Football: The butcher in the midfield at the start, the magic bird stunned

Chapter 170 One day, my career will come to an end, and you will be crowned king!
The father and son are exactly Messi and his eldest son Thiago.

Chen Xiaoliang was very curious about how the two of them came to this pizzeria.

Messi said that as soon as the ceremony was over, his wife Antonella took her second son Mateo back to the residence. Mateo was only 6 years old and was arguing to go to bed, not to mention there was a young son who was only 3 years old at home. Ciro.

He came to Paris to play, but he has not found a suitable house yet, and has been staying in the Royal Monceau Raffles Hotel, so he did not go to the hotel arranged by the organizer for this award presentation.

Chen Xiaoliang has read related reports that Messi’s hotel room in Paris costs 1.5 pounds per night...

A week's cost is 10.5 pounds, which is almost 85 yuan. This is money that many people can't make for a year.

But for Messi, who earns £96 a week, it's a drop in the bucket.

After sending his wife and children away, he and Thiago changed into casual clothes in the nanny car. Thiago said he was hungry, so he asked the driver to find a restaurant nearby to eat something casually, so he came here.

Since Messi joined Paris Saint-Germain, who else in Paris doesn't know him?
Erica smiled when she heard this, and said pointedly: "It turns out that children will be hungry at night."

Helena nodded: "Yes, that's true."

Chen Xiaoliang thought to himself: You two...

Soon, the boss brought the freshly tested pizza and freshly cooked vegetable soup to everyone on an iron plate.

Chen Xiaoliang saw Thiago eating vigorously, and deliberately teased him: "Little brother, do you think brother plays football well?"

Thiago nodded obediently.

"Then do you want to play football with your brother?"

"don't want…"

"why?"

Thiago swallowed a mouthful of food and said proudly: "You are far behind my father."

"Hahahaha!"

Chen Xiaoliang was speechless, everyone laughed, even the owner of the pizza shop laughed.

Messi smiled and touched Thiago's head: "This brother plays in a different position from his father, so we can't compare them. Besides, my brother is very young, and he might surpass his father in the future."

Messi's humility aroused the admiration of everyone present.

Thiago was not convinced: "It doesn't matter, unless he can also win seven golden balls."

Well, I've finished pretending that I'm forcing the boy.

Afterwards, everyone chatted about many topics and had questions and answers with each other. To Chen Xiaoliang's surprise, Messi was very interested in his training and games and asked him a lot of questions.

Naturally, Messi also answered many questions from the three.

For example, next year's World Cup will be his last World Cup, but he has not thought about retiring. He thinks he can still play, but it is unlikely that he will go to West Asia or North America to retire.

If one day you can't play anymore, you can retire directly, or return to Argentina to retire at Newell's Old Boys.

Sister Hua and Chen Xiaoliang have been staying for a long time, and they also know what things in a team cannot be known to the outside world, so regarding the affairs of the Paris team, especially the conflict between Mbappe and Neymar, which has been hyped up, everyone No question was asked.

However, Messi told Chen Xiaoliang that after he came to the team, he learned that Paris coach Pochettino had wanted to meet Tottenham’s liquidated damages clause in the final stage of last season, around May this year, and brought Chen Xiaoliang to Paris. .

But later, due to the involvement of Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea, Barcelona and other giants, Pochettino, who failed to win the Ligue 6 title last season, was under too much pressure to lead the team and could not take the risk to wait for Chen Xiaoliang's transfer and miss out. For other goals, he turned to June before the opening of the summer window, and signed the free Liverpool midfielder Wijnaldum for free at the fastest speed.

Therefore, there was once a possibility that Chen Xiaoliang could become Messi's teammate.

The eccentric Erica asks Macy who he voted for for the Copa Award.

Messi smiled embarrassedly and slightly embarrassed.

He and the three exchanged contact information, and then sent them a picture.

The three of them took a closer look and found that it was the content of the latest issue of the Golden Globe Awards magazine, which would be published the next day. It listed the voting status of all 25 Golden Globe Award winners who could participate in the Golden Globe Awards selection.

每人可以投3位球员，第1得5分，第2为3分、第3则是1分。

Messi's top three are Pedri, Nuno Mendes and Chen Xiaoliang.

Ronaldo is Greenwood, Nuno Mendes and Chen Xiaoliang.

Messi did not explain and made a helpless expression. Chen Xiaoliang could fully understand that Messi voted for Pedri because of Barcelona, ​​and for Nuno Mendes because he was a Paris Saint-Germain player.

And Ronaldo is the same, Greenwood is his teammate at Manchester United, and Nuno Mendes is his Portuguese compatriot.

But even more surprising are the four German Ballon d'Or winners.

The three Bayern legends, Beckenbauer, Rummenigge and Matthaus, all voted for Musiala, Chen Xiaoliang and Wertz.

You can't see Pedri at all.

And Sammer, who has played for both Bayern and Dortmund and is now serving as Dortmund's adviser, has the votes of Bellingham, Chen Xiaoliang and Musiala.

Among all the Golden Globe winners participating in the selection, the earliest winner in 1960, the Spaniard Luis Suarez, gave the first prize to his compatriot Pedri, followed by Chen Xiaoliang and Grafenberg.

To be ranked 2nd or 3rd on these "sophisticated" votes is rare.

But what is surprising is that Chen Xiaoliang ranked first in all the following votes.

This includes:
The 1969 Golden Globe winner, Scotland and Manchester United legend Dennis Law, his No.1 is Chen Xiaoliang, then Pedri and Nuno Mendes.

1986 winner, Ukrainian Belanov;

Winner in 1987, Dutchman Gullit;

The three winners in 1988, 89 and 92, Dutchman Van Basten;

1991 winner, Frenchman Papin;
1993 winner, Italian Baggio;

1994 winner, Bulgarian Stoichkov;
The winner in 1998, the Frenchman Zidane, his top three are Chen Xiaoliang, Pedri and Greenwood;
The winner in 1999, Brazilian Rivaldo, his choice was slightly different, Chen Xiaoliang, Pedri and Saka;
The winner in 2000, Portuguese Figo, as a retired player, he did not have the same concerns as Ronaldo, and voted for Chen Xiaoliang, Nuno Mendes and Pedri;

Winner in 2001, Englander Owen, Chen Xiaoliang, Bellingham, Greenwood;
2003 winner, Czech Nedved;
2004 winner, Ukrainian Andriy Shevchenko;

2005 winner, Brazilian Ronaldinho;
2006 winner, Italian Cannavaro;

2007 winner, Brazilian Kaka;
And the 2018 winner, Modric of Croatia.

Seeing the three watching carefully, Messi added:
"Before the ceremony just now, when Modric chatted with me, he specifically mentioned that for the Copa Award, he specially called Zidane to discuss how to vote.

Real Madrid has no players selected, so the club did not give him any instructions, but he is worried that after the vote, once the ballots are announced, it will cause controversy. After all, Pedri has a higher voice in the media for the Golden Boy Award, and as an active player, his concerns More than retired players.

But Zidane told him that the people from Serie A and the Premier League all chose to vote for you, and even those Brazilians were going to vote for you. Modric was relieved after hearing that.

Although…"

Messi paused at this point.

"Although Cristiano Ronaldo asked him to vote first for his club team-mate Greenwood, which was considered a campaign for Manchester United, in the end Modric still gave you first, Greenwood second and third. Pedri."

"Where is Ronaldo? Why didn't you see him?" Chen Xiaoliang looked at it several times carefully and asked wonderingly.

Messi explained that the Kopa Awards judges can choose to abstain from voting, for whatever reason.

Sir Bobby Charlton, the winner in 1966, suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and his family felt that he could not make a fair evaluation, so he abstained.

The 1975 and 1977 winners, Blokhin and Alan Simonsen, did not say why;

Platini, the three-time winner from 1983-85, was unable to vote because he was restricted from participating in football affairs;
George Weah, the 1995 winner, is no longer involved in football affairs as the president of Liberia;
Then there is Ronaldo, the winner in 1997 and 2002. He may have given the first place to Ukrainian goalkeeper Andrei Lu of Valladolid, the team he owns, because he surprised everyone in the 2019 selection. Ning caused great controversy, so he gave up participating in the subsequent selection.

In terms of total score, among the 25 judges, 18 voted for Chen Xiaoliang and finally got 1 points.

And Pedri ranked 2nd with 33 points;
Bellingham 3rd, 27 points;
Musiara No. 4, 20 points;
Nuno Mendes 5th, 16 points;
Greenwood 6th, 11 points;
Wirtz scored 7 and 8 points;
Saka No. 8, 2 points;
Grafenberg 9th, 1 point.

The last candidate, Jérémy Doku, scored no points.

"If you didn't have those sophistication, would you be able to get full marks?" Tiago asked, half understanding.

Both Messi and Chen Xiaoliang smiled at him, but did not speak.

Football has never been just winning or losing on the field, football has always been full of sophistication.

Seeing that the conversation reached 11 o'clock, the elderly pizza shop owner and the 9-year-old Thiago both started to yawn. Messi and Chen Xiaoliang also felt a little tired after a busy day.

It's time to say goodbye.

Chen Xiaoliang asked the last question.

Although he wanted to avoid it, he couldn't avoid it, and it was very important to himself.

Maybe there are few players in the world who can answer this question better than Messi.

Mbappe, a name that no one in world football can ignore, he really won the first place among all the Golden Globe judges in the 2018 Copa Awards, winning unanimously.

That year he turned out in the World Cup and helped the French team win the Hercules Cup in a way that shocked the world.

In the face of absolute strength and achievements, sophistication can only retreat.

Chen Xiaoliang wants to know, in the eyes of a superstar like Messi who has entered the late stage of his career, how does he see a superstar like Mbappe in the team.

Because he also wants to know how he is viewed in the eyes of Pellegrini, Mancini, Patricio and others.

Messi thought for a while, but he was not good at words and preaching, but he left a very memorable sentence:

"I've met a lot of young people, and I've come from a young person myself.

It didn't take me too long to understand that it's not good for a person to have no character, and it's not good to have too much character.

Weird animals are protected, but weird people are isolated.

Too flamboyant a character is magnified under the spotlight, and once the outside world catches one of the handles, public opinion will attack him.

It's like when a dog barks at the entrance of the village, other dogs will follow suit, but they don't know why they bark.

At that time, you can only pay for your own character. "

One dog barking shadow, a hundred dogs barking sound, the Red Country also has a similar old saying.

Chen Xiaoliang recalled Messi's words.

He didn't mention Mbappe a word, but he seemed to mention every word.

Messi patiently dressed Thiago, when the driver drove the nanny car to the door of the pizzeria.

After waiting for a long time, the boss finally summoned up the courage to speak, praying to take a photo with Messi and put it in the store as an honor.

Macy readily agreed, and invited Chen Xiaoliang to join him. The boss was overjoyed and excited, and quickly called the guy who was peeking at the back kitchen to come out and take a photo together.

"Three, two, one."

Helena took a group photo with the boss's mobile phone, and Messi waved her hands and got in the car to leave.

I only left one sentence to Chen Xiaoliang: "I hope to see you again next year, but it is on the list of the Golden Globe Awards."

This is a true legend, a figure that Chen Xiaoliang holds in awe.

It's a pity that the people you meet in the sea of ​​people will eventually be returned to the sea of ​​people.

Hope to see him again in the future.

The sisters hooked each other, while Chen Xiaoliang walked aside. The three walked back happily and comfortably, and returned to the hotel after more than 20 minutes.

After entering the house, Riise and David hadn't come back. Chen Xiaoliang knew that these two old boys probably wouldn't come back tonight.

The three said goodnight to each other, and Chen Xiaoliang went back to the room.

Although I was very tired, I couldn't fall asleep in bed after taking a shower.

Turn on the phone, more than 100 text messages of congratulations.

Parents, relatives, Roma and Rangers teammates, club staff, as well as the two bosses Dan Friedkin and Dave, as well as agents such as Mendes and Raiola, and even legends such as Sir Alex Ferguson They all sent congratulations.

And my high school classmates...

On social networking sites, Kane, Ibrahimovic, Vlahovic, Vardy and others all liked the award-winning photos posted by the staff of Riise's team on their homepages.

Ibrahimovic also left a message: I think all the speeches in the video, my part is the best.

There are too many, and Chen Xiaoliang really can't reply one by one, so he had to reply to a few special and important objects first, such as the boss Dan Friedkin and Sir Alex Ferguson, and then thank everyone in the circle of friends and social media.

But he still dialed a person's phone:
"Sister Shen, are you asleep?"

"Little brother Chen, how can I sleep! I've been waiting for you for a day, and I know you will call!"

"Oh, don't mention it, but I'm exhausted..."

"You are so cheap and good-looking, you won such a big award, why don't you celebrate it?"

Therefore, Chen Xiaoliang shared with Shen Mengyu what he had seen and heard that day, and he also specifically talked about meeting Messi while walking at night.

The two chatted for a while, and then they talked about Putras. Shen Mengyu said that she watched her ball more than Messi. She is also the core and soul of Barcelona. With 33 assists, he not only won La Liga, but also defeated Chelsea to win the Women's Champions League.

Shen Mengyu thinks she can win two or even three consecutive Golden Globe Awards.

Regardless of his skills or appearance, Putras is the best business card to promote European professional women's football.

In recent years, European women's football has developed very rapidly, especially the major giants, which have begun to spend a lot of money on the construction of women's football.

However, unlike the five major leagues of men's football, the leading league of European women's football is Ligue [-], and Lyon in Ligue [-] can be called the king of European women's football.

After they won the Women's Champions League twice in 2011 and 2012, they completely monopolized this event in the five years from 2016 to 2020.

Compared with Ligue [-], women's La Liga and Bundesliga are also at a higher level, but there is a big gap between strength and weakness.

For example, the Barcelona women's football team may not only find it difficult to lose a game after a season, but it is also very likely that the goal difference will be more than 100.

In recent years, the Premier League women's football has also developed rapidly, but the overall level of Shen Mengyu's Soviet Super League is relatively average, and can only be regarded as a mid-range league in Europe.

One day, she also wants to be famous in Glasgow like Chen Xiaoliang, and then go to a bigger league to improve herself.

After sleeping all night, Chen Xiaoliang went to the gym for extra training the next morning.

The stars who stayed in the hotel left one after another and returned to the club, while those celebrities and legends also checked out and left.

Like the sea after low tide, the banks of the Seine have returned to their former glory.

However, Chen Xiaoliang's teammates did not continue their three-game winning streak and lost 0-1 in Bologna at noon. Mourinho was so angry that some players were not worthy of appearing in the starting list at the press conference after the game. .

At this time, Chen Xiaoliang was having lunch with his sisters at Guy Savoy, which has been rated as the best restaurant in the world four times.

Now that the Copa Award has been added, in Paris, Chen Xiaoliang is the most popular figure wherever he goes.

But it's not just the team's losses that bother him.

In the evening, the group was about to fly back to Rome, but Riise and David couldn't get in touch. They finally received a text message from Riise, but they said, "I just got out of the police station. I'm fine. I'll talk about it when I go back to the hotel."

This made Chen Xiaoliang lose his mood to eat.

After eating flowers with my sisters, I hurried back to the hotel, only to see two old boys sitting in the living room drinking wine in disgrace.

As soon as I got to know them, I found out that after relaxing in Pigalle, they each selected an opponent and were going to the hotel to "single out" overnight.

As a result, the players in the next room were too strong, and they wanted to beat ten of them. Because the noise was too loud, other guests complained to the police, which attracted the Paris police to raid their doors and searched them one by one.

In Paris, although "selling" is legal, "buying" is fined, and if you are caught, you have to pay a fine of 1500 euros to get out.

If underage or bad drugs are involved, criminal prosecution is required.

Ribery and Benzema were implicated in a similar case just a decade ago.

However, Riise is still a retired former well-known player, and now he is also an agent. The police suspected that his "one-on-one" was related to the "group fight" of the player next door, so he took him back to the police station for overnight investigation.

In the end, Riise found Rafaela Pimenta, the extremely powerful female partner and indispensable right-hand man of super agent Raiola, and used her relationship to convince the Paris police that the two It has nothing to do with the player who "hit ten" and paid 3000 euros.

Although this "buying and selling" is legal in Germany and many European countries, the mainstream view of secular morality still holds an attitude of disgust and resistance.

Helena and Erica walked away without saying a word.

Chen Xiaoliang asked the two of them sarcastically: "The money is gone, so have you two done your 'work'?"

David shook his head, speechless.

Riser sighed, a trace of grievance appeared on his naturally fierce face.

"Will it spread?" Chen Xiaoliang asked again.

Riise hurriedly assured: "No, Pimenta has been dealt with, and the Paris police will not disclose a word."

Chen Xiaoliang thought to himself: Well, I owe a favor to that fat man Raiola for no reason. This fat man will never help others selflessly, and he will definitely bargain for it back in the future.

"Hurry up and find some public welfare endorsements, and cleanse your hearts."

"Okay, boss..."

The two old boys nodded repeatedly like children who have done something wrong.

　Thanks to the club director [Yu Qingfeng] for his continuous sponsorship!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)