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FIFA Magical Evening
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FIFA brought to live on January 12, 2009 what it called "the magical evening" as two prestigious persons were honourned as FIFA world best -men and women football.

The proceedings started with the rhythm of the works of Georg Friedrich Handel, wonderfully performed by the Zurich Philharmonic Orchestra, while presenting duties were carried out by Swiss sports journalist Rainer Maria Salzgeber and Dutch actress and model Sylvie van der Vaart, wife of Real Madrid and Netherlands midfielder Rafael.

After an opening speech by FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter which recalled the biggest moments of the year just passed, the time arrived to pay homage to the outstanding performers at the FIFA competitions held in 2008.

First up were the ladies, with the likes of Dzsenifer Marozsan, Taylor Vancil and Mana Iwabuchi, who starred at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup New Zealand, as well as Sydney Leroux and Alyssa Naeher, who lit up the women's U-20 event in Chile, making an appearance alongside established stars such as Marta, Cristiane and Nadine Angerer.

The male nominees are Kaká (Brazil), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Fernando Torres (Spain), and Xavi (Spain).

Finally,the man voted the finest player on planet football in 2008 by the world's national team coaches received his award from Brazilian icon Pele, O Rei (The King) handing the coveted trophy to none other than Cristiano Ronaldo. "I would be wrong if I did not thank everyone in my life - family, friends and teammates - who helped me get to this point," commented the United and Portugal star.

The title of the final piece of music played by the Zurich Orchestra perfectly summed up the evening's events, particularly for Ronaldo and Marta. That music was Handel's "La Réjouissance", one of five movements of his work "Royal Fireworks Music", a suitably fitting way to draw the curtain on the FIFA World Player Gala 2008.

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