The FIFA President’s Special Award is an annual award advocated by then-FIFA President Joseph Blatt and is awarded to special people who contribute to world football throughout the year.

In 2005, the first winner of the FIFA President's Special Award was Swedish international football referee Anders Frisk, and this year's football king Pele was the second.

Anders Frisk was born on February 18, 1963 in Gothenburg, Sweden. He is an insurance salesman. He started his career as a football referee in 1978. He became an international referee in 1991. He is known for his strict law enforcement and dares to show red and yellow cards. He retired in 2005.

On September 16, 2004, Anders was beaten and bleeding by a home team fan who was dissatisfied with the score in the Champions League group stage with Dynamo Kiev at home, causing the game to be interrupted. Roma was also severely punished by UEFA after the game.

The incident that made Anders famous all over the world was on February 23, 2005. On February 23, 2005, the first leg of the Champions League 1/8 finals, Barcelona and Chelsea were forced to favor Barcelona by Chelsea coach Mourinho for favoring Barcelona. After the game, Frisk was "harassed" by many reporters and fans, and even threatened to death. On March 11, Frisk announced the termination of his referee career, because he could not tolerate improper media attacks and terrifying threats from fans to him and his family.

In December 2005, Anders became the first FIFA president's special award winner, which was also a comfort to his football referee career. As for the game at Camp Nou, it can only be buried in history.

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This year, Pele became the second winner to receive the FIFA President’s Special Award in recognition of his great achievements in football promotion!

"I am very grateful to Sir Charlton for the award presentation, and thanks to the Chairman for awarding this award to me. You make me feel extremely honored!" Standing in the center of the stage, Bailey said with tears in his eyes and emotionally: "Because of football, I can come out of the slums in Brazil. Countless Brazilian children have also changed their destiny because of football. This is the huge power that football gives to the whole world~!"

Gu Fei, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't help but cheer for Bailey. Maradona might not be able to say such a speech on the award, or it could not be so emotional and rich!

There is always a big controversy in the hearts of world fans. If you say that Pele and Maradona are both kings of football, everyone will not say anything. After all, both of them were named "the best players of the 20th century" by FIFA in 2001. But if someone said that Maradona is the only king of football, there will always be people who stand up to oppose it.

In fact, it is not wrong to say this. Firstly, it is that each has its own favorites, and secondly, these two football kings actually have their own outstanding contributions. The reason why people say that Maradona is the only football king is mainly due to the affirmation of Maradona's strength.

"Wolf King" Totti once said: "The best player in history? What a stupid question. There is no answer except Maradona and Pele. If you insist on saying it is Maradona."

Maradona, who was 20 years younger than Pele, faced higher competitive pressure at that time than Pele, but through his outstanding talents and the help of television and other media, he left an indelible influence in the minds of fans more intuitively.

As an outstanding black player in the early days, Bailey's influence is more reflected in the vigorous promotion of the development of football from the world. Because of Bailey, football has gradually become the world's number one sport.

This is also why, FIFA awarded two "Best Players of the 20th Century" back then. The influence of the two people was completely different. Now fans see Maradona's miraculous operations through TV and put Maradona first. Therefore, Maradona's best player was voted through the fan network.

But saying this does not devalue Pele's influence. Any fan knows in his heart that Pele does not only predict that his state at his peak is dazzling.

In 1956, Pele began his career with Santos, during which he won 2 South American Liberators Cups, 2 Intercontinental Cups, 6 Brazilian National Championships (predecessor), and 11 São Paulo State Football League A championship. In 1957, Pele was selected for the Brazilian national team and scored 77 goals in 92 games, winning three World Cup championships in 1958, 1962, and 1970, permanently retaining the Remitt Cup for Brazil and becoming the only player to win the World Cup championship three times.

In 1980, Pele was named "Best Athlete in the 20th Century" by French newspapers and newspapers, and was named "One of the Best Athlete in the 20th Century" by the International Olympic Committee in 1999. In 2000, he won the first Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award and was named "One of the Best Players in the 20th Century" by FIFA in 2001. In the same year, 30 Golden Ball winners of the French Football Association organized the joint selection as the Best Player, and was also listed as the 100 most influential figures of the 20th century by Time magazine.

Pele won three World Cup championships with Brazil. He played a direct push for the improvement of World Cup rules. He has made great contributions to the development of world football. He has contributed his own strength to world peace. He is the world football king.

The world football in the 1960s was full of violent football. There was no substitution system for the World Cup, and the red and yellow card system was not sound. Pele, who was deeply disappointed with the World Cup, announced his withdrawal from the Brazilian team. In the following years, Pele and Santos continued to visit abroad. This period was not entirely "traveling", because some games played the role of a peace ambassador. From May to July 1967, Santos visited Africa for the first time. The African people never believed that there was a black star in the world. They once thought it was fabricated by the media. Every time Pele went to a place, it attracted the welcome of thousands of fans. In January 1969, Pele and Santos visited Africa again and came to Congo. At this time, they were just in the civil war. Pele's arrival prompted the two sides to reach a ceasefire agreement, because both sides were eager to watch Pele play football.

On November 19, 1969, this was a day that was recorded in football history. Santos played against Vascoda Gama at the Maracana Stadium. Bailey took a penalty kick and scored the 1,000th goal of his career. After Bailey scored, the reporters, fans and security personnel on the scene rushed towards Bailey and hugged and shook hands with the King of Football, so the game was suspended for 11 minutes. From this day on, Santos Club named November 19 of each year "Belle Day".

Pele's influence is first reflected in the most essential things in sports, namely primitive beauty. Pele's goals include both violent aesthetics and clever shooting, both single-handed and teamwork, both aerial kung fu and ground duels, both external long shots and penalty areas, and many free kicks. He is an all-rounder on the offensive end.

Another important point is that Bailey's left and right feet are very balanced. It is a pleasing thing to watch Bailey score. There is no impatient or urgent atmosphere, and it solves problems calmly. This is an elegant football temperament. It is rare for athletes to have this temperament in the football world.

In an era when Brazilian football was in a drought of honor, Pele became Brazil's number one star in his minor age as a god, helping Brazil win the World Cup for the first time with absolutely excellent performance. Thinking about the huge push of the Bern miracle on German football, it is easier to understand the impact of the 1958 World Cup victory on Brazil. Brazil does not lack the football population with superb footwork. After Pele opened the door to honor, he brought three consecutive World Cup championships. Generations of young people in Brazil have naturally devoted themselves to football and accumulated half a century of amazing results.

From 1958 to 1962, Pele and Santos frequently went to Europe to play "subtle games". The gorgeous samba football opened the eyes of European football. When European teams bowed their heads for most games, they were also thinking about how to fight against Pele and Brazilian players. They came up with a bad move: "Douzi". Sacrifice a secondary player to hurt the opponent's core player. In an era when there was no substitution system, such despicable tricks were repeatedly successful.

After the efforts of South American countries led by Brazil and Argentine Football Association, especially South American teams suffered repeated losses in the 1966 World Cup, they finally introduced a substitution system in the 1970 World Cup and improved the red and yellow card system.

It is precisely because generations of footballers represented by Bailey have been working hard that football has become the world's number one sport, and Bailey also has a huge influence around the world.

As a local player in South America, Pele's influence in South America is naturally self-evident. Kempes, who was praised by Maradona as "the person who incorporated Argentine football into the world football sector", answered "Pelle" without hesitation when asked who was his childhood idol.

In Brazil, in order to prevent Pele from playing football abroad in case it would be difficult to see Pele's game in the future, he specifically legislated that Pele was a "national treasure that cannot be exported."

Since Pele became famous in the 1958 World Cup, all Europe have known Pele, who was only 17 years old at the time. Since then, since 1959, for many years, European teams have invited Pele's Santos team to play in Europe every year. The reason they invited Santos is naturally because of Pele.

Every time Pele went to Europe, the schedule was full. Sometimes he had to play football even as soon as he got off the train. In addition, every game of Pele was filled with fans. At the same time, since Pele had always performed very well during European games, many European giant teams wanted to bring Pele to Europe and play for them.

In 1970, Bailey was invited to play in Nigeria in Africa. Nigeria was in the midst of the civil war, but when the two sides knew that Bailey was going to play in their country, they reached a 48-hour armistice agreement on the grounds that they both wanted to watch Bailey play football.

In 1975, Bailey joined the New York Universe Team in the United States. At that time, the United States was regarded as a "football desert" because Bailey joined the New York Universe Team was also regarded as a "pioneering journey". After Bailey joined the New York Universe Team, a football craze indeed set off in the United States.

Bailey made his first appearance in the New York Universe Team. The Downing Stadium, the empty Universe Team home court, suddenly filled with more than 300 journalists from 22 countries. After Bailey joined the New York Universe Team, the New York Universe Team's attendance rate reached three times, and the audience watching football games across the United States increased by 60% compared with the previous year. Bailey's arrival has truly enhanced the enthusiasm of Americans and promoted the development of American football. Later, Americans also specially divided the history of American football development into "Previous Era of Bailey" and "Pelle Era".

In 1977, Pele led the New York Universe Team to visit China, and Chinese fans showed great enthusiasm for Pele's visit to China. At that time, the Universe Team led by Pele and the Chinese team played a friendly match at the Jiangwan Stadium in Shanghai. The scene was crowded with spectators, with nearly 50,000 people, and their ticket price was nearly twice as expensive as usual.

In Bailey's 20-year career, he has successfully turned football into the world's number one sport, and he has also become the world's number one superstar.

Now, FIFA has awarded him a special presidential award, which is a natural result!

"In the world, there are countless children playing football. All we can do is to give wings to their dreams!" I have to say that Bailey's speech was very contagious. When he finished his award speech, there was warm applause!

Even Sir Charlton, who presented the award to Bailey, sincerely admired this peer who was only three years younger than him, because he made great contributions in the world football world, and only those who witnessed him have a deeper understanding.

The peak of Sir Charlton's career basically coincides with Pele's career. When the Brazilian national team was influenced by the domestic military government, he interrupted Brazil's dream of winning the third Redmet Cup and won the only World Championship in England's history.

Even so, England still could not be compared with Pele and his Brazilian team back then. Pele was well deserved to be elected as the king of football.

Now, being able to present the Presidential Special Award to Pele at the FIFA year-end award ceremony at the Zurich Opera House has brought Charlton back to the war-torn World Cup stadium at that time. At that time, football did not have so many business factors. People play the purest football and enjoy the joy brought by football!

Nowadays, football has surpassed all sports and has become the world's number one sport. The number of participants and fans who are following are the world's number one, and football has also brought countless happiness to people all over the world!

Especially the birth of Gu Fei even made Sir Charlton feel that in his lifetime, he might be able to see a superstar who is overwhelming the world, even stronger than Bailey!
Chapter completed!