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

Chapter 379 The 68th Golden Globe Awards Ceremony, in the final session, Messi stepped onto the podium again...

Cesco and Kwa also took the opportunity to join the national team after a day off, leaving only Chen Xiaoliang at the Carrington base, training with the youth players and a few first-team players for a few days, but he is 15 years old Ibragimov benefited a lot.

Although he started to train with the first team in the second half of last season, he is too young to participate in some confrontational training. He usually has to follow the U18 to participate in the reserve league, and he cannot come to Chen Xiaoliang's extra training every day.

Only these few days there was no one in the extra training team. He and a few friends from the youth training team accompanied Chen Xiaoliang to practice his personal skills, and he learned a lot.

But on October 10, even Chen Xiaoliang will bid farewell to the Carrington base for a short time.

It was still the quartet of him, his sisters, and David, and they flew to Paris in the morning to attend the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony for the third time.

On the Internet in various countries, the debate about who is more qualified to win the Golden Globe has reached a boiling point.

At the moment when Cristiano Ronaldo left the Saudi League and Messi returned to Barcelona but started to rotate constantly in order to accumulate physical strength, those fans who were not willing to let the era of Melo’s double pride pass, especially Messi’s fans, still firmly supported His idol won the 8th Golden Globe Award in his career, evolving from Mei Laoqi to Mei Laoba.

And everyone also realizes that under the exhaustion of the intensive schedule, Messi is not the one who can start every game in the club. Unless Barcelona's performance explodes this season and his personal data also explodes, this will be the last time for Messi. A close chance of winning the Ballon d'Or.

Especially since they also see the rise of young people.

Mbappe scored 12 goals in two World Cups, a champion and a runner-up. He already has a pass to be crowned world champion. What he lacks is a strong performance and championship at the club level.

On the contrary, Chen Xiaoliang and Haaland's super strong performance in the club, and reached the intersection on the road to the Triple Crown, and finally achieved the first Triple Crown among the two.

It is true that in the face of the strong rise of the younger generation, the heroes of the older generation are no match for the years after all, but whether it is seven or five Ballon d'Ors, it is enough to forever engrave in the annals of football to shine on all latecomers.

But some people support it, and some people oppose it. Of course, some Ronaldo supporters strongly praised Chen Xiaoliang for winning the award, not to mention the fans of the Red Country. Many Messi fans of the Red Country posted on social media, "Messi is forever in my heart." King of the ball, so I support Chen Xiaoliang to win the Ballon d'Or" slogan.

Faced with the situation where two players have the same odds for the first time, the media has also done enough preparations. Various data comparisons, honor comparisons, as well as highlights and highlight shots of last season have been bombarding fans’ mobile phones and computers in the past few days. ,TV screen.

It seems to be to bring the suspense to the final climax and re-ignite it. Whether it is the parent company EPA Group, the "L'Equipe" in the middle, or the organizer "French Football" magazine, this time they are silent, and there is no inside story. It was revealed in advance that even after Chen Xiaoliang arrived at the hotel in the afternoon to meet the host Didier Drogba, Drogba told Chen Xiaoliang that his host draft had two versions of Messi and Chen Xiaoliang at the same time, and the final answer would be given half an hour before the ceremony. I will tell him, and at that time he was already preparing in the backstage of the theater, and mobile phones and other communication equipment were not allowed to be brought in according to the confidentiality agreement.

Spain is relatively close to France, and Messi did not arrive until the next morning. The organizer also sent staff to let Messi and Chen Xiaoliang go through the process of receiving the award.

This is all right, the suspense is really going to be played until the last moment.

However, unlike Chen Xiaoliang, Messi is very familiar with the award-winning process of the Golden Globe Awards. It is nothing more than that the process may be slightly different every year. Put a highlight, make a few well-designed jokes, and the speaking platform is on the left. To the right or in the middle, just change the route to take.

But the two men who don't like the reception after the ceremony have made an appointment to go to the pizzeria to relax after returning to the hotel and changing into casual clothes.

Chen Xiaoliang couldn't help but rejoice in his heart. Fortunately, he met Messi at the pizza shop back then. If it was at the burger shop... Thinking of this, he couldn't help but burp again...

At 20 o'clock in the evening, Red Country time, and 14:[-] Paris time, the live broadcast of the ceremony began, and Penguin Sports sent reporters to broadcast it live.

In the afternoon, there are some football forums, which are discussed by some celebrities like Dave Suker, Eto’o, and Maldini who have become the presidents of national football associations after retirement, or senior club officials. topics like sustainable development.

Outside the court, there are constantly stars coming to the temporarily arranged rest points.Or appear in the camera lens of reporters.

Bellingham is here, and he is in the top three odds with Garvey and Musiala in this year's Copa Awards ranking.

Haaland is also here. He is different from Chen Xiaoliang. He has already locked in advance the best forward award of this year's Golden Globe Awards - the Gerd Muller Award at an ultra-low odds of 1 to 0.5.

Of course, the French did not forget their own pride. Although Mbappe has missed various awards in terms of odds, in his own home court, the local media still focused on the C position and the focus of the camera. darling.

At 6:[-] p.m., players began to enter the arena one after another. Just like those film festivals, the stars in costumes walked with teammates or brought their partners along the red carpet, surrounded by hundreds of lenses and flashlights.

"Oh oh oh! Come on!"

Someone in the crowd shouted something in French, although reporters from various countries turned their cameras to look at the entrance.

It's Messi!
But this time he appeared with the club teenager Garvey.

Suddenly, many fans expressed disappointment:
[It's over, it's over, it seems that there is no show, even Antonella didn't come, it seems that the notice has been received, it's just a formality]

[I can only congratulate Chen Xiaoliang, although I still think he is still young]

...

However, when he was interviewed at the end of the red carpet, when faced with the question of whether the reporter would win the award, Messi said:
"Antonella takes three children at home. Thiago has a cold recently. We are afraid that bringing him here will make his recovery slower due to the exhaustion of the journey,"

"I believe today will be a very important day for me, and a day full of honor and special meaning."

Messi, who doesn't like talking loudly in front of the camera, turned around and entered the Chatelet Theater after saying this.

His fans immediately "cloudy to sunny":
[Fuck, Messi is hinting at this? 】

【Explicit, what hint】

[It seems that Mei Laoba is really going to be there! 】

...

After a while, Harland also came to the red carpet, and beside him was his father, the old Harland, the Alfinger Harland who was born in Stavanger, Norway.

Behind him is De Bruyne. As a top midfielder who has always appeared in the top 10 of the Golden Globes in recent years, although De Bruyne is destined to miss the Golden Globes itself, it is also an indispensable part of this annual grand ceremony. missing characters.

Accompanying him was his wife Michelle. Although Michelle had nothing to do with the brotherhood incident that year, every time the reporters saw De Bruyne appearing with his other half, they would whisper: "Kur Where's Tuva? Why hasn't he come yet?"

Before Courtois was able to wait, the flashing lights once again flickered like a galaxy starburst.

"Chen Xiaoliang is here!!! Chen Xiaoliang is here!!!"

Chen Xiaoliang in formal attire appeared on the red carpet, and the official makeup artist spent more than 3 hours in the afternoon grooming him from top to bottom in the hotel room, just for this moment.

However, Chen Xiaoliang was walking, and found that the camera stopped following him after a while.

But he was not surprised, who told him that walking behind him were two beauties who looked almost identical, but were enough to overwhelm the country.

Behind the sisters is David who was specially invited by Chen Xiaoliang and also enjoyed the superstar treatment.

According to the official invitation rules, the main winners can bring relatives, friends, family members or team members to participate, ranging from one to four. As for who they bring, the official does not care, but this kind of treatment is only for the main winners. The most important thing is to be able to reunite and celebrate after winning the award, but other participants will not have this kind of treatment.

Against the background of the sister flowers, Chen Xiaoliang was always the focus of the audience from the red carpet to the theater.

He still remembers that when he came here to receive the Copa Award for the first time two years ago, he was completely at a loss. Facing the waiting hall full of superstars and legends outside the theater, he didn't know who to say hello to.

But now, whether it is an active player or a legendary star, they will take the initiative to show their favor when they see him, and the wives of the stars will also send face-to-face gifts to show their respect.

But there are exceptions.

"Hey!"

Chen Xiaoliang only felt that someone hugged him from behind, and even shouted excitedly.

He thought to himself who would be so flamboyant on such an occasion, but before he could turn around, a coquettish and familiar scent of perfume rushed into his nose, revealing the answer by the way.

The current No. [-] handsome guy in Paris, Paulo Dybala, naturally has a flamboyant appearance with a flirty perfume.

The vote of [Do you think Dybala admires Chen Xiaoliang or Messi] is also one of the hottest events among Internet fans nowadays.

"What the hell..." Chen Xiaoliang turned around and started to scratch that person's itch, immediately attracting everyone around to pick up their phones to take pictures.

After the fight, the two hugged happily. Dybala looked at Chen Xiaoliang, who looked a little more mature, and sighed: "Oh, it turns out that I am the lucky star, and I have played with three Golden Globes. .”

Chen Xiaoliang: "Don't talk nonsense, who said I'm going to win the Golden Globe."

Dybala smiled mysteriously and pointed behind him with his thumb. Chen Xiaoliang looked over and saw an old man with white short hair in casual clothes, looking at him with a smile.

Chen Xiaoliang immediately walked up and gave him a big hug!

"After watching your game, the results of the new season are really good."

Mourinho patted Chen Xiaoliang's face: "Are you bragging about yourself? Don't lose the chain in the Champions League, I'm just waiting to make you regret going to Manchester United."

Chen Xiaoliang: "How can a teacher curse a student..."

Mourinho laughed loudly: "Who can curse you pervert, if you are not good, you can still stand here? I told Paul, tonight's award must be yours."

The two chatted for a while. Chen Xiaoliang saw Mbappe nearby and asked Mourinho if he wanted to say hello. Mourinho quickly stopped him:
"Farewell, what this guy hates the most now is you. He hates whoever's Golden Globe odds are ahead of him, so don't make fun of yourself."

Someone came to say hello to Mourinho, and Mourinho finally said: "I'm waiting for you in the Champions League."

Chen Xiaoliang smiled back.

When you came to talk and he came to chat, time passed quickly, and everyone entered the theater in an orderly manner according to their seats. Chen Xiaoliang and Messi, Harland, De Bruyne, Courtois, Di Bala and the others sat in the middle seats of the first row.

金球奖这几年都保持了一个惯常的操作，就是在最终的奖项揭晓前，会陆续公布21名至30名、11名至20、第4名至第10名的名单，最后剩下前三留在现场揭晓。

In this year's list, De Bruyne, Mbappe, Seat B, Dybala, Rodri, Lewandowski, Vinicius ranked 4-10, Kwa ranked 16th, Seth Coe also entered the top 30 for the first time, ranking 27th.

Manchester United also has Rashford and Casemiro on the list, one of them is 21st and the other is 25th.

And Manchester City is obviously the biggest winner here, Glarish, Dias, Ederson, Kyle Walker, Akanji, a total of 8 players ranked in the top 30, this is not counting the transfers this season Gundogan in Barcelona.

First, there was an opening speech. The host was still the fixed combination of Didier Drogba and the French female reporter Sandy Heribert. Awards process.

At the end of several videos, the data and highlights of several Copa Award winners were introduced. Chen Xiaoliang is very familiar with this, and it was the starting point of his dream.

After a while, Matthaus came on stage, picked up the Copa Award trophy from the trophy stand, and a picture of Bellingham was shown on the screen.

The 2023 Kopa Award (Best U21 Player) is awarded to Jude Bellingham, an English player who played for Dortmund last season and Manchester City this season!
Next is the Gerd Muller Award (Best Forward), which is the least suspenseful award tonight. No matter what is said on stage, the camera is always on the long-haired Harland.

There is no suspense, in all competitions of the season, including the national team competition, a total of 60 goals were scored and 2 championships were won.

The 2023 Gerd Müller Award is awarded to Manchester City's Norwegian player Erling Haaland!
The young Harland stepped up and took the trophy from Raul. The first person to thank was the old Harland.

The old Haaland never dreamed that he, who played as a defender, was responsible for throwing grenades on the sidelines in the 1994 World Cup, and had never even touched the sidelines of a wealthy family, how could he cultivate such a talent? powerful striker.

Fortunately, the almost identical appearance of the two told him that this was definitely his own, and there was no need to suspect that the old Wang next door had made additional contributions.

Next, the Yashin Award (Best Goalkeeper) was awarded to Manchester City’s Brazilian player Ederson. Although the Premier League Golden Glove was taken away by De Gea last season, Manchester City is the least in the Premier League and the Champions League in terms of the number of goals conceded. team.

Behind it was the Socrates Award (Humanitarian Care Award). The odds of this award deviated from the handicap, which surprised Chen Xiaoliang, and it was awarded to his Manchester United teammate Rashford!

Originally, Chen Xiaoliang was the one with the highest odds for this award!It is said that the Ballon d'Or Organizing Committee wants to recognize his good deeds for football exchanges between Asia and Europe, as well as the continuous supply of cheap natural gas in the days when the gas is in short supply.

After Rashford took the stage, he even waved to Chen Xiaoliang. He also received the notification at the last time and rushed over from the national team.

He came out of the slums and helped poor children in the UK provide 280 million free lunches. Just like Mane, who won the award last year, Rashford's award, although not directly related to competitive sports, has attracted the attention of the audience. The guests continued to applaud him for 1 minute.

Edwin van der Sar, the CEO of Manchester United who sat in the back row and came to the ceremony, was also very happy. This award has a very positive effect on the image of the club.

Next is the selection of the Women's Ballon d'Or.

The Spanish player Putras from Barcelona made history again with the La Liga and Champions League double glory last season, winning the Women's Ballon d'Or for the third consecutive year.

Barrage:

【This girl is amazing... Female football king, no, the queen of the ball...】

[She also plays in midfield, similar to Chen Xiaoliang's position]

[Please don't milk, keep a low profile! 】

...

Drogba reviewed last season's World Cup, the five major leagues and the UEFA Champions League. Following his review on the screen, there were famous scenes from those games.

Soon, last season highlights of the last three appeared on the screen.

The first is Messi. At the club level, he has achieved a large double-double, 20 goals and assists, and the most important thing is that he won the World Cup and became the king in one fell swoop!In the FIFA annual selection in the first half of this year, he has already been named the best player of the year in 2022.

The second is Haaland, who scored 60 goals in total, swept the Premier League and the Champions League with Manchester City, and broke the single-season scoring record of the Champions League and the Premier League at the same time. In the end, he was only a little bit blocked in front of the Champions League trophy by the magical Chen Xiaoliang .

Although he has won the Gerd Muller Award with a little consolation, he will definitely miss the Golden Globe Award, but everyone knows that the era of Haaland has arrived.

Finally, Chen Xiaoliang, at the age of 19 years and 20 days, as the captain and absolute core, led Roma to win the Big Ears Cup with a hat-trick and five consecutive lore assists. In the absence of national team competitions, he scored 36 goals in the season With 36 assists, he broke the Serie A and Champions League single-season assist records and achieved the eighth European Football Triple Crown. He accomplished a feat that any great player in the past could not achieve at the same age.

Suddenly, the screen went dark!
Chen Xiaoliang's heart couldn't stop beating!

At this point, it is absolutely impossible to say that there is no expectation!
Didier Drogba looked at this, looked at that, smiled at everyone, didn't even give the slightest hint, and suddenly, his partner Sandy Heribert invited Messi to play!
"Huh..." Chen Xiaoliang let out a long sigh of relief, not being able to win the award was not beyond his expectations. The Triple Crown and the World Cup have different standards in the eyes of different people. In addition, Messi's legendary halo and football It is reasonable and reasonable for journalists from various countries to add a little bit of emotion to their status.

At least he was no longer nervous at this moment, and he immediately gave Messi a thunderous applause together with other people in the theater!

Maybe sitting and applauding was not enough, so Chen Xiaoliang stood up.

He thought to himself, the 8th Golden Globe Award, even if he wins the award every year, he has to wait for eight years, and he must pay the highest respect.

When he stood, the others in the theater also stood up and applauded.

Messi stepped onto the stage, smiled, and stood behind the stage where the Ballon d'Or trophy was placed. He reached out and patted the football-shaped trophy that he was very familiar with and had already owned seven.

The two hosts seemed a little surprised by this scene, but they were very moved by the enthusiasm of all the guests.

Drogba raised his hands to signal the audience to be quiet, then picked up the inscription card in his hand, and solemnly said:

"Invite World Cup winner and seven-time Ballon d'Or winner Lionel Messi to present the player who won the Ballon d'Or for the 2022-23 season!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the screen in the theater lit up!

Chen Xiaoliang and everyone were stunned, looking at the screen!
A man wearing the No. 33 jersey jumped high from the penalty area and smashed his teammate's pass into Manchester City's goal like Ronaldo;
At this time, applause and cheers have already sounded!

Then, he dribbled the ball from the backcourt, passed 6 players in a row, passed a through pass from the opponent's crotch, and assisted the opponent to win the Champions League final!

At that moment, the sisters sitting in the middle area of ​​the theater couldn't help hugging, crying, and screaming, and David, who was always serious and serious, was applauding and carefully wiped the involuntary tears from the corners of his eyes. tears.

Mourinho, who was also on the field, was also crying, and Gerrard, who was struggling at the new club and did not come to the scene, was watching TV.

These people watched Chen Xiaoliang grow step by step from a kid who only knew how to tackle a ball and didn't even dare to make long passes or extra dribbles, to the best player in the world who is now standing at the top of football.

Chen Xiaoliang swallowed dryly, then his legs seemed to lose control, and he walked onto the stage with his own body for some reason.

Messi picked up the trophy and handed it to Chen Xiaoliang with a smile. The guests standing in the audience burst into continuous applause and cheers.

It is not only for the creators of the new era, but also for the king of the previous era.

"I... I thought it was his, so I just stood up and applauded..."

Just as the audience was quiet and everyone sat down one after another, Chen Xiaoliang's first acceptance speech made the audience burst into laughter.

The camera swept across the first row. Messi, De Bruyne, Seat B, including Harland, all had expressions of great anticipation, while Bellingham, Garvey and others were a little unwilling and a little envious.

Only Mbappé, expressionless and indifferent.

"There are too many people to thank, the coach who took me, Gerrard, Mourinho, Ten Hag, and my teammates, Cesco, Kwa, Dybala who came to the scene today , and assistants, McAllister, Forty, my agent Riise, I'm sorry too much, I can't name them all."

He paused, pointed to the seats in the middle area of ​​the theater,
"Of course, Helena, no one can miss you! Without her, if I lived alone in Europe, it must have been a mess."

Chen Xiaoliang has become so famous, and the life of him and Helena is no longer a secret.

Helena in the stands has long been crying tears of joy.

"But what I want to thank most is the opponents I met on the court, starting from Callum, to Milinkovic, Barrera, Chiesa, to Kimmich, Henderson, Kanter, then De Bruyne, B seat, Haaland, including the respected Lionel Messi, it is because of your stimulation on the court that I have continued to break through myself day after day motivation."

"Really, I salute you, you are all the greatest rivals."

"Clap clap clap..."

Such high-profile, big-hearted words naturally won a lot of applause.

"Finally, whoever said that people of yellow race can't win the Golden Globe, I will prove it to everyone today, that I am the winner of the Golden Globe!"

"I am 19 years old, please witness my future with the whole world!"

After speaking, Chen Xiaoliang raised the Golden Globe trophy with his left hand.

The camera is very ingenious. First, he stares at the confident and vicissitudes of Messi for a while, then Mbappe who takes a few random shots to maintain the necessary demeanor, and Harland who is as excited as himself for winning the award, and then one pulls up and looks down at the whole world. field, and finally turned the camera back to Chen Xiaoliang.

After winning the Ballon d'Or for two consecutive years, with this move, an era of football is completely over, and another era has arrived!

(End of this chapter)