, but pale and had no hair, looked at Li Mingyu with admiration, waved her skinny arms excitedly, and whispered Li Mingyu's name.
Unlike other people, this 11-year-old Elena actually shouted the full name of Li Mingyu.
"Li... min... yu!"
Although it is not standard, the familiar Chinese pronunciation makes Li Mingyu even more heartwarming.
Elena stretched out his hand and held Li Mingyu's hand tightly.
Li Mingyu You can feel that the child's hand bones are protruding and trembling slightly, and he can't help but feel sad in his heart.
Elena said excitedly, "I specially found an old Chinese man from my neighbor's house and asked him to teach me how to say your name. Am I right?"
Looking at the timid Elena, Li Mingyu squatted down, looked at her with a smile, and said softly, "You said it very well!"
The host also told everyone the story of Elena.
Elena is a child from an ordinary Barcelona family. When he was 7 years old, he was diagnosed with chronic leukemia.
As a result, the long-term treatment overwhelmed the family, but her parents never gave up.
In four years, Elena went from a lively and cute little girl to a skinny, withdrawn child who is not good at talking.
However, since they were born in Barcelona, Elena's parents are loyal fans of Espanyol, but little Elena has actually been a fan of Barcelona since he was a child.
Her idol has always been Messi.
But starting from last season, Elena "rebeled".
Li Mingyu broke into her world like a prince charming.
The silver saddle shines on the white horse, rustling like a shooting star.
Although Elena had never read Li Bai's poems, Li Mingyu's performance was like a god descending from heaven, so she began to worship Li Mingyu deeply.
In the end, Li Mingyu said that he will bear all the medical expenses of Elena, and every year, he will donate 1 million euros specifically for the treatment and research of leukemia patients.
Li Mingyu's generous donation also received warm applause from the audience.
Over the years, more and more sports figures have begun to join the ranks of charity.
Many players are now charity ambassadors for their countries, using the money they earn to help other people in need, which is a blessing.
After Elena and Li Mingyu hugged, they were taken back to the backstage, and Li Mingyu also returned to his place.
The award ceremony continues.
FIFA is the best goalkeeper in women's football of the year, also known as the Best FIFA Women's Goalkeeper.
This award was only added to the award ceremony the year before last. Until now, only the best goalkeeper award for men's football has been held at the award ceremony.
Over the years, the National Football Federation has given increasing support and attention to women's football.
In the end, this award was won by Australia's goalkeeper Lydia Williams.
The next award is FIFA Fair Play Award.
There is actually no suspense about this award, because in last year's EFL Championship, in the last round of the game, Reading FC did not stop the game at the last moment due to an injury to the opponent's player, and when the opponent had already signaled to kick the ball out of the sideline, the forward player was eager to score, grabbed the football, and scored the goal, leading the score.
If according to this score, they will reach sixth place, qualify for the play-offs, and have a chance to break into the Premier League League.
But after the head coach and captain discussed it, after the kick-off, Reading's players all stayed still and allowed the opponent's forward to score a goal.
As a result, the two teams ended up in a draw, and Reading also lost the qualification for the play-offs. This season, they continued to fight in EFL Championship.
This game also shocked the entire England. In such a crucial game, Reading FC can still abide by the principle of fair play, which is really admirable.
Therefore, FIFA's fair play award is well deserved by Reading FC.
FIFA's award ceremony went on one by one, and finally, the most critical award came.
FIFA Men's Player of the Year, also commonly known as the Best FIFA Men's Player.
This award can be said to be the most important moment at the National Football Federation Awards Ceremony.
The previous the Best FIFA Women's Player has been awarded to Lucy Bronze of England. Wang Shuang only ranked third in the votes and missed the chance to win the Best FIFA Women's Player again.
However, Wang Shuang also knew that he would never get the Best FIFA Women's Player again, so he seemed very free and easy.
I don't know who will win this year's the Best FIFA Men's Player award.
Photos of the three candidates appeared on the big screen.