Chapter 501: Ceremony in Progress
When the most dazzling group of people in the entire football world gathered at the award ceremony, the host walked onto the stage and the annual commendation ceremony officially began.
Starting with appetizers and gradually moving on to the main course is a common routine at award ceremonies.
The first to be announced was the best team of the year, because it involved the most players and could meet the psychological needs of fans of major clubs. FIFA arranged a 433 formation from front to back, which were the eleven people that had been photographed by reporters and media in front of the opera house.
"The players in FIFA's annual best team are Cristiano Ronaldo, Qin Hu, Messi, Ribery, Carrick, Xavi, Alves, Ramos, Thiago Silva, Lahm and De Gea."
Applause broke out after everyone's name was announced. On the big screen behind the host, the portraits of the players whose names were called appeared in the corresponding positions. After everyone's list was announced, these players were invited to go up to the podium.
For this awards ceremony, FIFA invited French legend Zidane and German legend Ballack to present awards for the best team. Both players can be called legendary players, especially Zidane. His career is full of honors and he is a former Ballon d'Or winner. He can be said to be quite heavyweight.
When the awards were handed out one by one with applause, Zidane came up to Qin Hu. Looking at the tall young player, Zidane, a Real Madrid legend, had complicated emotions.
Judging from the number of votes this year, if Qin Hu had not emerged, it would have been most likely that Cristiano Ronaldo of the Galacticos would have won the second Ballon d'Or in his career, and Real Madrid would have officially embarked on the road to revival.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
"Congratulations Qin, I really enjoy watching you play football."
After solemnly handing the best player trophy to Qin Hu, Zidane finally revealed a carefree smile. Competitive sports rely on strength. Although Qin Hu is now superior to Real Madrid, as a Real Madrid legend, Zidane believes that this galactic battleship will surely rise again one day.
Even if it doesn't work out at that time, we can just follow the example of buying Ronaldo from Manchester United and buy Qin Hu. Anyway, there are not many clubs in the football world that are both rich and influential. Real Madrid is definitely the number one. Maybe it is not possible now, but who can say what will happen in the future after Ferguson retires?
"Thank you~"
Qin Hu lowered his head to receive his trophy with a smile on his face. Zidane became famous at the time when he began to learn football. The name Zidane was not given in vain. Almost no one disagrees with Zidane's strength and ability.
Afterwards, the eleven players in the best lineup took a group photo on the field, and reporters from all walks of life also pressed the shutter to record this moment.
The next award was the FIFA President's Award. This award may be quite important to FIFA itself, but for the players off the field and the fans who were watching the award ceremony, they didn't care at all. They left the officials' matters to the officials and only focused on football.
After Rogge gave his speech after receiving the President's Award, the football awards continued to be presented. Another important award, the Best Men's Football Coach of the Year, was announced. Naturally, everyone already knew the answer in advance, which was Manchester United's champion coach - Ferguson.
This award can be said to be undisputed. If a coach who led his team to win six championships does not win the award for the best men's football coach, it can only be said that the award selected by FIFA will have no credibility.
Subsequently, the Best Women's Football Coach Award was presented to Naid, and the Fair Play Award was presented to the Afghanistan Football Association. Although these two awards did not receive much attention, they are still meaningful for the overall development of football.
Then comes the award for the most awesome goal of the year - the Puskas Goal of the Year Award. This award has nothing to do with the tournament in which the goal was scored but only depends on whether the way the goal was scored is awesome enough. Therefore, many players who receive this award may not play in the top five leagues.
However, this season, when Qin Hu completed the miracle of dribbling past five players and scoring a goal in the Champions League, everyone tacitly agreed that the award would be given to him, and the final voting result was also the same.
"Qin, congratulations." This time it was Ballack who handed the award to Qin Hu. As a German legend, Ballack also had to force a smile. As the representative of the Bundesliga, Bayern was only one step away from winning the quadruple crown this season, but ultimately fell to Qin Hu and Manchester United. Now he has to present the award to the opposing player.
However, when Qin Hu took the award and gave him a bright smile, Ballack's slight hostility disappeared. He could see that the young man in front of him was really enjoying the happiness that football brought him, which made him realize that he was a little petty.
Qin Hu took a photo with Puskas and the still image of his best goal. This was the second time he stood on the podium. Cheers rang out again from the audience. Messi, who had once scored a goal by dribbling past five players, kept his eyes on Qin Hu. He felt a strong threat from this Chinese player.
As for Ronaldo, there is no need to say anything. He thought he had given his best performance this season, but winning the Silver Ball really made him, who is extremely competitive, feel very unwilling. At the moment, he lowered his head and his face did not look very good.
After Puskas finished presenting the awards, it was time for the last three major awards, namely the FIFA World Player of the Year Award, the FIFA Honorary Ballon d'Or and the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
The World Footballer of the Year award, representing the highest honor in women's football, was presented to German women's football goalkeeper Angerer. This female goalkeeper helped the German team win the Women's European Cup trophy and saved the opponent's penalties twice in the penalty shootout in the final. She can be said to be the first contributor to the team's championship.
When the excited female player picked up the trophy and began to express her thoughts, Qin Hu in the audience finally began to get nervous. Lin Lan, who was sitting next to him, quietly held his hand and gave him a firm look.
This made Qin Hu calm down slowly. He took a deep breath. Angler's speech on the field also ended, and thunderous applause rang out at the ceremony.
The host returned to the stage after Angeler left the field. He picked up the manuscript and began to deliver the award speech for the FIFA Honorary Ballon d'Or, an award specially added this year for the football king Pele.
"This award is given to great legends who have left a deep mark in football history and made great contributions to the development of international football. I declare that the winner of the first FIFA Honorary Ballon d'Or in 2013 is - Pele!"
The audience affectionately called out Bailey's nickname and his name, and when Bailey stepped onto the stage with a smile, the audience burst into applause.
This legend, who had almost no gossip after becoming famous and devoted his energy and life completely to football, was very upright. His greatness needed no words. In front of the camera, Pele accepted his lifelong honor and spoke with a smile.
"I am honored to win a Ballon d'Or at my age. This is my first Ballon d'Or!"
"Hahaha~"
With a playful blink of his eyes, Pele was right. He had never scored a FIFA goal because he had never played in the top five leagues.
But everyone knows that for a player who won the World Cup three times and left the Rimet Trophy for his country forever, it is the Ballon d'Or that needs him rather than he needs the Ballon d'Or.
"I have been observing the current football superstars. I am very happy to be here today because not only did I win a Ballon d'Or, I will also present a Ballon d'Or to the player I admire most today. Okay, Qin, it's you, come on up!"
As the conversation changed, everyone's eyes followed Bailey to Qin Hu who was sitting in his seat.
(End of this chapter)
When the most dazzling group of people in the entire football world gathered at the award ceremony, the host walked onto the stage and the annual commendation ceremony officially began.
Starting with appetizers and gradually moving on to the main course is a common routine at award ceremonies.
The first to be announced was the best team of the year, because it involved the most players and could meet the psychological needs of fans of major clubs. FIFA arranged a 433 formation from front to back, which were the eleven people that had been photographed by reporters and media in front of the opera house.
"The players in FIFA's annual best team are Cristiano Ronaldo, Qin Hu, Messi, Ribery, Carrick, Xavi, Alves, Ramos, Thiago Silva, Lahm and De Gea."
Applause broke out after everyone's name was announced. On the big screen behind the host, the portraits of the players whose names were called appeared in the corresponding positions. After everyone's list was announced, these players were invited to go up to the podium.
For this awards ceremony, FIFA invited French legend Zidane and German legend Ballack to present awards for the best team. Both players can be called legendary players, especially Zidane. His career is full of honors and he is a former Ballon d'Or winner. He can be said to be quite heavyweight.
When the awards were handed out one by one with applause, Zidane came up to Qin Hu. Looking at the tall young player, Zidane, a Real Madrid legend, had complicated emotions.
Judging from the number of votes this year, if Qin Hu had not emerged, it would have been most likely that Cristiano Ronaldo of the Galacticos would have won the second Ballon d'Or in his career, and Real Madrid would have officially embarked on the road to revival.
Unfortunately, there is no if.
"Congratulations Qin, I really enjoy watching you play football."
After solemnly handing the best player trophy to Qin Hu, Zidane finally revealed a carefree smile. Competitive sports rely on strength. Although Qin Hu is now superior to Real Madrid, as a Real Madrid legend, Zidane believes that this galactic battleship will surely rise again one day.
Even if it doesn't work out at that time, we can just follow the example of buying Ronaldo from Manchester United and buy Qin Hu. Anyway, there are not many clubs in the football world that are both rich and influential. Real Madrid is definitely the number one. Maybe it is not possible now, but who can say what will happen in the future after Ferguson retires?
"Thank you~"
Qin Hu lowered his head to receive his trophy with a smile on his face. Zidane became famous at the time when he began to learn football. The name Zidane was not given in vain. Almost no one disagrees with Zidane's strength and ability.
Afterwards, the eleven players in the best lineup took a group photo on the field, and reporters from all walks of life also pressed the shutter to record this moment.
The next award was the FIFA President's Award. This award may be quite important to FIFA itself, but for the players off the field and the fans who were watching the award ceremony, they didn't care at all. They left the officials' matters to the officials and only focused on football.
After Rogge gave his speech after receiving the President's Award, the football awards continued to be presented. Another important award, the Best Men's Football Coach of the Year, was announced. Naturally, everyone already knew the answer in advance, which was Manchester United's champion coach - Ferguson.
This award can be said to be undisputed. If a coach who led his team to win six championships does not win the award for the best men's football coach, it can only be said that the award selected by FIFA will have no credibility.
Subsequently, the Best Women's Football Coach Award was presented to Naid, and the Fair Play Award was presented to the Afghanistan Football Association. Although these two awards did not receive much attention, they are still meaningful for the overall development of football.
Then comes the award for the most awesome goal of the year - the Puskas Goal of the Year Award. This award has nothing to do with the tournament in which the goal was scored but only depends on whether the way the goal was scored is awesome enough. Therefore, many players who receive this award may not play in the top five leagues.
However, this season, when Qin Hu completed the miracle of dribbling past five players and scoring a goal in the Champions League, everyone tacitly agreed that the award would be given to him, and the final voting result was also the same.
"Qin, congratulations." This time it was Ballack who handed the award to Qin Hu. As a German legend, Ballack also had to force a smile. As the representative of the Bundesliga, Bayern was only one step away from winning the quadruple crown this season, but ultimately fell to Qin Hu and Manchester United. Now he has to present the award to the opposing player.
However, when Qin Hu took the award and gave him a bright smile, Ballack's slight hostility disappeared. He could see that the young man in front of him was really enjoying the happiness that football brought him, which made him realize that he was a little petty.
Qin Hu took a photo with Puskas and the still image of his best goal. This was the second time he stood on the podium. Cheers rang out again from the audience. Messi, who had once scored a goal by dribbling past five players, kept his eyes on Qin Hu. He felt a strong threat from this Chinese player.
As for Ronaldo, there is no need to say anything. He thought he had given his best performance this season, but winning the Silver Ball really made him, who is extremely competitive, feel very unwilling. At the moment, he lowered his head and his face did not look very good.
After Puskas finished presenting the awards, it was time for the last three major awards, namely the FIFA World Player of the Year Award, the FIFA Honorary Ballon d'Or and the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
The World Footballer of the Year award, representing the highest honor in women's football, was presented to German women's football goalkeeper Angerer. This female goalkeeper helped the German team win the Women's European Cup trophy and saved the opponent's penalties twice in the penalty shootout in the final. She can be said to be the first contributor to the team's championship.
When the excited female player picked up the trophy and began to express her thoughts, Qin Hu in the audience finally began to get nervous. Lin Lan, who was sitting next to him, quietly held his hand and gave him a firm look.
This made Qin Hu calm down slowly. He took a deep breath. Angler's speech on the field also ended, and thunderous applause rang out at the ceremony.
The host returned to the stage after Angeler left the field. He picked up the manuscript and began to deliver the award speech for the FIFA Honorary Ballon d'Or, an award specially added this year for the football king Pele.
"This award is given to great legends who have left a deep mark in football history and made great contributions to the development of international football. I declare that the winner of the first FIFA Honorary Ballon d'Or in 2013 is - Pele!"
The audience affectionately called out Bailey's nickname and his name, and when Bailey stepped onto the stage with a smile, the audience burst into applause.
This legend, who had almost no gossip after becoming famous and devoted his energy and life completely to football, was very upright. His greatness needed no words. In front of the camera, Pele accepted his lifelong honor and spoke with a smile.
"I am honored to win a Ballon d'Or at my age. This is my first Ballon d'Or!"
"Hahaha~"
With a playful blink of his eyes, Pele was right. He had never scored a FIFA goal because he had never played in the top five leagues.
But everyone knows that for a player who won the World Cup three times and left the Rimet Trophy for his country forever, it is the Ballon d'Or that needs him rather than he needs the Ballon d'Or.
"I have been observing the current football superstars. I am very happy to be here today because not only did I win a Ballon d'Or, I will also present a Ballon d'Or to the player I admire most today. Okay, Qin, it's you, come on up!"
As the conversation changed, everyone's eyes followed Bailey to Qin Hu who was sitting in his seat.
(End of this chapter)
