The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 798 Five-Year Covenant
"The winner of the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or is..."

When Pele was on the podium, he looked at the paper card in his hand and raised his head. Just in time, the live TV camera gave him a big close-up. The dark face of the legendary Brazilian superstar smiled and showed a row of white teeth.

But the camera only stopped on Pele's face for a while, and soon the camera swept over the three candidates sitting below the podium, especially the close-ups of the expressions on the faces of the three people, Cristiano Ronaldo It's a face full of confidence, while Messi is smiling lightly, only Ribery looks very nervous and serious.

The camera quickly returned to Bailey, and then the footage of the three candidates appeared on the screen at the same time.

Although it is very long to say, it is actually only a short one or two seconds, so after laughing, Bailey said to the microphone: "I believe that from now on, you can no longer say that I am The crow mouthed!"

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar!

I saw Cristiano Ronaldo, who appeared to be very rich and handsome with his girlfriend, immediately changed from bursting with confidence to being hit hard, while Messi turned to Franck Ribery beside him with a smile, But the Frenchman was still very nervous. Perhaps in his opinion, if Bailey didn't call out his name, it couldn't be true.

"...Franck Ribery, congratulations on winning the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or!"

As soon as Bailey said this, there was a burst of warm applause and cheers. Ribery's ferocious face was covered with an expression of disbelief. He stood up from his seat, but quickly bent over. He lowered his waist, hugged Messi beside him tightly, and then turned around. He seemed to be searching everywhere.

The three major candidates were sitting in the first row. Ribery opened his mouth wide and blinked vigorously, looking very excited. When he saw Ye Qiu not far behind him, he froze. He ran back quickly, ran to Ye Qiu's side, and hugged Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon and others next to him.

At this time, his tears could not help but fall down.

"Go to receive the award, hurry up to receive the award!" Ye Qiu urged him loudly from the side.

Franck Ribery wiped his eyeballs from the corners of his eyes, walked down quickly, stepped onto the podium, and took over the Golden Globe trophy from Pele's hands. He looked very excited, He hugged FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Pele and UEFA President Michel Platini, especially Michel Platini, for a long time.

Standing in front of the microphone and gently placing the trophy on the podium, Ribery's tears fell down again.

He can't be said to be a handsome person, even he looks a little ugly, but he has proved time and time again with his skills, his tenacity and hard work, his unremitting efforts, and his excellent team spirit. He does not lose to anyone, he conquered all the fans with his performance on the court.

Without accompanying him through the past few years, it is impossible to understand his mood at this moment.

In Tottenham Hotspur, he once reached the peak, he was once only one step away from the World Footballer of the Year, within reach, but the injury deprived him of this honor very cruelly, Cristiano ? Ronaldo controversially took away the personal honor that originally belonged to him.

This is an extremely painful blow and setback for anyone.

But what is even more frustrating is that after returning from injury, his position in the team was replaced by the original little brother Messi. During his recovery from injury for more than half a year, Tottenham Hotspur not only Successfully launched Gareth Bale, a talented rookie, and also successfully supported Messi to replace Ribery as the team's number one superstar.

For all of this, Ribery can't blame anyone, because he knows very well that this is life!
Without the injury, without that one injury, he wouldn't be where he is now.

In the past five years, he has been eager to return to the peak of his career all the time. He has gone from a high-spirited young guy to a semi-retired person who has passed three years and his career is not as good as his old age. To challenge and replace Messi's position.

But even so, he is still loyal to his team and professionalism. He uses laughter and jokes to hide the regret and frustration in his heart. To stick to this attachment of mine.

Five years later, he finally got his chance, he finally got the chance to be on this stage!

"I..." Franck Ribery wanted to say something into the microphone, but couldn't say anything, "...I'm sorry, I told myself that no matter whether I got it or not, I was not allowed to cry, but I was very, very disappointed!"

As soon as Ribery finished speaking, tears fell again, but there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.

With Ribery's performance, if he hadn't been in Tottenham Hotspur, if he hadn't been pressured by Messi, he would have had an advantage in this selection, such as moving to Real Madrid, but the Frenchman has always been loyal at Tottenham Hotspur.

"I still remember, five years ago, also here, I failed to win the World Player of the Year. At that time, our head coach, the most respected person in my life, Mr. Ye Qiu!" With tears in his eyes, Franck Ribery said, Pointing to Ye Qiu on the seat, "He told me, Frank, I promise, I promise you, I will help you win a World Footballer of the Year!"

"I never doubted anything he said, because without him, there would be no Franck Ribery!"

Speaking of this, Ribery lowered his head again and wiped away the tears from his eyes.

"That year, I was just a brick mover on a construction site. It was he who brought me from a small city in France to London. It was him who gave me a chance when no team was willing to take me in. It was he who stepped on the stage of the Premier League, giving me trust, encouragement and support time and time again."

"There are many things I have never said to anyone, but today I want to say that I am proud and honored of my career, even if I didn't get this award today, even if I never had the chance to get it in my life In it, I will be satisfied, proud and proud, because I have the best and best head coach, and a group of the best teammates!"

"Thank you to everyone in Tottenham Hotspur, thank Mr. Ye Qiu, thank Messi, thank all my teammates, I don't know what to say, and I can't express my gratitude to you all. I think the only way I can What I do is to repay you with a better and better state on the football field."

After Ribery finished speaking, he once again won a burst of warm applause from the scene. After the Frenchman stepped off the podium, he immediately hugged Messi who stood up, and the two faced the camera together. This Golden Globe trophy was displayed, and several Tottenham Hotspur players who came to the scene in their seats also walked down under their greetings, gathered together, and let the reporters take pictures.

The entire awards ceremony was coming to an end, and more reporters and media were going up to interview Franck Ribery and Tottenham Hotspur players, and the entire Zurich Opera House suddenly became a mess.

This is the sixth year in a row that Tottenham have been named the World Player of the Year, or later the FIFA Ballon d'Or, and have won five of the past six years. Among them, Messi won four times alone, and Ribery won one.

From this report card, it can be easily seen that Tottenham Hotspur is the undisputed No. [-] football club today, even the star-studded Real Madrid is far inferior.

But these are not the most important. The most important thing is that many people predict that in the next few years, Tottenham Hotspur will continue to maintain this dominance of world football, because they not only have A group of outstanding superstars, and a group of amazing talented new stars.

All of this has become the consensus of the outside world on Tottenham Hotspur!
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Ribéry's first FIFA Ballon d'Or in Zurich was an instant feast for the British and French media, and after the French superstar returned to London he did something that made all Tottenham What Tottenham fans are very proud of is to emulate Messi's move and donate the Golden Globe trophy to the Stratford Stadium Museum.

Although the rise of Tottenham Hotspur has only been less than eight years, the museum of this team has already listed trophies on various fronts, although the number is still not comparable to that of Tottenham Hotspur. Those centuries-old giants compete, but in terms of quality, a few Champions League trophies are enough to make Tottenham Hotspur feel proud and proud.

Perhaps stimulated by the FIFA Ballon d'Or, after Ribéry returned to Tottenham Hotspur, the team ushered in the No.20 second round of the Premier League. In the away game against Swansea, he scored twice Helping Tottenham Hotspur beat Swansea 3:1.

This round of Chelsea's performance has recovered. With Hulk's hat-trick at home, they defeated Moyes' Manchester United 3:1.

Today's Red Devils Manchester United can be said to be in a state of chaos. Moyes' team has now fallen to the eighth place in the Premier League. Even after the Christmas Devil's schedule, they have not changed much and recovered. This also makes everyone Both are very disappointed with Manchester United and Moyes, thinking that Moyes has entered the countdown to dismissal.

Some people even speculate that the semi-final against Tottenham Hotspur in the League Cup is likely to be Moyes' life-saving battle.

In other words, if Tottenham Hotspur cannot be defeated, Moyes is likely to dismiss get out of class directly.

And the Sun, which has always been all-pervasive to inquire about news, even published an exclusive news, saying that Manchester United has already contacted Moyes' next appointment in advance. It is said that Dortmund's head coach Klopp is the closest to Manchester United, and the other is Juventus. Coach Conte, but Manchester United officially denied these rumors.

Although Ye Qiu is not very satisfied with Moyes, he also disagrees with the practice of Manchester United's management starting to contact other head coaches after only half a year. After all, they signed a six-year contract with Moyes, and they contacted other head coaches only halfway through the season. Coach, this is obviously not enough respect for Moyes.

Things have to be looked at from both sides. Moyes' coaching is indeed not very good, but Manchester United's lineup is indeed problematic.

However, even though Ye Qiu gave some support and encouragement to Moyes when he was interviewed by the media, he didn't show any mercy on the field. 1 small victory over Manchester United, and it was Hazard who scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur.

In the fourth round of the FA Cup, which also played with full substitutes and a young lineup, Tottenham Hotspur beat Coventry City in the League One 4-0. Mitrovic was the starter, but his performance was limited. It is average, but Januzaj performed very eye-catchingly, Neymar scored twice, and Tottenham Hotspur's rotation performed quite well.

For the two consecutive cup games, Ye Qiu played with a full substitute lineup, while the main lineup was recharging their energy and waiting for the challenge from Pellegrini, Manchester City, and Manchester City is currently aiming for the cup game, so in the previous two cup games They all sent their main force to fight.

This is also the current strategy of many Premier League teams, such as Newcastle, Arsenal, West Ham United, and even teams such as Manchester City and Liverpool with excellent bench thickness. Dominating the Premier League and their state is terribly stable, if they want to win the championship, they can only make a breakthrough in the cup.

So in this game as a guest at Stratford Stadium, Manchester City did not perform at their best throughout the game. Pellegrini is not good at rotation, and this season is his first arrival, so he is still the main force. The lineup played, but the audience was suppressed by Tottenham Hotspur.

In the end, relying on the goals of Ramsey and Messi, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester City 2:0 at home.

Although they suffered a defeat in the league, Manchester City defeated their opponents with a score of 9:0 in two rounds in the League Cup semi-final and successfully advanced to the League Cup final. In the case of Spurs and Manchester United, the opponent they will encounter in the final is likely to be Tottenham Hotspur.

Three days later, in the No.20 round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur beat Hull City 1-0 with Lewandowski's goal. Win because the league missed one round.

In midweek, all the other rivals began to take a break from the January schedule, but Tottenham had to play a make-up game in the Carabao Cup semi-final, beating Moyer 2-1 at home Manchester United completed four kills against the Red Devils.

The game was very dangerous. Tottenham Hotspur made a counterattack after stealing the ball from Giggs in the first half. Pogba scored the goal, but in the second half the team defended a corner. There was a mistake at the time and Nemanja Vidic headed home to equalize for Manchester United.

Afterwards, Moyes' team began to counterattack, while Tottenham Hotspur were beaten a little bit. Ye Qiu replaced three players in one breath. Finally, in the No.807 minute, Eriksson Miao passed Troumann scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur.

Moyes was full of praise for Strowman's performance in this game after the game. He believed that the Dutchman not only contributed a lot to the offense, especially in the first half, he planned a counterattack on the spot after stealing Giggs and broke through Manchester United. Goal, and his contribution on the defensive end is quite obvious, and he was elected the best player in the game.

After the game, the Red Devils fans used Strowman to satirize and ridicule Moyes, thinking that Manchester United intends to introduce Strowman in the summer, but it is because of Moyes' hesitation and more focus on Cesc Fabregas Waiting for someone, causing the team to miss Strowman, and now the Dutch have revenge!

Regarding his almost switching to Manchester United, Stroman denied it, saying that he had contacted Tottenham Hotspur as early as January 2013. As for Manchester United, he never received any contact from Manchester United.

Two rounds were tragically double-killed by Tottenham Hotspur. Four duels this season, all four games were lost. Moyes' Manchester United lost face in the strong dialogue. After the game, almost all the Red Devils fans shouted, asking Moyes Si took the blame and resigned and stepped down.

But Moyes refused to take the initiative to dismiss get out of class. He said that he would continue to insist, and he believed that Ferguson's first season in charge of Manchester United was also unsuccessful, but his subsequent achievements are obvious to all.

But even if Moyes brought out the great god Ferguson, he still couldn't convince the fans and management.

Moyes dismissed get out of class, after the battle with Tottenham Hotspur, it was already obvious!
Ended the semi-finals of the League Cup, Tottenham Hotspur welcomed Everton at home, Drogba scored the only goal for Tottenham Hotspur, defeated the opponent 1:0, but this It was Everton who performed better in the first game.

Four days later, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Newcastle away. This time Tottenham Hotspur showed their best form. Staged a brace, Vidal and Lewandowski each scored a goal, and Tottenham beat Newcastle 4-0 away.

Three days later, Tottenham Hotspur played with a half-main half-substitute lineup and narrowly beat Liverpool 2:1 at home.

It is very dangerous to win this game. If it weren't for Tottenham Hotspur's home game, the team would have pierced Liverpool's goal twice in the wave of attacks within half an hour of the first half. Goal, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Tottenham Hotspur to retreat, especially in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur played very embarrassingly, and Gerrard scored a goal.

But in any case, no matter how dangerous and embarrassing the game process was, in the end Tottenham Hotspur relied on their tenacious defense, defeated Liverpool 2:1 at home, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

After the FA Cup match, Tottenham Hotspur ushered in another tough battle, away to Southampton.

But this battle Tottenham Hotspur still did not show a good state. After the opening, Lallana scored a goal, but Tottenham Hotspur equalized the score, but then conceded a goal, and finally it was the second half Relying on the goals of Matic and Ribery, they narrowly beat Southampton 3:2.

Followed by a 1-0 away win over Norwich, a 1-0 win over Cardiff at home, the first round of the UEFA Champions League round of 2 knockout rounds, a 0-[-] win over Olympiacos in three games away, Tottenham Hotspur will see It makes people feel tired and out of shape.

The strength of the opponents is not strong. If Tottenham Hotspur is in good condition, they can completely dominate the scene. However, in these games, Tottenham Hotspur felt relatively passive, and the scenes did not show the strength of the team. .

The poor state of Tottenham Hotspur also gave the League Cup final opponent Manchester City more hope.

(End of this chapter)