Chapter 646 The Red Dynasty Sets Sail

Bruno stood up with a smile, leaned over to kiss Liu Yimei's forehead, high-fived Harry Kane and other familiar players beside him, and quickly walked up to the podium to receive the FIFA World Player of the Year trophy from Infantino.

"Congratulations, kid!" Infantino warmly hugged Bruno and congratulated him, "I hope you can keep up the good work. We all believe that you have opened an era that belongs to you!"

The scene burst into extremely warm applause again.

Bruno also thanked Infantino before walking to the microphone.

"I am very excited now because this is the second time I have won this honor in my career. Thank you FIFA, thank you Mr. Infantino, thank you all the media reporters who voted for me, the national team coach and captain, and the vast number of fans and friends, thank you!"

There was another round of warm applause below.

"This award belongs not only to me, but also to all the players of the Portuguese national team and Manchester United, as well as all the fans who support me."

"The past season was as wonderful as a dream. Together with my Manchester United teammates, I created a miraculous season and we won everything. In the Portuguese national team, under the leadership of Cristiano, we also stepped onto the World Cup championship podium. For all professional players, this is the highest honor."

"I know that in the eyes of many people, this is the highest peak that a professional player can reach in his career, but I want to tell Manchester United fans, Portuguese fans, and all those who support me that all this is just the beginning!"

"So, I hope to dedicate this award to all my teammates in Manchester United, to all the players of the Portuguese national team, to all Manchester United fans and Portuguese fans. I hope everyone can work with me to continue to work hard to open the era of Manchester United and Portuguese football!"

"Finally, I want to thank my parents and relatives for their support!"

After speaking, Bruno took a step back, raised the trophy in his hand high, and thanked everyone at the scene.

The scene burst into thunderous applause again.

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If Bruno led the underdog Udinese to the top of Europe three years ago, he ended the seven-year domination of the European Golden Ball and the World Footballer of the Year by the two great players, which made him one of the top stars in the world football and one of the three giants of the world football side by side with the two great players, then today Bruno won the World Footballer of the Year trophy again, which truly announced that the era of the two great players has passed and the era of Bruno Fernandes has truly arrived.

C Ronaldo is 33 years old and has entered the twilight years of a professional player. He has begun to decline in all aspects. He also left Real Madrid, the high ground of the world football this summer, and moved to Juventus, which basically announced that he has been away from the competition for the highest honor in the world football.

As for Yosi, the Argentine star is also 31 years old. Although he is still in the super giant Barcelona, ​​it must be said that after Xavi left Camp Nou, the Red and Blue Army has lost its top competitiveness. Then Neymar left for Paris Saint-Germain and Iniesta went to Japan. Barcelona had long lost its prestige as a cosmic team, and Yosi also lost the strength to compete for the highest honor in football. This can be seen from the fact that Barcelona was eliminated early in the round of 16 of the Champions League last season, and Yosi did not make the top five in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year, and even did not make the best 11.

As the various awards of the FIFA Awards Ceremony were announced, the selection of the awards was also revealed.

In the voting for the World Footballer of the Year, Bruno achieved an overwhelming advantage. Whether in the voting of reporters, the voting of the national team coach and the national team captain, or even the voting of fans, Bruno ranked first with an extremely obvious advantage, and in the end his vote rate even exceeded 50%, reaching an astonishing 52.87%, far exceeding the second place Cristiano Ronaldo's 19.08%. As for Harry Kane, who ranked third, his vote rate did not exceed 10%.

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Bruno's ability to have such a big advantage in the selection is also closely related to the voting time of FIFA this year.

Since last year, FIFA has brought forward the time of awarding the Player of the Year. This year's World Footballer of the Year was awarded in September, and the voting took place in July. This was shortly after the World Cup final, and the afterglow of the Champions League and the World Cup was still warm, which naturally benefited Bruno, who performed well in these two events.

This year's World Footballer of the Year competition is actually a competition between the Portuguese double stars Bruno and Ronaldo. As for Yosi, although he led Barcelona to win the Spanish domestic triple crown, Barcelona was eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League, and was even in the first round. The score was 4:1, and it was reversed by Roma 3:0 away. The shameful elimination greatly reduced the points of Barcelona and Yosi.

In the World Cup, Argentina's performance during the group stage was disappointing, and it almost failed to qualify for the group stage; in the knockout stage, it encountered a strong French team in the first round and was eliminated early, and Yosi only scored 1 goal and 2 assists in all 4 games, which was much inferior to his former opponent Ronaldo's 6 goals and 2 assists. Not to mention Bruno, who scored 7 goals and 3 assists, and won the World Cup Golden Boot and assists.

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As for Bruno and Ronaldo, their performances during the World Cup were similar. Bruno, as the core midfielder of the Portuguese national team, contributed 7 goals and 3 assists in 7 World Cup games. He not only won the World Cup Golden Boot and Assist King, but also the World Cup Best Player; while Ronaldo, as the captain of the Portuguese national team, scored 6 goals and 2 assists in 7 World Cup games, won the World Cup Silver Boot and Silver Ball Award, and was also the great contributor to the Portuguese national team's final victory in the World Cup.

However, the performance of the two clubs has become the key to determining the final ownership of the World Footballer of the Year.

In the past 2017-2018 season, Bruno, as the captain and core of Manchester United, led the team to create a miracle of unbeaten in all 65 official games in the season, and won six championships including the Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, Community Shield, Champions League and European Super Cup. Just as Bruno said in his speech, he and Manchester United won everything.

As for the personal aspect, Bruno contributed 41 goals and 23 assists in 38 appearances in the Premier League, won the Premier League Golden Boot and Assist King, and also won the European Golden Boot. In various Premier League evaluations, Bruno once again achieved the Grand Slam of honors.

In comparison, Ronaldo's Real Madrid not only did not win any championship in Spain, but his goal number was not high, scoring 26 goals in 27 games, far lower than Yosi's 36 games and 34 goals, not to mention Bruno's 38 games and 41 goals.

In the Champions League, Real Madrid, which aimed to win the Champions League three times in a row, lost in a head-on confrontation with Manchester United. Bruno almost defeated Real Madrid by himself with 1 goal and 2 assists in the final, while Ronaldo's performance was not satisfactory, which was one of the key reasons for Real Madrid's loss.

As a result, in this Champions League, Ronaldo scored 15 goals in vain. Although he won the Champions League Golden Boot by beating Bruno with 14 goals, the loss of the Champions League also made him lose the last chance to reverse Bruno.

In the end, Real Madrid, which had no four major titles in the season, faced Manchester United, which had won six titles in a row last season, which also caused an insurmountable gap between Ronaldo and Bruno in the selection of the World Footballer of the Year.

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As for Harry Kane, his performance in the past 2017-2018 season was also amazing. The English center forward played 50 times for Manchester United in various competitions and scored 44 goals, setting a personal single-season goal record.

He played 32 games in the Premier League, contributed 30 goals and 7 assists, and was one of the great contributors to Manchester United's unbeaten season championship. In the Champions League, Harry Kane also contributed 9 goals and 3 assists, and his performance was equally outstanding.

During the World Cup in Russia, Harry Kane, as the captain of the England national team, led the team to the semi-finals, and he personally scored 6 goals and won the World Cup Bronze Boot.

With such performance, it was no surprise that he could beat Yosi and others and enter the top three of the World Footballer of the Year.

The other two people who entered the top five of the World Footballer of the Year were Salah and Modric.

The Egyptian striker scored 32 goals in 36 Premier League appearances, won the Premier League Silver Boot Award, and was personally awarded the best player of the season in Liverpool. In the Europa League, Salah also scored 10 goals and led Liverpool to the Europa League final, but in the end they lost to Atletico Madrid and only won the runner-up. Throughout the season, Salah played 52 times in various events, scored 44 goals and sent 14 assists.

Modric played 43 games for Real Madrid last season, scored 2 goals and 8 assists, and almost led the Galaxy Battleship to win the Champions League three times in a row. In the World Cup in Russia, he led Croatia to an outstanding performance and advanced to the quarterfinals. If it weren't for Bruno's appearance, he might even have led the team to the finals.

Such an outstanding performance also made him rank fifth in this year's World Footballer of the Year.

Mbappe, Kante, Hazard, Maguire and Yosi also entered the top ten of this year's World Footballer of the Year.

Yes, the Argentine superstar has become the top ten goalkeepers of this year's World Footballer of the Year.

Obviously, as far as the club is concerned, Manchester United has become the biggest winner of this year's World Footballer of the Year selection. Not only did Bruno win the election with a high vote, but Harry Kane also made it into the top three, Mbappe and Kante made it into the top five, and Maguire made it into the top ten, just occupying half of the ten places.

After the top ten, there are also many Manchester United players, including Rashford ranked 12th, De Gea ranked 14th, and Van Dijk ranked 19th.